Air Liner Crash Kills 36 on Mississippi Bluff
A Northwest Airlines Martin 2 0 2 crashed into a wooded Mississippi river bluff near Winona Minnesota killing 36 aboard. Civil Aeronautics Board traced the pilot reporting a 7000 foot altitude during a severe thunderstorm near Lacrosse Wisconsin. Rescue crews pulled bodies from a 150 foot ravine and swamplands as investigators surveyed the scene.
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Winona
Minn
Northwest Airlines
Mississippi River
Jack Volker
NWA
Civil Aeronautic Board
Washington
Lacrosse
Wis
Chicago
PCS
Minneapolis
Sutters Ridge
Fountain City
Wisconsin
Haeussinger
Gordon Crosway
Kiam White
Winona Repuilican-Herald
Closway
Robert Johnson F
St. Paul
Hit Run Car Sought In Fatal Idaho Crash
Nick Cozad 35 Amboy Washington died from injuries after a motorcycle collision with a hit and run car Sunday near Bancroft on Highway 30N 91. The suspect vehicle a 1941 blue Plymouth is sought by Idaho and surrounding states. Cozad was found by a passerby and taken to Lava Hot Springs hospital with serious injuries including a skull fracture and extensive lacerations. Evidence from the car includes a left rear fender gas line cap two white sidewall rims a Plymouth hub cap door handle and chrome trim. Cozad's wife Virginia May Cozad was notified. The motorcycle remains in the Lewis Motor garage Bancroft.
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Nick Cozad
Amboy
Wash
Lava Hot Springs
Bancroft
Alma Marley
Idaho
Cozad
Lava Springs
Marley
Virginia May Cozad
Amboy Wash
Lewis Motor Garage
Egyptian Jewish Peace Talks Reach Agreement in Jerusalem
Cairo reports say Egyptians and Jews accepted proposals to end hostilities in neutral Jerusalem areas. Swedish General Aage Lundstroem announced the accord as UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte’s envoy, ahead of a Security Council session at Lake Success.
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Cairo
Jerusalem
Aage Lundstroem
United Nations
Folke Bernadotte
Lundstroem
Security Council
Lake Success
Holy Land
Hearing on phosphate regulations Tuesday at ISC Union
Assistant secretary of interior C. Girard Davidson will chair a 10 a m Tuesday hearing in the ISC Student Union on proposed phosphate development regulations. Companies expected include Simplot Fertilizer Co Westvaco Chemical Corp Gates Brothers Wendell Western Fertilizer San Francisco Chemical Co and Anaconda Copper Co. Rules cover leases land per company rock use and extend into production and marketing. interior secretary may reject bids and set royalty fairness.
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C. Girard Davidson
ISC
Simplot Fertilizer Co
Westvaco Chemical Corp
Gates Brothers, Inc
Wendell
Western Fertilizer Co
San Francisco, Chemical Co
Anaconda Copper Co
Secretary of Interior
Wallace Gains Mixed North Carolina Welcome
Henry A. Wallace touring the South faced a divided reception in North Carolina after an egg hurling and protests in Durham. He had earlier spoken in Norfolk and Richmond, praising Virginia's reception as a sign of future support for the Progressive Party candidate amid banners calling him unfit and a mockery.
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Durham
N. C
Henry A. Wallace
North Carolina
Wallace
Mason-Dixon Line
Progressive Party
Norfolk
Richmond
Virginia
Winds Bring Relief to Parched Area
Chads fanned out over the heat belt on Monday offering temporary relief from a prolonged late August heat wave. The cooler mass moved across the northeastern United States after a week of 90 to 100 degree days, bringing lower temperatures in Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan with scattered rains easing conditions, while the northern plains western and midwestern regions remained hot with 90s and near 100s.
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Rockies
Seaboard
Federal Weather Bureau
Mercury
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
North Atlantic
New England
Plains
Midwestern
Dakotas
Montana
Coroner Jury Delays Inquest On Fatal Boise Area Crash
Eileen Morrison 17 of Salt Lake City remains unconscious after a head on collision near Pocatello that killed four family members and a friend. A 12 member coroner’s jury met to view the five victims before transfer to Salt Lake City. Coroner Arthur W. Hall plans an inquest likely to be held Wednesday.
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Eileen Morrison
Salt Lake City
General Hospital
Arthur W. Hall
Morrison
Pocatello City Limits
Eileen
Carol
JoAnne
Ralph Thalmann
Train Derails in Evanston Delays City of San Francisco
Westbound Union Pacific City of San Francisco derailed in Evanston Wyoming when a loose coach or baggage car struck a rail turned over at a switch. The line remained upright and no injuries were reported as the train continued west after a several hour delay.
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Evanston
Wyo
Union Pacific City of San Francisco
Miner Kills Wife and Himself Near Butte Tavern
Police said Donald Finley 39 a miner killed his wife Eva 39 then shot himself during a manhunt near the Leaky Roof tavern south of Butte officers closed in within 20 yards of him after a tip that he was in the area. The case followed an insanity complaint and a divorce suit filed by Mrs Eva Finley.
