U S to Send Submarines to Turkey and Greece
Washington reports four fleet-type submarines will go to Turkey and six to Greece as part of a U S program to bolster defenses against Soviet influence. Delivery to Turkey due by April with eight mine sweepers and supporting vessels. Marines are en route to bolster crews in the Mediterranean amid ongoing guerrilla fighting near Greece.
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Washington
Turkey
United States
Russia
Vinson
Greece
Mediterranean
U. S
Grece
Europe
Union Pacific To Add Diesel Trains For Idaho Farmers
Ambrose J. Seitz vice president of traffic for Union Pacific told the Idaho Wool Growers association convention that diesel trains and more cars would ease farm product handling. He cited a new Pocatello classification yard, its late start, and the need for staff adaptation as causes of early complaints amid rising livestock freight rates.
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The
Idaho Wool Growers Association
Ambrose J. Seitz
Idaho
Reitz
Pocatello
Dreton
Seitz
Four Robbers Hit New Orleans Bank in Broad Daylight
Four armed robbers net about $130000 in a daylight holdup of the Hibernia National Bank branch at a busy city intersection. They forced the vault open, gathered money from tellers, and chased injuring a porter while roughly handling a woman employee. about 25 staff were confined. The loss is reported as insured. This marks a rare bank robbery in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Midwily
Hibernia National Bank
Conference in Firkins v Grayson and Horner damages suit
Opposing counsel conference and a 2 p m reconvening were reported in the Bannock County fifth district court as witnesses testified in the damages case of Hazel Velva Firkins v Grayson and Horner Inc Judge L B Glennon presiding. Plaintiff witnesses included Fred W Marley Don Downing Ed B McAtee and Sam Cordell with defendant witnesses William A Wagler Rue Tenscher Leonard Judkins Gifford and LaMar Hall. The suit concerns damages from a sewer trench cave in that harmed Ernest Firkins.
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Hazel Velva Firkins
Grayson and Horner, Inc
L. B. Glennon
Bannock County
Fred W. Marley
Don Downing
Ed B. McAtee
Sam Cordell
William A
U S Marine Unit Heads to Palestine
London reports indicate a highly qualified Marine officer asked for one guard for the U S consulate in Palestine. A contingent left North Carolina earlier this week to join Mediterranean fleet units, with rumors Britain will land Marines to protect American institutions. Arab officials warned against such a move, predicting Arabs will object strongly and view it as provocative.
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London
Hall
Holy Land
U. S
North Carolina
Mediterranean
Britain
Palestine
United Nations
Great Britain
State Sells Land in Gooding and Fremont Counties
State land commissioner Edward Woozley announced four Gooding county units and one Fremont county unit sold for 27,875 total. Fremont parcel of 200 acres, 190 cultivated, fetched 20,000 with 5,800 appraisal. Gooding parcels included 20 acres at 2100, 40 acres at 2075, and 300 acres at 3700. a 120 acre unit drew no bids.
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Boise 4
Gooding County
Fremont County
Edward Woozley
Woozley
Mayor Denies Lease Blocks Federal Aid for Airport
City officials plan a 25 year master development for Pocatello municipal airport amid rumors the exclusive lease to Pocatello Flying Service bars federal assistance. Mayor George R. Phillips says the existing lease does not prevent federal funds, and CAA approval guides any franchise.
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Pocatello Municipal Airport
George R. Phillips
Pocatello Flying Service
Noay
Bennett Flying Service
CAA
Ma Federal Aid
Phillips
Wallace B. Wilson
Weather Summary for Idaho and West
Weather data for 24 hours ending 11:30 a m Friday shows varied readings with precip totals and mean temperatures. Forecasts expect fair but cold conditions in Pocatello and vicinity tonight and Saturday with low levels around 15 and highs near 30 to 35 degrees.
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Pocatello
Butte
Idaho Falls
Los Angeles
New York
Trace Co
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
W. Yellowstone
Idaho
Woman held on extortion charge linked to Betty Grable
20 year old housewife Jane Bean was jailed on a federal extortion count after sending a letter to actress Betty Grable demanding 5000 dollars to stop kidnapping of Grable’s youngest child. Bean was arraigned before U S Commissioner David B Head and held on 1000 dollar bond with a hearing set for Jan 15. FBI chief Richard B Hood announced the arrest.
