Georgia governors clash as Arnall and Talmadge seize offices
Rival claimants to Georgia's governorship set up offices in the state capitol. Ellis Arnall, in office four years, and Herman Talmadge, named by the legislature, confront each other with armed tension. Arnall names Col. R W Collins adjutant general and seeks federal recognition. Talmadge blocks communications and presses his claim with supporters and lawmakers.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Herman Talmadge
Talmadge
Arnall
Col. R. W. Collins
State Guard
Marvin Griffin
Griffin
Patterson
Collins
Slot Machine Repeal Bill Seen by Idaho House
Speaker Barney Glavin said the Republican controlled Idaho House will act this week to repeal the 1945 law legalizing slot machines and nonprofit clubs. He cited discrepancies between federal license fees and state licenses as a principal issue and urged swift action.
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Boise
Barney Glavin
House of the
Idaho
Glavin
Twin Falls
State Auditor's
London transport strike widens as 40000 idle workers walk out
Thames lightermen and stevedores join sympathy walkouts swelling London’s idle to over 40000 amid a 10 day transport strike. Troops deliver food as negotiators seek an early truck dispute settlement. Union leaders urge members back to work while talks continue. Food shortages grow despite 1400 tons moved by military trucks.
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London
Thames
J. E. Evans
The
Daily Herald
Labor Organ
Ehcope
Greater London
John Strachey
Family expands in Tulsa as Bates welcome girl after 22 hours
In Tulsa, Mrs. Bates gave birth to a girl just 22 hours after her daughter’s birth. The Bates family now has five children, while the Martins add one new member. Mrs. Bates is 39, Mrs. Martin is 22, and the families gain a nephew and sister-in-law through the rapid births.
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Tulsa
Okla
T. A. Bates
Police Praise Letter Writer Cited Before Magistrate
Thomas Cole appeared for loitering before Magistrate Frank Zappala in Pittsburgh. The writer of a recent newspaper letter praising the city police as the best in the world was identified, with the magistrate asking for his view of the police now.
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Pittsburgh
Halled
Thomas Cole
Frank Zappala
Rescue craft race to aid crippled tanker Fisal-Arca
New York bulletin reports a rescue craft rushing through Atlantic storms to assist the damaged British tanker Fisal-Arca reporting a broken rudder and loss of steering amid heavy seas that have disrupted North Atlantic shipping for days. Manila bulletin notes Sadski Konishi, a tuberculous warrant officer labeled a war criminal for brutalities against thousands, was convicted on five atrocity charges and sentenced to hang. Lewiston note says prosecutors pursue a liquor shortage case described as a cold trail with John Olson in county jail on embezzlement charges over $3,000 and illicit sales to local clubs.
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New York
Atlantic
Tecumseh Park
Fisal-Arca
North Atlantic
Manila
Sadski Konishi
Philippines
Lewiston
Earle W. Morgan
John Olson
Lewiston Aquor
Idaho Potato Growers urged to boost ad fund levy
Idashe Potat King Roe Marshall appealed to Idaho growers to support a half cent increase per sack in the state advertising commission fund. The move aims to expand distribution and promotion of Idaho potatoes.
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Twin Falls
Idashe
Roe Marshall
Idaho
State Advertising Commission Fund
Idaho Exhibitions Set Across Malad and Preston
Teams traveling Idaho Southern Bengals travel to Malad to face Idaho Simplons in an exhibition. Poca Tello High School Indians and eWay meet for two games at Preston.
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Idaho Southern Bengals
Malad
Idaho Simplons
Pocatello High School Indians
eWay
Preston
FBI Arrests 2 Suspects In Textile Fraud Case
FBI reports ex-convict George A. Gormley and Louis V. Dionne charged under fraud against the government for forging documents to obtain textiles from a WAA sale in Alexandria Virginia. Textiles valued at 144000 were recovered from a New York storage firm after tracing from a trucking terminal. Dionne allegedly altered shipping yardage and received 7090 via intermediary on December 11 1946.
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Sotcs
George A. Gormley
Louis V. Dionne
WAA
Alexandria
Washington, D. C
Hoover
United States
New York
Dionne
Gormley
Bilbo Defiant in Seizure of Senate Seat Fight
Senator Theodore G Bilbo of Mississippi defies Republican colleagues and refuses to resign despite a senate investigation while awaiting a second operation in New Orleans hospital for a jaw bone decay. He reveals cancer history and warns against hospital portraits with a pistol joke.
