Truman tours Washington urging voters to defeat Congress
President Truman campaigned in Spokane and central Washington arguing the current Congress is the worst in history. He visited Grand Coulee dam and pressed for price control, housing, and farm laws while touring with Gov. Mon Wallgren. He promised a major Seattle speech and highlighted reclamation and public power.
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Washington
Washington State
Congress
Grand Coulee Dam
Thaddeus Stevens
Spokane
Wash
Big Bend
Ephrata
Washinton
Mon C. Wallgren
Olympia Mansion
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Tribune
Felkner
Yile
Butte
Mont
GOP Congress
Ktep
Grand Coulee
Columbia
Mon Wallgren
Seattle
Jews and Arabs Agree to Four Week Palestine Cease Fire
United Nations mediator Count Bernadotte announced a four week armistice in Palestine to start at 6 a m Greenwich time Friday. Arabs and Jews accepted unconditionally and a Rhodes mediated peace conference will seek long term settlement. Lie indicated six coastal patrol vessels and 63 officers will oversee compliance with the cease fire.
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Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
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Bernadotte
United Nations
Holy Land
Rhodes
Trygve Lie
Lake Success
Jerusalem
Lie
United States
France
Belgium
Bernie
Trans-1
Nokrashy Pasha
Israel
Moshe Shertok
Fliers to Hold Breakfast in Mackay Idaho
The third Idaho aviation breakfast this year will be held Sunday at Mackay. About 250 planes are expected. The Mackay chamber of commerce plans its annual fish fry for the fliers. Prizes will be given to pilots in flying competitions. Sponsored by the state department of aeronautics.
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Boise
Idaho Aviation
Mackay
Weiser
Pocatello
Chet Moulton
Mackay Chamber of Commerce
Moulton
State Department of Aeronautics
Lawyers to Seek Supreme Court Ruling on 4 Year Terms
Boise attorneys James H. Hawley and Robert W. Beckwith served notice to Attorney General Smylie that they will seek a writ of mandate from the Idaho Supreme Court to challenge a 1944 constitutional amendment raising state officer terms to four years. The filing names Frank J. as governor and Ruth O. Moon for Secretary of State, with four grounds alleging improper submission and voter confusion.
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Boise
Robert E. Smylie
Supreme Court
James H. Hawley
Robert W. Beckwith
Smylie
J. D
Cy) Price
Price
Frank J
Ruth O. Moon
Pocatello
Postal Heads See Boise Convention A Success
Three post office leaders who stopped in the Gate City Wednesday called the recent postmasters convention at Boise a success. They noted Columbia river floods reduced anticipated attendance and mentioned a between plane visit to Pocatello.
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Gate City
Boise
Columbia River
Postmasters Meet Western States Delegation
Idaho postmasters leaders Fe ae Be ema Teang i as Jack Trimming co led trips with 8S. R. Young and J. M. Donaldson officials. Cooley Horak and Trimming head to Great Falls Montana for a Montana postmasters meeting after arriving at Pocatello airport aboard a Western Air Lines plane with C. P. Jones and Paul Byrnildsen.
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Idaho
Boise
Montana
Great Falls
James P. Cooley
Seattle
Civil Service
Frank Horak
Oconto
Wis
National Postmasters Association
Jack Trimming
Idaho Postmasters Association
Pocatello
R. Young
J. M. Donaldson
Sioux City
Cooley
Horak
Trimming
Mont
Washington
Oregon
California
C. P. Jones
Paul Byrnildsen
Trimming Family Reunion Ties Idaho Postmasters Talk
Mrs. Trimming returned from Boise where she attended the Idaho Postmasters convention. Her husband was re elected to lead the State association.
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Jack Trimming
N. Garfield
Boise
Idaho Postmasters’ Convention
State Association
Fire destroys shed and garage at 629 S Harrison
A garage and shed at 629 South Harrison were destroyed in a 45 minute Wednesday blaze. Fire Chief A A Girard said damage costs were not yet estimated. The structures, owned by Mr and Mrs E B Crystal, rented to William Brown, were lost after the fire started in the root of the building.
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S. Harrison
A. A. Girard
E. B. Crystal
William Brown
Fire damages area as blaze brought under control
Firefighters battled a blaze in the area and cooled it by 7 15 p m. The cause remains under investigation as investigators work to determine how the fire started.
Senate to Vote Draft Bill For Men Aged Nineteen To Twenty Five
The Senate adjourned after late sessions promising a yes or no vote Thursday on a bill to draft men aged 19 through 25. Debate extended past midnight as amendments were considered. five amendments were disposed of, one aimed at liberalizing court martial systems for army and air force, four were rejected.
