Farmer Union splits with President Truman over economic crisis
National Farmers union led by President James Patton breaks with the Truman administration citing failure to pass key legislation. The 400,000 member group plans a mobilization for an alleged economic M-day, scales Washington staff, and may sell its $75,000 building. Initial campaigns will run in Idaho, Wyoming, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota.
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Denver
National Farmers Union
Truman
Washington
James Patton
Patton
Republican Party
Congress
Union
Board of
Idaho
Wyoming
California
New Mexico
Arizona
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
State Calling Road Bids Open for Several Idaho Routes
Bids to be opened July 19 were announced by highway director T. Matt Hally for road seawet projects in Bingham Power and Gooding counties. Estimated costs include 70 000 for spans along routes No 37 US 30 US 39 and US 20 and 8200 for 12 8 miles of US 30 between Bliss Junction and Owsl ey bridge in Gooding county.
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Boise
Bingham
Power
Gooding
T. Matt Hally
Bealcouting
Rockland
Cassia
Wacs Go Overseas
More than 2000 Wacs will be shipped overseas in the next four months to serve in the European and Pacific theaters and with Caribbean defense commands. The majority come from volunteers on active duty. a small portion are recruited from discharged women. Overseas duty requires a commitment for the duration plus six months.
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Washington
War Department
European
Pacific
Caribbean
Director Urges Deep Cuts in Army and Navy Spending
Reconversion chief John R. Steelman urged sharp federal spending reductions focusing on the army and navy to curb inflation without hindering wartime obligations. He pressed for price controls and reduced civilian outlays while aiming for a possible budget surplus, noting military costs comprise about 45 percent of the 1947 outlay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John R. Steelman
Army
Navy
Steelman
Truman
Congress
Office of War Mobilization
States Buying Cuban Sugar
Cuban sugar sale talks involve sugar mill owners and Cane Growers associations meeting to review a 1946 and 1947 crop agreement drafted with U S Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P Anderson and the Cuban sales mission. It sets a minimum price tied to 1946 crop costs and U S food import prices and links 1947 pricing to 1946 outcomes.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
U.S
Clinton P. Anderson
Grau San Martin
U.S. Department of Commerce
Longer, tougher training for officer candidates ordered
Gen. Jacob L. Devers, head of the army ground forces, mandated 24 weeks of training at Fort Benning for enlisted men seeking a second lieutenant commission, up from 17 weeks. Only the most promising cadets will be kept after the first eight weeks.
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Washington
Jacob L. Devers
Army Ground Forces
Fort Benning
Devers
May Protest Transcript Details Garsson Shell Contract Cutback
A Senate munitions inquiry transcript cites Rep. May protesting an eight inch shell contract cutback for Batavia Metal Products. May, linked to Henry Garss on and Garsson interests, claimed the action was hard on a friend while Upholding no special favor for Garsson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Munitions Investigation
Rep
May
D-Ky
Senate War Investigation Committee
Roswell Hardy
Ordnance Ammunition Division
George Meader
Hardy
House
Henry Gars
Garsson
Batavia Metal Products Company
War Department
Ordnance
Kentucky
Army
Doctor Tells Of Burns In Boston Trial
A Boston physician testifies that Helen Stavron aged 18 has only second degree burns and that cuts on her body were made about a month after the burns. He says the burns were overtreated and will heal in six months. the witness also notes initials may be recognizable after 40 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Helen Stavron
Robert H. Aldrich
Thomas Farrell
Somerville
Pacific Veteran Flyer
Sullivan
Bullet Shatters Leg Ends Actress's Career Hopes
Margaret Wheatie Farley Wickware, once hailed as the typical American girl in 1938, may be permanently crippled after a bullet shattered her leg. Doctors at St. Monica's hospital announced her serious condition from three wounds inflicted by her estranged husband Reid King Wickware, 42, who is also in critical condition from a self-inflicted wound near the heart. Sheriff E W Roach identified the attacker as Wickware, a former convict, cowboy, and bar owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix, Ariz
Margaret Wheatie Farley Wickware
St. Monica's Hospital
E. W. Roach
Reid King Wickware
Wickware
Idaho Potato Crop Promising Amid Beetle Pressure
Idaho Falls report on the 1946 potato crop in the upper Snake River Valley notes it looks pretty good for now and ahead of last year. Acreage in the valley is smaller than last year, while county agents urge use of DDT where Colorado potato beetles are establishing inroads.
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Idaho Falls
Snake River Valley
Colorado
Navy Experts See Need Ship Changes
A board of experts led by Dr. Karl T. Compton advised President Truman that the Bikini atomic test supplied sufficient data to redesign navy vessels to reduce damage to super structures and protect personnel. The report says vast data will aid science and engineering and narrows debate on the test’s value, noting cost estimates vary and obsolete ships complicate figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Bikini
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Karl T. Compton
Congress
Army
Navy
Blind to Attend Program at Lava Hot Springs
About 70 blind residents of southeastern Idaho and northern Utah are expected to attend a three day meeting at Lava Hot Springs July 18 to 20. Sponsored by the Lava Hot Springs Lions Club, the event includes a dance, a public program, and swimming with both blind attendees and seeing companions invited. Housing and the meeting place are provided, with speakers from the blind community and the Lions Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Utah
H. B. Kinney
Blackfoot
Lava Hot Springs
Watts Returns to Pocatello YMCA as Captain Rejoins Staff
Henry Watts former physical director at the Pocatello YMCA returns after three and a half years in the infantry and seven months overseas as a captain in the South Pacific. He served with the Sixth Division of the First Infantry and entered service December 17, 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Watts
Pocatello Ymca
Infantry
South Pacific
Watts
YMCA
First Infantry
Crosby Grants Gift for University Engineering Building
Through Bing Crosby efforts, General Motors donated 90 dollars toward a 300 dollar engineering building at Gon saga University. Father Francis B E Corkery J president of the school announced today.