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New Orleans
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Washington
Senate
Bilbo
Boiler worker burned on UP locomotive rivet job
Arthur Bristol a boileermaker with the Union Pacific railroad was severely burned Tuesday when a spark ignited his overalls while riveting inside a boiler. Flames burned portions above the waist and his condition was reported as fair.
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Arthur Bristol
Union Pacific Railroad
Idaho Woolgrowers Elect 1947 President Breckenridge
Delegates at the Idaho Woolgrowers Association convention criticized Interior and Forestry Department policies and elected John Breckenridge of Twin Falls as 1947 president. The three day meeting focused on domestic issues while tariffs and imported wool policy were avoided. Breckenridge, 30, succeeds T. M. Gooding of Ketchum as association president.
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Interior Department
Forestry Service
Idaho Woolgrowers’ Association
John Breckenridge
Twin Falls
Breckenridge
T. M. Gooding
Ketchum
Association
GOP Changes Mind on Excise Taxes
Washington Republicans backed legislation to extend wartime excise taxes on liquor furs and jewelry to avoid a $1.5 billion rollback set for July 1. The move aligns GOP leaders with President Truman on this tax issue as the 80th Congress opens. Republicans pledge to cut individual income taxes by 20 percent, a plan opposed by the first technine.
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Washington
Truman
Soviet Claims Medvezhi Island Spark Arctic Row
London reports a British foreign office spokesman rejected a Soviet claim that Medvezhi in Spitsbergen is Russian. Tass cited Soviet circles saying joint defense with Norway is needed. Britain argues the 1920 treaty demilitarizes the archipelago and remains binding, despite Italy and Japan signatures.
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London
Foreign Office
Arctic
Medvezhi
Spitsbergen
Russia
Tass
Norway
Soviet Union
Italy
Japan
Britain
Moscow Radio
Train wreck injures 48 in Minnesota collision
In Perham Minnesota thirteen of forty eight injured when two sections of the Northern Pacific North Coast Limited bound for Seattle collide in a blizzard. One section halted at St James to allow a freight train to pass and was hit by the second at slow speed. Passengers suffered bruises cuts and sprains but most could continue their journeys as traffic resumed last night with the two sections joined for the westbound run.
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Perham
Minn
Northern Pacific Railway
North Coast Limited
Seattle
St. James Hospital
Burglary Report At Halliwell Drug Store In town
Police were notified at 8 15 a m today that Halliwell drug store in the Halliwell Call building at Arthur and Lewis was entered between 10 p m Tuesday and this morning. A bar or tool forced a door in the elevator lobby and burglars began to force a safe but stopped with no valuables missing.
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B. F. Hough
South Johnson
Halliwell Drug Store
Halliwell Call
Arthur and Lewis
Western wholesalers post 37 percent rise in November sales
Sales by 410 merchant wholesalers in 11 western states totaled 71,926,000 dollars in November, up 37 percent from November 1945 and down 7 percent from October. Inventories continued to rise compared with October and November 1945.
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San Francisco
Department of Commerce
British Jail American Jew As Unwelcome Visitor
Johan J. Smertenko, vice president of the American League for a Free Palestine, was arrested at Croydon airport and jailed on arrival after flying from Paris. Immigration authorities detained him as plans were to return him to Paris. he denies making derogatory statements about British rule in Palestine and says his remarks were distorted. Two American reporters accompanied him on a pool basis.
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London
Johan J. Smertenko
American League For A Free Palestine
Britain
Paris
Croydon
Scotland Yard
Smertenko
U.S
Palestine
Free Palestine
Mercury Dips to Three Above Zero After Night Storm
The thermometer fell to three above zero at 3:30 a m after a windy night, with readings from 12:30 a m to 8 a m showing a fluctuating cold trend. A high between 20 and 30 is forecast for Thursday, while surrounding towns report frigid margins and a light precipitation total of .02 inches.
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Boise
Malad
Burley
Butte
Dubois
Idaho Falls
Salt Lake
Mayon Volcano Erupts Again Over Luzon
Mayon volcano erupts violently sending smoke and ashes 20 000 feet high while lava flows cover the slopes. A US navy pilot reports no immediate danger but warns the crater may blow. Evacuation efforts dispatch thousands of residents as three villagers die from lava fumes. Governor Venacio P. Zinga provides the information.
