Supreme Court Feud Breaks Open Over Black Jackson Charge
MERNBERG AP reports a rift among high court members after Justice Robert H. Jackson accused Justice Hugo Black of involvement in decisions benefiting Black's former law partner. Jackson warned the attack on impartiality could bring the court into disrepute and said he transmitted the remarks to congressional judiciary committees.
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Mernberg
United States
Robert H. Jackson
Hugo Black
Black
Jackson
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
International Military Tribunal
House
Senate Judiciary Committees
Congress
Fred Vinson
Truman
Senate
Bread and flour shortages to continue into 1947
Washington reports bread and flour shortages will persist for at least another year despite a bumper wheat crop. The Agriculture Department notes some improvement possible in a month, but not enough to meet domestic and famine relief needs before the 1947 harvest. Meat, soap, butter and cooking fats remain hard to obtain in major cities.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Associated Press
Agri
British Want US Troops In Palestine
Secretary of State Byrnes said the United States plans to discuss with Britain what military forces might be available to keep order in Palestine amid increased Jewish immigration. He stressed no commitment to deploying troops and urged prudent progress toward a just, enduring peace with allied ministers in Paris.
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Washington
Byrnes
United States
Britain
Palestine
Paris
Molotov
Russia
Bevin
Bidault
France
Court Grants Negro Stay
The Supreme Court admitted an error and will rule in October on Willie Francis 18 of Louisiana whether a second electrocution should proceed. A portable chair failed last month and Francis survived. a stay remains until the court reaches a final decision on the case and the alleged double jeopardy and cruel and unusual punishment issues.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Willie Francis
Louisiana
Francis
Idaho primary votes brisk in scattered polling reports
Boise bulletins say heavy early voting as polls open at noon and run to 8 pm. Weather includes showers in Idaho Falls Twin Falls and Pocatello with light rain possible near mountains later. About 10 percent of registered voters cast by the first hour and turnout appears heavier than 1944 in many precincts.
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Boise
Idaho
Charlies C
Twin Falls
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
FCC approves Western Union rate hike with fast track
The Federal Communications Commission announced a 10 percent increase in Western Union telegraph rates effective at midnight, excluding commercial news department charges. The agency granted a waiver of the usual 30 days notice and authorized the higher rates.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Gun battle kills prisoner on way to Leavenworth
A federal prisoner, Donald Dube, was killed and a deputy U S marshal and another prisoner were wounded during an exchange of gunfire as they escorted inmates toward Leavenworth prison. Dube faced a five year sentence for Dyer Act violation.
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Kansas City
U. S. Marshall
Leangenworth
Donald Dube
Former guardhouse prisoner testifies on Ennis cruelty
Mike Koblinksy of Saginaw Michigan testified he saw Lt Leonard W Ennis of Peekskill New York repeatedly ask prisoners where they had been wounded and poke their wounds with a billy club ten to twelve times. Ennis and another officer are on trial for cruelty to inmates at the U S army guardhouse in Lichfield England during the war’s last year.
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Bad Nuheim
Germany
Lichfield
Leonard W. Ennis
Peekskill
N. Y
Mike Koblinsky
Saginaw
Mich
Ennis
U. S. Army
Enitend
Tragedy After Skiff Capsize Near Quilcene
Searchers abandon hope for the mother Olive Frances Bader 39 and youths Ernest 17 and Donald Crowell 16 after their 14 foot skiff capsized off Quilcene. Only survivor Seaman 1C William Alber Bader 19 swam to shore after helping siblings from the hull. The body of 16-year-old Charles Bader was found lashed to the overturned boat.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Quilcene
William Alber Bader
Coast Guard and
Sheriff's Office
Bader
Charles
Olive Frances Bader
Ernest
Donald Crowell
Brinnon
Italian King Refuses to Leave Throne
Delegates from six parties urge Premier Alcide de Gasperi to act as provisional president after King Umberto II rejects abdication. In Rome the new republic remains untested while monarchist clashes in Naples leave one dead and about twenty injured amid the political impasse.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Umberto II
Naples
Viminale Palace
de Gasperi
Randolfo Pacciardi
Republican Party
Umberto
Supreme Court
Republic
Mihailovic Defends Chetnik Leadership at Yugoslav Trial
Belgrade Yugoslavia Gen Draja Mihailovic testified at his treason trial that he met the Germans in the second half of November 1941 after a German attack with five divisions He said many troops would not follow his command while noting massed armed men once recognized him He began with I dont feel guilty and recalled attempts to control forces in Montenegro under occupation authorities
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Draja Mihailovic
Chetnik
Tito
Mihailovic
Montenegro
Kiwanis Luncheon Discusses UNO and World Peace
Kiwanis members debated preserving the United Nations at a roundtable luncheon led by District Judge L. E. Glennon and Gordon Jensen. The program featured Barbara Kelly’s vocal numbers with Mavis Green accompanying Horace Nelson. A message was sent to C. Ed Flandro recovering from a leg amputation in Salt Lake City veterans hospital. Guests included John B. Miller of Ypsilanti, Harold Patton of San Francisco, Wallace Garrett of New York, and Gordon Jensen. The club congratulated the Milton Zoners on the birth of a daughter.
