Police Crack Big Three State Numbers Racket
Six men were booked in a multi state sweep over a $50 million a year numbers racket ring. Irving Bitz a former Lindbergh kidnap case figure was identified in the lineup as a go between. The scam manipulated Cincinnati Clearing House figures to cheat players across the three states.
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New York
Irving Bitz
Newark Journal American
Harry Hanley
Bitz
District Attory
Frank S. Hogan
New Jersey
Cincinnati
Ohio
Clearing House Association
Dennison Duble
Mob Ambush Victims Gang War Near Sunset Strip
Neddie Herbert, ally of Mickey Cohen, lay near death from shotgun injuries after a pre-dawn ambush that wounded Cohen, Herbert, Harry Cooper, and Dee David as they left a Sunset Strip club. Herbert worsened, prompting an emergency operation and a flood of blood donations ordered by Cohen. Detectives questioned Anthony Trom after an alibi surfaced.
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Angeles
Neddie Herbert
Mickey Cohen
Herbert
Cohen
Harry Cooper
Dee David
Jerbert
Posse Nabs 2 Bandits With $368,000 Loot
New York police and store clerks chased two robbers from a Fifth Avenue jewelry store after a $368,500 haul. The pair, Quinn and Brodrick, were captured fleeing into the crowd. they face charges of robbery and possession of a loaded pistol and burglary tools.
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Posse
New York
Fifth Avenue
Brand Chatillon Corporation
55Th Street
Quinn
Seattle
John Brodrick
Stow
Fawson Calls Meet For Tonight at Bannock County Court House
Bannock county officials announce a meeting tonight at 8 in the county courthouse court room to form a new three member reorganization committee replacing the former group dissolved July 1. County Superintendent H. L. Fawson will oversee the proceedings.
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Bannock County
Bannock County Court House
H. L. Fawson
Ecuador government reports crush of rebel attempt
Quito and Guayaquil remained calm as government forces defeated a rebel plan to attack the presidential palace and seize tanks. Led by former dictator Carlos Mancheno, the uprising failed thanks to swift army and civilian action.
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Quito
Ecuador
Galo Plaza Lasso
Tol
Carlos Mancheno
Guayaquil
Mancheno
200000 Lose Homes in China Storm
Shanghai endured its worst storm in years. The death toll rose to 29 with 23 injured and 200000 left homeless as floods and collapsed houses caused fires and electrocutions. Widespread property damage and crop destruction followed, including the Lower Yangtze rice crop.
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Shanghai
Okinawa I Sland
Idaho Legionnaires Propose V J Day Holiday
Idaho members of the American Legion vote on a resolution to make V J Day a legal Idaho holiday. A second resolution urges compulsory education to age 8 or high school completion. State commander Jack McQuade of Moscow presented a flag to the Weiser area Boy Scouts. National commander Perry Brown of Beaumont, Texas, will address tonight’s banquet.
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Weiser
Idaho
American Legion
Department
Ment
Jack McQuade
Moscow
McQuade
Perry Brown
Beaumont
Texas
Hubert A Goode
Portland
Ore
Lomkom Assisious
Polio Epidemic Declared in Idaho As Cases Rise
Idaho reports 102 polio cases this year and 54 since July 1, with six deaths. Health officials say local authorities must decide on any theater, pool, or fair restrictions. Latest patients include a 12 year old Glenns Ferry boy and a 23 year old Boise woman.
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Boise
State Department of Public Health
Mont . Bannock
Health Department
Glenns Ferry
Nxt
Idaho
Ed Cordon Dies After Heart Attack
Edwin Voss Cordon 67 of the Cordon pie factory died Monday at his home 251 N Grant after a heart attack. He was born February 3 1882 in Willard Utah and lived in Willard until 1902 then moved to Pocatello. He founded the Cordon pie factory and is survived by his wife Clara Givens a daughter Gladys Jordan a brother Joseph Cordon two sisters Eliza Parry and Ida Davis. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Arthur W Hall mortuary.
