United Nations Panel Labels Franco Regime a Potential Menace
A UN subcommittee panels Franco as a potential menace to peace and urges a worldwide break with Spain unless Franco is ousted by September. It calls for transferring to the General Assembly and pressuring members to sever relations if the regime remains. The report also backs a caretaker government and peaceful elections.
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New York
United Nations
Spain
Security Council
General Assembly
Mbly
United States
Great Britain
France
Generalissimo Franco
Hitler
Mussolini
Chinese Set Precedent In Court Case
Chinese set a precedent in a court case involving an American sailor charged with manslaughter under Chinese civil law. He claimed self defense. the Chinese court convicted him and sentenced two and a half years. The trial was conducted in Chinese and marked a shift in how foreigners were handled in China.
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James B. White
Ted Press
Prance Fose
Chin
Ican
Shanghai
North China Daily News
Senate Trias Power in Truman Bill
President Truman condemned the Senate for emasculating his emergency strike control bill as lawmakers linked passage to the Case labor disputes measure. Democratic leaders warned of a possible stiffening of the emergency bill while a bipartisan bloc in the House had recently driven labor legislation. The Senate approved the toned down emergency bill after discarding a provision.
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Washington (P
Truman
Senate
House
Baseball Series Opener Set for 2 15 P M in Twin Falls
The opening game of the series with Twin Falls is scheduled for 2 15 p m weather permitting. Mike Carpenter business manager says if conditions prevent afternoon play the game would be moved to 8 15 p m. John Wedberg of St Louis has been assigned outright to Presno of the California league.
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Twin Falls
Mike Carpenter
Carpenter
John Wedberg
St. Louis
Presno
California
French election tests Communists and Socialists balance
Paris votes in empire wide elections to form a new constitution assembly with a clear clash between Communists and Socialists. Former Premier Leon Blum, fresh from a loan mission to America, says Europe and the world seek France's constitutional outcome.
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Paris
France
Leon Blum
Socialist
Blum
America
Europe
Bonfire Claims Life of Salt Lake City Boy
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 pm for Neil K Johnson five year old son of Ray M Johnson of Salt Lake City who died Wednesday from burns suffered when his clothing was ignited by a bonfire in a field where he was playing on April 2 Burial will be in Salt Lake City cemetery.
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Salt Lake City
Neil K Johnson
Ray M. Johnson
Scientist Calls Bikini Bomb Test a Gigantic Boondoggle
Dr. Louis Ridenour of MIT blasted the Bikini atoll atomic test planned for July as a colossal waste. He argued that deep water air bursts best ruin ships, predicting one to three ships sunk and greater damage from a surface burst later in the summer.
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New York
Bikini Atoll
Pacific
Louis Ridenour
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bikini
Ridenour
WOW
Sci
Four Towns Fall in Manchuria Reported by PRC Commander
Gen Tu Li Ming’s forces declare capture of Yentungshan and Tsingyuan on the Mukden to Yungki railway and Haishihcheng and Hwaiten in the Sungari reservoir district between Changchun and the Korean border. Announcement appears in Hsin Shen Pao.
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Peiping
Manchuria
Yentungshan
Tsingyuan
Mukden
Yungki
Kirin
Haishihcheng
Hwaiten
Sungari Reservoir
Changchun
Hsin Shen Pao
Tu Li- Ming
Nazi Deputy Missing at Crime Trials
Hamburg reports quote Else Krueger saying Martin Bormann’s deputy Fuehrer likely died in hiding after Berlin fall. She recalls fleeing Hitler’s air raid shelter May 2 with staff. she aided as a witness in the Nuremberg war crimes case.
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Hamburg
Germany
Martin Bormann
Fuehrer
Bormann
Berlin
Else Krueger
Nuernberg
Hitler
Italians Clash as Plebiscite Voters Prepare in Milan
On the eve of Italy’s plebiscite King Umberto II faced protests in Milan where monarchists and Republicans clashed near the cathedral and royal palace. Ansa reported he was escorted through a passage after demonstrators breached a police cordon before heading to Venice. He planned to vote in Rome the next day.
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Rome
Milan
Italy
Savoy
Ansa
Umberto II
Duomo
Royal Palace
Alfred Cardinal Schuster
Umberto
Venice
Finger Points To U Boats Magnetic Detector Aboard Planes
New war secret disclosed by Columbia University describes a magnetic airborne detector called mad operator that trails from a plane to identify submarine magnetic disturbances. The device helps circling aircraft determine when a U boat lies below and where to drop depth charges. It aided bottling up Mediterranean U boats after Normandy and Gibraltar’s straits remained closed to passage.
