Williams to Fill Vacancy State Office
Gov. Arnold Williams said he will likely announce this week the appointment of a north Idaho man as lieutenant governor to fill the vacancy since Gossett moved to the U. S. senate. He also may name a state senator to replace Beers who died. The move signals a likely late February special session and shifts in legislative control remain possible. Potential appointees include Harry Wall or Dr. Boyd A. Martin, with war veteran candidates noted.
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Boise
Arnold Williams
North Idaho
Williams
Charles Beers
Lemhi
Beers
State Senate
Senate
House
George Jones
Owyhee County
Roy T. Hale
Bannock County
Atty
Frank Langley
Harry Wall
Lewiston
Nez Perce
Boyd A. Martin
Moscow
University of
Allies Decide Border Lines
London deputies from the victorious powers meet to set Italy’s borders with France Austria and Yugoslavia. Austria submits a claim to South Tyrol home to about 250000 German speakers. France seeks a small change in the Aosta valley. A Yugoslav frontier decision awaits a joint committee report on Venezia Giulia.
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London
Italy
France
Austria
Yugoslavia
South Tyrol
Aosta Valley
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Venezia Giulia
Man Sentenced to Prison After Idaho Pedestrian Crash
John R. McDonald, 54, pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter after his car struck three pedestrians in Coeur d Alene on January 13, killing Mrs. Virginia Pryor, 30, and her mother Mrs. Helen Hewett, 49. District Judge O C Wilson sentenced him to one year in state prison, revoked his license for three years, denied clemency, and censured him for not stopping. Jergen Pryor was injured and James Hewett escaped harm.
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McDonald
Virginia Pryor
Coeur d'Alene
Helen Hewett
Tillamook, Ore
Jergen Pryor
James Hewett
Councill Eyes Europe Hop For Jet Flight Record
Col. William H. Councill, piloting a P-80 Shooting Star, set a new transcontinental record by flying non-stop from Long Beach, California to New York in 4 hours 13 minutes 26 seconds. He and two co-pilots Babel and Smith may attempt a Europe run, citing fuel margins and a 2,470 mile New York to London leg. Previous record stood at 5 hours 27 minutes 29 seconds by a B-29 Dreamboat last December.
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New York
William H. Councill
Europe
Councill
Long Beach
Calif
Newfoundland
Britain
la Guardia
M. I. Smith
J. S. Babel
Topeka
Kans
W. H. Councill
Rabbi appeals for State for Jews in Britain Palestine talks
Rabbi Kapul Rosen urged the British American committee on Palestine to act for Jews saying there will be no world peace without justice and that the Jewish problem requires Israel. Nathan Jackson urged naming Palestine a Jewish state to prevent further dispersal of Jews.
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London
Kapul Rosen
Committee On Palestine Today
Federation of Synagogues
Great Britain
Europe
United Nations
Israel
Nathan Jackson
Jewish Socialist Labor Party of
Palestine
Wife Drops Baby From Balcony To Save Family Home
In San Francisco a wife dropped her 10 month old from a second floor balcony, 20 feet, into her husband Robert G. Pearson’s arms as a fire destroyed their fashionable home. Pearson caught the child while his stepfather James E. Pickett, 60, leaped to the ground and fractured a leg.
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San Francisco
Robert G. Pearson
Pearson
James E. Pickett
Witness Describes Children Burned Alive in Nazi Camps
Mme Marie Claude Vaillant Couturier testified at the war crimes tribunal about families being sorted on arrival at Auschwitz and sent to gas chambers. She recalled trains of Jewish women, with young mothers and the weak selected for immediate extermination.
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Mernberg
Oswheim
Auschwitz
International Military Tribunal
Mme
Marie Claude Vaillant- Couturier
France
Constituent Assembly
War Crimes Court
War Secretary predicts faster troop withdrawal
Secretary of War Patterson said withdrawal of U S troops from India Burma and Middle East may be sped up to finish before the June 30 deadline. In other items Boise safety council weighs name change to Idaho chapter. Manila defense witness says Wainwright surrender talks were coldly received by Japanese. Boise building trades wage increase cited for arbitration. New York stocks rise to peak since 1931. Wallace Idaho mining resumes after Sunshine mine fire. Pearl Harbor panel hears Zacharias recall of a 1941 warning to Kimmel about a Sunday attack.
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Washington
Patterson
U. S
India-Burma
Middle East
Manila
Masaharu Homma
Jonathan Wainwright
Philippines
Boise
Boise Building and Trades Council
AFL
Fred McCabe
Ellis M. Zacharias
Husband E. Kimmel
United States
Joint
Pearl Harbor
Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
W. W. Smith
Two State Benefit Boxing Tourney Opens Tonight
Entries pour in for the March of Dimes amateur boxing tournament at Pocatello high school gym tonight at 7 30. Over 40 fighters from Ashton Driggs and Roosevelt Utah arrive with strong wins and a wide weight range. Winners advance to Twin Falls then Chicago for the Golden Gloves.
