Idaho Progressive platform calls for vets bonus and Valley Authority
The Idaho Progressive party pledges a veterans bonus not to exceed 500 dollars plus monthly domestic and foreign service supplements, creation of a Columbia Valley Authority with flood control funded by federal money, and a suite of labor, tax, safety, and welfare reforms including a Little Wagner Act, mine safety revision, rural electrification, and repeal of the 1947 Drug Act. The party plans formal organization at a Lewiston convention on August 10.
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Boise
Columbia Valley Authority
Idaho Progressive Party
Sam R. Evans
Philadelphia
Idaho
Progressive Party
Lewiston
Evans
Idaho Public Assistanc
Klansmen Gather at Stone Mountain in Georgia
Thousands of white robed Ku Klux Klan members assemble on a green field at Stone Mountain Georgia to initiate about 700 new members. A red robed grand titan introduces Dr Same Green as the national head of the Klan in America while asserting white supremacy as the chief aim amid national civil rights tensions.
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Stone Mountain
Ku Klux Klan
Knights of the Invisible Empire
Klan
Same Green
Association of Georgia Klans
America
Titan
Dr. Green
Truman
Auto Prices Jump Eight Percent Across GM Models
General Motors raised prices on Cadillacs Buicks Oldsmobiles Pontiacs and Chevrolets by eight percent effective Monday marking GM’s third postwar price increase. Ford and Chevrolet also trimmed pricing moves while Chrysler boosted the low end Plymouth above rivals. The rise follows earlier hikes and affects the 1949 lineup.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chevrolet
Ford
Chrysler Corp
Plymouth
Pioneer League Scores and Player Highlights
The Pioneer League standings show Pocatello Boise Salt Lake Idaho Falls and Great Falls with varied scores and key players like Curley LeBlanc Panneman Glimpse Stark Spaziano Noyes Nygaard Story Sagarese Tresilera Lehman Haworth Tapp Klubnikin Thurston Sautter and Voiselle Mass Johnson Wilks Munger Dickson Rice.
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Pocatello
Curley
LeBlanc
Panneman
Glimpse
Stark
Spaziano
Boise
Salt Lake
Noyes
Nygaard
Story
Sagarese
Tresilera
Idaho Falls
Great Falls
Lehman, Haworth and
Tapp
Klubnikin
Thurston and
Sautter
National
Boston
St. Louis
Voiselle
Mass
Johnson, Wilks
Munger
Dickson
Rice
Pepa Pocatello Oe
Billings
T. Burley
Butte
Chicago
Denver Eeeteeee
Dubois
New York
Salt, Lake Eens
San Francisco
Seattle
West Yellowstone
Progressive party born in hall with figures named Anger Fear
Hal Boyle recounts a Philadelphia Conventions Hall scene as Henry Wallace and Glen Taylor launch the Progressive party. A mother asks about telegrams while a “goat lady” carries a sign urging repentance and a crowd of varied travelers observes the birth of a political movement.
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Hal Boyle
Philadelphia
Henry Wallace
Katherine’ Depauly
Pia
America
Henry A. Wallace
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Progressive Party
Anger
Morrison Knudsen Reports Higher First-Half Earnings
Morrison Knudsen of Boise reports first half 1948 net earnings excluding subsidiaries of 2,818,130.06 before taxes and 1,881,130.06 after taxes, up sharply from 1,133,189.30 after taxes in the same period of 1947, a gain of over 700,000 compared with 1947.
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Boise
Morrison- Knudsen Construction Company
Pioneer Anniversary Observed by West Pocatello LDS Stake Picnic
The 101st anniversary of Utah pioneers arrival marked by a West Pocatello stake picnic at Raymond Park with 150 attendees and an Irvingfield program for 300. W. H. Wardle spoke on his mother’s Martin Handcart Company experiences. Jay Chandler quartet performed. pioneer skit directed by Mrs. Halladay.
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Salt Lake Valley
West Pocatello
Martin Handcart Company
Jay Chandler
Third Ward
Jean Halladay
Watson School of Dancing
Vera Howard
Grant Stowell
Arilla Dunn
YWMIA
Eighth Lds Ward
Alameda Park
Ninth Ward
Chapel
Hawthorne
Quinn Road
Shearers Elect Leaders At North American Union Meeting
The five day convention of the sheep shearers union of North America concluded with LaVor Taylor of Butte reelected president. H N Collins from Provo Utah and H Laugh from Twin Falls Idaho named vice presidents, Oscar Hansen of Provo Utah retained the second vice presidency, and H N Collins named first vice president.
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Butte
Mont
Sheep Shearers Union of North America
H. Laugh
Twin Falls
H. N. Collins
Provo
Utah
LaVor Taylor
Oscar Hansen
Police officer leads wagon to hospital after baby choking incident
Officer C. C. Dawson responded to an emergency call at 12 15 am reporting a dying baby. A station wagon carried the infant to General hospital after being stopped on North Main street by Mr and Mrs James Hronek. Hospital officials later said the baby had been choked but appeared not in peril.
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C. C. Dawson
General Hospital
North Main Street
James Hronek
Pétroua
Solons Quiet On Eve of New Session
Washington news notes a wary Congress arriving for the special session called by President Truman. Lawmakers expect a short session with 10 to 12 bills, including price controls and housing, while Southern Democrats vow a long civil rights filibuster and seek Republican aid.
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Solons
Washington
Truman
Senate
Hatch
D-Nm
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Congress
Walsh Nominated Idaho selective service director
Brig. Gen. John E. Walsh Idaho adjutant general was named draft director by Gary C. Robins. The governor announced preparations to complete by Aug 30 to set up draft boards in county seats for registration of draft-age men.
