Brief Strike by Railroad Engineers Ends After Negotiations
A six hour and forty five minute strike by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers on the South Pacific lines ended with an agreement reached after negotiations. Most issues were settled, a wage demand was waived, and trains began returning to service as crews were recalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Western
South Pacific Railroad
Oakland
Calif
L. B. McDonald
Southern Pacific
P. O. Peterson
Cascade
Portland
Oakland Terminal
Golden State Limited
Tucson
Ariz
Owl
Los Angeles
Peterson
Oregon
Texas
Brotherhood
Railroad
Truman
Robins Calls State Aids To Draw Bills
Governor C A Robins called state department heads to prepare proposed legislation to improve state government. Officials were told to submit changes by December 31, with broader government bills to be developed after March 31, 1948, for consideration when the legislature meets in January 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robins
Boise
C. A. Robins
State Department
Robins’ Communication
Strasser predicts Soviet occupation of western Germany
Otto Strasser, exiled German publisher, said there is an 80 percent chance Russia would occupy western Germany and Europe within three to seven months. He urged Western powers to hold their zones, warned of a third world war, and proposed rebuilding Germany with anticommunist, noncapitalist guidance by Germans.
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Halifax
N. S
Otto Strasser
Hitler
Russia
Germany
Europe
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Strasser
United States
Great Britain
Spain
Turkey
Seven Burmese Leaders Die In Ministerial Chamber Attack
In Rangoon Burma seven top leaders were slain when a lone gunman entered the ministerial council chamber and carried out the killings. Finance Minister U Mya survived and spoke about a terrorist murder plot reportedly known to Aung San months earlier. Thakin Nu, deputy chairman, noted the regime did not expect an attack. U Saw, former premier, discussed post‑assassination arrests of aides and officials.
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Rangoon
Burma
U Mya
Thakin Nu
Aung San
U Saw
Geen
License Denied For Rocket Club Liquor By The Drink
The city council denied the Rocket club a liquor by the drink license at 234 North Main. The action rested on Idaho law requiring written permission from the owner to operate the business. Attorney CarlChristensen represented owner James C Bangs, noting the lease protects owner rights and predates liquor legalization.
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Rocket Club
Idaho
Carl Christensen
N. Main
James C. Bangs
Gus Thiros
Christensen
Bangs
Fire kills four in downtown Minot gasoline blasts
A fourth man died today from burns in a string of gasoline explosions that sparked fires destroying nine businesses across a four block downtown Minot. Orton Nelson, a fireman, perished while battling the flames. The other victims were Chester Westrom, 32, William Foster, 45, and Adam Runyan, 45.
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Minot
Orton Nelson
Chester Westorn
William Foster
Adam Runyan
Grenades Fly As Peace Hope Declines in Jerusalem
Grenades were hurled at a British military truck in Jerusalem amid rising fear of renewed violence in the Holy Land. In four days five people died and 29 were wounded. about 90,000 Jews were under dawn to dusk house arrest as Irgum Zvai Leutni urged action with two other groups the Ompe and Stern Gang. The attack triggered alarms and armored cars, with no casualties reported.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Palestine
Irgum Zvai Leutni
Ompe
Stern Gang
Pocatello Faces Sewage Plant Cost and Delays
Mayor George R. Phillips says the proposed disposal plant would cost about half a million dollars under current prices and construction is now impossible. The city engineer directs all sewage toward the river area near the old railroad trap club, awaiting future plant construction. He notes Boise, Portland and other western cities share disposal facility concerns.
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George R. Phillips
Pocatello
Boise
Portland
Baseball scores from today's games
American League Boston beat Chicago 3 2 in 10 innings. Lopat and Tresh pitched. Dickey Dobson Tebbetts batted. St. Louis-New York Detroit-Washington Cleveland-Philadelphia night games. National Philadelphia at Pittsburgh postponed by rain. Second game Boston beat Chicago 3 2 with Barret Masi Borowy Kush McCullough. Brooklyn-Cincinnati New York-St. Louis night games.
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American Chicago
Boston
Lopat
Tresh
Dickey
Dobson
Tebbetts
St. Louis
New York
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Chicago
Barret
Masi
Borowy
Kush
McCullough
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boy Injured As Door Flies Open On Highway Collision
Seven year old Marvin Robinson fell from a moving car on U S Highway 91 four miles southeast of Poca Tuesday morning. Arthur Hall rushed him to General hospital for head laceration and contusions. The child rode with his mother Eldon Robinson and sister Gloria on their way from Rexburg to Salt Lake City for a family reunion when a door swung open.
