Passengers Revolt On Czech Plane Lands In American Zone
Fourteen passengers aboard a Czech National Air Lines transport revolted and forced the flight toward the American zone in Germany. The craft landed at Neubiberg near Munich after a former RAF pilot took command. Six chose Prague. twenty remained in Germany under American billeting.
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Munich
U. S
Germany
Czech National Air Lines
Prague
Bratislava
Slovakia
Karel Dvorak
Royal Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Neubiberg
Dvorak
Czechoslovakia
Firms Retain Less of Trade Dollar
New York report shows wholesale and retail trade firms keep smaller share of each customer dollar while sales reach records. Government economists cite rising consumer resistance and stiff competition. bankers' survey notes sales slip in many areas and higher prices met with resistance. Net income and margins shrink despite higher gross sales. 177 trade corporations earned 615.832 million in net income, 1% below 1946.
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New York
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Credit Policy Commission
American Bankers Association
National City Bank of New York
Pilot Given Jinx Plane
Miltion Reynolds in Honolulu handed his converted Liberator bomber worth 125000 to pilot Bill Odom with no strings attached. Reynolds described his China escapade as Hollywood stuff after fleeing Shanghai without a passport and leaving scientists behind. Peiping papers labeled the expedition a publicity stunt.
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Honolulu
Milton Reynolds
Bill Odom
Chicago
China
Shanghai
Reynolds
Odom
San Francisco
Hollywood
Weather update for Southeast Idaho Friday
Intermittent rain is expected in Southeast Idaho on Friday with warmer conditions. Low temperatures around 35 degrees, high temperatures between 48 and 68 degrees.
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Idaho
Miner Takes Three Lives in Fairmont Shooting
In Fairmont West Virginia a 45 year old coal miner Ernie Lee Yost died in hospital after fatally shooting his wife Nellie Marie Yost and attorney Tucker Moroose in the lawyer's office during a conference. Coroner D E Kidd said Yost fired a bullet into his head after the murders.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Ernie Lee Yost
D. E. Kidd
Nellie Marie Yost
Tucker Moroose
Yost Burns Home Then Kills Wife and Lawyer
A confrontation ends in arson and murder when a man named Yost set fire to his home by arranging alarm clocks to trigger a short circuit and ignite oil soaked refuse. He then killed his wife and her lawyer with three shots, reloaded his revolver, and shot himself as city firefighters contained the blaze.
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Tin
Yost
Measles Epidemic Tops Shanghai Death Toll
Shanghai reports 405 infant deaths and 26 adult deaths in early April as measles, disease, starvation and cold drive a annual toll reaching 7,307 for the first quarter. The bulk, 6,957, are children amid harsh conditions.
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Shanghai
Bureau of Reclamation to Recruit Student Engineers
The bureau will survey northwest schools to hire engineering students for Columbia Basin projects. Victor Rushfeldt, personnel director, said a school-to-school campaign will offer full or part time work and target 350 to 400 recruits.
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Boise
Bureau of Reclamation
Northwest
Columbia Basin
Victor Rushfeldt
Soviet Terms Report By British Blamed In Berlin Crash
Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky blamed a British traffic violation for a collision over Berlin that killed 15 people. He rejected a four power crash inquiry and pressed for a Soviet British commission while calling the British account slander. Robertson planned an immediate response.
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Berlin
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky
Brian Robertson
Tageliche Rundschau
Robertson
Duesseldorf
Italy Faces Red Veto On UN Membership Fight
Russia likely to veto Italy, Finland, and other ex enemy states as UK US push for Italy and Finland admission. Burma appears strongest candidate among dozen applicants while Finland signs mutual aid pact with the Soviet Union. Andrei Gromyko reiterates bloc acceptance or none, despite U S support for Italy’s entry.
