Soviets Move Groups to Kurile Isles
Washington reports Russia has established a long term presence in the Kurile island chain near Siberia. Troops and families are said to have moved in from a Potsdam era agreement. Three options for final status include Russo Japanese treaty, a general peace parley, or UN settlement.
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Washington
Russia
Kurile
Siberia
Adm
Yamamoto
Pearl Harbor
Kuriles
Sea of Okhotsk
Japan
Moscow
Truman
United States
United Nations
U. S
Pacific
Pacific Islands
Gunshots Kill 2 Boiseans
Boise couple Richard N. Kent and his wife Louella Kent were found shot to death in their home at 109 South 14th Street. Ada county coroner William McBratney said the scene indicated murder and self-inflicted death, with a shotgun nearby and the beds unused, suggesting the shooting occurred last night. Kent operated a machine shop with his father John Kent, a well known Boise figure.
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Boise
Richard N. Kent
Louella
South 14Th Street
William McBratney
Ada County
McBratney
Kent
Idaho Editors Plan Two Day Annual Meeting
Idaho editors will gather for a two day Idaho Blate Editorial association meeting in Preston. William MacKnight, president, said sessions begin Friday morning with registration at Hotel Bannock and a closed officers and directors meeting. Friday afternoon includes a tour of the gun refining plant with U S naval ordnance. Saturday features talks by outside speakers, an officer election and a dinner chaired by Nicholas Ifft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Idaho Blate Editorial Association
William MacKnight
Preston
Bannock
U. S. Naval Ordnance
Nicholas Ifft
Board Calls for Uniform Idaho Aviation Laws
E. J. Robins of the Civil Aeronautics Authority urged Idaho to repeal its aviation laws and adopt a uniform state act covering airport zoning state airports and state aeronautics departments. He spoke at the Northwest Aviation conference urging early legislative action and favoring a simplified framework for small operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
E. J. Robins
Washington, D. C
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Idaho
CAA
Northwest Aviation Conference
State Aeronautics Department
Robins
France Seeks Death Sentences for Nazi Leaders
France demands execution for 22 top Nazi leaders and punishment for hundreds of thousands of German terror members. Prosecutor Francoise De Menthon, a wounded veteran, denounced Hitlerism while addressing the international tribunal, warning that civilization requires punishment after barbarism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mernberg
France
Francoise de Menthon
Hermann Goering
de Menthon
Injury Fatal To Bob Lewis
Robert J. Bob Lewis 22 a wartime veteran and Union Pacific employee died in a local hospital from a chest wound. He leaves parents Mrs. Sam Evans and Charles Lewis of Boise and five brothers. Burial in Boise with American Legion rites. services in Hall mortuary chapel. Born January 23 1923 in Pocatello he served on USS Brennan and later worked as a freight brakeman before illness stopped him. Survived by Doris Toston Boise and brothers Floyd Yakima Raymond Rigby Clyde Los Angeles Morris Washington DC Garner Pocatello. Another brother Bill was killed in action at New Britain March 6 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J
Bob” Lewis
Union Pacific
Sam Evans
Charles Lewis
Boise
Hall Mortuary Chapel
American Legion
Mr. Lewis
Pocatello
Pocatello Army Air Base
Navy
Farragut
University of Missouri
Miami
Fla
U.S.S. Brennan
Atlantic
Jacksonville
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Lewis
Walla Walla
Wash
Doris Toston
Floyd
Yakima
Raymond
Rigby
Clyde
Los Angeles
Morris
Washington, D. C
Garner
Bill
New Britain
Idaho Schools Share Fund Distributed Across State
Checks totaling 999906.66 are in the mails to Idaho public schools as part of 1945 46 apportionments. G C Sullivan says 47.3 percent of the total has been sent with another 193078 30 to be apportioned April 15. Funds come from enrollment based legislative appropriations and endowment investments. County amounts include Ada 43104 Bannock 72404 Bear Lake 11788 and others.
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Boise
Idaho Public Schools
G. C. Sullivan
Ada
Bannock
Bear Lake
Bingham
Bonneville
Butte
Camas
Canyon
Caribou
Custer
Franklin
Power
Mine Water Removal From Sunshine Site Advances
Water from the Sunshine Mining mine underground workings is being pumped out after a serious fire. Officials estimate three to four weeks to lower water to the 3,100 foot production level, with longer to reach 3,700 feet. Cleanup at 2,700 feet continues with damage thought not as severe as feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Sunshine Mining Company
Sunset Strip blaze at cafe spans three jurisdictions
Fire crews from Beverly Hills Los Angeles City and Los Angeles County rushed to a Sunset Strip cafe fire where portions lie in all three areas. Damage totaled about 10000 dollars and was confined to the structure.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Sunset Strip
Los Angeles City
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles
Japanese to face war crimes trials in Shanghai
Key Japanese accused of complicity in a mock court martial and execution of Doolittle flyers have been rounded up in Tokyo and are to be brought to Shanghai for war crimes trials. Capt Tatsuta Satojiro led the squad. eight flyers from the China coast were tried with three killed at graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
James A. Doolittle
Tokyo
Tatsuta Satojiro
John H. Hendren, Jr
Kansas City
Robert T. Dwyer
Rochester
N. Y
Hendren
Doolittle
China
Dean E. Hallmark
Dallas
William G. Farrow
Darlington
S. C
Harold A. Spatz
Lebo
Kans
Nanking
Japan
Chase J. Nielsen
Hyrum
Utah
Milk Price Hearings Signal Possible Increases
Government dairy price hearings begin in New York and later in other cities to consider rising producer prices for fluid milk. Officials note a potential 2 cent per quart hike in spring and summer and 3 cents in winter as the $525 million dairy subsidy winds down.