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Pocatello Senior High School
Pocatello
Ashton and
Driggs
Buzz Larson
Roosevelt Utah
West Jordan
Bill Redmond
Twin Falls
Housing talk in Pocatello office aims to ease housing crisis
The Chamber of Commerce housing committee and Pocatello Federal Housing Authority members met this afternoon with Mayor C. D. Moore in the city building to seek a drastic solution to the acute housing shortage. Attendees included Mayor Moore, Chamber Secretary Paul Nash, E. A. Dufford, Ray Merman, Marion Coleman, Dale Strong, H. G. Berryman and Neil Chase.
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Chamber of Commerce Housing Committee
Pocatello Federal Housing Authority
C. D. Moore
Mayor Moore
Paul Nash
Chamber
E. A. Dufford
Ray Merman
Marion Coleman
Dale Strong
H. G. Berryman
Neil Chase
Fatal Car Crash Kills Utah Man Near Vernal
In Vernal Utah a car overturned killing Gary Duane Ross 20 of Arcadia Utah and injuring his cousin Pfc. Dalmar L. Ross on furlough. Highway Patrolman Sam Hatch said the officer reported the serious condition of the injured man.
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Vernal
Utah
Gary Duane Ross
Arcadia
Dalmar L. Ross
Sam Hatch
Idahoans to Wed Amid Licenses Issued in Four Couples
Four couples secured marriage licenses today. J. B. Raynor, 24, Star, Idaho. Glenna Pearl Butler, 19, Ogden. Thorn Henry Ward, 21, Elba, Idaho. Donna Petingill, 20, Elba, Idaho are listed among the new spouses in BAST LAKE CITY.
Iran dispute at UN draws Russian challenge and Iranian move
London reports that Russia challenged Iran's appeal to the United Nations Security Council amid Tehran’s charge that the Soviet Union intervened in Iranian affairs. New Iranian premier Ahmed Qavam es Saltaneh assumed office as Ibrahim Hakimi stepped back, while Iranian delegate S H Taquizadeh urged the council to consider that the issue could spark international friction. Vishinsky urged negotiations and cautioned the council to withhold action, stressing Russia seeks cordial relations and negotiations.
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London
Russia
Iran
United Nations Security Council
Soviet Union
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Ahmed Qavam Es Saltaneh
Tehran
Ibrahim Hakimi
Crosby Leads Oscar Derby for 1945 Honors
Crosby tops the Oscar derby after his Bells of St Marys nomination for best actor joining Ray Milland and others. Female contenders include Ingrid Bergman Jennifer Jones and Greer Garson with nominees for acting and production categories to be announced March 7.
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St. Mary's
Academy of Arts and Sciences
Bette Davis
Luisa Rainer
Ingrid Bergman
Greer Garson
Crosby
Ray Milland
Cornel Wilde
Gregory Peck
Gene Kelly
Joan Crawford
Mildred Pierce
Gene Tierney
Plant Employes to Stand By Contract
Spokane area plant workers will not vote to strike in mid February. H. Conlon, general chairman, said the Associated Empl oy es for Washington and Idaho rejected the request from the National Federation of Telephone Workers. The area council noted a one year contract in effect and did not warrant a strike vote. The decision covers plant employees only, not operators or commercial staff.
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Spokane
Washington
Idaho
National Federation of Telephone Workers
H. ¥. Conlon
Associated
Conlon
National Federation
Telephone Company
Area Council
Idahoans Average Bottle Per Person
E. P. Horsfall, superintendent of state liquor dispensary, said December liquor sales in Idaho averaged a bottle per person. December 1945 sales totaled 528,371 bottles, up from 442,043 in 1944, with whiskey making about 358,787 bottles and other items such as wine gin and rum also sold. Gross receipts for the month reached 1,406,413.10 dollars, compared to 1,178,621.05 dollars in December 1944.
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Boise
E. P. Horsfall
State Liquor Dispensary
Horsfall
Clerk Admits Slaying Wife in California
Arthur Eggers, a sheriff's clerk in Los Angeles, signed a confession to the decapitation murder of his wife Dorothy. He said he killed her after an argument, dismembered her in a Temple City bathroom, burned the head and hands in an incinerator, and dumped the remains in a mountain canyon.
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Los Angeles
Arthur Eggers
Gordon Bowers
Bowers
Eggers
Dorothy
Temple City
Child Dies in Fire at Cedar City Home
Utah Cedar City fire kills four year old Harold F. Clark Jr and injures his sister Gloria while leaving father and brother Jerry in recovery. Firefighters say an oil stove explosion started the blaze after the family woke to flames with Mrs. Clark away from home.
