Russia Pressed Over German POW Repatriation Delay
The United States Britain and France pressed Russia for a fifth time to honor the four power agreement to repatriate German prisoners of war. The State Department released a note delivered to the Soviet foreign office detailing continued holds and demanding numbers. Russia had claimed U S distortion and refused to disclose exact counts, with 443000 estimated held in January.
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Washington
U. S
Britain
France
Russia
State Department
Department
Germany
Soviet Union
Two Win In Talent Quest At Chief Theatre
Angela Paniogue the 15 year old pianist and tap dancer Ross G Waters tied for first in the fourth weekly Talent Quest at the Chief Theatre. Kay Allred took runner up for the Russian toe dance. Winners advance to the Catello finals and a chance to represent Gate City at the Ogden Utah regional finals March 30.
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Chief Theatre
Angela Paniogue
Ross G. Waters
Kay Allred
Pocatello
Gate City
Ogden
Utah
Senate Panel Approves Rent Control Extension
A senate banking subcommittee approved a bill to extend rent controls 15 months subject to three automatic 5 percent rent hikes. The measure would allow the housing expeditor to restore controls in decontrolled areas upon local board request and authorize ceilings on trailer camps used for permanent homes if local boards approve.
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Washington
ULP
Senate Banking
Britain accuses satellites of aiding Russ arms race
Britain charges Bulgaria Romania and Hungary with colluding with the USSR to exceed postwar treaty limits. Hector McNeil says Romania and Hungary exceed strength, Bulgaria fortifies frontier areas and refuses inspections. Soviet troops occupy Romania and Hungary as Soviet forces withdrew from Bulgaria after Italy departure.
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Britain
London
Great Britain
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Russia
Hector McNeil
Commons
Germany
Ussr
United States
McNeil
U.S
Italy
Executive Of Boy Scouts Arrives For Laymen's Conference
Dr J H Browne deputy regional executive of the Boy Scouts of America arrived in Pocatello to assist in arrangements for the annual statewide laymen conference to be held at the Hotel Bannock. He conferred with Ten day Council Executive C R Balmforth and expressed strong enthusiasm about progress and the Saturday meeting where about 200 Scout leaders from Southern Idaho are expected. Browne is the first of several national officers to arrive for the conference with Dr Ray O Wyland and Frank W Braden expected from New York City. Browne and Balmforth attended a kickoff dinner in Blackfoot that opened the Blackfoot Boy Scouts finance campaign.
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J. H. Browne
Portland
Boy Scouts of America
Pocatello
Bannock
Browne
Tenday Council
C. R. Balmforth
Idaho
Balmforth
Ray O. Wyland
Division of Relationships
Frank W. Braden
Division of Programs
New York City
Blackfoot
Blackfoot Boy Scouts
Students Protest Slot License Near Idaho State
Alumni and student officers of Idaho State College plan to petition Pocatello City Council to revoke a slot machine license at a campus-adjacent restaurant. They call the permit discriminatory as downtown spots within 300 yards of schools operate slots without restriction.
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Idaho State College
Pocatello
ISC
VFEW Elects Carter Head At Pocatello Post
Richard E. Carter was elected 1949 commander of the Pocatello post No 735 Veterans of Foreign Wars at a Memorial Building meeting. Mrs Lucille Connell was named president of the VFW auxiliary with LaVerne Cardwell James Chivers and others in officer roles.
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Richard E. Carter
Pocatello
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lucille Connell
VFW
Women’s Auxiliary
Legion
Laverne Cardwell
James Chivers
E. E. Morgal
Ike Gutzman
Carlton Fengler
George Orchard
William Steed
Taxicab zoning talks aim to ease Pocatello Alameda friction
Pocatello and Alameda taxicab firms and officials discussed a reciprocal zoning plan to limit cabs by population and set Alameda rates starting at 35 cents. Representatives from Diamond Green and White Star and Alameda city officials voiced optimism for a workable compromise to be finalized at tonight’s Pocatello council meeting.
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Pocatello City
Alameda
Pocatello
Gate City
Pocatello Cab Companies
Diamond, Green and White
Star
Alameda Cab Company
L. W. Thurston
Pocatello City Council
Com- Pocatello
Cliff Meade
The
Star Company
Bruce Pierce
Green and White
Otis Wooters
Diamond
Don Cooper
Robins Signs Bill To Open Labor Office
Boise Idaho. Gov. C A Robins signed measures creating the office of tax collector and reactivating the office of labor commissioner on the session's final day. He also signed ten bills and vetoed one, a proposed tightening of the occupational disease law.
