Pocatello Plans a Great Push for Spring 1948
A local column urges Mayor George Phillips to tackle core city issues in 1948 including pool creation, Portneuf River cleanup, street repairs, enforcement of liquor vice and gambling laws, garbage disposal, bridge replacements, and traffic relief. It argues war fears heighten urgency and calls the public to join in the Great Push to ready facilities and housing for a growing population.
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Freedom Train
Pocatello
George Phillips
Phillips
Gate City
Portneuf Riv
LDS Leader Returns to Pocatello for Sermons
Elder Harold B. Lee of Salt Lake City delivered sermons at Frazier hall and the L D S institute in Pocatello. Crowds exceeding a thousand attended each service. Speakers included W P Whitaker Paul G Hild Jared Fay Leo Higley and A L Merrill. Lee spoke on So I Am With You Even to the End of the World and urged daily gospel adherence.
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Pocatello
Harold B. Lee
Salt Lake City
Council of the Twelve Apostles
Frazier Hall
L. D. S. Institute
Lee
Institute
W. P. Whitaker
Paul G. Hild
Welfare Committee
Jared Fay
Leo Higley
A. L. Merrill
West Pocatello
Council of Twelve
Pocatello Stake
Eugene E. Campbell
Temblors Noted Across California Seismograph
Four small earthquakes were recorded on Sunday on the seismograph of Fred Robinson a local seismologist. The quakes were felt as far north as San Francisco and centered in the San Diego area.
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San Diego
San Francisco
Fred Robinson
Man To Man Talk With Stalin Urged by Pepper
Sen. Claude Pepper urges President Truman to seek a personal meeting with Josef Stalin to propose a peace plan and a united anti aggression stance. He warns of World War III and stresses U S assistance for nations rebuilding after war while rejecting appeasement.
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Washington
Claude Pepper
Fla
Truman
Josef V. Stalin
Pepper
Stalin
Congress
Armed Services
Russia
United States
Hitler
Poland
Holy Land Easter clashes kill over a hundred people
In Easter week violence across Palestine left 114 Jews and Arabs dead, with hundreds wounded. Forty two Jews were ambushed on the Haifa Tyre coastal road. six Arabs died. A 31 hour battle near Bethlehem produced heavy casualties, ending after a British truce.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Haifa
Tyre
Lebanon
Solomon's Pool
Holy Bethlehem
Haganah Organization
Honest to good spring weather forecast for Poca today and tomorrow
The United States Weather Bureau predicts a springlike spell for Poca with considerable cloudiness and warm conditions through today and Tuesday. Temperatures should reach close to 60 degrees today.
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Pocatello
United States Weather Bureau
Showdown in Coal Field Standoff With FBI Involvement
FBI agents have been ordered into the coalfields on the eve of a likely clash between John L. Lewis and the Truman administration over the two week old soft coal strike. The government seeks to assess Taft-Hartley act implications while the fact finding board prepares a public hearing with Lewis potentially subpoenaed.
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Washington
FBI
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Truman
Suboena
Tru‘Truman
Ezra van Horn
Thomas E. Murray
William L. P. Burke
Easter Sun Brings Warmth to Southern Idaho
Southern Idahoans enjoyed the warmest Easter Sunday in seven years with bright sun most of the day. Temperatures reached 62 at Burley and 45 at Idaho Falls as churches filled and highways filled with holiday travelers in springtime finery.
Wisconsin Primary Tests Three GOP Candidates
Wisconsin holds a key three way Republican primary April 6 featuring Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Gen. Douglas MacArthur and former Gov. Harold E. Stassen with Nebraska voting April 13 to follow. The outcome may shape the GOP field ahead of the national convention.
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Wisconsin
Washington
Wisconsiv
Nebraska
New York
Illinois
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Douglas MacArthur
Wendell L. Willkie
State
Dewey
Stassen
MacArthur
Willkie
Merman
Tlane
New Hampshire
Dewey, Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Earl Warren
California
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Winter Clothes Hide in Easter Parades Amid Cold Wave
Easter services drew crowds nationwide despite unseasonable cold as coats furs and mufflers hid spring finery in major parades from New York to Chicago. The cold from Canada chilled states east of the Rockies with freezing temps and scattered snow in Georgia while the Ohio valley faced rising floods and closed highways.
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Chicago
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Georgia
Ohio Valley
New York
Fifth Avenue
Michigan Boulevard
Oklahoma
Atlantic Ocean
Kite
Mannequins Best Dressed On Fifth Avenue
New York reports a brisk Easter parade as wind chills Fifth Avenue. About one million people braved 30 mph gusts and upper 30s temperatures, while 80 000 gathered near St Patrick’s Cathedral to watch and photograph the crowd.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
50Th Street
Filipino soldiers among 21 killed in Corregidor booby trap blast
Police report a blast in an underground passage on Corregidor Island killed 21 people including 15 Philippine Army enlisted men. The incident marks a deadly setback in the island’s long siege status.
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Manila
P.I
Philippine Army
Corregidor Island
Pope Warns World and Italy Facing Crisis
Pope Pius XII addressed about 200000 Italians declaring Rome and humanity stand at a crossroads between Christ and anti Christ, between war and peace. He warned the coming elections test nations against communism and urged watchfulness and united Christian action.
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Rome
Italy
Pius XII
Ringling Brothers Circus Heads North For 1948 Season
The Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus moves by shiny train to New York for 33 Madison Square Garden performances before touring the East. Travel permission from the Office of Defense Transportation avoids coal strike grounding, with freight-route moves and a partial first trek. The show opens in New England for the first time since the 1944 Hartford fire.
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Sarasota
Fla
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
New York
Madison Square Garden
John Ringling North
Office of Defense Transportation
Hartford, Conn
New England
Rumored Trip Plans Involve Truman Attlee Stalin Berlin Moscow
The Sunday Graphic hinted a June Berlin meeting among Truman Attlee and Stalin to bar war. Stalin would push to halt a western European union while Truman and Attlee seek no more territorial claims. Other reports say Truman may visit Greece and Turkey next month as a gesture against communism.
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London
Sunday Graphic
President Truman
Clement R. Attlee
Josef Stalin
Berlin
the Sunday Graphic
Truman
Attlee
Russia
Stalin
European Union of Nations
Istanbul
Turkey
Vatan
Greece
Augusta
Only U S Has Atomic Bomb Says British Scientist
British atomic scientist Marcus Oliphant told Radio Australia that Russia could not produce two atomic bombs within five years even with blueprints and help. He said the United States possesses atomic bombs in military significant numbers and that Soviet capacity to build a large plant would take many years.
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San Francisco
Marcus Oliphant
Russia
Radio Australia
Oliphant
Melbourne
United States
Olip
Rail Troup Appears Likely
CHICAGO UP The possibility of a nationwide railroad walkout late next month grew stronger as three railroad brotherhoods prepare to meet in Cleveland to decide on a walkout by about 150000 workers. They will discuss a 15 12 cent hourly increase.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Severe Quake Strikes Sucre Bolivia Killing Two
A severe earthquake hit Sucre on Sunday causing two confirmed deaths and 14 injuries including two critical. The palace of justice and sports stadium were damaged and hundreds of homes cracked. Residents fled to streets and prayed fearing aftershocks.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Sucre
Palace of Justice
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