House Foreign Affairs Head Sol Bloom Dies Suddenly
Rep. Sol Bloom of New York, longtime chairman of the House foreign affairs committee, died at Bethesda Naval Hospital after entering for a checkup. He was 78 and had planned to celebrate his birthday next week. Kee will assume the chair, with Eaton as senior Republican ally. Bloom’s death attributed to a sudden acute heart attack.
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Sol Bloom
N. Y
House
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bloom
Charles A. Eaton
N. J
House Foreign Affairs Committee
John P. Kee
W. Wa
Kee
Cmdr
W. R. Miller
Naval Hospital
United States
Horatio Alger
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
Western
Europe
Senate committee approves 15 month Europe aid extension
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved a 15 month extension of the Marshall European recovery plan at 5.58 billion dollars. The panel backed Hoffman’s call to “hit hard” for European recovery, with some members reserving right to support a smaller sum when Congress appropriates funds. The bill runs until April 3 and faces full debate amid fears of Soviet propaganda and a volatile international outlook.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
ECA
Paul G. Hoffman
Europe
Truman
Congress
Siidomps Isties Eh
E Finance Committee
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Tom Connally
Tex
Hoffman
Spy Bill Clears House to Expand CIA Spying Network
The House voted 348 to 4 to authorize CIA overseas spying and shelter ex-Communist informers, and approved a defense measure creating an undersecretary of defense. Action on a radar fence and 3,000 mile missile test range was postponed. The bill now goes to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Central Intelligence Agency
North America
Senate
Stage Transfer Authorized for Aberdeen Valley Lines
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission approved transferring Aberdeen valley stages from Harper Moses and Charles H. Moses to Owen W. Peterson. The line provides passenger and express service between Pocatello and Blackfoot via American Falls.
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BOISE
State Public Utilities Commission
Aberdeen Valley
Harper Moses
Charles H. Moses
Owen W. Peterson
Pocatello
Blackfoot
American Falls
Idaho Farmer Fights Rail Freight Rate Hike
Idaho Falls farmer F. L. Hansen told a state public utilities commission hearing that a four percent interim freight rate increase would worsen costs of shipping Idaho products. Hansen cited weather losses and dumping milk, plus sharp drops in butterfat and potatoes, as he opposed higher rail charges on behalf of the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation.
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Idaho
F. L. Hansen
Idaho Falls
State Public Utilities Commission
Idaho Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Organization
Herman C. Kroll
Chicago
Western Rail Lines’ Statistical Bureau
Hansen
Kroll
Western Railroads
Boise Water Group Opposes Columbia Valley Authority
In an annual meeting the Boise valley water users unanimously endorsed a resolution opposing a Columbia Valley Authority. A. I. Weaver was elected chairman and O. L. Gree secretary, with William E. Welsh reappointed watermaster. They urged funds for Anderson Ranch dam, praised Boise sewage efforts, and called for Lucky Peak Dam construction and watershed studies.
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BOISE
Boise Valley
Columbia Valley Authority
A. I. Weaver
Kuna
O. L. Gree
Eagle
William E. Welsh
Boise River
Bureau of Reclamation
Corps of Army Engineers
CVA
Congress
Anderson Ranch Dam
Lucky Peak
Utahn Gets Prison Term
Cyrus V. Lack, former operator of the Brigham street liquor agency in Salt Lake City, received a sentence of one to 10 years in Utah state prison after being convicted of embezzling state liquor. Judge Albert H. Ellet imposed the term, with a 10 day stay to allow an appeal to the state supreme court.
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Utah
Cyrus V. Lack
Brigham Street Liquor Agency
Lack
Third
Albert H. Ellet
State Supreme Court
Labor official says press not printing true Taft Hartley repeal case
Assistant Secretary of Labor John W. Gibson said that most newspapers have not printed the true and complete case for repeal of the Taft Hartley Act. He spoke to reporters in New York and urged fuller coverage of the issue.
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NEW York
John W. Gibson
Rent Control Fight Stalls as Senate Talkathon Looms
About 500 New York landlords and demonstrators warned that Senate filibuster battles could block a two year extension of rent controls beyond March 31. Sparkman urged lawmakers not to exhaust themselves over the issue while the fight continues. Rental chief Woods called controls the top domestic problem and said funds will run out after March 31. CIO spokesmen blasted Woods over alleged evasions in the new law.
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Congress
New York
Capitol
John J. Sparkman
Ala
Subcommittee
Tighe E. Woods
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
Sparkman
CIO
Woods
Jail sentence delayed as Fort Hall jail renovation un done
Corbin Besto, an Indian, received a 90 day jail term on order to be served at Fort Hall reservation jail once renovations are finished. He and Norman Tino, another Indian, were arrested in Pocatello for robbing Smoke Oveke, a 107 year old man, of $90. A two judge Indian court convicted them. Tino got six months probation.
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Fort Hall Reservation
Hoosegow
Norman Tino
Pocatello
Smoke Oveke
Redman
Tino
Contract Awarded For Highway Surfacing In Idaho
The state highway bureau awarded a 107625 dollar contract to Materne Bros of Spokane Washington to lay bituminous surface on 5051 miles of highway from Santa Junction to Flat Creek in Benewah county.
