Mayor Lets Residents Decide City Limit Move
In Pocatello a proposal to annex the Ross Park area was halted after a 150 attendee meeting. Mayor George R. Phillips and the council said annexation must have majority support from those directly affected. Petition ballots showed 146 opposing the move.
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Pocatello
George R. Phillips
Ross Park
Phillips
Chamber of Commerce
Blackrock
Cy Council
Lew Cox
Father charged after beating kills infant in Chicago
Raymond A. Robart 28 owner of a watch repair shop admitted whipping his 14 or 15 year old son with a leather belt for wetting his pants. The child Thomas Robart died after convulsions following the beating at Oak Park West hospital. Robart faces manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon charges pending grand jury review.
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Chicago
Raymond A. Robart
Thomas
Robart
Oak Park West Suburban
Rubart
Lorraine
Weather Today Warmth Rises With Mostly Clear Skies
The forecast predicts mostly clear weather and a slight rise in temperatures. High near 40 degrees and a low around 20 degrees as the day progresses.
Idaho Republicans vow to push on after Taylor departure
Rexburg state GOP chairman Tom Smith said in Boise that Republicans will not let down after Sen. Glen H. Taylor left the Democratic party. He urged counting extreme left-wingers and argued the Wallace-Taylor ticket could boost GOP prospects, hoping no event trumps party unity for the country.
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Boise
Idaho
Glen H. Taylor
Tom Smith
Rexburg
GOP
Smith
Taylor
Republican Party
Jack Benny Hints He May Be The Walking Man
Hollywood radio clues spark speculation that Jack Benny could be the walking man on Ralph Edwards show. Fans note clues in sound effects and letters as Edwards prizes donations for the American Heart Association.
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Jack Benny
Hollywood
Benny
Ralph Edward
NBC
Edwards
American Heart Association
Louis B. Mayer
President Truman
Jascha Heifitz
Mary
Metropolis
Rochester
New York
Buck Benny
Walking Man
Jack
Pocatello Preston Fives Boast Unblemished Records
The Fifth District class A tournament shows Pocatello and Preston undefeated after two days. Preston outplayed Blackfoot 47-42 while Westside beat Fielding 53-37 and Malad over Downey 27-21. Pocatello led Montpelier 55-23 as Downey trailed.
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Pocatello
Preston Fives
Fielding
Downey
Preston
Blackfoot
Westside
Malad
Montpelier
Dragons
Page
Preston Meseeeeeseeeerasanseresers
Maladoon
Aenne
New York Police Probe Of Possible Bomb Plot Sparks Search
Detectives hunted for explosives in New York rail hubs, subway stops, and ferry terminals after crude plans found in a Times Square post office envelope labeled Vodka. Authorities treated the package as a hoax but conducted a seven hour sweep to confirm.
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New York
Grand Central Terminal
Pennsylvania
Times Square
St. George Ferry Terminal
Staten Island
South Ferry Terminal
Manhattan
Hudson & Manhattan Tubes
Lower Manhattan
Brooklyn
Philip Linbacker
Blackfoot Council Grants Building Permits Totaling 124000
Blackfoot city council approved building permits totaling 124000 at the March 2 meeting. One permit for 70000 funds the new Catholic church, with the remainder for nine new residences.
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Blackfoot
Floods Hit Snowbound Midwest as Storm Lifts
Floods inundate hundreds of acres of farmland in Nebraska and northern Illinois as ice jams on the Elkhorn and Fox rivers force evacuations. Red Cross officials warn no further flood expansion unless thaw accelerates while a new Rocky Mountain storm fails to arrive.
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Chicago
Midwest
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ohio Valley
New York
New England
Nebraska
Illinois
Elkhorn River
Omaha
Neb
Platte River
Fox River
South Elgin
Ill
Earl Dobler
Red Cross Disaster Unit
St. Charles
U. S. Weather Bureau
Iowa
Rocky Mountains
Rockies
Wisconsin
Packinghouse Workers Set March 16 Strike Date
The CIO United Packinghouse Workers announced 100000 members will strike March 16 for a 29 cent hourly wage increase. The walkout could halt a large portion of the nation’s fresh meat supply by month’s end and affect 22 major firms nationwide, including Armour Swift Cudahy Wilson Morrell plants.
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Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse Workers
Ralph Helstein
Helstein
Swift and Co
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
AFL
Swift
Armour
Swift, Cudahy and
Wilson
Swift Packinghouses
Cudahy
Resignation Attack Echoes From Prague Radio
Prague radio denounces the resignation of Dr. Juraj Slavik as ambassador to Washington as dishonorable and checks that he sent a loyalty declaration to the new regime. It predicts other reactionary diplomats may resign and vows investigation into influences behind the act.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Juraj Slavik
Washington
Foreign Office
Slavik
Eduard) Benes
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Anl
Finland Opposes Mutual Assistance Pact With Restrictions
President Paasikivi told Soviet General Savonenko in a Helsinki meeting that Finland will not sign a mutual assistance treaty modeled on the Romanian and Hungarian pacts. He shows no public stance but seeks party replies to seven questions and opposes a sweeping war support clause allowing Russia to deploy Finnish troops anywhere in war.
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Helsinki
Finland
Juho K. Paasikivi
Russia
Romania
Hungary
Paasikivi
G. M. Savonenkov
Paasiki
Trainmen Crushed In Fog Shrouded Yard Wreck
In Cleveland a fog bound east side yard collision killed three Pennsylvania Railroad workers Conductor Frank Devore firefighter Frank Borsz and Brakeman J A Marik as their caboose rammed a stationary 30 car ore train The engineer and fireman escaped as the caboose was crushed and rescuers worked three hours to recover the bodies.
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Cleveland
East Side
Pennsylvania Railroad
Frank Devore
Frank Borsz
J. A. Marik
Revisionist bloc proposed to halt Russia in ERP fight
Sen. Joseph H. Ball urged a western defense bloc to counter Moscow as a rider to the European Recovery Program. Sen. Vandenberg warned against tying military or political conditions to ERP, fearing it could push the US into war and jeopardize European cooperation. Ball called for a UN supreme council with armed commitments by member nations to enforce peace.
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Washington
Russia
Joseph H. Ball
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Minnesota
Mich
United States
Ball
Europe
Congress
United Nations
Supreme Council
UN Security Council
Paternity suit labeled politics by Folsom
Alabama Governor James Folsom dismissed a paternity suit as political maneuvering while in Washington for a coastal lands hearing. Christine Putnam Johnson claims Folsom is the father of her 22 month old son and her brother filed a companion action to legitimize the birth.
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Washington
Big Jim Folsom
Alabama
Kissin
Helen Fraser
Barbizon
New York
Folsom
Christine Putnam Johnson
Cullman
Ala
Carter E. Putnam
Senate
United States
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Larry Bell
Black
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Pennsylvania Station
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Truman
Wilson Establishments
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