Grave flowers stolen then returned in Pocatello dispute
A funeral group in Pocatello reported a flower company worker removed grave flowers after a burial, placing them in a car. Relatives demanded the missing wreaths be returned. the wreaths were later replaced at the grave. The item notes the company’s West Side location denial and recounts local political analysis and predictions about Idaho GOP leadership after a Coeur d'Alene convention.
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Rcal
Pocatello
Labor talks loom as workers threaten broad strikes
Chicago talks stretch into a critical period with more than 150,000 railroad workers set to strike May 11 and 75,000 CIO automobile workers targeting Chrysler plants May 12. Briggs Manufacturing and other unions press for 30 cent pay raises, while several sectors including coal and steel seek wage boosts ahead of potential nationwide action.
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Chrysler Motor
Brotherhood
Brotherhoods
CIO Auto
Chrysler Motor Co
Chrysler
Detroit
Los Angeles
Indiana
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Pigot
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Big Four
CIO
Spud Unit Head Quits at Idaho Potato Growers
Farrell L. Hansen of Idaho Falls resigned Saturday as manager of the Idaho Potato Growers, Inc. He led the statewide cooperative for nine years and was succeeded by L. L. Branthoover, former Burley branch manager and assistant in charge of dehydration. Hansen plans to enter the automobile business and operates a farm west of Idaho Falls.
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Idaho Falls
Farrell L. Hansen
Idaho Potato Growers, Inc
Hansen
L. L. Branthoover
Burley
Idaho Senator Nabbed For Breach Of Peace
Senator Glen Taylor running mate of Henry Wallace on the third party ticket was arrested in Birmingham after trying to force open a door marked negroes at a rally. He was booked on disorderly conduct, released on a ten dollar bond, and missed a radio broadcast. He said police treated him roughly and claimed they elbowed him off the porch as four detectives and a policeman led him away.
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Coeur d’Alene
Whitla
Tom Heath
Reilly Atkinson
Gov. Robins
Guv
A. Bottifsen
Perry Swisher
Republican National Committee
Birmingham
Ala
ULP
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Henry Wallace
Taylor
Ida
Web Hutch
Wallace
Seymour Linfield
National Wallace Clubs
Southern Negro Youth Conference
Sinfield
Truman
W. W. Casey
Casey
Senator
Idaho
Glen H. Taylor
Seoul
Korea
Cheju
South Korea
Ora
Pyungni
Partly cloudy day with rising temperatures expected
The local weatherman reports a partly cloudy day with afternoon temperatures climbing toward a high near 55. Skies will remain cool tonight with a low around 30 and light frosts possible.
Pocatello News Briefs Highlight Local Incidents And Jaycee Call
Leo W. Girard recovered 1310 dollars in cash and notes after a late night loss, the Jaycees seek saved newspapers for a Moscow convention scrapbook, a license plate and wheel rim thefts are noted, a river area报警 incident prompts police pursuit, and C Bradbrook wins a Studebaker at Eagle lodge drawing with a new Mercury on order.
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Leo W. Girard
Pocatello
Troops Hit Five Villages in North Palestine
Haifa reports say Syrian and Lebanese forces attacked five north Palestine settlements including Dan Daphne Szold Ramatnatti and Lehavoth Habashar. Ramatnatti defense repelled the assault with heavy Arab losses. communications were down as battles continued in four villages. Source notes ambiguity over regular armies versus well trained irregulars.
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Palestine
Haifa
Syria
Lebanon
Dan
Daphne
Szold
Ramatnattaii
Lehavoth
Habashar
Ravatnattai
Haganah
Speed on Tip Will Win Coin
A reader, first of more than a dozen, won the Post's $5 news tip award for reporting a motorcycle automobile crash at Fourth and Halliday. Mrs Ad die Chase Gudmundson received the prize, with a $1 special award to Mrs Dorothy Garmire for tips about a litter of 13 puppies.
