Food Prices Start Upward Path Across Markets
Wheat futures surged toward the 10 cent limit on the Chicago Board of Trade as the government signals renewed export purchases to Europe. Other grains followed with varied gains and some items such as eggs and bacon edging higher in regional markets while overall retail food prices began to rebound from prior declines.
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Chicago
Europe
Chicago Board of Trade
United Press
National Association of Retail Grocers
Roundsteak
Russia Delivers Second Protest Over Far East Shipping
Moscow radio says the Soviet government lodged a second protest with the United States alleging American planes interfered with Soviet merchant vessels in the Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan. It notes U S has not replied to Molotov’s Jan 30 note and cites ongoing alleged violations by American flights.
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London
Russia
United States
Far East
Moscow Radio
Yellow Sea
Sea of Japan
U. S
Viacheslav M. Molotov
Moscow
Malad and Blackfoot Win Fifth District A Games
Malad defeated Westside 50 to 26 and Blackfoot beat Montpelier 45 to 27 in Fifth District class A play last night. The results put Preston and Pocatello on the undefeated path while Malad and Blackfoot move along the losing side en route to the next round. More details on page 8.
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Malad
Westside
Blackfoot
Montpelier
Preston
Pocatello
Truman Steps Into Plant Dispute
President Truman invokes the Taft Hartley clause to halt a potential walkout at Oak Ridge Tennessee in a dispute between Carbide and Carbon Chemicals and the AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council. He will appoint a federal board of inquiry and asks for negotiations to continue through March 5, extended two weeks.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Oak Ridge
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Washington
Ching
Mr. Truman
Board of Inquiry
Aberdeen Boy Honored by Tenday Council Scout
John Vanderford of Aberdeen has been named outstanding Scout citizen of the year by the Tenday area council executive committee. At age 15 he will represent Tenday at the National Council Boy Scouts meeting in Seattle May 19 and 20. He became an Eagle at fourteen and is active in high school athletics and band with a strong scholastic record.
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Tenday Area Council
John Vanderford
Aberdeen
Jessie Vanderford
Johnson
John
Tenday Council
National Council of
Boy Scouts of America
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Washington
West
Amory Houghton
Alaska
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Wyoming
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Boy Witnesses Miracle As Dead Dog Returns
Twelve year old Charles Stewart sees Corky return from a 12 inch drain pipe where he had drowned after being wedged while chasing a muskrat. Firemen could not remove the body. a miracle brought the dog back and Charles rushed to embrace Corky as a vet said the dog needed only minor care.
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South Bend
Ind
Charles Stewart
Ans Broad
Cork
Charles
Corky
Human Society
Pocatello Considers Bingo Licenses Pending Supreme Court ruling
City council refused to pass a bingo licensing ordinance until the Idaho supreme court rules on legality. Proponents led by Hafferty and Hopkins argued bingo as skill and amusement, while opponents cited protests from local groups and concerns over controversy. The council noted four applications already pending and discussed potential numbers of permitted games.
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Pocatello
Idaho Supreme Court
Harold Hopkins
Hafferty
George Phillips
State Supreme Court
Phillips
Mountain Home
Bingo
Emmett
James Bowns
Bowns
Boise
Pocatello Ministerial Association
Federal Council of Churches In America
Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Pocatello
Women’s Study League
Council
James Hopper
Hopper
Hopkins
Woman Is Fire Victim In Washington Apartment Fire
Mrs Hazel Hamilton mother of a leading Republican party figure died in a blaze that gutted her bedroom at the Stoneleigh apartments on Connecticut avenue. Firemen contained the fire before it reached other units in the building home to Sen Clyde Reed and other officials.
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Washington
Hazel Hamilton
Connecticut Avenue
Clyde M. Reed
Kan
Alaska Statehood Bill Advances in House Subcommittee
A House public lands subcommittee approved unanimously a bill to admit Alaska as a state. Full committee approval is needed before House action. Hawaii statehood earlier passed the House but awaits Senate action. if approved, Alaska would become the 50th state.
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Washington
House Public Lands
Alaska
Union
House
Hawaii
Senate
Congress
Dentists urged as May delays loom for tooth care
A local friend warns that several Pocatello dentists cannot fit new patients soon, predicting may is the earliest time for an impacted wisdom tooth to be treated. Meanwhile a sports note recalls Fielding High cheerleaders rallying the team against Blackfoot, misread as a basketball moment. A separate crime item reports Rex Eaton’s wife’s fur coat theft from storage.
