Allies Indict Tojo and 27 Japanese Leaders for War Crimes
Tokyo dispatch reports Allied authorities indict Hideki Tojo and 27 other Japanese militarists on 55 charges including crimes against peace and humanity. Indictments cover murder, war crimes, and conspiracy with arraignment set for May 3. Leading prosecutor Joseph Keen an outlined three charge categories as the tribunal plans trials under an 11 nation panel.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Rene
Biibvs
Joseph B. Keenan
Keenan
Tojo
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Koki Kirota
Kuniaki Koiso
Osami Nagano
Germans vote as unrest erupts near displaced persons camp
In Diessen Landsberg area American troops blocked roads near the Jewish displaced persons camp after a Sunday election fight left one German dead and 17 wounded. The Christian Social Union won county council seats while unrest flared amid reports of missing guards and feared kidnappings.
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Frankfurt
Diessen
Christian Social Union
Germany
Landsberg
A. C. Glassgold
New York City
UNRRA
Social Democrats
Spain Eyes Franco Referendum as Confidence Test
The nuclear issue center is Franco regime handling at the UN Security Council. Observers detect talk of a plebiscite or census for Spaniards over twenty one to test public mood and perhaps preempt council action. A restoration of the monarchy could be linked to a graceful retirement for Franco if Don Juan concedes. Attlee favors ending the regime, seeking a peaceful transition without civil strife.
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U. N. Security Council
Spain
Generalissi
Franco
Security Council
Don Juan
Attlee
England
United States
France
Russia Holds Final Vote On Franco Regime Inquiry
New York telegram reports the United Nations Security Council expected to order an investigation of Franco Spein today unless Soviet Russia delays by veto. Australia proposes a five member sub commission to assess whether the Franco regimes threaten world peace as delegates anticipate a vote afternoon.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Franco Spein
Russia
Australia
Rafael de la Colina
Mexico
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
White Files Candidacy for Idaho Second District Nomination
Rep. Compton I. White of Idaho filed a declaration of candidacy for the Democratic nomination to represent the second congressional district. A Clark Fork resident, White has served 14 years as representative and maintains a Bonner county ranch.
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Boise
Compton I. White
Idaho
Secretary of State
White
Clark Fork
Bonner County
Drink Chokes Youth
A 14 year old Fairfield boy choked on a gulp of soda as his father tried to help with back slaps and chest blows. After 10 minutes of artificial respiration the youth remained unconscious and his pulse failed to return.
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Fairfield
Lee Edwards
Two Utahns Drown in Separate Incidents
In Duchesne Currant Creek swept away rancher Oliver L Seager aged 62 as he slipped crossing a log bridge Sheriff Dewey Meriweather reported. Seager’s death followed another Utah drowning the same day when two year old Joseph Crossman vanished in an irrigation ditch near Santaquin and was recovered with his parents noting he had been in the care of older children.
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Duchesne
Utah
Oliver L
West Banks Plans to Reduce Debt
Washington reports Western congressmen broadly back a balanced federal budget urged by 31 governors. They push gradual wartime cutbacks and potential state or private outsourcing to trim payrolls while guarding essential services. Rep Robinson notes avoiding extreme penury and supports a $4 billion debt payment in 1947. Senator Langer contrasts with Britain’s loan. Rep D Ewart suggests Indians gain management of their affairs to cut costs.
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Washington
Rep. Robinson
Utah
Congress
Rep
Barrett
R-Wyo
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Langer
R-N.d
Senate
D’ewart
R-Mont
Pole Explorer Bartlett Dies at 70 in New York
Robert Abram Bartlett known as Captain Bob Bartlett, aged 70, a colleague of Admiral Peary who helped push Arctic exploration for decades. He entered Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center with kidney and heart illness. Bartlett never reached the Pole but led a rescue during the 1913 14 Arctic disaster and guided a party across ice to safety.
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New York
Robert Abram
Bob) Bartlett
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Arctic
Harkness
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Bartlett
Pole
Peary
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Bering Straits
Siberian
Goff Announces Candidacy in Idaho First District Primary
Col. Abe Goff of Moscow announces his candidacy for Idaho's first congressional district seat. A Republican on active duty with the Army JAG in Washington, he telegrammed his entry for the June 11 primary to challenge Democrat Rep. Compton White of Clark Fork.
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Moscow
Abe Goff
Army
Judge Advocate General
Washington, D. C
Idaho
Goff
Compton I
Clark Fork
Cards Open Booths For Opening Series Ticket Sales
Business Manager Mike Carpenter announced pre game booths will be set up for the opening series. A booth will operate Tuesday at Fargo's store, Wednesday at Halliwell's, and Thursday at the Idaho Bank and Trust Co.
