Youth recruiting surges after Truman address across nation
Across the United States, armed forces recruiting stations report higher enlistments after President Truman’s congressional appeal. Minneapolis sees sixfold gains, New York City hits 89 on a day, Denver records 60 enlistments, while Marine and navy numbers vary and veterans inquire about re entry.
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Army
Minneapolis
New York City
New York
Navy
Naval Reserve
Dallas
Tex
Marine Corps
Armed Service
Chicago
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Miners die in premature blast at Lark mine Utah
Two Utah miners Theodore W. Weaver and Paul W. Confer were killed when a dynamite blast fired early at the United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company Lark mine. Investigators cited improper firing or a faulty fuse as causes. Weaver had two days in the Lark mine but 20 years mining experience. Confer had mined in Utah since last July.
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Utah
United States
Long Mine
Max M. Dubois
Weaver
Mike Weaver
Harwich
Butte, Mont
Confer
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Neb
French Scientist Joliot Curie Freed Brief U S Visit
New York UP report that Irene Joliot Curie Nobel laureate and daughter of radium discoverers was freed from Ellis Island after overnight detention. Louis Saillant World Federation of Trade Unions secretary general was held briefly on arrival from France while en route to a Mexico City labor meeting.
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Irene Joliot-Curie
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Ellis Island
Louis Saillant
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France
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Mexico City
Tom Clark
Jolio
Clark
United States
Communist Party
United Nations
Saillant
Accident Kills Heyburn Student
Bruce Nelson 17 a Heyburn High School student was killed when the car he drove overturned south of Magic Valley. Classmate Betty Connors, injured, was hospitalized after the crash. Nelson was thrown from the vehicle and died 20 minutes later, sheriff said.
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Magic Valley
Here
Bruce Nelson
Betty Connors
Nelson
Ronald M. Hawks
Utah Liquor Agency Operator Welcomes Chance to Clear Name
Salt Lake City’s Cyrus V. Lack faced an embezzlement charge over 308 bottles of Seagram's 17-Crown whiskey tied to his Brigham Street Pharmacy and liquor agency. Investigators traced a code numbered sales system amid over 1,000 codes as lawmakers call for a thorough probe of the agency and potential state official involvement.
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Salt. Lake City
Salt Lake City
Brigham Street
Cyrus V. Lack
Lack
George H. Lunt
Utah
Liquor Control Commission
Seagram
Liquor Commission
Edward M. Morrissey
Arthur A. Allen, Jr
Brigham E. Roberts
Mitchell Melch
Moab
L. C. Crowther
Bur
Plain English Push In House Calls For Clearer Language
In London a Commons debate centered on plain English. Glen Gil Hall urged simplicity citing Churchill’s grammar and noted a marginal Churchill line “up with which I will not put.” Edward Keeling urged using simpler words like use go give and avoid obscure forms. Denis Pritt said the aim is to speak more plainly.
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London
Gas Pipe Blows Up Near Winslow Indiana
The Big Inch natural gas pipeline exploded several miles south of Winslow Indiana drawing fire crews from four towns. Three farms and two barns were damaged while no injuries were reported. Pumping stations at French Lick and Oakland City shut gas off as flames burned for over two hours. A 50 by 20 foot ground crater was noted and a witness said pipe pieces flew 300 yards. Fifteen acres burnt in the vicinity.
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Here
French Lick
Oakland City
Jasper
Ernest Pouehlein
Pouehlein
Idaho seeks Boys Town style ranch for youth
Rev James R Crowe launches plan to establish an Idaho ranch for youth modeled on Father Flanagan's Boys Town. He bids for 640 acres near Rupert to be sold March 30 and seeks $200 000 endowment with aid from Lions Rotary Kiwanis Optimist American Legion and others.
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Kiwanis
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Injunction Blocks Strike Action At Oak Ridge Plant
U S District Judge George C Taylor granted a temporary injunction to halt a strike at Oak Ridge national laboratories for 80 days under Taft Hartley emergency powers The order names Carbide Carbon Chemicals Corp and the Atomic Trades and Labor Council and aims to preserve the status quo amid wage and labor dispute concerns The action marks the first use of these emergency powers under the Taft Hartley act and the judge says it does not decide the merits of the dispute.
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Knoxville
Tenn
U. S
George C. Taylor
Oake National Laboratories
Mece Company
The
Carbide Carbon Chemicals Corp
Atomic Trades and Labor Council
AFL
Vital Atomics
Union Council
Taylor
Labor dispute ends with injunction amid wage concerns
The Carbide and Carbon Co took over laboratories on March 1 as union attorney Herby Thatcher argued against an injunction to avoid disrupting the status quo. The union claimed new operators planned wage cuts, while the company agreed to a temporary injunction to hold wages at current levels for an 80 day Taft-Hartley period, averting a strike due to delicacy of the situation.
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The
Carbide and Carbon Co
Utah welfare plan passes in special session
The 27th Utah legislature closes its first special session after approving the Holbrook McShane Welfare Act by a 39 to 18 vote with three abstentions in the House and a 16 to 0 vote in the Senate. The measure, a compromise between conservatives and moderates, awaits gubernatorial signature. European red ants attack other ants and kidnap workers as slaves.
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Utah
House
Senate
Holbrook-McShane
Wife Of Bandleader Tex Beneke Shares Touring Life
Mrs. Tex Beneke Margaret Griffith of Fort Worth recalls life on the road with husband Tex Beneke. She explains touring rules for a maestro’s wife, balancing homes, closets, and letters from fans while part of a glamorous nightclub circuit. The piece notes their Fort Worth origins and timing around New York and Washington appearances.
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Tommy Dorsey
Artie Shaw
Louis Prima
Gene Krupa
Charlie Spivak
N.Y
Washington
Raleigh
Warwick Iet
York
Tex
New York
Oregon Couple Visit Pocatellans After Banquet
Bishop Frances J. McConnell and Mrs. McConnell from Portland stayed with Rev. and Mrs. Leroy H. Walker in Idaho Falls after the annual Upper Snake River Methodist Men banquet. Walker called the bishop a leading Protestant figure and noted his books, including The Christ Like God.
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Portland
Ore
Leroy H. Walker
Snake River
Idaho Falls
Bishop McConnell
McConnell
Rev
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Christ
God
Mahonri Young Exhibit Sails Through Major Cities
The 71 year old Mahonri Young grandson of Brigham Young brings realistic sculpture and paintings to several national cities from March 22 to April 3. Sponsored by the Association of Dealers in American art the New York display features Young’s sculpture etchings and paintings via Kraushaar galleries. Young trained under James T Harwood in Paris before working as a portrait sketcher for $5 a week. He has led Salt Lake Tribune art coverage for 35 years and studied at the Art Students League in New York and art centers in Paris and Rome.
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Association of Dealers In American Art
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Orman
James T. Harwood
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Salt Lake Tribune
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