Truman Orders Unification Plan For Armed Services
President Truman issued a unilateral plan to reorganize the U S military to push congressional action on unification while denying aims of one man rule. He asked Congress to approve a Defense Secretary led Department of Defense with broader authority and continued service of Army Navy and Air Force components.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense
Louis Johnson
Secretary of Defense
Department of Defense
Defense Departments
National Security Council
Court Fight Looms On Airport Annexation
Rep. Hugh D. Scott of Pennsylvania will resign as chairman of the Republican National Committee at a special meeting August 4. He cites concern for the country and party and hopes a new leader can unite GOP toward victory. Sen. Owen Brewster urges a successor focused on the 1950 elections. Separately the party named September 23-24 for a farm conference in Sioux City to win back rural votes.
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Washington
Hugh D. Scott
Republican National Committee
Scott
Mitos Pia Ae Sa BS
Sudmil Nis
Owen Brewster
Brewster
Sioux City
Power County Aide Rejects Recording
Mayor W W Halsey said the Power county recorder at American Falls refused to record the Pocatello city ordinance annexing Phillips Field and other Power county territory. The recorder based the denial on advice from Power County Attorney W C Loobourrow that the document was not legal. City Attorney Ben Peterson disputes the county's stance and suggests a writ of mandamus to compel recording.
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W. W. Halsey
Power County
American Falls
Pocatello
Phillips Field
Halsey
Recorder
W. C. Loofbourrow
Ben Peterson
Peterson
Limit Farm Bill Crops and Trial Run Details
House Administration Democrats agree to restrict Brannan farm program trial to three crops potatoes eggs and wool for two years as debate on new farm legislation begins. Coalition seeks to keep wartime price supports and suspend the Hope-Aiken law which would start January 1.
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Washington
House
Brannan
Harold D. Cooley
N. C
House Agriculture Committee
Newspaper Ads Show Big Gain
The Bureau of Advertising of the American Newspaper Publishers Association reported that newspaper advertising has more than doubled since 1939. In 1948 national advertisers spent 404 million dollars on newspaper ads, nearly matching the combined 1939 totals for newspapers magazines and radio networks.
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NEW York
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Bureau
Whittle Home Ransacked. Jewelry Stolen
Police investigated a ransacked residence at 622 West Bonneville after Rita Hartland reporting a prowler. Officers found the home disturbed and jewelry missing from the Whittle property.
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Rita Hartland
T. R. Whittle
W. Bonneville
Idaho and Wyoming Compact Discuss Snake River Water
Idaho Compact Commission and State Reclamation Engineer Mark R. Culp met at Bannock hotel to finalize a plan on Snake River water for Wyoming compact talks. Proposal centers on a four percent water increase to Wyoming with two percent for new irrigation and two percent stored at Palisades dam. Agreement needed before state legislatures and then Congress act on Palisades project.
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Idaho Compact Commission
State Reclamation
Mark R. Culp
Bannock Hotel
Snake River
Wyoming Compact Commission
W. Sharp
Idaho Commission
Wyoming Commission
Sharp
Wyoming
Palisades Dam
Idaho
Palisades Project
Nude dancer interrupts court with public nude display
Lola Titus, 25, a dancer, stripped in the Hall of Justice corridor while being taken to court for arraignment on a charge of shooting cafe owner Mark Hansen. Her attorney offered no explanation beyond a possible aversion to clothing and the judge scheduled a preliminary hearing for the following Monday on assault with intent to murder.
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Los Angeles
Lola Titus
Hall of Justice
Miss Titus
Mark Hansen
Marvin D. Rothman
Leroy Dawson
Hansen
Thank You Note Acknowledges Broadcast Support
The Pocatello Post thanks Radio Station KSEE and KEIO for broadcasting to subscribers after a mechanical breakdown delayed deliveries. It also commends the Pocatello Tribune management for offering facilities during the emergency.
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Pocatello Post
KSEE
KEIO
Pocatello Tribune
Home Demonstration Meeting Draws 200 In Lava Hot Springs
About 200 persons attended Monday’s meeting of home demonstration agents in Lava Hot Springs. Speakers included Mrs Leone Jacobs of Salt Lake City on Home and Mental Health, Prof Earl New of the University of Idaho on Planting Flowers Today for Bouquets Tomorrow, and Esther Neistram on Children’s Clothing. Mrs Charles Bohrer of Pocatello gave a Europe travel talk. Musical numbers by Singing Mothers from McCammon Garden Creek and Lava Hot Springs. Jacobs gave a Kinfolk book review by Pearl S Buck.
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Lava Hot Springs
Leone.Jacobs
Salt Lake City
Earl New
University of Idaho Horticultural Department
Esther Neistram
Charles Bohrer
Pocatello
Europe
McCammon
Garden Creek
Mayor Seeks Auction Approval for Airport Building Sale
Mayor W W Halsey said Monday he asked the Civil Aeronautics Administration to allow a public auction at Phillips Field for the sale of 48 unused airport buildings. He directed the request to H K Glidden of Boise Idaho, CAA director. Most structures are wooden floored barracks and other non essential Army buildings.
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W. W. Halsey
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Phillips Field
H. K. Glidden
Boise
Idaho
CAA
Army
Bill Pictures Dewey Call FBI
A Columbia City merchant detected counterfeit money after receiving crisp $20 bills showing a picture of the White House balcony. Banker Scott Gates sought verification and was told the balcony appears on the bills. The warning note cautioned that if the man leaning from the upstairs window is Tom Dewey, the bill is counterfeit.
