Truman warns on disarmament until Russia accepts control
President Truman told reporters the United States will not move on world disarmament until Russia agrees to international control of atomic energy. He stressed peace remains his goal, while Sen. Ralph Flanders opposed the North Atlantic Security Pact as Russia inspired and economically ruinous.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Russia
Ralph E. Flanders
Administration
Senate
Flanders
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Sen
Arthur H. Vandenberg
White House
Vandenberg
United Nations
Soviet Union
U.S
Maguire Urges Casual Summer Menswear at Work
Lawyer Hugh Maguire Jr promotes lighter summer business attire for men, preferring sport shirts and slacks over hot suits and stifling neckties. Weather section follows.
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Hugh Maguire Jr
Reno Starts Fund For Legless Girl
A Heart of Nevada fund was started by Reno businessmen with Reno newspaper support to cover medical costs for 13 year old Imogene Wittsche who lost both feet in a Lake Tahoe speedboat accident. Her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Wittsche of Roseville California said she was improving and more cheerful.
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Reno
Heart of
Detroit Red Probe Starts Infiltration in City Service
Detroit launched a full scale investigation into Communist infiltration in city jobs. Mayor Eugene Van Antwerp ordered a loyalty committee to identify and remove Communist members or sympathizers from the payroll of 33,000 workers, after civil service officials claimed at least 150 such individuals were on city rolls. Police Commissioner Harry S. Toy, named chair, said early findings point to a plot to place Communists in key posts and cited prior union leader assassinations as a hot bed of activity.
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Detroit
Eugene van Antwerp
Civil Service
Harry S. Toy
Toy
van Antwerp
Walter
Victor Reuther
Geyser Spouts on ISC Campus Draws Children
Water geyser erupts from a broken outlet on the Idaho State campus near Faris Hall, sending hundreds of gallons into the air for several minutes. About twenty neighborhood children gather to watch as workers shut off the main.
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Idaho State
Faris Hall
Hiss Jurors Take Break After First Deliberations
A federal court jury trying Alger Hiss retired for the night at 10:30 p.m. after four hours and forty five minutes of deliberation with no verdict. Hiss and his wife Priscilla showed fatigue but no visible concern over the lack of a decision. The jury began at 4:20 p.m. and heard Judge Kaufman indicate it would take more than the word of Chambers to convict. Hiss faces two perjury counts with possible penalties up to five years and $2000 on each count.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Priscilla
Samuel Kaufman
Chambers
Pocatello Hears First Reading On Fixed Slot Machines
Pocatello Idaho a city council hearing on a proposed ordinance to penalize operators of fixed slot machines. The measure would confiscate any machine found to be fixed and require licensees to show mechanisms to police during business hours. Mayor Halsey said a council vote will follow.
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Pocatello
W. W. Halsey
Halsey
Four From Here Win Talent Tests
Four talented Pocatellans were chosen as Horace Heidt talent search winners by audition conductor Bill Belcher. The four will join 60 other Heidt acts in the stake show on July 16 at Pocatello High School auditorium. Winners are Bruce Coke, 19, baritone. Arnold Lintelmann, 22, violinist. Marc Camp, 20, soprano. and E Gene Burton, 24, saxophonist.
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Pocatellans
Horace Heidt
Bill Belcher
Heidt
Pocatello High School
Bruce ¥. Coke
N. Arthur Street
Arnold Lintelmann
N. Thirteenth Street
Marc *W Camp
W. Fremont Street
E. Gene Burton
Maplewood
Five Die In Crash Near Mayfield Kentucky
Five women riding in a car were killed and six injured when their vehicle skidded into the path of an oncoming construction truck near Mayfield Kentucky. The dead were Ada Powell 32 driver Ruby Youngblood 21 Charlene Gore 30 Ann Holt of Hardin Ky and Boyd Crittenden of near Mayfield.
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Mayfield
Here
Ada Powell
Ruby Youngblood
Charlene Gore
Ann Holt
Hardin, Ky
Boyd Crittenden
Near
Rains Bring Heat Relief Across Regions
Showers gave parts of the East and Midwest brief relief from extreme heat as 424 deaths occurred since last Friday from heat and related causes. Drought persists in New England with $75 million in crop losses while 116 prostration and drowned-related deaths rise nationwide. forecasters expect little relief through Saturday.
