Rioting and National Guard Called Over Waterloo Plant Strike
In Waterloo Iowa a mob rallied near the Rath Packing Co plant after a shot killed a non striking worker. Gov Blue sent Co E 133rd Infantry and other guardsmen to restore order as cars were overturned and a fence and windows damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa National Guard
Rath Packing Co
Robert D. Blue
National Guard
Co. E
133Rd Infantry
Clyde Sauer
William A. McLemore
Waterloo Guard
Des Moines
Ralph P. Lancaster
the Guard
Black Hawk Coun
H. P. Wagner
Fred Roberts
William Farrell
Roberts
Farrell
Margaret Greheim
Jay Bavender
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Local 46
Idaho Falls Demo chief blasts Robins highway reform
Bill Brunt Idaho Falls Democratic county chairman attacks Governor Robins for proposing to depoliticize the state highway department. He blames decades of planning failures on the governor's office and decries patronage as a political lifeblood, warning that road contractors push to keep politics in road building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Brunt
Idaho Falls
Robins
State Highway Department
Brunt
Idaho
Bonneville County
Bill
Highway Department
Pocatello Boy Hurt After Car Bicycle Smash
Ger ald Shippert an 11 year old, son of Mr and Mrs E F Shippert, was slightly injured when he swerved into US 91 in front of a car driven by William W Barr Jr of Oxnard California after heavy traffic following a baseball game near Halliwell park. He was treated and released from a Pocatello hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello- Boise
Halliwell Park
Gerald Shippert
E. F. Shippert
Covey
William W. Barr, Jr
Oxnard
Calif
Barr
E. G. Boyce
Young Shippert
Pocatello Hospital
Weather forecast for relay area with showers
The forecast shows partly cloudy skies with showers and cooler conditions. High around 60 with a Friday morning low near 50. Wednesday’s high reached 69 and low 50 with nine hundredths of precipitation noted.
Meat Plant Workers May End Strike Soon
In Chicago the CIO United Packinghouse Workers union plans mass meetings for up to 100000 strikers to decide whether the nationwide meat packing strike should continue. Swift and Co and union negotiators failed to reach agreement on job security and wage terms, with discussions ongoing and mass ballots set to vote in Chicago and other centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Swift and Co
Frank Walsh
Swift
Ralph Helstein
UPW
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wisconsin
PHS Seniors Receive Diplomas in Mass Commencement
In Pocatello an audience of parents and friends witnessed 283 high school seniors receive diplomas. Principal E Rip Gledhill and Grant L. Stowell led the ceremony in the auditorium. Dr J Willis Hamblin gave the invocation. Harriet Crawford delivered the salutatory. Adam Bennion and Genee Allen gave the valedictory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello High School
E. “Rip” Gledhill
Grant L. Stowell
Board of Education
J. Willis Hamblin
First Presbyterian Church
Harriet Crawford
Adam 8
Bennion
Rotary Club
Salt Lake City
George N. Green
Pocatello
Gledhill
Stowell
Fund for Housing Aims to Build 400 Pocatello Homes
Pocatello leaders urged $12,000 more in pledges to purchase non-interest bearing debentures from Pocatello Industrial Housing Inc. to launch 400 new homes in the greater Pocatello area. The plan includes selling twenty $500 debentures and using proceeds to fund successive 25 house blocks under FHA financing with a future right to buy for debenture holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello Industrial Housing, Inc
Greater
Pocatello
H. B. Markham
Chamber of Commerce
Bannock Hotel
Average
Ipant
Mark
Markham
Sailor's Mother Pleads Over Plan To Wed
In Columbus Ohio the mother of 18 year old sailor Paul Hickman and his former sweetheart urged him to break off his romance with Betty Namihara a 21 year old Japan ese waitress in Honolulu. Mrs Hickman questioned his judgment and asked the navy to send him home so he could think over the engagement before marrying and facing their social circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Honolulu
Betty
Navy
Death at Pioneer Resident Mrs Llewella Alien White
Mrs Llewella Alien White aged 70 of 255 South Arthur Ave Pocatello died at home after a lingering illness. Survived by a son a daughter and a grandson of Pocatello and a brother and two sisters in London Ontario Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llewella Alien White
South
Arthur Ave
Pocatello
London
Ontario
Canada
Free Church grieves over Princess Elizabeth Paris visit
The Free Church of Scotland General Assembly voiced grief and concern that Princess Elizabeth attended races, theater, and night clubs in Paris last Sunday. It said such activities on the Lord's Day contravene British traditions and the convictions of loyal subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Scotland
