Naval Chiefs Silent After Truman Attacks Merger Opponents
President Truman bluntly accused naval officers and others of propaganda and lobbying against the armed forces merger. Secretary Forrestal and Fleet Adm. Nimitz offered no comment as speculation grew on resignations or retirement, while top aides and officers held quiet in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
de Ent
Truman
Newa Ee
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Naval Operations
War Departments
Navy Department
Navy Headquarters
Uniformed High Command
White House
Navy High Command
Harold L. Ickes
Edwin W. Paul
Exile Reports Large Franco Army at French Frontier
Exiled Spanish Republican leader Dr. Fernando de Los Rios said Franco has about 450,000 troops massed on the French border and warned of an aggressive plan against France. He arrived as Spain's observer at the UN Security Council sessions amid Poland’s charges that Franco harbors German scientists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Spain
United Nations Security Council
Franco
Fernando de Los Rios
University of Madrid
Washington
France
de Los Rios
Paris
Security Council
Council
Poland
Truman
Idaho to Get Farm Help
Idaho received the largest share of prisoners of war for farm work this year with 4500 German POWs allotted to the state. Col. Buie announced the western states conference, noting 14100 POWs in the ninth service command areas and urging greater domestic labor to supplement foreign workers as food production remains vital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Idaho
Wilson R. Bule
Department of Agriculture
Ninth Service
California
Montana
Utah
Oregon
Washington
Buie
New Acid Ointment Cares for Burns
Doctors Albert M. Mattocks and Wilbur A. Lazier report a dry powder ointment that relieves second degree burns by removing dead skin without pain or surgery. The jelly like preparation becomes a water activated acid ointment cleansing the burn without damaging living tissue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
American Chemical Society
Albert M. Mattocks
Wilbur A. Lazier
Sothern Research Institute
Birmingham
Ala
Yale University
House Starts Draft Talks On Nine Month Extension
Lawmakers debated extending the draft for nine months beyond May 15. Rep. Hoffman questioned timing while Rep. May pushed ahead with remarks and proposed an age 20 induction ban. Senate confirmed tax court judges and paid tribute to Franklin D. Roosevelt on the anniversary of his death.
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Washington
House
Rep
Hoffman
R-Mich
May
D-Ky
Military Committee
Senate
Luther A. Johnson
Texas
United States Tax Court
Bolon B. Turner
Arkansas
J. Russell Leech
Pennsylvania
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mundt
R-S.dak
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Public Health Service
Congress
Idaho Miners To Strike in Coeur d'Alenes District
George Knott of the CIO Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers says a strike date is set in the Coeur d'Alenes area but not disclosed. Wage talks involve 27 mining companies with a 30 percent demand. Sullivan zinc plant and Bunker Hill smelter will halt processing Star mine ore at 4 p.m. today as ore remains on the hot cargo list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
George Knott
CIO
Coeur d’Alenes
Sullivan Zinc
Bunker Hill
Star Mine
Knot
Bread Prices Seen Rising After Flour Cut
Faris R. Russell, chairman of Ward Baking Co., warned at the annual stockholders meeting that a 25 percent cut in bakers flour use will reduce business for about 20 000 small bakers. He said they must raise prices to survive as the flour supply tightens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Faris R. Russell
Ward Baking Co
Russell
Japs Re elect 33 Members Of Tojo Diet
Tokyo reports final returns show 33 former Tojo era lawmakers reelected and 40 more returning to the House of Representatives as conservative forces appear to command a majority. Liberal party strength wanes while Social Democrats gain surprising footing and coalitions form among conservatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tojo
Tokyo
House of Representatives
Liberal Party
Progressives
Social Democrats
Cut in Taxes Doubtful After Truman Budget Outlook
President Truman signaled possible tax cuts but House Ways and Means Chairman Doughton warned reductions this year are unlikely. Truman revised deficits to about 21.7 billion dollars for the year with receipts 4.3 billion higher and expenses 2.6 billion lower, forecasting total expenditures near 64.7 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Doughton
D-N. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Truman Signs Veterans Housing Bill for 253 Million
President Truman signed a law approving 253,727,000 for veterans housing. The funds will help provide about 100,000 dwellings for war veterans, with most homes converted from existing service barracks. A similar number of temporary homes was authorized earlier.
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Washington
Truman
Birthday salutes for Taylor Magnuson and Savage noted
Three western lawmakers will celebrate birthdays today with dinner at the Savage home. Senator Taylor of Idaho turns 42, Senator Magnuson of Washington 41, and Representative Savage of Washington 40. A toast to Franklin D. Roosevelt will open the events. Taylor, born in Portland during a visit, serves his second Senate year.
