Contractors and Union Talk on Plans in Idaho City
Negotiations between the Southeast Idaho Contractors association and local unions show cooperation for public good. A new contract approved this week extends to April 1, 1949 with October 15 raises bringing wages to Boise area levels. Carpenters Local 1258 wage offer is $1.875 hourly on a six day week, compared with their $2 request for five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Cahoon
Southeast Idaho Contractors Association
Contractors Association
Boise
Carpenters Local 1258
Cahoon
Lewis Again Raps Truman at UMW Convention
The United Mine Workers 40th convention approved a resolution seeking Truman’s defeat and unofficially endorsed Dewey while Lewis led a sharp attack on Truman Taft Landis and Boyd. He vowed to cut retirement age to 60 with $100 monthly pensions and to improve welfare benefits.
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Cincinnati
United Mine Workers
Tuman
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
UMW
John L. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
Robert A. Taft
Gerald W. Landis
R. Ind
Landis
Gerry Landis
James S. Boyd
Federal Bureau of Mines
California Likely To Gain in Congress
New population estimates as of July 1 indicate California may gain seven congressional seats in 1952, said Edward H. Rees of the house civil service committee. Six other states would gain one seat, New York would lose two, and 12 other states would lose one seat each.
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Washington
California
Edward H. Rees
Kan
House Civil Service Committee
New York
Collision at Arthur and Wyeth Involves Five Vehicles
Friday afternoon near 455 North Arthur Avenue a laundry truck overturned after a collision with a half ton truck driven by A J Terry. Bob Gallefent narrowly escaped damage to his new sedan. Fred B Faler climbed out unhurt from a panel delivery truck. Four children crossed the street as the crash occurred. Terry and the laundry driver escaped injury.
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National Laundry
Arthur and
Wyeth Streets
Fred Faler
A. J. Terry
Glendale
Ariz
Bob Gallafent
Lady Luck
Bob Gallefae
National
Fred B. Faler
A. J.terry
Aziz
Arthur
Wyeth
Don Nilsson
North Arthur Avenue
Kathryn
Gary
Gregory
Kathryn Semple
Terry
Gallefent
Ex Con Charged In Union Shooting
Detroit UPI reports ex-con Carl Bolton, former CIO United Auto Workers official, was charged with assault with intent to kill Walter P. Reuther in a shotgun attack last April 20. A warrant also names two unnamed accomplices identified as John Does who remain at large.
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Detroit
Carl Bolton
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Recorder’s
Christopher Stein
Bolton
John Does
Nevada Governor Out of Wilderness After Elk Hunt
Nevada Governor Vail Pittman and about 50 elk hunters were snowbound for 36 hours in Idaho’s Chamberlain basin. A Tuesday to Wednesday storm blocked planes, the only access, but clear skies on Thursday allowed Pittman and the group to be flown out. Pittman called the trip a wonderful lark.
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Mccall, Ida
Nevada
Vail Pittman
Idaho
Chamberlain Basin
Pittman
McCall
Carson City
Tokyo Rose Indictment Ties to Propaganda Broadcasts
San Francisco report: Iva Toguri D Aquino known as Tokyo Rose indicted by a federal grand jury on eight counts of treason for broadcasting from Japan to U S troops. Charges allege she advised, prepared scripts, spoke on programs and discussed broadcasts with Japanese interests.
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San Francisco
Iva Toguri D’aquino
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Japan
U.S
Pacific
FBI
D’aquino
Corporation of Japan
Tokyo Radio
Blackfoot Chamber Seeks Wider Bridges on I 15 Route
The Blackfoot Idaho chamber of commerce sent letters to the highway department requesting wider bridges between Blackfoot and Pocatello to meet the newly improved highway standards.
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Blackfoot
Ida
Physicians Plan Bureau In Pocatello
The Pocatello Medical Society met at the Bannock Hotel to plan a local medical service bureau. Dr. Forrest H. Howard will chair the committee with Drs. W. R. Hearne and Ralph Hogstead to finalize incorporation and operations. Rates proposed: 2.25 dollars monthly for a single person and 6 to 7 dollars for a family, including full medical services. The bureau will operate from a downtown office with a Monday meeting for final organization.
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Pocatello Medical Society
Hotel
Bannock
Forrest H. Howard
Don Worden
North Idaho Medical Service Bureau
Lewiston
Howard
W. R. Hearne
Ralph Hogstead
Bureau
Worden
Pocatello
Mormon Pioneer Alice Horne Dies at 80 in Salt Lake City
Mrs. Alice Merrill Horne, an Utah pioneer woman leader in art culture and religion, died after a week of heart illness. Born January 2, 1868 in a Fillmore area log cabin, she was the daughter of Clarence and Bathsheba Merril and granddaughter of George A. Smith, early LDS leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Alice Merrill Horne
Clarence
Bathsheba Merril
Fillmore
George A. Smith
Brigham Young
Royal Family Ends Scotland Holiday Returns to London
The royal family left Scotland for Buckingham Palace Friday and most headed to Windsor for a social weekend, with Princess Elizabeth remaining briefly before joining others at the royal lodge.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Scotland
Elizabeth
Royal Lodge
Windsor
Indians Take 2-1 World Series Lead in Cleveland
Cleveland Indians ace Gene Bearden pitched a masterful game allowing five hits and no walks as Cleveland, ahead two games to one, defeated the Boston Braves at home. Bearden declared the Indians can finish the series in Cleveland while Braves mentor Billy Southworth and Johnny Sain vowed to rebound Friday night.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Indians
Boston
Gene Bearden
Indians
Red Sox
Bearden
Tribe
Braves
Boston Braves
Billy Southworth
Southworth
Johnny Sain
Arkansas
Rembrandt
White attacks inflation policy in Idaho speech
Boise AP Compton I White veteran former first district congressman urged stopping “printing presses to run night and day.” The Democratic nominee said excessive money creation erodes savings and retirement incomes and called for stabilizing money value to protect farmers and workers.
