First Landings at Newly Acquired Phillips Field
Western and Empire airlines along with U S weather bureau and CAA staff began operations at Phillips Field. Flights moved to the new strips and counters as the partially completed administration building received furnishings. Officials expect full installation of weather and communications gear within days and anticipate future landscaping and remodeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Madsen
Jack Petersen
Weather Bureau
Pocatello
Phillips Field
Mendy
Western and
Empire Airlines
U. S. Weather Bureau
CAA Communications
Wally Wilson
W. W. Halsey
Police Pickets Clash at Benx Aviation Plant
SOUTH BEND Ind UP ten United Auto Workers pickets armed with baseball bats clashed with company guards and city police at the Benx Aviation plant. The melee prevented more than 1600 nonworkers from entering the facility with no injuries or arrests reported. A city policeman was struck but no other injuries occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
United Auto Workers
Ity
Benx Aviation Corp
Tem
Ed Prange
Census takers begin 1948 business survey in Bannock
A four member census team based in the U S Bureau of the Census Pocatello district will start visiting all retail wholesale and service establishments in Bannock and 13 southeast Idaho counties under the national census of business. Supervisor Dewey H Ross emphasizes cooperation and assures data use only by sworn census takers and not for taxation or regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
U. S. Bureau of the Census
Bannock
Idaho
Dewey H. Ross
Ben Ross
Bear Lake
Bingham
Bonneville
Butte
Caribou
Clark
Franklin, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, Oneida, Power and Teton
Ross
Census Bureau
Agreement Set For Idaho College Architectural Work
Boise AP The Idaho state board of education approved last night an agreement between C A Sundberg and the state board for architectural work on Idaho State College in Pocatello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOISE
C. A. Sundberg
State Board of Education
Idaho State College
Pocatello
Board of Exam
Truman Withdraws Wallgren Nomination For Defense Board
President Truman pulled his nomination of Mon C. Wallgren to chair the National Security Resources Board after the Senate Armed Services Committee moved to table the appointment. Wallgren said he is weighing private sector offers while awaiting a decision. Senator Harry Cain led the opposition and voiced satisfaction with the setback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Mon C. Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Wallgren
Senate Armed Services Committee
Harry P. Cain
Wash
Defense Board
White House
Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
California
Navy
Senate
Pauley
Tidelands
Senate Committee
Jet Fighter Given Tests
A new jet fighter designed for behind enemy lines passed its first tests yesterday. Chief test pilot Tony Sevier taxied the Lockheed F-90, a two jet winged single seater, at speeds up to 90 miles an hour before air force officials. Ground and flight tests will follow at Muroc Air Force Base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Cal
Tony Sevier
Air Force
Muroc Air Force Base
Grand Council Elects Ten Officers in Idaho Masonic Session
The Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Idaho elected ten new officers for 1949 and 1950 at the opening day sessions in Pocatello. Named to key posts were Walter Delwin and A. Edward Prince with other officers from Boise Pocatello Lewiston and more. The forty first annual convocation also installed new grand officers at the Masonic Temple in Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons of
Idaho
George F. Meissner
Ogden
Utah
Alonzo Cone
Blackfoot
Hiram L. Smith
Mullan
Jay A. Redfield
Idaho Falls
Edward H. Way
Boise
Ralph W. York
Frank W. Perry
Pocatello
Masonic Temple
Grand Council of Royal
Gem State
Walter Delwin
A. Edward Prince
Bryan West
Weiser
Daniel F. Banks
Karl W Bonham
Guard
R. A. Somerville
Lewiston
William N. Nuckols
Claude Gordon
Grand Sentinel
Robert A. Somerville
Grand Scribe
Taylor C. Robertson
Not Guilty Plea Made by Denver Union Official
T. J. Lloyd of Denver, vice president of the International Amalgamated Meat Cutters union, pleaded not guilty at arraignment on assault and battery charges. Lloyd was arrested Monday afternoon on a warrant by E. L. Nugent, Okay grocery manager, who said Lloyd struck him with a box during Sunday picketing in front of an Okay store. Lloyd asked for time to consult counsel. no trial date was set.
