Senate Dims Labor Push with TaftHartley Injunction Powers
The Senate voted 50 to 40 to insert Taft Hartley injunction and plant seizure powers into the Truman labor bill as a safeguard against national emergency strikes. The move advances Taft’s amendment and his victory, while opposition argues against broad powers and labor leaders oppose the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
Robert A. Taft
Scott W. Lucas
IIL
Taft
Irving M. Ives
Ives
Congress
Britain seeks Commonwealth aid as sterling crisis deepens
Britain and sterling area economies face a growing drain on gold and dollar reserves. The Labour government calls an emergency Commonwealth finance ministers meeting to discuss further import cuts and a possible general election, while Paris talks focus on widening sterling convertibility and Marshall Plan constraints.
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London
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Labor
Engel Twins Seen In Jewelry Swindle Tale
Chicago report of Sigmund Engel a 73 year old con man known as the Love Swindler who claims his twin brother Arthur swindled Pauline Langton of 50000 worth of jewelry. Langton traveled from New York to confront Engel at the county jail as a grand jury indicted him on jewelry theft. She recalled a lavish courtship and insults him as Mare Antony while photographers captured the scene.
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Chicago
Sigmund Engel
New York
Pauline Langton
Arthur
Arlington
Engel
Mrs. Langton
City Tackles Traffic Ills in Pocatello
Mayor W. W. Halsey announces steps to ease chronic traffic jams in Pocatello. Initial actions ban parking on parts of Main and Center streets and paint hundreds of no parking signs by the police. One way and diagonal parking on Lewis and Clark streets will add space until Manson park is developed, with a Union Pacific decision on park access expected within a week.
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Pocatello
W. W. Halsey
Halsey
Lewis and Clark
Main
Center
Manson Park
Union* Pacific Railroad
Kentucky Kids Set for Salmon River Trip
A seven passenger party leaving Louisville Ky plans a boat trip to Salmon River Tuesday. Participants include Mr and Mrs Yancey R Altscheler Mr and Mrs Offutt and two children Nancy and Jimmy McChord.
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Cheat
Don L. Smith
Yancey R. Altscheler
Offutt
Nancy
Jimmy McChord
Louisville
Bids Revealed for Palisades Dam Drilling Contract
The Reclamation Bureau in Idaho Falls lists the low bidders for Palisades dam drilling and outlet work. Continental Drilling of Los Angeles bid $10,312.50, Mott Core Drilling of Huntington WV bid $11,227.50, and Boyle Brothers Drilling of Salt Lake City bid $12,952.
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Idaho Falls
Reclamation Bureau
Palisades Dam
Continental Drilling Company
Los Angeles
Mott Core Drilling Company
Huntington
W. Va
Boyle’ Brothers Drilling Company
Salt Lake City
Sunday funerals banned in Idaho Falls by mayor
Idaho Falls Mayor Thomas L. Sutton bans Sunday funerals with an order to take effect Sunday July 3. The measure prompts local officials to adjust services and schedules in the city.
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Idaho Falls
Thomas L. Sutton
Wage Dispute Set for Mediation Between Simplot and Teamsters
Federal Mediator Louis Ziman will meet with Simplot Fertilizer officials and Teamsters Local 983 today at 2 30 p m to discuss a 25 cent hourly wage increase for about 15 to 20 workers. The request followed a 40 hour work week after the 48 hour period was cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Simplot Fertilizer Company
Teamsters Local 983
Clarence Lott
Lott
Louis Ziman
Spokane
Dye Kills Four Babies at Lake Wales Hospital
The Lake Wales hospital superintendent appeals to medical groups to warn other facilities after four newborns died from blue skin tones linked to a diaper marking dye. Bree Kelly and two doctors did not know the dye could be deadly when the first case appeared on June 21 disturbing hospital staff.
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Lake Wales, Fla
Lake Wales Hospital
Bree Kelly
Subsidy Hike Advances in Congress Over Farm Prices
The House Agriculture Committee approved a bill to raise generally higher farm price supports and authorize a trial run of the administration’s new farm plan. It discards the Republican Hope-Aiken bill and targets higher rice guarantees by using a 10 year income and cost based formula. Secretary Brannan would pick three crops for a trial letting retail prices lead perishables.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Charles F. Brannan
Splits in GOP as Coleman quits strategy post
Wisconsin GOP leader Thomas E. Coleman resigns as vice chairman of the national strategy amid a public attack on Hugh Scott Jr. The clash signals renewed intraparty warfare after the 1948 defeat as the party moves to coordinate grass roots regional conferences.