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New York
Gibraltar
Columbia University
Columbia
Normandy
Mediterranean
June Weather Sparks Hope for Bright Skies
Last evening mixed sun and a blue-sky break with a chance of scattered showers. The forecast calls for mild conditions with a high near 70 and a low around 45, partly cloudy and similar to last year’s temps.
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Weather Bureau
Senate Approves Domestic Atomic Energy Monopoly
The Senate approved a bipartisan bill creating a government monopoly on production and use of fissile materials like U235 and plutonium. An amendment bars public land claims by insiders from wartime atomic work. A five member control commission would seek an international agreement with the United Nations to prevent a short, devastating war.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sen. O'Mahoney
D.wye
O'Mahoney
Sen. Vandenberg
Michigan
United Nations
Convicts Protest Bread Shortage at Oregon Prison
Eight Oregon State Penitentiary inmates were placed in solitary after a quiet protest over bread scarcity. Deputy Warden Halley said about 30 prisoners rattled cell doors and yelled, due to flour stock exhaustion since Wednesday and Memorial Day delays. Bread returned on Saturday after flour was borrowed from other state institutions.
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Salem. Ore
Oregon Penitentiary
Eugene Halley
Halley
P Soners
Wagner Seeks Final OPA Future Decision
Washington lawmakers clash over price control extension with Chairman Wagner urging a Tuesday vote on remaining issues. He aims to reverse last week’s panel ruling to remove meat dairy and poultry from price ceilings by July 1. The group plans talks with OPA officials on markups while concerns rise over possible price spikes.
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Washington
Wagner
D-N.y
Banking Committee
Carter Glass
Virginia
Opas
Wagener
OPA
Five Utahns questioned after fatal Salt Lake City crash
Salt Lake City police held five men for questioning after a mother of ten, Mrs. Berney Miera, 31, fell from a moving car at a downtown intersection and died. Investigators said the five men, including the woman's former husband Louis Miera, 39, admitted drinking and riding with her. one driver and two passengers fled the scene, with Abie J. Aerts and Joseph Martinez aiding the victim to Salt Lake General Hospital where she died.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Louis T. Miera
Joseph P. Tassoni
Tassoni
Abie J. Aerts
Joseph Martinez
Ogden
Miera
Salt Lake General Hospital
Pioneer League game postponed amid rain delays
Pocatello at Idaho Falls postponed due to rain in a Pioneer League matchup. Lew and Westerkamp, Castro, Lopez and Leonard credited in Idaho Falls box, while Meister, Curran, Barker, Dijanich and Heaslet starred for Boise against Twin Falls with a 9 to 3 score line noted.
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Ogden
Salt Lake
Lew and
Westerkamp
Castro
Lopez
Leonard
Boise
Twin Falls
Meister
Curran
Barker
Dijanich
Heaslet
CIO Leaders Clash Over Truman Plan To Break Walkouts
CIO maritime chiefs and ship operators pushed new talks amid pessimism as a 200000 seamen and longshoremen strike loomed for June 15. President Truman warned he would use navy coast guard army and War Shipping Administration if needed to keep ships moving. In New York Joseph Stack of the maritime union threatened to advance the strike to June 3. Meanwhile 75000 hard coal miners stayed idle after their contract expired as New York negotiators failed to reach a conclusion. In Racine Wisconsin Mayor Francis N Wendt offered a settlement plan to the CIO United Auto Workers and J I Case Co urging adherence to a court labor ruling and a membership waiver and base wage boosts. Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach had warned days earlier of potential action.
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CIO
Washington
Truman
Navy
Coast Guard
Army and
War Shipping Administration
New York
Joseph Stack
CTO National Maritime Union
United Mine Workers
Racine
Wis
Francis N. Wendt
United Auto Workers
J. I. Case Co
Schwellenbach
Pay Increases May Draw Volunteers
Senate debates a package pairing raised armed forces pay with a modified draft extension. Senators weigh raises up to 30 percent for enlisted, aiming to boost recruiting after a week with 10,398 volunteers, down from 11,043. War officials note teens exemption affects enlistments.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Gurney
R-Sd
Betwen
House
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Congress
Army
Idaho Wheat Production Totals 30 309 000 Bushels in 1944
Idaho farm statistics show total wheat production 30 309 000 bushels for 1944. Power county led with 2 355 000 bushels, followed by Bannock Oneida Bonneville and others. District tallies span Benewah Bonner Boundary Clearwater Idaho Kootenai Latah Lewis Nez Perce and more.