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Pocatello
POST
Sports Page
Pocatello Forecast: Clear Skies and Warmer Day Ahead
The forecast calls for mostly clear skies in Pocatello today with a slight warm trend. Expect a high near 40 and a low around 25 as conditions stay dry.
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Pocatello
Western European nations map long term aid pact
Five western European states Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg convened in Brussels to draft a long term economic cultural and military pact amid postwar tensions and recent Soviet moves. Officials spoke of a rapid European union paving the way for Marshall Plan talks as London deadline speculation on US military guarantees surfaced.
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Belgium
Western Union of Democratic States
Britain
France
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Finland
London
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Bevin
Bidault
United States
Germany
Washington
Ex Secretary Testimony on Train Trip Story in Meyers Trial
Mrs Mildred Lamarre testified that ex secretary claimed Meyers paid for a train trip from Ohio to California to reward her secretarial work. The testimony supports husband Bleriot Lamarre in alleging Meyers pressured him to lie to a senate subcommittee about wartime business relations in Meyers subornation of perjury case.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Ohio
California
Mildred Lamarre
Bleriot
Meyers
Senate
Finland Nears Decision on Stalin Treaty Proposal
Finnish officials signaled acceptance of Stalin's invitation to negotiate a treaty of friendship and mutual assistance. All six major parties reportedly back some form of agreement, with four preferring a nonmilitary pact and a counterproposal under study.
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Finland
Josef Stalin
Popular Democratic Union
Swedish People’s Party
Stalin
Juho K. Paasikivi
France
Russia
Paaskivi
Romania
Hungary
Harriman Defies Subpoena on Condon Files
Secretary of Commerce Harriman refused to disclose confidential reports used to clear Dr. Edward A. Condon of disloyalty charges. House committee Chairman Thomas said the act proves there are things Congress and the public must not see. The panel had earlier accused Condon of consorting with alleged Soviet spies and sought his removal from the National Bureau of Standards.
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W. Averell Harriman
House
American Activities Committee
Edward A. Condon
J. Parnell Thomas
Harriman
Congress
Condon
National Bureau of Standards
League Adds To Pool Fund
A check for 265 dollars toward construction of the Pocatello Municipal swimming pool was presented to Mayor George R. Phillips Thursday afternoon by a delegation from the Pocatello chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.
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Pocatello Municipal
Pocatello
The
Wedemeyer warns US must aid China with military support
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer told Congress that dollars alone cannot halt communism and urged a combined military and economic aid program for China. He argued China needs military aid to prevent a communist takeover and warned the cost could be paid in blood if action is delayed.
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Washington
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U.S. Army
Congress
United States
House Foreign Affairs
Tee
Censorship Imposed in Accra After Riots
British authorities impose censorship in the Gold Coast capital Accra after natives rioted against white police. The territorial governor will supervise the press and private sources report several days of prior censorship causing delays. The Admiralty has dispatched the sloops Nereide and Actaeon from Simonstown to Accra.
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Gold Coast
Africa
London
Admiralty
Nereide
Actaeon
Simonstown
South Africa
Michael King of Romania Rejects Abdication
Former King Michael repudiates his abdication saying it was forced by a communist government backed by Russia. He sails to the United States to meet Romanian leaders in exile, plans to marry Princess Anne, and seeks talks with U S officials while eyeing American industry. He notes he hopes to return to Romania someday.
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London
Michael
Romania
Russia
United States
Southampton
Princess Anne
Paris
Denmark
Helen
Dewey Blasts Truman Over Waste of Funds
Governor Thomas E. Dewey accused President Truman of profligate waste of public funds and said the nation faces economic disaster. Speaking to Wisconsin Republicans he criticized domestic and international policy and urged Republicans to restore integrity and competence in government to achieve stable industry, agriculture, and foreign policy.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Wisconsin
Dewey
Kissin Jim Folsom Goes Missing Amid Capitol Split
Washington dispatch reports Alabama Governor Kissin Jim Folsom vanished Thursday drawing a crowd of 500 models and congressmen in New York and on Capitol Hill. He later returned to handle state business, while a paternity suit in Cullman, Alabama shadowed the trip and reporters pressed for comment on a possible Democratic presidential bid. Kenneth J. Griffith served as his stand-in for testimony.
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Jim Folsom
Jim
Alabama
New York
Canitol Hill
Tidelands
Kenneth J. Griffith
Folsom
Menry
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