Pocatello Legion Pushes Idaho School Expansion for Veterans
Pocatello post No. 4 of the American Legion adopts a resolution urging the governor to call a special session to fund expansion of Idaho state higher education before fall 1946. The move follows a Legion ceremony with 700 World War II veterans and cites rising GI bill applications and overcrowded facilities as justification.
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Pocatello Post No. 4
American Legion
Volney
Watts
George N. Green
Ning
Pocatello
Veterans’ Administration
Idaho
Iran and Russia Reach Three-Point Accord on Oil and Troop Withdrawals
Tehran reports a three-point Russo Iranian agreement including a joint oil company and a pledge to withdraw allied troops within six weeks. The pact addresses Azerbaijan's status as an internal matter and Iran's parliament submission in seven months. UN diplomats welcomed the move with cautious optimism amid Security Council considerations.
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New York
Tehran
United Nations
Russia
Iran
Security Council
Azerbaijan
Fall Fatal to Set Worker on Hollywood Studio Lot
Edward R. Gray 31, a grip and father of three, was found dead after a gay party on a Hell themed papier mache set. Police called it murder, but autopsy doctors cited a fatal fall from about 40 feet as the likely cause, while injuries included head trauma and a fractured pelvis.
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Hollywood
Edward R. Gray
Gray
General Service Studio
Stanley W. Johnson
Louis Gigel
Fred Newbarr
Empire Airlines to discontinue Lewiston Idaho Falls flight
President Bert Zimmerly announced the second daily Lewiston to Idaho Falls flight will be discontinued due to lack of additional traffic. The service, with multiple stops in southern Idaho, operated for about a week before ending.
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Lewiston
Lewston
Idaho Falls
Bert Zimmerly
Empire Airlines
Idaho
Army to Drop Bushnell Continued on Page Seven
Army to drop Bushnell hospital at Brigham City may be delayed beyond June. Representative Granger says the army likely will find a use for Bushnell after vacating and that the Veterans Administration could take over the site, though the War Department has no plans yet.
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Washington
Granger
Utah
Bushnell General Hospital
Brigham City
Dewar
Army
Bushnell
War Department
Veterans’ Administration
Quad Duplets Born In Kelso Widow Names Girls Dixie Lee and Donald Leon
Two quads survived four days after birth in Longview Washington. The mother Mrs Leo Pierce named the girl Dixie Lee and the boy Donald Leon. Both remain in incubators nourished by a special formula with light weights of three pounds three ounces for the girl and two pounds nine ounces for the boy. The two who died were boys. The father was killed in a mill accident March 1.
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Longview
Wash
Leo Pierce
Kelso
Dixie Lee
Donald Leon
River Boat Returns Up Salmon River Legend
The 28-foot barge The City of Salmon returned to Salmon Idaho this morning on a trailer after a trip down the Salmon river. Owners Clyde and Don Smith said the boat suffered little damage. The run preserves the river of no return nickname despite the reverse trip.
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Wallace
City of
Salmon
Salmon River
Idaho
Clyde
Don Smith
Writer Sees Hope for World Peace in UN Council
DeWitt MacKenzie argues the security council has navigated its first major crisis well revealing the potential of a functional league of nations. He notes the Russo Iranian dispute shows the UN can mediate with world respect, avoiding sanctions and urging peaceful settlement as a pathway forward.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Security Council
League of Nations
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
Douglas MacArthur
Persia
Horse Sense
Congressman Henry Dworshak Visits Pocatello for Legion Initiation
Congressman Henry Dworshak attended public initiation ceremonies of the American Legion at the high school gymnasium in Pocatello Thursday evening. A past Legion department commander, he planned to return Sunday evening after a Boise return by plane this morning.
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Henry Dworshak
Pocatello
American Legion
Legion
Boise
Forest highway plan assigns Salmon river road low priority
Chief Forester Lyle Watts estimates the Idaho Salmon river road to cost 40 million dollars under the forest highway program. The line would link Idaho Falls to Lewiston, run through central Idaho’s primitive areas, and follow the Salmon River. Watts notes the road’s high timber demand and that funds are allocated to other routes with immediate timber use.
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Washington
Idaho
Lyle F. Watts
Dworshak
Watts
Idaho Falls
Lewiston
Wyoming
Pacific Coast
Truman
Public Roads Bureau
White
Priest River
North Pacific
Lewis & Clark
North Fork-Payette
Ketchum
Clayton
Yellowstone
State Averts Strike in 9 Gas Plants
Governor Walter E Edge seized and began operating nine Public Service Electric Gas gas works to prevent a statewide gas service cut for about three quarters of New Jersey’s 4 million residents. The move kept 1 200 workers at their posts and ensured heating and cooking gas continued.
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Associated Press
New Jersey
Nine
Public Service Electric & Gas Company
AFL Machinists Union
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company
Stamford
Conn
Walter E. Edge
Utah Suspect Gives Alibi in Slaying Case
Utah police questioned 61 year old Louis Charles Wright about the murder of his roommate 54 year old John J. Ruemping whose hacked body was found in their one room apartment. Wright reportedly earned as a Hill Field employee and offered an alibi after the Friday evening knife attack. The slaying occurred between 5 and 6 pm with a blade wound to the face while a beer hall visit and wood chopping were noted.
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Salt Lake City
Louis Charles Wright
John J. Ruemping
Hill Field
Reumping
Wright
M. D. McGrath Westerty Sie
Flair
MacGinness
Ruemping
Mike Garcia
Jim Kandas
Wright and
Paris Doctor Petiot Convicted of Mass Killings and Sentenced
Dr. Marcel Petiot, famed as the "monster of the Rue Le Sueur," is condemned to death after a three week trial for more than twenty killings. Civil damages totaling 2,045,001 francs are awarded to victims’ families. Petiot vows to appeal and says he was a resistance leader.
