Nationalist Planes Strike Around Shanghai In Major Push
Nationalist war planes roared into action around Shanghai for the first time since Nanking as bombing and strafing hit Communist forces encircling the city. Attacks spread along routes west toward Hangchow and at Kashing, a key rail bastion, where heavy fighting was reported. The garrison said air power has entered its second day of strikes.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Hangchow
Kashing
Hangchow-Shanghai
United Press
Fallen Hangchow
Curse Report Links Fort Benning Violence Spree
At Ft. Benning Georgia a string of violent incidents unfolds with two deaths and multiple assaults. Pfe Robert Dixon, 25, of Keshena Wisconsin, was shot during a fight with an officer after a drunken driving arrest. Cpl Arnold Hakala of Pessemer Michigan reportedly ran over his wife who died of a skull fracture. Hakala faces murder charges as more violence shocks the base. A soldierstabbed on the parade ground and three pregnant wives abducted, later escaped in Florida.
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Columbus
Ft. Benning Army Base
Pfe
Robert W. Dixon
Keshena
Wis
G. Rags
Police Department
Arnold Hakala
Pessemer
Mich
Benning
Florida
Campus Day Honors Award Winners From Idaho High Schools
More than 1200 seniors from 25 Idaho towns attended ISC Campus Day with Jo Ann Dunn of Montpelier crowned queen. Awards went to Jerry Ann Briggs of Pocatello for dressmaking and Shirley Driskell of Shoshone in the suit division, among others. Neil Humphrey announced multiple scholarships including a $100 Simplot geology prize. Dr. Ray J. Davis praised the turnout and success of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
ISC
Jo Ann Dunn
Montpelier
Jerry Ann Briggs
Pocatello
Norma Barnes
Shirley Driskell
Shoshone
Luciane Barnes
Iowa
Ella Jean Harper
Lava Hot Springs
Margaret Wyatt
Burey
Neil Humphrey
Idaho Falls High School
Boise
Dietrich
Pocatello High
Frances Bliesner
Eden
Ray J. Davis
Prexy Humphrey
Idaho Roberts
Lara
Hot Springs
Ruth Cheney
Heyburn
Janet Grimmett
Paris
Shirley Berg
Burley
Bonnie Nield
Ammon
Jean Ellis
Inkom
Carol Davis
Downey
Iris Hall
Marian Johnson
Acon
Arthell Wilkins
Rupert
Shirley Pate
Richfield
Dereween
Griffith
Iona
Pat Ekstrom
Salmon
Trene Schroeder
American Falls
Eva Larsen
McCammon
Vera Thomas
Dubois
Marlene Stibal
Roberts
Jackie Farnes
Blackfoot
Pocatello Merchants Bureau
Atkin Florists
Camille’s
Carnes Music Co
Fargo-Wilson-Wells
Parry Harrison
Lewis Style Shop
Middendorf Floralart
Mode O'Day
Modern Shoe and Sporting Goods
Molinelli’s Jewelers
Moore Drug
Halliwell Drug
Nate Morgan
Jeweler
Montgomery Ward
Nye Center Drug
Paris Co
People’s Store
Pocatello Drua de Pocatello Greenhouses
R. Redewelers
Syd
Montgomery Ward & Co
W. C. Hall
Bistline Lumber & Hardware Co
Tornado devastates Sundown. pastor and child dead
A Sundown tornado killed S. C. Scott, a Church of Christ minister, and his young daughter, with Mrs. Scott and their son in critical condition. Eight homes were flattened as rescue workers provided aid and authorities secured the area.
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Levelland
Tex
West Texas
Sundown
S. C. Scott
Scott
Church of Christ
Texas
Dalhart
Lubbock
Red Cross
Hockley County
China Policy Probe Slated
Washington reports that a Senate appropriations subcommittee plans a formal inquiry into United States policy toward China. Senators Bridges and McCarran laid groundwork and informed Secretary of State Acheson to return for questions on policy and the current crisis. Bridges also accused a White House aide of blocking an army plan to send captured German arms to nationalist China.
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Washington
ULP
Secretary of
Dean G. Acheson
Senate Appropriations
Sens
Styles Bridges
N. H
Pat McCarran
Acheson
Bridges
White House
Edwin A. Locke
China
McCarran
State Department
Carnation Day Observed By Pocatello War Mothers
The Pocatello American War Mothers chapter will observe Carnation Day. Funds from flower sales will aid veterans of both world wars with half staying locally for a World War II memorial.
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Pocatello American War Mothers Organization
Della L. Buehler
Kennecott in Utah Faces Fallout From Black Friday
In Salt Lake City the Kennecott division warns of a crippling sequence after New York price cuts. A 300 member railway firemen and engineers union threat, a Magna substation fire damaging cables, and a rejected federal fact finding board report threaten 5,000 Utah workers and weekend outages.
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Utah
Kennecott Co
Salt Lake City
Kennecott Corporation
New York
Kennecott
Brotherhood of Railway
Magna
Phone Union To Join CIO
The Communications Workers of America announced its members have voted to affiliate with the CIO. Once CIO charter arrives, the union will merge with the CIO telephone workers organizing committee to form a single bargaining unit for non supervisory telephone employees. TWOC and CWA together claim about 330,000 members and represent switchboard operators equipment makers clerical staff and other non supervisory workers. No contracts are currently pending except in New Jersey.
