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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1948
Page
1
A Pocatello columnist predicts the national rail strike will be called off after government seizure of roads and ongoing negotiations. He cites working rules delays, pay for idle time, and union demands, noting local Rail workers expect no serious trouble and believe settlement will soon be reached.
U S ambassador Walter Bedell Smith handed a note to the Soviet foreign office saying Americans are alarmed by Russia's hostility to the European aid program. Molotov said Russia will strengthen ties with eastern Europe and rejected responsibility for the current tensions. The note stated U S policy aims to aid others to protect political integrity from communist activity and urged peaceful cooperation if Moscow changes course.
New York's 97 Republican convention delegates pledged to support Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. They adopted a resolution calling on delegates from other states to follow suit.
James Wellman age 19 of Coeur d Alene died after a two car crash in a southeast Salt Lake City residential area Sunday. No further details given.
The state department released an oral memorandum by U S ambassador W Bedell Smith to Molotov in Moscow on May 4. He said the United States seeks a decent relationship and is ready for full discussion of differences but rejected a Moscow claim of a peace conference.
About 6 million Koreans participated in the first free election, with 75 percent of 8 million eligible voters voting and Seoul at 92 percent turnout. Polls closed with 101 dead, 62 seriously wounded, and 233 jailed as violence and sabotage marked the campaign.
Washington UPI reports the bill to create a 70 group air force moved swiftly to the president’s desk as Senate and House conferees settled minor differences and reached final agreement.
The Pocatello posting notes a thief moving to McCammon, ransacking a UP railroad crews building locker and a Mr Sepulveda's room in La Paloma lately. Police chase a two-pair glasses suspect while Officer Carlyle recovers a stolen 194 Oldsmobile near South Main Street.
Jewish forces pierced an Arab road block on the Jerusalem Tel Aviv highway and seized Safad in the north, clearing the main supply route to Tel Aviv. Both sides agreed to a truce in Jerusalem under the Red Cross to make the city a hospital zone.
Senator Wayne Morse threatened to force a full Senate vote on the civil rights program unless the regional education compact allowing racial segregation is killed. The plan, supported by the House, would let 15 southern states pool resources to create regional schools that could practice segregation.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey replied to Reed College president Peter Odegard about a joint appearance with Harold Stassen to discuss his plan to outlaw the communist party. Both seek Oregon's May 21 primary and will be in the state after May 14 amid Oregon campaign schedules.
The Rt. Rev. Frank A. Rhea presiding bishop of Idaho will depart for London to attend the Lambeth conference set for July 1 through August 8 Bonds of Anglican unity and church affairs are expected to be discussed at the gathering in England with Rhea representing Idaho diocese.
GC Tolman remains in General hospital for treatment after an automobile accident on April 17. He is still not allowed visitors, hospital attendants announced.
Walter Blakemore, general chairman of the Pocatello Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, says workers will continue to report for duty as no official word on a strike has arrived. Union Pacific agent C. Laverne Johnson welcomes the decision, noting service disruption would harm the country and that a settlement benefits employees, management, and the public.
The American Merchant Marine Institute calls the Soviet fleet a mystery with only 110 of 600 ocean-going ships listed in standard registers. It notes irregular, long voyages like manganese to Baltimore then multiple Atlantic ports before reappearing via the Panama Canal and Pacific to Vladivostok, suggesting training use for naval and merchant crews.
The Supreme Court ruled again that private real estate agreements to bar non Caucasians from white neighborhoods are not enforceable. The decisions involved a Negro preacher in Columbus Ohio and a Chinese and Korean in Los Angeles. The rulings reversed state court decisions and sent cases back for reconsideration in light of last week’s ruling.
St Anthony Mercy Hospital in Pocatello was chosen as one of four acute treatment centers for infantile paralysis. The N F Infanile Paralysis Foundation noted with L D Belveal of Boise that Boise Lewiston and McCall area center will operate by June 1. A fifth center may be added at Twin Falls.
Union leaders drop threatened walkout after President Truman seizes the railroads and a federal judge issues a nine day anti strike order. The three brotherhoods say they will obey and keep workers on the job under army direction as talks continue.
Ray Kuhn of Gate City yesterday was chosen president of the Pocatello Life Underwriters association at a Whitman hotel luncheon. Perry Nelson named vice president with L. Glen Partner as secretary treasurer and J G Jensen Ed Nunn and Frank T Briggs elected to the executive committee. The state convention at Sun Valley May 5 will attract many Pocatellans.
William F Knowland Republican California introduced a bill to erase the railway labor exemption from the Taft Hartley act. He argued unions threatened a nationwide strike and the Mediation Act has governed rail disputes for decades, limiting government court injunctions. He called a rail strike threat unacceptable amid global stability concerns.
A Reading Company passenger train derailed in Valley Forge park near Phoenixville killing engineer B. Deming and fireman H. Jackson. Several cars left the tracks as the locomotive overturned en route from Allentown to Philadelphia. The derailment occurred behind the George Washington Memorial Chapel with unknown passenger injuries.
Charles Glass reports increased underwriting for Poca Tell o High School students attending the Boys State Conference in Boise June 6 to 12. Seven organizations will fund the trip: American Legion Club five delegates, Lions Club two, and Rotary Club Fargo Wilson Wells Scottish Rite Masons Elks Club and Veterans of Foreign Wars one each. Average cost per boy is about 25 dollars. aim is at least 20 boys. Interested clubs or firms should contact Glass at telephone 1240.
The weatherman reports today will be partly cloudy with a slow temperature rise. High around 60, tonight's low 30 to 35 with light local frost.
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