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New York
Italy
United Nations
Finland
U. N
Soviet Union
Burma
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
United States
Security Council
U.S
Gromyko
Storms Fatal To Four
Four people were killed and many injured as tornadoes struck Illinois and Indiana yesterday. The Calumet city area near Chicago and Gary Hammond Indiana suffered the heaviest damage with thousands of dollars in losses. Tornadic winds tore through rural northern and central Illinois and northwestern Indiana, damaging homes and businesses and disrupting communications.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Indiana
Calumet City
Gary-Hammond
Ind
Dllinois
Nevada teen wins western sectional speaking contest
Sixteen-year-old Edward G. Marshall of Las Vegas Nev won the American Legion western sectional speaking contest and heads to Savannah Ga for the national finals Monday. He edged regional rivals William Watts of Twin Falls Idaho and Gordon Benesh of Cheyenne Wyo after a two ballot decision by five judges.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Edward G. Marshall
Las Vegas
Nev
American Legion
Savannah
Marshall
William Watts
Twin Falls
Idaho
Gordon Benesh
Cheyenne
Wyo
Farmers Co-ops Form In Boise And Grace
Boise and Grace farmers co operatives filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. The Grace group formed Farmers Co-Op Supply, Inc. with 75000 dollars led by Ralph Harrison Simpson Roper Elvin Hubbard Lowell Hansen and Roy Rigby of Grace. Idaho Poultry Council of Boise was incorporated by Marshall Keyes Charles Ziebarth of Idaho Falls and others.
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Boise
Grace
Secretary of State
Farmers Co-Op Supply, Inc
Ralph Harrison
Simpson Roper
Elvin Hubbard
Lowell Hansen
Roy Rigby
Idaho Poultry Council of Boise
Marshall Keyes
Charles Ziebarth
Idaho Falls
Water shortage threatens Jerusalem amid fighting and siege
Jerusalem faces a severe water crisis as one source is interrupted and Ain Farah springs lack fuel for pumps. A 50-truck Jewish convoy escorted by Haganah brings food while Arabs press attacks on Kastel village and border fighting continues near the Jordan headwaters.
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Richard Graves
Ras el Ein
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Ain Farah Springs
Haganah
Kastel
Palestine
United Nations
Jordan
Taylor Warns Of Police State In Senate Debate
Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho charged in a one hour speech that his brother Paul Taylor faces FBI and committee investigations merely for being his kin. He warned the nation is headed for fascism and criticized the probes as unwarranted.
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Washington
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Senate
Taylor
Paul
California
FBI
House
American Activities Committee
Tenney Committee
Callifornia
Henry A. Wallace
Idahoan
Coal Strike Violence Flares As Idle Total 562,000
The 25th day of the soft coal shutdown sees 562000 idle workers including nearly 6000 in Utah. A Barbour county West Virginia mine operator Hop Williams is beaten by roving pickets after refusing to close his non union mine. John L. Lewis faces court contempt penalties as the government moves toward a possible new contempt trial Monday.
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Lewis
Pittsburgh
Utah
Barbour County
West Virginia
Hop Williams
Junior
Mem
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsborough
Union
Supreme Court
Goldsborough
UMW
Farm Prices Rise In Idaho After February Dip
Boise report shows the Idaho index of prices received by farmers regained nearly five points by March 15 after a 32 point drop on February 15. The federal measure remained 27 points below the January 15 all-time high of 311. Grain, some meat animals, hay and potatoes boosted the gain while the all crop index rose 17 points and the livestock index fell 10 points from mid February.
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Boise
Idaho
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Reds Lose Ground in Italian Elections
Rome observers report that the Communist campaign in Italy ahead of the April 18 parliamentary elections is faltering. An American political expert notes a strong anti Communist drive and cites the Trieste issue as a pivotal moment, predicting a late propaganda push by the Communists.
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Rome
Italy
Trieste
League fights predatory interests at Izaak Walton convention
At the Izaak Walton league 26th annual convention in Chicago Kenneth A. Reid says the program will address the dust bowl grazing and forest lands. He blasts suitcases from grain markets and groups like the American National Livestock Association and National Wool Growers as predatory. He warns of a western dust bowl and says 14 000 carloads of silt flow into Lake Mead daily from over grazed lands as prairie and watershed are eroded.
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Chicago
Izaak Walton League
Kenneth A. Reid
League
American National Livestock Association
National Wool Growerstation
National Wool Growerstation, A Sheepmen’s Organization
Reid
Free Enterprise
Lake Mead
Los Angeles
Denver
Salt Lake City
Rocky Mountain
Dewey Taft Stassen Clash Looms In Nebraska Test
Wisconsin’s win for Harold Stassen jolts the Republican race as Nebraska’s primary looms. Dewey, Taft and Stassen vie for delegates with Dewey holding 108 of 305, Stassen 46, Vandenberg 41, in a field where 102 of 1,094 delegates are uncommitted and 548 are needed for nomination. New York and New Hampshire add to Dewey totals, while Oklahoma grants two more.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Cornhusker
Thomas E. Dewey
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Dewey
MacArthur
New Yorker
Oklahoma
New York
New Hampshire
Vandenberg
Michigan
U S Seeks More Oil From Latin America At Pan American Meet
U S officials in Bogota say America aims to deepen oil ties with Latin American nations to ease a global shortage. They favor an economic agreement at the Pan American conference to make Latin America a leading supplier. Mexico Venezuela and Colombia are current top producers.
