Railway leaders debate nationalization in Pocatello visit
Henry Wallace and Sen. Glen Taylor arrive to discuss proposed government takeover of railroads amid local opposition. A Union Pacific official blocks tours citing personal risk, while reader letters call for synchronized signals and longer night parking in downtown.
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Pocatellans
National Railway
Henry Wallace
Glen Taylor
Taylor
Wallace
F. C. Paulson
Salt Lake City
Union
Pacific
South Central
Tobey Marries Lorietta Rabenhorst in Quiet Washington Ceremony
Sen Charles W Tobey of New Hampshire wed Lorietta Rabenhorst a retired schoolteacher in a Calvary Baptist church service attended by close family. The Senate granted Tobey a 12 day leave for his honeymoon and later approved unofficial absence until June 7.
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Washington
Charles W. Tobey
N.H
Loretta Rabenhorst
Senate
Tobey
Clarence W. Crawford
Calvary Baptist Church
Louise Tobey Dean
George D. Aiken
Three Americans Ambushed on Soviet U N Border Zone
Three Americans were ambushed Tuesday near the Soviet U N occupation border. One American, led by a Soviet controlled Korean Constabulary unit, was involved as the army announced the incident on Wednesday.
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Seoul
U N Appeal Rejected By Arab Nations
Arab League secretary general Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha said the UN cease fire demand for Palestine would fail, with fighting continuing in the Holy Land. The Jerusalem battle shifted to the Labrun area as Arab Legion units moved against Jewish defenses near Bab El Wad.
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United Press
Arab Nations
Palestine
Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
Cairo
Holy Land
Azzam
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Israel
Tel Aviv
UN Security Council
United States
Warren Austin
Washington
Jerusalem
Labrun
Holy City
Bab el Wad
Ajalon Valley
Joshua
Tel-Aviv-Jerusalem
Hulda-Ramallah
Trans
Bond Set For Daughter In Mann Act Case In Ithaca
Elwood Indiana woman posted 1000 dollar bail for her 18 year old daughter Verda Jean Parrill who was held as a material witness after being accused of being taken across state lines for immoral purposes by Mary Carpenter a 38 year old high school teacher. Donald M Brown waived removal to Indiana and was not bonded. The pair were arrested in Ithaca by FBI agents and local police posing as spouses. Carpenter called Brown a brilliant man and said she would discuss help with officials.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Elwood
Indiana
State Line
Mary Carpenter
Verda Jean. Parrill
Donald M. Brown
Brown
Miss Parrill
F.B.I
Ithaca
Auto Pay Hike Parley Moves Along
Chrysler auto workers strike nears settlement as wage negotiators return to talks after dinner. GM pattern cooperation drives hopes for Michigan Indiana and California plants to reopen by Tuesday. UE electrical division and UAW Chrysler team join in sessions arranged by Gov. Sigler.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation Auto
Company
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
General Motors Corporation
Philip Weiss
State Labor Meditation Board
Chrysler
Michigan
Indiana
California
General Motors
United Electrical
Electrical
Harry W. Anderson
James J. Matias
Robert W. Conder
Norman Matthews
Kim Sigler
Sigler
Union
Flying Discs Seen Over Neighborhood by Family
Walter Simmons reports five minutes of sighting Wednesday at 5 55 p m of three flying discs above 1746 South Second Ave His son Bob 21 and Mrs Simmons with two daughters witnessed the event per binoculars the discs appeared as shadows then flashes of light a prior sighting by Simmons last year ended quickly with a faster moving disc
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Walter Simmons
South Second Ave
Bob
Simmons
Sam Hanson
POST
Sam
Woman fills Finnish cabinet post in political crisis end
President Paasikivi reshuffled Finland's government naming Hertta Kuusinen Leino as minister without portfolio, appeasing Communist demands after a week of labor strife. Her husband Yrjoe Leino was ousted as minister of interior, and Eino Kilpi became interior minister. Lennart Heljas moved to education.
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Helsinki
Finland
Juho K. Paasikivi
Communist Party
Paasikivi
Hertta Kuusinen Leino
Yrjoe Leino
Intr
Lennart Heljas
Agrarian Party
Kilpi
Heljas
Stalin backs peace with a united Germany says Soviet press
Neues Deutschland claims Stalin, in reply to Henry Wallace, shows Russia wants a united Germany and supports a peace treaty with the Allied signatories. The paper says Stalin proposed allies sign a peace accord and withdraw troops within a year, though he merely suggested using Wallace proposals as a basis for two power talks.
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Berlin
Neues Deutschland
Josef Stalin
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
Germany
Soviet Union
Stalin
United States
Wallace
Russian Women Seek Divorce Over Cold War Strain
Two Russian women Antonina Alexandro Richardson and Antonina Federovina Guden seek divorce from American husbands Maj Benjamin Ned Richardson and Sgt. Sergius Michael Guden due to deteriorating US Russia relations. Both couples married in Moscow during the war and returned to the United States about two years ago.
