City press urges action against Pocatello Transit Co
The Post endorses Mayor Halsey plan to issue notice citing Ordinance 870 and giving the Pocatello Transit Co 10 days to fix service or face possible franchise revocation. The paper notes Sunday and holiday bus suspensions worsen long standing dissatisfaction and calls for satisfactory daily service or surrender of the franchise.
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W. W. Halsey
Pocatello
Pocatello Transit Co
Pocatello Transit Company
The
Post
Idaho
Pocatellans
Steel firm moves toward new contract basis
United States Steel Corp. agreed to negotiate a new contract with the CIO United Steel Workers to avert a potential industry-wide strike. Benjamin F. Fairless sent a telegram to Philip Murray, rejecting immediate commitment to the pension and insurance plan favored by the presiding board. Jones & Laughlin already agreed to follow the board’s findings. Republic Steel discussed pensions but did not commit. Market optimism followed as talk of industrial peace buoyed prices to peak levels since 1948.
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New York
United States Steel Corp
CIO
United Steel Workers
Benjamin F. Fairless
Philip Murray
U. S. Steel
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Wall Street
New York Exchange
Lewis Coal Strike Threat
John L. Lewis warned of a possible United Mine Workers strike against coal operators who have not paid 20 cents per ton into the union welfare and retirement fund. He demanded a telegraphed answer from Island Creek Coal Co. and pressed for a resolution as wage talks with the Southern Coal Producers Association continued in Bluefield, Virginia.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
James D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Co
Huntington
W. Va
Lewis
Francis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Bluefield
UMW
Temporary injunction blocks FCC ban on broadcast giveaways
In Chicago, a Federal District Judge issued a temporary restraining order delaying the FCC from enforcing a proposed ban on broadcast giveaway programs starting October 1. The order excludes television giveaways, arguing radio stations would suffer irreparable damage until the issue is resolved. Attorneys for Radio Features Inc. said the action halted the FCC’s licensing power.
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Chicago
Federal Communications Commission
Federal
Michael L. Igoe
FCC
Radio Features, Inc
Bus Line Owner Defends Sunday Service Change
F M Bistline owner of the Pocatello Transit Co told KEIO program hosts he did not violate the bus franchise by ending Sunday service. He said Sunday runs were not in the original agreement and were added as public service. revenue from Sundays was insufficient to cover driver salaries.
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F. M. Bistline
Pocatello Transit Co
Ialo
KEIO
Bistline
World War I song writer Lee S. Roberts dies in California
Lee S. Roberts, author of the WWI hit Smiles, died Saturday night at Napa State Hospital from a heart condition with pneumonia complications. He was 64 and buried Tuesday in his native San Francisco where he was among the early Bay Area radio performers in the 1920s.
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San Francisco
Lee S. Roberts
Roberts
Napa State Hospital
San Francisco Bay Area
Stocks Rise as No Steel Strike Stokes Confidence
New York stocks jumped with optimism after signals of no steel strike and Britain clearing a hurdle in its money crisis. NYSE turnover neared two million shares in the year’s second busiest session as the industrial and utility averages hit multi month highs.
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New York
Britain
New York Stock Exchange
Bistline Corrects Bus Run Report
F M Bistline owner of the Pocatello Transit Co says The Post was wrong about cutting service to Naval Ordnance plant areas. Bistline notes buses run every half hour from 7 to 9 am and 4 to 6 pm and hourly the rest of the day at 1 45 pm. he may add half hourly service in winter.
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F. M. Bistline
Pocatello Transit Co
Naval Ordnance Plant
Bistline
Italian fliers abandon nonstop Lisbon New York attempt
Two Italian pilots, forced down Monday in the Azores, have given up hope of flying nonstop from Lisbon to New York in their light plane, according to reports from Lisbon on Tuesday.
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Lisbon
Azores Islands
New York
Air Force pulls planes from future national air races
The Air Force will not risk its jets in upcoming closed course events after an F 86 Sabre began to break apart in the Thompson Trophy race. The decision follows the civilian division death of Bill Odom when his souped up F 51 Mustang crashed into a Berea home, killing a mother and her 13 month old child. Captain Cunningham set a world closed course record earlier but reported elevator damage on the seventh lap.
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Air Force
Washington
Cleveland
Bill Odom
Odom
Berea
Bruce Cunningham
4Th Fighter Group
Langley Air Force Base
Martin C. Johansen
4Th
Cunningham
Colorful Pageantry Marks Blackfoot Fair Start
The Agriculture Department announced a new pork price support program marking a shift to national price support for hogs during the fall and winter marketing season. Officials say the plan could save the treasury and may cost about 265 million, with purchases triggered only after a national average falls below 90 percent parity.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Treasury
Charles F. Brannan
Congress
Man 60 shoots wife and son in law then dies
In Lanceburg Kentucky a 60 year old man Jake Cutshaw waited in a cornfield near Park Blackwell Sr. and fatally shot the son in law as he left his garage. He then wounded his estranged wife Justina Cutshaw twice and fatally shot himself in the head on a farm near the residence.
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Lanceburg
Here
J. W. Burge
Jake Cutshaw
Frankfort
Park Blackwell
Blackwell
Justina Cutshaw
Weather outlook fair and mild with warming trend
The forecast calls for fair and slightly warmer conditions today tonight and Thursday with highs near 75 to 80 and a low around 35. Tuesday's high near 74 and a low of 26 with no precipitation.
