Thirty Persons Injured As Blast Demolishes Chemical Company
WALLACE Idaho UP report notes CIO Mine Mill and Smelter workers in the Coeur d'Alene district will not back Henry Wallace for president. Locals in Wallace Kellogg and Mullan stay nonpartisan in line with CIO policy. National executive board had supported Wallace's third party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemical Company
East
Wallace, Ida
CIO
Goeur d’Alene
North Idaho
Henry Wallace
Wallace, Kellogg and Mullan
Miners’ Union
Wallace
California Curtails Power Use Amid Drought Curtailing Industry
California's largest utility Pacific Gas and Electric announces a drought emergency plan requiring industrial, commercial, and agricultural users to save the equivalent of one day of power each week. The Public Utilities Commission bans new electrical connections in drought areas, exceptions apply to health and safety. Governor Pittman echoes calls for federal rainmaking research as drought threatens agriculture and industry across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
N. R. Sutherland
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
State Public Utilities Commission
Ely
Nevada
Vail Pittman
Pittman
Earl Warren
Truman
PG & E
Big Three Agree On Reich Move For Western Germany Plan
The United States Great Britain and France agreed to include western Germany in the Marshall Plan to stabilize Europe and to internationalize the Ruhr They urged a federated western Germany with an international Ruhr and a merged three power zone system under a central authority to reestablish unity, citing Soviet moves in Czechoslovakia and Finland.
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London
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Ruhr
Benelux
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Western
Western Europe
Three Killed In Plane Crash At John Day Airport
State police identified pilot-owner A. A. McDonald and passengers Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Skinner, all of John Day, as the three killed when their light plane crashed 20 feet from the end of a runway at the old John Day airport during a landing attempt. The victims were burned in the wreckage. identities were confirmed by positions in the plane when it took off from the New John Day airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Day, Ore
John Day
A. A. McDonald
Ernie Skinner
John
Sun Valley Worker Dies In Vehicle Crash
SHOSHONE Idaho UP Samuel La Grange age 29 of Dietrich a Sun Valley area employee was killed instantly early Saturday when he apparently fell asleep at the wheel and his car left the highway six miles north of Sun Valley striking a cement embankment and was completely demolished Lincoln County Sheriff Earl Clayton said the tragedy occurred on the highway near Sun Valley.
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Ida
Samuel la Grange
Dietrich
Sun Valley
Here
Lincoln County
Earl Clayton
Western Union study aims for defense pact in Europe
Diplomats in Brussels lay groundwork for a five power economic and political treaty among Britain France Belgium The Netherlands and Luxembourg. They seek cooperative defense clauses though no military provisions in the technical sense. Britain’s Sir George W Rendel says main principles agreed and drafting nearly complete as delegates begin finalizing the pact location debate centers on Paris or Brussels.
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Brussels
Belgium
George W. Rendel
Foreign Office
Rendel
Britain
France
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Guns Blaze As Two Make Freedom Try
In a desperate bid for freedom two handcuffed gunmen eluded a 100-man police posse for nine hours and were recaptured after a dawn stakeout near Pittsburgh. Dipoff and Wilson, aged 24 and 26, were arrested in Bethel township for burglary. they exchanged fire wounding three officers and a bystander. The ensuing manhunt led to a clash that left several injured as detectives closed in and finally recovered the pair.
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Pittsburgh
Edward D. Dipoff
John R. Wilson
George Kercher
Joseph Chmelynski
Bethel Township
Dipofi
East End
Edward Cooperstein
Joseph Starr
Cooperstein
Edward Burke
Burke
Start
Dipoff
New Eagle
Washington County
R. Cecil Handcock
Peter Lesisko
John Hebda
Wilson
Long Slaps State Solon in Louisiana Chamber
Governor designate Earl K Long publicly slapped Sen elect John O Connor in the Louisiana House chamber after a heated meeting of the state central Democratic committee. Long proclaimed “You’re fired right here and now” amid a crowd of top Democrats. He cannot fire O Connor from the Senate, as he was elected by popular vote, and Long won’t be inaugurated until May 11.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Kingfish
Chamber of the House of Representatives
Long
John O’connor
New Orleans
State Central Democratic Committee
O’ Connor
State Senate
O’connor
Preston Pocatello Fives Share District Tourney Title
Preston defeated Malad 39 to 35 to oust Malad from Fifth District class A play and earn regional participation alongside Pocatello. The game stayed close with Preston leading throughout, Malad rallying in stretches before a late frantic pace and heavy fouling.
