Boston mother atop pole seeks affordable Cleveland housing
Mrs. Jean Ellis, a 24 year old mother, sat on a 50 foot pole with her four year old daughter Sharon atop it in Boston while negotiating housing for her family. She said she would stay up there until the Cleveland Indians lead the American League and noted available houses were too expensive or in poor condition.
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Cleveland
Gary’ S
Boston
Jean Ellis
Charles‘ Lupica
Revere Beach
Cleveland Indians
Sharon
Liberal Justice Murphy Dies in Detroit
Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy dies in Detroit from coronary obstruction. Chief Justice Vinson expresses shock and respect as fellow justices, Senate, and House honor him. Funeral rites expected with attendance from court members and delegations. Truman to send an official representative. Possible Catholic successor names include Tom Clark and others. O Mahoney noted as fitting candidate due to Western Plains origin and Catholic ties.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Detroit
Inbil Cuull
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Murphy
Senate
House
Michigan
New Dealer
Oes
Truman
Labor
Maurice Tobin
Tom C. Clark
Eye O'Mahoney O'Mahoney
Plains
High Court
Justice
Plane crashes into Seattle apartment building
A chartered two engine C-46 crashed into an apartment building shortly after takeoff from Boeing Field Tuesday night. An undetermined number of people were killed and many injured. King County sheriff's office reported several bodies on the ground and fifteen persons were hospitalized at King County General Hospital.
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Seattle
Boeing Field
King County Sheriff's Affist
King County General Hospital
Lions Plan Model City Near Chicago
The Lions Club announces plans to build a model international city 30 miles south of Chicago to house the international headquarters and provide residence for members from 26 countries. International President Eugene S. Briggs disclosed the project at the 32nd annual convention in New York.
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New York
International Association of Lions Clubs
Chicago
Lions
Loop
Lions International
Eugene S. Briggs
Madison Square Garden
Woodpile Fire Call In Pocatello No Damage Reported
Firefighters responded Tuesday night to a blaze in a woodpile at 327 North Third Street in Pocatello. No damage was reported.
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Pocatello
City to Seek Court Writ Over Annexation Dispute
Pocatello plans a writ of mandamus to force Power county to record the annexation ordinance for Phillips Field and the old municipal airport after Mayor Halsey accused county officials of blocking the action. City Attorney Ben Petersen and the mayor argued the move aims to prevent cross county traffic and policing problems from American Falls.
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Pocatello
Power County
American
Phillips Field
Ben Petersen
W. W. Halsey
Power County Recorder
Peterson
Halsey
American Falls
Idaho Municipal League to Convene in Pocatello
Idaho's Municipal League gathering set for September 22 to 24 in Pocatello at the Bannock Hotel. About 70 city officials from across the state are expected to attend, with Bert Reese and Weiser's Robertson Smith mapping arrangements.
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Idaho
Municipal League
Pocatello
Bert Reese
Reese
Hotel
Banock
Weiser
Robertson Smith
National Guard Reinforcements Arrive in Groveland
National Guard units moved into Groveland on Tuesday night to deter mob attacks on Negroes. Brig. Gen. Mark W. Lance informed Gov. Fuller Warren that 202 men and 18 officers from the 116th Field Artillery were on duty. The force will stay until order is restored, with earlier Eustis guards and local authorities continuing to maintain calm, soon to be relieved by the new troops.
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Groveland
Fla
National Guard
Mark W. Lance
Fuller Warren
Tallahassee
116Th Field Artillery
Lance
Eustis
Shirley Temple Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy
Hollywood reports Shirley Temple suffered an appendicitis attack on Tuesday en route to her final day of filming. Surgeons may perform emergency surgery as this is her second attack, though doctors had said she was well enough to work after a previous episode a month ago.
