Corporal Blackie Buried With Marines At Naval Ordnance Plant
Corporal Blackie a bas e mascot is buried with full military honors at 3 p m on the Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant grounds. Marines recall a loyal terrier who obeyed orders and shared barracks life and fire drills. He died after being shot near the highway following a period of roaming with a dog friend and a spiked punch incident.
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Blackie
Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant
Blackies
Seaweed
Janean
Cpl
Pocatello Naval Ordnance
Marine Barracks
P. Ayala
T. B. Sherry
A. B. Carnes
James G. Lively
Pfc. R. Frank
Honor Guard
Pfc
M. L. Highley
D. D. Shy
Former ISC Girl Named Regional Supervisor for Western Air Lines
Lorraine Pomeroy, former Ida ho State College student, is named regional supervisor of stewardess service in Salt Lake City for Western Air Lines. She succeeds Mitzi Gibson who resigned recently.
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Lorraine Pomeroy
Idaho State College
Salt Lake City
Western Air Lines
Miss Pomeroy
Mitzi Gibson
Meat Strike Halves Meat Output and Rises Prices Nationwide
A nationwide wage strike by more than 100000 CID packing plant workers cut meat production in half and raised wholesale prices. Some plants may operate limited runs. union plans continued plant closures. President Truman named a three-member fact finding panel to resolve the wage dispute.
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CID
Armour & Co
CIO United Packinghouse
Truman
Peaceul
Washington
Nathan P. Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin
Walter V. Schaefer
Northwestern University
Pearce Davis
Illinois University of Technology
Pocatello Couple Wins 20000 Dollar Farm Through Lottery
A Pocatello couple Mr and Mrs Wendell Schey ages 20 with 42 West Custer Street win a 20000 acre Tule Lake project homestead in California through a federal lottery. The Scheys a boilermaker apprentice and air force veteran plan to move soon to start farming on the irrigable tract with 67 to 110 acres and two 20 by 100 foot barrack buildings. Lynn Archie Swenson of St Anthony Idaho is another winner.
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Wendell Schey
West Custer
Ralph Robbins
Pocatello
Karen Lee
Tule Lake
California
West Custer St
Schey
Air Force
Pocatellan
Union Pacific
Uncle Sam
Scheys
News Service
POST
United Press
Idaho
Lynn Archie Swenson
St. Anthony
North Arthur St
Reclamation Service
St. Patrick's Ay
Antrim
Kerry
Emerald Isle
McArthur
S.A
McWorther
J. O
McDermott
McGinnis
Paul Gallico
Spain
Pocatello Postings and Regional Tax Update
Deputy collectors in the Pocatello Bureau of Internal Revenue were assured last week they were not among unsatisfactory workers in Boise per a Treasury Inspector report dated Oct 31 1946. The piece also notes Mississippi Territory anniversary stamps going on sale April 7 at Natchez and available March 8 in the Pocatello post office.
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Pocatello Bureau of Internal Revenue Office
Boise
Treasury Department
Department
Mississipi
Natchez
Miss
P.O
Pocatello
House Extends Rent Controls With Local Board Powers
Washington United Press report says the House passed a bill extending rent controls to March 31 1949 while granting local boards authority to raise rents or end ceilings. The bill awaits Senate action in a conference committee to resolve differences with the Senate version.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
House
Senate House
Senate
Rep
A. S
Mike) Monroney
Okla
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Truman
Conference Committee
Omaha
Neb
San Antonio
Tex
Fort Smith
Ark
St. Petersburgh
Fla
Lyon County
el Paso
Los Angeles
Seneca
N. Y
Chicago
Sacramento
Cal
Cedar. Rapids
Woods
Oleo Bill Shelved Prompts Colored Margarine Urge
The House Agriculture Committee voted 16 to 10 against acting on a repeal or reduction of federal margarine taxes. Supporters warned the move would be a death kiss for the bill, implying its chances this session are dead. The tax regime forces dealers to sell colored margarine with dye added by housewives at home.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Wealthy Hawaiian widow found slain in Nuuanu Valley mansion
The savagely beaten body of Therese Adler Wilder, 68, widow of a pioneer steamship executive, was found bound and gagged Tuesday in her Nuuanu Valley home. The case prompts a homicide investigation by Honolulu police.
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Honlulu
Therese Adler Wilder
Nuuanu Valley
Russian Army Demobilization To End April 1
Moscow reports the demobilization of the Soviet army will finish by April 1, 35 months after World War II. The last drafted class will be released within two weeks as Bulganin restates a return to peacetime. The post demobilization army will mainly comprise 21 and 22 year olds.
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Moscow
Germany
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Coal Drops To a Trickle
Pittsburgh reports a two day United Mine Workers pension strike nearly halting coal production. Operators urge John L. Lewis to seek federal court mediation with an impartial umpire within three days. Lewis silent. A United Press tally cites 350000 miners on strike across 14 states with a daily loss of 1750 tons.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Press
Bureau of Mines
Washington
Truman Defeat in November Forecast
Two Southern Senate leaders Sen Walter F. George of Georgia and Sen Harry F. Byrd of Virginia said Truman will be nominated at the Democratic national convention in July but will lose the November general election. George and Byrd, leaders in the Southern revolt on racial rights policy, voiced the forecast in separate interviews.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
South
Walter F. George
Harry F. Byrd
Beer Barrels Drift After Dover Collision
Channel ships warned to spot floating beer barrels after seventy tons lost in a collision off the Isle of Wight between a small cargo ship and a motor torpedo boat.
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Dover
England
Channel
Isle of Wight
Last Tax Return Tally Ends Filing Rush in Knoxville
Earlie Byrd, 25, was the final filer at the Knoxville Internal Revenue Service office, arriving just before closing Monday as the tax deadline approached.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Internal Revenue Office
Earlie Byrd
Army Vet Crawls 31 Hours to Safety After Avalanche
Roger Cooper, 27, a former Army paratrooper, crawled four miles through a frozen forest for 31 hours after an avalanche broke an arm and a leg while photographing Mount Madison in New Hampshire. Found near a highway four miles from the crash site, he said a search party saved him and doctors praised his stamina.
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Berlin
N. H
Roger Cooper
Randolph
Vermont
Republicans Push Expanded Military Budget Ahead of Truman Address
Republican leaders pressed for full 11 billion dollar military budget plus expanded air force spending on the eve of President Truman's policy address. Speaker Martin said the aim is to give armed forces everything needed to defend the nation, with the air force budget at 3 billion for 1949 and Senate leaders backing up to 5 billion for the air arm. The move accompanies a debate on a broader foreign aid package including Europe recovery, China, and Greece Turkey military assistance.
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Washington
House
Truman
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
GOP
Martin
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Republican
Europe
White House
Arthur H. Vanderberg
Mich
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Sam Rayburn
Texas
China
Greece
Turkey
Waldorf Yet Says He'll Pay His Share of Bill
Richard Earl Cox, a former GI, moved his family into the Waldorf Astoria and faces a bill upon leaving. He proposes paying $40 a month while Mayor O Dwyer covers the rest, asserting the city failed to place him in veterans housing. Officials grant a brief 3 day overstay at $2.50 per day, with expectation of settlement at departure.
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Waldorf
NEW York
UUP
Richard Earl Cox
Cox
William O'Dwyer
Jax
O'Dwyer
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Edward Wilson
Wilson, Swift and
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Oregon
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Corporal Blackie
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