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Bogota
Colombia
United States
Latin America
U.S
Middle East
Mexico
Venezuela
U. S
Rotary Elects Pocatello Officers At Luncheon
At a luncheon today the Pocatello Rotary club elected Mal T. Denton as president Carrol Petersen as vice president Rae P. Stratford as secretary treasurer and Harry Yearsley Ed Dufford and Harold Ory as board members The new officers will be installed in July Stratford continues as secretary The new board includes the three elected today the retiring president L C Johnson and Stratford
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Pocatello Rotary Club
Mal T. Denton
Carrol Petersen
Rae P. Stratford
Harry Yearsley
Ed Dufford
Harold Ory
Stratford
L. C. Johnson
Western Bid for Hungry Horse Dam Won By Shea Morrison Firms
Columbia Falls Mont April 4 The General Shea Morrison company has submitted the low bid of 43431000 for construction of the Hungry Horse dam to be the world s fourth largest. The dam will be built on the south fork of the Flathead river in northwestern Montana. The bid is a collaboration of 12 Western construction companies.
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Columbia Falls
Mont
General Shea-Morrison Company
Flatheau River
Montana
Rotary Club Elects Mal T Deaton President
At a luncheon today the Pocatello Rotary Club elected Mal T Deaton unanimously as club president to succeed L C Johnson whose term expires this summer. Deaton is a prominent accountant and past vice president of the club and has led civic efforts including service as a former chamber of commerce president.
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Pocatello Rotary Club
L. C. Johnson
Mal T. Deaton
Deaton
Chamber of Commerce
Varga Admits Being in Murder Area
ElkoNevada 4 District Attorney A L Puccinelli says Laszlo Varga 19 admitted he was in Wells Nevada the day Mrs Billee Morning a minister s wife was killed He denies knowledge of the March 22 death He is named on a murder warrant in Morning s death Puccinelli says Varga s story about checks signed by Morning was garbled He allegedly cashed one after hitchhiking with a truck driver Also held in California jails after arrest and awaits case histories before a preliminary hearing He came to the United States Sept 30 1942
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Morning
Elko
Puccinelli
Varga
California
Petaluma
Sacramento
Santa Rosa
Calif
Nevada
Truman asks congress for 725 million defense air forces expansion
President Truman urged an immediate appropriation of 725 million dollars to expand the air forces for the next fiscal year. The House committee planned a special meeting to consider the request and report a bill next week. The funds include 195 million in cash and 530 million in later contract authorizations.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
House
Army Air Force
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Senate
Editor Victim of Attack in Joliet Illinois
William R. McCabe a 65 year old former Will County state s attorney and publisher of the Spectator was found unconscious with a fractured skull multiple limb injuries near his farm east of Lockport. He spoke of being attacked while fighting a corrupt political setup and was a candidate for Joliet precinct committeeman against Alfred E. Schupp.
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Joliet
Ill
William R. McCabe
Will County
Lockport
McCabe
Amelia Zelko
St. Joseph’ Hospital
Frank J. Schmelik
Spectator
Alfred E. Schupp
Rail Groups Meet Again In Wage Talk
CHICAGO four railroad representatives and three operating brotherhoods will meet next Wednesday to continue wage dispute talks. The unions seek a 30 percent raise and will negotiate until April 27, after which a strike date could be set under the Railway Labor Act. About 140000 workers would be affected. The three brotherhoods declared labor management relations in the railroad industry in grave peril.
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Chicago
Firmen
Coach Jensen Struck by Pitch Injures Face at Practice
Pocatello high school players hit a ball that struck coach Jay Jensen in the face during Wednesday practice. Jensen suffered a cracked maxillary bone, black eye and swollen face and was treated at Anthony hospital by Dr. C. W. Pond and Dr. W. W. Brothers. He may not return to school before Monday.
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Jay Jensen
Pocatello High School
Jensen
St. Anthony Hospital
C, W, Pond
W, W, Brothers
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