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Kiwanis Club
United Nations Organization
L. E. Glennon
Gordon
Jay Jensen
Barbara Kelly
Mavis Green
Horace Nelson
C. Ed Flandro
Salt Lake City Veterans’ Hospital
John 8. Miller
Ypsilanti, Mich
Ford Company
Harold Ory
Harold Patton
San Francisco
Wallace Garrett
New York
Gordon Jensen
Milton Zoners
Settlement Outlook Grows as Seafarers Weigh Strikes
Washington observers report the labor department pressing for a compromise in the maritime dispute as war shipping officials anticipate a settlement. CIO leaders Harry Bridges and Joe Curran prepare to testify while wage demands and hours are debated, including a 56 to 44 hour reduction and wage hikes for seamen and longshoremen.
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Granville Conway
House
Harry Bridges
Joe Curran
CIO
Labor Department
War Shipping
Conway
War Shipping Administration
Bridges
Curran
House Labor Subcommittee
Rep
A. B. Kelley
Four Die in Idaho Crash Kills Kuna Family Travelers
Nine members of a Kuna family traveled on a mountain road near Swan Falls dam when their car failed a hairpin curve and plunged 150 feet into a ravine. Three died, including Mrs. Lawrence Ensign Ritchie and her two children. others were injured, with four recovering in Boise hospitals. The survivors include Lawrence Ritchie and three young children. two other children were unhurt. The family had moved to Kuna from Ogden three months earlier.
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Boise
Kuna
Swan Falls Dam
Lawrence Ensign Ritchie
Thurman L. Ritchie
Kathryn Ritchie
Lawrence Ritchie
Ritchie
Steven Ritchie
Grant Ritchie
Karen
Nanette Ritchie
Verla
Montana Visit For Deputy Clerk Nora Boyum
Miss Nora Boyum deputy county clerk returns home after a two week trip to Montana. She visited her sister and two nieces in Kalispell and enjoyed a short outing to Glacier Park.
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Nora Boyum
Montana
Kalispell
Glacier Perk
Madman Gunman Slays Wealthy Manufacturer in Boston Office
Police pursue a treasurer department impostor who shot and killed Whitcomb, a 73 year old Great Northern pany figure, in his Whitcomb private office on the eighth floor. The killer, described as 40 to 45, wore a grey suit and Panam hat and fled after a seven minute visit and brief shakedown attempt.
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Omia
Police Today
Great Northern Pany
Yeteredayr
John F. McCarthy
Treasury
Whitcomb
Boston Safety Deposit and Trust Company
Bannisters
Employes
Homans
Treasury Department
Voting Slow In Murky Weather Marks Pocats Election Day
Polls opened for the Pocats primary with weather and light turnout expected. County clerk reports up to 280 absentee ballots and urges precincts to call the Pocates Tribune at 123 or 124 to report counted votes as tabulation may be delayed.
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Pocats
Tocde
Board of County Commissioners
Pocate O Tribune
Tribune
Associated Press
Idaho
Hirata to stand trial for war camp atrocities in Yokohama
Lt Takeharu Hirata, ex-commander at a war camp, faces trial Wednesday on charges that he allowed troops to beat prisoners. The case cites American prisoner Set Richard Hudson of Weiser Idaho as a referenced victim.
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Yokohama
Takeharu Hirata
Fukuoka
Hirata
Set
Richard Hudson
Weiser
Idaho
Windy Election Guffaws Highlight Pocatello Weather Lines
The piece notes a windy day in Pocatello with a high of 80 and low of 51 and a mean of 66, reporting no precipitation and a monthly trace. Forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions with sprinkles tonight and a warmer Wednesday, listing neighboring stations and their temps.
