Solons Hand Truman Two Smashing Defeats
Four operating brotherhoods sparked a sudden walkout on the Wabash railroad halting service to 12,000 workers. President Truman issued an executive order to form a three member fact finding board, ordering a temporary return to work as talks resume.
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Solons
Truman
ST. Louis
White House
Key West
Fla
National Mediation Board
National
Cleveland
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
BRT
Wabash
A. K. Atkinson
Brotherhoods of Engineers
Pennsylvania Co
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Atkinson
Robins Veto Keeps Board On Athletics
Governor C A Robins vetoes a bill to abolish the state athletic commission, aligning with his stance against removal of regulation. He signed 19 measures into law and will review about 58 more before the deadline. The current law requires 10 percent tax on event receipts and mandatory promoter and contestant registrations with medical checkups.
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Boise
C. A. Robins
State Athletic Commission
Robins
Athletic Commission
Fipemeel
J. D. “Cy” Price
Death Driver Suspect Held in Fatal Salt Lake Hit‑Run
Salt Lake police booked 21 year old Dale B Haslam on investigation of hit and run after a Saturday night crash near Main Street killed 14 year old William Junior Rawson, formerly of Grace Idaho. Haslam admitted proximity to the scene and that he was the only one to operate his car.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Salt Lake Theater
LeRoy Iverson
William Junior Rawson
Grace
Idaho
Dale B. Haslam
Iverson
Haslam
Ten-Year-Old Girl Gives Birth in Delaware Hospital
In Wilmington, hospital officials report a 10-year-old girl gave birth to a seven pound five ounce daughter last Sunday night. The mother, listed as black, had lived at Kruse Industrial School for Girls since September. Both mother and baby are reported well.
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Wilmington
Del
Seomvestl Hospital
Kruse Industrial School For
American Medical Association
United States
Carson City
Mich
Teen Lovers Die After Self-Inflicted Pact in West Virginia
In Talcott West Virginia a 14 year old girl Mary Alice Kirby seized a smoking shotgun from a dying 16 year old Ernest Smith Jr and fired a fatal shot into his body. The two teenagers had agreed to die together as a suicide pact saying Ernest lacked a job and marriage seemed impossible. The pair planned a double funeral but their parents disagreed on burial together.
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Talcott
W. Va
Mary Alice Kirby
Ernest Smith, Jr
Clayton
Ray Kirby
Mary Alice
Ernest
Film Star Named In U S Tax Suit
Hollywood reports the government filed an income tax suit against actress Bette Davis for 1942 and 1943 taxes plus interest amounting to 80,820 dollars. The case claims Davis share of earnings from her late husband Arthur Farnsworth was not listed as community property.
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Hollywood
Bette Davis
U. S. Treasury
Treasury Department
Senate makeup leads to end of 15 day filibuster
Washington reports a Republican Southern Democrat coalition agreed to end a 15 day filibuster over President Truman's civil rights program. Knowland backed a substitute plan to curb debate with a two third vote while Lucas pressed a separate two third rule limit, signaling ongoing Senate tension.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
William F. Knowland
Cal
Wherry-Hayden
Knowland
Scott W. Lucas
A. Simple
Lucas
Britain Sets Jet Program Speeds Near 500 MPH With New Bombers
Britain revealed a large twin jet bomber force nearing 500 miles per hour and ordered into full production. Air Secretary Arthur Henderson said jet fighters would double by mid 1950, signaling technical supremacy in air warfare. Western ministers discussed military, political and economic barriers to Communism during a second day of talks.
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London
Britain
Arthur Henderson
Air
Commons
Henderson
Senate blocks Wallgren as national security post chair
The Senate Armed Services Committee shelved President Truman’s nomination of Mon C. Wallgren to head the National Security Resources Board in a 7-6 vote. Republican Cain led a coalition criticizing Wallgren’s experience and integrity, while Wallgren urged taking the fight to the Senate floor amid a tense political climate.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Truman
Mon C. Wallgren
Wash
National Security Resources Board
Wallgren
Senate
Chamber
Millard E. Tydings
Key West
Fla
Eee Vom
Cala
R Wa
NLRB
Cain
State of Washington
Harry P. Cain
Stricken Air Liner Makes Smooth London Landing
An American Overseas Airlines Constellation circling London for over an hour due to a jammed nose wheel landed safely at London airport at 10 50 p m. with 52 aboard. The 43 passengers were to transfer to another plane for New York within an hour. Captain Walter Hostettler led the crew of nine and had freed the jammed wheel using normal controls.
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London
American Overseas Airlines
Ireland
New York
Walter Hostettler
AOA
Shannon
Erie
Hostettler
Boise group forms national crippled children society
Idaho chapter of the national society for crippled children and adults filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. The nonprofit entity was formed by Rt. Rev. Fran Rhea the Boise Episcopal bishop, George J. McGonigle of Burley and Theodore Wegener of Boise.
