Taylor Plans Filibuster Over Peacetime Draft Vote
Senator Taylor and Senator Taft threaten a senate filibuster if the peacetime draft is pushed, while the House advances a delay to January 31 and a conference will seek a compromise. Taylor vows to block passage this session to turn the draft into a campaign issue.
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Glen Taylor
Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Taylor
Idaho
Taft
Ohio
D-Ida
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Secretary Marshall Delivers Private Briefing On World Situation
Secretary of State Marshall told the House Foreign Affairs Committee he would not comment for reporters after a private 80 minute session. Lawmakers described his demeanor as showing firmness in U S relations with the Soviet Union and noted he did not declare whether world events are improving or deteriorating.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Soviet Russia
Eaton
R.N.J
Marshall
Tim
Clark Opposes Mundt Bill In Senate Warning
Attorney General Tom Clark urged the senate not to pass the Mundt Nixon bill to curb communists saying it is unwise and unconstitutional. He argued the measure would drive communists underground and hinder justice department enforcement. The House created report labeled U S communists as engaging in cold war treason. The bill would require communist groups to register with penalties of a $10 000 fine and up to 10 years in prison.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Senate
Russia
Moscow
Clark
Justice Department
Congressional
House Committee On
Unamerican
U. S
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
State Awards Contracts for Fish and Game Dept Items
The state purchasing agent awarded four contracts to Boise firms for fish and game department supplies. Mountain States Printing will print 30,000 hunt schedules for 123.30 and 7,530 hunt permits for 123.49. Boise Printing wins 10,000 department letterheads for 33.50. Games Printing gets 75,000 hunt applications for 157.50.
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Boise
Fism and Game Department
Mountain States Printing Company of
Boise Printing Company
Fish and Game Department
Games Printing Company of
Yugoslavs Hold Five U S Soldiers and One Civilian
The U S Army said Yugoslav forces still held five American soldiers and an Italian civilian as prisoners. They were seized Tuesday while aboard an army launch in the Adriatic near Punta Grossa Istria just below Trieste. Yugoslavs claimed the six entered Yugoslav waters.
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Trieste
U. S
Adriatic
Punta Grossa
Istria
Youve Got to Make Up Your Mind Next Wednesday Night
A clipped fragment from a radio tease juxtaposes boxing and politics urging voters to pick between the Louis-Walcott heavyweight bout and the Republican presidential nominating session. The spoof mentions Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott, U.S. political figures, and civic rhetoric amid a chaotic broadcast collage.
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Washington
New Governor Chosen for Girls State in Idaho
Connie Cameron of St. Anthony won the second annual Girls State governor’s race at Idaho State College, defeating Cascade’s Jeanne Nock as 130 delegates from across Idaho gathered for the fourth day of events. Cameron succeeds Elizabeth Davidson, Moscow, the first Girls State governor.
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Connie Cameron
St. Anthony
Jeanne Nock
Cascade
Idaho
Idaho State College
Miss Cameron
Elizabeth Davidson
Moscow
American Legion
Miss Davidson
Jerry Ann Reay
Pocatello
Girls Nation
Washington, D. C
Justice Party
Cameron
Freedom
Mollie Turnbull
Shoshone
U.S
Clare McQuillan
Nelda Stewart
Bancroft
Carolyn Grueger
Boise
Jolene Ellis
Rigby
Mary Rogers
Weiser
Sheila Janssen
Payma Anderson
Blackfoot
Donnetta Green
Robbins
Truman
Hutton
Robins
Merla Nye
Paris
Florence Hill
Marsing
Rhoda Beaver
Caldwell
Carolyn Flory
Nampa
Shannon Frost
Urer
Rhea Hanson
Patley
Sandpoint
Joan Parks
Mary Lou Gill
Kimberly
Jacqueline Bovey
Winchester
Patsy Houston Jerome
Ardys Atchley
Driggs
Greta Beck
Granseville
Joyce Reynolds
Ashton
Margaret Barnes
Glenns Ferry
Kelsey McNearey
Mary K. Jacobs
Nez Perce
Shirley Young
Arco
Judith ‘Nielsen
Burley
Marilyn Flemming
Mountain Home
Gloria McClellan
Ketchum
Senate
House of Representatives
Nellie Cline Steenson
F. M. Bistline
Democratic National Committee
H. P. Sturm
R. C. Stevenson
Euga A. Campbell
American Legion Auxiliary
Campbell
Homer
Pocatello American Legion Auxiliary
Student Union
C. A. Bottolfsen
Intermountain Car Thieves Active in 1940s Reports
Bannock County sheriff records show 34 cars stolen since January with Pocatello leading at 15 missing vehicles. Fords are most stolen at 11, followed by five Chevrolets and six Plymouths, with thefts spanning Idaho and Utah towns including Idaho Falls and Burley. One theft from an unknown address.
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Intermountain
Bannock County
Emmett
Payette
Rupert
Gooding
Moreland
Dillon
Malad
Downey
Boise
Nampa
Oldsmobile
Studebaker
Chrysler
Stassen Predicts Ninth Ballot Victory at Rally
Philadelphia greeted Harold E. Stassen as he arrived with a motorcade and vowed to win the Republican nomination by the ninth ballot. He predicted third place on the first ballot and first by the final roll call as Dewey Taft backers disputed the outcome.
