Truman and Dewey Dedicate Idlewild Airport as Peace Symbol
President Truman and Gov. Dewey dedicate Idlewild, the New York International airport, in a high profile display of airpower. The event draws 215,000 spectators and representatives from 30 nations as the candidates speak from one platform. Truman calls the field a front door to the United Nations and a sign of resolve to pursue lasting peace through peaceful air travel.
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Truman
Dewey
New York
America
Thomas Dewey
New York International
Idlewild
Mr. Truman
United Nations
New York International Airport
1000 Planes Take Part In Air Show
With President Truman's speech ending, a large air show opened in New York featuring 1,000 planes. The opening fly by included thirty F-80 Shooting Stars from the 4th fighter wing based at Camp Springs Maryland, roaring across the field.
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New York
Truman
4Th Fighting Wing
Camp Springs
Pocatello Reservists Burelled by Scrubbed New York Show
Five air reservists from Pocatello missed the New York air show after their B 29 led by Captain Ruben Neie diverted from the formation. Crew included Major F R Bud Mackenzie and Captains Hil Wash and others. they returned to base in Spokane. A Sunday practice flight might bring them to Idaho Falls and Pocatello.
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Pocatello Air
Spokane
New York
Ruben Neie
Pocatellan
F. R
Bud) Mackenzie
William S. Hil
Captai Wash
Bpokane
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Air show awe as B-36s lead long flight over Fort Worth
Three B 36 six engined bombers flew non stop from Fort Worth Texas and passed the field in majesty. Jet fighters formation bomber groups and reconnaissance squadrons followed on a precise clock work schedule. President Truman and candidate Dewey watched with keen interest as air force units displayed their strength. The display concluded with a sensational finale.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Mr. Truman
Thomas Dewey
National Guard
Air Force
Publisher William H. Gannett Die in Augusta at 94
William H. Gannett 94 longtime Augusta publisher dies after a Friday death. He retired in 1924 but still visited the Kennebec Journal publishing plant recently and was known as an aviation and winter sports enthusiast. He was father to Guy P. Gannett, Maine newspaper publisher and radio owner.
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Augusta
William H. Gannett
Gannett
Kennebec Journal
Guy P. Gannett
Maine
Hitch-Hiker Robbery After Ride Near Burley and Rupert
Prentis Romaine was picked up by two men in a 1937 or 1938 Ford on highway 30 N. He was slugged robbed of a black English wallet containing 55 dollars and dumped by the roadside. The suspects about 5 11 dark haired eastern accent wore coats and dark trousers. The vehicle had a Michigan plate with first two digits four and six and was black or dark blue.
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Burley
Rupert
Prentis Romaine
Romaine
Highway 30 N
Michigan
Largest Commercial Airport To Handle 1,000 Planes Daily
New York International airport dedicated by President Truman and Governor Dewey is the world’s largest and costliest. Built on 4,500 acres, it will reach completion in 1954 with an estimated quarter billion spent on hangars and buildings. The complex features six 300 foot runways and a seventh under construction capable of over 60 takeoffs and landings per hour.
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New York
New York International
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Idlewild
Latdia Field
The
Jamaica Bay
Bean
Taylor Blasts Both Parties In Idaho Radio Speech
Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho accuses Republicans and Democrats of colluding in Congress to bury issues with talk. He calls the filibuster a bipartisan device defending state rights over human rights and profits over prosperity. The Progressive vice presidential candidate criticizes military and Wall Street influence and argues for a democratic form of government.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Congress
Progressive Party
Radio
ABC
Taylor
Wallstreeters
New Progressive Party
Highway contracts total 568 million in first half 1948
State highway departments awarded 568,091,000 in road work in the first six months of 1948. Federal aid covered 346,788,000 across 10,439 miles, with 185,723,000 from federal funds. Non federal contracts totaled 221,303,000 for 11,275 miles, while 5,090 miles under federal aid in primary and secondary systems cost 221,336,000 with 112,725,000 federal funds.
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Washington
State Highway Departments
Public Roads Administration
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Couple Disappears After Car Burns in Vale Oregon
VALE Ore July 25 1931 City Marshal Harry C Smith said Mr and Mrs J C Perkle both about 30 transients had disappeared after their 1931 model car was found burning on the city dump. Police established the fire was deliberate with gasoline poured over the vehicle. State police and Sheriff C W Glenn pursued leads while authorities checked for foul play. The car had been recently sold to Perkle by Don W Chamberlain at Burns Oregon.
Cougar Sightings Reported Near American Falls Ranch
Three Power county men report seeing a huge cougar on the John Tiede ranch in Pleasant Valley fourteen miles northwest of American Falls. Otto Tiede Pred Tiede and Bob Bertsch saw the animal last Tuesday and John Tiede later found tracks about a mile north of the ranch.
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American Falls
Power County
John Tiede
Pleasant Valley
Otto Tiede
Pred Tiede
Bob Bertsch
Polio Totals Reach 64 in Idaho for 1948
Boise Idaho polio update shows 64 cases reported in the first seven months of 1948, up from 29 in the same period in 1947. Dr Madeline M Donnelly notes many early 1948 cases are carry overs from last year’s major epidemic with 18 new cases in July and county tallies listed.