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Washington
Thomas E. Coleman
Wisconsin
Hugh Scott, Jr
Coleman
Scott
Strategy Committee
Alabama Dehoods Ku Klux Klan Law Enacted
Alabama passed an anti masking law making it a crime to wear masks or hoods on public streets. The measure, signed by Gov. James E. Folsom, allows only holiday revelers and children to wear masks, marking the first southern move to dehood the Ku Klux Klan and other groups.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
James E. Folsom
House
Florida
Georgia
Girl Scout Troop to Receive Flag in Jubilee Show
Pocatello Girl Scout units will be awarded a large American flag by the Pocatello Post and Fox Intermountain Theaters Inc at the Independence Day Jubilee Show. Mrs. Leo A. Lewis said the flag goes to a troop lacking one and the presentation will occur on the Chief Theater stage after patriotic films are shown.
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Pocatello
Girl Scout Organization
Pocatello Post and
Fox Intermountain Theaters, Inc
Leo A. Lewis
Gate City Girl Scout
Hale urges bond for Bannock County courthouse project
County officials including Roy T. Hale push a $1,000,000 hospital bond plan to fund a new Bannock courthouse. Hale favors a county city building at the present site with a separate jail, noting the current front portion is a fire hazard and should be rebuilt or replaced. W. P. Havener cites the fire risk and records value, while Mrs. Laura Berg emphasizes moldy vaults and the need for a modern facility.
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Bannock
Roy T. Hale
McCama
Avor
Hale
Bannock County
Havener
Laura B. Berg
Aged Solon Steps Down From Senate Vote
Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York, aged 72, resigns from the U S Senate due to ill health. He has not attended a session since May 1947 and sent his resignation to Secretary of State Thomas J Curran with plans to leave before July 8 to allow a successor to be chosen in the fall elections.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Senate
Robert F. Wagner, Jr
U. S. Senate
Thomas J. Curran
Wagner
Townsend Calls 81st Congress Worst in History
Columbus report quotes Dr Francis E Townsend calling the 81st Congress the worst in U.S. history. He criticizes partisan squabbling and inaction, says it harms the people and statesmanship, and notes his Townsend plan for national insurance as a potential response if depression fears persist. Travel, nine annual convention context, and remarks on business decline mentioned.
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Columbus
Francis E. Townsend
Townsend Plan For National Insurance
Congress
Youth Faces Slaying Quiz Near Prestonburg
In Prestonburg Kentucky a 16 year old cheerleader Murield Baldridge was found dead under a bridge with skull injuries after a struggle. Sheriff Troy Sturgill ordered deputies to arrest 19 year old Junior Osborne for questioning about the killing as reward money rose to 1500 dollars.
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Prestonburg
Troy Sturgill
Junior Osborne
Murield Baldridge
Sturgill
Osborne
Kentucky
Kentuck
Chief Invites Applications For City Jobs In Pocatello
Police chief A L Oliver announced civil service examinations for police and fire department jobs on July 12 at the police station. Openings exist in both departments. applicants should file with secretary Maud Worrel and study materials will be provided, with emphasis on early applications.
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Pocatello
A. L. Oliver
Oliver
Blaze Rages Through Salt Lake Ice Storage Plant
A general alarm fire ravaged Utah Ice and Storage in Salt Lake City, the largest cold storage unit in the Rocky Mountain area. Damages to contents estimated at 750000 dollars, with total loss near 1 million including ammonia refrigeration units. Officials said about 500000 pounds of chicken 600000 pounds of turkey and thousands of dozens of eggs were destroyed, most likely insured.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Ice and Storage Company
Rocky Mountain
Charles Rudd
Utah Poultry and Farmers Cooperative Association
Rudd
Fire Damage Estimate At Utah Storage Plant Reaches 1.75 Million
Colorado Springs report notes Albert Hahn owner of Utah Ice and Storage puts damage at 1.75 million dollars from a Tuesday night fire at the Salt Lake City storage plant. The blaze remains active as investigators assess the cause and extent of destruction.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Albert Hahn
Utah Ice and Storage Company
Salt Lake City
Fighting erupts near 38th parallel in Korea conflict
UN Commission for Korea reports heavy fighting between Northern and Southern Korea near the 38th parallel. Artillery and machine gun fire escalate as forces clash along the divided boundary amid postwar occupation disputes and troop withdrawals.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Commission For Korea
Korea
Buhl Man Shoots Wife And Son
Mrs. Stanley Smutney was wounded in the back by a shotgun blast fired by her husband at a farm home four miles west of Buhl. She said she would sign an insanity complaint against him. The husband told officers the shots were to “make the boy mind.” Both injuries were described as minor. Pellets struck the 13-year-old son in the face.
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Buhl
Stanley Smutney
Here
Smutney
Mayor Halsey Urges Traffic Safety For Holiday Weekend
Mayor W. W. Halsey urged drivers to stay careful during the holiday weekend. In his radio program The Mayor Reports he emphasized the Be Alive on the Fifth slogan and pressed for responsible behavior to reduce accidents.
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W. W. Halsey
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Thedim
St. Joseph’s Catholic
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Dye
Stephen Pace
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
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Girl Scout
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Townsend
Salt Lake
Buhl Man
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