Pocatello Rail Unions Refuse Time and a Half on Sundays
Representatives of non-operating railroad unions in Pocatello stated their members will not surrender time and a half pay for Sunday work. The stance reflects ongoing disputes over weekend compensation.
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Pocatello
Phatic
D. F. Jones
Order of
Chicago
Washington
W. R. Wade
North 8Th Avenue
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Wade
Carpenters
Bricklaya
G. E. Leighty
Leighty
Man Admits Slaying Wife's Lover
Dr. Robert C. Rutledge, 29, a St. Louis pediatrician, confessed after a poison attempt to stabbing Byron C. Hattman, 29, in Cedar Rapids hotel room over Rutledge's wife Sydney. Sydney Rutledge, 23, testified of her secret affair, while police learned of the plan as the couple faced a presidential board on rail labor near in Washington.
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ST. Louis
Robert C. Rutledge
Cedar Rapids
Sydney Rutledge
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
West End
Byron C. Hattman
Hattman
Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co
Dr. Rutledge
Mrs. Rutledge
Hartman
Mississippi
Gov Grants Reprieve in 1947 Denver Kidnap Slay
Governor Lee Knous postponed the Woodburn Oregon youth Paul Schneider's execution to the second week in January after a Supreme Court ruling raised questions about a confession obtained under alleged illegal holding. Schneider confessed to abducting and killing Frank J. Ford in September 1947 in Denver. he had also claimed two Detroit slayings. His family traveled from Woodburn to plead for mercy. The reprieve aims to allow reconsideration of the case.
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Lee Knous
Woodburn
Ore
U. S. Supreme Court
Schneider
Frank J. Ford
Denver
Roy ‘Best
State Penitentiary
Death Row
Joe
Ray Schneider
Marie Nash
Supreme Court
Ford
Brush
Colo
Detroit
Labor Group to Discuss Idaho Labor Legislation Meeting
The Idaho Labor Legislative association local branch meets at 2 p m Sunday to shape views for the state session in Boise December 21. Attending are AFL CIO railroad and Farmers Union delegates from Montpelier Glenns Ferry Pocatello and others to push child labor wage, working conditions, hours for women, unemployment, sick and disability laws, and a safety code for miners and lumberjacks.
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Idaho Labor Legislative Association
Idaho
A. V. Johnson
Johnson
Boise
AFL
CIO
Farmer’s Union
George W. Warren
Montpelier
L. V. Allison
Glenns Ferry
Ben Nokes
Pocatello
Carmen
Bonnie McCullough
Commission On Labor
Washington
Roads deemed dangerous in all directions from Pocatello
Idaho state police warn roads are dangerous in all directions out of Pocatello with the heaviest snow near Preston and unclear additional details from Heht so ronontns nb oll for the report.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Preston
Sun Valley Opens for Skiers With Record Reservations
Sun Valley begins its third postwar season with solid bookings through Christmas. Snow ranges from 49 inches on Baldy to 24 on the valley floor as General Manager W P Rogers predicts a busier year. The Union Pacific will run a Sun Valley special to bring in guests from coast to coast, and a new 340 rider per hour lift on Dollar Mountain debuts along with added staff headlined by Emile Allais.
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Sun Valley
W. P. Rogers
Baldy Mountain
Rogers
Union Pacific
Ketchum Depot
Dick Powell
Jane Allyson
Henry Hathaway
Jane Powell
Ann Sothern
Jimmy Stewart
Jane Russell
Dollar Mountain
Emile Allais
Compensation Order Upheld By High Court
Idaho Supreme Court affirms Industrial Accident Board order granting Mae Warlick burial costs of 200 dollars and weekly compensation of 12 dollars for 400 weeks after her husband died at work for Idaho Bean and Elevator Co near Peck on August 11 1947. Justice Edwin M. Holde wrote the opinion.
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BOISE
Idaho Supreme Court
Industrial Accident Board
Mae Warlick
Peck
Glider Rescue Attempt In Greenland Fails
A group of airmen marooned atop a 7700 foot Greenland ice cap faced failed rescue attempts as the glider wheels broke through the crust and the craft nosed up. At least 10 to 11 men remained stranded with weather delaying a new effort.
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Greenland
Air Force
45th Birthday of Aviation Observed at Kill Devil Hill
Kitty Hawk North Carolina observed aviation’s 45th anniversary with flyovers by fast military planes and a wreath from helicopters and blimps over the Wright brothers site. Assistant Navy Secretary Mark Andrews addressed about 600 attendees recalling the 1903 first flight and its impact on peace and World War II air power.
