Second Annual Girls State Opens Monday at College
Idaho seniors gather for a week long Girls State program at Idaho State College in Pocatello starting Monday. More than 135 high school seniors will learn to operate a miniature government with guidance from American Legion Auxiliary leaders and counselors arriving for the event.
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Idaho
Pocatello
American Legion Auxiliary
Idaho State College
Graveley Hall
Duella Harland
Lewiston
Ellen Jordan
Boise
Edna Atchley
Driggs
Nettie Mae Stillinger
Moscow
Young GOP Seeks Revenue Aid for Idaho Gambling Debate
Idaho Young Republicans at their state convention urged the right to express views on government gambling for revenue. They advocated possible constitutional amendment and called for appointing the state superintendent of public instruction by the state board of education, a $2,400 minimum salary for bachelor degree teachers, clarified duties for county superintendents, and funding to construct permanent facilities.
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Boise
Idaho
Retail wages rise and car prices jump in labor deal
Firestone Tire and Rubber grants 11 cent hourly hike to 23,900 CIO production workers. Nash-Kelvinator lifts Nash car price from 75 to 90. General Motors raises truck prices by 10 to 110. CIO union sought 30 cent rise. Firestone pact could set rubber industry pattern.
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Ts Ano
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Nash-Kelvinator
Nash
General Motors
Firestone
CIO United Rubber Workers Union
CIO
General Electric Company
DAV Convention in Coeur d'Alene Draws Delegates
The Disabled American Veterans of Idaho and its auxiliary will open their 15th annual convention in Coeur d'Alene. Officers expect 250 to 200 delegates to attend the three day session.
Cull Potatoes Under Attack
At the Idaho Potato and Onion Shippers association annual convention W R Smith of the U S Department of Agriculture urged eliminating cull potatoes from trade channels to reverse falling consumption He called for growing top grades and better store displays and noted Idaho per acre yields may require reduced acreage if trends persist Kris Bemis of United Fruit and Vegetable warned per capita potato use fell from 159 pounds to 121 pounds over 25 years while Idaho yields rose from 209 to 232 bushels per acre in 1947
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Sun Valley
Idaho Potato and Onion Shippers Association
Smith
Idaho
Kris P. Bemis
United Fruit and Vegetable Association of
Washington, D. C
Republicans Advance Guard Rolls Into Convention City
The advance guard for the Republican National convention arrives in Philadelphia to begin seven days of meetings and social events. The formal opening is set for 11 a.m. on Monday June 21 in Convention Hall with adjournment possible due to delegate deadlock.
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Philadelphia
Quaker City
GOP
National Republican Committee
Washington
Walter Hallanan
West Virginia
Carrol Reece
Tennessee
Group Elects Sahlberg As Chairman
Tom Sahlberg of Pocatello was elected state chairman of Idaho young Republicans at Boise. Also named were Dean Kloepfer national committee man and Marguerite Brown national committee woman. Voting offices included Berne Jensen first vice chairman Appie Bauer second vice chairman Betty Fields secretary A B Jonasson assistant secretary Ozzie Walch treasurer Rachel Hane assistant treasurer Sam Stewart public relations director and Reilly Atkinson senior advisor. The last two offices were added by a constitutional amendment. The group also voted to admit 18 year olds. The convention commended Gov Robins for gambling law enforcement and urged counties to learn candidates positions on the issue.
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Boise
Tom Sahlberg
Pocatello
Idaho Young Republicans
Dean Kloepfer
Burley
Marguerite Brown
Nampa
Berne Jensen
Idaho Falls
Appie Bauer
Betty Fields
St. Maries
A. B. Jonasson
Ozzie Walch
Kellogg
Rachel Hane
Gooding
Second Crash Ends Duster's Flight Near Jerome
Allen, an Idaho crop duster, says he will quit crop dusting after his second crash in a week. He survived both incidents despite engine failures at low altitude and injuries from nose-over at five miles north of Jerome. He received stitches for a chin wound and a cut above the eye.
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Twin Falls
Allen
Jerome
Lion Attacks Man During Spokane Circus Show
William Gaines a 35 year old circus worker was seriously clawed by a lion during an afternoon Clyde Beatty circus performance in Spokane. He was rushed to a hospital with a severe left arm injury.