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Butte
Mont
John O'Leary
Donald Finley
Here
Finley
Eva Finley
O'Leary
Bart J. Riley
Pinley
CIO backs Truman in race signal from labor groups
The CIO 51 member executive board debated political endorsements and backed President Truman by an overwhelming vote while ADA backed liberal candidates for Congress and urged labor to work for the Truman ticket. ADA labeled Henry A. Wallace's Progressive party dangerous. AFL formed a committee to support the Democratic ticket.
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GQ Wang
Fonday
Truman
CIO
AFL
Congress
Truman-Barkley
Americans For Democratic Action
Chicago
ADA National Board
New Deal
ADA
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
GOP
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Federation
Coast Expects Hurricane Hatteras Hit South of Cape
North Carolinians battened down as warnings extended from here to Wilmington. The center of the tropical hurricane was about 250 miles south moving north-northwest at 10 to 12 mph. Warnings extended to the Virginia Capes and Charleston with winds near 115 mph.
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Hatteras
N. C
Here
Wilmington
Weather Bureau
Virginia Capes
Charleston
Miami Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
Army to Get First of Registrants
The Army asked for 10 000 draftees for induction in November. The first peacetime draft call went to the five service system from the Munitions Board. Navy and Air Force made no requests for draftees this fiscal year.
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St. Louis
Army
Omar N. Bradley
Military
Munitions Board
Selective Service National
Draft process outlined for selective service estimates
The Selective Service will estimate the number of persons already in service credited to each state. Registrants not automatically exempted will receive pre induction examinations and then return home to await notifications by their local boards.
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Tadieve
Selective Service
Taylor Campaign Stop and Draft Speech Sparks Idaho Visit
Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho arrived in Pocatello to campaign for the Thire party. He spoke in Burley, plans Idaho Falls event, sets headquarters at Bannock hotel, and later warned that peacetime conscription endangers freedom, urging voters to back Henry Wallace in November.
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Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Pocatello
Thire Party
Burley
Idaho Falls
Bannock Hotel
Pocatello Tribune
Henry Wallace
Election Set for American Falls School Board
Election for the American Falls school board will be held from 1 p m to 7 p m on September 7. An entire board must be elected due to the county school districts' recent reorganization.
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American Falls
Idaho WCTU Convention Opens Here Tuesday
About 50 are expected to attend the Idaho Women's Christian Temperance Union convention opening here on Tuesday. Mrs. Clara M. Grove of Moscow, district president, said Monday.
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Moscow
Idaho Women's Christian Temperance Union
Clara M. Grove
Forest Fire Near Boise Brought Under Control
Boise forest service crews have the 200acre blaze under control located 35 miles northeast of Boise. Lynn Knight, Boise national forest fire dispatcher, said the fire is believed to have started by dynamite blasting at a small nearby mine.
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Boise
Forest Service
Lynn Knight
Boise National Forest Fire
Sixty Men Register Opening Day in Bannock County
About sixty men signed up for the peacetime draft as Bannock county’s selective service office began a 20 day registration for men aged 18 to 25 at the Bistline building in Pocatello. The first registrant was San Francisco resident Dean Ben Abben.
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Bannock County
Bistline
East Center
Donaldson
Ray Hunter
San Francisco
Dean Ben Abben
Pocatello
Grace Postmaster's Office
Puppets Vow to Destroy Government in Korea
Intercepted Pyongyang broadcast threatens to destroy the South Korean puppet government. It claims election cards will become bullets as North Korea vows to topple the allied regime in American-occupied Korea, naming Kim Il Sung as elected to the supreme peoples council.
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Seoul
North Korea
South Korea
Pyongyang
Supreme Peoples Council
Supreme Peoples’ Council
Korea
Kim Il Sung
Peoples Committee
Berlin City Council Deliberates After Red Decision
Berlin faces a blocked government as the city council plans to postpone meetings until Moscow issues a communique and police protection is assured. Soviet sector tax controls threaten city finances while east west divisions deepen. The 68th day of the blockade looms.
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Berlin
Kremlin
Moscow
Suit Seeks Damages In 1947 Highway Collision
Agapito Archuleta and Fireman's Insurance Co. sue Ted Norton Charles Norton and Paul Robinson in Bannock county district court. They seek $50 for Archuleta and $502.13 for the insurer. The complaint says Robinson drove the truck and the Nortons owned it, colliding with Archuleta's sedan on Highway 91 near Pocatello at about 12:30 a.m. June 7, 1947.
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Bannock County Fifth District
Agapito Archuleta
Fireman's Insurance Co
Ted Norton
Charles Norton
Paul Robinson
Archuleta
Robinson
Pocatello
Examiners to Meet on Licenses Five Applicants
The board of architectural examiners will meet here September 14 to consider granting licenses to five applicants.
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Boise
Board of Architectural Examiners
American Falls School Year Opens With Sept. 7 Registration
American Falls starts the new school year with registration on Sept. 7 and classes resuming Sept. 8. The football squad has trained since Aug. 20 and the high school band has held several sessions. Bus contracts have been awarded and new faculty assignments announced across the district in American Falls.
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American Falls
Weaver Douglas
Peter Farwell
Ernest Schmett
Carlos Lounsbury
William Weisenburger
Marvin Weisenburger
Emil Mayer
Reinhold Wetzel
Bannock Creek
F. P. Doerfler
Werner Erickson
Sara Kugler
Alice Finis
Thelma Sweet
Josephine
Syl
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