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Kitty Hawk
N. C
Kill Devil Hill
Wright Brothers
Navy
Mark Andrews
Alpheus W. Drinkwater
Coast
Washington
Smithsonian Institute
Melbourne Brindle
Andrews
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Russians Fire On Britons Injuring Two In Border Clash
Six British soldiers were released by Russians after a 48 hour detention following a border incident near the British Russian line. A corporal crossed the zone to retrieve a rabbit and Russian frontier guards arrested him. When a British patrol requested his release they were fired on. Pvt Dennis C Knill was shot in chest and arm and Pvt H Whitehead was lightly wounded. Knill received penicillin and blood transfusions and was reported to be improving.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Dennis C. Kuill
Pvt. H. Whitehead
Knill
Road cleared to Atlanta after snowbound siege
Boise dispatch reports Atlanta, a small community about 80 miles up the Boise River, was snowbound for five days until a National Guard convoy of snowplow trucks and an ambulance reached it by bus and car, reopening the route.
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Boise
Atlanta
National Guard
Boise River
Train derailed west of Ogden injures none
The Southern Pacific City's San Francisco bound express derailed 48 miles west of Ogden Utah with 13 cars off the tracks. No injuries among about 240 passengers. A relief train carried passengers to the coast. the derailment was caused by a broken wheel. The City of San Francisco operates jointly by Southern Pacific Chicago and Northwestern and Union Pacific.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad
Ogden
Utah
Lakeside
Southern Pacific
Chicago and Northwestern
Union Pacific
Rape Slay Case Narrowed To A Few Suspects On Guam
Police on Guam questioned more than 500 men in the killing of Ruth Farnsworth. They suspect the attacker may have been a trusted acquaintance and note she could have fled via a rear shop door or confronted the man who dragged her into nearby jungle. One suspect has an alibi with gaps.
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Agana
Guam
Ruth Farnsworth
Miss Farnsworth
Polio Expenditures Surpass Idaho Contributions
Idaho paid out about 733000 dollars to fight polio over ten years through the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, while contributions from Idaho totaled 249448 dollars. Chair Kenyon R. Bennett notes 80 percent of spending occurred since June 1947 after a severe epidemic that year. Public health records show 114 cases reported so far this year.
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Boise
National Foundation For
Idaho
Gem
Kenyon R. Bennett
Bennett
Public Health Department
Jury orders film writer reinstated at MGM
Federal court jurors rule screenwriter Lester Cole must be rehired at $1350 weekly by Metro Goldwyn-Mayer after suspension for refusing to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee. The decision also mandates back pay totaling $74,250, with jurors finding Cole did not bring public hatred or scorn on the studio or industry.
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Los Angeles
Lester Cole
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
Congressional
Cole
Hollywood
House Committee On
UnAmerican
Communist Party
Congress
Leon Yankwich
Louis B. Mayer
Two Officials In Alameda Sued Over Bond After Plea
A Salt Lake City truck driver sues Alameda Police Judge G. Dillenbach and Police Chief Earl J. Adkins. He alleges his $100 cash bond was forfeited on a plea of innocent to reckless driving Oct. 22 and that he was denied a jury trial. Judge Isaac McDougall heard the arguments. Engster was represented by H. J. Swanson but not present.
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Alameda
G. Dillenbach
Earl J. Adkins
Salt Lake City
Isaac McDougall
G. K. Engster
McDougall
Engster
H. J. Swanson
Swanson
Ship Executive Arrested in Deportation Case
Czeslaw Grzelak vice president of the Gdy nia American Steamship Line was arrested at his office by immigration officers for deportation as an alien communist. District Immigration Director W F Watkins said Grzelak was charged with belonging to an organization advocating violent overthrow of the United States government.
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New York
Czeslaw Grzelak
Gdynia American Steamship Line
W. F. Watkins
Grzelak
United States
Birth Twins Prompt City Wide Rescue In Brooklyn
In Brooklyn Mrs Florence Santaveccchi gave birth to twins at 6 am triggering a city wide effort. Eight policemen a doctor a priest and neighbors helped deliver a four and a half pound boy and a four pound girl before hospital transfer. Father Jerome Murphy baptized the babies with Patrolman Martin Hickey as godfather. Santaveccchi was away at camp.
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New York
Florence ,Santavee~chi
Brooklyn
Peters
Casey
Jerome Murphy
Martin Hickey
Santaveechi
Student Train Arrives Today With Idaho Students
Happy parents wait at the Union Pacific depot for the student special from Moscow due at 5:25 p m. The Idaho group traveled 24 hours, carrying about 175 students heading home for Christmas to Pocatello and nearby areas. The consist includes sleepers for men and separate cars for coeds and married couples plus a diner.
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Union Pacific
Moscow
University of Idaho
Idaho
Pocatello
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