Reclamation Plans $250 Million Annual Irrigation and Power Expansion
Reclamation Commissioner Michael W. Strauss outlined a $250 million record construction program to expand western irrigation and hydroelectric capacity over the next year. The plan aims to irrigate 125,000 more acres and generate 260,000 additional kilowatts, with six year projections adding 4.25 million acres of water and 2.5 million kilowatts. Idaho projects include Palisades and Bath drum prairie work with multi‑million dollar allocations and preconstruction steps for storage dam plans.
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Grand Lake
Colo
Michael W. Strauss
Reclamation Bureau
Washington
Strauss
Idaho
Columbia River Basin
Idaho—Palisades
Bath Drum Prairie
Cain
Base
Lewiston
Minidoka
Iceland Receives 2 Million Dollar Marshall Plan Loan
Washington reports the first Marshall plan loan of 2,300,000 dollars to Iceland to help rebuild its fishing industry. ECA Administrator Paul Hoffman said eight more loans totaling over 700 million dollars are under negotiation for several European nations and other regions. He noted total aid reached 817 million with more grants pending and outlined future allocations for 16 European countries plus China and occupied Germany zones. Congress requires about 20 percent of aid as repayable loans.
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Washington
Iceland
Paul G. Hoffman
ECA
France
Italy
Denmark
Netherlands
Dutch East Indies
Norway
Britain
Ireland
Hoffman
China
Trieste
Germany
Congress
Pacific Plane Falls in Sea
Pacific Airways reports its Macao Hong Kong Catalina crashed in the South China Sea with 23 passengers and four crew aboard. One Hong Kong passenger Wong Yu was rescued in a life jacket with a broken arm. Passengers included Mr and Mrs H G Stewart of Canada, Dale Cramer the pilot, K B Mac Puff the co pilot, R L Frost the traffic manager, and Mr and Mrs H M R Hodgson. Hodgson is a Texas company employee. Home towns of others not available.
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Hong Kong
Cathy Pacific Airways
South China Sea
Wong Yu
H. G. Stewart
Canada
Dale Cramer
K. 8. MacPuff
R. L. Frost
H. M. R. Hodgson
Cramer
Hodgsons
Hodgson
Texas Company
Fall Injures M. P. Girard
Maurice P. Girard a 30 year old electrician for Billz Signz was injured while installing a sign at the T A store building 412 Yellowstone when a sign brace stabbed through the roof and toppled him about 22 feet. He suffered broken feet and was taken to St Anthony hospital for treatment. His father Fire Chief A A Girard reports no other serious injuries.
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Maurice P. Girard
A. A. Girard
E. Lewis
St. Anthony Hospital
Girard
Billz Signz Company
T-A
Yellowstone
Car Accident Injures Man In Idaho Town
Robert Fortin aged 28 of No 7 Fargo apartments was injured in a collision at Cedar street and Pole Line road around 6 30 p m He drove south behind a taxi that stopped suddenly lost control and struck a parked truck owned by R J Rawson American Falls He was taken to General hospital in an unconscious condition and later reported conscious but with injuries undetermined.
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Robert Fortin
Fargo Apts
General Hospital
Cedar Street
Pole Line Road
Fortin
R. J. Rawson
American Falls
U S Steel Raises Wages Amid Inflation Fight
U S Steel Corp increases wages by about 13 cents an hour and plans shortly to raise prices, prompting the CIO United Steelworkers to call it a great victory as roughly 100 000 salaried workers may receive similar boosts. Continued on Page Six.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
Cio-United
U.S. Steel
Idaho Justices Call For Constitution Overhaul
Budge urges a new Idaho constitution and sweeping judiciary reform. He argues salaries and the system are inadequate and favors abolition or expansion of probate and justice courts run by lawyers. He cites no scandals and praises Idaho’s bench. Miller faces ethics charge for candidacy and says little.
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Sun Valley
Alfred M. Budge
Boise
Supreme Court
Idaho
Idaho State Bar Association
Justice Budge
State Supreme Court
Woman Gets Term For Mistreatment
Mrs Esther Stewart 29 was sentenced to two years in jail for mistreating her 5 year old daughter Sharon Stewart found malnourished and naked in a closet inside the Stewart home. Sharon described as a problem child by her parents. Father Robert Stewart 32 pleaded innocent and will go to trial July 26.
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San Francisco
Esther Stewart
Sharon Stewart
Stewart
Robert Stewart
Korea Signs New Constitution Written by Elected Assembly
Seoul reports the new South Korean constitution, the first written by elected representatives in four millennia of history, was signed in formal ceremonies. Syngman Rhee, chairman of the national assembly elected May 10, signed the document as rival governments form in the American zone and the Soviet-occupied North Korea, with Russia blocking North Korean voting in the May 10 election.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
National Assembly
South Korea
North Korea
Russia
Wounded Red Holds Own In Treatment
In Rome, Palm olio Togliatti, target of a Sicilian assassin, received oxygen and penicillin Friday night. Doctors say he is holding his own after pneumonia developed in his right lung. his wife Senorita Montag nana and son Aldo visited briefly as medical bulletins update his condition.
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Rome
Palmio Togliatti
Togliatti
Senorita Montagnana
Aldo
Two Buying Ranch Of Million Acres In British Columbia
Forty five thousand acres of deeded land and almost one million acres of grazing lease changed hands Friday at the historic old gang and Perry ranches, 160 miles northeast of Vancouver. Buyers are Floyd Skelton of Idaho Falls and W P Studdert of the T Bar 3 ranch Phillipsburg Montana. Sale price not announced but unofficially reported at $725,000.
