Idaho Legislators Organize for Two Month Session
Idaho's 30th legislature opens with divided control in the house and senate. Democratic Senate president pro tem is O. E. Cannon of Elmore county. Senate secretary is John C. Porter of Rexburg with Carl Kitchen of Boise as assistant. House Republicans name a committee to consider attaches including H. C. Allen, David Tate, and Larry Mills.
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Boise
Idaho
House
Senate
0. E. Cannon
Elmore County
John Hohnhorst
Jerome County
Hamer Budge
Ada County
Erwin Schwiebert
Canyon
Budge
Schwiebert
John C. Porter
Rexburg
Carl Kitchen
H. C. Allen
Power County
David Tate
Ada
Larry Mills
Latah
Cannon
Fourteen Die In Crash Of Seattle Plane
A DC-3 carrying Yale students from Seattle Air Charter crashed after takeoff killing 14 of 30 aboard. Fifteen survived and one was unaccounted for. The craft, piloted by William Chavers, had Seattle origins with owner William F. Leland missing. Crew included Kenny Love.
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Seattle
Yale University
Yale
Washington
Oregon
Seattle Air Charter
New Haven
Conn
William F. Leland
William Chavers
Kenny Love
Thug Shoots Aged Woman in Lewiston
In Lewiston the 65 year old Mrs. Fred L. Ulen, wife of the Lewiston business college president, was shot twice as she resisted a purse snatch near Norman Hill about 9 p.m. She lay in serious condition with shock and loss of blood. Police blocked roads and ordered arrests for all men matching a vague gunman description.
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Lewiston
Fred L. Ulen
Lewiston Business College
Eight Buses Burn In Billings Fire
A Saturday blaze in Billings destroyed eight buses and two semi trailers and wrecked the Burlington Transportation garage. Damage is about 400000 dollars. An explosion preceded the fire and gas fumes likely ignited by overhead heaters, says Fire Chief Lucian B. Smith. No injuries reported.
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Billings
Mont
Burlington Transportation Company
George Kurka
Billings Burlington
Lucian B. Smith
Holden Becomes Idaho Chief Justice in Rotating Plan
Edwin M. Holden was sworn in as chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court today replacing Raymond L. Givens. James W. Porter, former Twin Falls district judge, took his seat after the August primary election to succeed Alfred Budge who was ineligible for re election under the compulsory retirement law.
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Boise
Edwin M. Holden
Idaho Supreme Court
Raymond L. Givens
James W. Porter
Twin Falls
Alfred Budge
U S View of Cold War Gains and Future Challenges
President Truman is poised to tell Congress that the United States is winning the first stage of the Cold War against Russia but that a long, costly campaign of countermeasures remains. Advisers see 1948 as a year of western unity and strength amid Berlin, Asia, and eastern Europe tensions.
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Truman
Congress
U. S
Russia
China
1948
Berlin
Asia
West
Mr. Truman
Kremlin
London storms claim twenty six lives across Europe
Gales at sea and cold weather sweep Western Europe as storms disrupt shipping around the British Isles. Two major traffic accidents on the continent leave 26 dead.
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London
British Isles
Europe
Cold Wave Grips Nation With Frosts and Blizzard Warnings
Frigid air spans the U S with subzero temps from Florida to Idaho and Utah. Frosts kill crops in the Everglades while blizzards whip the plains and Rockies. Winds up to 60 mph impede travel from Kansas to Nebraska and California trees topple under gusts as floodwaters recede in the northeast. The forecast calls for continued cold through Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Florida Everglades
Toll Passes 300 in New Year Holiday Death Toll
The New Year weekend death toll rose to more than 300 from traffic and other accidents. Fifteen states reported fatalities with Washington state leading. Highway deaths totaled 205, higher than NSC estimates, while miscellaneous incidents added 96 deaths across various causes.
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National Safety Council
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
Wyoming
Idaho Wyoming Water Groups Hold Session Here
The Committee of Nine representing most upper Snake River water users travels to Pocatello to meet Wyoming representatives at the Hotel Bannock. A statutory group attends to agree on allocation of water in Idaho and Wyoming. This second meeting in a month follows a Dec 15 session in Idaho Falls. Engineers from both states have studied water possibilities while Wyoming storage in Idaho and Ashton district claims are discussed for equitable Snake River distribution.
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Snake River Valley
Pocatello
Wyoming
Bannock
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Ashton
Snake River
Supreme Court Backs State Bans on Closed Shops
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld state laws banning closed shops where only union workers may be hired and must stay in good standing. Arizona Nebraska and North Carolina bans were cited with 13 other states referenced in arguments. Justice Murphy dissented on Arizona. Justices Rutledge and Franklinfurter filed concurrence in all three rulings.
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Supreme Court
American Federation of Labor
Arizona
Nebraska
North Carolina
Black
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Rutledge
Frankfurter
Dutch Meet Resistance By Guerrillas
Dutch forces on Java face ongoing guerrilla harassment as Republican radio reports raids on Ponorogo Sukohardjo Wonogiri Soekaboemi Garoet and Bantam harbor. Dutch planes shot down in Sumatra and a bridge near Soerakarta blown. convoy attacked near Cheribon and a rubber estate near Buitenzorg repelled with casualties.
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Java
Republican
Netherlands
Sumatra
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Sukohardjo
Wonogiri
Soekaboemi
Garoet
Bantam Harbor
East Java
Soerakarta
Cheribon
Buitenzorg
Smith Offers Resignation as Ambassador to Russia
Washington reports Walter Bedell Smith asked President Truman to relieve him of his post as ambassador to Russia. No decision has been announced. Smith said he would speak with the president again later, and warned he might return to Moscow if kept in the job.