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Addie Chase Gudmundson
East Halliday St
POST
Dorothy Garmire
South Third Ave
Damage Suit Filed By Thiros Against Bangs in Pocatello
A $15,000 damage suit was filed in fifth district court by Gus Thiros against James C. Bangs for loss of business due to Bangs protests blocking a 1948 liquor by the drink license. Thiros seeks daily damages of 40 dollars and 10,000 dollars general damages, alleging Bangs interfered with license procurement and harmed Premises value. The case, assigned to Judge L. E. Glennon, centers on alleged wrongful acts and breach of contract regarding liquor licensing.
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James C. Bangs
Pocatello
Fifth District Court
Gus Thiros
Rocket Lounge
Thiros
Bangs
L. E. Glennon
Reds Parade Displays Strength Over Moscow Capping May Day
Military review in Moscow features Superfortress-type bombers and jet fighters as Marshal Bulganin hails power to keep peace. Stalin Molotov and Politburo figures observe from the Lenin mausoleum as the hour-long parade showcases armed forces and civilian workers.
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Red Square
Lenin
Moscow
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Josef Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Politbureau
Lenin Mausoleum
Greek Minister Assassinated Triggers Martial Law in Athens
Greek Justice Minister Christos Ladas was killed by a grenade thrower in Athens. The government declared martial law in the Athens area to curb guerrilla terrorism and arrests were ordered without warrants. Police identified the attacker as 22 year old Austratios Moutsoyiannis, linked to the OPLA group.
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Christos Ladas
Ladas
Themistocles Sophoulis
Liberal Party
King Paul
Austratios Moutsoyiannis
OPLA
Girl Gains Freedom From Alleged Kidnapper
Rosemarie Ellis, 13, returned to Fairfield Idaho with her parents after an alleged kidnapping with Thomas Dial, 34, who remains at large. Dial is charged with kidnapping as authorities investigate her journey from Fairfield to Helena Montana and a stop at the Kerbie home.
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Fairfield
Ida
Rosemarie Ellis
Montana
Thomas Dial
John Hersch
Kirbie
Hersch
Dial
Rosemarie
Kerbie
Norman Ellis
Gooding
Taft Offered $500 Bet on Stassen Victory
Compton, Cale report that U S Senator Robert Taft faced a bold wager after a political meeting. A salesman named Fischer and four neighbors offered $500 that Harold Stassen would win the GOP nomination, challenging Taft's claim about democracy and presidential prospects.
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Compton
Cale
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Rischer
Fischer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Taft
Cleveland, O
Stassen
Repu
Tornado Flattened Bernice and Vinita Area
A violent northeastern Oklahoma tornado swept Vinita and Bernice causing multiple deaths and 20 to 50 injuries. Bernice suffered severe damage while Vinita reported full hospitals and extensive area disruption. Red Cross aid arrived and law enforcement mobilized, with the storm part of a wider wind event across Kansas and Missouri.
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Vinita
Okla
Oklahoma
State Highway Patrol
O. B. Patterson
Here
Bernice
Grand Lake
Sam Love
Red Cross
Tulgd
Miami Red Cross
Case Slated For Monday In Fifth District Court
The state of Idaho brings charges against Darrell J. Brown for theft of three fur coats a radio and a suit from Mr and Mrs James L Burns at 939 North Ninth Street on March 7 1948. District Judge Isaac McDougall will preside with Lloyd Haight representing Brown and Henry McQuade Bannock county prosecutor for the state.
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Fifth District
State of Idaho
Darrell J. Brown
James L. Burns
North Ninth St
Brown
Lloyd
Pauline Starke Sherwood in Critical Condition After Sleeping Pills
Silent film star Pauline Starke Sherwood aged 47 was reported in critical condition from an apparent sleeping pills overdose. A doctor who treated her at Burbank emergency hospital then at St Vincent's hospital described the case as an overdose while police noted her mother, Edythe Ruth Starke, could not awaken her.
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Hollywood
Pauline Starke Sherwood
Pauline Starke
Burbank Emergency Hospital
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Edythe Ruth Starke
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