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Boise
John E. Walsh
Idaho
Gary. C. A. Robins
Homers, Cards Win 4-3 Over Billings In Opener
Neil Homers and a string of late runs lift the Cardinals to a 4-3 victory over the Billings Mustangs in the first game of a Pioneer League series. Dom Barczewski and Lawrence Wenderski produced early runs for Billings, while Al Neil delivered a homer and key hits for the Cards.
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Billi
Cardinal Billings Mustangs
Mustangs
George Nichols
Milt Joffe
Nichols
al Spaziano
Irv
Schuerman
Bill Adam
Ronnie King
Luigi Briganti
Swederski
Ray Lewins
Ed Mickelson
Neil
Russia Stumbling Block To Progress on Control Of A-Bomb
President Truman said the United States will keep a leading position in atomic work while pursuing international control. He cited Engeiwetok tests as evidence of progress and said Russia blocks global disarmament efforts. The advisory commission noted nuclear explosions and isotope benefits for research and medicine.
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Russia
Truman
Washington
Fniwetok Atoll
Far Pacific
Eniwetok
Idaho Senator Heads Ticket With Wallace
Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho accepted the Progressive party nomination for vice president at Shire Park Philadelphia. He urged support for Henry A Wallace for president, denounced the Marshall Plan, calling it a fraud to enrich cartelists and exploiters and warning of a war of extinction if policy continues.
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Shire Park
Phila. Delvphia
Glen Taylor
Progressive Party
Idaho
Henry A. Wallace
White House
Taylor
Ball Park
Wallace
America
Philadelphia
Henry Wallace
Berlin
Atomic bombs tested on remote Pacific island in new designs
Atomic Energy Commission report notes four semi secret tests at Eniwetok proving grounds exploded three bombs with new and improved design. In Price Utah hailstones up to two inches caused damage and flooding after a 15 minute storm. Dallas runoff race for U S Senate nom between Stevenson and Johnson set for August 28.
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Washington
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Price
Utah
Four year old leads Boise cops in wild goose chase
Four year old Steve Martin wandered into a Boise house saying he could not find his home. He was taken to 258 Roosevelt street, then claimed his home was at 258 Roosevelt in Pocatello. He was visiting Boise with his parents at the home of his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lester.
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Boise
Steve Martin
Steve
Roosevelt Street
Pocatello
Roy Lester
Arbon Road Accident Kills Driver
Dick Staker, about 31, longtime Vern Eames sheepman, died when a 13 ton truck overturned on the Arbon road five miles south of highway 30 N. near American Falls. Deputy reports say the truck started grade left then right and the driver jumped the cab as it overturned. Survived by wife, a 21 month old daughter, and an 8 year old son.
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Dick Staker
Vern Eames
Power County
Arbon Road
Highway 30
W. J. Hoehnen
Staker
Dave Lusk, Jr
J Herding
American Falls
Stake
Rupert
Stew Fire Damages Walgren Drug Store
Pocatello fire crews responded to Walgren drug store at Main and Center early Saturday after a stove left on under a pot of stew caught fire. No structural damage occurred, only the stew and smoke in the room.
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Pocatello
Walgren Drug Store
Main and Center
Fordyces travel after Crete death of Alvin Buchholz
Mr and Mrs R L Fordyce of 364 Willard left Saturday by car for Crete North Dakota to attend the death of Alvin Buchholz 39 brother of Mrs Fordyce They expect to return in about a week
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R. L. Fordyce
Willard
Crete
N. D
Alvin Buchholz
Fordyce
Fordyces
Wallace Campaign Opens With Berlin Peace Plea Rally
Henry Wallace pledged to pull American troops from Berlin if president and urged peaceful negotiations with the Soviet Union. He attacked Berlin policy as driven by power and profit while campaigning with Glen Taylor for the Progressive ticket in an outdoor Philadelphia rally. Taylor voiced fresh themes as he introduced his family amid supporters.
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Berlin
Wallace
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Germany
Taylor
Paul
Death Claims Publisher Eleanor Medill Patterson
Eleanor Medill Patterson known as Cissy, publisher of the Washington Times-Herald, is found dead at her Marlboro Maryland home after likely a heart attack. A daughter of Elinor Medill and Robert Wilson Patterson, she is linked to the Medill and Patterson newspaper families and helped edit the Washington Herald before uniting it with the Times.
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Washington
Eleanor Medill Patterson
Washington Times-Herald
Marlboro
Joseph Medill
The
Chicago Tribune
Joseph Medill Patterson
New York Daily News
Col
Robert McCormick
William Randolph Hearst
Washington Herald
Herald
Washington Times
Times-Herald
Mystery wingless plane sighted by pilots near Montgomery
Two Eastern Airline pilots reported a double decked, wingless craft traveling at 500 to 700 miles per hour southwest of Montgomery, Alabama, on a Houston to Boston run. They described red flames from its rear and a blue glow along the fuselage as the object vanished into clouds. No agency confirmed the sighting.
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Atlanta
C. 8
Chiles
J. B. Whitted
Boston
Montgomery
Ala
New Orleans
Maxwell
Donnelly Army Fields
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Air Force
Washington
Santa Monica
Calif
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South
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Overland Park
Kas
Kansas City
W. J. Anderson
Pioneer League
Father Anger
Mother Fear
Foster Progressive Party
LDS Church
Shearers Elect
Mr. Truman
Walsh
Dallas
Coke Stevenson
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
U.S
Arbon
Stew
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