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Washington
Senate
Air Force
GOP to spend 5000 a day on band music for convention
Philadelphia reports the GOP will dedicate five thousand dollars daily for band music at the June 21 GOP national convention opening. A 50 member band directed by Meyer Davis will perform a thousand song repertoire, with state anthems and candidate tunes. Famous singers James Melton Todd Duncan Eleanor Steber Virginia Davis Gladys Swarthout Morton Downey are scheduled.
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Philadelphia
Meyer Davis
Soviet Cuts Reparations as Aid to Friendly Nations
Moscow reports Russia reduced reparations from Finland Hungary and Romania as part of an aid program to friendly nations. Tavestia and Pravda cited a tremendous rise in the Soviet national economy enabling the reductions and hinted more aid could follow.
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Moscow
Russia
Finland
Hungary
Romania
Tavestia
Pravda
Operators Bargain With Lewis
John L. Lewis and soft coal operators met to avert a nationwide mine strike in July. The UMW chief offered a contract extension with a $100 monthly pension for aged miners while operators pressed a smaller pension, a no strike pledge, and no pay raise. Both sides aimed to reach a new contract before June 30 and discussed continuing the 10 cent per ton royalty to the miners welfare fund.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Noi
Kids May Stage Buyers Strike In Pocatello
In Pocatello children threaten a buyers strike over a five to ten cent increase in ice cream cones. A typewritten release signed by Priscilla Hancock Richard Bird William Bird and Frank Lee claims kids will make their own ice cream if prices rise noting cones aren’t worth ten cents.
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Pocatello
Priscilla Hancock
Priscilla
Richard
William Bird
Frank Lee
South Fourth
Richard Bird
Pocatello Tribune
Weather Outlook for Pocatello and Idaho
Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms and little temperature change. In Pocatello and vicinity highs 85 to 90 and lows 50 to 55. Across Idaho highs 85 to 95 and lows 53 to 60. Sunset today 8 08 PM sunrise 5 51 AM.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Billings
Omaha
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington
West Yellowstone
Marryin' Sam Could Not Cash in Reno
Reno voters reacted to a political move by a former Californian who filed for Reno justice of the peace and pledged to donate most proceeds to charity. The post pays $220 monthly, yet marriage fees can reach over $20,000 annually, drawing intense interest in this lucrative yet controversial office.
Death Toll Climbs As Floods Ravage Pacific Northwest
Flood waters drive the death toll to 31 as dikes fail and the Fraser River crisis grows. Calgary troops aid weary residents while the Lower Columbia drive threatens Puget Island farms. Four bodies found. 371 unaccounted for in Memorial Day disaster.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
British Columbia
Fraser River
Calgary
Columbia
Puget Island
Corps of Engineers
Elmer Fisher
Vancouver
Wash
Vanport
Red Cross
Truman Bids For Votes in Washington
President Truman campaigned in Spokane Washington urging voters to topple the GOP majority on Capitol Hill. He assailed the Congress as the worst ever while clashing with a Spokane Spokesman-Review reporter. He criticized the Chicago Tribune and Spokesman-Review as the two worst papers in the country.
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Truman
Lloyd B. Ferguson
Columbia River
Congress
Danil Webster
West
Washington
House
Martin
Capitol Hill
Wash
Spokane Spokesman-Review
The
Chicago Tribune
Spokesman-Review
Tribune
New Housing Project Gets Underway in Pocatello
Directors chosen at Bannock hotel meeting by debenture pledgees of Pocatello Industrial Housing Inc to build 400 houses in Pocatello. Harley Markham, Judge Baum, W. Carnes and four others named. $47,000 of $50,000 pledged. Building set to start mid August, houses expected ready 120 days after. Two-bedroom homes around $8,500. final prices pending contractor estimates.
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Bannock Hotel
Pocatello Industrial Housing, Inc
Harley B. Markham
Judge O. R. Baum
W. C. Carnes
Frank T. Briggs
C. Ed Flandro
Rolland H. Smith
Robert D. Gallafent
Pocatello
H. B. Markham
Pocatello Housing Inc
Federal Housing Administration
Markham
Large Crowd Greets President in Short Blackfoot Stop
Around 2,000 residents gathered at Broadway and Bridge streets as President Truman passed through Blackfoot en route to Idaho Falls and Butte. He thanked the crowd for the turnout and spoke of water needs, while local officials and a press caravan joined the stop lasting about eight minutes.
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Bridge Streets
Sun Valley
Idaho Falls
Butte
Mont
Truman
Idaho
Desert
Congress
Margaret
Mia
Marguerite Neuswanger
Chamber
U. S. Army
Bridge
Donald Holland
Einer Nelson
al Barrots
Chamber of Commerce
Neuswanger
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