Negro Death Row Killer Confesses Eleven Murders
Jake Bird, 45, a Washington state death row inmate, has confessed to ten slayings over about 20 years. His crimes spanned Iowa Nebraska Illinois Utah and Colorado with robbery as the motive. He was captured after the Tucoma killings involving Bertha Kludt and her daughter and faces a January 16 hanging.
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Jake Bird
Washington State
Pierce County
Joseph Karpach
Yveasou wReadney
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Utah
Colo
State Penitentiary
Bertha Kludt
Republicans Budgeting For 1948 Campaign in Idaho
Idaho Republican central committee ends two day meeting after planning a 96000 campaign expenditure for the 1948 race matching 1946 spending. State chairman Tom W. Smith says committee will reconvene February 13 for a Lincoln Day banquet. Governor Robins pledges active fundraising support and audits. Nomination convention set for April 17 at Coeur d Alene.
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Idaho Republican Central Committee
Tom W. Smith
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C. A. Robins
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GOP
Coeur d'Alene
Twin Falls Republican Committee Demands Smith Resignation
A report notes the Twin Falls county Republican central committee demanded Smith's resignation amid party tensions. The governor responded to a disparaging remark from an unidentified committee member by telling a story of a boy who ran inside to tell his father about 44 coyotes.
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Twin Falls County Republican Central Committee
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Ice Belt thaw anticipated after nation wide storm
Forecasts say a gradual thaw will reduce the 2000 mile ice and snow cover from Texas Panhandle to New England with much of it melting by Monday. New snowfall is tipped for the Canadian border and northern Michigan while other regions see clear to partly cloudy skies. NYC may reach 40 degrees as residents endure cold, and Illinois and Southeast Iowa report million dollar damage to telephone lines amid the winter storm.
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Texas Panhandle
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Canadian
Michigan
New York City
Iowa
Illinois
Harold Stassen to Speak in Pocatello January 13
Harold FE Stassen the 1948 Republican presidential hopeful will address a Pocatello audience January 13 as arranged by Bannock County Republicans led by H Earl Lewis. The visiting party includes Stassen aides and 10 officials. prior stops are Sheridan Wyoming January 12 and Salt Lake City January 14 with Lewiston planned for February 17.
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Pocatello
Tom W. Smith
Rexburg
H. Earl Lewis
Bannock County
Lewis
Tom Sahlberg
District Young Republican Organization
Perry Swisher
al Cordon
Twayne Austin
Charles Baher
Durante Undergoes Surgery for Intestinal Tumor
Comedian Jimmy Durante endured the operation successfully and was reported in good condition Friday night. The surgery involved removal of an intestinal tumor.
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Hollywood
Jimmy Durante
Idaho May Receive Million As Share Of School Funds
Washington AP reports a national push to approve a 300 million dollar yearly federal aid program for public schools. NEA officials and congressional committees push companion bills in the Senate and House to authorize funding aimed at equalizing school support across states.
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Washington
National Education Association
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
House Education and Labor
Five Deaths in 1947 From Bannock County Auto Accidents
Bannock county sheriff's annual 1947 report records five deaths and 75 injuries from 182 automobile accidents involving 232 cars. Estimated damage to motor vehicles reached $28,000. The office processed 791 prisoners and 542 legal papers, issued 1314 chauffeur licenses, and 10 904 drivers licenses, yielding $13 443.50 in license revenue.
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Bannock County
Rosie EL Ata Ee
Record of Bannock County sheriff offenses and fatalities
A Bannock County sheriff report lists 52 offenses including murder, manslaughter, arson, burglary, larceny, drunken driving, gambling, and liquor violations. It notes 3 men and 2 women killed in automobile accidents, with 14 local and 8 foreign cars recovered among 60 total cars located.
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Bannock County
Swien
Eight Major Steel Firms Face White House Black Market Probe
Washington officials summoned eight leading steel companies to testify Monday about alleged black market operations estimated at up to one billion dollars annually. The hearings inaugurate a broader congressional probe into gray market activity beyond standard trade channels and may expand to related sectors such as the automotive industry.
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Murderer Hanged in West Virginia After Conviction
Paul Burton, 33, a coal miner, was executed in Moundsville for the murder of 23 year old Willard Simpson. Witnesses watched as the noose was set and the cap placed, Burton singing "I am going to meet my maker" before the trap fell.
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Tare
Skeen
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Willard Simpson
Four film figures fined for game law violation in Bakersfield
Clark Gable Frank Morgan Johnny Mack Brown and producer O D Dull each paid 200 penalties after pleading guilty to game law violations. MGM attorney Michael Cohen said the studio regretted the party exceeded the duck possession limit of four per hunter.
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Calif
Clark Gable
Frank Morgan
Johnny Mack Brown
O. D. Dull
Justice of the Peace
Frank Noriega
Michael Cohen
MGM
Dull
Meat Ration on Schedule As Congress Plans Session
Three new poliomyelitis cases reported in Idaho during the first three days of 1948 bring the total to 295 since Jan 1, 1947. Victims are a 6-year-old in Weiser, a 9-year-old in Payette, and a 17-year-old in Tuttle. All but 14 cases occurred since July 1.
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Boise
Idaho
State Department of Public Health
Weiser
Payette
Tuttle
Health Department
Bitter Fight Rages for Area Control in Jerusalem
Violent clashes erupt in Jerusalem's old city as Jews and Arabs battle for control of the sacred area. Grenade and Molotov cocktail use reported, with heavy casualties on both sides. An American priest is cited from the Franciscan convent within the Holy See.