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Washington
New York
Agriculture Department
Anderson
Department
John C. Collet
Bomb Blast Ends Lockout in Buenos Aires Business District
A blast shattered windows in the central business district as a three day industry lockout ended. The explosion target was the doorway of the Com modity Exchange guarded by two policemen with no casualties reported. In Mar Del Plata vacationers refused government tables and police used tear gas.
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Buenos Aires
Mar del Plata
Brother Dies in Fight Over Argument in Portland
Traffic officers reported a fatal punch dispute ended when a car struck Lloyd Deucher, 37, as he and his brother Robert Deucher, 42, fought in a downtown street. Lloyd died at the scene and Robert suffered minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Paul E. Lippold
G. W. Morgan
Robert Deucher
Lloyd
Robert
Wounded Couple Weds In Pasadena Amid War Guests
Private Robert Langstaff and Wac Corporal Ruth Spaulding Langstaff married in Pasadena last night. Their guests included many war-maimed. the bride described the ring exchange as smooth while the groom hopes his hooks aid a future as a salesman. The couple left on a three day honeymoon pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Wac
France
Ruth Spaulding Langstaff
Robert Langstaff
House to Act On Demand Labor Board Legislation
The House Labor Committee voted 7 to 7 on a Landis modified bill to create fact finding boards for major disputes but delayed action. Acting Chair Randolph announced an action plan to act before next Tuesday, with supporters urging action amid voter pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Labor Committee
Truman
House
Randolph
W. Va
Landis
Ind
Hook
D. Mich
Gleeson
D., Conn
Barden
N.C
County Plans Manslaughter Charge Against Club Operator
County Attorney C. M. Jeffery said a manslaughter charge will be filed today against Joe Hamilton 53 operator of the Porters and Waiters club in Pocatello. Hamilton is jailed in connection with the 12:20 a m Wednesday shooting death of Lee Wright Jr 26 an employee of Hamilton. Coroner Arthur W. Hall said no inquest will be held as Hamilton admits carrying the gun and says it discharged accidentally while he pushed into a crowd to quell a disturbance.
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C. M. Jeffery
Joe Hamilton
Pocatello
Porters & Waiters Club
South First
Hamilton
Lee Wright, Jr
Arthur W. Hall
Jeffery
Churchill urged as witness for Pearl Harbor inquiry
Senator Ferguson proposed inviting former Prime Minister Churchill of Great Britain to testify before the Pearl Harbor investigating committee. Churchill is in Florida on vacation. A veterans group planned to appeal a ruling denying unemployment benefits to a veteran out of work due to the General Motors strike, challenging a Michigan unemployment compensation decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. Ferguson
R.-Mich
Churchill
Great Britain
Pearl Harbor
Florida
Congress
General Motors
Michigan
Two Get Terms In Forgery Sentences
Two men pleaded guilty to forgery and received district court prison terms. David J. Tuttle, 37, of Ellensburg Washington, was sentenced to two to 14 years. James Croft of Denver drew a one to 14 year term by Judge Guy Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Tuttle
Ellensburg
Wash
James Croft
Denver
Guy Stevens
Taylor Loses Hat in Boise Souvenir Capture
Idaho Democrat Glen Taylor reports a blue Homberg hat was stolen by souvenir hunters while he recorded audio in a Boise shop. The hat, bought in Washington, vanished during the assignment.
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Boise
Len
Glen Taylor
Idaho Democrat
Washington
Mechanical Man Destroys Enemy on Naval Vessels
Rochester report from Eastman Kodak reveals a one ton eight foot tall steel robot used by the navy in World War I. The Mark 57 gun director combined radar and optical sighting to track enemy planes day or night through clouds. Proximity fuse shells fired automatically by the device enhanced blind firing against kamikazes and other aerial attacks aboard Missouri Alaska and Guam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Eastman Kodak Company
Missouri
Alaska
Guam
Congress to Take Action to Aid Wool Industry
Rep. Barrett says Congress will act to protect domestic wool growers from foreign competition as it begins its new session. He favors import quotas and a yearly board from Agriculture Treasury and State to set wool needs and allocate imports among producing countries.
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Washington
Congress
Barrett
R.wye
Wyoming
Agriculture, Treasury
State Departments
Army Closes Dice Games at Oahu Center
Stars and Stripes reports organized gambling at the Oahu army personnel center where thousands of dollars changed hands nightly. Lt. Gen. Richardson bans all gambling after a reporter detailed a table system taking cuts, totaling about $1,000 in one Monday night.
