Geneva Steel Plant Goes to Standby Amid Coal Strike
Geneva Steel plant faces shutdown to standby status as coal strikes threaten thousands of Utah workers. A company official said 200 to 300 idle this week with hundreds more next week, potentially pushing Geneva below 1000 employees later. Ironton plant also expected to cut jobs though exact figures unavailable.
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PROVO
Geneva
Utah
Geneva Steel Company
Ironton
U. S. Steel
Blind Vet Warned Trains On Narrow Rail Break
In Pittsburgh a blind ex Marine named Jack George alerted his father to a 12 inch rail break on the main line less than an hour before the eastbound Admiral crack Chicago to New York flyer. The two warned approaching trains by lantern and flashlight prompting switches to adjacent tracks. George, blinded on Guam in 1944, studies at a Pittsburgh machinist school.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jack George
Beaver Falls
Griffith W. George
Heaver River
George
Young George
Guam
Fight Breaks Out Again on Milan Streets
Street fighting flared in Milan as communist led printers on strike attempted to seize and burn foreign newspapers. Premier De Gasperi held urgent talks with Interior Minister Scelba amid rising tension before the April 18 election.
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Rome
Milan
Alcides de Gasperi
Mario Scelba
DeGasperi
Trieste
Italy
Civil service exams set for police and fire posts
Tuesday at 7 30 p m examinations for police and fire forces will be held in council chambers of the police station. Applicants were reminded Wednesday to obtain application blanks from Mrs Lola Bergendorf city civil service commission secretary.
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Pocatello Police
Council
Lola Bergendorf
City Civil Service Commission
Bergendorf
Arthur Amundsen
Commission
Mata Hari of Japan Executed in Chinese Prison Yard
Yoshiko Kawashima, a Manchu princess known as Radiant Jade and linked to Japan’s China invasion, was executed in a Chinese prison yard after five minutes notice. She walked unsupported to the firing squad, declined a new trial, wrote a farewell note to her foster father, and died quietly. Her exact age was not confirmed.
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Peiping
Yoshiko Kawashima
Mata Hari
Japan
China
Miss
Four Steel Company Workers Die In Coke Shower
Bethlehem Pennsylvania reports four workers killed in a blast furnace incident during coke cooling. Three unidentified men burned beyond recognition while two others, Frank Schlegel and Velodo Lukasevich, remained in critical condition with third degree burns. Augustus Knecht died shortly after at St. Luke’s hospital. Fire crews prevented a larger blaze as about 25 workers assisted in sealing the furnace.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
Northampton County
D. F. Bachman
Frank Schlegel
Easton
Velodo Lukasevich
Walnutport
St. Luke's Hospital
Augustus Knecht. Nazareth
Plastic Caskets Called Decay Proof
Houston plastics firm makes about 100 plastic caskets since 1946. The material, derived from petroleum, resists decay and is unaffected by fresh or salt water or ground chemicals, says Southwestern Plastics Co. president Dan E. Bloxson.
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Houston, Tex
Houston
Dan E. Bloxson
Southwestern Plastics Co
Bloxson
Ada county Young Republicans back Robins for Idaho delegation
The Ada county Young Republican club unanimously endorsed Gov. C. A. Robins to lead Idaho’s delegation to the national Republican convention in Philadelphia next June. Minnesota's per capita income in 1947 was $1,090.
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Robins
BOISE
Ada County
Young Republican Club
Gov. C. A. Robins
Idaho
Philadelphia
Minnesota
Fraternity Leaders Visit Idaho State College Clash Fears
Three representatives of the national fraternity Ka pa Sigma conferred in Pocatello with ISC Xi Theta Tau members to discuss Greek letter house tensions that may flare up again at Idaho State College.
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Idaho State College
Pocatello
Kapa Sigma Fraternity
ISC Xi Theta Tau
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