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Boise
Idaho
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Fran Rhea
George J. McGonigle
Burley
Theodore Wegener
New Law Sets Proviso for Mill Levies in Idaho
Edward Baird of the state tax commission announced HB 283 requires independent taxing units to wait for current year property valuations to be equalized before setting mill rates. Districts may draft budgets in June but must certify mill needs to county boards in September based on current valuations. Lloyd Fenn said the change aims to equalize values without unjustly increasing district incomes.
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Boise
Edward Baird
State Tax Commission
Baird
Boards of County Commissioners
Lloyd Fenn
Fenn
Ida
Peron to Take Oath Under New Argentine Constitution
Argentina prepares for a national holiday as President Juan D Peron vows to swear allegiance to the new constitution. The General Workers Confederation orders a 24 hour work stoppage and essential services only. Peron will ride an open coach along Avenida de Mayo to Congress Square for the oath. Mario Goizenta will read the constitution after the oath.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
General Workers Confederation
Peron
Casa Rosada
Avenida de Mayo
Congress Building
Congress Square
Mario Goizenta
Four Children Die in Minnesota House Fire
A blaze at the Sloan home in Middle River Minnesota killed four children and left a mother and her three year old daughter near death. Karen Sloan aged 2 died in the fire while brothers Riley 6 and Samuel 5 and sister Sigrid Karleen 11 months died at Mercy Hospital over the hours. The mother Mrs Perry Sloan and Kathleen age 3 were hospitalized with severe burns. The fire started from an overheated stove.
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Thief River Falls
Minn
Perry Sloan
Kathleen
Sloan
Middle River
Here
Karen Sloan
Riley
Samuel
Sigrid Karleen
Mercy Hofpie
Seek Surplus Radio Sets Hot Hunted Buyers in Detroit
Authorities hunted buyers of more than 1000 war surplus radios that may contain a TNT detonator. The War Assets Administration halted sales until each unit is checked for capsules placed in high frequency WWII sets. The WAA lists 11 model markings including SCR and AN variants and urges purchasers to surrender affected units at naval or army district HQ.
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Detroit
Donald S. Leonard
WAA
Washington
Dutch Protest Blockade Hit Dutch Trade
The Netherlands protested the Anglo American counter blockade of the Russian occupation zone in Germany. The protest was deemed too hot to handle by the allied military governments. Lucius D Clay and Brian Robertson ignored the protest but warned of further action. The note reserved the right to raise the issue through Dutch ambassadors in Washington and London.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Netherlands
Berlin
U. S
Lucius D.clay
Britain
Brian Robertson
Washington
London
House Passes Local Option Rent Measure
The House approved a 15 month extension of federal rent controls extending to June 30 1950 and granting local bodies power to end controls by resolution. The 261 to 153 vote split 199 Democrats 61 Republicans and one ALP for. 52 Democrats and 101 Republicans against. The bill would also allow decontrol 15 days after notice to the housing expediter Tighe E Woods and preserve voluntary 15 percent increases already in leases.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Banking Committee
John Bell Williams
Miss
Vito Marcantonio
Queuille Wins Confidence Vote Amid War Charge
Premier Henry Queuille survives a 350 to 228 confidence vote in the French National Assembly after a heated debate over a Communist censure alleging a push toward preventive war with Russia. Duclos quoted a Queuille interview to claim pro war aims, while Queuille defended France and promised defense against invasion.
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Paris
National Assembly
Russia
Henry Queuille
France
de Gaullists
Queuille
Jacques Duclos
United Press
Duclos
Tax Day Draws Long Lines At State Office
In Pocatello the state income tax office faced a rush as March 15 neared the deadline. D Albert Banks, local state collector, noted many waited to the last minute and staff worked past 6 PM to process forms. Banks even took forms home to finish before the fatal 12th hour.
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Uncle Sam
U. S. Internal Revenue Office
State Income Tax Office
MacKenzie Building
D. Albert Banks
Pocatello
Idaho Jobless Claims Hit New Postwar High
Idaho unemployment claims paid in the first two weeks of March totaled 499000. H F Garrett executive director of the Idaho employment security agency said winter conditions raised unemployment to a new postwar peak of 13000 to 14000. He estimated March payments would exceed 1000000.
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Boise
Idaho
H. F. Garrett
Idaho Employment Security Agency
Garrett
Architects Fear Quieted at Navy Displayed Warning
In Houston at a four day American Institute of Architects meeting Rear Admiral W S Parsons urged 1000 architects to avoid overreacting to atomic bomb threats He warned absolute safety is never guaranteed and urged continuing to emphasize normal function of homes and buildings while considering blast and radiation risks.
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Houston
Tex
U. S. Navy
Atomic Energy
W. S. Parsons
American Institute of Architects
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Armed Service Group
Mon Wallgren
Edwin W. Pauley
Navy
Pauley
War Assets Administration
U.S
Parsons
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