Greek Planes Pin Down 2500 Troops Near Ioannina
Greek planes trapped about 2,500 anti government guerrillas in northwestern Greece as three government brigades closed in near Ioannina. Military sources said 4,500 troops faced the insurgents with operations near Veroplatanos and Vasilikon four miles from the Albanian frontier.
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Athens
Mount Gamila
Ioannina
Janina
Albania
Yugoslavia
Lescovie
Greece
Veroplatanos
Vasilikon
George Stratos
Negradhes
Forus
Stratos
United Nations Balkan
Salovika Shete
Flan
Soners
Greece Balkans Watch Considered If Security Council Blocked
United Nations delegates discussed a Greek border watch outside the UN if Russia vetoes a Balkan border oversight plan. The idea would see Greece host an independent commission, with no powers but capable of gathering information for later UN use. Detected by reporters in the council session with remarks from Herschel V. Johnson and Albanian representative Nesti Kerenthi.
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Lake Success
United Nations
World Organization
Russia
Security Council
Balkans
U. S
Balkan
U. S. Commission
Greece
General Assembly
Herschel V. Johnson
Nesti Kerenthi
Council
Fires in Boise and Sawtooth Forests Burn 25 Acres
Fire fighters controlled two blazes in Boise and Sawtooth National Forests last night after about 25 acres of timber were consumed. Forest Service fire control officer M. A. Coonrod said the fires were started by lightning.
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Boise
Boise and Sawtooth National
M. A. Coonrod
Forest Service
Coonrod
U S Proposes Eleven Nation Conference on Jap Treaty
The United States proposed an eleven nation conference to start work on a Japanese peace treaty on August 19. The plan would place treaty talks outside the big four veto system, with Washington or San Francisco as possible host. Russia's acceptance is uncertain and the format aims to remove a single veto from treaty provisions.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Russia
San Francisco
State Department
Official Goes To Islands
Idaho will have its third chief executive in a week as Lt. Gov. Donald S. Whitehead leaves for San Francisco to join governors invited by the navy for a Hawaiian islands visit aboard the battleship Iowa. Gov. C. A. Robins returns briefly from Salt Lake City, with acting duties handled by Senate president pro tempore J. Elmer Williams during the trip. The six day voyage includes four days in Honolulu with Hawaii’s governor as host.
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Boise
Idaho
Donald S. Whitehead
San Francisco
Navy Department
Hawaiian Islands
Whitehead
C. A. Robins
Salt Lake City
Robins
J. Elmer Williams
Blackfoot
State Senate
Navy
Hawaii
U.S.S. Iowa
Honolulu
Thomas Sees Slow Gains in Europe Economic Stabilization U S Senator
Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah, returning from Europe, says there can be no economic stabilization there without money stabilization. He spoke after attending the Geneva meeting of the ILO, a body born of the League of Nations and now under the United Nations.
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Thomas
Europe
Washington
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Geneva
The
International
Weather forecast and local conditions note
A weather summary notes predictions of local thunder showers this afternoon and Thursday afternoon with partly cloudy skies. It records recent temperatures with highs near 90 and lows around 60, plus a trace of precipitation last night.
Europe Plans Assistance After Marshall Aid Conference
European foreign ministers wrapped a four day meeting in Paris with delegates from 16 countries forming a committee to draft a balance sheet of Europe resources and needs under the Marshall plan. The group will reconvene after sub committees meet at the Grand Palais with a target date of September 1 for an executive report to the United States.
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Paris
Europe
Ernest Bevin
Miister Paul - Henri Spaak
Carlo Sforza
Grand Palais
Exposition Hall
United States
George C. Marshall
Harvard University
High Speed Collision at Portneuf Checkpoint
A car driven by L Simmons of Grace reportedly sped into the rear of Charles Henry Johns car from Utah in the 20 mph Portneuf speed zone causing about 150 dollars in damage. Police noted strict enforcement of the area after the Wednesday afternoon crash with minor injuries among passengers.
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Portneuf
L. Simmons
Grace
Charles Henry John
Utah
Simmons
John
Fire Damages Goodhue Hotel in Port Arthur
A two hour blaze at the ten story Goodhue hotel in Port Arthur Texas gutted part of the sixth floor and caused about $10 000 damage. Mrs Foster Bryan of Charleston West Virginia suffered a scorched scalp and singed hair with no other injuries reported.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Goodhue
Foster Bryan
Charleston
W. Va
ISU Opens Sept 15 for Fall Term Enrollment
Idaho State College will open its fall term on September 15 with registration on September 12 and 13. Freshman day is September 11 with entrance examinations for entering students. Under a new four year rating, upper division liberal arts students will register.