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Clinton
B. C
Old Gang
Perry
Vancouver
Floyd Skelton
Idaho Falls
Idaho
W. P. Studdert
Phillipsburg
Mont
Truman Triumphs With Rousing Nomination Speech
In Philadelphia at midnight on the first day of his nomination Harry Truman faced a party in flux and behind the scenes clashes over civil rights. Delegates feared a weak entry as Truman waited outside before his timely appearance and a crowd anticipated a pivotal moment to unite the factional party.
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Philadelphia
Harry Truman
Truman
Rayburn
Cease fire talks loom as Jerusalem violence ends?
Jewish and Arab leaders agreed to halt fighting in Jerusalem with a United Nations truce set for Sunday morning. Israel backs a broader Palestine cease fire if Arabs agree while the Arab league committee debates in Lebanon. Nazareth falls to Jewish forces as fighting proceeds elsewhere.
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Lake Success
U. N
Palestine
Israel
Holy Land
Arab League
Lebanon
Cairo
Holy
Amman
Trans-Jordan
United Nations
Arab League Committee
Holy City
Nazareth
Christ
Fawzi Pasha al Jauki
Arab Legion
Bab el Wad
Drilling Job Costs $100 in Local Case
Edward Phillips Farrell of San Francisco merchant seaman was fined $100 on a charge of malicious destruction of property by Charles W. Hyde acting police judge Friday. William E. Eaton of Anwin Texas and Stanley H. Rohr of Dev's Lake North Dakota pleaded innocent to the same charge when arraigned. trials set for Saturday morning. They were arrested Wednesday night on complaint of Gust Thiros who accused them of drilling a slot machine at Thiros place 326 North Main. Their case was transferred from Police court to justice court Thursday and shifted back to police court Friday.
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Edward Phillips Farrell
San Francisco
Charles W. Hyde
William E. Eaton
Anwin
Tex
Stanley H. Rohr
Dev's Lake
N. D
Gust Thiros
Thiros Place
N. Main
Police Court
Justice Court
Tragic Canyon Tragedy as 8-Year-Old Falls To Death
Patricia Jackson, eight, was toppled from the 125 foot West ern Hills viaduct after stopping to buckle a shoe. Witnesses described a gaunt man named Marty Robertson, 33, later arrested on murder charges. He claimed voices and radioactivity caused the act. Police and motorists identified him near the railing. Patricia’s body was found in a trucking company yard. Robertson said he served in the air corps from 1941 to 1944.
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Cincinnati
Patricia Jackson
Western Hills
Marty Robertson
Richmond
Jack Jackson
John Thebald
Walter Backhertas
Clem Merz
Patricia
Charles
Edna Kidwell
Kidwell
Merz
Robertson
Air Corps
Washington
Utah
Heart Attack Fatal to Former Judge in Idaho Falls
Henry William Henderson, 73, a recom mend clerk at the Idaho Falls LDS temple, died Friday of a heart ailment. A former Bannock county sheriff and probate judge in Pocatello, he was born in Logan Utah and long active in LDS church work. He married Mary Eleanore Tippett and later Beatrice Atkinson Johnston. surviving are his widow and several sons and daughters.
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Idaho Falls
Henry William Henderson
Pocatello
Marsh Valley
Chicago
Mary Eleanore Tippetts
Farmington
Utah
Salt Lake
Beatrice Atkinson Johnston
West Virginia
Henry T. Henderson
Weather Second Seven Innings Summary
The snippet records a baseball inning by inning score line with players Wilson Saggini Spaziano Colombo Story noted for the second weather segment. The faint text shows Billings and Boigtt teams with partial inning results and a final tally.
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Billings
Boigtt
Wilson
Saggini
Spaziano
Colombo
Story
Parade Opens Pocatello Rodeo Week with Record Attendance
The sixth annual Pocatello rodeo kicks off with a parade and a Friday night show drawing about 5 000 spectators. Officials expect attendance records as 12 events fill the program with larger seating and a second performance planned for Sunday night at 8 50 p m. Queen contenders LeRae Jacobs Treva Hiatt and Shirley Whitehead reign while riders perform bareback bull dogging and mounted passes in frontier festivities.
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Pocatello
LeRae Jacobs
Treva Hiatt
Shirley Whitehead
Man Admits Fatal Shot In Reno Case
Rabail a 25 year old Reno gambling club employee was found shot in the back of a parked automobile near Fleishe hacker pool. Ex husband Eugene Gambetta a 44 year old felon told San Francisco inspectors he fired a single shot as Rabail tried to escape, and police found her body under the car turtleback.
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Rabail
Emeploye
Reno
Fleishe Hacker Pool
Eugene Leo Gambetta
Miss Raebail
Pacific Ocean
Miss Rabail
Bill Stanton
San Francisco Bureau of Inspectors
Gambetta
Nlock
San Francisco
Frank Ahern
George Murray
Ralph McDonald
Kiddies Parade Set For Saturday In Pocatello
More than 2 000 children are to parade Saturday at 10 30 am as part of the Pocatello Frontier Rodeo celebration. Wayne Booth says registration surged with decorated pets and floats. The route runs Center and Hayes to Lander then Rail Road Park, with prizes from local merchants and a watermelon feast at Irving Field after.
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Wayne Booth
Center
Hayes
Ceneter
Arthur
Bonneville
Main
Lander
Raile Road Park
Pocatello
Irving Field
Philadelphia Zoo Completes as Wallace Seeks Rabbit
Philadelphia report notes Wallace prospects at national third party conclave amid a theme of conventions growing zoological. Observers say city voters, amused by animal imagery, hint at interest in wildlife as major parties showcase fauna in campaign atmospherics.
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Philadelphia
Hank Wallace
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