Reds Sweep Over China Cities as Opposition Collapses
Nanking reports wholesale desertions to the Communists as Reds advance through the South Yangtze ports. Acting leaders flee toward Hangchow while Chiang Kai-Shek may be recalled. Key cities near the Yangtze fall, with Red forces reportedly crossing the river in boats and fires burning in Pukow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Yangtze Valley
Li Tsung-Jen
Ho Ying-Chin
Pai Chune-Hsi
Central Front
Hangchow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Yangtze
Kiangyin
Kweichih
Wuhu
Here
Anking
Hanechow
Shanghai
Red Radio
Pukow
Cires Abe
U S. Warns Americans to Flee Nanking as Communists Advance
U S ambassador J Leighton Stuart planned no escape from Nanking while communists pushed east toward Shanghai. The State Department said about 200 Americans were attached to the embassy and eighty seven remained in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Canton
U. S
J. Leighton Stuart
Nanking
State Department
Washington
City council faced with demand for definite date on East Center street obstruction
Phillips pressed the city council to fix a definite removal date for a gravel pit and obstructions on East Center street. Wendell Marshall of College Heights development urged a firm council deadline while L E Reid defended his rock crusher operations on his own property. Councilman J P Halliwell suggested caution as the dispute continued.
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East Center Street
West Side
Wendell Marshall
Rollin Smith
College Heights
Marshall
L. E. Reid
Utah Traffic Toll Rises to Thirty One This Year
Utah’s traffic deaths climbed to 31 for the year with three more fatalities reported yesterday and today. The latest victim was Louis Batt aedt of Salt Lake City, who died from injuries in a two car crash last Wednesday.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Louis Ballttaedt
Carson City
Nev
David Blackwell
Nevada Penitentiary
Weather summary for Pocatello area this week
The month shows a mean temperature near 47 degrees with fair to high readings likely. Sun sets at 7 20 PM and rises at 5 37 AM with scattered clouds after a run of cloudiness and a low tonight between 40 and 45 degrees.
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Pocatello
Laho Falls
Angeles
York Ee
St Lakes City
Francisco
Attle
Ashington
Yellowstone
Idaho Farmers Threaten Potato Price Support Push
Idaho farmers plan 152000 acres of potatoes this year versus a 139000 acre state goal. Ben Jansen says the 1949 price for No 1 and No 2 potatoes starts at 1.40 per hundredweight from July to October, with marketing charges about 0.65 leaving about 0.15 to growers. A surplus could pressure tighter regulations and a cut in parity prices to 60 cents or less.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Ben Jansen
County Agricultural Conservation Association
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Jansen
Sheriff Seeks Man For Alleged 22 Store Theft
McCammon resident Don A Baker is sought by the county sheriff for allegedly stealing 22 dollars from M Henson’s Lava Hot Springs store while the owner’s back was turned. Baker, about 23, 175 pounds, 6 feet 1 inch, wore an army style shirt and light brown trousers.
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McCammon
Sheriff's Office
M. Henson
Lava Hot Springs
Don 8
Baker
Truman Repeats Demand For Medical Insurance
President Truman urged Congress to pass compulsory medical insurance as part of a national health plan. He proposed government financing of medical care through taxes, expansion of medical schools, new hospital construction, and expanded public health programs amid opposition from the AMA and labor groups. The message signals a clash over entitlement and federal involvement in health care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol Hall
American Medical Association
AMA
Boiler Blast Rocks Basin Oil Plant in Inglewood
A boiler explosion at Basin Oil storage tank farm in Inglewood CA triggered multiple blasts and a ruptured gas main. Firefighters shut the gas line to stop the blaze as flames leaped skyward and power lines fell. no tanks burned. The boiler was hurled about 100 yards and minor damage occurred to a car and fences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inglewood
Calif
Los Angeles
Basin Oil Company
Want-Ad Week Special in Classified Page
Classified page advertises International 36 piece sterling silver set with phone 3272-1 and address 436 North 9th Ave as today’s want-ad week special. Also notes ability to sell stored furniture by calling 123 for Tribune Want-Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International
North 9Th Ave
Tribune
Slain Opera Singer John Garris Found in Atlanta Alley
Atlanta police investigate the murder of 35 year old Metropolitan Opera tenor John Garris. Detectives seek motive timing and location with clues fading. Garris was found with a heart wound in a dreary alley after ties to Memphis and a YMCA hotel contact.
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Atlanta
John Garris
Metropolitan Opera
Hildebrand
Metropolitan Opera Group
Memphis
M. M. Coppenger
Terminal Railroad Station
Garris
YMCA
Opera Company
New York City
Government Paying Millions To Help Potato Growers
The report shows average payments over $20,000 to Rhode Island farms for surplus 1948 potatoes sold under price support. Total 1948 costs near 200 million dollars, with 28,444 commercial potato growers eligible and average payments of 5,457 dollars up to February 28 for unsold market potatoes. Brannan criticizes the current method and urges a new farm plan before Congress to reduce public cost and waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Rhode Island
Congress
City Refuses Action on Slot Machine Issue
Riley Dixon of the Allied Civic Forces urge a special election on the slot machine question. The council notes state law timing and a 1200 dollar cost, and plans to have the next administration decide. Attorneys warn petitions may need re-signing if action is delayed. Council adjourns without resolution.