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Boise
Idaho
Division of Agriculture
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Power County
Barnock
Oneida
Bonneville
Benewah
Bonner
Boundary
Clearwater
Kootenai
Latah
Lewis and
Nez Perce
Blaine
Camas
Cassia
Gooding
Jerome
Lincoln
Minidoka
Twin Falls
Bannock
Bear Lake
Bingham
Butte
Caribou
Clark
Custer
Franks
Fremont
Jefferson
Lemhi
Madison
Power
Teton
Miners Return After Hailey Mine Strike Settlement
Hailey mine workers end a stoppage that halted production April 12 after a settlement described as a complete union victory. The agreement provides 18.5 cents an hour raise retroactive from Sept 15, 1945 to April 1, 1946 and maintains an eight hour day from collar to coal at the nine shaft. The strike followed the discharge of Rooker and another employee for allegedly blasting timbers.
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Hailey
Triumph Mine
Charles Sprittles
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
CSO
Tommy Taylor
Grant Rooker
Pete Brown
Mike Beltram
Rooker
Army to Try 26 Japs in Long Session
Tokyo reports 26 accused leaders of Japan set for a lengthy military tribunal. Showpiece trial aims to document Japan 1928 to present, tracing roles in Korea Manchuria China the Philippines East Indies New Guinea Burma Malaya and Pacific islands with Hideki Tojo among top defendants.
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Tokyo
Japan
Korea
Manchuria
China
Philippines
East Indies
New Guinea
Burma
Malaya
Pacific
Hideki Tojo
Nanking
Canton
Hankow
Pearl Harbor
Young Men and Women Mutuals Converge in Salt Lake City
The Young Men's and Young Women's Mutual Improvement associations along with the LDS Church Primary Association will hold three day conferences in Salt Lake City June 7 8 and 9 marking Utahs centennial year 1947. Church authorities expect several thousand visitors for the events.
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Salt Lake City
Young Men
Young Women
Utah
Latter-Day Saints
Coal Fatality at Royal Mine Details Miner Louis Moundakis
Royal Utah reports a coal fall at the Royal Coal Company mine killing 58 year old Louis Moundakis who was working as a pillar man. About 1500 pounds of coal reportedly fell from the roof and buried him.
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Royal
Utah
Louis Moundakis
Royal Coal Company
Moundakis
Tourism at Temple Square Surges in May 1946
More than twice as many visitors toured Temple Square in May 1946 than in May 1945. Church authorities reported 57,177 visitors in 1946 compared with 26,662 the previous year.
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Salt Lake City
Temple Square
Latter-Day Saints
Plane Falls With 38 Passengers
A U S army transport plane from India crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea near Naples killing eight of 38 aboard and leaving 22 missing. One survivor, Sgt Robert G. King, reported a fire in the pilot compartment and parachutes observed as the craft sank.
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Naples
India
United States
Ravello
Robert G. King
Grove City
King
Calcutta
Cairo
Rome
Single Voice Opposes Farm Budget in Senate Vote
The Senate approved a 1.6 billion farm appropriations bill with a no strike clause after a voice vote, only Senator Pepper of Florida dissenting. Pepper argued the measure violates civil rights while Senators Russell and Ball vowed to push similar language in future funding bills. The funds cover the Agriculture Department for the year starting July 1, with 300 million for beneficiary payments.
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Washington
Senate
Pepper
D.-Fla
Peppers
House
Russell
D-Ga
Ball
R.minn
United States
Agriculture Department
Body recovered from Clearwater River near Le nore
Law officers sought identification of a man aged about 25 to 30 found this afternoon in the Clearwater river. A railroad crew spotted the body lodged on rocks three miles above Le nore and assisted in the recovery.
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Lewiston
Clearwater River
Lenore
Candidates Increase Campaign Activity As Primaries Near
Boise notes heavy campaigning as 45 candidates push for June 11 primaries. Senator Glen H. Taylor tours Idaho in support of Democrat George Conart, aiming to mobilize Democratic turnout and gauge approval of Senator Charles Gossett.
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Boise
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
George E. Conart
U. S
Charles C. Gossett
Taylor
C. As
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