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Hollywood
Shirley Temple
Miss Temple
Mary Steel Dies in Idaho City Hospital
Mary Steele, 82, longtime Pocatello resident, died Tuesday after an extended illness. She had been hospitalized for months with a hip fracture. Relatives’ whereabouts are unknown. Funeral services will be announced later by Hall Mortuary.
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Mary Steele
Pocatello
War Writer Ernie Pyle Buried At Punchbowl Cemetery
Ernie Pyle was laid to rest beside an unknown soldier at Punchbowl cemetery Honolulu in the national memorial cemetery ceremony. Four other soldiers, two Marines, one Army lieutenant and an unknown, shared graves as more than 2,000 attended the service led by Protestant and Catholic chaplains and a Jewish rabbi. The event opened the new memorial cemetery overlooking Waikiki.
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Honolulu
T. H
Ernie Pyle
Scripps-Howard and
United Feature Syndicate
Ie Shima
Punchbowl Cemetery
Diamond Head
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Punchhow! Crater
Waikiki
Pigeons at St Mark’s Square Die in Heavy Hailstorm
In Venice two thirds of the famous St Mark’s Square pigeons were killed by a heavy hailstorm on Monday afternoon. The storm caused widespread property damage with no human casualties reported.
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Venice
Italy
St. Mark's Square
City Plans Annexation Of Westello And Portneuf Park
Pocatello proceeds with ordinances to annex Westello and Portneuf Park into the city limits. Mayor W W Halsey says the move will expand municipal services and policing in the area including Phillips Field and the Portneuf Park housing development. He notes the map will need enlargement to keep street names legible.
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Pocatello
W. W. Halsey
Westello
Portneuf Park
Power County
Phillips
Phillips Field and the Old Municipal Airport Portneuf Park
N. Main St
West Bench
Halsey
Vampire Slayer of 9 Will Hang Vampire Slayer of 9 Will Hang
John George Haigh the vampire murderer was found guilty of the wilful murder of Mrs Olive Durand Deacon and was sentenced to hang on Tuesday after a brief two day trial in Lewes England The jury rejected his sanity plea after a psychiatric witness admitted he must have known his crime.
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Lewes
England
John George Haigh
Haigh
London
Olive Durand-Deacon
Durand Deadon
Truman Attacks Soviet Tactics At Shrine Day Rally
President Truman denounced Soviet lies and hysteria behind the iron curtain while urging the end of Communist efforts to dominate smaller nations. At Soldiers Field he warned that world communism may win briefly but will self-destruct or abandon its pattern. About 70,000 Shrine followers cheered as his car entered the stadium amid a large welcoming parade through Chicago.
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Chicago
Truman
Soviet Russia
Americas
Sun-Baked Soldiers Field
Russia
Calhoun
Tyler
Tex
Soldiers Field
Mammoth Stadium
Lake Michigan
Farlher
Washington
Municipal
Idaho Wheat King Dies In Canada
Idaho Falls resident Jesse W. Hays 64 known as the Idaho wheat king died in Red Deer Canada of a heart attack. His body will be brought to Buck mortuary in Idaho Falls and he had lived in the area 35 years after moving from Fairfield Wisconsin with a four year stay at American Falls. His Upper Snake River Valley farm holdings center near Osgood and Ririe in Bonneville County.
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Idaho Falls
Jesse W. Hays
Idaho
Buck
Red Deer
Canada
Hays
Fairfield
Wis
American Falls
Snake River Valley
Osgood and Ririe
Bonneville County
Czech Regime Threatens Catholic Clergy Over Vatican Excommunication
A Prague government spokesman warned Catholic priests that mass excommunications ordered by the Vatican would trigger reprisals against the clergy and their congregations. The threat was issued to about 80 priests and a few nuns summoned to the education ministry presidium in Mala Strana, Prague.
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Prague
Vatican
Ministry of Education
Mala Strana
Atom Group In Session Discusses Atomic Relations
The Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee met three hours behind closed doors in Washington with Great Britain and Canada. Chairman Brien McMahon said only that they discussed international relations and policies on atomic energy and did not comment on a prior plan for a joint session with state and defense departments and the atomic energy commission.
