Hearing At Boise Opens This Morning
The Idaho Farm Bureau Federation led by Alfred C. Cordon challenges Mountain States Telephone rate hikes at a state Public Utilities Commission hearing set for 10 a.m. Monday September 27 in Boise. The federation argues the increases are unjust and would cost Idaho operators their jobs while noting prior approved increases and the projected cost to install dial phones. Cordon will represent the federation at the Boise hearing.
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Alfred C. Cordon
Public Utilitiesommission
Monay
Boise
Cordon
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Idaho
The
Utilities Commission
Farm Federation
Local Nurses Honored By Idaho Assn
Three Pocatello nurses earned executive roles in the Idaho State Nurses Association this week in Sun Valley. Sister Mary Alphonsus of St. Anthony's Hospital joined the board, Sister Frances Clare became vice-chairman of the state administrative section, and Lloydeen Grimes was named secretary. The meeting featured speaker Mrs. Leila I. Given of the national organization. Other officers include Mrs. Frances Vassar of Boise as president and Pauline Cassetto of Lewiston as vice-president.
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Pocatello
Idaho State Nurses Association
Sun Valley
Mary Alphonsus
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Frances Clare
Lloydeen Grimes
Leila I. Given
National Organization
New York
Frances Vassar
Boise
Della E. Morgan
Nampa
Pauline Cassetto
Lewiston
Mary Anne Knight
Twin Falls
Agnes Hendrickson
Rona Whelan
Folke Bernadotte In Final Rites in Stockholm
The body of Count Folke Bernadotte was cremated at Stockholm North Cemetery after a simple service at Gustaf Vasa Church. Thousands attended including Boy Scouts, kings, diplomats, and office workers to honor the UN mediator who was assassinated in Jerusalem on September 17 at age 53.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Gustaf Wasa
Bernadotte
United Nations
Jerusalem
Ferguson taunts Truman on Hoover loyalty testimony
Senator Homer Ferguson challenged President Truman to allow FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover to testify on the loyalty check program. He suggested a public discussion of Communist infiltration in the federal government and asked whether Hoover could disclose the number of card carrying Communists and their tenure on the federal payroll.
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Washington
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Truman
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate
Michigan Republican
Draft Evader Nabbed on Coast
Walter Roger Krauter 35, a magazine and book salesman, was arrested by FBI agents in Los Angeles while dining with a woman. wanted in New York for draft evasion and attempted bribery, he jumped a $3000 bond after failure to return a selective service questionnaire. A $12,000 bond was set pending extradition. The companion was not held.
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Los Angeles
Walter Roger Krauter
New York
FBI
Krauter
River steamboat disaster kills 93 on Amazon
Belem Brazil reports the riv er steamboat Manauense burned Sunday near Marajo Foz bay on the Amazon river. Officials say 93 of about 100 aboard were killed with 7 survivors. The fire catastrophe occurred during a voyage in the bay area.
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Belem
Brazil
Manauense
Marajo Foz Bay
Great Amazon River
Soviet Tass counters Western Berlin talks reports
Tass, the Soviet news agency, issued an official statement declaring Western accounts of the Berlin four power talks inaccurate and misleading. It claimed secrecy was observed by the USSR and Western ambassadors, while asserting the Western press and Bevin speeches drove the Kremlin to publish its version and that only Western reports misled public opinion.
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Moscow
Berlin
Tass
Secre
Tary
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
United States
Britain
France
U.S.S.R
Candidates Take It Easy Over Sunday
President Truman and Governor Thomas E Dewey rested from campaigning Sunday and prayed for peace. Truman, in San Antonio, pitched pennies into a Spanish well and spoke of a peaceful, happy world. Dewey, in San Francisco, urged support for a UN peace effort and a global prayer for peace.
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Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
San Antonio
Texas
Dewey
San Francisco
United Nations
Chicago
Henry A. Walace
Tom Clark
Paris
Free Nations
Grace Cathedral Church
Cycle and Car Involved in Blackrock Accident
Two Elgin youths, Bob Dummermuth and Paul Hoag, were riding east on U S 91 near Blackrock when their motorcycle pulled into a station area and collided with a car driven by H Raymond Pulley of Idaho Falls. Dummermuth, 20, was taken to General hospital for head x rays. Hoag escaped with minor injuries. First aid was given at the Hall service station. no arrests were reported by sheriff's deputy Norman Fordyce.
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Blackrock
General Hospital
Bob Dummermuth
Elgin
Iowa
Paul Hoag
U. S. 91
Hall
H. Raymond Pulley
Brigham §St., Idaho Falls
Emmett Hall
Norman Fordyce
Taylor Charges War Mongering War Mongering Taylor
Idaho Senator Glen H Taylor charged Sunday night that leaders of the American government are steering toward a war of extinction in a Wallace party rally speech. He called John Foster Dulles a slick Wall Street lawyer and accused James V Forrestal of helping set up a fascist dictatorship in the country.
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Hartford
Conn
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Taylor
John Foster Dulles
Dewey
Wall Street
James V. Forrestal
Bit Player Found Beaten to Death in Hollywood
The body of movie bit player Henry Schwab, 30, was found in his Hollywood apartment on Sunday, with police saying he was beaten to death about ten days earlier. Schwab was a quiet tenant who often hosted soldiers at his place and rarely had women guests, according to his landlady.
