Rail lay offs spark worry in Pocatello and Omaha
U P Big Brass in Omaha would hear of layoffs in Pocatello where 500 to 1000 freight cars may wait repair. Workers call the cuts political and tied to wage pressures, while officials call them seasonal. Local business fears lost payroll. new industries may absorb workers. The tax agents in Pocatello offered no comment on tax evasion crackdown.
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U. P
Omaha
Pocatello
Gate City
Pocatello Bureau of Internal Revenue
Finns Reluctant on Military Pact With Soviet Union
Finnish President Paasikivi informed Premier Stalin that parliamentarians were hesitant to sign a military agreement with the Soviet Union. He quoted the people’s desire to avoid future conflicts while honoring the peace treaty and building friendly relations with Russia. The government would enter negotiations.
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Helsinki
Finland
Juho K. Paasikis
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
Stalin
Russia
Paasikivi
Police Officers Elect Arbitration Board
The Pocatello police force announced a three member arbitration panel led by Chief R J Roubidoux. Sgt A L Oliver and Patrolmen Fred Smullen and G E Boyce named to arbitrate personnel disputes. The panel was elected by secret ballot by the city council Monday.
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Pocatello
R. J. Roubidoux
Sgt
A. L. Oliver
Fred Smullen
G. E. Boyce
Rial Authority
Welsine
Morrison Named State Highway Patrolman in Boise
Boise. A. B. Morrison aged 32 formerly with Aberdeen city police was appointed state highway patrolman on Monday. His permanent station will be announced later according to state police superintendent A. P. Bunderson.
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Boise
A. B. Morrison
Aberdeen City
A. P. Bunderson
Judge rules Taft-Hartley ban on union political spending unconstitutional
Federal district judge Benjamin Moore ruled that the Taft Hartley Act ban on political expenditures by labor unions is unconstitutional while leaving the ban on union campaign contributions intact. The decision, in a CIO case led by Philip Murray, could impact the 1948 elections unless reversed by the Supreme Court. The government will appeal.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Benjamin Moore
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Baltimore
Edward A. Garmataz
Garmatz
Moore
Justice Department
Income Tax Filing Period Ends Peacefully
Filing of federal income tax statements ended at midnight with steadier activity this year and shorter lines at the Poca tello office. Deputy collector W. J. Chandler cited fewer workers and earlier employer returns as the reason for improved flow, noting many firms dated forms on or before February 15.
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W. J. Chandler
Pocatello
Chandler
Explosion kills four at Inter national Harvester test plant
An explosion at the International Harvester motor testing building in Louisville Kentucky killed four men and seriously injured eight others. Rescue crews found two missing workers among the wreckage one dead and one who had not exited. Names of the deceased include Les Kuchenbrod W E Stillwell William C Manion and Quentin N Wyman. Eleven workers were hospitalized and company plans to resume tractor assembly the following day once supplies allow.
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Louisville
International Harvester Co
Les Kuchenbrod
W. E. Stillwell
Buechel
William C. Manion
Anchorage
Quentin N. Wyman
Forester Quits to Join Craig Mountain Lumber Co.
Stanton G. Ready of Boise resigned today as state forester to take a position with the Craig Mountain Lumber Co. in Winchester.
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Boise
Stanton G. Ready
Craig Mountain Lumber Co
Winchester
Beaver tops bridge in Pocatello Postings tale
In a lighthearted Pocatello Postings piece, Mrs. Homer Wilson reports a beaver near the Carson street bridge, but the animal spares the timber, leaving the historic bridge intact. The column notes reader mail from Adak Alaska praising the paper and mentions Northern Lights seen over the city.
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Tance Mark
Ernest Ellis, Jr
Ernest L. Ellis
South Thirteenth Ave
Islands
Pocatello High School
97Th Ordnance Salvage Company
Adak
Calif
Nationwide Strike Hits Meat Plants
The CIO United Packinghouse Workers union initiates a wage strike against the U S meat packing industry effective across time zones in a bid for a 29 cent per hour raise. About 100000 workers in 140 plants nationwide join as 73 large packers and 40 smaller plants face work stoppage raising fears of meat shortages and higher prices. Analysts warn of a possible two week to month impact before supplies normalize.