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Washington
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Great Britain
Canada
Brien McMahon
Conn
State and Defense Departments
Atomic Energy Commission
Blair House
Post Reproduces First Quickie Camera Use in Pocatello
A Pocatello Post staffer used the sensational Land pola roid camera for the first time in town to shoot Mel Morgan. The print reached Post Engraver Boyd Sloan in under 70 seconds. The camera functions as its own darkroom using paper negative and packaged chemicals. Nate Morgan Jewelers are the exclusive distributors.
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New Land
Pocatello
Pocatello Post
Mel Morgan
Post
Boyd Sloan
Nate Morgan Jewelers
Nampa Trucker Hurt In Truck Overturn Near Eden
Wayne Rose, 17, of Nampa, was severely cut and bruised when the two ton truck he drove overturned on a curve about seven miles west of Eden.
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Jerome
Wayne Rose
Nampa
Eden
Pocatello Industrial Power Use Surges 151 Percent
Caldwell leads Southern Idaho in industrial electricity growth with a 234 percent rise from 1940 to 1948, reaching 18,835,000 kWh last year. Pocatello remains the state's top industrial user at 56,346,000 kWh, while Boise shows mixed gains across residential and industrial power during the war years.
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Boise
Caldwell
Idaho
R. E. Larson
Public Utilities Commission
Pocatello
Idaho Power and Light System
Idaho Falls
Coeur d’ Alene
Lewiston
Wallace
Gooding
Jerome
Magic Valley
Payette
Idaho Power System
Twin Falls
Union Pacific
BRT Elects New Chief Kennedy Succeeds Whitney
William Parker Kennedy 57 born in Huttonville Ontario was elected president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in Cleveland. He previously served as general secretary treasurer since 1946 and leads with liberal forces aligned to the New Deal and Fair Deal following A F Whitney's death.
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Cleveland
William Parker Kennedy
Huttonville
Ontario
Brotherhood of Railroad
A. F. Whitney
Whitney
Kennedy
BRT
D. A. MacKenzie
Truman Orders Probe Into Five Percenters In Washington
Washington Post reported President Truman directed a broad investigation into five percenters and their allies in high government positions. Defense Secretary Johnson was told to conduct an all-out inquiry, with Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan named as involved in discussions.
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Washington
Washington Post
Truman
Defense
Louis Johnson
Harry H. Vaughan
Neighbors of Woodcraft Circle 19 Host Dinner Meeting
More than 40 Pocatello women attended the annual neighbors party of Neighbors of Woodcraft Circle 19 at the WOW hall. Guardian Neighbor Ellen Fried dell presided at the dinner and lodge meeting. Fifteen past guardian neighbors of Gate City circle were present.
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Pocatello
Neighbors of
Woodcraft
Circle 19
Wow Hall
Guardian
Ellen Frieddell
Gate City Circle
Lavalette Depression of Teen Visitors After Orgies Scandal
Lavalette New Jersey clamps down on teen visitors after a wave of sex orgies by 18 to 20 year olds. Police Chief Joseph Borelli says teens must be chaperoned or accompanied by family. landlords may face liability as council rushes a curtailment ordinance. Mayors accuse sorority and fraternity groups of lax morals.
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Lavalette
N.J
Joseph Borelli
Borelli
Rough Council
William Chandler
New Jersey
Montclair
Plainfield
Teaneck
Glen Ridge
Chandler
Wallace plans Senate bid to challenge Truman and Wagner
Henry A. Wallace moves to run for U S senator from New York under the American Labor Party with Vito Marcantonio as a possible running mate. The aim is to siphon votes from Democrats to weaken Truman and deprive Wagner of his Senate seat and New York mayoral race outcomes.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Wallace
U. S
New York
American Labor Party
Vito Marcantonio
Randine
Senate
Robert F. Wagner
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