Warren Returns to California Sets GOP Campaign Tone
Earl Warren flew into San Francisco to resume duties from ill Lt. Gov. Goodwin Knight. He told reporters he was confident Republicans would win if the party unites and runs a constructive campaign with broad backing from Knowland Maloney and other GOP leaders.
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Ban Francisco
Earl Warren
California
Goodwin J. Knight
Warren
San Francisco
William F. Knowland
Thomas Maloney
GOP
State Agents In McCall Monitor New Casino Rules
Four Idaho state law enforcement agents arrived in McCall to enforce gambling laws amid a new local ordinance allowing chance prize games. They will stay one to two weeks to ensure compliance with state punchboard statutes and assess potential violations linked to craps and roulette concepts.
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Boise
State Department of Law Enforcement
McCall
R. C. Lewis
Law Enforcement
Idaho
Rot Smylie
Lewis
Statehouse
Deadline Passes Without File Of VFW Petition
Boise report states no initiated measures reached the Idaho ballot as petitions failed to obtain 18,136 signatures or 10 percent of 1946 governor votes. Sponsors of a World War II veterans bonus initiative did not meet the deadline despite circulating petitions.
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Boise
Idaho
Kisa Foreign Wars
Fire Department Answers Three Calls in Morning
Pocatello firemen ran a busy morning on Thursday with three calls. At 8 17 smoke from cigarettes ignited Armstrong residence mattresses at 654 N Fifth Ave and were extinguished with a carbon hose. A grass fire at Third and Lewis was put out at 11 22 and another grass fire at North Grant and Day Street followed at 11 35.
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Pocatello
D. W. Armstrong
Fifth
Armstrong
Third and
Lewis
North Grant and
Day Street
Tornado Hits Sun Valley Damages Office In Idaho
A tornado struck Sun Valley Idaho Thursday afternoon demolishing the publicity office and two cars at the resort. Six people escaped injury as three 80 foot cottonwood trees fell on the office. The Challenger Inn and Sun Valley Lodge were undamaged and the twisters were the first reported in the area.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Sun Valley Resort
James Scanlan
Scanlan
Newspaper Guild Condemns Record of Congress
The American Newspaper Guild delegates at the CIC convention in San Francisco condemn the 80th Congress as reactionary and urge support for progressive candidates. The report notes Taft Hartley and other anti labor measures and laments Congress inaction on the cost of living. Harry Martin is named special labor adviser to Paul Hoffman and may leave for Paris under Harriman.
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San Francisco
American Newspaper Guild
CIC
80Th
Political Action Committee
Guild
Congress
Harry Martin
Paul G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Martin
Paris
W. Averell Harriman
Allies Offer West Germany Set Up for Own Government
Western Germany would gain the right to form its own government with full internal powers while foreign affairs and a few other matters remain controlled. The proposed occupation statute would replace a peace treaty and likely take effect early next year. German leaders did not accept the offer immediately.
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West Germany
Frankfurt
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Minidoka Northside project eyed at Bureau meeting
Washington reports a plan to finalize details for the Minidoka Idaho Northside irrigation effort at a July 12 Reclamation Bureau program in Long Lake Colorado. Assistant Interior Secretary Warne said Regional Director Newell should join Gov. Robins and Senator Dworshak to discuss the $147,500 underground water survey for the area. The project could add about 25,000 acres of irrigation beyond 12,000 to 13,000 acres from the Snake River if underground sources prove viable.
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Washington
Minidoka
Idaho
Northside
Reclamation Bureau
Long Lake
Colo
W. E. Warne
Interior
C. A. Robins
Dworshak
Hir R J. Newell
Snake River
Dewey targets foreign policy in campaign push
Governor Thomas E. Dewey attacked the national administration's foreign policy as bipartisan only in United Nations matters. He said the bipartisan approach failed in other areas, citing Greece and Turkey, the Potsdam conference, and China policy as examples of unilateral action.
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Dewey
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
United Nations
Weather Forecast for Pocatello and Idaho
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Cooler with a high near 180 and a low around 50.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Justice Goldsborough Slaps No Strike Order on Railroads
Justice T Alan Goldsborough issues a permanent no strike order against three railroad unions the locomotive engineers and firemen and enginemen and switchmen in Washington D C The unions had already begun appeals from an earlier temporary order banning a strike.
