Treasury May Ask US to Support Foreign Currencies
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder indicated Congress may be asked to provide funds to support European currencies in addition to Marshall Plan aid. He noted possible action this year or next as European countries work to steady currencies through budget balance, higher production, and expanded trade. The hearings covered the $6.8 billion first 15 months of Marshall Plan aid to 16 Western European nations.
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Treasury
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Europe
Russia
United States
James F. O'Neil
L-Nation
Allied
Japan
Actress Located in Coast Hotel by Police
Police announce Jacqueline Horner, 14, missing from Los Angeles eight days, found in San Francisco coast hotel. They arrested a sailor tied to her tavern visits and charged him with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Police inspectors John Merrill.
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San Francisco
Jacqueline Horner
Los Angeles
John Merrill
Westvaco Phosphate Furnace Unit Underway by Mid-April
Westvaco plans an electric furnace project near the Simplot plant on highway 30 west of Pocatello to produce elemental phosphorus. Construction by United Engineers and Constructors is to start by mid April with electricity installations to follow as weather allows, per Westvaco and Idaho Power officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westvaco Chlorine Products Corporation
Westvaco Company
Idaho Power Company
Pocatello Tribune
Simplot Enterprises
Jack R. Simplot
Boise
Westvaco
Itsnd
Westwaco Electric
Simplot Fertilizer
Pocatello
J. D. Anderson
Westvaco Corporation
New York City
United Engineers and Constructors, Inc
Philadelphia
Ralph E. Gales
Plane Skids and Burns at Logan Airport Injuring Fourteen
Fourteen people were injured when an Eastern Airlines Lockheed Constellation skidded into a snowbank at Logan International Airport and caught fire during landing. The jet, en route from Miami to Newark, diverted via New York then Boston due to stormy weather. Rescue and first aid followed as passengers and crew fled the burning aircraft amid zero visibility from a snowstorm.
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Boston
Big Eastern Airlines
Logan International Airport
Miami
Newark
New York
Harold Coonley
Merrill E. Thayer
St Anthony Seeks Lower Gas Prices Says City Official
St Anthony retailers pressed for cheaper fuel arguing ethyl gasoline sells at 35 cents per gallon and No 1 fuel oil at 17.8 cents in the city. Mayor Oliver said four price increases occurred in four years, three in the last eight months, and a city resident noted Idaho shows the highest gasoline price on a trip through several states.
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St. Anthony
C. William Oliver
George R. Phillips
Oliver
Idaho
St. Anthony Dubois
Anthony
Weather Summary for Pocatello and Idaho
Partly cloudy skies and gradually rising temperature forecast for Pocatello and vicinity. Low 15, high 36 Thursday. Idaho forecast cloudy with snow flurries in the north and partly cloudy in the south tonight and Thursday. Not much change in temperature. Low tonight 10 to 20 degrees.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Swanson to Speak at Rotary Luncheon in Bannock
R. W. Swanson president of the Worth Bannock County Fair and Rodeo association and former Idaho Cattlemen's leader will address the Rotary luncheon Thursday at noon in the Hotel Bannock.
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R. W. Swanson
Worth Bannock County
Two Boise Men Face Coin Charge
Edgar G. Carr and L. H. McGinnis of Boise were jailed in Ada county on counterfeit coin charges after Caldwell arrest Monday. They were arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Glenn A. Coughlan with bonds set at 1000 dollars each and turned over to alcoholic tax unit officers. Police said a local employee’s warning led to their capture following a slot machine incident.
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Caldwell
Edgar G. Carr
L. H. McGinnis
Boise
Ada County
U. S
Glenn A. Coughlan
Wesley I. Compton
Dale Haile
Henry Schmidt
Meat rationing argued to prevent storage hoarding
Mrs Annie Stein of the National Women's Trade Union League told senators that a meat shortage could force rationing or see wealthier individuals stockpile meat in freeze lockers. Senator Thye opposed rationing, calling meat talks a drive to build private stocks, as the committee weighs inflation bills.
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Washington
National Women's Trade Union League
Annie Stein
League
Thye
R.minn
Congress
Stein
Agriculture Department
Change of Venue Petition Filed in Misdemeanor Case
William McKinley Coxwell yesterday afternoon filed a petition for a change of venue from Justice of the Peace Charles W. Hyde to the probate court. Coxwell is held in Bannock county jail on a misdemeanor charge with trial set for 10 a.m. Jan. 23. he was arrested Jan. 12 for indecent exposure and pleaded innocent on arraignment Jan. 13. He is held on a $100 bond. William J. Ryan represents Coxwell.