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Harold E. Stassen
Thomas E Dewey
New Yorker
Robert A. Taft
Ohioan
Dewey
Taft
Stassen
Republian
Weather Forecast for Pocatello and Surrounding Area
Partly cloudy with scattered showers or thundershowers Friday evening. Slightly warmer with highs 75 to 80 and a low of 46 to 88. Yesterday’s mean temperature was 66, normal 62 for the area.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Council Receives Three Bids On Sewer Pumps
The Salt Lake City council at its Thursday meeting received three bids for installing pumps for the new interceptor sewer from Williams Gritton and Wilde Water Works Equipment and A A Maycock, all of Salt Lake City. The William Walker Memorial company was allowed to re erect a sign on South Fifth under fire chief supervision and exact prior condition. A sidewalk and gutter installation bill requiring city engineer approval was passed. A water department purchase order for 77 dollars and six cents was approved. The second reading to repeal city ordinance 1088 was dispatched with repeal pending a final reading.
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Williams, Gritton and Wilde
Waterworks Equipment Company
A. A. Maycock Company
Salt Lake City
William Walker Memorial Company
South Fifth
Water Department
Footprint Association elects Burbridge as grand president
Tally B. Burbridge of Salt Lake City was elected grand president and Dunsmuir California was chosen as the 1949 convention city by International Footprint association delegates at the close of the 19th annual meeting on Thursday.
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Tacoma
Tally B. Burbidge
Salt Lake City
Dunsmuir
Calif
International Footprint Association
Six Injured In Car Bus Crash On 191 Near Montana Line
Three Idaho Falls men Victor Pickett Vernon Ely and George Shipley were seriously injured when their 1939 car collided with a Greyhound bus at Dead Woman's curve on highway 191 near the Montana state line. Bus passengers Mr and Mrs Newcomb of Billings and Lawrence Newton of San Antonio sustained minor injuries.
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Idaho Falls
Greyhound
Highway 191
Montana
Victor Pickett
Lhe
Vernon Ely
George Shipley
Shipley
Mammoth Hospital
Gunther
Winnipeg
Canada
Pickett
Ely
E. F. Newcomb
Billings
Lawrence R. Newton
San Antonio
Poky High Annual Completes Yearbook Output
The Pocatello high school annual ends a new school year with the loyalty song theme. Editor in chief Dick Harvey and business manager Bruce Markham oversaw the lithograph by Gateway Printers of Pocatello.
Police report shows May forfeitures in Blackfoot
Blackfoot police department collected 84750 in bonds and forfeitures in May per Chief F. S. Kunz and Judge Claud Lamson. Fines included seven for illegal parking sixty two for traffic violations one for destruction of property two for assault and thirty one for drunk and disorderly charges.
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Blackfoot
Blackfoot Police Department
Kunz
Claud Lamson
Alabama Divorcee Drops Court Fight Over Governor Name
In Cullman Alabama Christine Putman Johnston, a red haired former Birmingham hotel employee, moved to dismiss her case claiming she has changed her mind about declaring Gov. James E. Folsom as her common law husband and the father of her son. She says she is being used as a political tool in the dispute with Folsom.
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Cullman
Ala
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Christine Putman Johnston
Birmingham
Johnston
Idaho College Student Fined and Jailed for Extortion
Robert Charles Himstreet a married Idaho State college student was sentenced to six months in county jail and a $200 fine for allegedly attempting to extort a married railroad man’s wife. Police staged the arrest at Ross Park after he demanded payment of $200 to refrain from publishing a compromising photo.
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Idaho State College
Robert Charles Himstreet
Himnstreet
Elkin Chandler
Justice of the Peace
Himstreet
Red Hill
Communists Call Sympathy Strikes in France
Paris reports say the CGT called a one hour general strike for Saturday in solidarity with Clermont Ferrand rubber workers. Many plants closed and workers took vacations as sympathy actions spread nationwide amid protests and police guarding the chamber of deputies after rioting that injured 460 and stemmed from Bergougnan tire factory clashes.
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Paris
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
France
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont- Ferrand
Chamber of Deputies
Bergougnan
Earl Carroll Among Dead Aboard Mt Carmel DC-6 Crash
A United Airlines DC-6 hit a high tension transformer near Mt. Carmel Pennsylvania and disintegrated in flames killing all 43 aboard. Passengers included Earl Carroll and actress Bery Wallace along with Mrs. Jack Okie and two infants.
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MT. Carmel
United Airlines
Earl Carroll
Jack Okie
Bery Wallace
Utah
New Mexico
Midvalley
Jeddo- Highland Coal Company
Franklin Kane
Ashland
Harry Stibitz
John Evans
Ed Darlington
WCNR
Bloomsburg
George Warner, Jr
Westmont, Jr
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Strikers Rebel Against Union Order at London Docklands
London docks see 15 000 workers strike in protest of suspension of 11 for blocking zinc oxide shipment. Workers defy union calls to return to work as the wildcat action expands after Thursday night revolt.
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London
Wildcat
Westvaco and Food Machinery Plan Merger
The management of Westvaco and Food Machinery Corporation announce a contemplated merger with a July stockholder vote. Westvaco will become the Westvaco chemical division. Food Machinery will be renamed Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation. Exchange ratios: 1.25 Food Machinery shares for each Westvaco share. Projected 1948 sales near 100 million dollars and expanded diversification through combined operations.
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Westvaco Chemical Corporation
Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation
Westvaco
Westvaco Chemical
Food Machinery
Wyooming
Idaho
Food Machinery Company Common
Westvaco Common
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