Congress to Tackle Old Issues As It Reopens
Congress returns Sept 5 after war, faces peacetime deficits and defense of jobs. Key items include unemployment benefits, fair labor standards act revisions, tax program to spur production, public works funding, and employment service funding under federal control. Rep Sabath proposes a federal ballot for service men. John W Snyder outlines five urgent actions for conversion to peace.
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Washington
Congress
Herbert Brownell
Rep. Sabath
D-Ill
Rules Committee
Truman
Capitol Hill
Doughton
D-Nc
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Senate Judiciary
Manasco
D-Ala
John W. Snyder
U.S. Employment Service
Weather Cooldown After Heat Wave and Frost Forecast
The city saw temperatures retreat from 90s to a Saturday high of 79 as the weatherman expected cooler clear weather on Sunday with slight frost in high elevations. Residents complained during the heat wave with 91 on Thursday and 93 on Friday. 1.17 inches of precipitation fell Friday night according to the weather bureau.
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Pocatellans
Weather Bureau
Utah Flyer Neilsen Freed After Capture in China
Lt. Chase J. Neilsen, a Doo Little flyer from Utah involved in the 1942 Tokyo raid, was rescued this week along with three companions. He messaged his parents from Chungking saying he landed safely and hoped to leave in the morning.
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Hyrum
Utah
Floyd Nielsen
Chase J. Neilsen
Chungking
Nielsen
Doolittle
Tokyo
China
Inquisitive Moose Visits Idaho Falls
A large cow moose was spotted in Idaho Falls near the airport by Eddie Pedersen and Joe Flora. It moved away but remained nearby as authorities tracked its location.
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Idaho Falls
Eddie Pedersen
Joe Flora
Government moves to return seized plants to private owners
President Truman ordered the return of government seized plants from 24 companies to owners as soon as practicable, with dates set by each agency. The move signals a broader shift to peacetime private operation while tensions over transportation and wartime controls linger.
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Washington
Truman
William H. Davis
Davis
Japan
Three Doolittle Raiders Reach Free China After Years
Lt Chase J. Nielsen of Hyrum Utah Lt Robert L White of Earth Texas and Sgt Jacob Deshazer formerly of Madras Oregon emerged from Chinese captivity to land at a Chungking airdrome. They had endured solitary confinement and deprivation after their 1942 raid while Lt George Barr remained too ill to move. The men recalled a death sentence once faced and described harsh treatment before their release aboard a C 47 at Chungking.
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Chungking
Japan
Chase J. Nielsen
Hyrum
Utah
Robert L. White
Earth
Tex
Jacob D. Deshazer
Madras
Ore
Pieping
China
George Barr
Queens
N. Y
Beriberi
Barr
James H. Doolittle
War Department
Roosevelt
Nielsen
Hite
Deshazer
Red Cross
U. S. S. Hornet
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S
Reds Battle Pointers Report Cities in China
New China Daily News from Chungking reports communists active across key Chinese cities. Battling in the streets of Peiping and Tientsin, with Tsingtao surrounded and Wuhu entered as forces advance.
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China
New China Daily News
Chungking
Peiping
Tientsin
Tsingtao
Wuhu
County Moves Shop for Temporary Space in Salt Lake Hardware
The county highway shop will relocate from the Fifth and Center garage to the Salt Lake Hardware building at 600 South First. County Surveyor W. P. Havener notes a six month lease with bids for the new shop to be opened this month. The move is needed because Gore and Hoover Motor Co. leases the Fifth and Center garage starting August 1.
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Fifth and Center
Salt Lake
South First
W. P. Havener
South Second
Havenor
Gore and Hoover Motor Company
Brundage Opposes German Italian Entry in 1948 Games
Avery Brundage, president of the American Olympic Committee, said he does not favor German or Italian participation in the 1948 Olympic Games. He told the Associated Press that public radio and newspaper commentators misreported his remarks.
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London
Avery Brundage
American Olympic Committee
International Committee
Brundage
Associated Press
United States
Staple Prices Trend Declines in AP Index
The Associated Press weighted wholesale prices index of 35 commodities fell to 108.19. It compares with 108.20 previously, 108.69 a week ago, 108.86 a month ago, and 107.83 a year ago.
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New York
Associated Press
Veteran Dies After Brawl in Blackfoot Beer Parlor
Walter C. Mott, 43, World War II veteran, died after a brawl in a Blackfoot beer parlor. A coroner's jury ruled the death caused by criminal means from injuries in an altercation with Clyde Furniss, Craig Scott, Robert Cooper, and Joseph Cosgrove. Scott lives near Arco. no arrests were made.