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Idaho State College
John R. Nichols
Atom Plant To Operate In Southwest
United States plans to permanentize and modernize Los Alamos New Mexico as a war era atom bomb facility. Carroll L. Tyler will lead the Los Alamos laboratory succeeding Col. Herbert C. Gee as the Manhattan project area shifts to permanent operation. Sandia base near Albuquerque identified as part of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project with Maj. Groves linked to the matter.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Los Alamos
New Mexico
Alamogordo
N. M
Commission
Carroll L. Tyler
Navy
Los Alamos Laboratory
Tyler
Col
Herbert C. Gee
Army
The
Manhattan Project
Sandia
Albuquerque
Armed Forces Special
Maj. Groves
Heir Dies in Mine Blast in Pottsville
Vincent Rizzardi a 50 year old independent miner and heir to a $260000 fortune from an uncle in Germany died in a dynamite blast at his Pottsville coal hole. His colleagues George Hoffman and Charles Bowers escaped despite being showered by coal. Rizzardi had learned last February of the inheritance but had not yet received the money.
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Pottsville
Vincent Rizzardi
Germany
Rizzardi
George Hoffman
Charles Bowers
Charles Rizzardi
Church Party Heads West
A caravan of 148 Latter Day Saints in 72 automobiles retraces the 1846 47 trek toward Utah. The group halted overnight in Garden Grove Iowa then planned a stop at the Mormon cemetery Mt. Pisgah and a final arrival at Council Bluffs. About 800 900 people gathered to hear last nights commemorations and the hymn Come Come Ye Saints was noted.
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Garden Grove
Iowa
Nauvoo
Mt. Pisgah
Council Bluffs
Kanesville
William Clayton
U S Ships Donated to Aid Turkish Armed Forces
Secretary of State Marshall announced the United States will transfer ten merchant ships to Turkey as part of a program to bolster Turkish defense. Six pre war cargo passenger vessels will be sold to Turkey at cash payment, with no U S funds expended, and four war built surplus ships will also be sold.
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Washington
Marshall
United States
Turkey
Navy
Maritime Commission
U.S
U S Dictates Stability for Germans
The United States issued its first policy statement for postwar Germany urging a stable productive regime to aid Europe’s recovery. Lt Gen Clay is asked to push economic unity among zones and boost coal food and export production as the crisis deepens. The directive signals urgent steps ahead of the Anglo American conference in Washington on coal and recovery.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
United States
Germany
Europe
Amer- Banon
Clay
Amer
Ramadier
Washington
Baseball Scores With Mixed Outcomes Across League Night Games
National Chicago edged New York 6 3 in nine innings as Borowy Chipman and Schef pitched for Chicago while Kennedy Trinkle Beggs and Cooper lined up for New York. In Boston at Fenway Gatehouse and Tebbets defeated Ruffing Harris Maltzberger and Dickey 6 1 as first game. Washington routed Detroit 8 9 in nine innings with Masterson Ferrick Wynn Evans and Newhouser contributing. New York Cleveland and Philadelphia St Louis night games also listed.
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Chicago
New York
Borowy
Chipman and Scheffine
Kennedy
Trinkle
Beggs
Cooper
Boston
Gatehouse
Tebbets
Ruffing, Harris
Maltzberger
Dickey
Washington
Detroit
Masterson
Ferrick
Wynn
Evans
Newhouser
Houtteman
Gorsica
Hutchinson
Swift
Cleveland
Philadelphia-St. Louis
Union Pacific district wins Harriman safety medal
G F Ashby announces Union Pacific eastern district has won the E. H. Harriman Memorial medal for safety in operations for 1946 among group A railroads. The award honors the railroad with the lowest casualty rate among passengers, employees and others, a prize Union Pacific has earned 18 times since 1924.
