East Coast longshoremen strike tied to rail embargo
A 45 000 strong general east coast longshoremen strike was called by ILA President Joseph P. Ryan after the AFL union rejected a 10 cent hourly raise. The walkout halts export shipments to Europe and follows an embargo by the American Association of Railroads on New York and Boston freight. The wildcat action has already sent ships to Halifax and disrupted harbors from Maine to Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Atlantic Coast
Joseph P. Ryan
International Longshoremen’s Association
AFL
American Association of Railroads
Boston
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Ryan
Gnn
Maine
Toirginia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Portland
ILA
Europe
Halifax
N.S
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Gulf
Truman
Cyrus Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Woman Not Found in Bentley Libel Suit Search
United States marshals cannot locate Elizabeth Bentley, once tied to a wartime espionage ring, as Remington seeks to serve a libel summons in a $100,000 action. Bentley’s absence prompted a thorough investigation, with defendants named in the suit following her TV remarks branding Remington a communist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Missas Ae
Wiltiont W. Weun@O
Remington
Miss Bentley
Richard G. Green
U. S
Convention Primary System May Hold Key To Taylor Defeat
Idaho Democrats and Republicans debate a Utah style convention primary to limit candidates for public offices. The plan would create two convention ballots, reduce costs, and possibly reduce Taylor’s chances by consolidating opposition into a single nominee.
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Taylor
Boise
Idaho
Glen Taylor
Utah
Sex Slayer Sought Near Boulder After Coed Disappearance
University of Colorado and Colorado School of Mines officials joined police to search male students missing after 18 year old Theresa Foster vanished following a college religious club meeting. Her battered body was found under a bridge south of Boulder. she was nude except for a coat, socks, and moccasins, bludgeoned, raped, and strangled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Colo
University of Colorado
Greyhound Drivers Readying Western Strike Action
Pacific Greyhound drivers union moves toward a Sunday midnight strike across seven western states. About 3600 drivers and stationmasters may walk off, rejecting a wage offer and arbitration, affecting 130000 daily passengers including 7860 Bay Area riders.
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San Francisco
Pacific Greyhound
California
Oregon
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Bay Area
Albert A. Baker
Greyhound
F. W. Ackerman
Chicago
M. C. Fraley
Thatcher Named To Judge Post
Gov. Robins named Preston Thatcher 53, of Salmon, to the sixth judicial district bench to succeed the late Judge Guy Stevens. Thatcher, a veteran of World Wars I and II and longtime Idaho lawyer, will reside in Blackfoot and was backed by all district attorneys.
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BOISE
ULP
C. A. Robins
Preston Thatcher
Sixth Judicial District
Guy Stevens
Robins
Thatcher
Salmon
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
University of Utah Law School
U.S
Idaho American Legion
the Legion
Paul Hyatt
Supreme Court
James F. Airshie
Hugh A. Baker
T. Baily Lee
Burley
Blackfoot
Probe Halt Is Refused by Federal Judge
Federal district judge James W. Morris refused to halt the SEC investigation into Otis & Co. of Cleveland regarding its handling of a Kaiser-Frazer stock issue worth 10 million dollars. The banking firm sought an injunction to stop the inquiry into possible broker-dealer license suspension or revocation, arguing Morris found no fraud. The investigation is scheduled to resume next Monday.
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Washington
James W. Morris
Securities & Exchange Commission
Cleveland
Kaiser-Frazer
Commission
Monay
Otis & Co
SEC
Comy
Otis
District Court
Morris
Gunshot death of harvest worker in Idaho under investigation
In Blackfoot Idaho Elias Vigil 35 a Colorado harvest worker was found dead with a 22 caliber gunshot wound in a bank at the ranch where he worked Sheriff Charles Belnap said four coworkers found the body as investigators pursue leads in the case PMID not provided.
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Blackfoot
Ida
Elias Vigil
Colorado
Bingham County
Charles Belnap
Vigil
Belnap
Scottish Boy Seeks Western Cowboy Correspondent
Seven year old Johnny Heron of Glasgow writes to Any Cowboy In Idaho asking for a Western cowboy pen pal. Postmaster and local boot and saddle man arrange to connect Johnny with a Idaho cowboy to share letters and life of a westerner.
