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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1946
Page
1
Widespread meatless diets persist as government battles illegal meat dealing and supply hoarding. Stores report limited choices with fowl and cold cuts among scarce items while conditions resemble wartime shortages. contrasts appear in Idaho and Utah where officials note nonshortage rumors yet black market activity grows.
Armed volunteers and members of the CIO miners union helped end three days of unrest in Butte Montana as Sheriff Al McLeod planned 100 extra deputies. Legions members aided efforts while CIO representatives watched for threats to nonstriking homes.
In Lincoln high school a teen revue performance of Salome caused rumor of Beverly Cort's expulsion after 16 year old Beverly wore abbreviated shorts and a bathing suit top. Principal Walter Bradley denied expulsion and urged class return with a delegation to the board. Sponsor Mrs. Stella Koski protested the skit as adult in nature.
Officer John Perkins cites a hardware shortage in Pocatello after Postmaster John Trimming reports brass handles on the post office north door were neatly unscrewed during the night. No damage to the door occurred, but officials warn further incidents could force night lockups.
A Chinese government dispatch says Communist troops breached Changchun after night attacks. The garrison of Changchun is believed to remain clinging to parts of the city with about 1,000 regulars defending, while estimates put Communist forces at around 40,000 surrounding the capital. The nearby U.S. equipped First Army at Szepingkai faces days of resistance. its arrival could determine the turn of the battle.
A $333 million appropriation for war department civil functions mainly navigation and flood control moves toward final action. The conference committee settled at a middle figure between House $286 million and Senate $360 million, aiming for $337 million for the year beginning July 1.
An 18 year old Holyoke girl Helen Stavron was held on $10 000 bail after she allegedly slashed a flyer with a razor and burned her with cigarette butts. Second Lt Thomas Farrell 24 a distinguished flying cross recipient was charged with rape assault and battery with cigarettes indecent assault and battery and committing an unnatural act.
In Jasper Missouri Roy R. Boucher and Clarencé Brown spent a day at Grand Lake Oklahoma without luck catching fish. A neighbor, Mrs Eli W Scott, showed two sizable catfish she reeled from a nearby creek on Boucher's property within 100 feet of their location.
Madrid radio warned that Russia plans to invade Spain as Franco officials awaited replies from five friendly nations invited to probe charges Spain threatens world peace. Oscar Lange cited a hidden Franco French accord, while Paris denied any secret pact.
B P Manley of Salt Lake City told 135 delegates at the Idaho Coal Dealers association convention that the west will face a severe coal shortfall next winter if the strike continues. He warned Utah alone could be 500000 tons short and criticized John L. Lewis for harming the industry. Kay Johnson of Boise noted rising freight costs reflect westward population growth.
Anti submarine devices used with secrecy in wartime helped locate schools of sardines off the California coast. State fish and game officials and the U S interior department employed the purse seiner Pearl Harbor in sonar experiments during sardine hunts. The San Francisco Sardine Association reported the ship would sail under sealed orders with fish experts aboard after evidence of prior detections.
Edward W. Clark, 74, banker and Democratic national committeeman who led southern Nevada politics, died last week in Las Vegas. Clark served as a longtime party organizer and figure in local political circles.
Washington officials analyze the proposed 25 percent railway freight rate hike to gauge potential living cost impact. The railroads seek ICC approval for the increase effective May 15 and to keep passenger fares 10 percent higher, citing wage hikes, higher material costs, and reduced traffic as key factors.
Forty five female prisoners at the Manitoba provincial jail for women staged a 30 hour demonstration against guards over food. Police failed to break the barricades with tear gas as inmates roamed the three story building shouting for the attorney general and singing.
Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles warned before the Senate Banking Committee that letting government food subsidies lapse on July 1 could trigger a second round of wage increases. He testified on extending price controls and subsidies a year beyond June 30, while House debates similar measures. Bowles said any coal price rise from a strike settlement would follow wage stabilization rules with no roundabout methods.
John Boyle and his wife Della Grennan Boyle welcome a third set of twins, Kevin and Helen Ann, born at Presbyterian hospital. The Boyles already have two other children, and John works as an oiler with the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission. Twins run in four families, he says.