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Chicago
East
Midwest
New England
United Press
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
West Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
Upper Great Lakes
North Central
Dulles Appointed To Senate Seat
Governor Dewey names John Foster Dulles to fill New York’s vacant senate seat as interim senator until December 1, 1949. A special election on November 8 will choose a senator for the remainder of Wagner’s term ending January 1, 1951, with Herbert Lehman expected as potential Democratic contender.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
United Nations
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Herbert H. Lehman
Wingless Chicken Flock Demonstrated in Iowa Farm
Des Moines reports Peter Baumann, a veterinary supply salesman, presented a flock of 400 wingless chickens. He claims the birds lack wings but possess thick white meat and hope to start a new dining trend. Baumann traced the breed to Texas stock and says 95 percent of his eggs yield wingless chicks.
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Des Moines
Peter Baumann
Baumann
Oe Baumann
Iowa State College
Texas
Legion Installs Pocatello Post No 4 Officers
Pocatello American Legion Post No 4 held its annual induction ceremony on Thursday evening naming new officers. The lineup includes R. E. Bailey as commander T F Terrell first vice commander Robert C Flandro second vice commander Dennis B Bolton adjutant Hugh Ivey finance officer R Don Bistline service officer A F Coates historian Harold Roberts sergeant at arms Charles Hronek color bearer Mark Shurtleff chaplain and O R Eyre Blaine Huntsmann James C Bangs and Roy F Christensen as executive committee members.
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Pocatello
American Legion Post No. 4
R. E. Bailey
T. F. Terrell
Robert C. Flandro
Dennis B. Bolton
Hugh Ivey
R.don Bistline
A. F. Coates
Harold Roberts
Charles Hronek
Mark Shurtleff
O. R. Eyre
Blaine Huntsmann
James C. Bangs
Roy F. Christensen
U S Steel wage talks push toward nationwide strike
U S Steel and CIO President Philip Murray face federal mediation after a deadlocked wage dispute threatens a rolling strike of up to 1,000,000 steelworkers. Ching in Washington urges a conference to avert a Taft Hartley injunction and potential 80 day fact finding. Benjamin Fairless cites production drops and cost declines as reason against raises.
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U. S. Steel Corp
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Cyrus Ching
U. S. Sel Corp
United Steelworkers
CSO
Washington
Cio-Usw
Ching
John A. Stephens
Stephens
Truman
Fairless
Prosecution argues Tokyo Rose citizenship at treason trial
In San Francisco the prosecution pressed to refute defense claims that Iva Toguri D Aquino no longer holds American citizenship. Prosecutor Thomas DeWolfe showed she sought to return to Japan and swore on a passport form she was not naturalized in any foreign country. The defense contends she is Portuguese by marriage and notes government questions about her citizenship dating to 1942.
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San Francisco
Iva Toguri D’aquino
Tokyo Rose
Thomas DeWolfe
Wayne M. Collins
D'Aquino
Los Angeles
Driver Hits Deer On Highway 30 At Portneuf Hill
Carl Johnson of 236 S 5th reported his car struck a two year old doe about 1 30 am just south of Portneuf Hill on Highway 30. He cut the throat of the injured deer and left the carcass over a fence, noting three deer nearby. The sheriff’s office notified the game warden, who collected the animal.
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Carl Johnson
S. 5Th
Sheriff's Office
Porth Hill
Lightning kills Basque shepherd during sheep count
A 32-year old Basque shepherd Juan Belauestegui was killed and two men, Harry Burke and Burrell Jarvis, were injured when a lightning bolt struck a sheep counting party near Challis Idaho.
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Challis
Juan Belaustegui
Harry Burke
Burrell Jarvis
Teen-Age Club Mock Hanging Ends in Death
In Chicago a 34 year old boy’s body was found in a barracks bay as 15 year old Robert Munday and his 13 year old brother Charles reenacted an accidental killing. They led the police to the basement room known as the Hangmen’s Noose Club where the incident occurred. The boys, wards of Juvenile Court, attended a school for incorrigible children.
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Chicago
Barracks Bay
Robert Munday
Thomas Laux
Young Munday
Edith Mun
Robert
Charles
Hangmen's Club
53 Escape Death In Burning Plane
Shannon Ireland UP A Pan American Airways four engine sleeper plane carrying Danny Kaye and Paul V. McNutt with 51 others limped back to Shannon after fire wrecked an engine. The propeller burned off and fell into the sea as passengers used lifejackets and rafts in a possible ditching.
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Eire
Danny Kaye
Philippines
Paul V. McNutt
New York
Pan American Airways
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