Fire Fatal From Refrigerator Motor In Main Street Home
John L. Irving 62 died from asphyxiation after a refrigerator motor fire at his one story frame house at 774 N Main. Firefighters rescued him outside but he died at 4 36 p m. The blaze burned 55 minutes and damaged the room and wall where the machine stood. Survivors include his widow Mrs Betty Irving. Irving was a rail inspector.
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John L. Irving
N. Main
Irving
John R. McMahon
Betty Irving
Brazil Chief Dutra Heads to Washington on Birthday Visit
Brazil President Eurico Gaspar Dutra and his party flew to the United States for the first official Brazilian presidential visit. After overnighting in Belem at the Amazon mouth, he will tour Puerto Rico then arrive in Key West on Tuesday and reach Washington on Wednesday, his 64th birthday, amid talk of a possible loan to Brazil as it faces postwar financial strain.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
United States
Belem
Amazon
Puerto Rico
Key West
Fla
Washington
Dutra
Truman
Pair found dead in Wisconsin home in suspected double suicide
In Frederic Wisconsin a middle aged couple, Richard and Mrs Sieber both about 50, were found hanged in their basement. Authorities called it a premeditated double death by own action. The son at St Olaf College reported their absence. No note found. Mrs Sieber had prior suicide attempts.
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Lywit C
Park
Pope Canonizes Jeanne de Lestonnac Saint of France
Pope Pius XII canonizes Jeanne de Lestonnac founder of the Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The rite was broadcast and shortened removing lengthy lawyers' remarks. Over 30,000 attended in St Peters Basilica with 45 descendants of the saint.
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Rome
Pope Pius XII
Jeanne de Lestonnac
France
Order of the Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Peters Basilica
Gromyko Completes Paris Trip With 13th Passenger
Andrei Gromyko and 11 Soviet aides flew to Moscow aboard Air France after a Paris stopover with 1,522 pounds of baggage. Israel Herman, a Cleveland jeweler, joined at the last minute aboard the plane. Herman called the trip a big thrill while Gromyko offered only cautious, noncommittal remarks on peace and Berlin.
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Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Air France
Israel Herman
Cleveland, O
Paris
Gromyko
Herman
United States
Russia
Berlin
Five Rail Unions to Defend Stand at Hearing
Five railroad brotherhoods face a House labor subcommittee Tuesday to answer charges they discriminate against Negro railway employees. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. summoned union presidents or their nominees as witnesses for testimony on a proposed permanent fair employment practices commission.
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Washington
House
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. D
Five Brotherhoods
Truman
Brotherhoods
Powell
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
D. B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
H. W. Fraser
The
Brotherhood of Railway Conductors
A. J. Glover
Switchmen’s Union of North America
AFL
Charles H. Houston
Negro Railway Labor Executives Committee
Distillery Strike Ends After Wage Increase Offer
PEORIA IL union workers at Hiram Walker distillery vote to end a 24 hour strike. Local 55 accepts a 10 cent hourly raise, down from the 15 cent request. The move ends labor action at the plant.
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Peoria
Ill
Hiram Walker
Distillery Workers International Union
AFL
Ford Lashes UAW Strike In Early Talks
Ford Motor Company faces a crippling 106000 idle workers as production slows with a 11 day strike by 62200 at River Rouge and Lincoln plants. Henry Ford II accuses the UAW of political motives while Cyrus Ching warns government mediation may begin if talks fail. The UAW rejects claims of featherbedding and says workers seek not to exceed 100 percent of standard hours.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Farflung
Henry Ford II
Cyrus Ching
United Auto Workers’ Union
Ching
River Rouge
Lincoln
Uaw-Cio
Nis
UAW
Ford Workers
National Forests to Draw Record Crowds in Year
Washington sources say Americans plan another record pilgrimage to national forests this year as outdoor recreation gains popularity across the country.
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Washington
Tornado in Amarillo Leaves Six Dead in Night Storm
A savage tornado ripped through a south Amarillo residential district killing at least six people and injuring scores. By 10 30 p m four bodies were at Blackburn Shaw funeral home and 40 were reported injured across two major hospitals. Police begged for light generators and bulldozers to clear the 30 block wreckage as circuits failed at KFD.
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Amarillo
Tex
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Northwest Texas Hospital
Pat Flynn
KFD
Lois Martin
Boxwell Funeral Home
Howard Boxwell
Tyler St
Jack Ely
Griggs Funeral Home
Law Closes 30 Club Here Near Pocatello
Idaho liquor law chief Clarence L. Saunders said the Highway 30 Club case near Pocatello goes to Power County prosecutor. Proprietor Carl Hall faces charges for allowing liquor sales and operating a slot machine without a license. Ruth Mirabella charged with liquor sale. Both jailed in American Falls awaiting arraignment.