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Omaha
Neb
G. F. Ashby
Union Pacific Railroad
E. H. Harriman
American Museum of Safety
Union Pacific
William L Maxson Inventor and Navy Officer Dies
Mrs. Margaret Reilly reports from New York City that William Leslie Maxson died in a Boston hospital. Maxson, former Navy officer and New York City manufacturing head, married Mary Steely in Pocatello 25 years ago. He left a fortune, a New Jersey home, and a Massachusetts estate. Survived by his widow and three children, Mary Jane, Billie, and Sally. Mrs. Steely, mother of Maxson, was in Denver and is en route to the East for the 25th anniversary observance.
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Margaret Reilly
Jack Reilly
New York City
William Leslie Maxson
Orange
N. J
Mary Steely
Maxson
Navy
Pocatello
Boston
Mass
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Secret Service probes giant cache of counterfeit notes
In Los Angeles agents inventory a huge hoard of counterfeit bank notes found buried in a culvert near St. George Utah. Victor D. Carli says plates used to engrave the bills have been with the secret service since last March. A nationwide search for the owner is under way as the car possession was reclaimed for non-payment. The man linked to the car is known but not yet located.
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Los Angeles
Cret Service
St. George
Utah
Victor D. Carli
Secret Service
Carli
Federal Funds Cut for Idaho Employment Service
Idaho employment service faces a six percent reduction in federal funds for July to December 1947 due to congressional cuts. A. J. Tillman said turnover will limit payroll impacts and no further layoffs are anticipated. The agency runs 27 local offices and one administrative office with 108 staff.
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Boise
Idaho
A. J. Tillman
Tillman
State Chiefs Back Peace Effort at National Governors Meet
The resolutions committee at the national governors’ conference in Salt Lake City unanimously approved a pledge supporting Secretary of State Marshall’s global peace efforts. The panel also endorsed a resolution urging Congress to clarify offshore title to tidelands and indicated Alaska statehood support, with Hawaii likely included later.
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Salt Lake City
Marshall
Europe
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Carlson
World
Congress
Alaska
Hawaii
Three Car Crash Near Kemmerer Kills Woman
Mrs Ara Tom Shumizu 50 of Ogden Utah was killed instantly in a three car wreck four miles south of Kemmerer Sheriff Earl Ellsworth said the Shumizu car rear ended Parnell Green s vehicle from Ogden and was struck by a third car driven by P J Friesen of Saskatchewan Canada Mike Shumizu and George Kishada were hospitalized for cuts and shock Mrs Friesen suffered a severe knee injury
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Kemmerer
Wyo
Ara Tom Shumizu
Ogden
Utah
Earl Ellsworth
Shumizu
Parnell Green
P. J. Friesen
Saskatchewan
Canada
Mike Shumizu
George Kishada
Salt Lake City
Friesen
Idahoan and Ray Hatch Take Salt Lake Scout Post
Ray C. Hatch a Franklin Idaho native assumed duties as field executive of the Salt Lake council Boy Scouts of America today. He previously served as educational director for the San Francisco area council.
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Salt Lake City
Ray C. Hatch
Franklin, Ida
Salt Lake
Marshall urges 400000 European refugees admission
Secretary of State Marshall testifies for admitting 400000 displaced Europeans while noting the US has absorbed its share of aliens. He backs a 100000 refugees per year for four years as a workable minimum to ease international friction. Congress debates loyalty checks, GI bill funding, poll tax repeal, and military unification.
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Washington
Marshall
United States
Rep
Gossett
D-Tex
Patterson
Commerce Harriman
House
Judiciary
Congress
Russia
Robins Balks At Cuts In Federal Highway Aid
Idaho Governor C A Robins joined Nevada Governor Vail Pittman at a governors conference in Salt Lake City to oppose plans to cut federal highway aid to public land states. Robins said he would study any proposal before deciding and warned that state control of a 14 percent federal highway tax would yield less revenue than current federal aid.
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O'Mahoney
Salt Lake City
C. A. Robins
Idaho
Gem State
Vail Pittman
Nevada
Robins
Egg Buying Stops After July 22
Washington announces government egg purchases to support producer prices will end after July 22 and remain halted until further notice. Officials say consumer demand for the rest of the year should keep prices in line with the law.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Club Mistake Limits Benefits to Whites in Drawing
Dr Carl W Armstrong of Kiwanis International announced that the Ahoskie club would award a $3200 Cadillac to a negro war veteran who held a lucky number but was denied the prize because negroes were not eligible. Directors of the Abboskie club face continuation on page nine.
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William L. Kaiser
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Gallinger Hospital
George Dekenkyne
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