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Riley Dixon
Repeal Committee
Allied Civic Forces
Reform League
George R. Phillips
Dixon
Milton Zener
Eminel
Zener
Concensus
Utah Men Hit Jackpot But Land in Jail
Two Utah men were arrested in Downey for robbing a 50-cent slot machine by drilling a hole and using a wire to trigger the jackpot. Wayne J. Hilbert 27 from Salt Lake City and M. L. Broadwater 48, a Salt Lake truckman, are in county jail. They face robbery charges and will be heard in Downey before possible bail or return to Bannock county for trial.
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Utah
Downey
Alma Marley
James L. Johnson
Wayne J. Hilbert
Salt Lake City
M. L. Broadwater
Salt Lake
J. 8. Hyde
Ronald L. Thomas
Bannock County
Legion Continues Carnival Tonight
The American Legion post No. 4 sponsors the Gay Nineties carnival for a second night at 7:30 in the Legion club. Ben Bailey chairs the event which drew a large crowd for bodths and dancing. The carnival runs until midnight. A parade closes the three day run Saturday at 4 p.m. followed by a 7:30 p.m. carnival. Guests are asked to wear western attire.
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American Legion Post No. 4
Legion Club
Ben Bailey
The
Legion
Halsey and Stowell to Answer Tribune Questions
The Tribune asked Mayoral candidates W. W. Halsey and Grant L. Stowell twenty pertinent questions to inform voters. Their replies will appear in next Sunday's Tribune, guiding readers on qualifications and future plans. Readers urged not to miss the edition.
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Halsey
Stowell
Tribune
the Tribune
Messrs. W. W. Halsey
Grant L. Stowell
Pocatello Tribune
Road Studies Under Way In Plant Area
Boise, Idaho. Edward Woozley says AEC representatives studied how backwaters of American Falls reservoir affect roads between Pocatello and the proposed atomic reactor site. He and Rep. John Sanborn flew over the area with Leonard E. Johnston and other ABC officials to inspect roads and desert routes to the test site.
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Boise
Edward Woozley
Atomic Energy Commission
American Falls
Pocatello
Woozley
John Sanborn
Idaho
Leonard E. Johnston
ABC
Blackfoot
AEC
Ibrifwes
Arco-Pocatello
Idaho Falls
ARCO
Roger Warner
Bion Philipson
Naval Gunnery Range
Johnston
Washington
Long Range Housing Bill Advances Through Senate Vote
The housing measure authorizing a vast slum clearance program and 810000 public housing units over six years passed the Senate 57 to 13 just before midnight. It also funds a 275 million farm housing program and a research drive to cut construction costs. etc
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Amethyst trapped by Communist guns as toll rises
The Amethyst remains pinned by red artillery on the Yangtze with 44 British dead and about 82 wounded as other ships including the London Consolidated and Black Swan suffer shell damage. USS Repose ferries hospital facilities to Shanghai amid ongoing river battles. The Constance and Belfast may join the operation from Hong Kong and a night escape is considered.
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Shanghal
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Singapore
Cape Amethyst
Tsingtao
London
Conesort
Black Swan
Yangtze
Constance
Hong Kong
Belfast
High School Musicians Arrive for Idaho Festival
The fifth district music festival opens on the Idaho State college campus with 178 vocal and instrumental soloists and 35 ensembles competing for ratings. About 1,400 musicians from 18 southern Idaho towns are expected to attend by Saturday. Bands, choirs, and glee clubs perform Saturday. a downtown parade at 4 p.m. is planned with American Legion Post No. 4. Judges include Reneald Gregory Richard Condie Kenneth Hartz ier Delores K. McDonald and Wesley M. Harris.
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Idaho State College
R. P. Goraneson
Idaho
Pocatello
Frazier Hall
McCammon
Snake River
Aberdeen
American Falls
West Side
Georgetown
Downey
Rockland
Malad
Preston
Blackfoot
Masons Schedule Sixth District Meet for Tonight
Tonight at 6:30 the Sixth District meeting of Masonic lodges opens in the Pocatello Masonic temple with dinner. W. W. Halsey, worshipful master of Keystone lodge No. 81 AF&AM, announced. Masters and representatives from Pocatello Portneuf lodge American Falls Montpelier Soda Springs and Malad lodges expected.
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Pocatello Masonic Temple
W. W. Halsey
Keystone Lodge No. 81
Af&am
Pocatello Portneuf Lodge
American Falls
Montpelier
Soda Springs
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Phillips
Reid
Arvil
J. P. Halliwell
SPUR
Spurs
Ruth Bilyeu
Pullman
Wash
Miss Bilyeu
ISC
Delia Epsilon Kappa
Mary Ruth Knowlton
Mary Jane Lacey
Jielen Oelwein
Elaine Stavros
Marian Clark
Phyllis Earle
Kay Clark
Carol Cunningham
Joyce Burnham
Miriam King
Greta Bryce
Betty Jean Coons
Staff Pho‘o
Blackwell
Tacoma, Wash
Reno
LeRoy H. Geach
Allen Glass
Eugene Cowan
Cowan
Black
Well
Richard Petty
KE. J. Hildebrand
Caldwell
Elizabeth Lacey
Lacey
Vivian Ashdown
Ashdown
Britain
Masons
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