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Johnny
Movieland
Roy Rogers
Hopalong Cassidy
Idaho
Jack Trimming
Tommy Cavanaugh
Yellowstone Ave
Hillman Riding
Cavanaugh
Simplot Faces Possible Shutdown Over Acid Shortage
Simplot officials held a crisis meeting in a Bannock hotel to address a looming shutdown at the north Pocatello plant as a Utah rail tie up disrupts acid shipments. About 150 workers could lose their jobs if the strike persists into a second month.
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Simplot
Bannock Hotel
Mitchum Drug Trial Delayed Amid Auto Crash Injuries
Film star Robert Mitchum will face trial on marijuana charges January 10 with three co defendants after his attorney is injured in a car crash. Lila Leeds dyed her hair silver gray to appear in court, dancer Vicki Evans is away in Pittsburgh, and real estate agent Robin Ford faces the same charges.
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Hollywood
Robert Mitchum
Jerry Giesler
Giesler
Lila Leeds
Mitchum
Grant Cooper
Vicki Evans
Pittsburgh
Cooper
Robin Ford
Mother Guilty of Manslaughter in Diaper Strangling
Dorothy Ruth Fitzhugh, 22, was found guilty of first degree manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years for strangling her three year old son Johnny with a diaper in January. She confessed the act saying loan company pressure and debt led her to borrow money to cover grocery bills and other debts.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dorothy Ruth Fitzhugh
Johnny
Truman Orders Probe Into Widow's Delayed Army Pay
President Truman ordered a government inquiry after a Washington Post report claimed Army red tape delayed the final pay for the widow of civilian employee John S. Powers of Waco Texas killed in Europe last January. Defense Secretary Forrestal and Veterans Administrator Gray were directed to report.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Europe
Defense
James Forrestal
Carl R. Gray
Washington Post
John S. Powers
Waco
Tex
Non-Operating Workers Seek Solution In Railroad Wage Talks
In Chicago, three operating unions accepted a 10 cent hourly wage rise offered by railroads, narrowing the gap as 16 non-operating unions threaten a nationwide strike. The retroactive raise to Oct 16 would join master contracts, while non-operating groups seek 25 cents and a 40 hour week amid a Truman-ordered fact finding process.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Arthur Glover
Switchmen’s Union
G. E. Leighty
Association of Western Railways
Truman
Farm prize announcer winner declines KTUL stunt
Seventeen year old Barbara Sutterfield of Ramona Oklahoma refused the prize of a one day on air announcer Roy Pickett saying she would rather have a new car or washing machine. She noted he cannot milk a cow and that the prize arrived too late for morning milking leaving him a spectator at evening chores.
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Barbara Sutterfield
Roy Pickett
Ramona
Okla
Roy
KTUL
Barbara
Pickett
Highway Fund Plan Is Studied in Idaho
The Idaho interim committee on highways met in Boise to study a new rate structure for licensing trucks buses and autos to raise funds for road maintenance and construction. Chair L B Jordan said plans will seek equity among highway users and may rely on higher fuel taxes or vehicle registration fees or both. The panel will also consider allocating motor fuel tax to counties while avoiding discrimination against any user class.
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Boise
Legislative Interim Committee On
L. B. Jordan
Grangeville
Jordan
Prosecutor McQuade Announces Aide Change
McQuade says an aide change will occur in the prosecutor's office with Sam Adelstein retaining praise as a capable attorney. Lloyd Haight of Pocatello is slated to take the post on an undisclosed date, but has not received cases yet. The Sadie Fisher murder case will be handled by an unnamed party next Tuesday.
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American Falls
Power
Pocatello Army Airbase
H. K. Glidden
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Pocatello
George R. Phillips
Pocatellans
Power County
Carl Renstead
L. R. Scott
William Hess
Ward Meadows
J. P. Mehlhoff
CAA
S Glidden
Henry McQuade
Sam Adelstein
McQuade
Lloyd Haight
Haight
Sadie Fisher
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Hideki Tojo
Japan
Pocatello Post
Milton Anderson
Anderson Dairy
Pocatellan
Sex Slayer
Junior
Johnny Heron
Govan Glasgow
Scotland
Ed Lane
Tulsa
W. B. Joy
Idaho Public Utilities Mission
Norman Stedtfeld
D. B. Bradshaw
Wendell
Leonard K. Floyn
Orofino
State Senate
Seattle
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