Tax Bureau Attacked Over Waste and Inefficiency
The House appropriations committee blasted the Internal Revenue Service as wasteful and hamstrung by political appointees and divided authority. It urged an immediate housecleaning and backed $1.98 billion in federal funds, with a focus on making the bureau more efficient. Western offices showed mixed results with some lax controls and unsatisfactory personnel.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
House
Treasury and Post Office
Bureau
The
Treasury
Truman
Revenue Bureau
Russian forewoman accuses Eleanor Roosevelt of betrayal
Klaudia Zenova a Moscow factory forewoman and deputy of the Supreme Soviet wrote an open letter to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt denouncing her as betraying the late president and warning her to halt before it is too late. Zenova called Roosevelt unworthy of backing enemies and cited alleged support for a trade in women and children in the colonies at the UN session.
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London
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Danforth Visits Pocatello To Promote Youth Camp
William H. Danforth, founder of Ralston Purina, toured Pocatello speaking to students and Chamber members. He outlined sponsorship of two week camp scholarships for Gate City High School students and emphasized non denominational leadership training and agricultural education.
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Pocatello
William H. Danforth
Ralston Purina Company
C. Ed Flandro
Chamber of Commerce
Michigan
Harold Ory
America
Danforth
Move To Speed Aid Move Taken To Speed Aid
The House Foreign Affairs Committee may divorce aid to Greece Turkey and China from the European plan to speed passage of the European program. Chairman Charles A Eaton said the move follows a two and a half hour conference with Republicans. Italy’s April 18 election and communist strength are cited as factors. Senate GOP whip Kenneth Wherry says night sessions will be held to push action. Secretary Marshall urged quick action to House leaders.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Greece
Turkey
China
Charles A. Eaton
N. J
Eaton
House
Italy
Senate
GOP
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
MacArthur May 2 and To Appear Before Congress
Gen. Douglas MacArthur may return from Tokyo in April to testify before the Senate appropriations committee on Japanese occupation costs. Rep. A L Miller urged inviting him as an expert on Orient problems, while Sen. Styles Bridges said the full committee would decide.
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Washington
ULP
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Senate Appropriations Committee
A. L. Miller
Neb
MacArthur
Sophoulis Predicts Guerrilla Defeat by End of Summer
In Athens Premier Themistocles Sophoulis said government forces would defeat guerrillas by summer's end and that only a major power accord can resolve Greece's political woes. He defended mass arrests as town security and noted 12,000 detainees have been released. He confirmed some Ikaria detainees joined guerrillas and a UN team reported firing near the Albania border.
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Athens
Greece
Themistocles Sophoulis
Sophoulis
Ikaria
United Nations
Delvinakion
Albania
Court Restrains Farmer From Closing Public Road
Federal Judge Chase A. Clark rules the Bootjack Pass road from Highway 191 into Fremont County is a public right of way. Emil Guderjohn, a ranch operator near Henry's Lake, is barred from building fences or obstructions on the route used since 1923 to access about 20,000 acres of Targhee National Forest.
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Fremont County
Pocatello
Chase A. Clark
Emil Guderjohn
Henry’s Lake
U. S. Highway 191
Bootjack Pass
Guderjohn
Targhee National Forest
Clark
Reds Arrest U.S. Employee in Bratislava Conspiracy Case
Czechoslovak authorities jail a Slovak employee of the U S consulate in Bratislava for questioning on conspiracy charges. A U S official says the move signals Prague’s drive to produce evidence of a spy plot by U S diplomats. Simultaneously Vojta Benes resigns from parliament amid party rifts.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Bratislava
Washington
Vojta Benes
Eduard Benes
Social Democratic Party
Palestine Issue Faces New Trouble
In Lake Success New York a rift opened over the Palestine plan at the United Nations as US officials appeared reluctant to proceed with partition. A Soviet official accused Washington of reopening the Holy Land case while UN secretary staff argued the council could back partition with an international police force. The dispute surfaced during a closed Trieste governor debate, with Argentina’s Jose Arce denouncing the secretariat’s logic and delay in circulation.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Palestine
United Nations
United States
Holy Land
Warren R. Austin
United Nations Secretariat
UN Security Council
Andrei Gromyko
Secretariat
Council
Trieste
Jose Arce
Argentina
Trygve Lie
Palestine Commission
Selective Service Reserve Initiative Unveiled In San Francisco
Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey announced a plan to form a six region inactive reserve for selective service to be trained for possible activation. The program aims to draft a national plan held in Washington while Hershey notes his office cannot draft and the wartime system ended last year. The USSR retains World War II records.