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Columbia City
Ind
White House
Scott Gates
Gates
Tom Dewey
Jail Break At Bandock County Jail Sparks manhunt
Five Indian women escaped from Bandock County Jail by breaking a plaster wall with a chair leg and slipping into the District Courtroom. Irene Pocatello and Celia Kiayou were recaptured. Bernice Myers Emma Kiayou and Seneretta Moshe remained at large Monday. Sheriff Alma Marley announced plans to reinforce the wall with a steel plate.
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Alma Marley
Bandock
Pocatello
Irene Pocatello
Celia Kiayou
Bernice Myers
Emma Kiayou
Seneretta Moshe
Marley
Four Lucky In Wreck Near Fort Lewis Washington
A Fort Lewis soldier returning from furlough in Olney Jr fell asleep at the wheel early Monday near McCammon and Lakes and the car left the highway, turning over. Sgt Clarence A Blair 22 his wife Lynette 24 their two year old daughter Claire and Sgt Gilbert 29 of Great Falls were taken to Lava hospital by McCammon marshal W S Henson. Blair was only slightly shaken. Mrs Blair had a cut forehead. Claire was uninjured, while Sgt Gilbert had a cut chin. The car was a total wreck.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
Olney
McCammen
Oaks
Clarence A. Blair
Lynette
Claire
Sgt
Gilbert
Great Falls
W. S Henson
McCammon
Earl
Cutler
Bannock County
Blain
Five Year Terms for Forger and Larceny by Auto
Delmar Swatsenberg, 29, was found guilty of forgery and sentenced to up to 14 years in the Idaho state penitentiary with part of the term to begin. George Bailey, 20, of Fort Collins, Colorado, faced grand larceny by auto theft and initially received a maximum 14 year prison term, but Judge McDougall commuted it to five months in Bannock County Jail.
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Idaho State Penitentiary
Fifth District
Isaac McDougall
Delmar Swatsenberg
5Th Ave
Swatsenberg
George Bailey
Fort Collins
Colo
Bannock County
McDougall
BRT Will Elect New Union Chief
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will hold a special board meeting today to select a successor to the late A F Whitney who died of a heart attack. Leading candidates are E A MacKenzie, the temporary head and Whitney’s former assistant, and W P Kennedy, the general secretary treasurer. Whitney’s funeral was held at Lakewood Methodist Church with professional and political leaders in attendance.
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Cleveland
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Union
A. F Whitney
Whitney
E. A. MacKenzie
W. P. Kennedy
Brotherhood
Lakewood Methodist Church
Slots Operators Offer Donations for Idaho Falls Pool
Idaho Falls slot machine operators proposed to donate $20 monthly per machine to fund a proposed municipal swimming pool. Melvin Brown, chairman of the Junior Chamber of Commerce committee backing the project, confirmed the offers.
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Idaho Falls
Melvin Brown
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Magic Valley Range Fire Flareup Reignites Amid Wind
Brisk winds reignited a large Magic Valley range fire covering nearly 10 000 acres on the southwest flank. A grazing service crew of about 100 battled the blaze, but lava formations and wind hampered efforts. Wind eased, moisture rose Sunday, and no farmlands were reported harmed. Details on the new extent were not immediately known.
Steel Fact Group to Open Hearings in New York
The Truman steel fact finding board announced public hearings will begin in New York on July 28. Chairman Carroll R. Daugherty said the three member panel aims to wrap up by Sept. 1 to give CSO and the steel industry time to bargain before the 60 day truce expires.
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Washington
Truman
New York
Carroll R. Daugherty
Northwestern University
White House
John R. Steelman
United Steelworkers
CSO
Steel Industry
Gary Archibald Moves to Salt Lake City Hospital
Gary Archibald a 13 year old Magna Utah boy who lost both legs in a Bear Lake boating accident arrived at St Marks hospital in Salt Lake City on Monday. He had been treated at Montpelier Idaho where amputation was performed after injuries to both legs. The physician said he is in good spirits and his strength is improving rapidly.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Archibald
Magna
Utah
Bear Lake
St. Marks Hospital
Montpelier
Ida
M K Morrison Knudsen Co Honored At Pocatello Luncheon
The Pocatello Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club host a noon Thursday lunch at the Bannock hotel to honor Morrison-Knudsen Co of Boise. Harry W. Morrison, company president, will speak. The firm, founded in 1912, is noted for major global projects including the Air Base and Pacific Fruit Express shops.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pocatello
Bannock
Morrison-Knudsen Co
Boise
Harry W. Morrison
Chamber
Rotary Club
Air Base
Naval Ordnance Plant
Pacific Fruit Express
Morrison and M. Knudsen
Onefamous Corporation
Boise Blue Baby Faces Small Hope For Life
Mary Jo Kent four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs George R Kent remains in critical condition as doctors seek a successful operation for her congenital heart condition. Mrs Kent plans a Portland checkup late this summer hoping medical science finds a lifesaving answer. Two of Mary Jo’s brothers also were blue babies and died at birth.
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Boise
Mary -Jo Kent
George R. Kent
DDT Polio Spray Ineffective Says National Foundation
Bannock County N F I P chapter reports that mass DDT spraying shows no proven benefit against polio spread. Lyon Healy, chairman, notes telegram from T E Boyd of the national foundation stating current evidence suggests flies may transmit poliomyelitis but DDT has not shown impact on the outbreak.
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Bannock County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Lyon Healy
T. E. Boyd
National Foundation
Idaho Farm Wages Fall
The U S Department of Agriculture reports Idaho farm wage rates dropped from a year ago. As of July 1 the monthly rate with room and board was 146 dollars, down 9 dollars, and with a house 161 dollars, down 15 dollars. The daily rate without board held at 7.90, and hourly wage rose two cents.
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Boise
Idaho
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
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Scotty) Kemp
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Dewey
FBI
BRT
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