Philippine Quezon murder firestorm as Huk ambushes unfold
Philippines endures a mass funeral for Mrs Quezon as Hukbalahap attacks continue in Sierra Madre and Sierra Madre terrain. President Quirino orders all out campaign while authorities report new ambushes near Santa Rosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angel Magallanes
Nueva Ecija
The
Philippines
Alejandro Viernes
Quezon
Sierra Madre
Elpido Quirino
Manila
Manuel Quezon
Quirino
Maria Aurora
Felipe Buencamino
Idahoans to Attend AEC Session on Arco Reactor Site
Sen. Taylor and Rep. Sanborn will attend a joint atomic energy committee hearing to review the AEC choice of Arco Idaho for a new reactor plant. Wallace McKenzie of Smith Hinchman Grylls will testify as the Detroit firm’s lead witness to examine due care in the site decision. Montana officials press Fort Peck as an alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Idaho
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Arco
Taylor
Sanborn
Detroit Engin
Sen. McMahon
D-Conn
Wallace
McKenzie
Smith, Hinchman and Grylls
McMahon
AEC
Montana
Fort Peck
Mont
John W. Bonner
Three-Train Collision Kills 74 Near Johannesburg
A three-train wreck ten miles from Johannesburg kills 74 and injures over 90 in the worst South African railway disaster. Among the dead are two white Europeans and 14 Indians. the other victims are natives. Two electric trains stood on the track when the third struck them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
South Africa
Fire destroys log house of Harry Charles Smith
Fire damaged the unoccupied log house of Harry Charles Smith this week. Smith is recovering in Salmon hospital from an Easter gunshot wound. William G. Purcell was arrested during the shooting and charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadore
Harry Charles Smith
Smith
Salmon
Mihe
William G. Purcell
Dring
Pocatello Area Weather Summary
Weather data for Pocatello shows 24 hour conditions with 78 degrees high and 59 degrees mean temperature. Precipitation totals for the month are 42 with a 1:45 sunset. Tonight and tomorrow expected partly cloudy with lows 38 to 40 and a high tomorrow. sunrise 5:25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Motorcyclist Hits Girl On North Arthur Injuring Youth
Coleen Ann Trimming 10, daughter of Jack and Mrs. Trimming, sustained ear nose injuries and a concussion after a motorcycle struck her bicycle at Arthur and Sherman. Albert Baird 25, was cited for operating without a driver's license with a suspended $2.50 fine. The accident occurred at 5 03 p m Thursday as the girl rode west across North Arthur. She was taken to General Hospital by Henderson ambulance and later released, with a nose hemorrhage that night. The motorcycle skidded 36 feet before stopping 84 feet 6 inches south of West Sherman and seven feet 5 inches east of North Arthur curb. Officers Lonchar and Hill investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleen Ann Trimming
Jack Trimming
North
Garfield
North Arthur
Arthur and
Sherman
Albert Baird
West Carson
Arthur
Henderson
General Hospital
John McMahon
Coleen
West Sherman
George Lonchar
Wayne Hill
Baird
Veteran Newsman Evan Cadwallader Griffith Dies
Evan Cadwallader Griffith, 77, longtime newspaperman and former publisher of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, died last night of a heart attack in Los Angeles. He began his career over 50 years ago as a reporter in Minneapolis and Fargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Evan Cadwallader Griffith
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Minneapolis
Minn
Fargo
N. D
Jury awards $41,172 to former railroad mailman
A six by six jury in district court awarded Lloyd Cummings $41,172 against Union Pacific for injuries from a 1948 train switch accident near Sugar City. The verdict broke down to $40,000 general damages, plus $736 lost wages and $436 in medical costs. an appeal window of 90 days opens for the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Cummings
North Main Street
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Cummings
Sugar City
D. E. Harris
E. V. Simison
Walter H. Anderson
Robert M. Terrell
Casterlin
Motorist Protests Driver's License Revocation
A probate court petition seeks reinstatement of Forrest Lee Poynter's license by state commissioner of law enforcement R. C. Lewis. Poynter, of Pocatello, had his license revoked after a DUI arrest by Police Judge Don Bistline on March 30. His appeal follows conviction by a district court jury. a hearing date is requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Lewis
Forrest Lee Poynter
Pocatello
Don Bistline
Poynter
Walter H. Anderson
State Supreme Court
Payn
Willard Lundi
Cass
Local Youths Compete in Idaho State Music Festival
Pocatello high school students travel to Boise for the state music meet with district winners and top soloists eligible for the festival. Lucatsky leads the group with band and orchestra, with four instrumental soloists and three ensembles earning district firsts. Contestants include Nancy Harrison, LaFay Flint, Dave Haller, Allen Grove, Eddy Van Vleck and Joe Boyes among vocal and instrumental participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello High School
Boise
Idaho
Rampton Barlow
Mendel Lucatsky
Pocatello
Nancy Harrison
LaFay Flint
Dave Haller
Allen Grove
Eddy van Vleck
Joe Boyes
Board Denies Bid for Larger Crew
A 25 000 strong strike threat by railroad engineers against 15 western carriers loomed May 11 after the BLE rejected a presidential fact finding board. The union refused the board's April 11 denial of a second engineer on multiple unit diesels, keeping open the possibility of further talks or a strike if no compromise is reached by May 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
