Police Reform Urged In Pocatello As Coal Strike Tie In
John S Lewis testified under court order before a three member fact finding board about the 16 day coal strike. He urged a non partisan civil service for the police and re activation of Pocatello’s civil service board. He warned against police being used for political ends and suggested actions to restore good government locally.
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Ed Gossett
Tex
Josef Stalin
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U S Aided Greeks Defeat Guerrillas
In Salonika Greek infantry with air support and American advisers won the first phase of a planned offensive against guerrillas. They captured a strategic mountain stronghold near Kilkis in northeast Greece, taking control from about 600 guerrillas and advancing toward Pondagkerassia, northeast of Kilkis, a reported guerrilla base in the Kroussia mountains.
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Greece
Kilkis
Pondokerassia
Kroussia
Civil Service Panel Approves Workers Cost of Living Bonus
A House Civil Service subcommittee approved a bill to grant Civil Service and postal workers a 585 bonus for 15 months from April 1, 1948, to July 1, 1949. The 600 million dollar measure would affect about 1.2 million employees and cost 600 million dollars, with an annualized rate of 468. The full committee will discuss the bill Thursday.
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House
Civil Service
Rooney seeks divorce after separation and split
Betty Jane Rose Rooney, estranged wife of film star Mickey Rooney, hired a lawyer and announced plans for divorce. The former Alabama beauty queen and Rooney had agreed to a trial separation six weeks ago, their second in a year.
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Betty Jane Rose
Mickey Rooney
Alabama
Rooney
Roads Open Despite Snow Forecast Tightens Travel
State highway officials said roads and passes were open after Tuesday's storm though the weather service warned of more snow and colder conditions. Greyhound reports dry highways from Blackfoot to Ashton and McCammon to Salt Lake City, with one bus late due to visibility. Temperatures were forecast to reach about 40 and 25 degrees on Wednesday.
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Blackfoot
Ashton
McCammon
Salt Lake City
Greyhound
Italians Ban Uniform Wearing
The government outlawed wearing any uniform by officials until after the April 18 election. Aimed at semi military groups like Garibaldi brigades and wartime partisan factions, the decree exempts sports associations and schools and follows February 14 law.
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Rome
Garibaldi
Idaho recall petition seeks special election for senator
An Idaho recall petition was filed in Boise asking Secretary of State J D Price to call a special election to recall United States Senator Glen H Taylor. The filing by E L Shorty Fuller and Don Smith cites deception and communist ties, with an attorney general opinion sought on recall legality.
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Boise
Glen H. Taylor
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Idaho
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Wall Street Riot Erupts Outside Exchange
A violent clash at the Wall Street entrance leaves fifteen injured as pickets and police exchange blows. Women spectators scream as officers arrest 29 pickets for disorderly conduct after a ten minute fracas.
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Murdered Bride in Vengeance Crime Shocks Manhattan
Vera Lotito 36 a newlywed co owner of a travel bureau was found slain in her Midtown apartment. Police call it a vengeance crime as her husband Robert Lotito an insurance man returned from work and found her bound stabbed and dead. Investigators questioned Arthur Deakins and Richard O Neill but did not name suspects.
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O'Neill
Conference Will Talk Communism At Pan American Meet
Secretary of State George C. Marshall won unanimous Latin American backing to consider the communist question at the Ninth Pan American conference. The steering committee of heads of 21 delegations agreed to place the topic on the agenda despite no specific name being used.
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Bogota
Colombia
U. S
George C. Marshall
Spain Proves Aid Pact Links to Franco regime
The House added Franco Spain to the European Recovery Program and allowed the ERP administrator to embargo shipments to Russia and its allies. The Senate approved a one year 463 million China aid plan and a larger 5.3 billion ERP package with 275 million to Greece and Turkey. The three bills and a 60 million UN children’s fund total 6.205 billion, awaiting conference to resolve differences.
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Klein
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China
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Greece
Turkey
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Truman
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Foreign Relations Committee
ITU Instructions Win U S Approval
NLRB associates find ITU contract negotiating instructions acceptable. ITU plans to dispatch to locals within a day or two, stating the instructions do not evade the Hammond Indiana court injunction against the union.
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National Labor Relations Board
International Typographical Union
AFL
David P. Findling
NLRB
Winthrop A. Johns
ITU
Woodruff Randolph
Hammond
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Princess Elizabeth shown in spring ballerina suit
Fashion experts and Londoners debate Princess Elizabeth's outfit seen in newspapers. The ensemble features a ballerina skirt with a short waistpinched jacket, hem about 13 inches from the floor, prompting talk of a maternity influence and a modern new look.
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London
Princess Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Henry Wallace rejects militarized plan as sinister
Henry Wallace testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee denouncing administration policies while offering to meet Stalin to ease U S Soviet tensions. He proposed withdrawing from Greece and the Mediterranean and suggested using atomic bomb production as a bargaining point with Stalin.
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Henry Wallace
America
Russia
Soviet Union
Josef Stalin
Siberia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Wallace
United States
Greece
Turkey
Mediterranean
Stalin
Russell
Mrs Hearst Wins Divorce in Idaho
Mrs. William Randolph Hearst Jr of New York City was granted a divorce in Gooding Idaho by Judge D H Sutphen. All case files including the complaint were sealed and terms of settlement not published. Hearst was not present and was represented by Branch Bird. Mrs Hearst by Everett B Taylor.
Postings Praises Office Efficiency Amid Snowman Lore
In Bannock County, Mark Manley’s office handles license plates quickly, shocking out-of-state buyers used to red tape. A snowstorm brings a brief rush and a photographer captures dwindling lines, while readers recall grand snowmen sculptures and local family creations lining North Garfield.
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Mark Manley
Bannock
James Beslisle
Nancy Henderson
Dorothy Beslisle
Thelma Lattimer
North Garfield
Mamma
Papa
Junior
Truman Signs Rent Control Bill Despite Doubts
President Truman signed the new rent control extension delaying expiration to March 31, 1949 and criticized key provisions as weakening protections. He warned enforcement will be limited but pledged to keep rents at reasonable levels while urging Congress to pass a broader housing program. The act retains most terms, allows voluntary 15 percent hikes to Dec 31, 1949, and expands expediter powers to curb excessive rents.
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Washington
Truman
OPA
Congress
UN considers special session on Palestine partition
United States urges a special United Nations General Assembly session to revisit Palestine partition and seeks an immediate truce between Jews and Arabs. Russia opposes the move, warning it would delay UN work. Gromyko criticizes the plan as destabilizing. Council rolls the issue to Thursday without a vote. The session resumes on Chile's charges about Czechoslovakia.
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United Nations General Assembly
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Russia
England
Eer Spee Rustin
Andrei Gromyko
General Assembly
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