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San Francisco
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Office of Selective Service Records
Selective Service System
Hershey
Washington
Ussr
Pocatello Postings Remind Tax Payers Of March Filing
In Pocatello residents are urged to file federal income tax returns by the looming deadline. Deputy collectors in the Federal building will extend hours Saturday to accommodate late filers. Bill Chandler notes workers donate overtime for public convenience. Also, Bannock County Sportsmen plan a March 10 meeting at 8 p.m. in the police station council chambers with Idaho Power moving pictures as the main draw. Blackfoot showcases a film bill Smoky in Color If I'm Lucky.
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Julius Caesar
Pocatello
Post Office
Bill Chandler
Citi
Tom McAteer
Bannock County Sportsmen's Association
Tom
Idaho Power Company
BRT Leader backs Truman amid Democratic unity claims
A. F. Whitney president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen pledged union support for President Truman in Denver. Whitney said from his vantage point the Democrats have the election sewn up and his past bitterness toward Truman is now water under the bridge.
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Denver
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Mr. Truman
Truman
Whitney
MacArthur Seeks Talks With Stalin and Defends Confining Communism
In Tokyo observers say General Douglas MacArthur favors direct talks with Premier Joseph Stalin to avert war while opposing Soviet expansion. He views Russia as the top global problem and would base a Republican campaign on halting communism abroad and at home. He would not seek the presidency while remaining Supreme Allied Commander in Japan.
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MacArthur
Tokyo
Japan
Far East
Douglas MacArthur
Josef Stalin
Soviet Russia
Informed
Russia
Europe
Observer
U. S
Diesel freight service begins between Pocatello and Salt Lake City
Four diesel freight trains per day will run each direction on a regular schedule within six weeks linking Pocatello and Salt Lake City. The first regular runs started Monday with two daily trips between Gate City and the Utah capital. The service aims for faster delivery and intermediate pickups, with travel time about seven hours or less. Trains depart Salt Lake City at 6 am and noon daily, with similar times from Pocatello.
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Pocatello
Salt Lake City
Gate City
Utah Capital
Idaho potato growers oppose plan to reroute surplus
Idaho legislators and potato shippers condemned the government plan to divert surplus midwest potatoes to Pacific coast markets. The resolution, adopted Tuesday, denounces the proposal as harmful to Idaho growers and potato prices.
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BOISE
Idaho Potato Shippers and Growers
Dewey Opens Clear Lead In New Hampshire Presidential Primary
Early returns show Governor Thomas E. Dewey leading Harold E. Stassen 7 to 1 in New Hampshire with a third of precincts counted for delegates to the GOP national convention. Dewey supporters claim five or six of eight delegates, while Stassen backers focus on city strength. Democratic delegates to their convention draw little attention as they are pledged to Truman.
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Manchester
N. H
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassenbacker
New Yorker
New Hampshire
Dewey
Stassen
GOP
Frank J. Sulloway
Concord
President Truman
Virgil D. White
Chester W. Jenks
William C. Saltonstall
Thomas J. Manning
Charles M. Mills
Charles A. Holden
Donald G. Matson
Philip C. Head
Capitalism Blamed for Alcoholism by Ostrava Paper
Nova Svoboda, the Ostrava communist newspaper, tied alcoholism to the capitalist system during national anti alcohol week. It urged workers to close many city bars and replace them with clubrooms offering refined amusements and healthier social life.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Ostrava
Nova Svoboda
Finns Name Negotiators On Russ Paet
Helsinki Finland UP President Juho K Paasikivi named a seven man delegation to negotiate with Russia on a mutual defense treaty sought by Premier Stalin Mauno Pekkala to sign documents as chair. Delegation includes Enckell Svento Leino Peltonen Soederhjelm Kekkonen with Peltonen the sole member outspoken against the pact.
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Finland
Juho K. Paasikivi
Russia
Josef Stalin
Mauno Pekkala
Paaskivi
Marui Ryoema
Soviet Union
Moscow
Stalin
Paasikivi
Pekkala
Carl Enckell
Aty
Reinhold Svento
Interior
Yrjoe Leino
Onni Peltonen
Johann Otto Soederhjelm
Urho Kekkonen
Agrarian Party
Peltonen
Idahoans Delay Potato Sales Plan
The Idaho potato industry coordinating committee postponed action on a proposal to create checks against marketing immature potatoes. The measure was referred to a subcommittee for further study with John D. Snow Burley shipper F L Hansen Idaho Falls and Dr Leif Verner Moscow on the panel.
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Boise
Idaho Potato Industry Coordinating Committee
John D. Snow
Burley Shipper
F. L. Hansen
Idaho Falls
Idaho Potato Growers Inc
Leif Verner
Moscow
University of Idaho
Prison Escapee Seeks Return to Idaho Wife
Perry QO. Lee, 46, who fled a North Carolina prison 11 years ago and built a life in the West, was freed from extradition after a judge dismissed the warrant. He said his goal is to return to Idaho to be with his wife and children and live a clean life.
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Los Angeles
Perry QO. Lee
North Carolina
Thomas L. Ambrose
Frank Stuart
Lee
Ida May Adams
Whitebird
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