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T. J. Lloyd
Denver
International Amalgamated Meat Cutters’ Union
Lloyd
E. L. Nugent
Okay Grocery
Nugent
Okay
Justice of the Peace
Charles W. Hyde
Pocatello Plans Standardized Traffic Sign System
Police Chief A L Oliver announced updated traffic plans after attending a state school in Twin Falls. Mayor Halsey and officers Daw son and Rumick supported standard sign usage to reduce confusion for motorists crossing city lines, with one way streets to adopt the new signs on June 1. A Boise demo featured the drunkometer test for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
A. L. Oliver
Twin Falls
Oliver
W. W. Halsey
C. C. Dawson
John Rumick
Gate City
Boise
Roosevelt Jr Wins Easily in Manhattan Special Election
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. swept a special congressional race on Manhattan's west side defeating Justice Benjamin Shalleck and Republican William H. McKtyre. Roosevelt garnered 41 136 votes, Shalleck 24 352 and McKtyre 10 026.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Benjamin Shalleck
Tammany Democratic Organization
J. Howard McGrath
Shalleck
Roosevelt
William H. McKtyre
Insurance Company
Four-Day Strike Escalates in Pocatello Stores
The International Meat-Cutters union filed NLRB charges alleging lockout and secondary boycotting by Safe Way Okay Wyz Way and Peterson stores in Pocatello. Union officials say the stores locked out workers May 14 after a Friday night ultimatum to accept night and Sunday shifts. Operators deny, noting pickets were in place before opening and urging workers to return without penalty as talks stalled for two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello Food
NLRB
Lloyd
E. L. Nugent
Okay Stores
Food Stores Association of Pocatello
Milton Zener
Pocatello
Jack Lloyd
Zener
Ford Offer Is Rejected in Major Auto Strike Talks
Ford Motor Co proposed a square deal to return most of its 106000 idle workers to work but the CIO Auto Workers rejected it as fantastic. The plan would have the River Rouge and Lincoln Mercury lines mainly on strike with speedup issues lingering. UAW leaders called the proposal unacceptable while Ford said it would bring 72000 Detroit area workers back immediately and rehiring 25000 more nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO Auto
UAW
Ford
River Rouge
Ford Industrial Relations
John S. Bugas
Emil Mazey
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
Washington
Mazey
Bugas
Lincoln-Mercury
Bids Approved At Nampa Institution
Boise UP report says the Idaho Board of Examiners yesterday approved bids for construction of four buildings at the state school and colony in Nampa. The action covers multiple facilities and funds for the project were allocated by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Board of Examiners
Nampa
Dworshak Sees CVA as Central 1950 Idaho Campaign Issue
Former U. S. Senator Henry C. Dworshak campaigns across Idaho opposing the Columbia Valley Authority CVA. He warns if Congress does not decide before 1950 the CVA will dominate the election. Dworshak criticizes the plan as concentrating power and argues the president seeks supreme authority beyond Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Columbia Valley Authority
U. S
Henry C. Dworshak
Dworshak
Bert H. Miller
CVA
Northwest
Congress
Valley Authority
C. Girard Davidson
Davidson
Boise
Interior Department
Harold I. Ickes
Territorial clash over atomic site jurisdiction in Idaho
M C Larsen of Gate City trades council says the national executive board of the Building and Trades Department is to decide soon which council controls the site area around Arco Idaho Falls. The Idaho Falls council has claimed control while Pocatello has held jurisdiction since 1942. An Atomic Energy Commission headquarters announcement may affect the board’s decision.
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Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Building Trades Councils
Building and Trades Department
M. C. Larsen
Gate City Trades Council
National Board
Cleveland
Larsen
Arco
Atomic Energy Commission
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Union
Royal Arch Masons
Grand Council
Lee H. Carlock
St. Maries
Southeastern Idaho
Jennie L. Long
Bert M. Cuio
Curtis L. Rice
Georgia O. Foreman
Eldon Beck
Idaho Safety Council
Roosevelt Jr
Nampa Institution
United Press
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