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Justice Goldsborough
Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Rail unions push for higher raise amid injunction dispute
Government attorneys describe minor differences between two injunction types and note the permanent order will stay until either side seeks dissolution after a settlement. Strike-threat unions reject the 15 cent hourly increase accepted by other railroads, while engineers, firemen, and switchmen press for rule changes as carriers insist on 31 14 cents per hour.
Truman signs housing bill while blasting patchwork measure
President Truman signed the veterans housing bill into law as he denounced it as slipshod and insufficient. The measure allows the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to buy mortgages insured by the VA and FHA and enables up to 95 percent loan guarantees for certain nonprofit veterans housing projects while omitting farm housing slum clearance housing research and large scale rental housing provisions.
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Washington (P
Truman
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Veterans Administration
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans’ Cooperative
Reds Massacre Nationalists In Chinese Battle
Chinese government spokesman announced that Communist forces killed about 5,000 nationalist troops and government workers in a Kaifeng massacre. Kaifeng, Henan capital, was held by Communists for three days last week. The spokesman cited a garrison lieutenant as sole survivor who escaped by feigning death.
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Nanking
Kaifeng
Henan
Teng Wen-Yi
Chinese Reds Kill 5000 at Kaifeng
A government spokesman charged that Chinese Communists massacred 5000 national troops at Kaifeng on the banks of the Yellow River. The officer Wu Chen reportedly feigned death and escaped, while American correspondents were blocked from verifying the claim. The area was said to be gearing up for a decisive battle in central China.
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Nanking
Kaifeng
Teng Wen-Yi
Yellow River
Kuomintang
Nationa Party
Teng
Wu Chen
Henan
Corres
Ents
Centra China
Barney Named Assistant State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Boise reports the appointment of Ross E. Barney as assistant state superintendent of public instruction announced Thursday by State Supt. Alton B. Jones. Barney succeeds J. W. Condie, recently retired, and earned a master’s from Colorado State College of Education at Greeley after serving as principal of Burley Senior High School.
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Boise
Ross E. Barney
Alton B. Jones
Barney
J. W. Condie
Colorado State College of Education
Greeley
Burley
Friend of Bing Crosby Stops Enroute to Park
A man who is a friend of Bing Crosby stopped in Pocatello enroute to Yellowstone park. S. W. Daly of Elko Nevada, tied to the PIE, took over the PTE branch manager job last summer while the manager was on vacation. Crosby likes Elko for its residents treating him as another resident. Crosby owns seven ranches totaling 25,000 acres.
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Bing Crosby
Pocatello
Yellowstone Park
S. W. Daly
Elko, Nev
PTE
Daly
Crosby
Elko
Albanian Communists Trade Accusations With Yugoslavia
The Albanian Communist leadership accused Yugoslavia of open treason as tensions rose between Albania and Tito's Yugoslavia amid wider East Bloc strains with Moscow. Reports indicate Albania declared Tito’s forces were undermining communist unity while relations with Moscow remained contentious.
Jaycees Present U S Flag To Junior Police Group
Independence Day will have special meaning for Pocatello's junior police group as the Jaycees receive and present an American flag. The flag will be awarded annually on Independence Day to a local organization, with details continued on Page Seven.
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Jaycees
U.S
Pocatello
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jail Break Failed in Tacoma Jail Break Plan Foiled
Nine federal prisoners attempted a mass breakout at the Tacoma city jail by enlarging a hole under a removed sink. They planned to have an outside accomplice supply files and hacksaws and obtain jail plans. Police couldn't comment on the incident.
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Tacoma
Tacoma City
Percy Gregg
Robert Marshall
State Land Board Plans Eastern Idaho Inspection Trip
Edward Woozley says Idaho's State Land Board will tour eastern Idaho July 6 7 to inspect 130000 acres of farm land across Fre mont Teton Madison and Bonneville counties. The visit will review soil erosion weed control soil building land classifications for rental earnings and potential recreational development near Island Park Mack s Inn Moose Creek Buffalo River and Big Springs. Board members include Gov C A Robins Cy Price Robert Smylie N P Nielson and Alton P Jones with Woozley as secretary.
