Wallace Or War Dominates Wallace Party Convention
At Convention Hall Philadelphia the third party nominated Henry A. Wallace for president and Glen Taylor for vice president. Keynote speaker Charles P. Howard urged Americans to choose peace over war, framing the race as Wallace versus war for the nation.
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Wallace
War
Philadelphia
America
Henry A. Wallace
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Charles P. Howard
Des Moines
Phila
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Police Nab Pair After Seven Killed in Killing Spree
Two 22-year-old parolees linked to Ohio spree capture ends deadly 14 days of murder. One man shot by officer at a roadblock near Van Wert. the other surrenders after a gunfight left Sgt. L D Conn wounded and John Coulter West dead. Dan iels of Columbus confesses to five of seven killings.
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van Wert
Reformatory
Here
John Coulter West
Parkersburg
W. Va
Sergt. L. D. Conn
Conn
West
Robert M. Daniels
Columbus
Roy Shaffer
van Wert County
Daniels
Shaffer
Ohio
Will Pert Ieee
Mansfield Fe
Smith
Frank Krech
Flat Rock
Mich
Engine West
Painted Toenails Interrupt Dance at Bannock Sun Dance
A Bannock sun dance scene in Idaho caused a stir when a Pocatello Tribune photographer Lyman Kenison Jr entered the arena and instructed dancers to remove shoes. A reporter, a white girl, shed footwear and wore red polished toenails, drawing amused attention from the participants.
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Pocatello Tribune
Tribune
Lyman Kenison, Jr
Wilson Jack
Howevever
No Movie Cameras at Sun Dance in Alexandria
Visitor Wes Kendrick arrived with a movie camera to photograph the Ban Mock Creek Indian sun dance for folks back home. Indian leader Wilson Jack halted filming and offered a single photo for 100 dollars, which Kendrick declined, insisting on leaving.
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Alexandria
Wes Kendrick
Lin ‘Turners
E. Halliday
Wilson Jack
Kendrick
Labor Federation To Hold Conclave In Boise
The Idaho state federation of labor will hold its 1948 convention in Boise August 24. Leonard Hall reports 150 to 175 Idaho labor leaders will attend. The program will include presenting a legislative platform to the next state legislature and officer elections. Incumbent officers include A. W. Galipeau President. district vice presidents Kirke Walter Wallace Fred McCabe Boise Bonnie McCabe Idaho Falls Sandvik Twin Falls Hobart D. Burns Lewis ton E. J. Hurrell Coeur d'Alene.
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Boise
Idaho State Federation of Labor
Leonard Hall
Idaho Labor
Hall
Federation
A. W. Galipeau
Coeur d'Alene
Kirke Walter
Wallace
Fred McCabe
Bonnie McC
Idaho Falls
Fou
Sandvik
Twin Falls
Hobart D. Burns
Lewiston
E. J. Hurrell
Agriculture department sets wheat and cattle goals for 1949
Agriculture officials forecast a 1949 wheat crop of about 1.1 billion bushels from 71.5 million acres with an average yield of 15 bushels per acre. They also propose a beef cattle breeding herd of 15.5 million cows and a slaughter target of 32 million head for 1948 49 to meet rising meat demand.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Grass fire in vacant lot near North Hayes
Firemen battled a grass fire in a vacant lot in the 1500 block of North Hayes for about 20 minutes. The blaze began at 3 18 pm and was extinguished with a line.
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Hayes
Indians Attend Sun Dance at Fort Washake
Indians from Idaho Montana and Wyoming gather for one of the region s largest sun dances beginning Friday at Fort Washake Wyoming. Delegations from multiple tribes participate in the long running ceremony drawing cultural attendance and regional interest.
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Fort Hall
Fort Washake
Wyo
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Wallace faces Guru letters questions at sharp press conference
In Philadelphia Henry Wallace refuses to discuss Westbrook Pegler and the Guru letters, limiting reporters to one question each. Pegler presses the issue and is dismissed as a stooge, leaving the session branded as a dignified, if partial, defense of press independence.
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Philadelphia
American Press
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Westbrook Pegler
Pegler
Stooges
Newfoundland Votes to Join Canada in Referendum
In St John's Newfoundland preliminary referendum results show 72 756 in favor of union with Canada and 69 550 for self government with 143 000 of 176 297 votes counted. Ottawa planned a wait and see approach before official comment.