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Blackfoot
Walter C. Mott
Mott
Clyde Furniss
Craig Scott
Robert Cooper
Joseph Cosgrove
Scott
Arco
Purness
Furniss
Matt
A. E. Miller
Three Hurt in Auto Accident Near Po catello
Three persons were injured early Saturday when a 1937 sedan driven by Donald McGeril of 345 Monroe went out of control two miles north of Pocatello near the KSEI broadcasting station at 3 a.m. The injured were McGeril and two Tyhee residents Noah Newson and Noah Hall treated for lacerations at General hospital. McGeril said approaching car lights blinded him, driving the car into a ditch and tipping over.
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Donald McGeril
Monroe
Pocatello
KSEI
Pat Williams
McGeril
Noah Newson
Noah Hall
Tyhee
General Hospital
Wiliams
Sheriff's Office
PFE Expanding Montpelier Icing Platform For Fall Vegetables
Pacific Fruit Express announces an icing platform at Montpelier to service fall vegetable shipments north of Pocatello. Local Bear Lake county labor will be used with imported help as needed. Car cleaning facilities at Montpelier will be expanded. Operations next season are expected to double last season’s 40 to 50 cars daily.
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Pacific Pruit Express Company
Montpelier
Pocatello
Bear Lake County
M. M. Bass
Pacific Fruit Express Company
Bass
Missing Girl LaWanda Ames Reported In Ames
Police list LaWanda Ames 14 or 15 believed missing from home at 198 Park. She has brown hair and eyes, 5 feet 5 inches, about 120 pounds, and was last seen in a green and yellow plaid skirt with a tan blouse.
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W. A. Ames
198 Park
LaWanda Ames
Japanese Suffer Varying Setbacks as Occupation Moves Begin
Tokyo radio reports growing sorrow among Japanese as occupation plans advance. MacArthur delays landings 48 hours due to typhoons while U S and British fleets prepare at Sagami Bay for Tokyo Bay surrender signing aboard Missouri. Chinese nationals seize Nanking as Chiang Kai-Shek urges Mao to a direct talks.
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San Francisco
Imperial Palace
Tokyo Radio
Isamu Inouye
FCC
Inouye
Clyde Bartel
Associated Press
United States
Sagami Bay
Tokyo
General MacArthur
U. S
Japan
Atsugi Airfield
Nimitz
Adm
Missouri
William F. Halsey
Tokyo Bay
Raymond A. Spruance
Spruance
Two Polio Cases Reported in Pocatello City
Two infantile paralysis cases were reported this week in Pocatello according to nursing supervisor Mrs. Doris B. Wright of the Bannock County health unit. She urged residents not to panic while noting many infections are mild or asymptomatic and that with good care most will recover.
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Pocatello
Doris B. Wright
Bannock County
Three Idaho teens enlist in Navy through recruiting station
Morris Stacy, recruiter in charge, announced that three southeastern Idaho youths have enlisted in the Navy through the Pocatello recruiting station. Kenneth Curtis Hall from McCammon, Howard Moldenhauer of Montpelier, and Richard Stitt of American Falls joined, with Moldenhauer having brothers who served and suffered wartime fates.
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Idaho
Navy
Pocatello
Morris Stacy
McCammon
Kenneth Curtis Hall
Royal Hall
Montpelier
Howard Moldenhauer
Lewis Moldenhauer
Moldenhauer
Richard Stitt
Samuel Stitt
Deferment Renewal Rules Remain Through Sept 15
Washington announces that employers seeking renewal of draft deferments for workers must file new requests before September 15. The move coincides with the end of a plan allowing 17 government agencies to certify key-worker deferments, mainly affecting men over 26 no longer drafted.
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Washington
Selective Service
Million Nazis Build France
The French government plans to use 1,000,000 German prisoners of war for two years to aid reconstruction of devastated cities and lands. Gen. Charles de Gaulle led talks in Washington with President Truman, with Byrnes and Bidault moving topics toward possible agreements. Jean Monnet discussed long term economic arrangements between France and the United States. French officials noted Europe’s wartime population impact and a deficit of about 1,500,000.
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Washington
Charles DeGaulle
Truman
France
de Gaulle
White House
Byrnes
Bidault
Jean Monnet
United States
Public Calls for Peacetime Congress in Postwar Era
Congressman Henry Dworshak of Burley argues for a rapid return to peacetime government. He says wartime autocratic power faded with victory and urges early budget reforms to reduce a projected deficit from 46 to about 23 billions, with curbed wartime spending and tighter fiscal policy. He spoke at a Republican picnic at Ross park.
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Congress
Henry Dworshak
Burley
Ross Park
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Executive Department
Dworshak
Budget Bureau
Wakefield Dies in Boise at 55
Dustin D. Wakes field, 55, longtime Glenns Ferry resident, died Saturday in Boise hospital. Survived by daughter Mrs. D. C. Mce Dougall of Pocatello and wife of Dr. McDougall of 441 Garfield.
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