Osage Tribe Names New Chief Sees No Faith Conflict
John Oberly, a 70 year old fullblood Osage from Hominy Oklahoma, will become chief of the Osage Nation early next month after winning the tribal council election. He holds a $134,000 headright from oil royalties and maintains both Peyote religious practice and Christian study, asserting no conflict between faiths.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Osage
John Oberly
Fred Lookout
Oberly
Hominy
Lookout
Shaveless Flier Sentenced in Brig for Refusing to Shave
In St Andrews Scotland on Tuesday Royal Air Force court martial sentenced Aircraftsman Ty Griffiths to 84 days confinement for refusing to shave. Under King Regs airmen may not grow beards while sailors and marines may.
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ST. Andrews
Scotland
UPA
Royal Air Force
Ty Griffiths
Cinderella Bride Tells Romance With A&P Heir
Hollywood ex cigarette girl Marjorie Steele, 19, wed Huntington Hartford I an A P grocery heir in Nevada. She described their courtship from his purchase of her cigarette tray at Ciro's to his film contract offer and eventual marriage in a Hollywood Hills estate with pool and stables. Steele left Laurel Canyon to move into Hartford's 35 acre estate after meeting him at the Actors' Lab and Ciro's.
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Hollywood
Marjorie Steele
Huntington Hartford I
Nevada
Ciro’s
Sunset Strip
Actors’ Lab
Hunt
Laurel Canyon
Hartford
Hollywood Hills
Miss Steele
San Francisco
Harold Steele
Eastern Idaho State Fair Opens With Large Crowds
Blackfoot is highlighted as Wednesday marks Blackfoot day with a schedule of events headlined by a grandstand program at 1 p.m. and a 7:30 p.m. night horse show. The fair runs Thursday through Saturday listing horse pulling horse shows and draft horse events plus Children’s and Bingham County days. A large parade at 11 a.m. kicks off the 1949 show with Director E R Buehler promising education entertainment and progress for the region.
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Blackfoot
Grandstand
Bonneville
Bannock
Bingham County
Idaho
Bannock County
Girl Dies in Pool Near Old Faithful
Four year old Ram en Anderson of Grand Coulee Washington died from severe burns after wandering into a hot water pool near Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday.
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Yellowstone National Park
Ramen Anderson
Old Faithful Geyser
Coulee
Woman Misreads Sermon and Seeks Church Apartment
Bangor Maine United Press a report says Reverend Walter L Cook announced the sermon title When Your House is Vacant This led a woman to misunderstand and apply for an apartment she believed the First Baptist Church had for rent The incident highlights a mix up over church housing arrangements.
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Bangor
Walter L. Cook
First Baptist Church
New York Hails Miss America and Dover Channel Swimmer
Miss America Jacque Mercer arrives amid cheers after winning the title and Shirley May France, who failed to cross the English Channel, receives a warm welcome. Mayor O Dwyer honors both, praising Mercer’s success and France’s brave effort.
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New York
Shirley May France
Jacque Mercer
Shirley May
English Channel
William O'Dwyer
Dover
Jacque
Saylor Leads in Pennsylvania 26th District Special Election
John Saylor, Republican, surged to a large early lead in the 26th district race in Johnstown Pennsylvania. Returns from 94 of 325 districts show Saylor at 22,979 to Mrs Coffey’s 16,759, a margin over 6,000 votes.
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Johnstown
Iup
John Saylor
Pennsylvania
Saylor
Robert L. Coffey
Coffey
Portland Reform Mayor Faces Recall Drive
Portland mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee, known for anti gambling enforcement, faces a recall push led by the hodgepodgers. Campaign backers criticize rising costs and licensing taxes as motives, while supporters say the effort targets efficient government at an affordable price.
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Portland
Ore
Dorothy McCullough Lee
Maxwell Donnelly
The
Lee
Donnelly
Tito Accuses Nine As Spies
Belgrade reports Premier Tito regime says nine Hungarian-born Yugoslavs are on trial for spying. Trial started in Novi Sad near Hungarian border, led by Peter Husta, many was deserters from Yugoslav forces. London radio cites Nova Borba claims guerrilla warfare and several Tito critics executed by underground.
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Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Novi Sad
Vojvidina
Peter Husta
London
Moscow Radio
Tito
Nova ‘Borba
Czechoslovakia
Judge to Trial In Shooting
Atlanta judge Robert Carpenter faces trial while acting as a defendant in an attempted murder case. The opposing lawyer, John Lockwood, testified that Carpenter kept a mistress in an Atlanta hotel and threatened to cut his throat if interference occurred.
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Atlanta
Robert Carpenter
Carpenter
John Lockwood
Seven Nations Vetoed by Russia at UN Meeting
Russia used its veto power seven times to block admission of Portugal Hashemite Jordan Ireland Tripora Italy Finland and Ceylon to the United Nations. The actions pushed its total veto count to 38 as Delegate Semyon K Tsarapkin filled in for the permanent Russian delegate.
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Russia
Portugal
Hashemite
Jordan
Ireland
11 year old to undergo mental tests after attempted murder
In Port Huron Michigan an 11 year old boy who tried to kill four year old Michael Ly with stab wounds and an attempted strangling said God told him the other boy must die. Authorities sought to understand the mind behind the attack as the younger child recovers from 26 wounds. The fifth grade suspect confessed at school.
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Port Huron
Mich
John Schiller
Michael Lyon
Michael
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