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Boise
Idaho
Madeline M. Donnelly
Idaho Department of Public Health
Donnelly
Ada
Bannock
Bear Lake
Bingham
Bonneville
Infant Suffocates in Orofino Crib
Two month old Patricia Rambeau, daughter of Mr and Mrs Max Rambeau, was found dead in her crib Saturday morning. Coroner George Blake says suffocation occurred after food entered the lungs during vomiting.
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Orofino
Idaho
Patricia Rambeau
Max Rambeau
George Blake
Driest July in 47 years end as August arrives
The Pocatello area recorded a near zero July with total precipitation at .01 inches, far below the usual 1.7 inches. Temperatures ran near normal, with highs of 95 degrees on July 10 and 18, and only a brief shower noted on Saturday after 6 p.m. as a light breeze disturbed residents.
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Popa Pocatello
Billings
Boise
Burley
Butte
Chicago
Omaha
Galt Lake
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington
West Yellowstone
State Grants Hike in Freight Rates
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission on Saturday approved a 15 percent increase in intrastate freight rates for motor carriers. The increase covers all freight without exception and applies to regular route or fixed terminal carriers. The commission requires a uniform accounting system for carriers with annual gross business under 100,000 dollars to address inconsistencies.
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Boise
State Public Utilities Commission
Idaho
Weather Forecast Pocatello Area Thundershowers Expected
Partly cloudy today with late afternoon thundershowers. High temperatures around 05 and a low tonight near 50 to 55.
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Pocatello
Former Aide of Roosevelt On the List
Elizabeth Bentley, a Vas sar graduate and confessed Soviet spy, testifies before House un American Activities Committee naming Lauchlin Currie and Harry Dexter White as Roosevelt aides who provided wartime secrets. Senate panel questions William Remington, Bentley accuses him of supplying secret information. House chairman calls for a broad grand jury probe into espionage in government.
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Nova Scotia
Roosevelt
Harry Dexter White
the Treasury
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Vassar
House Committee On un-American Activities
Fenate
Ferguson
R-Mich
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Miss Bentley
Remington
Communist Party
Bentley
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
House Committee
Washington
Rankin
Dmiss
Currie
United States
White
Treasury
N. Gregory Silvermaster
Silvermaster
Krupp Official Sentenced to 12 Years in War Crimes Trial
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, 41, heir to the Krupp munitions empire, jailed 12 years for exploiting slave labor and plundering occupied nations. An American military court convicted 11 Krupp officials. one acquitted. Six month trial followed indictments for war planning, property plundering, and slave labor use.
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Mernberg
Germany
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen Und Halbach
Krupp
Karl Heinrich Pfirsch
Krupp Board of Directors
Gustaf
Bertha
Big Bertha
Stake Fireside Tonight at Cooper Home
Stake Fireside Sunday evening at 9 p m at 124 South 13th will be hosted by M Men and Gleaners of the Po Catel lo Stake. Speaker is Thomas E Rodney head of the LDS Institute at Utah State Agricultural College in Logan and former president of the Central States Mission.
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Pocatello
Ballard Cooper
South 13Th
Thomas E. Rodney
LDS Institute
Utah State Agricultural ,College
Logan
Rodney
Central States Mission
Danube Conference Divides Allies Over Rights and Access
The Soviet Union urged delegates to accept eastern bias in the Danube conference or withdraw. France backed preserving existing rights, with Britain and Austria supporting them. The United States framed its stake as an occupying power in Germany with direct Danube interest. The Balkan peace treaties call for free navigation on the international waterway.
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Andrenal
Britain
France
United States
Danube
Europe
Adrien Thierry
Austria
Germany
President Proclaims Coast Guard Day Observance
President Truman proclaimed August 4 as Coast Guard Day marking the 158th anniversary of the Revenue Cutter Service, later known as the Coast Guard. The action honors the service's long history and role in maritime safety and enforcement.
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Washington
President Truman
Coast Guard
Revenue Cutter Service
The
Three Obtain Interview With Molotov by Western Envoys
Envoys from the United States Britain and France each met with Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov on Saturday night to present new proposals on German and Berlin issues. US Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith confirmed a session lasting over an hour. Russian officials indicated Molotov was not in Moscow when news of the talks broke.
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V. M. Molotov
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Molotov
Moscow
Frank Roberts
Britain
Yves Chataigneau
Senith
Roberts
Russia
Berlin
Smith
Legal Action Over McCall Chance Prize Games Heads to Courts
Two questions on the legality of McCall chance prize games await Valley county district court and Idaho Supreme court action. A district judge may rule on restraining state law officers while the valley suit tests McCall's village ordinance authority. Attorney General Smylie filed a demurrer in Valley county court challenging the original complaint.
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Boise
McCall
Valley County District Court
Idaho Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Valley County
Robert E. Smylie
Smylie
A. ©. Sutton
Weiser
Train kills transient near Rathdrum identified
A transient man was killed in a railway accident near Rathdrum Friday night. He was tentatively identified Saturday as Wilbert Hoffman of Detroit Michigan.
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Coeur D'Alenfe
Rathdrum
Wilbert
Hoffman
Detroit
Mich
Oil Firms Lead Industries With Record Half‑Year Profits
A New York analysis of 200 company earnings shows oil firms posting the strongest gains in the first half of 1948, with many more than doubling 1947 profits. Utilities and food distillers lagged, railroads and airlines mixed, while steel and construction sectors posted varied, sometimes dramatic, increases.
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New York
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Jack” Halliwell
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