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Spokane
William Gaines
Clyde Beatty
Gaines
Wind gusts top 100 mph in Elko and 50 mph in Pocatello
A sudden east bound squall line struck Pocatello around 10 30 p m Saturday bringing gusts up to 50 mph as recorded by the local weather bureau Elko Nevada also felt the blow with averages near 85 mph and gusts to 100 mph
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Pocatello
Elko
Nev
Inland Empire Rivers Begin Slow Recede After Deluge
After a month of high water the major Inland Empire rivers show signs of leveling or falling. Boundary measured 45 feet with forecasted drop, Pend Oreille near Priest River eased, Kootenai dipped below 31 feet, and St. Maries at 33 feet six inches beneath peak. Crops report scattered damage, worst where hail struck Ritzville region.
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Spokane
Inland Empire
Columbia Valley
Columbia
Boundary
Wash
Kootenai
St. Joe River
St. Maries
Shooting at White Swan Leaves One Dead
Carl Yost 21 of Wen Do ver Utah was shot in the neck and killed near an automobile in White Swan after he and two youths ignored orders to halt. Deputy H T Armstrong said William Lewis 18 of White Swan fired, claiming he intended to fire over Yosts head. Lewis was not held. Yosts two companions were held for questioning.
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Yakima, Wash
Carl Yost
Wendover
Utah
White Swan
H. T. Armstrong
Armstrong
William Lewis
Marshall George Bolin
Lewis
Yost
Bethels Elect SALT LAKE CITY Officers
Representatives of six Utah bethels Order of Job's Daughters and guardian councils closed their annual session electing two Ogden residents to state positions. Miss Helen Lindquist was named grand guardian and Clarence K. Paxton associate grand guardian. Installing officers were Mrs. Lila Havener of Ogden and Mrs. Irene Sterling of Pocatello.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Bethels
Order of Job's Daughters
Guardian
Ogden
Helen Lindquist
Clarence K. Paxton
Lila Havener
Irene Sterling
Pocatello
Russians Halt Traffic Block Amid Berlin Strife
Berlin reports say a Russian order abruptly halted a planned western sector traffic block risking disruption of food and fuel for about two million people. No explanation given, future assurances pending. British, American, and Soviet transport chiefs to meet next week as observers expect renewed rail reform pressure. Germany’s communist press signals potential relief on reparations.
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Germany
Russia
Finland
Hungary
Romania
River Yields Boy's Body in Idaho River Tragedy
Dee Tracy 10 disappeared after riding a bicycle on the Minidoka side of the Snake River last Monday. Hodges reported seeing the body pass under a bridge near Burley. Services are set for today at the Heyburn LDS church. the boy is the son of Mr and Mrs Henry Tracy Heyburn.
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Burley
Dee Y Tracy
Jim
Heyburn
Hodges
Pat
Tracy
Minidoka
Snake River
LDS Church
Henry Tracy Heyburn
Wheel Chair Vets May Get Homes
Congress passed a measure to aid disabled veterans by funding up to half of the home cost, capped at 10000 dollars, for special housing and related plans. The Senate Banking Committee said hospital care costs for wheelchair veterans justify long term savings, and another bill authorize the Veteran Bureau to spend 1000 dollars annually on prosthetic research.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
White House
Senate Banking Committee
Veteran Bureau
River Nears Third Crest in Weeks
Army engineers work to drop a plug in a narrow flood channel to protect Reynolds Metals aluminum plant as the Columbia River nears a third crest in three weeks. Five deaths were recorded Friday and the national toll reached 39 with Vanport losses at five.
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Portland
Vanport
Red Cross
Boundary
Wash
Weather Bureau
Columbia
Grand Coulee Dam
Richland, Wash
Hanford
Vancouver
Reynolds Metals Co
Fall Results in Death in Idaho Falls
Elmer Quigley 31 of Pocatello died after a fall on a water wagon during highway work at Osgood Idaho. State engineer T H Barnhart reported the contractor T A Barnhart Wheel er company is improving eight miles of road. Quigley born June 19 1917 at Swan Lake Idaho leaves a widow Berniece Velard and two children Glenda and Niel along with his mother and several siblings. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Arthur W Hall mortuary.
