Finland Agrees to Moscow Talks on Mutual Aid Treaty
Helsinki reports Finland will enter negotiations with the Soviet Union on a friendship and assistance pact in Moscow. President Paasikivi to reply to Stalin and seek to avoid binding Finland to Russia, while officials deny a Communist crackdown incident involving Hentonen's supporters.
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Helsinki
Finland
Stalin
State Council
Moscow
Russia
Paaskivi
Paasikivi
Bond sale loom for Bannock hospital bonds in Pocatello
The new Pocatello city planning commission discussed a possible local bond sale of 1,000,000 for Bannock County Hospital. Bonds would pay about 2.42 percent interest and face opposition in court cases. Planning members proposed forming a committee to meet county commissioners and invite the Bannock County planning commission to join the next meeting.
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Pocatello
Bannock County
Bancroft
Fifth District Court
Idaho Supreme Court
Bannock Hotel
Flandro
J. L
Ledge) Craig
W. C. Carnes
F. G. Thompson
0. R. Baum
F. M. Bistline
M. Preston Goodfellow
Dave Hill
Ezra Hawkes
W. H
Pete) Jensen
William Oberg
Harley Markham
Harold Ory
Elwood Gledhill
Howard Spencer
Bannock County Planning Commission
Local Families Begin Aerial Vacation Tour
A group of local and American Falls aviation enthusiasts depart Hayfield airport near Pocatello for a month long aerial vacation training trip. The itinerary travels to San Francisco Los Angeles Las Vegas Salt Lake City and back via Idaho with stops to enjoy sightseeing along the way.
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Hayfield Airport
Pocatello
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Idaho
Las Vegas
Salt Lake City
U. S. Court Opens Here in Pocatello Spring Term
Federal court opened in Pocatello with seven cases on the docket for the spring term heard through March 23. First trial, United States versus Emil Guderjohn, Idaho Falls, seeks to restrain a fence across a forest road in Fremont county. Other cases include Cecilia J. Wilson versus businessmen’s Assurance and New York Life Insurance, Portland Mortgage versus J L Grimmett, and American Packing versus Bert Rudd. A jury is set for March 23 for Newby et al versus Maryland Casualty.
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Federal Court
Pocatello
Chase A. Clark
United States
Emil Guderjohn
Idaho Falls
Guderjohn
Fremont County
Cecilia J. Wilson
Businessmen’s Assurance Company
New York Life Insurance Company
Portland Mortgage Company
J. L. Grimmett
American Packing and Provision Company
Bert Rudd
George H. Newby
Maryland Casualty Company
American Soldier Wounded in Vienna Shooting by Soviet Guards
In Vienna early Monday an American soldier Pfc. Jack Grunden was shot after refusing a Russian guard’s order to walk in the gutter. Grunden, 18, from Portland Oregon, was left on a sidewalk for 45 minutes before aid. A Austrian girl companion was detained by 40 Russian troops. two other Americans and two Austrian girls were fired on as they sought help. The incident prompted no immediate protest, with authorities saying the act was provoked by the Russians and under investigation. The soldier’s left arm may be saved after fears of amputation subsided.
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Vienna
Austria
Bernard Harless
Pfc
Jack Grunden
Portland
Ore
Grunden
Army Hospital
Supreme Court rules religious teaching in public schools unconstitutional
The court, in an 8 to 1 decision, voided voluntary religious instruction in public schools as unconstitutional. The Champaign Illinois case challenged a joint Jewish Catholic Protestant council program at a public school and required parental permission for students to attend. Justice Black wrote the majority opinion, with Justice Jackson dissenting.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Champaign, Il
Champaign
Vashti McCollum
Ten Month Boy Whistles in Pocatello Postings
A 10 month old boy, son of the Lloyd Sullivans of 656 West Sublette, is noted for whistling. In other news, J L Burns reports his car and several garments missing after a Sunday incident, with police tracing a man described as about 40, 5 feet 8, dark complexion, scar on right cheek, blue pin stripe coat, seen with a 1940 cream Ford coupe Idaho 3C 62.
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Pocatello
POST
Lloyd Sullivans
West Sublette
J. L. Burns
North Ninth Ave
Burns
Idaho
Discharge Funds Union Head Defiant
Northern California CIO regional director Harry Bridges was officially removed from office and immediately vowed to uphold CIO unions basic rights to endorse and work for Truman Warren Dewey or Bath. He claimed his stance on supporting third parties conflicted with national CIO policy and accused officials of forcing him to deny member political choice.
