Pocatellans Observe Fourth With Sports Attractions
Pocatello hosts two Pioneer league baseball games at Well Park with the Cardinals facing the Russets at 2 30 and 8 30 p m as part of Independence day events A four day weekend brings trips to Yellowstone Park Jackson and the mountains while residents join Alameda for a city wide celebration including rodeo queen selection a VFW softball game and a noon start to sports. Police urge caution to motorists and Mayor Mooreton calls for safe celebration to avoid tragedy and tolls.
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Natonal Safety Council
Idaho Governor Seeks Price Controls and Rent Action
Gov Arnold Williams says he will write Idaho’s congressional leaders urging action on price control if discrepancies can be adjusted. He plans no special legislative session for rent controls. Scattered reports cite rent hikes and higher livestock and feed costs across the state.
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Russian ambassador urges patience in U S relations
In his first interview since presenting credentials, Nikolai Novikov says there is no basis for war with the United States and that differences must be ironed out over time. He asserts both nations can cooperate through mutual obligations and practical actions as Europe moves from war to peace.
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United States
Novikov
Europe
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Motor Strike Ends at White Motor Co in Cleveland
The 20 day strike at White Motor Co ends as CIO UAW accepts the wage proposal. The agreement grants a 15 2 cent hourly rise for all employees retroactive to March 25 and a 3 cent boost for about 80 unskilled workers retroactive to January 1, ending widespread idle time since June 4.
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White Motor Co
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Richard E. Reisinger
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Movie Tieup Ends Strike Peace With Wage Rise
Hollywood settles a brief film industry strike with a 25 percent general wage increase and cost of living based raises for future pay hikes. The agreement, brokered by Byron Price and union leaders, requires arbitration of jurisdictional disputes and restores work as Sorrell Brewer and others back on site amid recent studio clashes.
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Byron Price
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Herbert K. Sorrell
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Woman Disappears in Germany After Hitler Aid Secretaries
FRANKFURT Germany agents comb the U S occupation zone for Gerda Christian 31 once a secretary to Hitler who vanished after being summoned to the war crimes tribunal at Nuernberg Christian who claimed she stood by Hitler in his final days at the Berlin Reichskanzlei disappeared in the Berchtesgaden area amid troop searches and reports of travel across Bavaria.
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Driver Tells Of Death Of Fuehrer
Erich Kempka, Hitler’s former chauffeur, testified he carried Hitler and Eva Braun’s bodies from the Reich Chancellery after Hitler died on April 30 1943 and helped cremate Eva Braun. He described Bormann’s likely death by bazooka shell and recounted Berlin chaos as allies approached.
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Fort George Wright considered as WSC overflow
Washington State College may use Fort George Wright at Spokane as an overflow campus this fall. President Wilson M. Compton said a war department officer approved the idea in principle and that the fort could host 300 to 400 veterans by September. The administration and board aim to expand veteran enrollment and assist high school graduates seeking admission while planning exchanges between the college and any fort extension divisions.
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Firefighter Killed Fighting First Blaze in Holbrook
Eddie Koury a 26 year old army veteran and new member of the Holbrook volunteer fire department died while battling a cleaning shop fire. He fell from a ladder during his first run breaking his neck and was killed shortly after being called from a dinner meeting.
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Car Crash Leaves Idaho Man Critical At General Hospital
Myron Smith, 24, of Idaho Falls, is in critical condition after a car left the highway about 12 miles south of Last Chance Inn and overturned. Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Smith stated Smith was alone and appeared to lose control while avoiding a rough stretch of road.
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Idaho Falls
Court Holds Chicagoan On 25 Counts
William G. Heirens a 17 year old University of Chicago student was ordered held for the grand jury on 4 assault and 21 burglary charges. Bond set at 270000 with 10000 on each burglary and 15000 on each assault. Prints matched a ransom note in the Degnan case. Heirens faces further charges of assault with intent to murder and three counts of assault with intent to kill.
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William G. Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
Matthew D. Hartigan
University of Chicago
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Degnan
Heirens
William J. Tuohy
North Side
Detective Bureau
Pocatello Approves 88000 School Bond Vote
Taxpayers approve an 88000 school bond to finish the high school gym auditorium add a modern cafeteria and buy the remaining half block on Arthur avenue east of the school. All precincts reported 259 for 31 against with varying precinct tallies.
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Pocatello
Arthur Avenue
W. C. Hurst
Isaac
Idaho potato harvest wage ceilings stay same as 1945
Drexel D. Watson, chairman of the Idaho USDA board, announced wage ceilings for potato harvest workers in southwestern Idaho for 1946 will match 1945 levels. Rates range from 10 cents per 100-pound sack at high yields to 22 cents for low yields, with thresholds defined by sacks per acre.
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Boise
Idaho
Drexel D. Watson
Idaho Usda Board
Cost of sustaining a new soldier rises 10.7 percent
The army's quartermaster general estimated the annual cost to equip a first year soldier at 590.69 dollars, up 57.10 from last year and 125.42 from 1944. Food clothing victuals and barracks were included while pens ammunition transport pay and similar outlays were excluded.