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William McKinley Coxwell
Charles W. Hyde
Coxwell
Bannock
Justice Hyde
William J. Ryan
ISC Pre-registration ends January 21
Anna B Cappellen registrar announces pre registration at Idaho State College closes January 21. Between January 7 and 21 about 1400 students have completed registration per statistician Warren O Cluff. New or unregistered students may begin second semester registration on February 2 with a January 30 31 window.
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Idaho State College
Anna B. Cappellen
Warren O’cluff
ISC
Driver Forfeits Bond in Police Court Collision Case
T A Swanson, 55, of RFD 1 south, forfeited a $5 bond today on a charge of operating a motor vehicle without a driver permit. He was arrested at 9 36 am Tuesday after the sedan he was driving south on Garfield collided at the Garfield Fremont intersection with a sedan owned by C W Kelsey and driven by Doretha Kelsey of 231 North Johnson. The Kelsey car was traveling west on Fremont.
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T. A. Swanson
South
Garfield
Fremont
C. W. Kelsey
Doretha Kelsey
North Johnson
Kelsey
County Receives Allis-Chalmers Road Equipment
Bannock county highway department accepted delivery of a tractor bulldozer scraper combination from Allis-Chalmers yesterday. County engineer W P Havener said the machine and equipment cost about 10000 dollars and will be used on county roads and highways.
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Bannock County
Tito Warns of Atomic War Against Anglo Americans
Report quotes Marshal Tito claiming Yugoslavia would use its own atomic bomb in future conflicts to annihilate reaction. A Disisidence 40 version echoed War against Anglo Americans as inevitable, though Dumas doubts the speech was ever made and plans to publish clarifications.
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Trieste
Free Territory
Marshal Tito
la Voce Libera
Dissidence 40
Tito
Pierre G. S. Dumas
Tilo
Dumas
Pocatello Chamber Reports Progress As 49th Annual Dinner Looms
The 1947 Pocatello chamber of commerce annual report outlines a year of activity across community relations taxation reclamation agriculture conventions and advertising. Secretary J L Craig prepared the bound document which features a push to secure a four year liberal arts college led by Lavern C Johnson as the pivotal force. The report notes the college is now an actuality but emphasizes continued chamber support to ensure it becomes the desired institution.
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Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
J. L. Craig
Fenwick
Lake City
First Baptist Church
Chamber of “Commerce
Chamber
Lavern C. Johnson
Two Newark Women Fined for Destroying Tax Records
Arline Greenspan and Yetta Tolvin Greenstein admitted flushing 400 income tax withholding certificates down a toilet to catch up on work. Federal Judge Guy L. Fake fined each $1,000, suspending sentences of one year and a day after lecturing them.
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Newark
N. J
U.S
Internal Revenue Department
Guy L. Fake
Arline Greenspan
Yetta Tolvin Greenstein
Internal Revenue Office
Nazi Soviet Pact Details Surface In 1939 41 Talks
Washington released the 362 page Nazi Soviet Relations volume showing how Soviet leaders discussed dividing eastern Europe with Hitler. The uncited material, seized after 1945, is seen as a propaganda spear against Moscow over Western Europe.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Europe
United States
Germany
Moscow
Western
Memoirs reveal Hull reflections on Moscow Conference
Cordell Hull recounts his experiences as Roosevelt's top cabinet member at the Moscow Conference. The series begins January 26, detailing Hull’s impressions of Stalin Molotov and other leaders through personal anecdotes and analysis.
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Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Moscow
Stalin
Molotov
Steamer Cautin Capsizing Sparks River Search
Workmen comb the hull of the steamer Cautin in the Imperial river looking for about 60 missing after a paddlewheeler capsized Monday night. The disaster is estimated to have caused 150 deaths.
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Santiago
Chile
Imperial River
Utah to widen infamous 7.4 mile death strip on US 91
State highway engineers announced plans to widen 7.4 miles of US 91 in Davis county between Parkin underpass and North Farmington. The project will spend $320,000 to widen two lanes this spring after 11 of last year’s 29 Davis county traffic deaths occurred on the strip.