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Washington
Communications Workers of America
CIO
CIO Telephone Workers Organizing Committee
CWA
TWOC
Ned
New Jersey
Woman Hit By Car Injures Mrs Mary Frugoli
Mrs. Mary Frugoli, 74, of 408 North Sixth, was seriously injured crossing Fifth Avenue at Center Street around 11 last night. Police say the car driven by Charles H. Bauer, 29, Boise, struck her as he turned left. no arrests were reported. She was taken to General Hospital with cuts and bruises.
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Mary Frugoli
Sixth
Fifth Avenue
Center Street
General Hospital
Frugoli
Charles H. Bauer
Boise
Bauer
Fifth
Center
Spud Parley Held Here In Pocatello
Eleven Gem State potato growers and shippers met at Hotel Bannock to draft Idaho recommendations for the 1949 federal potato support program. The Idaho Advisory Commission focused on costs from potato shipping preparations as Davis noted public release will wait until western growers meet. Attendees included Commission Chairman Brandt and members Branthoover Vanderford Marshall Clem ents White Johnson Clinger Cranney and others.
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Gem State
Pocatello
Bannock
Congress
Idaho Potato Advisory Commission
Clark Davis
Production-Marketing Administration
Davis
Idaho
Commission
Harry C. Brandt
Nampa
L. L. Branthoover
Idaho Falls
T. S. Vanderford
Aberdeen
Joseph P. Marshall
Twin Falls
C. J. Marshall
Jerome
Alex Clements
Burley
Lee White
Music Week Closes With Old Fashioned Square Dance
Pocatello observes Music Week with an 8 p.m. square dance at the high school gym. Sponsored by American Legion post No. 4 the event is open to the public with no admission. Western attire is optional. The KSEI square-dance band plays led by George Hargreaves and Art Meade with calling and instruction for beginners.
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Pocatello
American Legion Post No. 4
Ralph Comstock Jr
KSEI
George Hargreaves
Art Meade
Two Pocatello youths held in Alameda armed robbery case
Mas two Pocatello high school seniors, Frank Benedetti 19 and Thomas Matsuo Hirota 17, remained in Ban nock county jail on $1000 bond awaiting trial after waiving preliminary hearing on armed robbery charges. Police traced a robbery near 115 Roosevelt Ave Alameda, where a bandana masked Hirota. Victims include LuGean Bells and Darwin Egbert. Evidence included a shell, a wallet, and a bank door key found by Hirota at the crime scene.
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Pocatello High School
Bannock County
Frank Benedetti
Eleventh Ave
Thomas Matsuo Hirota
Roosevelt Ave
Alameda
Hiroto
Darwin F. Egbert
N. Harrison Ave
Benedetti
Miss Beus
Egbert
Portneuf
Center St
Pocatello Bank
U S Denies Russian Charge on Alliance with Franco Spain
The United States told the United Nations it has no secret military alliance with Franco Spain. Ray Atherton stated Washington does not want Spain in NATO nor to grant Franco regime access to the Marshall Plan or UN benefits. He refuted Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko's claims in the general assembly.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U. S
United Nations
Franco
Spain
Ray Atherton
Francisco Franco
Atherton
General Assembly
Deva
Andrei Grom 1Ykhov
Pocatello Police Chief Hints Reshaping Move
Newly appointed Chief A L Oliver said no major changes yet but hinted at dissolving the inspector position to reallocate funds to officers. He and the police captain would share duties, with minor office changes and a focus on traffic renovations to address hazardous conditions while enforcing laws.
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Pocatello
A. L. Oliver
Oliver
Halsey
Idaho Seeks Injunction Over PUC Rate Hike
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. seeks a permanent injunction to stop the public utilities commission from enforcing a rate increase expected to raise company revenue by over 600000 annually. Idaho state, contesting the suit, argues the complaint is ambiguous and unintelligible. The attorney general filed an answer with demurrers and a motion to strike a dated paragraph. The company currently collects high rates under a temporary injunction with funds impounded pending final ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Attorney General
Ford Strike Expands as Auto Makers Hit by Parralysis
Thousands of CIO UAW workers blocked car passages at Ford’s River Rouge and Lincoln-Mercury plants as strikes and layoffs shrink a slowing auto industry. The 62,000 Ford workers walkout fears and related job losses threaten 147,200 Ford employees across 33 cities and Windsor Ontario. Chevrolet plant workers also vote to strike over a speed up dispute, with no date set.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto
Ford Motor Company
UAW
Ford
River Rouge
Lincoln - Mercury
Windsor
Ont
Cleveland
Chevrolet
United Auto Workers
UAW International Board
Ford strike grounds 8000 at River Rouge plant rally
Yesterday Ferro Machine & Foundry and Ford supplier sees 8000 strikers mass at River Rouge main gate. Picket lines surround cars as non-strikers park and walk in with minimal police presence and no violence reported. Union sound trucks blare as protesters jeer.
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Ferro Machine & Foundry Company
Ford
River Rouge
High School Burglarized in Pocatello
Police and Bannock County deputies investigated a burglary at Pocatello High School early Friday. Five offices were ransacked and only $5 was found. a large safe was attempted but left unopened. Investigators deem the trespassers amateurs and say they have leads but no suspects yet.
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Pocatello
Bannock County
Fordyce
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Idaho State College
Sue Dele Jenson
Helvin Ellis
Nancy Harrison
Cathy Munn
Shirley Meredith
Janice Haskell
JoAnn O’neal
Mendy
JoAnn Dunn
Montpelier High School
Pocatello Merchants
Jack Terrell
JoAnne
Marianne Tillery
Barbara Sherburne
Alice Ashworth
Phone Union
Pocatello’s
Wee
Police Dept
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