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Harold F. Clark, Jr
Gloria
Jerry
Truck Driver Cited in Salt Lake City Death of 5YearOld
Police cited Milton Sterling Nielsen 22 of Salt Lake City for failing to yield to a pedestrian after a truck ran over Rex Wilcox a five year old boy who was crossing a street in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Milton Sterling Nielsen
Rex Wilcox
Labor Strikes Narrow as Workers Return to Jobs Nationwide
About 1.4 million workers idle amid disputes, with 248000 returning to meat packing. Government reports say meat plants under control resumed slaughtering and production after 12 days. UAW and CIO say gains and talks shape auto and electrical settlements. rail unions weigh strike actions as patterns emerge. Receipts of hogs at 12 leading markets noted.
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CIO
AFL
NLRB
United Auto Workers
General Motors
UAW
Ford
Chrysler
Brotherhood of Railroad
Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers
CIO Meat Workers’ Union
Patrick J. Gorman
AFL Meat Workers’ Union
Mudie CMe Opens Jan 31 District Music Clinic
Pocatello will host the annual district music clinic with about 500 students from southeastern Idaho. A massed band, orchestra and choir will perform under directors Carlton Lee Stewart H Lee Fawson and Prof. Gibson Walters. This marks the first conference since 1943 due to wartime transport issues.
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Pocatello
Cleverly Captured Returns to Idaho Prison Thefts
Richard Merlin Cleverly, 25, is in solitary confinement at Idaho state prison after being flown back from Casper Wyoming where he was captured following an escape from Eaglesland prison farm on January 13. Warden Louis E. Clapp chartered the plane with Cleverly guarded by Clapp. William Woods of Boise piloted. Two companions who fled with Cleverly returned voluntarily after a short absence. Cleverly had been committed from Bannock county on armed robbery allegations involving a hold up of Mike Dudmnake of Pocatello.
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Boise
Richard Merlin Cleverly
Idaho State Prison
Casper
Wyo
Eaglesland
Cleverly
Louis E. Clapp
William Woods
Abseniee
Bannock County
Mike Dudmnake
Pocatello
FSA Favors Veteran Credits For Time Spent in Service
The Federal Security Agency recommends adding veterans time in service as credits within a broader social insurance framework. The plan, part of the Social Security Board report to Congress, also calls for universal medical cost insurance, a single national unemployment program, extended benefits, and expansion of coverage to all gainful workers.
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FSA
Washington (P
Uniform
Federal Security Agency
Social Security Board
Congress
Senate Talks Control of Atomic Bomb
Senator Tydings urged President Truman to call a world disarmament conference to prevent an atomic world war while questioning whether the United Nations can effectively oversee such a task. He introduced a resolution for the conference as a Senate committee heard from Dr. Harrison Davies that atomic energy must be freed from military control.
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Washington
Tydings
D. Fd
Senate
Truman
Maryland
United Ntions
United Nations Organization
Special
Senate Committee On Atomic Energy
Harrison Davies
Federation of Atomic Scientists
Scientists Favor Civil Control of Atomic Energy Policy
The special senate committee on atomic energy is urged to exclude the military from policy making on the commission while allowing mandatory liaison with the armed forces. Davies notes civilians should lead long term policy, ensuring civilian control amid critical foreign policy stakes.
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Ae Bne Intesc
Usvay
Senate Committee On Atomic Energy
Davies
First Payment on Hospital Plans in Bannock County
The Bannock county board of commissioners received a 13500 check as the first half of a 27000 appropriation from the Federal Works Agency toward plans and architect work for a new general hospital. A public meeting will be held with county officials, hospital directors, and the mayor to study the project. The plan calls for a 150 bed hospital and a petition signed by 35 percent of taxpayers will be needed before a bond election.
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Board of County Commissioners
Federal Works Agency
Bureau of Community Facilities
General Hospital
Bannock County
W. H
Pete) Jensen
Comemissioners
Pocatello General Hospital
District VFW Backs Truman Strike-Settling Plan
More than 250 delegates to the Sixth District convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars endorsed President Truman’s fact finding legislation. The resolution urged public release of board findings and Idaho’s congressional delegation received copies. Speakers included Wayne Adams Neil A. Martin and R L Summerfield.
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Twin Falls
Truman
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Idaho
Wayne Adams
Rigby
VFW
Neil A. Martin
Boise
R. L
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U. S. Senate
Auschwitz Station
Idaho Safety Council
National Safety Council
O. L. Lindewood
Wallace
Sunshine
Silver Dollar
Sunshine Consolidated
Polaris
U.S
Oscar Derby
Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Maetter
Spencer Tracy
Cedar City
The
Associated Press
Electrical Appliances
Radio Corporation of America
CIO Electrical Workers Union
Mudie Cme
District Vfw
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