Ford asks workers for wage cuts to aid public security
Detroit report says Ford Motor Company, in a move during third-round wage talks, asked its 108,000 workers to accept wage reductions to support public security. CIO UAW Ford chief Ken Bannon called the proposal fantastic in immediate reply.
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Norman E. Nicholson
United Press
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ken Bannon
CIO
United Auto Workers Ford Department
Alameda Pocatello land deal debate sparks wage talks
Letter and union row mix local land speculation with labor negotiations. A.Y. Satterfield and Ford executives contest inflated claims about Alameda land lots and price cuts while Ford, Chrysler, and GM wage talks unfold. Bugas warns of inflation and questions wage hikes as Chrysler workers strike.
Guardsmen Enforce Calm In Packinghouse City
National guardsmen used guns and bayonets to enforce calm as three days of rioting between CIO United Packinghouse workers and police and non strikers continued in South St. Paul Minnesota. Gov. Youngdahl urged restraint while pickets and crowds protested at the state capitol.
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South ST. Paul
Minn
National
Packinghouse
State Capitol
St. Paul
Luther W. Youngdahl
CIO United Packinghouse
Find Hole In Curtain Find Hole In Curtain
Shanghai reports the Soviet ban on transporting Americans behind the Far East Iron Curtain eased after the United States planned a daring voyage to Dairen with replacements for stranded officials. The US embassy and Chinese authorities enabled a ship to enter Dairen despite prior refusals, as officials planned a secretive, rapid movement to maintain a US consulate presence and supply personnel.
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Shanghai
China
U. S
Dairen
Draft Okey Is Forecast
Washington President Truman would decide when to start peacetime conscription as Congress votes on a 19 through 25 draft bill. House Speaker Martin said there is strong sentiment to add a delayed-action clause and set up the draft machinery with registration but wait for the President to initiate inductions. The administration favors both the draft and universal military training to rapidly build armed forces and reserves in case of trouble with Russia.
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Washington
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Congress
Truman
Massachusetts
Martin
Russia
Weather forecast for picnic day and baseball weather
The weatherman forecast fair with continued warmth for today, predicting a high near 80 and a low near 40. Saturday's high reached 76 with a 33 degree low.
Gen Meyers Indicted In Tax Case In Dayton
Federal grand jury indicted Bennett E. Meyers former air force major general for income tax evasion related to Aviation Electric Corporation Vandalia Ohio Meyers suborned perjury charge from Washington remains pending trial location unclear 1942 income figures show $65027.51 income with tax 36132.58 versus reported 22717.11 and 9423.60 amid testimony from 54 witnesses and revenue agents.
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Dayton
Bennett E. Meyers
Air Force
Internal Revenue Department
Meyers
Aviation Electric Corporation
Vandalia, O
Bleriot LaMarre
Mildred
Grand
Dayton Internal Revenue
la Marre’s
Washington
Dav O’donnell
Aviation Electric
Suit Names Kaiser Firm
A federal suit by two stockholders charges officers of the Kaiser Frazer corporation and two other firms with conspiracy and mis conduct and the loss of 23 million dollars in K F funds. Defendants include Henry J. Kaiser Joseph W. Frazer Edgar F. Kaiser Cyrus Eaton. Plaintiffs claim a transfer of stock assets between Kaiser Frazer and Graham Paige Motors amounted to a conspiracy to enrich Kaiser Frazer and Graham Paige at Kaiser Frazer’s expense. They allege the 10 million dollar Kaiser Frazer stock issue was unlawfully stabilized and caused over 15 million in losses.
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Detroit
Kaiser- Frazer Corporation
K-F
Kaiser- Frazer
Henry J. Kaiser
Joseph W. Frazer
Edgar F. Kaiser
Cyrus Eaton
Cleveland
Otis and Company
Jerome R. Pergament
New York
George J. London
Jersey City
Kaiser-Frazer
Graham-Paige Motors Corporation
Kaiser, Frazer
Graham-Paige
Kaiser
Eaton
Army Releases Victims' Identity in Alaska Crash
In Anchorage, the army identified the two fliers killed when their P-51s crashed into Cook Inlet. Capt. Earl Lewis Mundell Jr., 30, and Lt. Richard L. Hipsack, 22, both of Anchorage, died as their planes failed to recover from a power dive during maneuvers. The cause of the crashes had not yet been determined.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Army
Cook’s Inlet
Earl Lewis Mundell, Jr
Richard L. Hipsack
Gate City Notes Twenty Years Of Air Service On Anniversary
Gate City marks the thirtieth anniversary of air mail with Pocatello noting 20 years of service. Since August 1, 1928, mail flown from Pocatello has grown from 150 pounds in the first month to about 3,500 pounds monthly. Local postmaster Jack Trimming and WAL representative Charles Fisher cite rapid nationwide delivery and reduced transit times as benefits.
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Pocatello
Jack Trimming
Wally Wilson
Western Air Lines
Air Mail
Trimming
Gate City
United States
Jack
National Parks ‘Airlines
Charles Fisher
WAL
Post Office Department
Washington
Flying breakfast draws crowds to Gate City event
Breakfast eaters descend on Pocatello for the big flying breakfast at the Last Frontier club with an air show to follow. Sponsored by the Pocatello chamber of commerce, officials expect flyers from neighboring states and towns to attend. They hope for strong town support to make it the biggest breakfast yet in Pocatel lo.