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Pocatello-Preston
Pocatello
Dick Cotant
Pocatello High School
E. “Rip” Gledhill
Preston
Dick Condi
KEIO
Jim Sc
Malad
Marin
Factory layoffs foreseen from PG&E power curb says Hewitt
Alvin E. Hewitt executive vice president of the California Manufacturers' Association warned that Pacific Gas and Electric Company's announced power conservation plan will reduce factory employment by about 20 percent. He spoke after the plan was unveiled, noting the potential impact on workers and industry operations in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Alvin E. Hewitt
California Manufacturers’ Association
Woman Names Benny As Walking Man in Radio Mystery
Florence Hubbard, a Chicago widow, identified Jack Benny as the Walking Man on the Truth or Consequences program. She won 22,500 in prizes, including a Cadillac, a fur coat, a diamond watch, and an airplane, becoming the era’s highest paid radio contestant. More than 2 million entries supported the American Heart Association drive.
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Chicago
Florence Hubbard
Jack Benny
Ralph Edwards
Hollywood
Hubbard
National Broadcasting Company
American Heart Association
Pocatello Postings Highlights Local Goings On
Local jewelers Nate Morgan returns from a U S trip to Las Vegas Los Angeles and Palm Springs with his wife and jokes about staying in the United States. The city council authorizes a food contract for jail meals to raise the price from 35 to 45 cents per plate. A reader complains about a police gambling scene after a Pocatello Preston basketball game and urges proper authorities handle the matter.
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Nate Morgan
Pocatello
Mrs. Morgan
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Palm Springs
Morgans
Nate
Old Mexico
United States
Jarvis Roubidoux
Roubidoux
Preston
Local forecast reports mild March day with sun and clouds
The weatherman says today will be partly cloudy with only a small temperature swing. Highs set between 40 and 48 degrees, while lows range from 20 to 25 degrees.
Explosion Terrifies Waltham as Interlake Plant Blows Up
A roaring blast at Interlake Chemical Co in Waltham Massachusetts injured at least 30 with 5 in critical condition. The explosion shattered windows 200 yards away and ignited a fire that threatened nearby buildings while more than 1 000 onlookers gathered, police blocked traffic, and hospitals treated victims including several burned and dazed workers.
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Waltham
Mass
Interlake Chemical Co
Waltham Hospital
Newton- Wellesley Hospital
Judson L. Thomson Co
Larry A. Brewer
Interlake
UN To Act On Palestine Provisional Jewish State Plan
Reliable sources say the United Nations Palestine commission will act within 25 days to establish a provisional government for a Jewish state at UN headquarters. The move would make the Jewish state a legal entity under the partition plan, with actual occupation to follow after Britain ends the mandate on May 15. The provisional council would operate at Lake Success in cooperation with the five nation Palestine commission.
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Lake Success
United Nations Palestine Commission
Palestine
UN General Assembly
Holy Land
Great Britain
Provisional Council of Government
Palestine Commission
Finns Discuss Soviet-Finnish Alliance Amid Flight Exits
In Helsinki officials privately reviewed Premier Stalin's proposed alliance as refugees and wealthy residents sold property and prepared to leave Finland. Police reported 12 arrests along the northeast frontier as authorities noted ongoing refugee outflow with heightened classified ads witnessing house and furniture sales.
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Helsinki
Finland
Josef Stalin
Opera
Stockholm
Sweden
Solons Lash At ERP Delay in onetime Senate Debate
A Democratic whip and a Republican freshman denounced ERP revisionists delaying the European Recovery Program. Senate leaders abandoned hope of meeting the April 1 deadline, warning that vital European aid could be cut off. Flanders urged speed citing Czech and Finnish events, while Bridges sought basic policy briefings before final spending figures. Debate continued with sparse attendance and no imminent vote.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Europe
Scott Lucas
Ralph E. Flanders
Flanders
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Appropriations Committees
Styles. Bridges, R
N. H
Senate Appropriations Committee
U. S
Russia
Farmers Eye Parity Price
Idaho farm leaders at a special meeting in Twin Falls endorsed quotas and price supports at 90 percent of parity to shield farmers from losses seen in 1920. They urged four more years of the parity program with wool and sugar added to the calculation, and modernization of the parity formula though labor costs need not be included.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Ben Johnson
Preston
Idaho Agricultural Council
Strong Infant Wins Post News Award
Mrs. Phil Green of 26 Portneuf Park wins a $50 award for a weekly best news tip. She tells the Post that her four month old Billy has stood unaided since three weeks old, a feat doctors deem highly unusual. The Post invites more tips on the unusual, quaint, and spectacular from readers.
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Phil Green
Portneuf Park
POST
Billy
Green
Pocatello
Charles Atlas
The
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