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Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse Workers’ Union
Truman
Mr. Truman
Swift, Cudahy
Armour and
Wilson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Union
Vet Wins First Brush With Waldorf Hotel Housing Dispute
Veteran Richard Earl Cox, living in a cold water, bathless tenement, wins a clash with Waldorf Astoria officials over a $12.00 day room. Cox, wife Eleanor and two children remain in the luxury room while alleging city bills will mostly go to Mayor O'Dwyer. He says $40 a month is a fair price for housing.
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New York
Richard Earl Cox
Waldorf-Astoria
Eleanor
Cox
William O'Dwyer
France And England Seek Pact To Fight Communism
Britain and France proposed a 16 nation European economic alliance backed by Marshall Plan funds to counter communism. They urged including Sweden Norway Denmark Portugal and possibly Italy in a broader western European economic and military aid treaty extending from the Arctic to the Mediterranean.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Germany
Bevin
Bidault
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Portugal
Italy
Brussels
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Arctic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Rent Control End Forecast
Washington reports House Ranking Committee Chair Jesse P. Wolcott says rent controls could end next year if the building boom continues. Debate on extending controls to March 31, 1949 proceeds with a vote expected Tuesday. He adds housing in large cities bottlenecks, while nonmetropolitan supply improves.
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Washington
Jesse P. Wolcott
Mich
House Ranking Committee
House
Wolcott
Unpaid Fines Bring Jail Term in Pocatello Disturbance
Nona Betty Rushton and Betty O Neil, aged 22 and 24, pleaded guilty in Pocatello court to disturbing the peace after a sidewalk brawl on North Main Street. Both were jailed in Bannock County after failing to pay fines of 100 and 50 dollars, with previous arrests and suspended fines. Officer Robert Phelps said his uniform was torn during the arrest.
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Nona Betty Rushton
Betty O'Neil
Pocatello Court
North
Main Street
Forty-One Japanese Sentenced to Die by Allied Court
Forty-one former Japanese navy men were sentenced to hang in the largest mass death verdict by an allied war crimes court. They were found responsible for the execution of three American naval fliers. Of forty-five defendants, two were acquitted, one got 20 years hard labor, and another five years in prison.
Weather Forecast Mixes With Snow Showers Overnight
Yesterday's forecast promised spring showers and rising temperatures but snow showers fell instead. Today the outlook is partly cloudy with a chance of scattered light showers of rain or snow and a cool start in the morning.
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Pocatello
Truman to Address Congress on Foreign Crisis Wednesday
President Truman will speak before a joint session on Wednesday about the international crisis and possible military steps as the Western alliance faces the spread of communism. White House officials say the address, 15 to 20 minutes, will be broadcast on major networks and may touch on strengthening defenses amid recent world developments.
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United Press
Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Czechoslovakia
Charles G. Ross
E.S.T
Ross
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Michael McDermott
Italy
United States
Europe
Republican House
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
House Armed Forces Committee
House Rules Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lewis Hint Starts Coal Mine Strike Across Nation
Pittsburgh dispatch reports more than half of the 400,000 soft coal miners joined a pension protest urged by John L. Lewis. About 202,100 idle miners across 11 states, with West Virginia and Pennsylvania hardest hit, trigger potential government intervention as operators fear production cuts and a broad industry shutdown.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Press
United Mine Workers
Coal Operators Associations
UMW
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Alabama
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Wyoming
Tennessee
Utah
Lewis
U. S. Steel Corp
District 12
Hugh White
Pittsburgh Umw
National Coal
Army bids sought for Snake River works near Lorenzo Idaho
Army engineers called bids Monday for channel improvement and flood control on the Snake River two miles northwest of Lorenzo Idaho. Bids will be opened March 26.
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Portland
Ore
Army Engineers
Snake River
Lorenzo, Ida
Quaker Widow Refuses War Tax Payment in Income Tax
Mrs. Carolina Foulke Urie 74, widow of a navy officer, paid 65.4 percent of her estimated 450 tax and sent 34.6 percent to antiwar groups including Friends Service Committee and Fellowship of Reconciliation. She told President Truman she would not pay a war tax and would accept jail if necessary.
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Yellow Springs
Carolina Foulke Urie
Navy
Truman
Internal Revenue Department
Urie
Friends Service Committee
Fellowship of Reconcilation
War Registers League
United World Federalists
Budget Department
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