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Marvin Robinson
U. S. Highway
Pocatello
Arthur Hall
General Hospital
Banks to cash terminal leave bonds if Truman signs plan
Treasury drafts rules to let 15 000 banks redeem more than 1.8 billion terminal leave bonds after Sept 1, 22 percent interest. Bonds could be used to pay life insurance or cashed by survivors. officials cite 1 to 1.5 billion likely redeemed, with holders able to keep the interest like a check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Truman
Congress
The
Driggs High Band Tours Pocatello for Legion Events
The Driggs high school band directed by Clarence Murdoch arrived in Pocatello this afternoon to perform at the American Legion convention. They presented lively routines and will play at a Memorial building barbecue tonight. The group broadcast at 2 30 and represents Post 95 Driggs. They will join the Centennial parade from here.
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Driggs High School
Clarence Murdoch
Pocatello
American Legion
Memorial Building
Post 95
Driggs
Hero of Guam to Address Legion at Event Tonight
Announcement lists winners of best floats in yesterday's American Lesson parade in Pocatello. First prize went to Knights of Columbus with a Columbus and soldiers float, second to Junior Old Timers with a Kentucky mountain scene, third to Simplot's Indian entry. Honorable mention to the "Just Married" children’s float. Rudolph Tauscher depicted Columbus on the winning float.
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Pocatello
Knights of Columbus
Columbus
Order
Kentucky
Simplot’s
Rudolph Tauscher
Senate approves water funds with Interior appropriation
The Senate approved a $194.59 million Interior Department appropriation for the coming year, inclining $89.53 million for western reclamation. The measure, sent to President Truman, supports multiple reclamation projects and power programs, with specific funding for the Boise Payette, Lewiston Orchards, Palisades, Ogden river, and Provo river projects among others.
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Washington
Senate
Interior Department
Truman
Ehouse
House
Robert F. Jones
Ohio
Interior Appropriations Subcommittee
Reclamation Bureau
The
Reclamation Fund
Boise Project
Idaho
Payette
Anderson Ranch Dam
Lewiston Orchards
Palisades Project
Ogden River
Utah
Rovo River
Pleads Not Guilty in First Degree Murder Case
Eugene Curtis pleaded not guilty before District Judge I E McDougall Tuesday morning to the murder charge. He is accused of fatally shooting his wife Delila at the Swain service station near Pocatello on April 3.
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Eugene Curtis
I. E. McDougall
Curtis
Delila
Swain
Pocatello
Russian Reveals Soviet Representatives in U S
Victor Kravchenko testified before the House Un American Activities Committee that every responsible Soviet representative in the United States is an economic or political spy. He named Sedov as superior to the Russian ambassador from the Communist Party view, with Andrei Gromyko then ambassador to the United Nations.
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Washington
Victor Kravchenko
Congress
United States
Kravchenko
Soviet Purchasing Commission
New York
House Committee On
unAmerican
Sedov
Pur
Actualy
Communist Party
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
United Nations
Cen
Governor of New York Speaks Here
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York and Mrs. Dewey will speak in Caldwell park Pocatello Idaho Falls and Pocatello are on their western trip with a public address at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Caldwell park on East Center Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The visit is Deweys only western stop after Idaho Falls.
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Ter Street
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Portland
Charles H. Bohrer
Bannock County
L. C. Johnson
Caldwell Park
C. A. Robins
Planes Demonstrate Fire Suppression From Air
Army air forces and U S forest service will test water bombing with a B 29 and two P 47s to delay forest fires in Montana s Lolo national forest. The operation aims to prove aerial bombing can aid fire control until ground crews arrive.
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Great Falls
Mont
Army Air Forces
U. S. Forest Service
Montana
Lolo National Forest
Nine Girls Drown in Arcachon Bay Beaching Incident
In Bordeaux area a group of nine French Girl Guides aged 13 to 17 drowned last night as a rising tide swept over a sandbar near Arcachon, where the troop was camping. The tragedy occurred while the girls bathed on the sandbar in the bay.