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Honolulu
Stars and Stripes
Oahu Army Personnel Center
Robert ©. Richardson, Jr
mid-Pacific
Col
William Saffarrans
Woman Passes Picket Lines at Swift & Co Plant
Miss Evia Mank, a grey haired worker, was stopped at Swift & Co. plant picket lines in Kansas City but insisted on entering. She received a pass from the union office and returned to work, saying she had one month to go to qualify for a pension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Kans
Swift & Co
Evia Mank
UNO Arms Control Proposal Sparks UN Assembly Debate
Czechoslovakia's Foreign Minister Masaryk urged UN control of the world arms industry including atomic bomb factories. British Foreign Minister Bevin outlined plans to place three former League mandates under UN trusteeship as delays continue over Palestine and Transjordan.
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London
United Nations
UNO General Assembly
Jan G. Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
Bevin
Britain
League of Nations
Masaryk
Nasrullah Entezam
Iran
Russia
Security Council
Tanganyika
Togoland
Cameroons
Palestine
Trans- Jordan
International Peace Agency
Farm Prices Seen Stable Despite Some Dip in 1946
Vice President A B Robertson of the production credit corporation told Southern Idaho stockholders that farm prices in 1946 should not drop for producers. Net income may fall somewhat but outlook remains for high prices, with reports showing no more than about a 10 percent drop in crop earnings and many farmers maintaining or exceeding 1945 highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
A. B. Robertson
Production Credit Corporation
Idaho
Spokane
Robertson
Okanogan Project Yields High Apple Value in 1945
R J Newell northwest regional director of the bureau said the Okanogan irrigation project in eastern Washington had the highest crop value on a reclamation project with an average of 615.21 dollars per acre and a gross value of 2 436 849 dollars of which 96 percent came from apples. Orchards produced 45 060 000 pounds of apples last year along with hay alfalfa livestock and poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Bureau of Reclamation
Okanogan
Washington
R. J. Newell
Northwest
Bureau
Newell
Gentlemanly Error in Portland Theft Attempt
A Portland woman reported a man offered to hold her heavy bag while she waited for a bus then ran off with it. She was en route to a relative’s farm to bury a dead dog she carried in the bag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
OPA Sues Anderson Stores Set For February Trial
The OPA will bring three suits against C C Anderson company stores for price overcharges. Trials begin February term of southern Idaho P S district court opening February 11 with Judge Chase A Clark presiding. A grand jury is called for February 11.
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Boise
C. C. Anderson Company
OPA
P.S. District Court For
Southern Idaho
Chase A. Clark
Anderson
Hair clues tie Suzanne Degnan case to Winthrop site
Police report new hair fibers found on a stair board near the Degnan home support a theory that Suzanne Degnan was carried to the nearby basement where her body was dismembered. Detective Valanis said a noose of wire with hair attached was found in the same area. A neighbor reported hearing sounds in the early hours of January 7 as a man attempted to enter a basement window. A man once questioned in Sheboygan was released after a witness failed to identify him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Degnan
Winthrop Avenue
Winthrop
Adolph Valanis
Suzanne
Valanis
Ruth H. Ericlake
Sheboygan
Wis
Labor panel formed to probe meat packing wage dispute
Washington AP Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach named a fact finding board to study the meat packing wage dispute. Ed win E. Witte will head the panel with CIO AFL reps and industry, as lawmakers weigh Truman proposed fact finding for major labor fights amid steel strike threats.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
CIO
AFL
Edwin E. Witte
National War Labor Board
Witte
University of Wisconsin
AE Iee
Wep
Landis
Albert J. Fitzgerald
CIO Electrical Workers
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
Office of Defense Transportation
Truman
Midwest
Mississippi River
Charles G. Ross
Ford Motor Company
CIO United Auto Workers
Philip Murray
Benjamin Fairless
Steel Corporation
OPA Allows Increases for 1946 Automobile Prices
The OPA announced higher retail ceilings for Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, and Chrysler models beyond 1942 bases with engineering modification charges. Ford models also raised about two percent over 1942 prices plus engineering fees, while Chrysler and other makes vary by small percentages and fixed engineering costs.
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Washington
Dodge
Chrysler
OPA
DeSoto
Idaho to issue new 1946 car plates in 1946
Boise.state commissioner of law enforcement G Riggs said the St Louis plate manufacturer has not submitted a sample and plates will not be available until February at the earliest. The new markers will be the same size as 1945 plates and distributed to Car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boisep
Idaho
Boise G. Riggs
St. Louis
Worker Loses Arm in Cable Mechanism Accident
Wallace D. Mears a 24 year old Salt Lake City worker with McFarlane Puel and Stoker company lost his right arm when a loading shovel cable pulled him into a winding drum. An ex Navy man he is in Veterans hospital in good condition. Fellow workers said he reached to untangle the cable when it caught his glove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Wallace D. Mears
McFarlane Puel and Stoker Company
Mears
Veterans’ Hospital
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