Hazardous Highways Claim Two Fatal Utah Crashes
Winter conditions blamed for two Utah wrecks. In Uintah County H. Fay Sholty 55 died after a crash while aiding a parked car on highway 40 near Heber. In Iron County Miss Frances Nellie 23 died when a car skidded on slick pavement near Cedar City. Sheriff Herb Snyder suffered multiple leg fractures. Eldred A. Johnson of Vernal identified as driver of the third vehicle.
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Heber
H. Fay Sholty
Brigham City
Cedar City
U.S. Way
Frances Nellie
Brighams' University
Sholty
Herb Snyder
Uintah County
Snyder
Duchesne County Hospital
Eldred A. Johnson
Vernal
Shelty
Miss Heflin
California
Fred A. Www , Jr
Frances Toms
San Diego
New Brain Surgery Lets 11 Of 24 Patients Return Home
A New Jersey Greystone Park study describes topectomy, a frontal lobe operation, as safe with no deaths among 24 patients. Eleven have returned home, ten work, and nine are ready for discharge after operations May 15 and June 6, 1947.
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NEW York
New York Academy of Media Scine
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
New Jersey Étal
Greystone Park
New Jersey State Department of
Trenton
Columbia-Greystone
New Jersey
Geneva Steel Plans Cedar City Power Plant
Geneva Steel Co announces construction of a $400, electric power plant near Cedar City for U S Steel's Columbia Iron Mining Co operations. The diesel units will total 2250 kilowatts in three 750 kilowatt generations and power for Iron Mining operations. Work spans several months to secure materials and equipment.
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Salt Lake City
Geneva Steel Co
U. S. Steel
Columbia Iron Mining Co
Cedar City
Iron Mining Company
Ironton
Geneva
University scientists unveil new synthetic rubber
In Minneapolis University of Minnesota researchers announce a newly developed synthetic rubber they claim surpasses natural rubber. I. M. Kolthoff notes the material comes from wartime experiments and could trigger sweeping changes in American rubber production methods.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
U. S
I. M. Kolthoff
Analytical Aransitey
University
He Sai
Court Rules Communist Queries Constitutional
The U S court of appeals in a 2 1 decision held the house committee investigating un American activities may ask witnesses if they are communists. The ruling upheld Barsky and nine others in their contempt convictions and affirmed the committee’s right to demand BroUpE records and question witnesses about Communist ties. Judge Henry Edgerton dissented.
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Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
House Committee
Edward K. Barsky
Bennett C. Clark
E. Barrett Prettyman
Barsky
Henry Edgerton
Howard Fast
Lyman E. Bradley
Marjorie Chodorov
Harry M. Justiz
Ruth Leider
James Lustig
Manuel Magana
Louis Miller
Charlotte Stern
New York
Some Day Maybe Dickel Will Replace Five Cents
Harmon W. Nichols reports on Edward Mehren of Beverly Hills proposing new coinage to replace cents. He outlines denominations like the dickel and quime, estimating savings from minting coins and altering pricing for coffee and other goods. The piece ponders political effort to push coin bills during an election year.
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Harmon W. Nichols
United Press
Washington
White House
Mr. Truman
Truman
United States
Edward Mehren
Beverly Hills
Cal
New York Subway
Mr.m
Mr. Mehren
Truman rejects Wallace and communist support at banquet
President Truman declared he would not accept the political backing of Henry Wallace and his communists. He warned that joining them would amount to defeat, saying any price for their support is too high. The remarks came during the Friendly Sons of St Patrick banquet as he spoke on preparedness and policy.
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New York
Truman
Henry Wallace
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Wallace
Union Pacific Says Coal Train Cut Won’t Hit West
Union Pacific officials in Salt Lake City say a 25 percent cut in coal burning passenger trains will mostly affect regions east of Green River Wyoming to Omaha where coal-fired engines are used. The line from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles and to the Pacific northwest runs on oil diesel or steam, so western routes are largely unaffected.George F. Ashby, UP president, noted orders to replace coal burners with oil units have been issued to the greatest extent possible.
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Salt Lake City
OUP
Union Pacific Railroad
Office of Defense Transportation
Angeles
Pacific Northwest
Idaho
Green River
Wyo
Omaha
George F. Ashby
General Smuts Pioneered Plans for League of Nations
General Jan Smuts of South Africa is credited with originating the organization plans for the League of Nations, shaping early refugee and international cooperation ideas in the post-World War I era.
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Jan Smuts
South Africa
League of Nations
Passenger elevators in New York City travel vast daily distance
A quirky claim states that NYC passenger elevators cover a total distance each day equivalent to 26 round trips to the center of the earth, illustrating the enormous vertical movement in city high rises.
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New York City
Guernsey Named State Forester
Boise report says Roger Guernsey was named state forester by the state land board to replace Stanton G. Ready who resigned to join Graig Mountain Lumber at Winchester. Guernsey, formerly of Princeton Idaho, had been Ready’s assistant the past year after graduating from the University of Idaho forestry school.
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Boise
Roger Guernsey
State Land Board
Stanton G. Ready
Graig Mountain Lumber Company
Winchester
Guernsey
Princeton, Ida
Ready
University of Idaho
School of Forestry
Draft system ready for 60 day activation
An official said the selective service machinery could begin inducting men within 60 days after enactment of a draft law. Col Gordon Snow and about 70 reserve officers, called to active duty for a new program, listened to President Truman's speech.
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San Francisco
Office of Selective Service Records
Gordon Snow
Ussr
President Truman
Draft Would Provide Armed Force Help Fast
Washington experts compare draft and universal military training with a revived draft likely targeting non veterans aged 18 to 25 while UMT would train 471 700 at any time and about 850 000 annually at an estimated cost of 1 25 to 3 billion dollars per year. A presidential committee after six months study favored UMT as the only way to ensure trained manpower without a huge standing army.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
House
Armed Services Committee
UMT
Sion
Jeweler Beaten and Robbed in Salt Lake City Grab
A 67 year old jewelry shop operator A G Carlson reports two masked men assaulted him at 4 15 p m in broad daylight near the city and county building and escaped with about 220 in diamonds cash and several used watches. Police continued the search as shoppers milled nearby.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
A. G. Carlson
Carlson
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