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Pocatello
Last Frontier Club
Wall
Dedication Set On Old Station
Twin Falls Idaho the Rock creek Pony Express station one of the oldest southern Idaho buildings will be dedicated Sunday by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in honor of Mrs Lucy Stricker on her 89th birthday. Mrs Stricker came to Rock creek in 1879 and married Herman Stricker first proprietor of the Rock creek store. A hotel restaurant and stables in addition to the Stricker store comprised the Rock creek post one of six similar stations on the Oregon trail through Idaho.
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Twin Falls
Rock Creek
Idaho
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Lucy Stricker
Stricker
Herman Stricker
POCATELLO POSTINGS Humorous Hat Steals Spotlight
A Salt Lake newspaper mocks Pocatello urging city manager reform while praising a green straw hat with red ribbon and bird wings worn by Mrs. B. B. Myers at the Women’s Republican luncheon. Pocatello High weighs driver education for 1800 students amid tight funding. police court rosters hint at student interest.
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Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Atom Check Bill Vetoed by Truman Amid Senate Clash
President Truman vetoed a bill allowing senators to order FBI investigations of men named to the atomic energy commission, calling it an unwarranted encroachment on constitutional powers and warning it would endanger national security. Sen Knowland argued the veto closes essential information and predicted an override as the republic’s safety and world peace hang in the balance.
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Washington
Truman
FBI
Atomic Energy Commission
David E. Lillienthal
Commission
Senate
William F. Knowland
Cal
Armed Youths Surrender After FourHour Search
Three armed San Diego teenagers, Michael Allen Williams sixteen James Boxberger seventeen and Milton Quil seventeen, were cornered by a posse near Yoncalla Oregon. After a four hour search in the woods they surrendered their automatic rifles peacefully and were taken into custody.
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Yoncalla
Ore
San Diego
Here
Oe Posse
Bloodhand
Airani Michael Allen Williams
James Boxberger
Milton Quil
Accident Tipster Wins Post News Award
Kenneth Burgon of 347 South Grant wins a $5 Post News Award for reporting an automobile accident on Tenth Avenue last week. The contest rewards speedy tips, with readers urged to call 3530 for the editorial department if their tip is chosen.
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Post News
Tenth Avenue
Kenneth Burgon
South Grant
Burgon
POST
Lions to Attend Sun Valley Meet
Fifteen Lions club members and their wives have registered to attend the Sun Valley state Lions club convention May 27 and 28, announced Robert Purrington, president. The convention will feature the Troubadore quartette Ralph Garrett Clifford Miller Rudolph Goranson and Larry Cowan, Pocatello business and professional men. At a Bannock hotel meeting, members planned the annual Lions cavalcade of Mirth and Music. An October date at the high school auditorium was chosen for the event.
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Lions Club
Sun Valley State Lions Club
Robert Purrington
Troubadore Quartette
Ralph Garrett
Clifford Miller
Rudolph Goranson
Larry Cowan
Pocatello
Bannock Hotel
Purrington
Egyptian Warplanes Strafe Tel Aviv in Wartime Push
Egyptian warplanes bombed Tel Aviv four to sixteen aircraft as Arab armies pressed Palestine from three sides. A civilian killed and two wounded. an Air France plane destroyed. Jewish forces reclaimed western Galilee and opened a corridor toward Ramallah while battles raged in Acre and Jerusalem. Immigrants continued arriving as supplies and munitions flooded Tel Aviv and Haifa docks amid chaotic civilian conditions.
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United Press
Tel Aviv
Israel
Palestine
Air France
Negev
Syria
Lebanon
Egyptian National Defense Ministry
Cairo
Danjour
Gaza
Galilee
Jerusalem
Ramallah
Acre
Kfar Etzion
Trans-Jordan
Red Cross
Damascus
Mt. Scopus
Sheik Jarrah
Hadassah Hospital
Hebrew University
Holy City
Old City
Marseille
France
Cyprus
Haifa
Stock Market Gains Heaviest Saturday Trade in 15 Years
New York stocks surged amid speculative fever with 2,590,000 shares traded in Saturday action, the heaviest in 15 years. Friday session reached 3,849,000 shares, a new eight year high, as buying pressure drew public interest and recalls of the 1926 bull run.
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New York
Wall Street
Jews Ask UN To Stop Arab Thrusts
Jewish state of Israel appealed to a UN Security Council emergency meeting to halt Arab invasions of Palestine and, if needed, impose sanctions. Egypt claimed the invasion aimed to stop persecution by Zionist groups. The council adjourned to Monday after lengthy debate.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Israal
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Mordecai Eliash
Jerusalem
China
United States
Council
Holy Land
T. F. Tsiang
Israel
Truce Commission
Russia
United
Big Five
General Assembly
Folke Bernadotte
Sweden
Heinrich Himmler
Aln
Moshe Shertok
Trans-Jordan
Abdullah
Abba Hillel Silver
Silver
Great Britain
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Middle East
End Comes To Scouter West Dies In New Rochelle
Dr. James E. West, chief scout of the Boy Scouts of America and a famed youth leader, died Saturday of Addison's disease on the eve of his 73rd birthday. As head of the Scouts he helped grow the movement to 11,000,000 boys, after rising from a difficult childhood. He was a self taught attorney, served under Theodore Roosevelt, and influenced juvenile court and youth programs in Washington.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
James E. West
Boy Scouts of America
Addison
West
Washington, D.C
Boy Scouts
Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of the Interior
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E. He Orgae
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