Bitter Winter Slope Hits Pocatello And Southern Idaho
Old Man Weather dominates the weekend as two storms dump snow across southern Idaho. In Pocatello six inches fell by Sunday 7 p m with 5 4 inches this month. Roads were extremely dangerous but drivers stayed cautious and no major accidents were reported.
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Idaho
Pocatello
Gate City
United States Weather Bureau
Greyhound Line
Boise
Twin Falls
Salt Lake City
Freston
Bannock County
Tyhee
Highway 91
Tyhee Road
Pocatello Municipal
United
Continental Divide
Yellowstone
Pacific Northwest
Local Man Hit By Automobile in Pocatello Crosswalk
Kenneth Lish, 2, of Pocatello, remained in General hospital with injuries after being struck by Bruce Mooney’s car while crossing Main Street Wyeth Street intersection Sunday night. Mooney, also of Pocatello, said Lish dash from a parked car and weather prevented a timely stop.
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Kenneth Lish
Pocatello
Lish
Main Street
Wyeth Street
Bruce Mooney
Mooney
WBA Meet Set for Rupert with Gift Exchange
The Women's Benefit Association plans a meeting at C with a pot luck meal at 1 30 PM and a gift exchange to follow.
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WBA
Rupert
Women’s Benefit Association
C. and
War Brides and Children Fly To USA Amid Tight Deadline
Airlift across Germany speeds war brides and their children toward the United States as December 27 nears for the war brides act. Thousands have already moved, with Britain and Germany producing the largest groups of dependents among the 32,000 plus sent since 1946.
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USA
Frankfurt
Germany
United States
Pte Eeuinee Iys
U. S
Munich
Westover Field
Europe
Army
Britain
Argentina
Southampton
America
China tightens Yangtze defenses amid clashes reports
The Chinese government reinforced Yangtze river defenses and closed minor ports while naval patrols were strengthened. Dispatches offered no confirmation of Communist claims of encirclement and annihilation of government troops south of the Yangtze, and a Nationalist general Huang Po Tai reportedly killed himself.
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Nanking
China
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Great River
Sal
Pengpu
Reds
Huang Wei
Huang Po-Tai
Nienchuang
Suchow
Coast Sailors Resolve Dispute and Resume Pacific Trade
AFL sailor leader Harry Lundeberg reaches peace with west coast shippers ending a 95 day halt. Waterfront Employers and Shipowners endorse immediate restart with 8 am Monday unloading of strike ships and loading of 10 empty vessels. Jurisdictional clash with CIO longshoremen ends after SUP agrees no infringing on their activities. Federal mediator Omar Hoskins notes the settlement clears the way for operations to resume.
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San Francisco
AFL Sailor’s Union
Harry Lundeberg
Waterfront Employers Association
Pacific-American Shipowners Association
Lundeberg
CIO
Sailor's Union of the Pacific
SUP
Mtatives
Pacific-Aman Shipowners Association
Omar Hoskins
Longshercmen
Janitor Tells Of Double Farm Killing
A 51 year old Salvation Army janitor in Colorado Springs signed a statement admitting the hammer slayings of Joseph Neugebauer and Matthew Magana on a Baden Pennsylvania farm last year. He said he killed them while drinking and they angered him. He had been sought since 1947 and was arrested by FBI and local police. He described traveling to avoid detection and said he would waive extradition to Pennsylvania.
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Colorado Springs
Salvation Army
Santa Claus
Pennsylvania
John W. Givens
Joseph Neugebauer
Matthew Magana
Baden
Gallitzin
Givens
Erie
FBI
Sacramento
Calif
R. P. Kramer
Denver
Kramer
Los Angeles
Senate to Watch Budget Spending Face Mainly Military Costs
Senator Kenneth McKellar said the Senate Committee will scrutinize all spending including the military budget. He did not predict if spending would stay at Truman’s $15 billion proposal or be trimmed below that level.
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Washington
Kenneth McKellar
Senate Committee
Congress
Truman
Holiday Card Row Ends In Sudden Killing
A 15 year old boy in West Branch Michigan confessed to shooting his mother Lucy Gregg 42 after a dispute over financing Christmas card samples. He fired through the kitchen door wounding her, fled with rifles, hid them along the road, and was picked up hitchhiking two hours later. Prosecutor Melvin Orr said to be taken to probate court and arraignment in justice court.
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West Branch
Mich
William Lee Farley
Lucy Gregg
William
Ogeman County
Melvin Orr
Justice Court
Boise Moves to Adopt Strong Anti Smoke Ordinance
Boise city council will hear a proposed anti smoke ordinance from the chamber of commerce smoke abatement committee led by William A. Goodall. The measure aims to strengthen enforcement and entrust the building department with authority to curb the smoke menace after extensive study.