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Salt Lake City
Davis County
Parkin
North
Farmington
Tomcat Saves Three Lives in Gas Incident
In Pittsburgh a shaggy tomcat named Nicodemus woke Mrs. Virginia Reefer and then alerted her husband and their four month old Mary Priscilla to a gas leak. The couple escaped to safety, Mrs. Reefer collapsed but was revived, and the cat was found after the alarm.
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Pittsburgh
Nicocemus
Virginia Reefer
Mary Priscilla
Legion to Meet in Pocatello Discusses Timely Topics
Pocatello post No. 4 American Legion schedules a Thursday evening meeting at 8:30 in the Legion club with talks on bipartisan foreign policy universal military training housing and education’s role in national defense. Barbara Rasmussen speaks on education. Also planned are plans for the annual oratorio contest and a boxing show discussion.
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Barbara Rasmussen
Pocatello Post No
American Legion
Legion Club
N. Main
Memorial Building
Allen Edmonds
Andrew J. Ewing
R. James Henson
James C. Bangs
Robbery at Town Club Reported by Alice Southworth
Mrs. Alice Southworth of Inkom reported to police at 7 p.m. Tuesday that while she was in the Town club someone stole 160 in currency from her pocketbook during a trip to the restroom.
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Alice Southworth
Inkom
Idahoan Named One of Ten Outstanding Men of 1947
In Chattanooga, Harold E. Stassen addressed a gathering as the United States junior chamber of commerce announced the nation’s ten outstanding young men of 1947. John Ben Shepperd presented ruby-studded keys to the honorees, including LaVoif Petersor of Idaho, Cord Meyer Jr., Dr. Robert A. Hingson, deLesseps Morrison, and Dr. Glenn Theodore Seaborg, chosen by a nine-member committee.
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Chattanooga
Robert A. Hingson
Memphis
Tenn
deLesseps
Morrison
New Orleans
Glenn Theodore Seaborg
Damages Involved In Suit on Trial In District Court
Jury selection began in Bannock county fifth district court for a damage suit and cross complaint between Cliff A. Ginzel of Pocatello and L. P. Cox of Bend Oregon. The action stems from a February 10 1947 automobile accident between Mountain Home and Boise. Ginzel seeks 11264 general damages hospital bills and 1052 50 for vehicle loss. Cox seeks 5000 damages plus 75 costs in the first cause and 20000 general damages plus 610 costs for alleged injuries to Mrs Cox and 1000 damages for Ginzel in the third cause. Represented by Merrill and Merrill and J F Martin.
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Cliff A. Ginzel
L. P. Cox
Bannock County
L. E. Glennon
Mountain Home
Boise
Ginzel
Pocatello
Bend
Ore
Cox
Merrill and Merrill
J. F. Martin
County road crew repairs Hawthorne road stretch
W P Havener the county road supervisor said workers are filling a one mile section of Hawthorne road between the Infirmary and Chubbuck roads this week. The project prepares for oiling the road next season.
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Hawthorne
Infirmary
Chubbuck
W. P. Havener
Havenor
Missionary Luncheon at First Baptist Church
The Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church will hold a 1 o'clock luncheon on Thursday at Mrs. A. F. Willecke's home 630 S Seventh. Mrs Ralph Willecke leads the luncheon committee and Mrs George L Smith will chair the program.
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Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
A. F. Willecke
Ralph Willecke
George L. Smith
Rookie police couple aid arrest of Texas bank robber
FBI says Francis M. Hooper, 22, captured after his Okinawa veteran friend Ralph O. Thomas, 25, and wife Marianne, 24, hosted him at their home while agents closed in. Hooper surrendered at the door. his brother was killed during the bank heist.
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Los Angeles
Texas
FBI
Francis M. Hooper
First State Bank
Bremend
John Bernard Hooper
Robertson County
Bob Reeves
Francis Hooper
Ralph O. Thomas
Hooper
Okinawa
Thomas
Marianne
Tinian
Bannock County Shares in 1947 Motor Fuel Tax Receipts
Idaho counties will share 1,468,095 in motor fuel tax receipts for 1947 based on passenger car licenses. Bannock County receives 19,862.61 with a 30,922.01 bonus. total and February distribution noted. County official Havener called the department's figure 97,200.71 an acceptable surprise, exceeding local estimates by 11,200.71.
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Boise
Idaho
N. P. Nielson
Bannock
W. P. Havener
State Highway Department
Bannock County
Havenor
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