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San Francisco
Northern California
CIO
Harry Bridge
California
Bridges
Truman
Warren
Dewey
Henry Wallace
Glen Taylor
Murray
Family Safe After Crash Near Great Salt Lake Rescue
A Salt Lake City family of three survived a forced single engine plane landing on the muddy north shore of Great Salt Lake en route from Burley Idaho. Pilot Melvin G. Baird of the Civil Air Patrol airlifted the Elwood D Penrose family and eight year old Marilyn to Tremonton Utah after ground recovery failed in mud.
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Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Burley
Ida
Elwood D. Penrose
Marilyn
North Shore Landing Road
Melvin G. Baird
Civil Air Patrol
Clearfield
Utah
Lake Shore
Baird
Tremonton
Weather forecast hints at lingering clouds and snow showers
The weatherman predicts a cloudy day with little temperature change and scattered snow showers. Highs around 35 to 40 degrees and a low near 20 are forecast, though predictions may be unreliable.
MacArthur runs for president prompts wide backing
Rep. A L Miller Neb says MacArthur’s presidential candidacy is a green light for supporters to mobilize. Stassen and Dewey offer muted comments while the Independent Citizens League cables opposition labeling the bid as evil as communism.
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New York
Independent Citizens League
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Wight Named Chief Deputy Sheriff in Bannock County
Alma Marley announces W L Wight as chief deputy sheriff succeeding Ray J Reynolds who resigns to join Railway Express Agency in Denver Colorado. Wight, a retired railroad brakeman and baggageman, has served three years in the department and will continue issuing drivers licenses from the desk.
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W. L. Wight
Alma Marley
Bannock
Ray J. Reynolds
Railway Express Agency
Denver
Colo
Wight
Marley
Pocatellans Split On MacArthur Candidacy
In Pocatello public reaction to General Douglas MacArthur's U.S. presidency bid ranged from strong support to opposition. UP railroad staffers Ray F Brookhart and Byron Downard urged or opposed military leadership, while others like Richard Milner Mark Shurtleff George Philp weighed party and platform factors.
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Pocatello
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Ray F. Brookhart
Department of the Union Pacific Railroad
General Mac
Brookhart
Richard Milner
U. P. Railroad
Mark Shurtleff
Pocatello Post
American Legion
Pocatetlans
George A. Philp
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Eni
Byron Downard
Wife Slain In Night Club In Detroit Suburb
Detroit police captured 28 year old Homer Caldwell nine hours after he allegedly forced entry at a suburban night club during a floor show and opened fire killing his wife Lula Caldwell and wounding her companion Claude Carbeille.
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Detroit
Homer Caldwell
The
Great, Lakes Steel Corp
Lula Caldwell
Claude Carbeille
Club Ballots To Be Tabulated In Pocatello Knife and Fork Club
Thelma Crowell announced that mailed ballots for three new directors will be tabulated March 22 during the meeting. Six candidates vie for three vacancies left by S. E. Brady I. E. McDougall and Dr. E. N. Roberts, with three being elected, said George N. Green, club president.
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Pocatello Knife
Fork Club
Thelma Crowell
S. E. Brady
I. E. McDougall
E. N. Roberts
George N. Green
Truman Defies Party Split and Will Run for President
President Truman announced he will run for the Democratic nomination despite southern opposition over racial rights. Democratic National Chairman J. Howard McGrath said Truman authorized acceptance if nominated, denying any reference to Henry Wallace’s third party.
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Washington
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
White House
McGrath
General Douglas MacArthur Indicates 1948 Presidential Run
Gen. Douglas MacArthur abruptly signaled a possible 1948 presidential bid after Wisconsin citizens filed petitions to name him in the state GOP primary. He said he would not shrink from any public duty but had no current plans to leave Japan. The announcement positions him as a fifth major Republican candidate alongside Dewey Stassen Taft Warren and others.
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Washington
A. L. Miller
Douglas MacArthur
Miller
MacArthur
Mac Or
Truman
South
Republican National Committee
Ernest Hobrecht
United Press
Tokyo
United States
Wisconsin
Madison
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Earl Warren
California
Dewey
Stassen
Nebraska
Taft
Warren
Arthur H. Vandensberg
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Pers
Japan
China
Republican Party
Pocatellan ls Found Dead
The body of Henry C. Johnson a 44 year old plumber formerly of Pocatello was found in Twin Falls shot through the head with a .22 caliber rifle. Coroner F Wayne Schow said Johnson appeared to have taken his own life. He had moved from Pocatello to American Falls before settling in Twin Falls with his wife.
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Twin Falls
Henry C. Johnson
Pocatello
Johnson
American Falls
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Maisch
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Dorothy Hutchings
Aviation Corporation
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Harry Bridges
Wallace
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