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Washington
United States
Philippines Begins Republic Era with World Ceremony
Manila marks independence as the Philippines becomes a republic after a decade as a U S commonwealth. Gen Douglas MacArthur and grandees from 50 countries attend as Manuel Roxas is sworn in as the first president. U S aid and Bell bill free trade plan aim at stabilizing the new state.
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Philippine Islands
United States
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Douglas MacArthur
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Millard Tydings
Maryland
Paul V. McNutt
Manuel Roxas
Reds attack Bikini test as undermining disarmament talks
A Pravda commentator, Boris Izakov, condemned the Bikini atoll atomic test saying it undermines confidence in U S disarmament talks. He argued the test shows the weapon's destructive power and questions why such experiments were needed if the United States aims to curb its arsenal.
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Bikini
Boris Izakov
Communist Party
Bikini Atoll
United States
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Fourth of July Weather Sizzles in Southern Idaho
Meteorologist E. H. Jones predicts temperatures reaching around 90 degrees in southern Idaho including Boise with light winds. He says Independence Day weather will cooperate, allowing fishermen and vacationers to enjoy outdoor activities.
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Official Says Bomb Threat To All Navies
A naval arms official reports Monday’s atomic blast devastated Bikini's target warships with 59 of 73 damaged and six dangerously radioactive. He estimates the weapon could force any nation from war, favoring cities and industry over military targets, and notes no defense except interception or attacking production abroad.
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Anthony McAuliffe
United States
Nationwide airline strike halts Transcontinental Northwest planes
A nationwide strike by the Independent International Association of Machinists grounded nearly all Transcontinental Northwest Airlines planes at 5 a.m. MST. Pickets appeared at St Paul Minneapolis Seattle offices while talks with a U.S. mediator continued. Separately, Carmen unions in San Francisco voted to accept a wage compromise, with AFL members to ballot on the plan. Cleveland’s White Motor strike ends with production to resume and pay boosts for CIO United Auto Workers.
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Pocatello Offices Close for Holiday Moratorim
The county bans work for four days with offices closed tonight and reopening on Monday. City offices observe the Fourth of July and reopen Friday. Banks and many Pocatello businesses close for the holiday on July 4 and resume on July 5. Jewelers close July 4 to 6. The Tribune prints an early edition Thursday.
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Assembly to Meet in Nanking for New Constitution
The national assembly is ordered to convene on November 12 nine years after its original meeting date. Its first business will be adopting a new constitution. Assemblymen were elected in 1936 for a 1937 constitutional convention, but the Japanese invasion caused postponement and war years prevented meeting.
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National Assembly
Navy
Office Denies Rumor of Resignations
Washington report debunks a New York Daily News item by John Donnell claiming President Truman asked four Supreme Court justices to resign. Press secretary Charles G Rees calls the story fantastic and untrue, naming Justices Black Jackson Frankfurter and Murphy and noting neither letter nor authority exists.
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John Donnell
New York Daily News
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Supreme Court
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White House
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Price Picture In Brief From The Associated Press
The price picture at the end of the nation s second OPA test day shows livestock prices hitting record highs at some markets while meat reappears in butcher shops and customers pay more. Butter poultry milk cheese rise. other foods steady. Rent hikes multiply as states study or impose control plans. Grains and cotton futures mixed with declines. stock sales fall to a four month low. Labor warns higher wages if prices run away. Government leaders see a possible compromise to restore price controls.
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Senate
Chicago
Wilson and Company
New York
Wall Street
OPA
Houses Coming For Ex Servicemen In Idaho Falls
The David M. Sweeney Co. of Idaho Falls speeds up housing for veterans by building one house per week. Seven workers using power tools have finished three homes, with construction on a fourth advancing. Homes are built at a lumber yard then moved to site chosen by owner. Wood structures measure 16 by 26 feet and can be enlarged but size is limited by highway restrictions.
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Idaho Falls
David M. Sweeney
Sweeney
Revival Bills Reach Senate Banking Committee
In Washington the Senate Banking Committee considers two revival price control bills after Senator O Daniel ends blocking tactics. Each proposal would extend the OPA temporarily to July 20 while Congress weighs permanent rules. Signals suggest the coalition backing the president vetoed extender may be breaking apart as O Daniel remarks OPA is dead.
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Senate Banking Committee
O'Daniel
Texas
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Senate
Banking Committee
N.Y
OPA
Congress
Price Puzzle Confronts Consumers
The article notes scattered signals of rising costs across cattle, hogs, dairy, flour, and rent while many prices held steady. It cites record cattle prices at Chicago and high hogs, with rent debates in state and city actions. The Senate weighs potential price control restitution as tenants report fewer notices of increases amid mixed market signals.
Forecasts Aid Farms Aboard U S Appalachian
Weather reconnaissance methods used for the atomic bomb test are praised for aiding farmers at home. Aerologist Ben Holzman of Washington predicts long distance reconnaissance flights can forecast weather 24 hours ahead, helping farmers especially along coastal areas.
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Ben Holzman
Washington, D. C
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