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Paris
Marcel Petiot
le Sueur
Maurice
Palais de Justice
Petiot
France
Court Warns Drivers in Salmon Reckless Driving Case
In probate court Judge C A Bailey sentenced Ralph E Shotwell 42 Salmon to 30 days in jail a $100 fine and thirty day license suspension after a collision with another car Police said Shotwell was arrested Tuesday night on reckless driving charges The judge called the ruling a warning to reckless drivers.
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Twin Falls
Ralph E. Shotwell
Salmon
C. A. Bailey
Shotwell
Seven Thousand in Temple As LDS Conference Opens
In Pocatello the public ceremonies marked the largest class of candidates inducted into a post and a mild controversy over H Dudley Swim’s address was resolved. Swim praised the Legion and spoke briefly after differences were ironed out. The event honored over 700 World War II veterans as Lt Evelyn Bachelor and Ben Kuroki urged tolerance amid wartime veteran grievances.
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Temple
LDS Conference
Pocatello
Tween
Swim
Idaho
Commander Swim
Board of Regents
The
State University
Legion
Pocatello Post
West
James C. Bangs
Legion National Executive
Evelyn Bachelor
Army Nurse Corps
Comfort
Ben Kuroki
Hersey
Nebr
Africa
Europe
Japan
Former GI Confesses in Park Slaying and Self-Inflicted Wound
Chester police say Frederick Morris, a 24 year old former soldier, confessed with the aid of Z Grant Tyler to killing Rose Lyons Reynolds, 49, in a park after she was beaten and raped. Morris then slashed his throat and is listed in critical condition. Tyler was found dead in his Chester home from gas exposure, authorities report.
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Chester
Delaware County
Andrew Desmond
Chester Hospital
Frederick Morris
Desmond
Wilmington
Dela
Rose Lyons Reynolds
Morris
Z. Grant Tyler
Tyler
Eleven bodies brought from navy transport wreck near Albuquerque
State Police Capt. T. E. Jackson said eleven bodies have been removed from the wreckage of a navy transport plane that crashed 13 miles southeast of Albuquerque. The incident comes as the nation reports a new wage floor vote and a naval accident in the Caribbean.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
T. E. Jackson
GOP Chairman Here Reilly Atkinson Visits Boise Meeting
GOP Chairman Here Reilly Atkinson of Boise and Idaho Falls organizer John Black met supporters this afternoon. They plan a Saturday gathering with party workers to discuss campaign efforts and organize volunteer efforts.
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Reilly Atkinson
Boise
John Black
Idaho Falls
Hatch Backs Byrnes Against Pepper on UN Policy
Senate allies defend Secretary Byrnes in a dispute sparked by Len Pepper’s claim that the U S and Britain back Russia into a corner. Hatch says Byrnes aims to strengthen the United Nations. House leaders criticize the State Department’s efficiency while Maybank sides with Hatch.
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Washington
Byrnes
Len Pepper
Florida Democrat
United States
Britain
Russia
Sen. Hatch
D-N.mex
United Nations
Hatch
Pepper
United Nations Security Council
Truman
Capitol
House
Martin
Mass
Edith Nourse Rogers
Rmass
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Capitol Bill
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Florida
Irrigation Power Emphasized By Bureau Official
J S Moore assistant to the regional director of the Bureau of Reclamation told Boise Rotary members irrigation development is as vital to business as to farmers. He said if farm population doubles, town and city populations and business will rise accordingly.
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Boise
J. S. Moore
Bureau of Reclamation
Rotary Club
Moore
Pardon Board Considers Kristiansen Clemency Request
The Idaho Pardon Board heard Clarence C. Kristian sen senior’s clemency petition after two hours of arguments. The board adjourned without action, having earlier granted pardons, reduced one minimum sentence, and denied 14 applications as Canyon County residents attended the hearing. Kristian sen, convict in a manslaughter case tied to a 1945 Marsing death, has served five months of a six months to ten year sentence. his army record includes a Silver Star and Purple Heart. Father Doyle Simms opposed clemency, while DA Vets group urged mercy.
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Boise
Idaho Pardons Board
Clarence C. Kristiansen
Canyon County
Kristiansen
Caroline Symms
Marsing
Louis Clapp
State Penitentiary
Seventh Army
France
Germany
Grant Hess
Doyle Simms of
MacArthur forms four power council for Japan
Tokyo reports Gen. Douglas MacArthur launching a four power Allied council to advise him while he retains command. The Soviet delegate proposed early scrutiny of decrees, reopening elections, and internationalizing the secretariat, but later Russia withdrew a press ban, leading to news access at major meetings.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Allied Council For
Japan
Russia
Kuzma Derevyanko
MacArthur
Derevyanko
Council Secretariat
U.S
Bonner F. Fellers
Council
W. McMahon Ball
United Nations
U.N
Potsdam
Church Calls On All to Assure Peace
White-bearded President Joseph Albert Smith of the Latter-day Saints urged Mormons worldwide to keep God's commandments as the way to peace. Opening the 116th annual conference, about 7,000 gathered in Salt Lake City as council members were absent. The report notes church finances, membership near 979,454, wartime casualties, and heightened welfare efforts for Europe plus a wheat quota increase.
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Salt Lake City
Joseph Albert Smith
Latter-day Saints Church
Smith
Tabernacle
Temple Square
New York State
Council of Twelve Apostles
Ezra T. Benson
Europe
Matthew Cowle
J. Reuben Clark, Jr
United States
Mexico
Clark
Pearl Harbor
Welfare Committee
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