Ironton Kaiser-Frazer Plant to Enter Standby May
Kaiser-Frazer announced the Ironton Utah No 2 blast furnace will be placed in standby in mid May due to slack demand for pig iron. About 200 workers are employed there. The move follows a wartime start in 1948 and peacetime cuts earlier this year.
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Provo
Utah
Kaiser-Frazer Parts Corporation
Ironton
Kaiser-Frazer
Carbon County
Price
Kaiser- Frazer
Columbia
Coke
Utah Fuel Company
Packard Slashes Prices on Golden Anniversary Models
Packard Motor Car Company announced the second largest price cut in the current auto industry rollback wave. Prices for eight model lines drop from $103 to $246, led by a $246 cut on the super touring sedan. About 2,000 Packard dealers will bring golden automobiles to showrooms as Packard marks its 50th anniversary.
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Packard Motor Car Company
Packard
Karl M. Greiner
Ee Chrysler
Studebake
Osley
General Motors
Ford
New Double Decker Trains With Ventilation and Reading Lighting
Britain unveils double decker electric trains featuring two compartments and constant ventilation using electric fans. Seating areas include rip lighting to allow reading without shadows. Fishermen report new bait each season and continue to bite, highlighting ongoing industry adaptation.
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British Railways
Rupert Boy Honored by Civil Air Patrol Selection
Rupert Abrams, 15, from Burley Rupert CAP squadron and son of Mrs. Anna Abrams, was chosen with seven cadets to represent Idaho at a CAP congressional dinner in Washington D C on May 11. The trip is funded by CAP and Abrams earned the slot for outstanding communications work after interviews led by Maj. David Noack of Blackfoot.
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Rupert
Lewis Abrams
Idaho Civil Air Patrol
Washington, D. C
CAP
David Noack
Blackfoot
CAP Cadets
Young Abrams
Anna Abrams
Burley-Rupert
Idaho PUC Sets Dates On Rate Hike Hearing
Idaho public utilities commission set hearings on two rate cases and a telephone service application. June 14 Lewiston hearing on Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. rate rise for northern Idaho. estimated $115,000. June 21 Pocatello hearing for Utah Power and Light Co. rate increases. protestants may cross-examine. May 20 hearing on Cascade Telephone Co. certificate of convenience Horseshoe Bend. Buhl-Twin Falls truck line transfer approved to Calvin R. Harper.
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BOISE
State Public Utilities Commission
Lewiston
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
Idaho
Utah Power and Light Co
Pocatello
Utah Power and Light
Harry R. Bean
Cascade Telephone Co
Horseshoe Bend
B. L. Barron
F. B. Johnson
Buhl
Twin Falls
Calvin R. Harper
Boise Construction Workers Return After Month Long Strike
About 800 union construction workers in Boise resumed work after a settlement ending a month long strike that halted many local projects. The agreement grants an immediate 12 12 cents an hour raise and a five cent increase on July 1, signed by building contractors and AFL unions with federal conciliator Guy V. Lintner presiding.
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AFL
Guy V. Lintner
Portland
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