The Office of Price Administration approved a half cent per pound rise in sugar for jam jelly apple butter and fruit preserves to cover higher sugar costs. Retail prices may rise slightly with jams and jellies in one pound jars up about one cent. Producers face about a 1.5 to 2 percent processing cost increase.
Long Beach report unveils Elsie the Cobra Woman as Alexander Marks a shipyard worker and alleged third husband. Autopsy confirms male identity after death from rattlesnake bite during Pike show. Marks recalled her early life and claimed family name Nadir born in India.
Twenty gold mine operators from South Dakota to California met in San Francisco and urged the U S treasury to allow the shipment of newly mined gold abroad so U S producers can exploit higher world prices. Albert Knorp of the American Mining Congress argued Egypt Turkey Chile and Brazil offer $43 to $120 an ounce while the treasury pays $35. He noted $85 million of U S gold was exported in 1944 for art fabrication and warned treasury pricing could cripple mining.
The Gilberts from Augusta Missouri end a six month boxcar trek to California by moving their nine pure blood cows and two calves to the Belle dairy in Escondido. The herd grew with Gypsy Rose Lee born at Merced and Escondido born yesterday. Railroad demurrage would begin on the boxcar today as the family joins Belle field under the current arrangement.
The Coast Guard says all enlisted reserves and regulars serving under involuntary discharge status are eligible for discharge on May 2.
The United Nations Security Council postponed action on Russia’s proposal to drop the Russian Iranian case and adjourned until tomorrow. Three delegates demanded immediate consideration of Poland’s charges against Franco Spain as Dr. Quo Tai chi, the chairman, announced a 1 p.m. Mountain Standard Time meeting for the next session. France, Russia and Poland joined in the request.
Senator Johnson accuses the War Department of confusion after the House passed a draft extension with a nine month extension beyond May 15 and a halt on inductions until October 15. He calls the department arrogant and says Congress seeks a six week July 1 extension as the Senate seeks a way out of the muddle.
President Truman threw out the first ball to start the 1946 season at Griffith Stadium. He attended after lunching with senators, greeting 28 wounded soldiers from Newton D. Baker hospital in Martinsburg, and then watched the Barons, Red Sox, and Washington Senators game. In New York Mel Ott opened his 21st season with a homer, followed by Ernie Lombardi, as the Giants led the Phillies 4 0 after one inning.
Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Memorial building to hear a discussion on the sale of surplus property at Boise. Any veteran seeking information on available items is invited to attend.
Idaho High School Athletic Association ballots on five proposed constitutional amendments were mailed by secretary E F Grider. A Boise meeting on April 26 will count votes. Proposals include allowing high schools to face college freshmen in most sports, starting football training earlier, eligibility by past grades, lowering ineligibility age, and requiring a physician's certificate of fitness for competition.
Residents south of Pocatello dyked land to stem rising Portneuf River waters. Dyking began as floodwaters crept into yards fields and pits. Bannock county commissioners warned of another flood season before surveys by army engineers for a federal flood control project slated for 1947.
The Civilian Production Administration said it halted more than 3000 construction jobs begun in violation of the three week old building limit order. Morris Verner, CPA compliance chief, said builders were notified not to resume work without explicit authorization.
Fifteen nonoperating railroad brotherhoods filed notices seeking an additional 14 cent hourly raise for more than one million employees on 130 carriers. The group notes that about 1.05 million workers plus 200 thousand from operating unions already received a 16 cent raise on April 3 through government arbitration.
The article discusses ongoing negotiations between England and India over Indian independence. It notes restricted visibility in New York due to UN Security Council activity as preliminary developments unfold alongside the diplomacy surrounding the decolonization talks.
The article notes Nehru warning that rulers of small Indian states must lose their golden thrones amid parleys on Indian sovereignty. It stresses the issue as a major problem to be solved and highlights Nehru's authority and influence within the Mahatma and the Congress as guiding the position.
The annual school tax election opens today and runs to 7 p.m. Voters in four districts decide on a 17 mill levy for next year. George N. Green, superintendent, urges residents to approve nine additional mills beyond the eight already allowed.
Filipino farmer Nicholas Capacillo testified at Lt. Gen. Takeshi Kono’s trial on Panay Island crimes. He described Japanese soldiers crucifying Buenvenido Azuelo and beheading 13 others, with witnesses detailing spikes driven through wrists and brutal decapitations.
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