Taylor to push repeal of draft in progressive rally
Senator Glen H. Taylor, Progressive vice presidential candidate, will introduce a repeal the draft bill at the opening of Congress extra session. He urged peace advocates to back the act and called for an end to Armed Forces segregation, while youth delegates plan nationwide organizing and a 30 day 30,000 member drive. The event featured performances and a staged blackout during key introductions.
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Philadelphia
Glen H. Taylor
Progressive Party
Henry A. Wallace
Taylor
New Youth Movement
Wallace, Taylor
Paul Robeson
Idaho
Glen Taylor
Flyers Plan Camera Hunt For Gizmoe
Eastern Airlines Captain C S Chiles will take a movie camera on a Houston to Atlanta flight to film a wingless air monster reported near Montgomery Alabama. Co pilot John Whitted and witnesses described a jet propelled airship with a long flame tail and large window banks.
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Atlanta
Eastern Airlines
C. S. Chiles
Air Force
Coast Guard
Chiles
John Whitted
Houston
Tex
Montgomery
Ala
EAL
C. L. McKelvie
Columbus
Whitted
Jaycees Show Films For Camp Fire Girls And Scouts
The Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce Keep Idaho Green committee showed films to Camp Fire Girls at Camp Tenday and to Boy Scouts at Bear Lake. Co chairs Oren Fisher and John Banyard led the event highlighting fire safety and the need for caution with fires cigarettes and matches.
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Pocatello
Bear Lake
Banyard
Idaho
FBI Expands Hunt for Top Communists In New York Capture
The FBI intensified its nationwide manhunt for three leaders on the Communist Party's national board who remain at large and face indictments. Nine party executives have already been arrested as authorities vow to pursue all remaining members.
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New York
FBI
Communist Party
Idaho Third Party Unveils Platform Ahead of Lewiston Meet
Sam R. Evans announced the Progressive party platform in Boise, aligning with Philadelphia pledges. The program backs veterans bonuses, labor office activation, $100 monthly pensions, peace with Russia, a $1 minimum wage, Taft-Hartley repeal, expanded social security and civil rights. The party plans Aug. 10 Lewiston organizing and may field electors for Wallace and Taylor and nominate Congress candidates.
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Boise
Idaho
Commissioner of Labor
Philadelphia
Sam R. Evans
Coeur d’Alene
Russia
Lewiston
Henry A. Wallace
Glen H. Taylor
Two Officers Lose Radio Mic After Cafe Break
In Fort Worth Texas two police officers finished a meal at a cafe and found their patrol car missing its radio microphone when they returned to the vehicle parked outside.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Pravda Attacks Tito Ahead of Belgrade Congress
Pravda accuses Yugoslav premier Tito of fascist methods against fellow Communists and warns Belgrade could become fascist if Tito Rankovic persist. It denounces the fifth Yugoslav Communist congress as terror ridden with delegates jailed or dismissed for opposing Tito. Tanjug notes few dissenters among 82 000 party members. Troops anti aircraft guns and field guns surround the congress hall as planes stand by.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Tito
Thee International Communist “Information Bureau
Yugo Slavia
Alexander Rankovic
Tanjug
London
Rankovic
Mysterious 70-Year-Old Bliss Man Faces Murder Charge
Gooding county prosecutor M. F. Ryan said murder charges will be filed against 70-year-old Fount Frost of Bliss for the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Blue Broadhead in Hagerman after a pool hall dispute. Sheriff R. E. Cecil noted Frost's reputation as a gunman. Broadhead died en route to a Wendell hospital after being shot three times with a .32 caliber automatic pistol.
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Gooding
M. F. Ryan
Fount Frost
Bliss
Hagerman
Blue Broadhead
R. E. Cecil
Broadhead
Frost
Cecil
Wendell
Paper Cups Cheaper Than Washing Glasses for Soda Fountains
A national survey finds that current wage rates make disposable paper cups cheaper than washing and reusing glassware for fountain service.
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United States
Sky Giant Spans U.S. In 10 Hours 19 Minutes
The Lockheed Constitution a 180 passenger navy transport flew from Moffett Field San Francisco to Patuxent River Maryland nonstop in 10 hours 19 minutes landing at 6 47 p m EDT. It carried 12 crew 30 engineers and 92 plus 76 seats across two decks marking it as the largest plane to traverse the continent.
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Naval Air Test Center
Navy
Moffett Field
San Francisco
Howard Hughes
Stalin's Son Heads Soviet Air Power Parade
Premier Stalin watched his son lead a 90 minute air show over Moscow, featuring one seater gliders, jet fighters, and four engined bombers. New jet fighters and a twin engined bomber were unveiled signaling a growing jet fleet and expanded strategic air power. The Lavochkin nine fighter impressed spectators with near jet speed and steep climbs.
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Moscow
Josef Stalin
Rus
Ers
Russia
Minwegen Denounces New Deal in Idaho Campaign
Bert Minwegen, 27, a Democratic candidate for Idaho's first district seat, says claims the New Deal caused world chaos are nonsense. He pins turmoil on World War II origins and abroad fascist expansion, plus domestic tariff isolationism.
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Boise
Bert Minwegen
John Sanporn
Ida
Minnegen
Montpelier
Trucker Held In Soda Pop Shooting
Calvin E. Saunders a 28 year old bottling company contract truck driver was held in Salt Lake county jail for investigation after the fatal shooting of 16 year old Barnett Colledge. Colledge was found shot in the back of the head in a field near Saunders trailer home after Saunders said he fired into the air when youths tried to steal soda from the truck.
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Salt Lake City
Calvin E. Saunders
Bottling Company
Salt Lake County
Barnett Colledge
Colledge
Saunders
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U.S
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Minwegen
New Deal
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Pacific Finance & Loans
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