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Moscow
Antonina Alexandrona Richardson
Benjamin Ned Richardson
New Orleans
Antonina Fedorovina Guden
Sergius Michael Guden
Bridgeport
Conn
United States
Russia
Richardson
Guden
Rosia Assures Of More Vetoes In UN Council
Lake Success New York United Press dispatch says Russia will cast more vetoes in the UN Security Council as Western powers push for a formal inquiry into the communist seizure of power in Czechoslovakia. The Czech situation sparked a sharp exchange between Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko and Western diplomats.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Czechoslovakia
Andrei Gromyko
House Approves Trade Act Amid Election Year Tensions
The House passed a modified reciprocal trade act by 234 to 149 after defeating a Democratic bid to send the measure back to committee. The bill limits presidential tariff-setting and gives Congress veto power, with Truman and Marshall condemning it as harmful to Geneva pact allies.
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Washington
House
Senate
GOP
Charles A. Halleck
Congress
Truman
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Evacuation Planes Ready For Cyprus Mission
The state department said about 24 USAF C-47 transport planes have arrived in Cyprus to evacuate American citizens if needed. The aircraft are held at Nicosia airport amid unsettled conditions, with no figure given for Americans in the area.
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Washington
State Department
Air Force
Cyprus
Palestine
Department
Air Force Cy
Euror
Near East
Nicosia
Truman seeks federal education aid from Congress
President Truman personally urged House Speaker Martin to pass federal education aid as the Senate approved a bill while House members delay pending defense and foreign aid costs. A petition to force a floor vote faced long odds before adjournment. The president warned of a potential breakdown in the nation’s schools without aid.
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Washington
Truman
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Congress
Senate
Martin
House Education and Labor Committee
W. M. Wheeler
Wallace and Taylor End Campaign Tour
Third party candidate Henry A. Wallace and Senator Glen A. Taylor plan to return to Washington to oppose the Mundt-Naixon bill. Wallace will testify in Senate hearings Saturday and criticize what he calls an atmosphere of hysteria used to push the measure.
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Henry A. Wallace
Washington
Pocatello
Wallace
Senate
Mundt
Wallace to Shorten Pocatello Stop for Mundt Bill Hearings
Wallace and running mate Senator Glen Taylor will alter a Pocatello stop to attend Mundt bill Senate judiciary hearings in Washington. The Wallace Taylor party will arrive at 12 10 noon at the airport and Wallace will hold a press conference before departing at 2 10 p.m. for Washington. Local labor leaders and central labor council heads will meet with them and discuss railroad nationalization amid talks with rail unions.
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Idaho
Glen Taylor
Wallace
Pocatello
Pocatello Airport
Gate City Labor
Washington
Pocatello Wallace-Taylor Club
Coeur d’Alene
Taylor
Pocatello High School
Pocatello Central Labor Council
Paul Gregersen
AFL
D. F. Jones
Brotherhood of Railway Telegraphers
Walter Blakemore
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Taylor d’Alene
Wallace-Taylor
Government Is Cool At Union Idea
Washington officials rejected nationalization demands from 21 railway unions while pursuing a White House backed plan to settle the wage contract dispute. The justice department will seek voluntary continuation of the no strike order as Washington crafts a new settlement formula after government seizure to avert a nationwide rail walkout.
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Center Street
Second
Center Streets
Boise
Ogden
Pocatello M. D
Pocatello
Washington
White House
Justice Department
Trial sees child testifies in Glenn Marsh murder case
In Rockford Illinois a six year old boy testified in court that Glenn Marsh shot his grandfather Grant Muhrlein and that Marsh also carried off the boy’s mother during the same night. Marsh had been acquitted earlier of the murder of the boy’s father Vernon Anderson.
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Rockford
Ill
Glenn Marsh
Larry Anderson
Marsh
Grant Muhrlein
Northport
Mich
Muhrlein
Vernon Anderson
William Carroll
Larry
Westvaco Plans Gate City Plant Start in June
W T Nichols of New York City told the Pocatello Chamber the Westvaco Chemical firm will begin construction of an electric furnace plant northwest of Gate City around mid June with completion set for March 1949 at an estimated 3.5 to 4 million dollars and initial employment of 65 to 75. He gave a chart on phosphate manufacture and noted Idaho holds about 65 percent of U S phosphate deposits with the Pocatello area among the most valuable.
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W. T. Nichols
New York City
Westvaco Chemical Corporation
Pocatello Chamber of Ce Oa
Nichols
U.S
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
Fort Hall
Pocatello
Westvaco Corporation
California
New Jersey
West Virginia
Thomas E. Roach
Boise
Idaho Power Company
Roach
IPC
Taylor Gets Souths Reply In a United Press release
United Press dispatch from Birmingham reports Sen. Glen H. Taylors stand on segregation being challenged by local officials. The piece notes Idaho law restricting Chinese or Japanese voting and juror service and cites constitutional language on race and civil office. It also mentions Taylors arrest for disorderly conduct when attempting to enter a meeting through a door reserved for Negroes.
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United
Birmingham
Alabama
Glen H. Taylor
Eugene
Bull
Ci Taylor
South
Connor
Idaho
Henry McQuade
Aan Connor
United States
Taylor
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Pocatello Newspapers
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Lucky
Blackrock
Mrs. Lucky
Horace B. Nelson
South Arthur Avenue
Ripley
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U. S. Senate Judiciary Committee
Westvaco
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National Publica
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C. Ed Flandro
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