Grange Chief Warns of Price Danger
Albert 8. Goss, master of the National Grange, told a senate agriculture sub committee that subsidy payments to roll back food prices would cause inflation and chaos. He warned such subsidies threaten food shortages and urged a law banning government funds for agricultural subsidies. He cited indications butter and milk production decline and warned a 10 percent price roll back could discourage farming. A meat price cut and a butter reduction were recently ordered, set to affect retail prices soon.
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Washington
Albert
Goss
The
National Grange
Senate Agriculture
Grange
Office of Price Administration
Congress
Dispute Over Portal to Portal Pay Near Deadline
Soft coal operators and John L. Lewis miners faced a near deadline as the 15 day WLB period to settle the portal to portal pay expires tomorrow. Lewis sought $2 a day for 90 minutes underground travel with 500000 workers. operators balked and offered $1.50 for 30 days. Two walkouts occurred and Interior Secretary Ickes reported a national production loss of 11 million tons.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Portal
War Labor Board
WLB
Lewis
Ickes
Churchill outlines invasion plans and Tunisia losses
Churchill in Parliament reviews war progress. He cites a long range air force against subs and notes May and June as strong for U boat kills. He reports 248000 prisoners in Tunisia and 300000 enemy casualties, calling Tunisia and Stalingrad Germany’s greatest disasters and stresses hard fighting to win the war.
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Tunisia
Stalingrad
Germany
Jena
Napoleon
Churchill
Russia
China
Churchill Prefers No Early Conference With Stalin
Churchill notes no recent conference with Marshal Stalin and urges readiness for a powerful Allied assault on the Axis. He cites American Pacific strength and pressure on Japan while detailing Allied plans and expectations for a major European invasion.
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America
Pacific
Japan
Tunisia
Tripolitaxila
Europe
Churchill
Commons
Washington
North
Africa
Court Favors Draftee in Address Obligation Case
The Supreme Court set aside a draft conviction for Homer Lester Barichy alias Homer Brooks of Houston Texas. Justice Reed wrote the 7 to 2 opinion ruling the regulation is satisfied when a registrant provides a chain of address points ensuring mail reaches him in time.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Reed
Homer Lester Barichy
Homer Brooks
Houston
Texas
Community Party
Reed
Inquest Planned Into Idaho Double Deaths
Coroner Glenn Aller announced an inquest into the deaths of Mrs. Mabel Meade and Clyde Morrow in Grangeville Idaho. Morrow was shot in the left temple and forehead while Mrs. Meade was shot through the breast, her body found clutching a .22 rifle. The bodies were discovered by Mrs. Meade’s 12 year old daughter and a companion.
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Grangeville
Idaho
Mabel Meade
Clyde Morrow
Glenn Aller
Ailer
Morrow
Appeal Stays Execution in Ferdinand Murder Case
Boise attorney Jack B. Musser appeals to the state supreme court from the murder conviction of William Behler, 38, a Ferdinand laborer. The appeal postpones the July 2 execution after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder for killing John P. Gilbertz, a Ferdinand merchant, on March 12.
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Boise
Jack B. Musser
State Supreme Court
William Behler
Ferdinand
Idaho
Musser
Tenth District
Henry Telcher
Grangeville
Supreme Court
Miles &. Johnson
Lewiston
Bert H. Miller
Idaho County
Behler
John P. Gilbertz
Ferdinand Merchant
Fehler
Italy Reports Setbacks From British Raids On Sicily Islands
Italian bulletin says enemy bombers damaged Messina and Trapani while Pantelleria faced ongoing air action. Pantelleria garrison reportedly destroyed six planes and three more in aerial combats. One allied plane was shot down over Messina and four over Trapani. Italian torpedo planes claimed a 5,000-ton steamer and another large unit near Bone.
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Messina
Sicily
Trapani
Pantelleria
Rome
Bone
Lampeduna
British
Malta
Porto
OES Opens Meet in Idaho Convention Sessions
Mrs. Vinette Hansen of Winchester, grand matron, presided at the opening sessions of the annual Idaho Order of Eastern Star convention. Mrs. Lillian J. Barton of Wendell, associate grand matron, presided at a pre convention banquet last night. Officers to be installed at counting sessions Wednesday evening.
Vacationing trio faces mishaps on Snake River trip
Three Spokane women on a Lewiston vacation encounter two tire blowouts and a lost purse after hitching rides. They later replenish funds and continue by river boat Idaho toward Hell's Canyon.
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Lewiston
Spokane
Snake River
Idaho
Hell's Canyon
Albeni Falls Dam Plan Revived by Bonneville Power
Governor Bottolfsen said Idaho will oppose the revived Albeni Falls dam plan as BPA again studies a Lake Pend Oreille project. Senator Thomas said hearings may be held at Sandpoint or Coeur d'Alene. Original proposal would flood farm land with a potential 100 foot rise postwar.