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Boise
Compton I. White
First
Congress
White
GOP Appoints Women Leaders Across Idaho
Ida Dubois reports four women named district chairmen in Idaho for the GOP. Mrs Oscar Wallin Kelloy heads district one, Mrs Kate Rosenheim Boise district three, Miss Mary Smith Rexburg district five, and Mrs Rhea Lau Soda Springs district six.
Marshall Returns to Brief Truman on Berlin Crisis
Secretary of State George C. Marshall flies from Paris to Washington to report to President Truman after warning that the Berlin blockade and the menace to peace threaten Europe. He cited the need for production and well organized unions as essential to recovery and noted minor hope for ending the blockade through UN diplomacy.
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Paris
George C. Marshall
Washington
Truman
Europe
Berlin
United Nations
Marshall
Orly
Marshall Plan
Russia
UN Assembly
Meat Prices Likely To Go Up Again
Chicago reports note meat prices may rebound after a brief decline with an expert predicting pork prices to drop next year due to higher hog supply. Richard Roberts links pork to corn costs and forecast a winter dive, while analysts foresee a later recovery above present levels. Jack Kranis calls current cuts a short-lived trend.
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Chicago
Roberts
Police Radio Value Shown in Auto Theft Case
Sheriff Hoehnen demonstrated the Pocatello FM police radio system when a Dewey Croft car theft near American Falls led to a broadcast. About an hour later Yale Oregon police detained three Myrtle Creek men with Croft’s auto accessories. all three are jailed in Power County.
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American Falls
Bill Hoehnen
Power County Star
Pocatello
Dewey Croft
Rockland
Hoehnen
Yale
Ore
Croft
Power County
Ray Lawrence
Bill Davis
Audie Barnes
Mrytle Creek
Oregon
Dewey Calls for Workmanlike Housing Plan
New York Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey said the housing shortage is a national problem that cannot be solved by a simple federal action. He urged a workmanlike program with government, industry, labor, and lenders all participating, at the Alfred E. Smith housing project dedication on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Alfred E. Smith
Manhattan
Lower East Side
VFW Calls for Boise Chest Funds Investigation
The Boise post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars urged a complete inquiry into Boise Community Chest allocations. A post resolution favored directing 50 percent of contributions to relief and welfare work, opposing large shares to Scouts and civic groups.
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BOISE
Boise Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Boise Community Chest
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
YMCA
YWCA
Neil Martin
VFW
Boise Welfare Fund
Salvation Army
Booth Memorial Hospital
Visiting Nurses’ Council
Richard Mooney
Martin
Bomber Makes Emergency Stop at Spokane Air Base
Hamilton Field flight service reported a B-29 based there made an emergency landing at Spokane air base after a part caught fire over Medford Oregon. No personnel were injured. The aircraft was on a routine training flight north from Hamilton Field, located 30 miles north of San Francisco.
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Hamilton Field
Calif
Hamilton Field Flight Service
Spokane Air
Paine
Medf&d
Ore
San Francisco
Detector clears convicted killer
CHICAGO UP The inventor of an electronic lie detector said Friday that Dr. Alice Wynekoop 77 who spent 13 years in prison for the murder of her daughter in law did not commit the murder. Dr. Orlando Scott said a test taken Friday on his machine by Dr. Wynekoop showed that she was innocent of the murder for which she was jailed.
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Chicago
Alice Wynekoop
Orlando Scott
Wynekoop
Cedes
Wallace Blasts Labor Leaders Over Taft Hartley Use
Henry A. Wallace, Progressive party presidential candidate, accused unnamed leaders of labor of using the Taft Hartley act to betray unions from within during a speech at the Seattle armory. He arrived from Portland for a two day Washington campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Portland
Ore
Washington
Dixiecrat Slams Candidates Over Patriotism
Governor J Strom Thurmond charged that Truman Dewey and Wallace seek political gain over patriotism saying rivals bid for the temporary favor of a special group as he campaigned in Richmond Virginia.
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Richmond
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Thurmond
Ont. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Henry Wallace
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Contractors Association and
Building Trade Council
Tokyo Rose
Physicians Plan Bureau
Lou Boudreau
Boudreau
GOP
United Nations Assembly
W. Averell Harriman
Germany
United States
Richard Roberts
Department of Agriculture
Jack Kranis
National Meat Industry Council
Kranis
Dallas
Texas
Athens
Boise Chest Investigation
Wallace
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