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Hollywood
Henry Schwab
Schwab
Pocatello Dedicates Memorial Pool In Community Ceremony
Mayor George R. Phillips, city council coxswain, became the first to plunge as dedication ceremonies marked the opening of Pocatello Memorial Pool. About 300 youths swam in 59 degree water while funds near 20000 were highlighted as one third donated by residents and groups. Zeke Hubbard accepted on behalf of veterans, a color guard attended, and officials christened the red brick pool with mountain water.
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George R. Phillips
Pocatello
Ed Cunningham
Pocatello Memorial
Zeke Hubbard
Guy Gates
James Hopper
Plane Crash Kills Five in Oregon
A two engine private plane from Fresno, California, crashed into a Portland hillside during a heavy rainstorm, killing five young men believed to be Fresno State college football fans. The Civil Aeronautics Administration identified the aircraft as registered to Raymond G. Trimble of Fresno. Trimble, manager of Trimble Flying Service, said his son W. R. Trimble, a Fresno State student, had taken four college friends to the Fresno Portland University game.
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Ore
Fresno
Cal
Fresno State
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Raymond G. Trimble
Trimble
Trimble Flying Service
W. R. Trimble
Fresno State College
The Loves of Carmen serial begins in Pocatello POST
The Pocatello POST will publish starting Thursday morning September 30 a serial tale The Loves of Carmen by Sophie Kerr. Carmen appears fiery and dazzling as she entangles men, sparks intrigue, and draws readers day by day into adventurous encounters.
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Pocatello Post
Carmen
the Post
Sophie Kerr
Robins Declares Utah Governor Title Slip Sparks Laughs
At the Utah Idaho football halftime in Salt Lake City 18 000 fans heard the announcer name Idaho governor C A Robins as Utah's top official. Robins clarified he remains Idaho governor while the crowd chuckled at the mix up during the ceremony.
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Salt Lake City
Idaho
C. A. Robins
Gem State
Utah
Lady Luck Drops Hot Race Tip at Ascot
Mrs. Peggy Palmer runs a South Croydon pub. A dog at her bar dropped a white sapphire worth 200 dollars, mistaken for glass. Customers backed the 100 to 8 longshot White Sapphire at Ascot, but Palmer did not bet and had no idea the horse was running.
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Croydon, Eng
Peggy Palmer
Croydon
Final Atomic Espionage Report Expected Soon
House investigators race to complete a three week secret hearings based report on atomic espionage. Subcommittee chairman J Parnell Thomas says private hearings will run through the week with four witnesses Monday and possible summaries at week end. A reliable informant says the draft will criticize Roosevelt Truman and Attorney General Tom Clark for not prosecuting highly trained agents.
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Washington
House
House un-American Activities Subcommittee
U. S
J. Parnell Thomas
N. J
Roosevelt
Truman
Tom C. Clark
Death Sentences in Prague Black Market Case
A Prague court sentenced a black marketeer to death for selling stolen food ration capons. It marked the first use of the anti black market law passed a year ago. Two others received life terms and a fourth defendant was jailed twenty years. Heavy fines were imposed.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Soviet governor Sokolovsky leaves Berlin for Moscow
British licensed DPD news report states Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky, Soviet military governor of Germany, departed Berlin by air for Moscow, but confirmation is not available.
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Berlin
DPD
Vassily Sokolovsky
Germany
Moscow
Stalin Welched On Berlin Blockade Pledge, Western Notes Say
The United States Britain and France accused Stalin of breaking a secret pledge to lift the Berlin blockade. They released a 24000 word white paper detailing talks from Aug 2 to 23 and asserting Stalin personally confirmed an agreement to allow Western forces to stay in Berlin while studying technical questions before lifting the blockade.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Josef Stalin
Berlin
London
Paris
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Stalin
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Vi M. Molotov
Smith
Russia
Molotov
Germany
Marshall Vassili Sokolovsky
Joe Lynam Killed In Plane Crash
Idaho Falls promoter Joseph Lynam, a wrestling figure, died in a lone plane crash near Redmond Oregon while en route to arrange a match. The light aircraft wreckage was found beside the Horse Ridge highway at about 4500 feet. Officials said the pilot attempted to follow a highway but missed a turn and struck a hill. no other bodies were located.
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Idaho Falls
Joseph Lynam
Redmond
Ore
Lynam
Horse Ridge
CAA
Roof Collapse Kills 18 at Berlin Theater
In the American sector of Berlin a small theater named the Palmer collapsed during an evening performance. After 90 minutes of digging 18 bodies were recovered and nine people were seriously injured. American MPs aided German doctors and first aiders. The theater was likely weakened by wartime bombing and shell damage with a seating capacity of several hundred.
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Berlin
Palmer
Chinchilla Kitten Brings $500 to NY Arrival
Maria Hughes, a Pennsylvania State College senior, arrived from Chile via Peruvian International Airways at International airport, reporting the trip left her $500 richer after a chinchilla she was bringing reproduced en route. The newborn kitten was valued at $500.
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New York
Maria Hughes
International Airport
Pennsylvania State College
Chile
Grain Exports Expected To Top 1947 Record
The Agriculture Department predicted that current crop year grain exports may exceed last year’s record by nearly 4,000,000 tons. Secretary Brannum favors higher shipments to avoid surpluses, while Secretary Sawyer urges cutting exports to curb domestic prices. The report projects world exports around 38,000,000 tons, with the U.S. providing about half.
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Agriculture Department
Truman
Charles F. Brannum
Charles W. Sawyer
Europe
United States
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Lady Luck
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