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BOISE
Boise City Council
Chamber of Commerce
William A. Goodall
Goodall
Tie
High Court Rules Today On Japanese War Leaders
Washington reports the U S Supreme Court will decide whether to hear appeals from Gen Kenji Doihara and ex premier Koki Hirota, delaying the hangings of seven Tokyo leaders. MacArthur halted five others including Hideki Tojo. executions may proceed Tuesday the date marking Pearl Harbor anniversary.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Far East International Tribunal
Kenji Dohihara
Koki Hirota
Douglas MacArthur
Hideki Tojo
Truman Returns From Sea Trip
President Truman returns to Washington from a weekend cruise to Norfolk Virginia aboard the yacht Williamsburg. He attends the Missouri battle ship silver service gifting worth 10000 dollars as his flags fly at the Navy Yard docked on schedule at 10 a.m. EST.
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Washington
Truman
Capital
Norfolk
Missouri
Williamsburg
Washington Navy Yard
Lonely Old Man Buried In Ideal Planned Funeral
Charles Mark Sunday died after living in a room for years and arranging his own burial policy with Owens Brumley. He left two oil stoves a bed a gold watch and coins to the funeral director and had a Cadillac limo fetch neighbors for a proper service with roses in a red casket and songs by state organist Sims Lestraie.
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Owens
Mark
Bert Miller Pledges Full Truman Help
Senator elect Bert H. Miller pledged that the next four years would see more progressive legislation passed by Congress than in any four years. He spoke at a Ada county Democratic banquet in Boise attended by over 300 where Ed Brennan and Phil Evans also addressed the crowd. Miller said he was confident of his win despite Dixiecrat and progressive opposition to Truman.
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Boise
Bert H. Miller
Congress
Miller
Ada County
Democratic Committee
Ed Brennan
Washington
Idaho
Colummn Agai
Phil Evans
Owyhee County
Bert. H. Miller
Harry Truman
California Quake Leaves Palm Springs Damage in Hundreds
A severe Southern California earthquake Saturday caused thousands of dollars in damage across the region from Santa Maria to the Mexican border. Palm Springs suffered the most with shattered plate glass, cracked chandeliers, and a half hour of shocks. A matinee crowd fled a theater injuring several, while shoppers and bystanders sustained minor hurts amid chaos.
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Los
Angeles
California
Palm Springs
Southland
Santa Maria
Long Beach
California Institute of Technology
Coachella Desert
Indio
Pasadena
Western Berlin votes in mass show of democracy over Soviet rule
In Berlin western sectors, about 1.48 million of 1.683 million eligible Germans cast ballots for 98 city assembly seats amid a climate of anti Soviet sentiment. Communists faced arrests and attempted disruptions while anti-Communist labor actions boosted turnout. The election proceeded with strong police and Allied oversight.
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Berlin
UPI
Frank L Howley
United States
Western Berlin
West Berlin
Aderst
Will
Elec
Russia
Bartenders Plan Citywide New York Strike Marking Prohibition Repeal
About 2500 bartenders from Local 15 AFL vote to strike starting 8 a m Monday against United Restaurant and Liquor Dealers Association seeking higher wages and a 40 hour week. Striking would halt spirits flow in over 700 Manhattan bars except Times Square area. Union says contract breached and seeks court injunction to prevent interference.
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Bartenders Union
AFL
United Restaurant and Liquor Dealers ‘Association
Manhattan
Borough
Times Square
Jack Townsend
Cal. 15
Harold L. Luxemburg
Supreme Court
Stoker School Faces Lunch Poisoning Scare
In Bountiful Utah the Stoker school principal checked 200 students and teachers after lunch and found all were all right Saturday. Ills reported after cafeteria meal. food samples sent to state health board for analysis with results due later. Principal D R Tolman, a victim, ordered a Monday facilities check.
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Bountiful
Utah
Stoker
State Board of Health
Salt Lake City
D. R. Tolman
Tolman
College reports strong quakes in South Pacific epicenter
Fordham University seismologist Father Joseph Lynch says two fairly severe earthquakes will be recorded early morning with epicenters in the South Pacific about 8,900 miles from New York. He forecast first event around 1400 hours EST and a second quake thereafter.
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New York
Joseph Lynch
Fordham University
South Pacific
Movie Actors Report Thefts
Hollywood officers reported thefts Sunday involving two film figures. Crooner Dick Haymes claimed his 1941 convertible car was stolen from a repair lot, while actor Donald O’Connor said his two watch dogs were stolen by a robber.
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Hollywood
Dick Haymes
Donald O’canhor
Hoffman in London Consults on German Reparations
Economic administrator Paul Hoffmann arrived in London by plane from the United States to confer with American officials on German reparations.
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John Escobedo
Billy Welgin
Rose Ball
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Claude Chapin
Sonya Roth
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