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Manila
Luzon
Manila Evening News
Evening News
Venacio P. Zinga
Fall Kills Worker at Magna Plant
Lawrence Coon, 34, was killed when he fell 25 feet from a boiler dismantling structure at the Magna plant of American Smelting and Refining company. Witnesses said a plank gave way, causing the fatal fall.
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Magna
Utah
Lawrence Coon
American Smelting and Refining Company
Coon
State Board to hold pharmacy exams at University of Idaho
The state board of pharmacy will conduct examinations at the University of Idaho Southern on January 29 and 30. Board Secretary J. J. Lynch of Boise announced the news. Board members include J. P. Scott of Lewiston as president L. B. Crowley of Twin Falls as vice president and Gordon K. Ashley of Montpelier.
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Boise
State Board of Pharmacy
University of Idaho Southern
J. J. Lynch
J. P. Scott
Lewiston
L. 8. Crowley
Twin Falls
Gordon K. Ashley
Montpelier
Utahns Burn Furniture After Escapee Hideout
Salt Lake City police report two Ogden state school escapees hidden in a canyon cabin near Salt Lake City burned expensive furniture for heat. Sheriff George Beckstead said this marks a second such hideout in a month and noted juvenile delinquency while the youths confessed to breaking into several cabins nearby.
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Salt Lake City
State Industrial School
Ogden
George Beck
Oeden
Beckstead
West Wants Plant in Moses Lake for Super Sonic Center
Rep Henry Jackson of Washington told the Oregonian that Congress will see a proposal to build the war department’s super sonic air research center in Moses Lake Washington this spring. He said funds would be included in the war department budget and noted that the delay of Truman’s recommendation for a Foster Creek dam on the Columbia could affect plans. He stressed a large power supply greater than Foster Creek’s potential output is needed to operate the center.
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Portland
War Department
Moses Lake
Washington
Congress
Oregonian
Henry Jackson
Washington, D. C
Truman
Foster Creek
The
Columbia
Idaho Falls Chamber to Seek PUC Rehearing on Telephone Rate Hike
Idaho Falls attorney Ralph Albaugh said the chamber will file a petition for rehearing with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission within 20 days. The PUC granted the telephone company’s rate increase last Saturday. Albaugh noted the petition depends on chamber directors’ official action.
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Idaho Falls
Ralph Albaugh
Neighbors Rally For Fraser Building After Fire
In Oregon City Oregon volunteers cut logs from nearby woods hauled to a sawmill and delivered ready lumber in a single day to help Russell H Fraser rebuild after his hillside home burned. This week the group plans to erect the new structure.
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Oregon City
Ore
Russell H. Fraser
Here
Fraser
Idaho moves to third man board for prison system
A bill before Idaho's House proposes a bipartisan three member board of correction to run the state prison and parole system with each member paid 4000 dollars annually. The measure aligns with a constitutional amendment transferring pardoning and parole authority from elected officials to a nonpartisan board.
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Boise
Idaho
Threeman Board of Correction
House of the 29Th
State Affairs Committee
Senate
Glenn E. Bandelin
Bonner
Ralph E. Shawver
Jerome
A. R. McCabe
Renewah
Fred M. Taylor
Poland Warns U S Britain on Sunday Elections
In Warsaw the communist backed provisional government told the United States it will run Sunday's parliamentary elections its own way. The note denied Western charges of coercion and said voting would be free and Polish owned. Opposition leaders warned armed pro government gangs threaten a free vote.
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Warsaw
Poland
United States
Britain
America
U. S
Arthur Bliss Lane
Foreign Ministry
Stanislaw Mikolajczk
Potsdam
Yalta
Victor Cavendish- Bentinck
London
Shock Kills Worker in Utah Transformer Incident
A power company worker was electrocuted by a 130000 volt transformer bank near Salt Lake City causing a 15 minute blackout in the valley. Fellow employee John Baracoman, 55, tried to shut the switches when he heard the screams but could not save him. Baracoman worked alone near the bank. other workers could not explain the accident’s cause.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Salt Lake Valley
Power Company
John Baraecoman
Baracoman
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