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Robins
Bill
Boise
C. A. Robins
State Senate
Solon Blocks Air Measure In House Deferral
Rep. Vito Marcantonio blocked passage of a 70 group air force bill by demanding a printed copy. The move postponed final action likely until next week as Democrats criticized the Air Force for talk of bombing Russia.
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Washington
Vito Marcantonio
ALP
N. Y
House
Air Force
Russia
None Come Back or All Return in Submarine Duty
Vice Admiral W M Fechteler told the armed services sub committee that 27 percent of World War II submarine crews did not return. He did not provide exact loss figures but warned that submarine missions either all return or none do.
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Washington
House
Armed Services
W. M. Fechteler
Naval Operations
Fechteler
Simplot Plans Fight Over Anhydrous Ammonia Permit
O A Power manager of Simplot Fertilizer Co says the Salt Lake City plant will press its case to obtain anhydrous ammonia if needed. The board of appeals denied the permit citing military use for defense needs and there is no further appeal. J R Simplot reportedly away in the east.
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O. A. Power
Simplot Fertilizer Co
Salt Lake City
Board of Appeals
U. S. Department of Commerce
J. R. Simplot
Congress
Power
Reid named acting commissioner of public works
Boise United Press reports James Reid, director of highways, was named acting commissioner of public works to serve until a permanent appointee fills the role. Reid will also retain his highway director post after E. W. Sinclair resigned last week.
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Boise
James Reid
E. W. Sinclair
Pocatellan To Head Sales For Oil Firm
Frank L. Copening Jr., longtime Idaho Refining Co. sales manager and Pocatello figure, is transferred to Salt Lake City as assistant division manager of Wasatch Oil Refining Co. His division covers Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada, with headquarters in Salt Lake. The move follows a Phillips 66 acquisition. Copening plans to return March 23 for a Phillips sales meeting.
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Wasatch Oil Refining Co
Frank L. Copening Jr
Idaho Refining Co
Pocatello
Salt Lake City
Copening
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Nevada
Phillips “66” Petroleum Co
Salt Lake
Phillips
University of Utah Law School
Boise
Idaho Refining
Phillips Petroleum
U. S. Army Judge Advocate General's Department
Copenings
Rotary and
Elks Clubs
Frank
Copening Jr
University of Utah
Coralyn
Pocatello High School
Ellen
Jefferson School
Names Like That Stymie Anything
New York wire tapping probe stalls on St Patrick's Day as top figures Clendenin Ryan John Broady Bill O Dwyer Frank Hogan Kenneth Ryan and Owen Bohan are cited.
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New York
St. Patrick's Day
Clendenin Ryan
John Broady
Bill O'Dwyer
Frank Hogan
Kenneth Ryan
Owen Bohan
Prolonged Walkout Renews Coal Labor Battle
John L. Lewis's two week memorial walkout by 463000 miners escalates into a national clash with coal operators. Owners call the action illegal while Lewis defends it as a protest and mourning period amid fears of extension past March 28. Pickets appear at nonunion pits in Pennsylvania and West Virginia as operators press to limit union power in upcoming wage talks.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Lewis
Philadelphia
Ralph E. Taggart
UMW
Washington
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
Mississippi
Truman
James Boyd
Colorado School of Mines
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Taggart
International Union
Speakers Named for Idaho Reclamation Association Meet
The Idaho Reclamation association will hold a two day convention with 400 to 500 members hosted by the Pocatello Chamber of Commerce. Perry A. Nelson will serve as toastmaster at the Thursday banquet for the association and Columbia River Interagency meeting delegates. Friday noon Robert Gallafent, Chamber of Commerce president, will MC the luncheon where Dr. Albert Puhling of Idaho State College will speak.
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Idaho Reclamation Association
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Perry A. Nelson
Columbia River
C of C
Robert Gallafent
Albert Puhling
Idaho State College
Nettleton Reappointed To Idaho Tax Commission
Joe Nettleton of Murphy Idaho was named to a six year term on the Idaho tax commission by Gov C A Robins retroactive to March 8 this year. Nettleton is a well known cattleman in southwestern Idaho.
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Boise
Joe Nettleton
Murphy
Ida
The
Tax Commission
C. A. Robins
Nettleton
Idaho
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