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Edwin Voss Cordon
Cordon Pie Factory
N. Grant
Willard
Utah
Edwin P
Sarah Voss Cordon
Pocatello
Utah Agricultural College
Logan
Cordon
The
Express Company
Clara Givens
Ogden
LDS Church
Gladys Jordan
Joseph Cordon
Eliza Parry
Ida Davis
Arthur W. Hall Mortuary
S L Woman Killed In Four Car Crash Near Laramie
Mrs Beth Hottinger about 60 of Salt Lake City is killed and four others are injured in a four vehicle crash about 30 miles west of Laramie. Orson Hottinger her husband and assistant to Salt Lake City mayor is among the injured. The state highway patrol says the westbound car collided with an eastbound vehicle after the latter pulled out to pass a car and truck.
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Laramie
Wyo
Beth Hottinger
Salt Lake City
Orson Hottinger
State Highway Patrol
Hottingers
Firemen Stop Parade To Quell Auto Fire In Webster
Webster volunteers leading an annual carnival parade on Main Street halted as an alarm sounded and they raced a mile to extinguish a fire in a parked automobile. They returned to resume the procession in orderly formation.
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Webster, N. Y
Webster
Main Street
Dealers See No Hope of Cheaper Coal
Idaho Coal Dealers association secretary says no price drop foreseen this year due to limited production and market movement. He notes the heating season for northern states starts in about 60 days, with production constraints delaying relief.
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Boise
Idaho Coal Dealers Association
Power County Votes on New Irrigation
Residents in three Power county districts vote on creating the Giant Falls irrigation district to water about 52 000 acres, including Michaud Flats. The district would be sized like the Aberdeen Springfield Canal company and depends on the Palisades reservoir. Irrigation committee members include Hess Allen Mehlhoff Eames and Meadows.
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the Tribune
American Falls
Power County
Giant Falls
Fort Hall Indian Reservation
Snake River
William E. Hess
New Rockets Soar Off Coast For Sea Launch Test
Navy reports rockets fired from the U S 8 Norton Sound off the west coast of South America reached altitudes above 65 miles. The pencil shaped Aerobee missiles measured cosmic ray intensity using telemetering gear aboard the ship during a March test.
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New York
Third Naval District
Norton Sound
South America
Aerojet Corporation
Azlisa
Calif
Allergic Woman Seeks Divorce Over Rash Ground
Mrs Joyce Holdridge 27 seeks a divorce from Nolan H Holdridge 26 saying near him caused a body wide rash. Physicians advised separation but Superior Judge Ray Brockman in Los Angeles denied the decree ruling allergy not a valid ground for divorce.
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Los Angeles
Joyce Holdridge
Senate Wades Into Foreign Aid Dispute
Senate heatedly debated a 5.723 billion foreign aid bill for the European recovery program. Majority Leader Lucas clashed over reducing watchdog funds while Ellender warned Britain dominates policy and urged currency stabilization to revive Europe.
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Senate
Washington
Congressional
Committee
Lucas
Ilinois
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Europe
Great Britain
Italy
Germany
Britain
Senate Appropriations Committee
U P Appeals Verdict to High Court in Damages Cases
The Union Pacific seeks appeals to the Idaho supreme court in two fifth district damage suits. Records show Lloyd Cummings was awarded 41118.59 and costs for railroad injuries, while Thomas O Garrett vs Russell Taylor also seeks appeal after a May 5 award of 9000 plus costs for an April 13 1948 auto crash.
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Idaho Supreme Court
Union Pacific Railroad
Lloyd Cummings
Zener and Peterson
Thomas O. Garrett
Russell Taylor
Taylor
Seelys Return From Vacation in Big Springs Trip
Mrs. Preston D. Seely and her daughter Suzanne returned Sunday from a week long vacation at Big Springs. They stayed at the summer home of Mrs. Seely's parents Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jenkins on Campus Drive.
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Preston D. Seely
Suzanne
Big Springs
Tom Jenkins
House approves bill creating 27 new federal judgeships
The House approved a measure to create 27 new federal judgeships and sent it to the Senate for concurrence and compromise. The outcome depends on Senate approval and potential adjustments before final enactment.
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Washington
House
Senate
Reds Explode A Bomb Says Paris Press
Paris weekly Samedi Soir claims Russia tested an atom bomb in Siberia on July 10. The paper says U S recording devices confirmed the explosion and that Truman called a top secret conference of leaders. It alleges the USSR has pierced the bomb secret and the United States fears loss of monopoly.