General Assembly of the
Free Church of Scotland
Elizabeth
Paris
Marshall demands concrete Soviet action to end cold war
Secretary of State George C. Marshall urged Soviet Premier Stalin to prove sincerity by taking constructive steps on 11 international problems. A state department list accused the USSR of obstructing negotiations in arms control atomic energy and other UN powered bodies, insisting Moscow must act to end the cold war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George C. Marshall
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Soviet Union
Marshall
State Department
Russia
United States
United Nations
Kremlin
United Nations Commission
Atomic Energy
UN Commission
U. S
Security Council
General Assembly
Tass Criticizes U S Policy Over Peace Talks
The Soviet Tass News agency rebukes the U S State Department for closing two party peace negotiations and laments world conditions would improve if Roosevelt had lived. Tass cites prior U S Russia Britain accord and predicts a shift toward talks with Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tass
U. S. State Department
Roosevelt
V. M. Molotov
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
State Department
Russia
Britain
Radio Moscow
Palestine Plan Doomed by British and Chinese Opposition
Britain and China split with the United States over a UN intervention in the Palestine war. Britain questioned Israel’s legality and opposed key cease fire terms that could trigger sanctions. China backed Britain’s milder proposal, arguing against Jewish statehood. Belgium supported the British position. The American plan had little chance after the three hour council meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
O Ae
Russia
Ukraine
Arabs Gain Ground In Jerusalem Assault
Arabs captured Sheikh Jarrah and a police training site as fighting raged in Jerusalem. Jewish forces redoubled attacks near Zion Gate and Mt. Zion, with 1,300 Jewish fighters joining the siege. Prisoners and arms were reported seized as shelling and fires swept parts of the old city.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Israel
King Abdullah
United Press
Sam Souki
Arab Legion
Damascus Gate
Old Walled City
Zion Gate
Old City
Mt. Zion
David
Haganah
Irgun
Zvai Leumi
Stern
Haifa
Pocatello Postings and Local Notes from Idaho State
Police report a car burglary in Pocatello with theft of tools and a gearshift knob. Vital statistics show five baby girls born Wednesday among 30,000 residents, plus five more last weekend with fathers named Ralph Rex and Robert. Idaho State College’s new tennis court skating rink proved a flop after ice expansion cracked it. Graduation exercises proceeded with two seniors absent due to illness and surgery, yet diplomas awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralphs
Rex
Robert
Idaho State’ College
ISC
Mundt-Nixon bill bans communists under heavy penalties
The House passed by 319 to 58 a measure forcing U.S. communist leaders to sever ties with Moscow or face jail. The act would severely restrict the Communist Party and its fronts, bar access to federal jobs, deny passports, label propaganda, and impose jail terms up to five years and fines up to 1000000. The bill moves to the Senate with Truman hinted to veto on passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Moscow
unAmerican Activities Committee
American Labor Party
Senate
U.S. Communist Party
Truman
IV Keminies
Loyalty probe hits Oak Ridge scientists
Oak Ridge Tennessee an on the spot loyalty check was launched with technicians at the atomic laboratories reported seriously demoralized. Two suspended pending final decision three more called before inquiry board as hearings proceed. Access to restricted information barred for the two. more scientists to be examined. The Association of Oak Ridge Engineers denounced the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Oak Ridge
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
AEC
Association of Oak Ridge
Brown Says Andrews Safe From Draft Test
Representative Clarence J. Brown announced that Walter G. Andrews would be safe in a draft scenario, despite Brown's doubts about the two year 19 through 25 draft bill. He noted Andrews could fail the Army entrance test and suggested Army standards may be too low. The exchange occurred amid House Armed Services and Rules Committee debates over floor action and timing.
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Washington
Clarence J. Brown
Ry-O
Walter G. Andrews
House Armed Services Committee
Brown
Andrews
Army
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Iowa
Republican Party
Sam Hanson
PHS
Fund For Housing
Sailor
Royalty Res Church
U.S
Palestine
Acre
David S. Boyer
Nea-Acme
NEA Telephoto
Red
Ramle
New Israel
Safad
Sea of Galilee
Gate City
A. van Rosendaals
North Hayes Ave
Joan Wiggand
Roy Randall
Miss Wiggand
Young Randall
Salon
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