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BOISE
LLP
Idaho Liquor Law Enforcement
Clarence L. Saunders
Pocatello
Power County
Saunders
Carl Hall
Ruth Mirabella
Saunder
American Falls
Wives Die In Drowning After Husbands Swim Away
In Kenner Louisiana two young wives Emmitt McFerrin 20 and Tillman Stogner 23 reportedly swam out while their spouses left them 100 feet from shore. Police say the drownings appear accidental and both bodies were recovered two hours later after divers failed to locate them.
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Kenner
Emmitt McFerrin
Bogalusa
Tillman Stogner
Charles Cole
Cole
Fire destroys Quebec church seminary and orphanage
A $500,000 blaze swept the Patronage de Saint Vincent de Paul buildings in Quebec City destroying the church, seminary, and orphanage. About 1,100 parishioners and orphans left the church after the 8 a.m. mass with police reporting no injuries. The fire started in the north tower and spread through the adjacent school and dormitory. Most of the orphans aged 10 to 15 exited under supervision. 50 older boys were moved to a neighboring Catholic facility.
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Quebec City
Patronage de Saint Vincent de Paul
St. Vincent de Paul Order
Ceiling Collapse Injures Three Children in Rushville Church
In Rushville Indiana a church Sunday school ceiling collapsed injuring three children. About 200 people were in a nearby auditorium when the roof fell. Frederick Earnest eleven was trapped briefly by rafters but escaped serious injury. Two other youngsters suffered cuts and bruises.
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Rushville
Ind
R. C. Buck
Arlington Christian Church
Frederick Earnest
British Court To Hear Case Today
The Polish embassy protested that Britain and the United States violated the Polish flag by forcibly removing German Communist leader Gerhart Eisler from the liner Batory. Poland said Eisler would seek asylum in Poland while Eisler called it kidnapping and vowed to fight from a British prison.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Gerhart Eisler
Batory
Eisler
Assessor Defies Ruling on Union Pacific Property
Bannock County Assessor George W. Allen announced he will place four Union Pacific railroad properties on the county rolls as non operating property despite a state tax commission ruling that they are operating property. Readable parcels include a $23,000 warehouse on S First, a $14,000 site on S First, a $3,750 block of tenement houses along the railroad, and a $1,000 dwelling on N Harrison. Allen will press for higher main line track mileage through Pocatello.
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Idaho Tax Commission
George W. Allen
Bannock County
Union Pacific Railroad
State Tax Commission
Allen
Pocatello
S. First Avenue
S. First
N. Harrison
DeMille Attacks Robeson Over Loyalty Claims
Cecil B. DeMille accused Dr. Ralph Bunche of leading black Americans while saying Paul Robeson and Donald Henderson insulted millions of negroes and American workers by denying loyalty if war with Russia occurred. The remarks came during an I Am An American Day event in Denver.
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Denver
Cecil B. DeMille
Ralph Bunche
Paul Robeson
America
Hollywood
Robeson
Donald Henderson
Paris
Russia
City to Enforce 26 Year Old Sunday Closure Edict
Pocatello officials announced immediate enforcement of a 26 year old city ordinance banning Sunday retail store operations. Mayor Halsey and Police Chief Oliver held a press briefing at 4 30 p m to confirm the measure amid a two day meat cutters strike involving Amalgamated Meat Cutters Local 153 and six Gate City stores. The strike followed operators’ refusal of workers demands for union management.
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Pocatello
W. W. Halsey
Chie
Police
A. L. Oliver
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers, Local 153
Gate City Food Stores
City to Enforce Sunday Meat Market Closures
Mayor Hoth Oliver and Mayor Halsey outlined city orders enforcing Sunday closing of meat departments and after 6 p.m. weekday hours. Oliver stressed neutrality in the dispute and aimed to preserve peace while upholding ordinances. The chief recalled the blue sky ruling from 1922 or 1923.
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Hoth Oliver Ait
Oliver
Halsey
City ordinance to apply equally to all stores
Oliver states the ordinance has been largely disregarded and forgotten yet will apply to all stores and businesses. The city has taken no side in the strike now in its third day, and the effect of the ruling remains to be determined. E. L. Nugent of the Food Stores Association comments.
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Oliver
E. L. Nugent
The
Food Stores Association of
State Police Hold Week-Long Training Session in Boise
About 40 Idaho state policemen gathered in Boise for a week of FBI led instruction and discussions with top law enforcement officials. Training will begin with Commissioner R C Lewis addressing officers including A P Bunderson, with four units held back due to Kootenai river flood danger. The program includes a simulated stolen auto case spanning report to trial with a hit and run angle. Gov Robins and Robert M Pugmire will also speak at the opening.
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Boise
FBI
Commissioner of Law Enforcement
R. C. Lewis
A. P. Bunderson
Bonners Ferry
Kootenai
Gov. Co. A. Robins
Robert M. Pugmire
Pocatello
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Atom City
Main Stem
Arco
G.W. Goessman
Goessman
Hanford
Wash
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Jones
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