James P. Shields
BLE
Union
Truman
Shields
Fact-Fs Board
Arco to Have New Hotel and Motels
Arco plans a two story 400000 hotel with 100 rooms and eight store fronts financed by W G Coleman of Pasco Wash. Contractors Tom Laird of Greeley Colo and H B Gibbs of San Francisco will build. Additional nearby homes and a 20 unit motel costing about 85000 are also planned financed by FE J Ram of Portland Ore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Laird
Greeley
Colo
H. 8. Gibbs
San Francisco
W. G. Coleman
Pasco
Wash
Arco
FE. J. Ram
Portland
Ore
Grade Pupils To Present Show Tonight In Pocatello
About 1 500 grade school pupils perform the musical pageant Your Land and My Land at 8 o clock in the high school auditorium. Dan W Martin and Rampton Barlow organize it with Madeline Thompson writing the script. Proceeds fund more school musical equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatellans
Your Land
My Land
Dan W. Martin
Rampton Barlow
Madeline Thompson
Elnora Woodland
Dorothy Booth
Pocatello
George N. Green
Martin and Barlow
Washington
Tyhee
Whittier
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Jefferson
Bonneville
Emerson
Strike Threat Looms Over Ford Rouge Plant And Lincoln-Mercury
A top union team visited Ford Motor Co s Rouge main plant to confirm or refute speedup charges that could trigger a 60 000 member CIO United Auto Workers walkout affecting Ford s entire operation and spring bargaining. The UAW authorized a 6000 employee Lincoln Mercury strike starting May 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
United Auto
Ford
UAW
Banker Denies Guilt In Insanity Plea
Richard H. Crowe a former bank official pleaded innocent with a claim of insanity to an indictment charging theft of 883660 from the National City Bank last month. Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan lowered his bail from 100000 to 10000 immediately after the plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard H. Crowe
National City
Crowe
Sylvester J. Ryan
Mountain Home Project Bids Open Next Month
Bids totaling $350,000 for improvements at the reactivated Mountain Home air base will be opened next month. May 23 sees bids for new water mains and roofing, May 24 for rehabilitating 50 to 60 enlisted men's barracks, and May 25 for reconstruction of 5400 feet of railroad trackage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Home
Congressman White Sues Spokane Over Detention
Rep. Compton I White of Idaho files a 200000 claim against Spokane claiming unlawful imprisonment after an April 1 arrest for disorderly conduct. He says 14 hours in jail without charges or bail violated his rights and seeks damages, offering 100000 to settle amicably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Compton I. White
Idaho
White
Homer Hall
Hall
Convicted Felon Nabbed For Passing Bad Checks Here
Leroy M. Spencer a 33 year old salesman confessed to parole from Washington State prison at Walla Walla three months ago authorities say He was arrested after attempting to pass a 375 50 bad check at a local jewelry store The check drawn on Chehalis bank was refused Spencer allegedly passed other bad checks in Idaho and Washington and is held on a Cowlitz county grand larceny warrant with accomplice Betty Ward involved in plans to marry Spencer in Spokane
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy M. Spencer
Washington
Walla Walla
C. W. Reynolds
Cowlitz County
Spencer J
Spencer
Pocatello
Hin & Woman
Betty Ward
Spokane
Idaho
Chehalis, Wash
Kelso
Chehalis
Wallace
Idaho Falls
Mine Pays Dividend at Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining
San Francisco firm Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Co. declares a quarterly dividend of 25 cents payable June 1 to stockholders of record May 9. The company previously paid an extra 95 cents on March 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Co
Sealing of Shanghai Near as Reds Press from Hangchow
Communist forces seized Wuheing 40 miles north of Hangchow, a key rail and road hub for Shanghai. The main Red push appears toward Hangchow, potentially sealing Shanghai by land if Hangchow falls, with government troops defending between Hangchow and northern Reds. US naval evacuation plans continue from Woosung as flights show limited vacancies and cancellations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welting
Shanghai
Wuhing
Lake Tai
Hangchow
Soochow
Kashing
Shanghai-Hangchow
Weiting
Wuheing
Wuhsien
Kunshan
Shanghai-Nanking
Junshan
23Rd Army
Wukang
Yanktze
Oscar C. Badger
Western Pacific Fleet
U. S. Navy
Woosung
Yangtze
Air Lines
BYU names Chick Atkinson head football coach
Salt Lake City AP reports Charles Chick Atkinson a highly successful Pocatello high school coach was named head football coach at Brigham Young University. President Howard S McDonald announced the appointment after LDS church talks. Eddie Kimball shifts to athletics director duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Charles
Chick) Atkinson
Pocatello High School
Brigham Young University
Howard S. McDonald
Provo
Latter-Day Saints
Mormon) Church
Atkinson
Eddie Kimball
Kimball
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Western Diesel Engineers
Mrs. Quezon
Aurora Quezon
Alberto Ramos
Philippine Constabulary
Sierra MeAna
Che
Noop
Maria
Elpidio Quirino
Baguio
R.R. Mailman
Isaac McDougall
Lucatsky
China
East China Sea
Hangchow Bay
Carrol R. Petersen
Petersen Furniture Co
Pocatello Rotary Club
William §. Hill
Rae P. Stratford
J. B. Blackhurst
W. C. Carnes
John R. Terrell
T. Deaton
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Federal Housing Administration
Berlin
United States
Rep. van Zandt
R-Pa
Russia
Germany
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