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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1946
Page
1
A large hoard worth about 2 billion dollars was dumped into Tokyo Bay to hide it from occupation authorities. Lt. Nielsen of the 32nd military government recovered the first ingot and described two mud covered areas near a former maritime school as containing the blocks.
President Truman urged a universal foreign policy backed by strong military forces in a rally before about 70 000 at Soldier Field. He pressed for extended selective service and unified armed forces with universal training, warning against political games with national safety. He pledged U S readiness to act against aggression and praised F D R as he spoke with Eisenhower and Patterson.
Earl Calvin Stout, 27, an Iowa prison fugitive, was brought from Salt Lake City by FBI agents to Pocatello and arraigned on two Dyer Act counts alleging auto theft links. He pleaded guilty and is held on $10,000 bonds per count. status of the rape charge remains uncertain as FBI handles the case.
George Donart of Weiser announces he will seek the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. He argues the party must choose its own candidates and policies rather than rely on the Republican press, citing Roosevelt and Truman as liberal models. Donart has six prior Illinois? No, Idaho legislature terms and previously ran for the Senate in 1940.
Senate wool investigating committee chair O Mahoney announces a bill to back US wool by 1947 through Commodity Credit Corporation loans purchases and payments. The plan sets a 90 percent support level relative to January prices for 1947 clips and two years after wartime emergency ends, with CCC able to sell wool to compete with imports.
New York hosted its first peace-time Army Day parade in five years as about 20 000 marchers including soldiers sailors and marines moved along Fifth Avenue under gray skies. Mayor William O Dwyer and Gen Omar Bradley watched as Cadet Capt Amos A Jordan led the West Point contingent.
A nationwide sugar refinery strike set to begin was postponed to at least Monday after Washington conciliators proposed a binding fact-finding board. The 6,500 CIO and AFL workers and companies held talks while 825,000 idle in labor disputes loom over transit crews voting on ending a six day Detroit transit stoppage. Ships from Cuba diverted to ballast due to the strike threat.
A charity football game by the University of Alabama raised more than 29 thousand dollars for Capt. Charley Boswell, a former star and ex halfback who was blinded by a German shell. The intra squad contest was held last week to aid the war hero.
Dudley Swim of Twin Falls urged a long range master plan for Idaho higher education with immediate veterans education provisions. He proposed a framework within 60 days, backed by a Peabody Institute survey or a three member outside commission to develop the plan.
Independence residents recount the Ladies Bridge Club visiting the White House after Bess Truman invited ten members. Members scramble for outfits and plan a house party style visit arriving by car or plane and staying over the weekend.
Idaho students urge Gov Williams to call a summer special session to grant teachers raises expand higher education and complete action by August 1 The Peabody survey and housing costs for student vets are also discussed The Idaho meeting ends with plans to hold next spring in Moscow
At the 116th LDS conference in Salt Lake City Joseph F. Smith urged members to bring religious principles into politics to defend the constitution. Church leaders praised faith under trial, noted no changes in general authorities, and discussed welfare work and global distress among Mormons.
New York anti discrimination law reaches nine months with 364 settled bias cases. None progressed to formal hearing as job seekers allege race creed color or national origin discrimination. Administrators tout the measure as an established success and a model for others.
Exposition Flier derails on Western Pacific tracks near Pilot Nevada killing two and injuring 77 as ten cars leap the rails and smash into nearby homes. Telegrapher A L Laurie said a slow order had been issued. engineer Bert Kreis claimed he did not see it. Military and civil aid responders arrived, with one officer noting organized first aid and rescue work at the scene.
The U.S. Employment Service reports Idaho job listings on March 30 totaled 1476, up 5.7 percent despite 55 Kellogg mining openings canceled. Increases occurred in transportation at Pocatello and in agriculture statewide, with a 25 percent rise in domestic service demand. Idaho USES offices logged 9500 job applicants, 7828 seeking unemployment compensation or readjustment allowances.
Governor Williams named W. T. Marineau of Moscow publisher of the Moscow Daily News as the new Legion member on the state planning board veterans advisory committee. He replaces Elbert Rawls of Lewiston who resigned.
Gene Talmadge announces another bid for office, urging retention of Georgia's white primary as a central plank. The 61-year-old former governor notes his long career amid a pivotal election after the U. S. Supreme Court opened voting to African Americans. Arnall, who beat him for governor four years ago, cannot seek a second term under the state constitution.
Norris E. Dodd of Oregon was confirmed by the Senate to serve as undersecretary of agriculture. He succeeds J. B. Hutson, who resigned to become an assistant secretary-general of the United Nations.
In Springville Utah a newly broken in horse threw and killed Clyde Tew aged 18 on Thursday night. The horse had not been ridden with a saddle before the fatal incident.
The House Military Committee signals the Selective Service act will dominate electoral politics. With the current law expiring May 15, members plan to push the question of a peacetime extension into the 80th Congress. Options include extending to February 15 with continued registrations or a 18 month service limit if extended to March 1947.
J R Simplot of Caldwell, president of Simplot Dehydrating Co., told 200 Idaho Mining Association delegates that farmers must return nutrients to the soil with fertilizers. He warned current phosphate supply cannot meet 20 percent of demand and called for new deposits to boost production over the next decade. Harry B Murphy chaired afternoon discussions and A W Fahrenwald reviewed Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology goals.
The Polish embassy said Dr. Oscar Lange would urge the UN Security Council to sever relations with Franco's Spain. The move aims to view Spain as endangering peace and reflects Poland's view amid debates on new council procedure rules. It was uncertain when Lange would raise the matter. France had indicated the Spanish question lay with the council of foreign ministers, not the Security Council.
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