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Mike Carpenter
Fargo's
Halliwell's
Idaho Bank and Trust Co
Lewis and Coal Operators Resume Negotiations
Imminent resumption of talks between John L. Lewis and soft coal operators brightens the labor picture. A labor department spokesman said wage talks wait until a welfare fund is settled while operators push to settle wages first. In Chicago railroad unions review findings with management. May 18 strike date set with wage and rule demands. Commonwealth Edison seeks to limit Chicago area power use as stockpiles run low.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
Labor Department
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Inme
Commonwealth Edison
Illinois Commerce Commission
Chicago
Illinois
Truman
Brotherhoods of
Two fatal crashes claim three lives near Emmett and Kuna
Delbert Bowen 19 of Emmett died when his car left Emmett for a dance and plunged into Black Canyon Reservoir. Raymond Smith 19 of Anderson Creek is missing after Bowen's vehicle sank. In Kuna, Richard Brookshire 17 died when his 1930 roadster crashed into a ditch. passenger Carol Jean Stevens 15 suffered a fractured jaw and shoulder. Rescue teams searched the reservoir for Smith as other occupants received injuries.
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Associated Press
Idaho
Black Canyon Reservoir
Emmett
Kuna
Gem County
Vi Joines
Delbert Bowen
Bowen
Joines
Raymond Smith
Anderson Creek
Horseshoe Bend
Smith
James
O. D. Bowen
J. W. Smith
Richard Brookshire
Carol Jean Stevens
Brookshire
St. Luke's Hospital
Boise
Alvin Howe
Howard Thomas Howe
Gerald Lloyd Johnson
Car Crash Near Tooele Claims One Life
Irene Quinn Callister, 21, died of injuries after a car near Tooele Utah jumped a highway and overturned. Passengers Lester Orr 21 driver Michael Martinez and Joyce Baum were injured and treated at Tooele and later Salt Lake City hospitals.
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Tooele
Utah
Irene Quinn Callister
Stockton
Here
Lester Orr
Michael Martinez
Joyce Baum
Salt Lake City
Body of Gowen Jr. Recovered After Snake River Drowning
The body of William W. Gowen Jr. 32 of 928 North Main, plant manager of Challenger Manufacturing, was recovered near the Bonanza bar ranch along the Snake River 20 miles west of American Falls. Gowen drowned while fishing Sunday when his small boat sank. he was found about 60 feet from shore by Sheriff W. J. Hoehnen and deputies. Gowen had been fishing with R. C. Shoupe and R. V. McBride of Pocatello. his body was recovered at 9 30 a.m. today after a search continued overnight. He served in World War II and was reportedly divorced.
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William W. Gowen Jr
North Main
Challenger Manufacturing Company
West Maple
Snake River
Bonanza Bar
Fall Creek
Snake
American Falls
W. J. Hoehnen
Power County
H. M. Hall
Frank Mitchell
Hoehnen
Gowen
R. C. Shoupe
R. V. McBride
Pocatello
FHA to Tighten Rules on New Homes Prices
Washington officials in a high level housing and veterans group discuss curbing over priced new homes. National Housing Expeditor Wilson W. Wyatt Jr and VA veteran affairs leaders pledge stricter plan requirements and an inspection system to ensure new dwellings meet VA appraisal standards so GI loans can be guaranteed.
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Washington
FHA
National Housing
Wilson W. Wyatt, Jr
Francis X. Pavesich
Veterans Administration Guarantee
Wyatt
Omar N. Bradley
Raymond Foley
Federal Housing Administration
Idahoan Raps Income Taxes As a Bar to Development
BOISE 7 Burl C Hagadone publisher of the Coeur d Alene Press writes Gov Arnold Williams opposing the Idaho state income tax law saying it hinders industrial growth. He urges a progressive repeal and replacement with ad valorem gas and luxury taxes tied to expanded employment.
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Boise 7
Burl C. Hagadone
Coeur d'Alene Press
Arnold Williams
Idaho
Hagadone
Inter
Truman weighs supreme court picks amid coal strike
President Truman plans to announce a new chief justice and a court member this week while seeking a settlement to the soft coal strike. Possible moves include elevating Robert H. Jackson or William O. Douglas and adding Secretary of War Patterson, with Symington or Hannegan as alternatives. reconversion chief Snyder warned a 400,000 miner stoppage could paralyze the nation if the strike lasts two more weeks.