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ST. John's
Newfoundland
Canada
Institute Opening Monday at ISC
A five day institute of professional and public relations will open on the Idaho State College campus Monday announced director Dr. D. BE. Lundberg. Highlights include a panel by Mrs. Howard J. Maughan on Monday, Roscoe Bancroft of the CAA Tuesday, Alton B. Jones on Wednesday, and John M. Booth of the Idaho Education association Thursday.
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Idaho State College
D. BE. Lundberg
Howard J. Maughan
National
PTA Congress
Roscoe Bancroft
CAA
Alton B. Jones
John M. Booth
Idaho Education Association
Dixiecrats Urged to Join Democrats in State Rights Push
Atlanta editor Ralph McGill urged South Carolina's Strom Thurmond and Mississippi's Fielding Wright to abandon the Dixiecrat stance and align with states' rights groups. The leaders planned a Birmingham convention to map anti Truman and anti civil rights plans and consider running for president and vice president.
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Atlanta
South Carolina
Mississippi
Ralph McGill
Atlanta Constitution
Strom Thurmond
Fielding L. Wright
Thurmond
Wright
Birmingham
Winchell Radio News Sponsorship Signed for Two Years
Kaiser-Frazer Sales Corp will sponsor Walter Winchell's radio commentaries for two years starting next Jan 2. Reported payment totals about 1.35 million dollars for the period, plus air time costs on ABC network. Jergens ends its sponsorship.
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New York
Kaiser-Frazer Sales Corp
Walter Winchell
Winchell
American Broadcasting Company
Jergens Company
Ritchey family awarded in Idaho crash case
Damages of more than 20 000 will go to the Ritchey family of Cascade Idaho after a jury found Wilbur Haines Burns liable for a crash that killed a father and a son when his car hit a parked trailer on a rural road last December 21. Burns faces an involuntary manslaughter charge.
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Ontario
Orc
Ritchey
Cascade
Idaho
Wilbur Haines
Burns
Haines
Winning Jingle Jangles Star Rhymsters shine today
Classified page features the winning jingle jangles with star rhymsters highlighted. Readers are invited to note the entries and celebrate the victors in this year’s contest.
Navy Halts Recruiting Through August
The Navy announced it has enough volunteers to fill July’s quota and suspended recruiting for the rest of the month. The Marine Corps reported heavy enlistments and warned that continued high rates could halt further enlistments due to strained training facilities at San Diego and Great Lakes. Selective Service named 44 state directors to run peacetime draft operations as 18 year olds enlist in a one year program to avoid the 21 month draft at 19. Early reports suggest the 161,000 enlistment limit may be reached soon.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
San Diego
Great Lakes
Selective Service Headquarters
Armed Forces
Rhee Takes Office As President
Dr. Syngman Rhee was inaugurated in Seoul as the first president of the yet to be established republic of Korea. At 74 he took the oath in a pouring rain before about 3000 spectators as the government formed in American-occupied South Korea was elected by the national assembly Tuesday.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Na.onal
South Korea
National Assembly
General Clay vows U.S. will stay in Berlin airlift expands
General Lucius D. Clay announced the United States will double its airlift capacity to Berlin. He said the move could boost chances for a peaceful settlement by showing the Russians the western powers cannot be blockaded. The plan, disclosed at a Pentagon news conference, will begin rollout next week as State Department officials coordinate with Britain and France.
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Washington
United States
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Pentagon
Air Force
Marshall
Charles E. Bohlen
London
Lewis Douglas
Mostow
Living Costs Reach Highest Peak in U S History
Washington reports the government cost of living index at a historic high with June 15 figures showing 171.7 percent of the 1935-39 average. Truman names Paul A. Porter to assist in anti inflation legislation as Congress awaits his detailed plan.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
OPA
Truman
Paul A. Porter
Trumat
Congress
Local Businessman Profile in Electric Merchandising
A. R. Woolley, general manager of Mountain Electric, is featured in Electric Merchandising for plans on volume store selling. The article includes exterior photos of Mountain Electric, an auditorium demonstration in a model kitchen, and notes weekly open houses to acquaint Pocatellans with equipment. An invitation will be published locally.