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Los Angeles
Betty Grable
Jane Bean
U. S
David B. Head
Richard B. Hood
FBI
Mrs. Bean
Miss Grable
Harry James
Chiang Kai-Shek to fly to Mukden for strategy meeting
Censored dispatch reports Chiang Kai-Shek prepared to fly to Mukden for a strategy conference as a new communist drive pressed within eight miles of the Manchurian city.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mukden
Manchurian
Stassen to Speak in Pocatello Tuesday Evening
Harold H. Stassen, 1948 Republican presidential hopeful, will arrive Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. with a press party arriving from Sheridan, Wyoming. A 2:30 p.m. press conference is planned at the Hotel Bannock before an 8 p.m. speech at the Pocatello High School auditorium, with a dinner at the Hotel Whitman. Local youths are urged to attend.
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Harold H. Stassen
Bannock
Tom Sahlberg
Young Republicans Organisation
Stassen
Focatello
Vis
Sheridan
Wyoming
Sahlberg
Pocatello High School
Whitman
Young Republican
Selznick divorce grants wife custody of two sons
Irene Mayer Selznick testified in an uncontested divorce from David O Selznick after nearly 18 years of marriage. The couple reached an out of court settlement with terms undisclosed and Irene awarded custody of sons Lewis, 15, and Daniel, 11.
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Los Angeles
David 0
Selznick
Irene Mayer Selznick
Selznicks
Rome Bank Strike Spreads as General Labor Turmoil Grows
In Rome a nine day old walkout by 60,000 bank workers paralyzes parts of Italy's economy and threatens to spread. Observers consider a possible nationwide general strike tied to communist labor mobilization.
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Rome
Italy
Slayings Prompt Death Sentence Transfer in Reno
In Reno Nevada AP reports a defendant was moved to Carson City state penitentiary where he will be executed the week of March 14 for the killings of two Reno police detectives.
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Reno
Nev
Wash
State Penitentiary
Carson City
Cleare Improves Somewhat After Stroke At Home
Walter H. Cleare, Pocatello merchant and former mayor, shows a little more vitality after a six week illness and a partial stroke at his home. Friends report his condition as somewhat better and he remains under care at home.
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Walter H. Cleare
Pocatello
People's Store
Friends
Cleare
Arabs Attack Jewish Settlements as Britain Sends Aid
Arab fighters attacked Jewish settlements including Dan and Kfar Szold near the Palestine Syria frontier, killing and wounding eight before British forces and RAF intervened. The total Palestine dead since partition reached 646, as Jerusalem saw a Jewish convoy break an Arab blockade to the old city.
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Usalem
Syrian
Royal Air Force
Palestine
Syria
Tel el Quadi
Kfar Szold
Dan
Holy Land
Metullah
Arab People's Army
Jerusalem
Old City
Halevy Herzog
Faith Moves Mountains Tribune Moves Pianos
Mrs. E. Hawkes of 248 North Johnson sold her piano after placing two fine want ads in The Pocatello Tribune. The two-line ad cost $1.50 for three days and drew calls, prompting her to wish for more pianos.
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E. Hawkes
North Johnson
Pocatello Tribune
Tribune
Hawkes
Stassen Says Insiders Made Four Million In Commodity Deals
In Washington and Kentucky reports, Capt Thomas Mantell Jr of Louisville crashes after chasing a sky phenomenon blamed on flying discs. Separately Harrold E Stassen testifies insiders profited about four million in postwar commodity trading and urges full investigation.
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Stassen
Louisville
Kentucky
Thomas F. Mantell, Jr
Army Air Forces
Franklin
Kentucky Air National Guard
Mantell
R. L. Tyler
Tyler
Sky Rover
Air National Guard
Guy F. Hinx
Godman Field
Fort Knox
Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Senate Appropriations
Edwin W. Pauley
Secretary of the Army
Royals
Waves Pound Soviet Ship Dvina Off Hakodate
The 7,600-ton Russian ship Dvina with 780 passengers rides 50-foot seas 260 miles southeast of Hakodate as rescue vessels stand by. A Russian patrol boat secured a line aboard while Flying Fortresses monitor from above. Weather forecloses immediate tow as plans call for moving the liner to a northern Japanese port.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hakodate
Associated Press
Charles Gerry
Ban nock County Livestock Group Holds Annual Meeting
The Ban nock County Livestock Marketing association gathered at Grace High School for its annual meeting. Officers were to be elected three directors chosen for three-year terms and various reports presented. County agent Drue Dunn announced Wade Wells from Boise as a guest, noting the group has 1,020 members and 1947 gross sales of $258,706.31.