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Spokane
Bing Crosby
General Motors Corporation
Gonsaga University
Francis BE. Corkery
OPA Rent Increases Rejected by Senate 58 to 14
The Senate voted 58 to 14 against a move to require OPA to authorize rent increases as it weighs price control revival. Senator Hawkes urged an immediate 5 percent rent boost and another 5 percent later, while leaders warned against disrupting action on government reorganization plans.
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Senate
Washington
OPA
Hawkes
N.J
Barkley
Truman
Sen. Wiley
R.wis
Wiley
Wisconsin
PMA halts midwest grain shipments to Pacific Northwest poultry
Spokane reports that PMA halted shipments of midwest grain and gluten feed due to soaring prices after CPA ceilings ended. Washington PMA chair C. W. Peters says prices prevent trade, cancels unshipped orders, and CCC withdraws from acquisition. Future deals to be buyer seller offers at market prices, with private cuts possible.
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Spokane
Pacific Northwest
Washington State
PMA
Oregon
Washington
C. W. Peters
State
Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Peters
Washington, D. C
Harvest to begin in Power county wheat fields
Farmers in Power county will start harvesting over 100000 acres of wheat next week. County Agent Sterling Schow notes the dry farm area is in excellent condition. The region is known for its turkey red wheat with an average yield of about 25 bushels per acre.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Chester C. Davis
President Truman
Power County
Sterling Schow
Japanese War Crimes Executed in Singapore
Twelve Japanese, including Lt. Col. Sumida Haruzo, former head of military police, were hanged in Singapore after convictions for wartime atrocities during the occupation.
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Singapore
Sumida Haruzo
Search Under Way For Two Bodies
A search was pressed for Keen Freeman, 11, of Washington, and Orville Dale Loos, 21, Dayton, after they were drowned at Vernal Falls in Yosemite National Park. Loos, a Navy veteran, died trying to save the boy, son of Dr Walter Freeman, a noted Washington neurologist who had brought his family to California for the American Medical Association convention. Mrs Freeman learned of the tragedy in Springfield, and may return to Washington with a daughter.
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Yosemite
Cal
Keen Freeman
Washington
Orville Dale Loos
Dayton
Yosemite National Park
Loos
Walter Freeman
Freeman
American
Court probes alleged child sale in adoption case
In Chicago a middle aged couple faced circuit court over an alleged attempt to sell their adopted 19 month old son for $1000. The Lorenzos, who had custody during a habeas corpus hearing, maintain the infant protection while a social service inquiry proceeds until July 22.
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Chicago
Francis Schachtschober
Charles Schachtschober
Pearl
DesPlaines
LeRoy
Stella Lorenz
Robert FE. Cherry
Robert J. Dunne
Schachtschobers
Dunne
Lorenzos
Social Service
Widow's mercy saves three murderers in Brooklyn case
In New York a widow, Barbara Davis, spared three gunmen from the chair by declining capital punishment. Judge Samuel Leibowitz sentenced John Romano Vincent Giab raffa and Russell Donohue to life imprisonment after they were convicted of the November barroom slaying of boxer Barbara Davis. An all male jury had recommended clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Barbara Davis
Davis
Kines County
Samuel S Leibowitz
Brooklyn
FHA Power Clears Rent Caps For Veterans Housing
A federal housing official said FHA can fix maximum rents on veterans emergency housing despite OPA controls lapse. FHA attorneys cite Moore amendment not applying to the veterans housing act, keeping rents limited to 80 dollars a month and purchase price under ten thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Wilson W Wyatt
FHA
OPA
Russians Bid For Unity In Germany
Molotov addressed the foreign ministers council opposing dismemberment or federalization of Germany. He urged a unified German state governed by Germans with a decent living standard, drawing mixed reactions in Paris and prompting France to defend a four power approach. The conference backed Bidault against internationalizing the Ruhr Saar and Rhineland.
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Paris
Puesta
V. M. Molotov
Foreign Ministers Council
Molotov
Germany
Reich
Kremlin
Ruhr
Saar
Rhineland
Butrance
Georges Bidault
Teabinet
Wihr
Uhr
Information Ministry
Bidault
Hull Supports British Loan In House Debate
Former Secretary of State Hull urges approval of a 1 000 000 British loan arguing it would steer the world toward peace and welfare. The National Farmers Union also backs the loan as vital to restart world trade, while Rep Springer questions constitutional authority and warns of a $30 debt per American.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Hull
Rayburn
Dtexas
National Farmers Union
Spence
D-Ky
Banking Committee
House
Springer
R Ind
Apeech
Deliv
America
Paper Costs Rising in North American Newsprint Trade
The American Newspaper Publishers Association reports that Canadian mills may delay price hikes as Washington price control legislation looms. Newsprint costs fluctuate after the Canadian dollar moved to par with the U S, removing a $6.70 per ton exchange premium and adding to price uncertainty post OPA lapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association Today
Washington
ANPA
Pravda Attacks Brooks Atkinson as Untalented Slanderer
Pravda denounces Brooks Atkinson former New York Times Moscow correspondent as a "gangster of the pen" and "untalented slanderer" for his New York Times series describing the Soviet Union. It accuses him of basing views on a biased ten month stay and criticizes his portrayal of a totalitarian regime and its leaders.
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Moscow
Pravda
Brooks Atkinson
New York Times
Pen
Stock Exchange
David Zaslavsky
Atkinson
Russia
United States
Communist Party
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Star
Ellen Powell
Joan Blondel
Dick Powell
Sandy
Blondel
Hollywood
Crosby
Soviet Union
Red Army
Manchuria
Politburo
Nazi Germany
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