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In Electric Company
Electric Merchandising
Mountain Electric
Woolley
Idaho State College Expands Vocational Facilities
Vocational director Roy F. Christensen announced summer expansion at Idaho State College. Two frame buildings from Gowenfield Boise were re-erected on the upper campus to house plumbing, pipefitting, and upholstering classes, with carpentry also moving to free space for radio and television studios in one of the three main vocational buildings.
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Idaho State College
Roy F. Christensen
Gowenfield
Boise
Peterson Wells Return From East Trip To Meet Firms
Wells and his brother in law John Peterson returned from a lengthy East and Middle West tour visiting firms Fargo-Wilson-Wells stores do business with. Peterson, formerly with Dupont in export organic chemistry, now assists Fargo store in sales to India Philippines Netherlands East Indies and several European nations. They met firms in Kannapolis Washington Philadelphia New York City Trenton Newell West Virginia Zanesville Newark LaPorte Chicago and spent July 4 with Petersons in Boston. In Washington they toured the Capitol with a friend of Senator Dworshak.
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Fargo Wells
John Peterson
East
Middlewest
Fargo - Wilson - Wells
Peterson
Fargo
Dupont
Organic Chemical Department
India
Phillippine Islands
Netherland East Indies
Wells
Kannapolis
N. C
Washington, D. C
Grass Fire Burns Two Hundred Acres Near Idaho State College
A Junegrass fire burned about 200 acres south and east of Idaho State College Friday afternoon. Fire warden Bernard D. Godfrey said the start likely came from a cigarette dropped along the road above the vocational building at ISC. At 6 p.m. Friday another range fire was sighted from American Falls west of Tyhee.
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Idaho State College
Bernard D. Godfrey
ISC
Godfrey
American Falls
Tyhee
Idahoan Officer Leads Fourth of July Flag Ceremony in Denmark
First Lieutenant Ward W. Dworshak of Burley commanded an honor guard to raise the American flag at ceremonies in Jutland Denmark on July 4. The event drew about 45 000 attendees including 370 U S citizens of Danish descent. Attendants included Danish officials and notable guests such as King Frederik IX former Queen Alexandrine Prime Minister Hans Hedtoft and U S ambassador Josiah Marvel Jr. Dworshak is son of U S Senator Henry Dworshak.
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Ward W. Dworshak
Burley
U. S. Military Academy
U.S. Constabulary
Germany
Jutland
Denmark
Max Henius
United States
Henius
Dworshak
Gewan
U. S
Frederik IX
Alexandrine
Hans Hedtoft
Josiah Marvel, Jr
U. 8
Jean Hersholt
Carlo Blasetti
Yonkers
N. Y
Joseph J. Laperle
Woonsocket
Joseph D. Lehevre
Falls River
Mass
Arthur Meyers
Henry Dworshak
Rida
Baltic Group Seeks Refuge After Atlantic Landing
A group of 29 Latvian refugees arrived in Boston after a 43 day Atlantic crossing aboard the Gundel seeking asylum from Russian oppression. Massachusetts lawmakers McCormack and Kennedy voiced support, with most refugees moved to detention quarters in East Boston while the boat remained under guard aboard.
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Boston
U.S
Massachusetts
John W. McCormack
House
Congress
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Immigration Service
East Boston
John Rosenberg
Truman invited to Future Farmers of America convention
Bulletin items report President Truman invited to attend the 20th annual Future Farmers of America convention in Kansas City November 14 to 18. The notes cover currency reform in Berlin, University of Washington hearings, remarks praising Gen. Lucius Clay, and other scattered dispatches.
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Washington
Truman
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Painter killed by 11 000 volts in fall from pole
Philadelphia reports the death of Samuel Bekafigio aged 97 after a painter was turned into a ball of fire by 11 000 volts of electricity. He suffered a skull fracture and burns across his body.
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Philadelphia
Pridey
Samuel Bekafigio
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Denver
Dubois
Pocatello
Gen. Clay
Clay
Finlly
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Atlantic
Idahoan
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Seattle
un-American Activities Investigating Committee
University of Washington
Wassily D. Sokolovsky
United Press
U. P
Sun Valley
Lucius Clay
Ridaho
Idaho Editorial Association
Bloomingdale
N. J
Paul Rohr
Secretaries International
Russia
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Robert M. Webster
Newark
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