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Idaho Falls
Elmer Quiglevy
Pocatello
Randolph St
Osgood
A. J. Christensen
T. H. Barnhart
Osgool
Quigley
Swan Lake
Idaho
Robert
Annie Walker Quigley
Berniece Velard
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Glenda LaFawn Quigley
Niel Rand Quigley
Alameda
Annie Quigley
Salmon, Idaho
Fred
Ray
Robert Quigley
Salmon
Frank
Wilder
Ivan
Pasco
Wash
Leatha Jakovac
Samoa
Sarah Pedersen
Anacortes
Arthur W. Hall Mortuary
Traffic Counts To Be Heard In Police Court Monday
Docket lists motorists James Farr Roy Chyverg Robert Younce and Jay Sampson charged with operating trucks without a chauffeur license Wanda Porter and Max Polinski for driving without license Elda Frugoli for no tail light Raymond Jones for no muffler Floyd Roy lance for no headlights Alberto Gardeen Melino intoxication with $5 bond Lawrence Luken intoxication with $15 bond Arresting officers say Melino passed out on a sidewalk.
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James J. Farr
Roy Chyverg
Robert Younce
Jay Sampson
Wanda Porter
Max Polinski
Elda Frugoli
Raymond EF. Jones
Floyd H. Roylance
Alberto Gardeen Melino
Lawrence T. Luken
Singin Sam Dies After Heart Attack in Richmond
Harry Prankel aged 60 known as Singin' Sam on radio for nearly two decades died Saturday in Richmond after a heart attack at his home and subsequent death in a hospital.
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Richmond
Ind
Harry Prankel
Sam
Radio
Senate Approves Pension Benefits Increase Bill
The senate approved and sent to the White House a bill to raise railroad retirement benefits by 20 percent. It would cut railroads' unemployment insurance contribution on wages up to 300 dollars a month from 3 percent to 1.5 percent while maintaining a fund threshold of 450 million dollars. The fund stood at 928.274 million last April 30.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
House
President Truman Vetoes Bulwinkle Rail Rate Fixing Bill
President Truman vetoed the Bulwinkle bill that would exempt carriers from anti trust prosecutions for rate fixing with Interstate Commerce Commission approval. Senate may seek override. debate centered on maintaining regulated competition and orderly operation against potential chaos and shipper advantages.
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Washington
Truman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reed
Kan
Senate
Weather forecast for Pocatello and vicinity high near 82
The forecast calls for fair weather in Pocatello and surrounding areas with afternoon thundershowers possible. Temperatures expected to reach about 82 during the day with a low near 50 to 55 Sunday night.
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Pocatello
Truman cites Russian obstruction of peace in foreign policy speech
President Truman accused Russia of obstruction and aggression endangering world peace. He argued for a record of action toward peace, dismissed great power deals, and kept open the possibility of honest negotiations to a genuine settlement.
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Berkeley
Calif
Truman
Russia
America
Soviet Union
Senate Votes Addition to Relief Funds
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved 4.009 billion dollars for the European Recovery Program, restoring cuts from the House and shifting to a 12 month basis. Total ECA funding rises to about 5.055 billion, with 159 million moved to government and relief in occupied areas. Senator Bridges called the action a 950 million increase over House figures, while debate on total funding and duration continued.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Economic Cooperation Administration
Bridges
R-Nh
Japan
Kore
Senate
Potatoes Scarce In Ashland Maine After Planting
Potatoes are scarce in Ashland Maine as growers finish planting and sell remaining tubers to starch mills. Heavy rains washed out some plantings and farmers now face difficulty finding seed potatoes for replanting, with table potatoes also in short supply.
Stalin called prisoner of his politburo by Truman in Oregon
President Truman said Old Joe Stalin is a decent fellow who would keep agreements if he could but is a prisoner of the Soviet politburo. State Department experts viewed Stalin as captain of the high command. Diplomats see a global campaign to discredit the United States and derail Western Europe recovery.
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Washington
Truman
Josef Stalin
Russia
Stalin
Eugene. Ore
Joe
Politburo
State Department
Molotov
Zhdanov
American
United States
Western
Europe
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