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Washington
Truman
Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone
White House
Robert H. Jackson
William O. Douglas
Robert P. Patterson
Capitol Hill
Patterson
W. Stuart Symington
Air
Labor
Schwellenbach
UN Security Council Sets Spain Inquiry Sub Committee
The United Nations Security Council adopted a compromise resolution to create a five member sub committee to investigate charges against the Franco government of Spain. Ten votes in favor with Soviet abstention. Andrei Gromyko refrained from voting on the restatement, which deadlines the panel to report by May 31.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Spain
Andrei A. Gromyko
Boisee Dies in Auto Found by Coroner Report
Boise resident Jacob H. Koppes, 49, was found dead in an automobile in Boise today. Coroner William McBratney reported the death.
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Boise
Jacob H. Koppes
William McBratney
China Peace Proposals Break Down In Manchuria Talks
Negotiations to end the Manchuria fighting collapsed as Chiang Kai-Shek rejected a Democratic League cease fire plan favored by both the Communists and General Marshall. The Communist spokesman said talks would resume in a few days in Nanking after a break in Chungking.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Democratic League
Manchuria
Changchun
Chungking
Nanking
Marshall
Chou En-Lai
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chiang
Clash Over Grain Seizure Splits U S Officials
Washington reports a split between Agriculture Secretary Anderson and Acting Secretary Acheson over famine relief. Anderson favors cooperative export work and rising grain output, while Acheson calls for drastic steps including seizure of wheat reserves to force shipments abroad. War leaders share some responsibility for policy.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Truman
State Department
Dean Acheson
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Acheson
Robert Patterson
Germany
Japan
Agriculture
Midwest
Auto overturns near city dump injures driver Stedtfeld
45 year old Harry F. Stedtfeld escaped serious injury after his Ford sedan rolled over on a turn by the Pocatello creek. Chief Deputy Sheriff Ray Reynolds investigated after a report from Hugh Wilson of a missing woman believed to have fallen into the creek. Helen Bergen, 22, left her car on the creek road to seek a ride with William Butts, who later met Reynolds at the accident scene.
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Harry F. Stedtfeld
South Tenth
Pocatello Creek
Stedtfeld
Ray Reynolds
Hugh Wilson
Helen’ Bergen
North Thirteenth
William Butts
Mrs. Butts
Reynolds
Accused in incident case gets life in Idaho prison
Calvin Earl Stout, 27, also known as Rex Norman, was sentenced by District Judge I E McDougall to life imprisonment in the Idaho state penitentiary after pleading guilty to a reported incident involving a 5 year old girl in Portneu Park. FBI Agent Wallace Moseley and Pocatello officials described thefts of at least 21 automobiles and multiple burglaries across Idaho and neighboring states.
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Calvin Earl Stout
Rex Norman
I. E. McDougall
Idaho State Penitentiary
Portneu Park
Norman
Wallace Moseley
FBI
Pocatello
Jarvis Roubidoux
Not Married Pair Tied to Pocatello Attack
Norman, born May 4, 1918 in Chicago, reared by Ethel and Arthur Stout of Des Moines, arrived in Pocatello with Catherine Hill known locally as Mr and Mrs Rex Whited. He allegedly attacked a woman’s child after slipping from a drinking group on March 22, abandoned a stolen Illinois car, was wounded escaping police in Salt Lake City, and has one of the longest criminal records in Pocatello history.
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Norman
Chicago
Ethel
Arthur Stout
Des Moines
Pocatello
Catherine Hill
Rex Whited
Illinois
Salt Lake City
Roubidoux
Roxas Wins Philippine Presidency as Osmena Concedes
President-elect Manuel Roxas leads by about 183000 votes as Sergio Osmena concedes defeat. Osmena ends 42 years in politics while Roxas, 54, a noted orator, rises from Capiz governor to national leader with a history in governance since 1922. The final tabulation nears completion.
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Manila
Manuel A. Roxas
Philippines Republic
Sergio Osmena
Roxas
Osmena
Philippine
Hone
Capiz
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Langsberg
By DeWitt MacKenzie
West Banks
Pole Explorer
U.S
Sheriff Hoehnen
Merimac Street
Amesbury, Mass
Howard Albee
Portneuf Park
Hall
Bannock County
Se! Gowen
Hasadone
ATC
Joseph B. Gurley
Oregon City
Ore
U. S. Air Transport Command
Belgrade
U. S
Yugoslavia
Robert E. Hannegan
Williamsburg
Mr. Truman
John W. Snyder
Bulletins
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate Banking Committee
Green
House
Boiseau
China
Rapist
Calvin Stout
Catello
Kansas City
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