Army jet planes set new transcontinental flight record
Three U S Army jet propulsion planes from Wright Field flew from Long Beach to New York LaGuardia with one nonstop in four hours 13 minutes 26 seconds at 584.82 mph The other two refueled at Topeka Kansas beating the old record of five hours 27 minutes with stops Babel Smith and Counce led the pack with speeds between 540 and 561 mph during the chase to a new high in transcontinental air travel.
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New York
Long Beach
Topeka
Kas
Burbank
Calif
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
Martin C. Smith
Kidder, Mo
Wright Field
John S. Babel
Marchfield
Riverside
Babel
Smith
Bengals Win 51-48 Over Ricks Cagers
Idaho Southern defeats Ricks Vikings 51-48 in a tight college game with a late push by the Ben gals who rose to lead 48-43 before free throws and a Wheatley basket sealed the win. Ricks had led 8-1 early and 30-27 at one point, with Tew 17 and Evans 16 for top scoring.
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Idaho Southern
Jack Wheatley
Ricks
Bengals
Ajay
Viking
Iha
Southern
Tew
Evans
Swallow
Sherman
House of David
Legion
Davids
Oregon's Vets Need Jobs
The U S employment service director reported 58,000 unemployed in Oregon, 15,000 veterans, with few job openings and rising relief rolls. Lee C. Stoll warned the job picture is black, noting little suitable work listed in Oregon's 28 USES offices and skepticism about a post July housing-driven construction boom.
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Portland
U. S. Employment Service
Oregon
Lee C. Stoll
Stoll
Pearson Arrested for Failing to Stop After Car Crash
Police report Her man A Pearson of 157 Wayne was arrested on a charge of failing to stop at the scene after a car in the 600 block of North Twelfth collided with a parked car causing damage. Reece Infanger 624 North Twelfth witnessed the accident and followed the Pearson vehicle to Randolph where Pearson was taken into custody. Touby Holt 27 was arrested on a separate charge for failing to stop at a stop sign at Fifth and Pocatello avenues. Howard M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman A. Pearson
Wayne
Pearson
North Twelfth
Reece Infanger
Randolph
Touby Holt
Fifth and
Pocatello Avenue
Howard M
Court Rules in Religion Case in Urbana Illinois
Mrs. Vashti McCollum, a 32 year old atheist mother of three, lost her bid to remove religious education classes from public school buildings in Champaign. A three judge circuit court ruled no constitutional rights were violated by the program. The decision preserves the Champaign system and allows continued religious instruction in public schools.
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Urbana
Ill
Vashti McCollum
Champaign
Illinois
Supreme Court
Contempt Case Against AFL Urged Rail Strike Dismissed
The Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad contempt suit against AFL unions in Denver and Salt Lake City was dismissed after a strike settlement. The case stemmed from picketing at Rio Grande Motorways’ shared freight station, alleged to have disrupted railroad operations. Federal Judge J Foster Symes had earlier ordered the unions to show cause why they should not be held in contempt.
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Denver
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
AFL Teamsters
Salt Lake City
U. S. District Court
G. Walter Bowman
Rio Grande Motorways
Railrad
J. Foster Symes
Union
Utah Governor Says Civil Service Law Dormant Without Funds
Gov. Herbert B. Maw said the 1945 law creating a civil service system for the state highway patrol cannot operate until funds are appropriated. He cited an oversight by lawmakers and noted the governor’s contingent fund was removed, leaving no money to support the civil service commission.
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Salt Lake City
Herbert B. Maw
Civil Service Commission
Fire Destroys Paint House at Evansville Shipyards
A Saturday night blaze at Evansville shipyards destroyed a warehouse containing paints and oils, a carpenter shop, and two small warehouses. Firefighters fought for two hours. power cuts affected Fort Branch Winslow Petersburg and Boonville for three hours. The shipyard, touted as the largest inland in the United States, had limited activity since its last landings two months earlier.
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Evansville
Ind
L. J. Prues
Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company
Fort Branch
Winslow
Petersburg
Boonville
United States
Britain Plans Greek Loan to Stabilize Currency
Britain will lend Greece 10 million pounds at no interest to help stabilize the drachma and restore production. London also cancels 45 million pounds of war debt and will supply 500,000 pounds worth of clothing and equipment at cost. British advisers will assist Greek ministers, with aid limited to 18 months to two years.
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London
Great Britain
Greece
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Bevin
Emmanuel Tsouderos
United Kingdom
Hatch Increases Boise Area Hatchery Chick Production
Idaho commercial hatcheries produced 3,431,000 chicks in 1945, up 12 percent from 1944, according to preliminary figures from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The 1945 output was 27 percent below the 1943 peak, with Idaho second among eight mountain states at 17 percent of 20,119,000 hatched in the region. Colorado led with 8,088,000 chicks.
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Boise
Idaho
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Mountain States
Colorado
Lefty Roe Returns unsigned Pirates Contract
Elwin Preacher Roe disclosed he sent back an unsigned Pirates contract but expects to sign with the National League club within ten days. The left hander, who coaches Hardy High School basketball in Sharp County Arkansas in winter, went 14 and 13 for the Pirates last season.
