Witnesses Refuse Immunity Testimony On Munition Firms
Senate war investigators fail to secure immunity waivers from Henry Garsson and Benjamin Fields linked to Erie Basin Metal Products in probe of a wartime munitions combine. Mead warns of pending criminal cases and seeks May’s testimony, while the Army pushes to raise the draft age to 34 as induction resumes next September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Henry M. Garsson
Benjamin F. Fields
Illinois
Mead
N.Y
Fields
Garsson
Rep
May
D.N.Y
Combine
House Banking Committee
Erie Basin Metal Products Company
Allied
Justice Department
Henry Garsson
Internal Revenue
Sen. Ferguson
R.mich
House Military Committee
Soviet Blocks Unity Plan Hits Wall Over Saar Future
At the foreign ministers council in Paris the Soviet bloc blocked immediate German economic unification. Byrnes proposed the Berlin control council set up merger machinery, while Bidault urged excluding Saar from unification and integrating it into France. The American informant noted US readiness to move toward zone economic merger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Russia
Germany
Foreign Ministers Council
Saar
Byrnes
Berlin
United States
Buyers Strike Picketing Targeted by Louisville Dealer
A Louisville retail meat dealer filed suit in circuit court to halt picketing by the buyers on strike committee organized by the Jefferson County Citizens Political Action committee. Walter Case, CIO Transport Workers union leader, threatened further action. The lawsuit names Standard Market proprietor Louis Karm, a former OPA enforcement officer, as plaintiff amid four meat markets picketed by two women from the buyers strike committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Jefferson County Citizens Political Action Committee
Walter Case
CIO Transport Workers Union
Louis Kar@m
OPA
Standard Market
Deer Take Extended on Salmon Middle Fork
The Idaho fish and game commission voted a 20 day extension to the middle fork Salmon deer season to Nov 30 to boost harvest. The expanded area covers five miles on each side of the middle fork from Marble Creek to Short Creek, with a one deer limit. Also approved is a mountain goat hunt in Bonner and Boundary counties from Nov 1–30 with a one animal bag limit and an archery deer hunt Sept 15–22 in part of Cassia division of Minidoka forest same as last year.
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Boise
Salmon
State Fish and Game Commission
Middle Fork
Marble Creek
Short Creek
Bonner
Boundary
Clearwater
Lemhi, Valley
Idaho
Cassia
Minidoka National Forest
Guard Doubles Postwar National Guard Strength
The War Department announced a postwar national guard of 682 114 officers and enlisted men, doubling the prewar force. Maj. Gen. Miltenberger reported 25 infantry divisions and two armored divisions, saying the guard would be a highly trained mobile M day force under Eisenhower directives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Butler B. Miltenberger
Department
National Guard Bureau
Miltenberger
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Boise Dairy Milk Price Rise Announced
John Tate announced on behalf of local dairymen that Boise valley dairies will raise milk price by two cents per quart starting tomorrow. The new price will be 16 cents per quart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Boise Valley
John Tate
Typist Testifies In Stavrou Case
In Boston a former typist companion testifies that Helen Stavrou, 18, said if she cannot have Lt. Thomas Farrell no one else will for at least 10 years. Pauline Bonin testifies Stavrou also burned her wrist with a lighted cigarette at army airfields in Manchester New Hampshire and Chicopee Massachusetts.