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BOISE
State Highway Bureau
Materne Bros
Spokane
Wash
Santa Junction
Flat Creek
Benewah County
Tremors Rock Salt Lake City Area in Five Quakes
Five tremors within two hours rocked Salt Lake City early Monday. Quakes registered by the weather bureau at 11:50 p.m., 11:54 p.m., 12:09 a.m., 1:06 a.m., and 1:16 a.m. shook the Tribune Telegram building and rattled walls and dishes. No east-side damage reported. police noted a water main break and residents awoke to flashing lights and frightened calls. The Wasatch fault lore underscored fears of a major quake with wide potential damage.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Tribune-Telegram
West Side
Canyon Road
Inva
Train Crash Injures 16 in Milwaukee Head-On Collision
Six teens were injured when two Milwaukee Road passenger trains collided head on in Milwaukee. The Chippewa bound from Chicago to Green Bay struck Hiawatha number six en route to Chicago after a frozen switch blocked the turnout. Passengers were hurled to the floor as trains moved at slow speeds.
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Green Bay
Milwaukee
Six File Candidacy For Pocatello Mayor Race
Six Pocatellans filed candidacy papers for mayor by the 5 p.m. deadline. Arthur W. Hall quit after not filing. Top contenders include James H. Bowns, Rampton Barlow, Grant Stowell, Sam Hanson, Earl J. Adkins, and W. W. Halsey. Mayoral and council campaigns open as the April 5 primary looms with unions and local groups backing various hopefuls.
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Arthur W. Hall
Bannock County
James H. Bowns
Rampton Barlow
Grant Stowell
Sam Hanson
Earl J. Adkins
W. W. Halsey
George R. Phillips
C. D. “Dinty” Moore
Alameda
Bannock
James C. Bangs
C. A. Tallberg
ISC
Harry Dudenake
James N. Franklin
Harold Read
Whitman
Kenneth DeLate
Death Takes Pocatellan Mrs Mary L Talbot 93
Mrs. Mary L Richardson Talbot 93 died at her daughter's home in Pocatello after a lingering illness. Born July 26, 1855 in Kaysville Utah, she moved to Idaho 64 years ago living in Blackfoot Kilgore and Pocatello. Survived by three sons two daughters 20 grandchildren 47 great grandchildren six great great grandchildren and one brother. Funeral arrangements announced by Arthur W Hall mortuary.
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Willard McLaughlin
N. Garfield
Kaysville
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Lola Tyler Richardson
Idaho
Blackfoot
Kilgore
Pocatello
Albert Joseph Talbot
Salt Lake City
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Relief Society
Albert H. Talbot
Calgary
Canada
J. Albert Talbot
Boise
Ralph M. Talbot
Alberta
DelBonita
Willard
Pricilla) McLaughlin
Henry Richardson
Smithfield
Arthur W. Hall Mortuary
Worker Injured In Fall At Dam
Cleo Shipp is in serious condition at the local hospital after falling 18 feet from a ladder while working on the American Falls dam. He suffered shock a broken left heel bone and cuts with possible internal injuries as the physician described.
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American Falls
Cleo Shipp
Shipp
Oro fino Chamber Files Articles of Incorporation
The Oro fino chamber of commerce filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state at Boise. Officers listed include W. C. Pease as president F Eldon Snyder as vice president and Adrian Nelson Jr as secretary.
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Orofino, Ida
Orofino Chamber of Commerce
Boise
W. C. Pease
F. Eldon Snyder
Adrian Nelson, Jr
Adkins Announces Mayoral Campaign In Pocatello
Earl J. Adkins launched his bid for mayor criticizing the city council over taxi franchise denial and calling for free enterprise. He urged voter input on slot machines and opposed flat garbage fees, promising governance by the will of the majority if elected.
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Pocatello
Earl J. Adkins
Adkins
Pocatello Ministerial Association
First Presbyterian Church
Alameda
FBI probes Coplon and Russian engineer in spy case
An FBI agent presented to a grand jury the case against Judith Coplon of the Justice Department and Valentin Gubitchev, a United Nations engineer, on charges of conspiring to steal government secrets. They were held in federal custody as the grand jury heard further details of the Friday arrest on a Third Avenue bus.
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Grand Jury
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
United Nations
Miss Coplon
Barnard College
Valentin Gubitchev
Third Avenue
U. S
Alger Hiss
Supreme Court Upholds State Union Security Rights
The court ruled 7 to 2 that states could still regulate union security contracts in interstate commerce despite federal Wagner Act interpretations. The decision narrows implications of Taft Hartley and preserves state laws on closed shops and related agreements while the administration pursues labor reform.
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Supreme Court
CIO
AFL
Congress
Felix Frankfurter
Wound Proves Fatal To Pocatello Youth
Thirteen year old Darrell Rupp son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Rupp 465 Wayne Ave died in a local hospital Monday from a gunshot wound received during a rabbit hunt Sunday near Pocatello Bannock county deputy Sheriff Earl Cutler said 14 year old Larry Cook admitted attempting to fire the .22 pistol several times but it misfired and later went off fatally wounding Rupp He was a Roosevelt school pupil in Alameda and a member of the LDS church He is survived by his parents four brothers and a sister and several grandparents Funeral arrangements will be announced by Arthur W Hall
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Marvin Rupp
Wayne Ave
Bannock County
Earl Cutler
Young Rupp
Pocatello
Larry Cook
Cutler
Rupp
Marvin
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