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Pocatello
Jewels Returned to Hesse House to Await Trial
Gen Lloyd Parks announced $1 500 000 in jewels recovered from Col J W Durant and Capt Kathleen Nash Durant and Major David S Watson would be returned to the Hesse family as private property. The jewels remain held as evidence pending trial, with location and jurisdiction undecided.
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David F. Watson
Burlingame
Calif
Hesse
Kronberg Castle
George
Fuster
Watson
Eisenhower
Ma. Watson
Europe
Washington
Lloyd Parks
United States
House of Hesse
Parks
War Department
Bureau of Public Relations
J. W. Durant
Hhis Bride
Kathleen Nash Durant
David S. Watson
Kronbere
Germany
Durant
Interior Department
Miller
Capt. Durant
Ludwig Weiss
Col. Durant
Primary Pits 45 Men For 12 Offices
Idaho voters faced a crowded primary with 45 candidates competing for 12 federal and state nominations. The Gossett Donart race for U S Senate drew top attention as Gossett sought renomination after resigning as governor to join the Senate. Polls opened at noon and closed at 8 p m with mild, partly cloudy weather across the state.
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Boise
Idaho
U.S
Charles C Gossett
Senate
Gossett
George FE. Donart
Weiser
VU. S
Glen Taylor
John Thomas
Paul L. Geddes
Blackfoot
Gossett-Donart
U. S. Senate
C. A. Bottolfsen
Arco
Chinese Meet for Peace Talks Amid New China War Flares
Chinese Communist negotiator Chou En-lai and government minister Yui Ta-wei opened a direct peace discussion in Nanking after weeks of stalled talks. Reports say talks showed progress but no results. A U S pilot, Cpl P Selva, was wounded in an anti aircraft attack near Clangchun as fighting and truce violations continued in Manchuria and central Shailung province.
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Nanking
China
U. S
Chiou En-Lai
Yui Ta-Wei
Chou
U.S
Marshall
Manchuria
Tehsien
Shailung Province
Cpl. P. Selva
Clangchun
Manchurian
Moose Plan Session at Hall After Primary Balloting
Moose lodge members meet tonight in Moose hall on North Seventh after close of primary balloting. Governor T. H. Barnhart will preside and refreshments are to be served following the session.
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Moose Lodge
Moose Hall
North Seventh
T. H. Barnhart
Doctor Palmer Dies Suddenly in Spokane Office
Dr. Donald A. Palmer 47, a prominent Spokane physician, died last night of a heart attack in his downtown office. He is survived by his widow and two daughters Ainslee and Elizabeth, of Spokane.
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Spokane
Donald A. Palmer
Ainslee
Elizabeth
House Hears New Plea By President
The House upheld President Truman's veto of the Case labor disputes bill 135 to 255, killing the measure temporarily. Backers may try to attach the bill as an amendment to the emergency labor legislation requested May 25, now passed by both chambers in different forms.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Truman Vetoes Case Labor Disputes Bill in Special Message
President Truman vetoed the Case labor disputes bill citing in a special message that men cannot be forced in peacetime democracy to work for a private employer under compulsion and arguing the bill would operate to...
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mob Fights and Riots Erupt Across Italy Over Monarchy
In Naples a mob tries to burn the six story Communist HQ near police HQ as fighting erupts. witnesses report a man shot. In Rome a 100000 strong crowd protests at the Viminale palace with banners while police guard the area and monarchy delay ends. Military units use armored cars to block demonstrators.
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Naples
Rome
Viminale
Sittin
Piazza del Popolo
House of Savoy
Bowles Orders Cuts in Copper and Lead Subsidies
Director Chester Bowles ordered cuts in copper and lead subsidies to offset price rises and directed action on any windfall profits from subsidized mines. The directive covered the OPA the civilian production administration the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the quota committee for the premium price plan on copper lead and zinc. PA raised ceilings to 14 1/2 cents a pound for copper and 8 cents for lead with June 3 effective dates.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Bowles
OPA
Civilian Production Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Quota Committee
Flood control district proposed for Upper Snake River valley
O A Lewis proposed forming a flood control district covering Bonneville Jefferson and Madison counties to conduct flood work in the Upper Snake River valley. Goise of the district army engineers office in Portland presented the plan at a Bonneville county commissioners session yesterday.
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Idaho Falls
Bonneville
Jefferson
Madison Counties
Snake River Valley
O. A. Lewis. Goise
District Army Engineers
Portland
Bonneville County
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