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Boston
Helen Stavrou
Pauline Bonin
Chicopee Falls
Thomas Farrell
Fomerville
Miss Stavrou
Miss Bonin
Manchester
N. H
Chicopee
Mass
Farrell
Filer
Stavrou
Upstate
New York
Parade Opens Rodeo and Indian Event in Gate City
Colorful parade in Pocatello features cowboys, Indians, the Burley posse, visiting dignitaries led by Governor Arnold Williams, and the Ogden band. Notables include Pete Lezumeche, Barbara Metlen crowned Miss Idaho, and the Union Pacific miniature train. events run today through Sunday with rodeo at 2:30 and ceremonies at 8:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatellans
Gate City
Old Fort Hall
Burley Posse
Rodeo
Arnold Williams
Idaho
Ogden Band
Pocatello
Union Pacific
Melvin Frandsen
Pete Lezumeche
Congress
Pocatello Ladies Pioneer Club
Barbara Metlen
Chief Theater
Rod Cameron
Alameda
Benny Bender
VFW
Slayings Tied to Polish refugees as Kielce pogrom sentences loom
In Poland 22 Jews fleeing persecution were killed on roads and railways near Lodz and Wroclaw as new pogrom aftermath unfolds. Officials blame outlaw bands hiding in forests while Cardinal Hlond accuses Jewish officials of stirring tensions amid government actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Kielce
Hlond
Edward Osubka- Morawski
Lodz
Wroclaw
Breslau
Cattle and Lamb Prices Hit New Records in Chicago and Ogden
Prices for cattle and lambs rose to new highs as supplies remained tight. In Chicago, cattle topped $23.25 per hundredweight on the hoof, while good choice hogs reached $18.25 per hundredweight. Ogden set a record $20 per hundredweight for fat lambs, with 10 carloads from Idaho’s Nampa sold to bidders for coastbound delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ogden
Ogden Union
Nampa
Idaho
R. C Albright
Albright
Highland Sheep Co
Calracotta Sheep Co
Load shifts rip tunnel injuring nothing in Calif fault
A freight train shifted while crossing a Southern Pacific tunnel near Dorris California ripping timbers and striking tunnel sides. Officials expect about 36 hours to clear the line and reroute five Portland to San Francisco passenger trains over the Siskiyou route with roughly 12 hours of delays. The tunnel lies 22 miles south of Klamath Falls Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Dorris
Calif
Portland
Siskiyou
Eugene
Ore
Black Butte
Medford
Ashland
Klamath Falls
Heirens Fingerprints Tied To Degnan Note And Brown Slaying
State's Attorney William J. Tuohy announced William Heirens' fingerprints matched prints in a room where Frances Brown was slain last December and on the ransom note tied to the Suzanne Degnan kidnapping. Heirens, 17, was indicted by a Cook County grand jury on 29 counts of burglary robbery and assault to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William J. Tuohy
William Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
University of Chicago
Cook County
Frances Brown
North Side
Tuohy
Thomas Laffey
Police Bureau of Identification
Parade and Weather Beat Through Western Territory
A vivid note of celebration with Cowboys and Indians floats, rodeos, and sunny skies. Temperatures range from 65 to 89 with no precipitation and Salt Lake topping at 98 degrees. today and tomorrow look hot. Sunset at 8:68 and sunrise at 6:02 round out a dry, warm spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Salt Lake
Senator seeks funds to process potatoes for famine aid
Senator Taylor of Idaho asked the appropriations committee to provide funds for the Commodity Credit Corporation to process potatoes that would otherwise waste. He noted large quantities went unused last year due to market absence and proposed donating the processed potatoes to UNRRA for famine relief abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taylor
Idaho
Appropriations Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
UNRRA
Mayor Appeals to Pocatello Landlords on Rent Fairness
Mayor C. D. Moore urged Pocatello landlords to keep rents reasonable and protect veteran tenants. He cited eviction notices including a veteran with a sick wife, noted that some 5 to 10 percent increases may be allowable, and said he would consult Governor Arnold Williams about possible municipal rent controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Moore
Pocatello
Arnold Williams
Widow loses claim on accidental death policy
The 10th U. S. circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Edgar J. Waters's death on July 19, 1944, while making illicit whiskey, does not allow his widow Rubie Waters to claim under a $5000 National Life and Accident Insurance policy. The district court verdict was reversed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
10Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Oklahoma
Edgar J. Waters
Tulsa
U.S. District Court
Rubie
National Life and Accident Insurance Company, Inc
Waters
Order Holds Planes
U S Airlines withdrew Lockheed Constellations from service on orders of the Civil Aeronautics Administration pending an inquiry into a Reading Pennsylvania crash. BOAC cancelled Constellation flights on transatlantic routes for about 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
United States Airlines
CAA
Lockheed Aircraft Company
Reading
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Constellation
BOAC
New York
Gander
Newfoundland
London
U.S
Union Pacific to Order 1500 Box Cars For Fleet Boost