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Bottolfsen
Thomas
Idaho
Bonneville Power Administration
Albeni Falls
Montana
Lake
Pend Oreille
Power Administration
Flathead Lake
Mont
Botolfsen
Federal
Sandpoint
Coeur d'Alene
Grand Coulee
Alben Falls
Utah Educator Fred N Poulson Dies in Dallas
Fred N Poulson, 70, a prominent Utah educator born in Manti, died Monday in Dallas, Texas. A graduate of Utah State Agricultural College, he did extensive education work at Brigham Young University and spent years in Colorado teacher institute work before spending 47 years with Utah schools.
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Salt Lake City
Fred N Poulson
Utah
Dallas
Texas
Manti
Poulson
Utah State Agricultural College
Bringham Young University
Colorado
Postwar Planning Opens Under President Johnson in Preston
A postwar planning conference opened this afternoon at the Bannock hotel with President Ben Johnson of Preston presiding. Earl W. Murphy of Boise, secretary of the state chamber of commerce, was scheduled to speak and outline plans.
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Ben Johnson
Preston
Southeast Idaho Association of Civic Clubs
Bannock Hotel
Earl W. Murphy
Boise
State Chamber of Commerce
Sched
Postwar Planning Talks Set By Civic Groups
J N Dayley of Burley will discuss Post War Planning for Agriculture at a 7 pm Bannock hotel dinner with R E Gale of Idaho Power and Oscar A Johannessen of Idaho Falls as speakers. Weight boats freed from rationing and may be sold without certificates. War Production Board had limited boot manufacture for lack of industrial use.
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J. N Dayley
Burley
Idaho State Farm Bureau Federation
Bannock Hotel
R. E. Gale
Idaho Power Company
Oscar A. Johannnesen
Idaho Falls
War Production Board
Coppock
Boots Available in Blackfoot for War Board Needs
E. L. Coppock of Blackfoot, chairman of the Bingham county war board, announced Monday that men can buy over the knee boots in olive drab clay and khaki colors to meet wartime gear needs.
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Blackfoot
E. L. Coppock
Bingham County War Board
Slacks or Dresses Debate Halts Work at Ford Detroit Plant
Detroit Ford office girls at the Highland Park plant refused to switch to slacks, preferring dresses and sitting idle on typewriters. A spokesman noted company policy requires slacks, citing safety concerns about entanglement in machinery. A hearing on the issue is scheduled for the labor management meeting Wednesday.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Highland Park
City pipeline inspection finds breaks on old wooden line
Mayor C. D. Moore and Water Superintendent C. M. Rainey inspected the Mink creek to city reservoirs pipeline. Rainey noted adequate capacity this season but frequent breaks require a maintenance crew. a west fork slide damaged about 30 feet of concrete pipe while all reservoirs are full and spilling.
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C. D. Moore
C. M. Rainey
Mink Creek
Examinations for Nurses Under Way in Idaho Cities
Examinations for nurses are being given today in Pocatello Boise and Lewiston according to Mrs Lela D Painter director of occupational licenses Tests will continue tomorrow Twelve nurses are taking the exams in Boise two in Pocatello and six in Lewiston The eastern Idaho exam location was moved from Idaho Falls to Pocatello.
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Boise
Pocatello
Lewiston
Lela D. Painter
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Four Townsend Clubs Quit In Idaho Split
J C Himler of Nampa denies knowledge of a press release denouncing Harold Howell as a trouble-maker Howell says four southwestern Idaho Townsend clubs Boise Caldwell Emmett Meridian have turned in their national Townsend charters and plan to do so in days The clubs with about 1500 members threaten to sever ties with the national group before June 10 unless Francis Townsend removes Orland A Scott as state representative by June 1.
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Boise
J. C. Himler
Nampa
Townsend Central Committee
Harold Howell
Idaho Independent Voters’ League
Howell
Idaho Townsend
National Townsend
Orland A. Scott
Himler
Townsend
Caldwell
Emmett
Scott
Idaho
Francis Townsend
Idahoan Wounded in North Africa War Action
The War Department announced Saturday that Vernon A. Sheppard of Glenns Ferry Idaho was wounded in action in the North African area. The release listed 287 American soldiers wounded in Asiatic, Middle East and African theaters. Private Sheppard is the son of Mrs Florence Sheppard of Glenns Ferry.
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Washington
Pfe
Vernon A. Sheppard
Glenna Ferry
Idaho
War Department
Sheppard
Florence Sheppard
Glenns Ferry
Federal survey crews to map 1500 square miles this summer
U S District Engineer John Walker announced three surveying crews will operate in the Cary Bruneau and Burley districts this summer. They plan to survey about 1500 square miles of land in the project area.
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Cary Bruneau
Burley
U. S
John Walker
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