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Bordeaux
France
Arcachon
Here
Girl Guides
Priest Father L M Daugherty Nominated for Legion Chaplain
In Legion convention circles Father L M Daugherty formerly of St Anthony's parish and now serving Hailey and Sun Valley is named as a leading candidate for department chaplain at Wednesday’s officer election. If chosen he would replace Rev Paul DeF Mortimore of Caldwell, a former Pocatellan.
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Legion Convention
L. M. Daugherty
St. Anthony's
Hailey
Sun Valley
Father Daugherty
Paul Def. Mortimore
Caldwell
Pocatellan
Rumblings From Pocatello Legion Convention Speeches
Local American Legion convention in Pocatello sparks talk as speeches and candidate rumblings rise. Weather shows high 89, low 57 with partly cloudy skies and afternoon thundershowers. surrounding stations report similar highs and varying precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Pocatello
Boise
Burley
Butte
Dubois
Salt Lake City
Dutch Enter At Half Dozen Points
Dutch forces pushed deeper into Indonesian territory with six points under attack around Probolinggo East Java as fighting raged near Probolinggo and along the coast. The beachhead from American-trained marines stretched about 70 miles toward Pandji with clashes reported at Krian and Medan. Indonesian resistance appeared stronger at several inland sites while Dutch casualties were cited at 150. Sjahrir left Java en route to Singapore to explain the republic’s position abroad.
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Batavia
Probolinggo
East Java
Pandji
Probolingga
Krian
Modjakerto
Soerabaja
Medan
Sumatra
Soekarno
Sutan Sjahrir
Java
Singapore
Sjahrir
Massillon mother questions baby death account
Mrs. Roger Gue of Navarre, mother of a six year old boy, says her son has not confirmed the hospital death story. She says he reverted to his original tale of a white coated boy entering the nursery and questions remain over how the two infants died at the city hospital. Authorities previously released a different account and planned to notify the prosecutor of the boy’s change in story.
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Massillon
Ohio
Roger Gue
Navarre
Stanley W. Switter
City Hospital
D. D. McLaughlin
Switter
Convention Agenda and Events Outline at Memorial Building
The convention enters its third day with business sessions at the high school auditorium and golf events at Ross Park municipal course. Lt Gen Henry L Larsen will address a barbecue tonight as officials plan elections tomorrow. Delegates heard reports from Department Commander William F Galloway Boise and local officers as tours and vaudeville entertainments kick off midweek.
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Deleta Ballroom
Yellowstone Highway
Municipal Course
Ross Park
Henry L. Larsen
U.S. Marine Corps
Guam
American Legion
William F. Galloway
Boise
Charles Howe
Donnelly
Samuel Vance
A. B. Rockerby
John Day
Desert Hides Motorist Misplaced in Sevier Desert
Delta Utah deputy searches for a New Hampshire motorist after a car bearing a New Hampshire plate was found abandoned half a mile off U S highway six in the Sevier desert. Footprints northward faded after two miles with no driver identified. Air searches continued as authorities liaise with New Hampshire to identify the owner.
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Delta
Utah
New Hampshire
Sevier Desert
O. J. Bennett
U. S. Highway
Here
Bennett
T Hinckley
Legion figure to speak at Idaho convention
Harry Colmery former national commander of the American Legion informs Idaho Commander William F. Galloway he will fly from Billings Montana to attend the Idaho convention tonight. Colmery, a Kansan, will speak Wednesday morning and is accompanied by Capt. Lyle Armel USN as Navy liaison this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Colmery
American Legion
Legion
Idaho
Willian F. Galloway
Billings
Mont
Colmery
Lyle Armel
USN
Navy
Paul Griffith
Los Angeles
Idaho issues 304 licenses for liquor sales since July
The state liquor law enforcement office reports 304 Idaho retail liquor establishments licensed since July 1 to serve spirits. Permits and bonds have been issued to 304 bartenders.
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Boise
State Liquor Law Enforcement Office
Idaho
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Erman Area
Natalie Wood
Santa Rosa
Peace Hope
National Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Hero of Guam
Columbia Basin
Bonneville Power Administration
U.S
Pocatellans
East Cen
Gov
Thomas FE. Dewey
Great Palls Army Airbase
Elgin Field
Florida
Carl A. Brandt
Memorial Building Terrace
Desert
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