Union Pacific Railroad announced plans to order 1500 box cars at about eight million dollars to ease a nationwide shortage. An additional 500 cars costing about four point eight million will be built by Pullman Standard and General American. 500 forty foot automobile cars from American Car and Foundry at about three point one million. Delivery to start early 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company
General American Transportation Company
Amercan Car and Foundry Company
Hughes Accuses Propeller Failure in Plane Crash
Howard Hughes, 41, whispered to Dr Verne Mason that the rear half of the right propeller caused his Sunday XF-11 crash. He urged the army to examine wreckage and find the missing rear blades as his condition worsened with left lung failure and crushed chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Verne R. Mason
Hughes
Mason
British Camp Frees Rabbi From Latrun Detention
Rabbi J. L. Fishman aged 71, acting head of the Jewish Agency executive, was released from Latrun detention camp and returned to Jerusalem after being arrested in the recent roundup of Jewish leaders. British authorities also detained Moses Shertok Bernard Joseph and Isaac Gruenbaum, while orders limited troop movement and required arming of soldiers at all times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
J. L. Fishman
Jewish Agency Executive
Latrun
Fishman
London
Jewish Agency
Moses Shertok
Bernard Joseph
Isaac Gruenbaum
Agency
Palestine
Molotov Address Dominates Berlin Press Coverage
Berlin papers controlled by Russia highlight Molotov's stance on Germany's future. Western allied ministers' remarks receive less prominence. Russian outlets push Molotov’s call against dismemberment and destruction of German industry as the pageant of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Germany
United States
Molotov
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Paris
Millyville Man Fined for Drunken Driving on Horse
Logan Utah Randolph Pearson of Millyville was arrested and fined for navigating his horse on Main Street sidewalks. The charge was drunken driving on a horse, treated as legal under a city ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Utah
Randolph Pearson
Millyville
Peace Talks Resume Amid Communist Attacks in China
General George C Marshall resumes peace negotiations after a brief lull as Communists mount heavy assaults in Hopei and Shantung. Marshall met with Chiang Kai-Shek and Chou En-Lai, fueling speculation of new proposals. Reports describe large Communist offensives around Tsanghsien Liucheng Licheng and near Tsingtao.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
George C Marshall
North China
Hopei
Shantung
Marshall
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chou En-Lai
Associated Press
Tom Masterson
Peiping
Tsanghsien
Tientsin
Liucheng
Licheng
Shantung Province
Tsinan
Chimo
Tsingtao
U. S. Marine and Naval Base
Disease Hits North Idaho Blamed on Foot and Mouth Outbreak
A cow died and others showed illness in a Coeur d Alene ranch prompting state and federal livestock experts to investigate. Dr. Arthur P. Schneider said foot and mouth disease is suspected. Quarantine placed on the ranch as Dr. F X McArthur and Dr. F A Barber joined inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
North Idaho
Arthur P. Schneider
Bureau of Animal Industry
Military Convicts Idaho Serviceman
Pvt Leo W Christensen of Iowa was convicted by general court martial at Kokura Kyushu for murder rape and assault. The verdict found his motorcycle killed a Japanese boy on June 30 and he then raped a 31 year old housewife and assaulted a Japanese man. Christensen served as a signalman with the US 24th Infantry Division and the sentence was referred to Maj General James Lester the division commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Idaho
Leo W. Christensen
Iowa
Allied Headquarters
Kokura
Kyushu
Christensen
U. S. 24Th Infantry Division
James Lester
Fus Sevisw
Senate Poised on Reduced OPA Bill and Grain Exemptions
New England senators push an amendment to keep price ceilings off feed grains while OPA authority is revived. A 40 to 32 Senate vote rejected exempting grain and processed products from control. Taft notes GOP aims to force House action and potential Truman veto risk as Senate proceeds with OPA revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New England
Bridges
N.H
Senate
Sen
Reed
Sen. Wherry
R-Neb
Taft
Ohio
GOP
House
Truman
Old Ships Near Atomic Test at Bikini Atoll
The battleship Arkansas and carrier Saratoga join ships near the second atomic blast planned for July 25 Bikini Atoll. Vice Admiral Blandy says changes focus near center with outer ships largely steady. The explosion is set for 8 50 a m Bikini time. Bradbury expects little light unless a glow appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bikini
Arkansas
Saratoga
Adm
W. H. P. Blandy
Blandy
Norris E. Bradbury
Los Alamos
N. Mex
Youth Survives Limb Puncture
A 13 year old boy fell from a swinging cable at Iroquois Park in Louisville. A 14 inch diameter tree limb pierced his chest, entering the lung cavity but reportedly did not cause serious internal injury. Dr J B Harter removed the limb and treated the wound to keep the lung expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keen Freeman
Waller Freeman
Washington, D. C
Orville Dale Loos
Dayton
Yosemite National Park
Loos
Louisville
Joseph Bickel, Jr
Iroquois Park
de. J
Harter
de. Harter
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American Council On Education
Selective Service
George A. Irwin
Irwin
O Seer
Sam Defink
Rwin
Educational Council
Armed Services
Hill Jews
Frees
Reds
Goes
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