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Washington
R P
Walter Bedell Smith
Truman
Russia
Smith
Moscow
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Crash Injures Four Near Twin Falls
Four persons were injured in a Saturday train automobile collision a mile east of Twin Falls. The car driven by Claude Grow, 41, struck a Union Pacific diesel electric engine on an icy crossing. Serious injuries were to Jack Rucker 34 Shelley Alice Kruse 34 La Von Kruse 16 and Keith Kruse 4 all of Twin Falls.
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Claude Grow
Union Pacific
Twin Falls
la von Kruse
Keith Kruse
Peace Talks Sweep All Of China Dinner Marks Push Toward Cease Fire
A Shanghai city council petitioned the Communist leadership for an immediate cease fire and talks with Nationalist and Communist reps. The message urged 6,000,000 Shanghai residents to back negotiations. Separate peace efforts were rumored among Nationalist generals near Peiping and Tientsin.
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Shanghai
Yenan
Shanghai Council
Nanking
China
Peiping
Tientsin
Chang
Plows Clear Idaho Roads After Weekend Snow
Southern Idaho roads were blocked by drifting snow with plows reopening state highway 29 toward Wyoming via Swan Valley and U S 191 northeast of Idaho Falls. Snow totals ranged from four inches at Pocatello to 14 inches at Gooding with nine inches in Burley and near freezing temperatures statewide.
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Gooding
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Twin Falls
Boise
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Associated Press
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Boise Weather Bureau
Burley
Weather Bureau
Attorney Thomas L. Martin Dies in Boise
Boise attorney Thomas L. Martin dies Saturday night at a local hospital. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 2 p m in Boise. He long served as secretary of the Idaho State Chamber of Commerce and held affiliations with Masonic orders Rotary Ellis and the Odd Fellows. Survivors include his widow four daughters two brothers five sisters and two grandsons.
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Thomas L. Martin
Martin
Idaho State Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
Ellis and
The
Odd Fellows
Bureau Probes Tax Dodges on Capital Gains Rates
The Internal Revenue Bureau said neither radio stars nor others will be allowed to use the low capital gains rate on sales of personal services. The capital gains rate for "capital assets" remains 25 percent, while income tax rates on personal compensation rise to 70 percent on sums over $1,000,000.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Planes Bomb Jerusalem In Two Raids
Two raids on Jerusalem left at least five injured in a crowded Jewish quarter. Egyptian and Israeli forces exchanged fire along the Negev as warnings of retaliation and potential strikes on Cairo intensified tensions between the two sides.
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Cairo
Tel Aviv
Egyptian War Ministry
Israel Plames
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Egypt
Snowbound Passengers Stranded Near Twin Springs
A snowstorm trapped 17 people including 11 passengers and the Atlanta stage driver at Twin Springs, 43 miles northeast of Boise. Idaho national guardsmen in a snowplow worked to open the road as food for the group dwindled to about one day.
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Boise
Idaho National Guardsmen
Twin Springs
Atlanta
Here
Leon Shadley
Keith Burns
Idaho Advertising Potatoes Onions Week Planned
The Idaho advertising commission will run a nationwide publicity campaign for Idaho potatoes and onions from January 13 to 22. Governor Robins proclaimed the period Idaho potato and onion week, with 64 metropolitan newspapers set to advertise the event. Commission chair D A Stubblefield said retailers and wholesalers nationwide will support the effort.
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Boise
Idaho Advertising Commission
Idaho
C. A. Robins
Idaho Potato and Onion Week
D. A. Stubblefield
Advertising Commission
Metropolian
Decatur Reports Zero Traffic Fatalities in 1948
Decatur Illinois recorded no traffic fatalities in 1948, amid a city population of about 59 000. The data marks a rare safety milestone for the park city as officials note the record year.
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Decatur, Ill
Decatur
House Elects Texan To Speakership
Washington AP reports Democrats win a test vote on curbing the rules committee to ease labor and social measures. The measure passed signaling likely adoption as Republicans gauge support from Southern Democrats in the new 262 to 171 party split with one American Labor member and one vacancy.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
Congress
Capitol
Trueman
American Labor Party
Bottolfsen Chosen Chief Clerk As Idaho House Opens
Idaho's 30th legislative session opened with a Republican controlled house and Democratic senate. C A Bottolfsen of Arco was selected as chief clerk after a joint swearing in by Chief Justice Edwin M. Holden. Barney Glasvin of Twin Falls, defeated in the August primary, presided as former speaker. Senate sergeant at arms named Robert Graham Elmore county with Allen Coleman as assistant. House sergeant at arms R M Whittier Power county chosen.
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Boise
Idaho
Senate
Edwin M. Holden
State Supreme Court
House
C. A. Bottolfsen
Arco
Barney Glasvin
Twin Falls
Robert Graham
Elmore County
Allen Coleman
Bonner County
R. M. Whittier
Power County
Queen Mary Delayed By Grounding Damage Off Cherbourg
The Queen Mary 81235-ton liner bound for New York faces a delayed sailing after running aground off Cherbourg. Repairs to a superficial hull breach are done from inside the ship, with a noon tide departure now planned for tomorrow. One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty passengers are aboard and an insurance clearance is required.
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Southampton
Eng
New York
Cherbourg
Cunard
White Star Line
Navy Offers Training Opportunity In Electronics
Chief L. D. Hook of the U S Navy recruiting office at Pocatello announced a five thousand dollar education opportunity for qualified candidates in electronics. He urged locals to visit the nearest recruiting office to verify eligibility and start training today.
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L. D. Hook
U. S. Navy
Pocatello
Navy
Hools
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