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Boise
Edward Woozley
State Land Board
Idaho
Woozley
Fremont
Teton
Madison
Bonneville
Island Park
Mack's Inn
Moose Creek
Buffalo River
Big Springs
C. A. Robins
J. D
Cy) Price
Robert Smylie
N. P. Nielson
Public Instruction
Alton P. Jones
State to Hold Medical Examinations in July
Mrs Estella Mulliner, director of occupational licenses, said the state medical examinations will begin July 13 in Boise. The three day exams will be given there for about 30 candidates.
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Boise
Estella Mulliner
Bear Trap Disaster Claims Idaho Shepherd
Antonio Argui nano, 33, rigged a trap near Pine, 70 miles northeast of Boise, to deal with a bear molesting his flock. He fell victim to his own device, brought to St Alphionsus Hospital with a shoulder wound from a 30-30 rifle and is expected to recover.
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Arguinano
Pine
Boise
Arguilnano
St. Alphionsus Hospital
Local Chest May Need Added Funds Drive aims to boost six agency budgets
Ransom Carver of the Pacific Community Chest visits Pocatello as local leaders plan for the 1948 drive. Budget committee head R. Merrill will set the goal after agency budgets are filed by August 15. the October drive may raise more than last year’s 28 000. YMCA and YWCA previously received the largest shares.
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Agencis
Ransom Carver
Pacific
Community Chest
Paul W Scott
Scott
Chest
R. D. Merrill
Carver
Pocatello Chest
Salvation Army
LDS Church
YMCA
YWCA
Name the West Bench Housing Project
The Pocatello Industrial Housing Incorporated seeks a name for 75 new homes on the west bench near Highland Park. Submissions due for a $10 prize with entries accepted at once. six model homes will be shown July 10 at Turner Insurance Agency in Hotel Bannock.
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Pocatello Industrial Housing Incorporated
West Bench
Highland Park
Turner Insurance Agency
Pocatello Industrial Housing, Incorporated
Engineer Dies in Salt Lake City Job as Survey Engineer
Ralf Ramel Wooley, 63, senior hydraulic engineer for the United States Geological Survey in Salt Lake City, died Thursday of coronary thrombosis. A native of Paris Idaho he joined the survey in 1917 and is survived by Adrai R. Wooley of Pocatello.
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Salt Lake City
Ralf Ramel Wooley
United States Geological Survey
Paris
Idaho
Geological Survey
Adrai R. Wooley
Pocatello
Yugoslavia Faces Cominform Pressure Over Albania Incidents
Belgrade reports Yugoslav citizens rally in support of Tito while Albania bans Tito portraits and Yugoslav texts. Moscow approves a Cominform resolution amid tensions with Yugoslavia. Slovenia pledges steadfast loyalty as party disputes surface within the federation.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Marshall Tito
London
Tanjus
Impa
Albania
Borba
Moscow
Central Committee
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of Yugoslavia
Communist Information Bureau
Tito
Polio cases rise but epidemic risk unclear in mid 1948
Health officials report 2007 polio cases through June 26 1948 marking a year within the second worst polio period on record. Texas North Carolina and California account for 64 percent of cases while 309 new cases that week reflect ongoing spread.
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Washington
Texas
North Carolina
California
The
Public Health Service
Strike Closes Plant At Metaline Falls Washington
A CIO Mine Mill and Smelter Workers strike by about 150 members shut the American Zinc Lead and Smelting plant at Metaline Falls Washington. Howard Lee the union representative said 75 percent voted to strike until a new contract replaces the expired one. The union seeks a 30 cent wage increase and the company refused to recognize the union or negotiate.
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Metaline Falls
Wash
CIO International Union of Mine
American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Company
Howard Lee
Lee
Nevada rests murder case after confession readings
The state rested its case against Laszlo Varga 19 year old Hungarian refugee after readings of three confessions. Varga is accused of raping and killing Mrs Billee Rahe Morning 22, a minister's wife, with a rolling pin after assault. The confessions were presented by District Attorney Alexander.
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Elko, Ney
Laszlo Varga
Varga
Billee Rahe
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Record of Congress
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