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Washington
Sen
Taylor
Idaho
Magnuson
D-Wash
Rep
Savage
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Portland
Ore
Senate
Officials Rail Trespass On Federal Range At Idaho Meeting
C L Forsling of Salt Lake City urged tighter control of trespass on federal range as Idaho cattlemen discuss freight rates and long term development. Gov Arnold Williams called for lower freight rates to connect cattle to markets, urging state support for better movement of livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Cattlemen’s Association
C. L. Forsling
Salt Lake City
Interior Department
Grazing Service
Arnold Williams
Inquiry delayed in Elko over Western Pacific wreck
An inquiry into the Western Pacific train wreck near Pilot, Nevada, was recessed pending engineer Bert Kreis of Salt Lake City’s recovery. The Exposition Flier derailed killing two and injuring 77, with ten cars and the locomotive damaged. Kreis was treated in Elko hospital.
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Elko
Nev
Western Pacific Railroad
Bert Kreis
Salt Lake City
Exposition
Kreis
Pilot
J. J. Duggan
Elevator death at Salt Lake City storage plant
Jered Widmer, 31, a World War II veteran and Army civilian employee, was crushed to death yesterday in an accident at the quartermaster cold storage plant at 368 West First South Street. Fellow workers heard his scream and found him between the freight elevator floor and the first floor ceiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Quartermaster
West First South Street
Ninth Service Command
Jered Widmer
Widmer
Truman Dedicates Shrine Vows to Battle Tyranny
The article notes Truman dedicating a shrine and pledging to fight tyranny. It then covers the first day of county office peti tions for the upcoming primary election with early filers including Willard Lund Republican probate judge James F Condie Republican sheriff candidate John E Marshall Democrat sheriff candidate Alma Marley Democratic sheriff candidate Roy T Hale Democrat county commissioner first district Hale a longtime McCammon resident and former county commissioner board member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Lund
Alma Marley
Mr. Marley
James F. Condie
RFD 1
John E. Marshall
Roy T. Hale
McCammon
Mr. Hale
Pocatello
Board of County Commissioners
Nylon Stocks Year Away
Washington report cites DuPont official Warren A. Beh telling a Senate committee that nylon production for hosiery will be limited through next year. He notes a new plant may start in February and full supply likely by late next year amid ongoing material shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Warren A. Beh
U. S
Beh
DuPont Company
Senate
DuPont
Sen. Taylor
Idaho
Chinese Reds Defend Szepingkai in Six Day Battle
Chinese forces defend the rail junction Szepingkai in Manchuria as Lt. Gen. Liang Hwa-Sheng states a government drive to northern Manchuria, aiming to seize Szepingkai and reach Changchun within about a week. Communist truce enforcement members are held under guard amid widening political rifts. The city lies about 50 miles south of Szepingkal, ringed by Communists with barbed wire and machine guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiyuan
Manchuria
Szepingkai
Liang Hwa-Sheng
Liang
Changchun
Manchurian
Szepingkal
Writer Returns to Salt Lake City on Home Leave
Marlin Spencer, AP war correspondent from Pearl Harbor to Japan's surrender and former Tokyo bureau chief, arrives tonight with Mrs. Spencer for a home leave. He began with the AP in 1937 in East Lake City and was aboard the Missouri in Tokyo Bay for the surrender signing. He will speak at the Idaho Utah AP meeting Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Marlin Spencer
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Tokyo
West Gains Market In Expansion
Boise reports at the Idaho Cattlemen’s convention that livestock markets are shifting westward, reducing shipping costs but raising grower responsibilities. John T. Caine of Denver warns against assuming high prices will persist as 9.63 billion head of U S livestock remain. Earle G Reed of Union Pacific cites wage boosts and higher future freight costs, forecasting centralized shipping for marketing.
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Boise
West Coast
Northwest
John T. Caine
Denver
National Western Stock Show
Idaho Cattlemen's Association
Caine
United States
Earle G. Reed
Omaha
Nebr
Union Pacific Railroad Co
Union Pacific
Reed
Kaltenbrunner Defends Signature Under Fire at Nuremberg
Ernst Kaltenbrunner complained of constant insults from a U S prosecutor as he denied the authenticity of his signature on a Vienna letter about moving Jews to labor and death camps. He cited personal insults and said his defense was hampered by limited witness confrontation.