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Harrison
Ark
Elwin “Preacher
Roe
Pittsburgh Pirates
Hardy
Sharp County
Bucs
Cardinals Transfer Springfield Franchise to St Joseph
The St. Louis Cardinals announced the transfer of their Springfield Missouri Western Association franchise to St. Joseph Missouri on Saturday. The move shifts the affiliated team from the Illinois affiliate region to a new Missouri base.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Cardinals
Springfield, Mo
St. Joseph, Mo
Short Says Washington Failed to Aid Pearl Harbor
Maj Gen Walter Short testified before a Senate House committee that army and navy leaders bore responsibility for Pearl Harbor after saying intelligence from Washington was 100 percent at fault. He named Gen George Marshall Lt Gen L T Gerow and Maj Gen Sherman Miles as targets of blame and argued a lack of information doomed Hawaiian defenses.
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Washington (Ap
Walter
Short
Army
Navy
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Hawaii
George C. Marshall
L. T. Gerow
Sherman Miles
War Department
Sen. Ferguson
R.mich
Senate
House
Pacific
Ellis M. Zacharias
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Zacharias
Naval
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Roberts
Kimmel
Rep
Keefe
R-Wis
Japan’s land reform lags under MacArthur order
The agriculture division says Japan’s land reform falls short of goals set by General MacArthur. It notes limited progress since surrender, with six area revision requests for fishing zones, four denied, and concerns some aims seek to regain access to the world market. Meanwhile a large mob raid on a former arsenal highlights public food fears and new rationing promises.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Agriculture Division of Headquarters’ Natural Resources Section
Natural Resources Section
Hubert G. Schenck
Natural Resources
Schenck
Kyodo
Mystery Shrouds Korean Guerill a Newcomer Emerges in Seoul
Reported arrival of Gen. Kim Il Sung, famed guerrilla leader against Japan, sparks speculation he will soon appear in Korean politics. Widespread but unconfirmed chatter claims thousands of guerrillas follow him from Yenan to northern Korea as rightists dismiss him as an imposter.
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Seoul
Korea
Kim Il Sung
Manchuria
Kim
Yenan
China
Heijo
Kim Koo
Kim I] Sung
Kim I Sung
Pioneer Loop Hikes Price For Baseball
Salt Lake City reports the Pioneer class C league plans a 130 game schedule after a four year lapse. Six teams from Utah and Idaho discuss starting on a Sunday and naming managers for Twin Falls Idaho Falls Salt Lake City Ogden Boise and Pocatello. league president Jack P Halliwell predicts a strong year with higher attendance and an older average player age.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Twin Falls
Earl Bolyard
Idaho Falls
Eddie Leishman
Pacific Coast
Bolyard
Leishman
Ogden
Boise
Pocatello
Jack P. Halliwell
Halliwell
Farmers Call For Action Amid Grain Protest
A Grady county mass meeting in Chickasha Oklahoma urged nationwide farmers to withhold all food from markets until current strikes end. They will continue producing but halt marketing to pressure resolution, insisting it is not a strike and calling for united action from farmers nationwide.
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Chickasha
Okla
Grady County
United States
Parker Woodall
Verden
Russia Claims Kurile Island Returns Under Yalta Accord
London report cites Moscow radio stating the United States and Great Britain promised the Kurile Islands to the USSR under Yalta terms. Tass allegedly asserted the 1945 agreement planned transfer of the Kuriles and southern Sakhalin to the USSR after victory over Japan.
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London
Moscow
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Kurile Islands
Japan
Yalta
U. S
Dean Acheson
Tass
Kuriles
Sakhalin
Acheson
U.S.R.R
U.S.R
Nisei Leader Masaoka Visits Idaho Quietly
Mike Masaoka national secretary of the Japanese American Citizens' League left Salt Lake City Saturday to address audiences in Pocatello and Idaho Falls. He planned meetings with Japanese American residents in each community.
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Salt Lake City
Mike Masaoka
Citizens’ League
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Wage boosts spread among Chrysler Ford rail unions
Rapid labor developments unfold as CIO UAW and Ford reach an 18 cent hourly rise for 193000 packinghouse workers. Chrysler and UAW settle with 181 1 2 cent increase. Railroads and 18 of 20 unions agree to arbitration covering about 1.25 million workers. UPWA urged return to work amid government seizures.
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Associated Press
CIO
Ford Motor Co
United Automobile
Chrysler Corp
Cio-Uaw
CIO Meat Workers’ Union
CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America
Anderson
UPWA
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of America
Lewis J. Clark
Clark
Gayle Armstrong
Truman
Ford Company
Uawcio
Chrysler
AFL
Chicago
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Miners Endorse Defense Metals Stock Policy
The Colorado Mining Association at its convention urged national defense metals stockpiles under Congress, easier mine financing, and federal reimbursement of war closed gold mine operators. It backed a silver price of 1.29 dollars an ounce and opposed expanding the federal leasing system for public lands containing minerals and the federal recording of location notices.
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Denver
Colorado Mining Association
National Defense
Congress
Association
Mining group urges stockpile plan and private enterprise
The convention endorses natural resource development by citizens and backs bills to reimburse gold mine owners closed in the war. It calls for tariffs to favor domestic base metals, opposes federal pollution control, and urges mine to market access and balanced budgets. O Mahoney praises senators and notes Truman’s belief in mining’s role in postwar peace.
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Rep
Engle
D.-Calif
Fingerprints Prove Most Vital Clue in Degnan Kidnap Case
Chicago detectives credit fingerprints from a ransom note as the most vital clue in the Degnan kidnapping of six year old Suzanne. The prints, from an unknown person, did not match any handled the note. Desere Smet, a janitor tied to the case, sues for 50000 damages against Police Commissioner Prendergast and Sergeant Hanrahan over detention claims.
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Chicago
Walter Storms
Storms
FBI
Washington
Suzanne Degnan
Desere
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Maritime Commission
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United Auto Workers
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