Indians Fight Tax Measure Aimed At Land
Shoshone Bannock tribal leaders rebuke a proposed public lands tax and a federal bill to liquidate reservations. They accuse the government of land takings during World War II and urge Congress and the Indian Affairs Commissioner to uphold treaties and oppose taxation of Indian lands.
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AGU
LHS
YE BS
Idaho
Congress
Box Elder
Fort Bridger
The
United States
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Flood Control Study Nears Public Report for Portneuf
Army engineers expect a conclusive flood control report for the Portneuf watershed by February after two years of study. City officials note preliminary work includes the Lewis Street bridge and river dredging. The report will go to Army Engineering HQ in Washington and l include a request for federal aid with potential funding around fifty thousand dollars.
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Portneuf
Army
Les H. Ballif
Lewis St
George R. Phillips
William Whipple Jr
Walla Walla
O. E. Lewis
Army Engineering Headquarters
Washington, D. C
Miller names aides for Idaho senator elect
Idaho senator elect Bert H. Miller announces he will bring James H. Hawley Jr. as administrative assistant to Washington. He selects Pauleda and Lillian Fraser as executive secretaries. Justice Alfred M. Budge’s secretary Fraser is noted, and Budge says he must clean up his state house office before leaving for Washington.
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BOISE
Bert H. Miller
James H. Hawley Jr
Washington
Miller
Pauleda
Lillian Fraser
Supreme Court
Alfred M. Budge
Idaho Supreme Court
Henry C. Dworshak
Statehouse
Decision On Plea For Life Postponed
SALT LAKE CITY The Utah board of pardons delayed until Monday its decision on the clemency appeal of aged Hiram Beebe, convicted slayer of a Utah town marshal, because one member was reported ill. The illness was not specified.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Board of Pardons
Hiram Bebee
Utah
Primary Change Hit By Minwegen
POTLATCH Idaho Bert Minnegan a second district Democratic candidate denounces a convention system for choosing nominees as stifling freedom of choice. Minnegan a social studies instructor at Potlatch high school and Palouse Valley Post editor says the Idaho primary law change was driven by old guard elements in both parties.
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Potlatch
Ida
Bert Minnegan
Minnegan
Potlatch High School
Palouse
Ninth District Bar Backs C J Taylor for Idaho Supreme Court
The ninth judicial district bar association endorsed C J Taylor, ninth district judge, as Idaho Supreme Court Justice to succeed Bert H Miller, senator elect, in Idaho Falls.
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Co. J. Taylor
Idaho Falls
Ninth Judicial District Bar Association
C. J. Taylor
Idaho Supreme Court
Bert H. Miller
North Bend Bus Tragedy Takes Officer's Son
In North Bend Washington Sgt L H Baker of the state patrol rushed from the station to the school parking lot after a bus backed out and struck a boy. The 11 year old son Jack of the officer was fatally crushed. the driver cited limited visibility as the cause.
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North Bend
Wash
L. H. Baker
Washington State
Sgt. Baker
Jack
Spud Support Withdrawal Not Serious
BLACKFOOT Idaho Falls reports say farmers plan substantial potato cuts after a one third government price support reduction. Milton B Weston county agent predicted profitability will remain despite lower supports. Lloyd Brown of the Agricultural Conservation Association cautioned crop reductions depend on prices of substitute farm products.
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Bingham County
Milton B. Weston
Lloyd Brown
Agricultural Conservation Association
Brown
Idaho Falls
Strike Cripples Europe's Trade as Dock Shortage Bites
New York reports 65000 east coast longshoremen and major shipp ing interests met to end a crippling coastal dock strike. Mediators said early settlement was unlikely as Marshall Plan aid to Europe was largely halted and thousands of rail and harbor workers were laid off.
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New York
Europe
Stanford Names Huntington Librarian John Sterling president
Dr. John E. W. Sterling director of San Marino Huntington Library was named president of Stanford University. Sterling, 42, succeeds Dr. Donald B. Tresidder who died in New York last January.
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NEW Stanford Prexy
San Francisco
John E. W. Sterling
Huntington Library
San Marino
Friday
Stanford University
Sterling
Donald B. Tresidder
New York
Motor Union Leader Warns of Fourth Wage Round
Walter Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers CIO, warned Portland audiences that a fourth postwar wage round is near as CIO leaders prep for next week’s convention. He cited wages, prices and profits being out of balance and urged bargaining based on purchasing power rather than dollars.
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Portland
Ore
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers (Cio
City Club of
Reuther
CIO
Detroit
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
General Motors
Warning Issued On Trash Fires By City Officials
Mayor George R. Phillips pleads residents not to burn trash on asphalt streets. The warning notes that burning trash can damage roads, creating slick oil on pavement and leading to street wear, with the street commissioner blamed for poor street conditions.
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George R. Phillips
Rita Haystack
Pipelines Explode Near Seymour Indiana
In Seymour and near Reddington Indiana two large natural gas pipelines exploded Friday night. Flames reached 300 feet, setting small forest fires and threatening several homes. One man burned and seven workers were shocked as doors and windows were blown in within a mile radius.
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Seymour
Ind
Little Inch
Reddington
Jury To Get Fisher Case Today
Prosecutors Ze nith and McQuade wrapped the state case against Sadie Fisher in a first degree murder trial. Judge Isaac McDougall will brief the jury before they retire to deliberate. Fisher, mother of four, is charged with killing Benjamin Fox in a local bar on August 15.
