Time change plan for Pocatello worries railroad men
Idaho congressman John Sanborn backs a bill backed by the Union Pacific to move to Pacific time for trains at Pocatello. Crews west and east of the town may face watch changes, confusion, and possible accidents, though the public is unaffected.
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Gate City
Pocatello
Congress
Idaho
John Sanborn
Union Pacific Railroad Company
House
Senate
Huntington
Oregon
Auto Strikes Young Cyclist on City Street
A ten year old cyclist Buddy Welch of 718 North Tenth Avenue escaped injury when his bicycle was struck from behind by a car driven by Max W. Chambers age 38 of 231 North Fourteenth Avenue. Chambers skidded twelve feet before the collision at the intersection of South Tenth Avenue and East Halliday Street.
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Buddy Welch
North Tenth Ave
Max W. Chamy
Air Line Men Visit Pocatello to Review Sell and Record System
Western Air Lines officials M. D. Simpson and Richard Ensign visited Pocatello to confer with WAL station manager Wallace B. Wilson about the new sell and record system inaugurated by the company on April 7.
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M. D. Simpson
Western Air Lines
Richard Ensign
Western and Coastal
Pocatello
Wallace B. Wilson
WAL
Supreme Board backs state ban on union shop in most states
The National Labor Relations Board upheld states rights to outlaw union shop, risking the end of compulsory union membership in 13 states. Six other states allow union security contracts under certain conditions, with board elections to determine compliance. The ruling shapes future collective bargaining and unions' ability to secure workers through membership.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Aliona
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Maine
Nebraska
North Carolina
North Dakota
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Wisconsin
Colorado
Delaware
Kansas
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Meat Plant Strike Ends After 67 Days
The CIO United Packinghouse Workers union called off its 67 day strike at Swift Co Armour Co and Cudahy Packing Co plants with most nationwide locals voting to end. Wilson and Co. members planned to continue their walkout amid disputes over contract validity and accusations of strike breaking. The union had demanded 29 cents an hour, accepting nine cents instead.
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Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Swift and Co
Armour and Co
Cudahy Packing Co
Wilson and Co
Ralph Helstein
Helstein
Flanagan Rites Held at Boys Town Nebraska
Father Edward J. Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, is buried in Dowd memorial chapel crypt after two funeral services attended by over 4,000 people in Boys Town Nebraska. An estimated 4,000 more visited the town to pay tribute. A morning Mass of requiem drew 480 silent mourners.
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Boys Town
Neb
Edward J. Flanagan
Dowd Memorial Chapel
Christ
Man
Father Flanagan
Air Command to Move Inland to Omaha in 90 Days
The Strategic Air Command, the nerve center of long range bombing, will be moved inland to Omaha for greater safety and closer contact with its B-29 bases under Gen. George Cey. It now sits at Andrews Field and will vacate within ninety days.
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Washington
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
George Cey
Andrews F
UN Body Seeks Force to Save Holy City Amid Palestine War
Syria warned the United Nations that Arabs would refuse a cease fire if the Jews kept their week-old state of Israel. The plan would force Arabs and Jews to halt fighting within 36 hours, with possible punitive measures. Meanwhile Egyptian and Trans Jordan forces pushed toward Bethlehem and Jerusalem, threatening key areas of the Holy City.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Syria
United Nations
United States
Security Council
Faris el Khouri
Israel
Jerusalem
Holy
Lehem
Holy City
Bethlehem
Abdullah
Dominique
Beershba
Hebron
Commique
Old City
Egypt
Amman
Trans- Jordan
Arab Legion
Missing whiskey mystery prompts sheriff statement
Twin Falls county sheriff Broad A. Ray born Friday submitted a 600 word statement on the 42 bottles of whiskey stolen from a locked storage room six weeks ago. He suggested political enemies may be involved and sought links to a county building insider. He also raised a stolen photograph from his Army days as a possible connection.
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Twin Falls
Broad A. Rayborn
Rayborn
U S Warns On Seizure
The United States moves to compel release of 40 Americans seized by Lebanese authorities in Beirut. U S minister to Lebanon Lowell C Pinkerton is to lodge a forceful protest and warn Arab leaders against seizing American citizens for being Jewish, with notices also sent to missions in other warring Arab states.
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Washington
United States
Beirut
State Department
Lowell C. Pinkerton
U. S
Lebanon
Pinkerton
Israel
Palestine
Dewey to Visit Pocatello as Campaign Stop
Governor Thomas E. Dewey plans a Monday arrival at 10:15 a.m. at Pocatello airport with a public reception at Bannock hotel and a brief stay before returning to the plane. He will then head to Butte, Salt Lake City, and other stops as part of a pre primary campaign itinerary with aide Paul Lockwood and reporters in tow.