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Wall
Dad
The
Holy
Simplot Plans Kalunite Plant Remodel in Salt Lake City
J R Simplot interests will remodel the Kalunite plant in Salt Lake City for heavy fertilizer production. Vice President O A Power said work will start as soon as possible and supplies of sulfuric acid and anhydrous ammonia are being lined up. Simplot, based in Pocatello, bought the plant from the War Assets Administration for 752000 dollars.
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Salt Lake City
O. A. Power
J. R. Simplot
Power
Simplot
Pocatello
War Assets Administration
Polar Bear Traps Zoo Official Sends Tourists Scurrying
A full grown polar bear roamed the Washington Park Zoo main cage room for nearly an hour on a Saturday night. Superintendent J. L. Marks was trapped atop a cage as four tourists sought safety. Zoo tender William Clark lured the 700 pound bear with a bone after outrunning it around the octagon main building. The bear was named Mischa by Russian sailors who donated it to the Portland zoo.
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William Clark
Clark
Mischa
Portland Zoo
Cancer Specialist Gets Call For Treatment of Russian
Sweden's Dr. Ellis Berven, famed cancer specialist, rushes to Moscow after a mysterious call. Soviet officials speed visa and flight arrangements as rumors swirl about his patient. The 62 year old doctor left Helsinki for Russia after a Finnish connection.
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Sweden
Ellis Berven
Moscow
Stalin
Dr. Berven
Helsinki
Dr. Been
Auto Stolen Here Found in Colorado
Colorado state police said an Idaho license plate 1 B 2 282 registered to Donald L. Burnett of Pocatello Idaho and various items including tools a paymaster check writer and a notebook with the name Doris M. Burnett were found in willows beside a county road six miles east of Grand Junction on December 28. R J Reynolds chief deputy in the Barnok County sheriff's office.
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Alma Marley
Idaho
Donald L. Burnett
Hawthorne
Pocatello
Paymaster
Doris M. Burnett
Grand Junction
Colo
R. J. Reynolds
Bamnok County
Sheriff's of
Truman outlines European aid plan amid high U S costs
President Truman to present a three part message starting Wednesday detailing a four year, 17 billion dollar economic recovery program for 16 western European nations. Congress will hear from 40 witnesses, including Secretary Marshall, Hoover, and Bernard Baruch as it crafts rival proposals during an election year.
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Europe
Herbert Hoover
Bernard Baruch
GOP
Boise Crash Claims a Mother and Child in Head On Collision
Mrs James Ayers 15 of Nampa died Saturday at St Luke s hospital from injuries in a two car head on crash 12 miles east of Boise Thursday night. Her mother Lola M Perry 43 and sister Darlene Perry 13 remain in critical condition. Lawrence D Perkins 27 Ole and Charles Griffith Emmett game department employees in the Perkins car are in fair condition.
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Game Department
Perkins
Mrs Ford Injured In Sun Valley Skiing Accident
Mrs Henry Ford II of Detroit sustained a minor fracture of the left ankle while skiing at Baldy Mountain Sun Valley Idaho. She was ahead of her husband and ski instructor Sigi Engl when her ski tip caught a snowbank and she was thrown, marking the year's first skiing mishap at the resort.
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Idaho
Henry Ford II
Detroit
Mich
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Ford
Canyon Run
Sigi Engl
Buried Grain Records Turned Over to Senate Panel
Edwin W Pauley surrendered accounting records of grain speculation to the senate appropriations committee following Pauleys testimony that he held 500000 bushels of grain when taking over his military assignment last fall He said he had disposed of all but 5000 bushels and would remove the balance.
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Edwin W. Pauley
Senate Appropriations Committee
Royall
Pauley
Solon drafts bill for early meat rationing plan
Senator Flanders said he will introduce a bill within about ten days to authorize the agriculture department to draft rationing plans and prepare coupon books on a hold in reserve basis. Congress would need a second act to activate the program, giving lawmakers final say. President Truman sought stand by power to restore rationing and reimpose controls in his special session message.
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Congress
Flanders
Rvi
Anderson
Agriculture Department
Executive Department
Truman
Wait On Weather For Idaho Labor In 1948 Forecast
The Idaho Employment Service predicts a prosperous 1948 with April as the start for expanding employment and more than 10,000 jobs by April. Weather will largely dictate hiring, with possible labor shortages in May and October. Mining faces long-standing worker losses to other industries in spring and summer, dependent on housing in the Wallace Kellogg area and training upgarading unskilled workers.
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Boise
Idaho
Employment Service
Gem State
Wallace-Kellogg
Crane Kills Utahn at Geneva Steel Plant
George Hare old Dotson, 30, of Pleasant Grove died in Provo Utah when a traveling crane crushed him between a large crane and a steel volume at the Geneva steel plant. He worked as a millwright in the open hearth department.
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Utah
George Hareold Dotson
Pleasant Grove
Geneva Steel Plant
Attlee Attacks Communism as Threat to Europe
London AP report says Prime Minister Attlee denounced Soviet communism as a new form of imperialism that endangers Europe. In a party broadcast he accused the movement of renouncing individual freedom and Western political heritage while opposing domestic Labor goals and union influence.
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Attlee
Europe
Communist Party
Western
Conserv
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