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Kaltenbrunner
International Military Tribunal
Collision injures two drivers near Kingston
Edward Mahier of Coeur d'Alene suffered a neck fracture and Don Butler of Seattle incurred a pelvis fracture in an automobile collision near Kingston. State Patrolman Landis E. Smith reported the crash occurred Wednesday night. Butler's wife and two children received bruises.
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Kellogg
Edward Mahier
Coeur d'Alene
Don Butler
Seattle
Kingston
Landis E. Smith
Butler
Jury Fixes Blame in Death on Studio Set
A coroner's jury ruled Edward Gray a 31 year old studio employee who died after a party on a movie set was killed by an accidental fall while intoxicated. Police had initially considered homicide.
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Los Angeles
Edward Gray
Studio
Eastern manufacturers vow to block Geneva steel plant
Assistant Atty. Gen. Wendell Berge told a senate commerce committee that eastern steel makers will use all means to stop the Geneva steel plant near Provo Utah. He said they controlled the western iron and steel market and condemned railroads working with the industry, urging antitrust action to curb rate agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (P
Wendell Berge
Senate
Geneva
Provo
Utah
Berge
Commerce Committee
House
Boy Drowns During Filer Picnic Canoe Capsize
Willis Eslinger, president of the Filer high school junior class, drowned in the Snake River during a class picnic. Classmate Billy Harshbarger swam to shore after their canoe capsized, witnesses said. Efforts to locate the body continued. Eslinger was 12 miles north of Buhl, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Eslinger.
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Buuhs
Willis Eslinger
Filer
Snake River
Warren W. Lowery
Eslinger
Billy Harshbarger
Harshbarger
W. F. Eslinger
Buhl
Pink Rattler Named Grand Canyon Species
In Phoenix, Dr. H. C. Bryant of the Grand Canyon National Park describes a pink rattlesnake discovered in the canyon. He says the vivid pink tone makes it striking and notes the colony hides within red rock strata deep in the gorge.
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Phoenix
Ariz
America
H. C. Bryant
Grand Canyon National Park
Tucson Natural History Society
Truman vows to carry on Roosevelt’s fight at Hyde Park shrine
President Truman, in Hyde Park for the first anniversary of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death, pledges to continue the fight against tyranny abroad and uphold the New Deal principles. He honors Roosevelt’s memory and stresses international cooperation and domestic policy as guiding aims.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt Ase
Mr. Rooseevelt
Republic
Franklin D. Rooseevelt
Mr. Truman
America
Frankelin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Truman Links Domestic Program to New Deal Ideals
The speaker ties his domestic agenda to New Deal legislation and credits Roosevelt with advancing full production and full employment, asserting that principles support health and social programs in national policy.
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Truman
Roosevelt
McFarland Captured Near Knoxville for Washington Extradition
Earl McFarland the nation’s most hunted rape killer was captured near Knoxville by FBI agents. He awaits extradition hearings in Knox County jail under a $100000 bond and faces possible execution in Washington for the 1944 rape slaying of an 18 year old government employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Earl McFarland
Washington
City
FBI
Norman H. McCabe
McFarland
District of Columbia
Joseph D. Medley
Knox County
Medley
Thousands of U S Service Personnel to Arrive at Ports
More than 8,000 service personnel are due today aboard 13 vessels at four American ports. The Henry Gibbons with 465 war brides and children sails for New York, along with Lyons 1,666 and Santa Maria 1,603. Seattle docks host PC 793 and PC 786 plus Marshall Victory 1,435 and Milford Victory 1,451, while San Francisco expects Thurston 1,327 Hayes 326 Refrigerator ship 553 and others. San Diego lists Wiseman 60 and Buckley 83 destroyer escorts.
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New York
Henry Gibbons
U.S
Lyons
Santa Maria
James F. Rhodes
A. A. Christianson
Seatttle
Marshall Victory
San Francisco
Thurston
Hayes
Idahoan's Sister Dies in Salt Lake City Hospital
Mrs Paula Hols McCleary, 51, sister of Mrs Gertrude Winter of Springfield Idaho, died yesterday in a Balt Lane City hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Paula Hols McCleary
Gertrude Winter
Springfield
Idaho
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James Anderson
Chicago
Philip Walsh
Anderson
Capitol Hill
West
Evelyn Caroline Poston
Salisbury
N. C
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Roosevelt Estate
San Diego
Calif
Wiseman
Buckley
Idahoan
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