Expelled Lady Journalist Calls Pact a War Move
Anna Louise Strong, 63, exiled American journalist, denounces NATO pledge as war move at Boston Community Church. She vows to defend the United States and seeks Stalin's help to contest espionage charges while noting Soviet aims for peace and criticizing American war hawks. Her bid to forward a letter through diplomatic channels faces State Department delays.
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Boston
Anna Louise Strong
Russia
U. S
Community Church of
Strong
Josef Stalin
O. John Rogge
U. S. State Department
Stalin
Miss Strong
State Department
Washington
Ment
Rogge
Soviet Union
Postwar market shifts show buyers trend and production dip
A Commerce Department report notes a broadly weaker postwar market with a buyer's tilt in most commodities except autos and metals. It cites production and service declines from 1948 highs, a stable personal income near 221 billion dollars, rising February unemployment about 1.25 million above year start, and slower retail demand with wholesale cutbacks.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Jamary
Department
Ateel
Ree Ieve
Fragmented Puzzle Clues Across Birds and Terms
A jumbled crossword style list links Wading Bird, Donkey, anger, compass points, time measures, and various definitions. It intermixes animals, emotions, and Latin/abbreviated terms with hints like West Indies, Hebrew deity, and Egyptian birds, suggesting a broad, era newspaper puzzle page with scattered clue entries.
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Adam
West Indies
Idaho Plates Ink Utahans
Idaho officials say Utah authorities must enforce plate rules as Utah residents drive with Idaho plates. Charles Lewis notes no Utah protest has reached him and that Utahns mostly obtain Idaho plates in Preston and Malad, with enforcement depending on Utah checks.
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Boise
Charles Lewis
Utah
Idaho
Lewis
Preston
Malad
Police crack giant cocaine racket nabbed in New York
Police said they cracked a nationwide cocaine ring with help from detective Mabel Leonard who posed as a maid in a rooming house. They seized brothers Ralph and John Lopez and Jose Gonzales with 110 to 115 ounces of pure cocaine valued near two million dollars stored for distribution to dealers in Chicago Detroit and other major cities.
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New York
Ralph
John Lopez
Jose Gonzales
Chicago
Detroit
Mabel Leonard
Burley Displays French Gifts From Friendship Train
Secretary Bob invites the public to view hundreds of items from the French Friendship Train in the Elks temple upstairs in Burley. Gifts from Cassia and Minidoka counties were part of a wheat donation to the train, and the collection includes paintings pottery skis dolls and a wedding gown among other objects.
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Burley
Bob
Idaho
Boise
Elks Temple
Harry L. Harpster
Cassia
Minidoka
Flood control bids seen for Boise and Snake river areas
Two flood project bids from the district corps of engineers in Walla Walla are expected next week for Idaho sites. The Boise river near Parma in Canyon county includes levee restoration and revetment work with about 1000 cubic yards of excavation and 800 tons of dumped stone. A second bid covers 2100 feet of irrigation canal digging on the left bank of the Snake river near Ririe four miles east of town.
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Walla Walla
Wash
District Corps of Engineers
Idaho
William Yore
Boise River
Parma
Canyon County
Snake River
Ririe
Jefferson County
Whipple
Car Rammed Station Wagon Injures Seven Youths
Seven Pocatello youths suffered for weeks early Sunday after a station wagon was rear ended by a car driven by Cyril Mickelsen 39 of 611 Richmond Ave. Mickelsen pleaded guilty to drunken driving and was fined 150 dollars plus costs. None of the injuries required medical attention. Damages were $100 to the station wagon and $350 to the Mickelsen vehicle.
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Pocatello
Cyril Mickelsen
Richmond Ave
Calvin Ae
Seeeee
U. S
Justice of the Peace
Charles W. Hyde
J. F. Bedingfeld
Mickelsen
Governor Vetoes Salt Lake Game Damage Fund Bill
Utah Governor J Bracken Lee vetoed a house originated bill creating a game damage fund by raising hunting and fishing license fees. He warned the measure would set a bad precedent by removing ceilings on damages and reducing per claimant funds. The bill would raise resident licenses one dollar and non resident licenses ten dollars. He argued it would invite more claims tied to acts of God.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
J. Bracken Lee
Japanese Cartoonists Warn Against Falsies in Postwar Look
Tokyo reports two famed Japanese cartoonists Yutaka Aso and Istabeed condemn the glamorous postwar “new look” for women. They call the trend deceptive and ridiculous and urge men not to be fooled by fashion devices altering appearance.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yutaka Aso
Cea
Idaho Power reports 1948 growth and rising profits
Idaho Power Co. president T. E. Roach told stockholders the 1948 year showed rapid growth with operating revenues up and net income rising to 2,736,681 dollars, or 3.15 dollars per common share, while earnings climbed from 1,836,693 dollars in 1947. Growth was widespread across services and regions.
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BOISE
Idaho Power Co
T. E. Roach
Roach
U. S
Idaho
Farmer resumes hunt for famed Fulks Lake turtle
CHURUBUSCO Ind. UP Farmer Gale Harris reversed a plan to quit after a public wave of pleas urging him to continue. He aims to search every inch of Fulks Lake with 20 neighbors in small boats and a diver ready to capture the rumored 500 year old turtle within hours after location.
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Churubusco
Ind
Gale Harris
Fulks Lake
Harris
Mye
Walter Johnson
Chesterton
Johnson
Idaho Civil Air Patrol Expands Facilities This Year
Boise Idaho CAP announces expansion of its facilities for the year. Captain E W Davies reports a focus on ground school for 520 cadets and senior officers. The wing will pursue advanced air rescue, radio communications and air ground interception with a summer encampment planned and Quonset style buildings to be erected.
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Boise
IAP
Idaho Civil Air Patrol
E. W. Davies
Opa
Yesteray
CAP Idaho
Davies
CAP
Idaho
Senate Takes Rent Control Extension Faces Republican Changes
The senate debates a watered-down bill extending rent controls for 12 months with potential amendments to aid landlords. Senator Harry P. Cain proposes at least four changes to reduce government role, while administration and some Republicans back the bill. Predicted midweek passage with uncertain resistance to Cain’s amendments. President Truman seeks a two-year extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Harry P. Cain
Wash
Cain
Truman
Truman and Stalin Invited to Confer in California
FALLBROOK Calif. UPI reports the small San Diego county town invited President Truman and Premier Stalin to meet there for world peace talk. The community crafted the invitation as a symbolic gesture toward international harmony.
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Truman
Stalin
Fallbrook
Calif
San Diego County
Harry Truman
Josef Stalin
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Frigidaire Home Appliances
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Radio and Appliance Co
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