End of Berlin Blockade Agreed, Easing of Cold War Foreseen
The House by a 212 to 209 vote set aside indefinitely the Taft Hartley repeal. The Wood bill would repeal the law but reenact major provisions. Rep. Gore and Rep. Kelley led moves to push new legislation while the Senate weighs labor reforms.
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Berlin
Washington
House
Truman
Labor Committee
Albert Gore
Tenn
John Lesinski
Mich
Senate
Augustine B. Kelley
End to Berlin Blockade Set With Big Four Meeting
The United States and Britain France and Russia agreed to lift the Berlin blockade and hold a foreign ministers meeting on German issues. The plan calls for the blockade ending on May 12 and the big four talks to begin May 23 likely in Paris, announced in Washington.
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New York
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Berlin
Washington
London
Paris
Moscow
United Press
Park Avenue
United Nations
Philip C. Jessup
Columbia University
Jessup
Jacob Malik
Malik
Plane Crashes Into Turin Cathedral Steeple Killing 29
A chartered Fiat tri engine airliner crashed into Superga cathedral steeple in heavy rain near Turin killing 29 of 31 aboard. Victims include four Turin soccer officials three Italian sports writers 18 players and four crew. Police recovered 29 bodies within hours as crowds gathered.
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Turin
Italy
Superga
Lisbon
Portugal
U. S
Postmasters to Hear Talk by Rail Mail Chief Bodell
Miller M. Bodell district superintendent of the U S railway mail service will be guest speaker at the District League of Postmasters Idaho chapter convention in Twin Falls He supervises railway mail operations in the Intermountain area and will discuss the topic Star Mail Route Operation.
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Miller M. Bodell
Pocatello
U.S. Railway Mail Service
District League of Postmasters
Idaho
Twin Falls
Bodell
Intermountain
Hal sey to Name Wilson City Engineer in New Administration
Mayor elect Halsey announced he will nominate Wendell Wilson of Hamilton Engineering Co. for city engineer to replace Les Ballif who resigned. He plans an acting police chief tonight with several candidates under consideration for full appointment later. The council will not vote on non emergency items tonight and may tackle the slot machine issue after further study.
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W. W. Halsey
the Post
Wendell Wilson
Ralph L. A
A. A. Girard
Roubidoux
Halsey
Okeh
Council
R. L. Dixon
Dixon
Griggs Named to Pocatello Recreation Commission
Joe Griggs, manager of the Central building shoe shining parlor, was named to succeed Jake LaRue on the Pocatello Recreation commission. He won election to the five year post by the recreation council in its annual session. A 1949-50 budget of $29,391 was submitted for city council approval, with part of the funds held from the previous year's budget.
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Joe Griggs
Central Building
Jake LaRue
Pocatello Recreation Commission
Griggs
Pocatello Recreation Council
Car plunge at Ross Park claims Walter Waldron life
A fatal crash near Ross Park killed 56 year old Walter Waldron of Samaria. The wrecked automobile lay overturned on a sharp curve as Ray Isham and Doug Hansen from Hall mortuary placed the body in an ambulance. On the scene photos were taken by Bob Leppard for the Post.
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Walter Waldron
Samaria
Ross Park
Ray Isham
Doug Hansen
Hall
Bob Leppard
Test Range Funds For Florida Guided Missile Range
The House completed action on a bill giving 75 million dollars to start a 3000 mile Florida based guided missile test range. The plan includes a 200 million dollar total project with launch over the South Atlantic from Melbourne Cocoa area and stations in the Bahamas pending British permission. A base city for 5000 personnel is planned near the launch site.
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Washington
House
Armed Services
Florida
Truman
U. S
Great Britain
Bahama Islands
South Atlantic
Melbourne-Cocoa
Nash Plants Will Rehire After Strike Impact
Nash Kelvinator announces recall of 12 000 Wisconsin auto plant workers after Bendix Aviation strike. Dies and parts moved from South Bend brake supplier plant as Nash plans production elsewhere. Affected sites are Kenosha and Milwaukee with CIO UAW lines opening to remove equipment. Bendix strike has idled 7 500 workers with broader auto industry layoffs totaling 25 000.
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Detroit
Nash- Kelvinator Corp
Wisconsin
Bendix Aviation Corp
Nash
South Bend
Ind
R. A. de Vlieg
Kenosha
Wis
Milwaukee
CIO
United Auto Workers
Bendix
Hudson Motor Car Co
Quadruplets Born in Bronx Hospital to Collins Family
In Lebanon hospital, Bronx, Mrs. Ethel Collins gave birth to two boys and two girls, weighing 4 lb 15 oz, 4 lb 3 oz, 5 lb 5 oz, and 3 lb 7 oz. Parents Charles and Ethel Collins, with a 2 1/2 year old son, report all four babies in good condition and likely to survive.
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New York
Lebanon Hospital
Bronx
Ethel Collins
Charles
Coast Guard
Barbara
Ellen
Linda Carol
Andrew Raymond
Edward Charles
Collins
Stephen Arthur
Bandits Sentenced to 20 Years Each in Martinsburg Train Robbery
Ly man Ramsdell 23 and George Ashton 21 of Youngstown Ohio were sentenced to 20 years each for the March 9 Martinsburg train robbery. They pleaded guilty to theft from interstate commerce. A 10 year term on two counts of individual robbery runs consecutively.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Lyman Ramsdell
George Ashton
Martinsburg
Harry E. Watkins
Youngstown
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Hearing date set for Union Pacific station closure
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission sets June 23 for a hearing on Union Pacific’s petition to discontinue the Decio agency station in Cassia county. PUC secretary William Fox said the hearing will likely be held in the courtroom at Burley courthouse.
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Boise
State Public Utilities Commission
Union Pacific Railroad
Decio
Cassia
William Fox
PUC
Bupey
Road Turn Missed At Ross Park Fatal Crash Stuns County
Bannock County records a fatal traffic crash on the new road south of Ross Park as Walter Waldron age 56 from Samaria is killed when his car fails to negotiate a curve at a railroad crossing one mile south of Pocatello. Deputies report the vehicle veered off the road, crashed through a fence and tumbled down a ten foot embankment. Waldron was thrown from the car and died at the scene. The body was taken to the Half Mortuary.
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Bannock County
Ross Park
Walter Waldron
Jh? Samaria
Malad
Pocatello
Gate City
Norman Forsdyce
Waldron
Prifort
Fordyce
Walton
Fire devastates Glasgow department store killing thirteen women
A five story department store in Glasgow burned in minutes, killing thirteen women and igniting a theater and nearby shops. Two girls leaped from a fourth floor window as flames spread. officials fear the death toll could rise to twenty. Fire crews fought the blaze amid dense smoke and explosions.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Women’s Wear
Green Flags Rent Control Attack by AF of L President
AF of L president William Green denounces the government's new fair rent formula as shielding landlords with guaranteed profits. He says the plan will raise rents for many tenants amid unemployment and accuses housing editor Tighe Woods of overstepping Congress. The rule promises minimum net profits of 25 percent for small landlords and at least 20 percent for larger operators.
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Washington
William Green
Tighe E. Woods
Congress
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Jean Chauvel
Fashionable Park Avenue
Wilson
Nash Plants
Deing Fine
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