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Sadie Fisher
Fifth District
Isaac McDougall
Milton Zenith
Henry McQuade
Fisher
John
Roy Black
John Black
McDougall
Grange backs oleomargarine tax cut and opposes closed shop
The National Grange at its 82nd annual convention in Portland, Maine votes to remove oleomargarine taxes if blocking imitation batter is ensured and declares opposition to the closed shop. Delegates approve anti boycott and restraint on sympathy strikes while endorsing secret ballots for union privileges.
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Portland
National Grange
Grange
Agriculture
Labor Man Urged To Aid Marshall
Sen elect Hubert H. Humphrey urged an assistant secretary of state from organized labor to bring new ideas to Georges C Marshall's department. The Minneapolis mayor spoke after his civil rights plank triggered a roaring AFL convention demonstration at the 67th session.
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Cincinnati
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Organized Labor
George C Marshall
Minneapolis
Alabama
Mississippi
AFL
Seven convicts fire at Oregon State Prison florid uprising
Seven long term inmates at the Oregon state prison set a flax mill blaze in a bid to escape. Deputy Warden Gene Hawley said Floyd Fisher tried to intervene and was stabbed. another convict was clubbed. Guards contained the fire and recaptured the fugitives in the yard.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Gene. Hawley
Floyd Fisher
Doyle C. McCann
Salem City
Reds Beaten On Arms Proposals At UN Vote
At the United Nations in Paris the General Assembly rejected a Soviet plan to outlaw the atomic bomb and cut armaments by one third by 39 to six with six abstentions. A Belgian western-backed proposal on conventional, naval, and atomic weapons was referred to a UN commission. The western plan passed 43 to six with one abstention.
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Paris
United Nations
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Pocatellans Join Army and Air Force
Pocatellans William Albert Sorelle Jr and George Dale High enlisted Friday at the Pocatello recruiting station. Sorelle, son of Mrs. Glenna Sorelle, Gooding, joined for three years in the Air Force with rank of PFC. High, son of George High, Idaho Falls, joined the regular army for three years and will train at Fort Ord California while Sorelle reports to McChord Air Base Washington.
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Pocatello Army
William Albert Sorelle Jr
George Dale High
Sorelle
Glenna Sorelle, Gooding
Air Force
Navy
High
George High
Idaho Falls
Fort Ord
Calif
McCord Air Base
Washington
Truck rollover in Idaho kills woman passenger
Idaho Falls dispatch reports Mrs. Elinor Louise Wheelock, 26, of Salmon, Idaho, died when a truck driven by her husband Christian Wheelock rolled over on highway 28 in Clark county. State Patrolman Willian Dursteler said cattle shifting on a curve caused the crash.
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Idaho Falls
Elinor Louise Wheelock
Salmon, Ida
Christian
Clark County
Willian Dursteler
Rayburn Combats Fear Rumors After Truman Meeting
Sam Rayburn dismissed fears about a low mood or recession under the Truman era after a Friday meeting with the president. The Texan, slated to be speaker, said the nation is prosperous and healthy and that any major downturn would be man-made. He predicted no effective coalition blocking Truman social and economic plans and commented on labor department restoration efforts.
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Key West
Fla
Sam Rayburn
Truman
Congress
Rayburn
LABOR
Labor Department
Massachusetts
Maurice J. Tobin
Tobin
John R. Steelman
Wall Street
Fred Barkley
United States
Trains Stalled Across Kansas In Deep Snow
Dodge City, Kansas endures a blizzard with most businesses closed as rescue parties search for stranded motorists. More than 100 people are isolated across northeastern Nebraska and Kansas. The storm stretches from Colorado to the Midwest with seven deaths reported and thousands affected by drifts and power outages.
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Kansas
Chicago
Plains
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Lubbock
Tex
Michigan
Superior
Midwest
U. S
Colorado
Atlantic Seaboard
Dodge City
Kans
Claude L. Hetzel
Chisholm
Police Officer Orville Reinoehl Sentenced to Prison
Twin Falls Idaho former police officer Orville Reinoehl received a two and a half year term in the state penitentiary. District Judge Hugh A. Baker also ordered him to pay court costs. Reinoehl was convicted of attempted extortion by a district court jury after an eight hour deliberation that yielded a recommendation of extreme leniency.
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Twin Falls
Orville Reinoehl
Hugh A. Baker
Reinoehl
Reinoeh
Santa Fe California Limited Stalled by Kansas Blizzard
The California Limited train from Santa Fe, due 20 hours past due in Cimarron, stalled between Dodge City and Cimarron as a Christmas blizzard buried western Kansas. A relief train and snow plow engine battled strong winds and heavy snow to reach and rescue passengers.
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Cimarron
Kan
Santa Fe
California Limited
Dodge City
Kansas
Limited
Weather Outlook: Cold with Snow Flurries Over Weekend
The report predicts cloudy conditions Saturday with intermittent light snow and Sunday partly cloudy with scattered snow flurries. Saturday night and Sunday high around 35 with the coldest night near 20. Friday reached 33 with a low of 25 and light precipitation recorded.
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U.S.S. Des Moines
South Boston Naval Shipyard
A. B. Chandler
Sen. Miller
Minwegen
Spud
Indiana City
Marshall
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