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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1946
Page
1
The OPA ordered an immediate one cent a quart rise in milk prices with butter up about 11 cents a pound and cheese around six cents. The move aims to curb dairy costs amid higher feed prices and possible subsidy cuts, with further dairy rises expected.
President Truman named Fred M. Vinson for chief justice and John W. Snyder for secretary of the treasury. Predictions pointed to quick Senate approval with broad support, though Republicans and some New Deal critics voiced criticism. John L. Sullivan was slated for promotion to under secretary of the Navy after the news conference.
In Salt Lake City Temple Square three LDS auxiliaries resume postwar annual conventions. Primary association and Young Men groups join 47th MIA conference with sessions today continuing through Sunday. A 1500 person dance demonstration at Saltair is planned tonight as demonstrations on instruction and entertainment methods run through the three days. Church president George Albert Smith, 76, will speak at a Sunday tabernacle session honoring returned service personnel.
A collision in Richfield left 10 month old George Yazzey, son of Mrs. Mary Yazzey of Cameron Arizona, dead in a hospital yesterday from injuries suffered Sunday in the auto truck crash.
Large demonstrations against the deposed House of Savoy spread from Naples to Rome as police struggled to contain crowds. In Naples stores were forced to close early, and a tank crew member was killed when police fired over protesters near the University of Naples. Ten people were wounded by a hand grenade blast during the Naples rally.
Idaho state liquor stores will close Tuesday to observe the primary election. Superintendent E. P. Horsfall urged residents to stock up in advance for celebratory drinking.
Idaho officials distribute pre cinct judge manuals for the June 11 primaries. They urge prompt public reporting of results after canvass and explain counting rules for single and double precincts.
Union Pacific northwest division superintendent J. Malick says yesterday’s collision between the streamliner City of Portland and the Idahoan resulted from a violation of operating rules. The Idahoan, six minutes late, should have entered the siding 682.5 feet before the collision. speed about 15 mph. The City of Portland was stopped with brakes set, but the impact pushed it about 50 feet. Dr. Clarence Gilstrap said no injured passenger was in serious condition.
Moscow broadcast commentator Philip Baratov attacked Western notions of independence. He cited Trans-Jordan, Cairo talks, and Indonesian talks as examples, accusing Britain and the United States of imperial aims. He contrasted American naval bases and Cuban and Caribbean actions with alleged true independence.
United States and Britain seek instructions from home governments on how to vote on the subcommittee plan for a collective diplomatic break with Franco Spain next September. Dr. Herbert V. Evatt presented the proposal amid marked silence from most delegates. Russia also opposes the plan in its current form.
Delbert Sprouse an 18 year old of Louisa Kentucky obtained a marriage license with written parental consent but was denied by Lawrence County Clerk W F Moore for lacking full consent. He planned to wed Mrs Mattie Lyons Large a widow aged 79 at her home in Gladys with 7 living children and 49 grandchildren.
Ninety days of fighting pause as 7 Guns of China halt operations at noon for two weeks. Mao Zedong and Chou En Lai travel to Yenan for urgent talks while Chiang Kai-shek backs Marshall mediation. Observers warn this could be last chance to end 18 years of civil war.
Sheriff Alma Marley reports eight complaints filed for illegal sale of intoxicating liquor. Two against Ernest Espitallier at 210 East Lander, two against Gene Cunningham at Arcade club, two against James Strome at Top Hat club, and two against John Pattis at the Wyoming bar on East Center.
Gov. Arnold Williams and Secretary Ira Masters were fined $1 each after a Wallace beards derby conviction. Probate Judge Thomas B. Kelly overruled pleas of non residence and added the fines to Wallace’s civic auditorium fund. Both officials were on a campaign tour when the incident occurred.
The House moved to pay about 15 million past and present servicemen an average 250 dollars for unused furlough time since 1939, with payments at discharge or to those out of uniform. The bill, led by Rep Dwight L. Rogers and Rep Robert L. Sikes, would base accrual on two and a half days per month up to 120 days, use sworn statements, tax free, and extend to heirs if a service member died.
Ten million visitors pack London for tomorrow’s victory celebration marking the Allied triumph 13 months after VE Day. Flags line streets as crowds gather from dawn, with a government staged parade led by the royal family and a state landau escorted by cavalry in a nationwide Whit Sunday holiday.
Passing motorists halted to aid a farmer in quelling a barn fire in Salamanca New York. The barn and an adjoining house were saved thanks to quick work by Assistant Fire Chief Bernard Swan son and ex Fire Chief C J Beatty both from Jamestown Fire Chief Donald Sales and George Blackstone from Lakewood and Bard College fire chief who were returning from a fire chiefs convention.
Nylon is sweeping the western cattle country as cowboys and city folk adopt nylon lariats selling for about twelve dollars. The trend shows stockings are ignored while nylon lines become a new frontier item in Gallup New Mexico.
Al Schmid of Philadelphia the blinded Guadalcanal hero and Navy Cross recipient was named father of the year by the national father's day committee. He and his wife have a one year old son Al Jr and he is running for Pennsylvania state secretary on the Democratic ticket. A committee spokesman called him a logical choice as this peacetime father’s day honors veterans.
British MPs debate relations with Russia and Europe, agreeing appeasement is over. Churchill warns seeds of a new world war are being sown in eastern Europe as Moscow presses for security and influence. The debate aims to set a path for a Paris conference with the big four on European peace treaties.
Snow and frost swept North Wallace after an unseasonably warm spell. An inch and a half of snow fell at the Montana Power station above Burke while Mullan endured a severe snowstorm. Gardens suffered frost damage and huckleberry crops at higher elevations faced potential losses as temperatures plunged after a record 86 degrees in April.
The federal communications commission authorizes Western Union to increase telegraph rates by 10 percent for a year to address a dire revenue need. The change covers full rate, day letter, night letter, serial and press messages and allows revisions to certain service classes.
Bowles told the Senate small business committee that price controls should be kept or removed by vote and warned against amendments that could trigger inflation. He said rationing at the retail level is unnecessary, favors targeting mills bakers and outlets, and discussed rationing wheat and flour down to grocers. LaGuardia urged lawmakers to stop tinkering with OPA.
Parts of the ninth service command headquarters depart Fort Douglas Utah for San Francisco, to be reassembled as the Sixth Army Corps Headquarters. The transition begins with two quartermaster truck companies carrying records and equipment, with 110 officers and 245 civilians and enlisted personnel slated to depart by special train Saturday.
The AFL United Mine Workers and coal operators say an agreement was reached to end the Pennsylvania coal strike of 75 000 miners. Details to be released at 5 30 p m as John L Lewis takes the text to the policy committee at the Roosevelt hotel for immediate confirmation. West coast ship owners also plan to offer terms to three maritime unions threatening a coast wide strike on June 15 amid White House discussions.
The Japanese emperor Hirohito publicly shook hands with an American army officer today at Chiba as he nears the end of a long meet the people journey. Lt. Col. Frederick J. Stevenson of El Paso, Texas, military governor of Chiba prefecture, greeted him at the station. An MP escort including Pfc. Bill Kagayama of Weiser, Idaho accompanied the emperor.
WAC captain and her colonel husband were taken into custody in Chicago on suspicion of stealing 1.5 million dollars in jewels from Kronberg Castle Germany. Probed in Frankfurt earlier, two others were implicated with one a major on active duty and a discharged corporal. The case surfaced after a long inquiry led by Col. A C Miller and Lt Col J S Myers.
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