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Pocatello
Thomas E. Dewey
Pocatello Monay
Ralph Comstock, Sr
Bannock County Republican Committee
Bannock
Comstock
Republican Committee
Dewey
Butte, Mont
Salt Lake
Oregon
Harold Stassen
Paul Lockwood
Oregon GOP primary tightens as Dewey leads Stassen
In Oregon, early returns from 33 precincts in four counties show Governor Thomas E. Dewey ahead of Harold E. Stassen, 1 036 to 756, with Multnomah County delivering the strongest show. The primary stakes a 12 member delegation and momentum toward the national convention. About 75 percent of a record 632000 registered voters cast ballots by 8 p.m. PST.
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Portland
Ore
Tup
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Oregon
Dewey
Stassen
Multnomah
Secretary of State
Oklahoma City Fifth Graders Fly Plane in Bold Stunt
Eleven year old Johnny Bodard and 12 year old Ronald Peterson flew a Cessna Ercoupe eight miles from Cheyenne Oklahoma after sneaking to the downtown airport. They slept at the airport, borrowed equipment, damaged the landing gear, and were jailed as runaways before the plane was traced to the local airport.
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Johnny Bodard
Barney P. Bodard
Jimmy
Ee Peterson
Arch Hamilton
State Highway Patrol
Hamilton
Cheyenne
Okla
Texas Panhandle
Ronald
Dorothy Peterson Knight
Bodard
Bob Fitzgerald
Airpark
Stinson
Ted Geller
Idaho Farmers Cite Soil Loss Tied to Flood Control
At the Idaho state reclamation association session six grass roots speakers linked soil erosion to flood prevention, stressing land preservation and water conservation. They cited overgrazed ranges near Pocatello, annual loss of 100 acres in Payette county, and flood risks along the Snake and Boise rivers, urging stronger dikes, reservoirs, and river-channel management.
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Idaho State Reclamation Association
W. H
Pete) Jensen
Pocatello
Portneuf River
Jensen
Bannock County
Idaho
Payette County
J. R. McKinney
John Poole
Menan
Snake River
Hesse
Roberts Bridge
Poole
Clyde Starr
Salmon
Robert M. White
Caldwell
Boise River
Plane Bill Is Signed By President For Navy Air Force
President Truman signed a $3,198,100,000 plane buying bill while warning Congress that he may not spend the extra funds for a 170 group air force. He reaffirmed his stance that a 66 group air force suffices for now and said funds require a presidential finding of necessity for defense contracts.
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Washington
Llp
Truman
Congress
German Servant Sentenced Over Wine Heist at Army House
Guenther Nareyek a German servant to an American army colonel was jailed six months after pleading guilty to consuming 185 bottles of wine from his master’s cellar over several months. He later refilled the bottles with water.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Guenther Nareyek
Nareyek
U. S
Truman Wins Fight Over Atomic Energy Oversight
President Truman defeated a congressional bid to grant Congress power to order FBI investigations of atomic energy commissioners. The Senate voted 47 to 29 to sustain the veto, short of a two thirds majority to override, with Morse and Langer joining 27 Democrats. The president called the measure an intrusion on executive powers.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
FBI
Senate
Wayne Morse
Ore
William Langer
N.D
Robinson Resigns as Director of State Department Controls Office
Hamilton Robinson, key figure in congressional criticism over the loyalty program, resigns as head of the State Department office of controls. He cleared his desk Friday and leaves the role that writes security regulations and rules on reclassifying individuals deemed poor security risks.
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Washington
Hamilton Robinson
Storm Center
Congressional
State Department
Department
Robinson
Labor unions blame rail agencies as talks collapse
The three railroad unions say further settlement talks must come from the White House after industry representatives rejected compromise proposals. They accuse management of refusing to bargain during four days of negotiations, with only the government left to broker a deal.
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Washington
White House
D. B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
Robertson
Dewey and Wallace Address Separate Seattle Gatherings
In Seattle two presidential hopefuls spoke at separate events. Gov Thomas E Dewey addressed the Eagles auditorium praising Washington Republicans for their delegates to the GOP national convention. Henry A Wallace spoke at Seattle High School Memorial Stadium warning of continued crisis and potential world war under a Republican Democrat coalition.
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Seattle
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Eagles
Henry A. Wallace
Memorial Stadium
Oregon
Dewey
Washington State
Wallace
Pocatello Postings Firehouse Scrubbers Bright Walls and Vexed Law Firm
Pocatello firefighters scrub smoke from the firehouse revealing spring green walls and red fire trucks. The piece notes local humor about the Jones Pomeroy Jones firm. A softball game in Blackfoot is mentioned along with a gum chewing moment from a young spectator. Detectives Perkins and Hadley were seen at the Porter and Waiters club with a man who claimed he wanted to go to jail after being asked what he was doing in the car. West Was forfeit $15 bond for some offense.
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Pocatello
Blackfoot
Carl
Perkins
Hadley
Porters and Waiters Club
West
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