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Bannock County Livestock Marketing Association
Grace High School
Drue Dunn
Wade Wells
Boise
Flood Losses In Excess Of 7 Million
Willamette River flood crest moves toward Portland with damage estimates from seven to thirteen million dollars. Salem shut the river bridge and the state capitol basement saw minor water. Six deaths reported as floods ease upriver and subside in Umpqua and Rogue rivers. Columbia flood risk persists into Vancouver area.
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Portland
Salem
Capitol Building
Umpqua
Rogue
Oregon
Willamette
Oregon City
Columbia River
Columbia
Vancouver
Wash
Steers Sell at 29 Cents a Pound in Meridian Auction
Leo Marsters Sr. of Meridian sold 26 Aberdeen Anguss to John Clay of Omaha Neb for about 10,000 dollars. The grain-fed two year old steers averaged 1,301 pounds and brought 29 cents per pound. R Van Paepeghem and Son of Meridian handled the sale.
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Meridian
Leo Marsters
John Clay
Omaha
Neb
R. van Paepeghem and Son Commission
Hearing Set in Fatal Shooting at Midwest Hotel
Preliminary hearing for Frank Gavlovsky charged with the fatal shooting of Mrs. Effie O'Dette at a Midwest hotel on Christmas Eve is set for 10 a.m. Monday. Henry McQuade, prosecuting attorney, announced today.
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Frank Gavlovsky
Effie O'Dette
Midwest
Henry McQuade
Freedom Train Exhibition Arrives in Pocatello March Twenty
The Freedom Train with seven cars carrying 127 historic documents will arrive in Pocatello March 20. Chairman Paul W. Scott learned from J Edward Shugrue director of the American Heir Foundation sponsor of the 33000 mile journey. A local committee includes A L August Rosqvist Roberted and Miss Himena Hoffman.
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Pocatello
Paul W. Scott
J. Edward Shugrue
American Heir Foundation
Eric Priedheim
Foundation
Scott
A. L. August Rosqvist
Robert Ed
Himena Hoffman
Taft Attacks Truman Tax Plan as National Bankruptcy
Senator Taft denounces President Truman's tax and social welfare proposals as a road to national bankruptcy and a totalitarian state. He pledges GOP Congress will cut government expenses and taxes, while criticizing a $40 per person cost of living tax cut and a $3.2 billion corporate tax boost as part of the administration's program.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Uman
Congress
Truman
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Hatch
D.-N.m
Lions Donate 800 For Hospital Fund Drive
Pocatello Lions club presented a check for 800 to St. Anthony Mercy hospital fund drive leaders E. P. Brennan and F. E. MacKenzie at a Thursday dinner in Hotel Bannock. The donation funds the superficial therapy room and supports Cavalcade of Mirth and Music January 23 and 24 at Pocatello high school auditorium to aid the community swimming pool fund.
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St. Anthony Mercy Hospital
E. P. Brennan
F. E. MacKenzie
Pocatello Lions Club
Bannock
R. W. Purrington
Lions Club
Lions
Pocatello High School
Purrington
Parry Harrison
Ralph Garrett
Pete Carlson
F. M. Bistline
H. E. Troyer
Owen Beazley
N. A. Jordan
Stake Conference Scheduled January 18 at Pocatello
The Pocatello stake of the L D S Church announces two general sessions on Sunday January 18 at Frazier hall University with Bishop LeGrand Richards visiting from Salt Lake City. A youth chorus will provide music and a youth section is requested for large attendance.
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Pocatello Stake
L. D
Frazier Hall
University
Cecil J. Harper
LeGrand Richards
Salt Lake City
Stake
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