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Paris
Russia
United States
Siberia
Samedi Soir
Truman
The
Weekly
Ussr
Arctic
LDS Leader Dies After Long Illness in Idaho
Horace A. Hess 68 longtime Mormon church leader died after a long illness. A former Yellowstone stake president, Hess was born in Farmington Utah to John W. and Sarah Miller Hess. He married L Mildred Smith in 1907 and farmed in Bear River Valley before returning to Idaho.
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Ashton
Idaho
Horace A. Hess
Latter-Day Saints
Mormon
Yellowstone
Farmington
Utah
John W
Sarah Miller Hess
Farmington Ward
Davis Stake
L. Mildred Smith
Woods Cross
Hess
Bear River Valley
Fall River
Here
Farmers Own Ditch Company
Jensen Views Jury Probe As Contempt by County Official
Bannock County Commissioner W H Pete Jensen returns to his office amid controversy after Assessor George Allen urged a grand jury probe. Jensen dismisses the charges as contempt while at a national county officials conference in Oakland. The event drew 1000 officials from 37 states with Idaho represented by 35 delegates.
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Jensen
W. H
Pete) Jensen
Bannock County Commissioners
George Allen
Oakland
Calif
National Association of County Officials
Allen
George
Idaho
W. P. Habener
Laura Berg
Willard Lund
Congress
U.S
Railroad auditor R Wipprecht retires after 30 years
Salt Lake City AP bulletin reports Union Pacific general auditor R Wipprecht has retired after a career spanning over 30 years.
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Bulletin
Salt Lake City
R. Wipprecht
Union Pacific Railroad
Wikakine Ballroed
Americans Told To Flee China
The embassy in Canton issued a State Department notice urging about 900 Americans in five South China provinces to flee as northern communist forces advance. It warned residents lack protection and may face arrest or mob action and travel difficulties.
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Washington
South China
Canton
State Department
China
Pocatello County Battle Over Gate City Airports Continues
Power county deputy clerk Hazel Stuart again refused to record the annexation ordinance for the Gate City airports. City Attorney Loofbourrow called the measure void, while Mayor Halsey and City Attorney Ben Peterson debated next steps as the document circulated between offices.
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Pocatello - Power County
Gate City
Hazel Stuart
Power County
W. W. Halsey
Pocatello
Halsey
Ben Peterson
Peterson
Weather Forecast for Pocatello Area
Forecast for Pocatello and vicinity shows little temperature change. Low tonight 55 degrees, high Wednesday around 85 to 90 degrees.
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Pocatello
Truman Plan Faces Fight In Congress
Republican backers move to cut more than half of President Truman's foreign arms program. Sen. Vandenberg and Sen. Dulles join Rep. Vorus in proposing an alternative plan including 77 million for surplus equipment to NATO signers and 200 million for new gear, totaling under half of Truman's request. The plan signals initial bipartisan compromise amid heavy criticism.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Western
Europe
Truman
Congress
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Dulles
R-N. Y
Deepartment
GOP
Vorus
Ohio
Greece
Turkey
Mr. Truman
Mayor Fends Off Klansmen With Gunfire in Iron City
Iron City mayor C L Drake said he fired on seven to eight cars of masked Klansmen who tried to abduct him at about 3 am near his home. He reported they scattered after returning fire but caused no injuries. Iron City, Georgia, population around 500, lies near Alabama and Florida.
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Donalsonville
South Georgia
C. L. Drake
Iron City
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Lonely Hearts Murder Case Defendants Blame Deceiving Males
Mrs. Martha Beck testified in the Lonelly Hearts murder trial that she abandoned her children at a Salvation Army home after a trip to New York. She said Raymond Fernandez pressured her to place the children elsewhere and that he told her they were not welcome in the apartment house. She spoke through sobs as the judge recessed to restore her composure.
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New York
Martha Beck
Lonely Hearts
Salvation Army
Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
Valley Stream
N. Y
Beck
Crippled Children’s Home
Florida
York
Fernandes
Nower
Fernandez
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Carlstadt
N. J
Meyer
Ed Cordon
S.L
Power
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High Court
Seelys Return
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