Malad Plane Crash Kills Two Fliers
Two pilots die after a Cub plane crashes near Malad Friday evening. Jack Clark 25, Marine air corps veteran and University of Idaho aeronautical engineering student, dies instantly. Max Thomas about 22 succumbs three hours later from severe burns. Plane rented from Malad flying club member. crash occurred near Oneida county fairgrounds as witnesses say the aircraft buzzed the grounds.
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Jack Clark
Marine Air Corps
Max Thomas
Malad
Clark
Oneida County“ Fair and Rodeo Grounds
Tom Clark
Milt Whitworth
University of Idaho
Fair Grounds
Thomas
W. D. Clark
Tim
Tokyo
UCLA
Moscow
Oneida Hospital
Samuel Thomas
Brief Illness Takes Life Of Pocatellan
Alden Holcombe 43 office and credit manager of Idaho Portland Cement Company died less than eight hours after hospital admission from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born in 1905 in Brooklyn he studied mining engineering and business admin at multiple schools. He lived in Pocatello since 1937 and is survived by his wife Eugenia Elis and several relatives. burial will be in New York City.
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Holcombe
Charles Holcombe
Swanee Military Academy
Tennessee
Colorado School of Mines
Washington State College
Pullman
WSC
California
First National Studies
Hollywood
Calif
Yakima
Wash
Seattle
Pocatello
Palm Springs
Gate City
Eugenia Elis
Spokane
Rocatello BPO _Elks lodge
Marion Paige
Marion W. Holcombe
Watertown
N. Y
Henry W. Holcombe
New York City
Woodruff B. Holcombe
Fernsdale
John R. Morgan
Winnipeg
Canada
Downard Mortuary
Lions Plan Red Cross Building Move and Forum
Pocatello Lions clubs hosts open forum at Friday meeting to move the Red Cross building from the air base to town and establish new Red Cross headquarters. October 27 and 28 Cavalcade of Mirth and Music planned. Pete Carlson to succeed Robert Purrington as president at next meeting.
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Pocatello Lions Club
Red Cross
Pocatello Red Cross
Robert Purrington
Pete Carlson
Shamrock Club
F. M. Bistline
Lou Haller
Sun Valley
Joe Stahon
Jack Otties
Billings
Mont
M. E. Picanco
Bancroft
Thomas N. Mayne
Petaluma
California
Wealthy Indian spends $46.29 a minute in America
New York reports K. N. Modi, a wealthy Indian manufacturer, arrived a month ago with $4,000,000 in gold to spend in 30 days on industrial equipment. He could not obtain desired goods in England and chose America where he allegedly spent at a rate of $46.29 per minute continuously.
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New York
K. N. Modi
America
England
School Officials Discuss Driver Education Plan in Bannock County
Boise Junior College education dean Alvin J. Ritter met with Bannock County Superintendent Scott D. Lowe and the board of trustees to push a driver education program for county schools. Trustees decided to meet individually before reaching a decision.
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Alvin J. Ritter
College of Education
Boise Junior College
Bannock County
Scott D. Lowe
Bus Driver Released After White-Yellowstone Crash
Marion Corbridge Greyhound driver released on a 250 bond after an investigation into a fatal collision with a 1939 car near West Yellowstone. Police indicated the bus may have gone out of control on a wet road and sideswiped the car, killing Vernon Ele 25 and George Shipley 28 of Riverdale and badly injuring Victor Pickett the car owner who may survive with skull fracture and other injuries.
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Marion Corbridge
Greyhound
West Yellowstone
Vernon Ele
Riverdale
George Shipley
Victor Pickett
Mammoth Hospital
Explosions Kill Workers During Ammunition Train Unload
In Bucharest Romania an undetermined number of workers were killed on Friday when a series of explosions occurred during the unloading of an ammunition train.
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Bucharest
Romania
Ex-Prospector Opens Natural Gold Sale To Highest Bidder
Reno businessman E L Cleveland, 40, former prospector and mining company president, launches a natural gold trading venture offering gold at open-market prices. He cites a Treasury note permitting private sale and quotes $51 an ounce for natural gold, with orders exceeding $10 million on day one, though supply remains a major hurdle.
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Reno
Nev
E. L. Cleveland
Cleveland
Nellie Taylor Ross
Mint
Department (of Treasury
United States
House Passes Postal Bill Raises Pay for Postal Workers
The House approved by voice vote a bill granting 450 a year pay raises to 475000 postal workers and increasing annual postal revenues by 125 million dollars. Higher mailman pay would cost about 211 million yearly. The measure moves to the Senate for consideration.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tribune Holds City Tour For Children
In cooperation with the city recreation committee the Pocatello Tribune will sponsor educational tours for children to local business sites including KEYY radio, public library, Tribune plant, a bakery and creamery. Registration June 21 22 at designated locations led by Wayne Booth Judy Green Beverly Edwards Lorin Hancock Rhea Bowden Kay Jean Watson. The first tour starts Wednesday afternoon with transportation donated by the retail liquor dealers association.
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The
Pocatello Tribune
KEYY
Irvingfield
Wayne Booth
Judy Green
Caldwell Park
Beverly Edwards
Whittier School
Lorin Hancock
Ross Park
Rhea Bowden
Alameda Park
Kay Jean Watson
Memorial Park
Retail Liquor Dealers Association
Pocatello
Construction Opens At Idaho State
Bids opened Friday for three doctors residences at Blackfoot state hospital and for water sewer and lighting work at Idaho State college in Pocatello. Low bids include Goodwin Construction of Blackfoot 4932 and Arrington Construction of Idaho Falls 4940 for the Blackfoot homes.
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Boise
Idaho State Hospital
Blackfoot
Idaho State College
Pocatello
Charles H. Clark
Blackfoot Hospital
Goodwin Construction Company
Arrington Construction Company
Idaho Falls
Fereday Construction Company
Brennan and Cahoon
Twin Falls
Mountain, Electric Company of
C-L. Electric Company of
Taylor Filibuster Covers Golf And Atomic Bomb
Senator Glen H. Taylor staged a one man filibuster against the draft bill on Friday night touching on Henry Wallace’s boomerang tossing hobby and surviving an atomic bomb. The Idaho former singer and tent show performer urged Wallace for president tweets and party alignment after leaving the Democratic fold to run with Wallace. He started his talkathon at 3 37 p m Eastern time speaking in a chatty style to a small Senate audience.
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Washington
Glen H. Taylor
Henry A. Wallace
Idaho
Taylor
Wallace
Wallace deemed a screwball for boomerang talk
Senator Taylor mocks Wallace as a screwball for throwing boomerangs and jokes about golf as smarter. He recounts a boomerang incident hitting a Hearst reporter. Taylor muses on nuclear war, proposing a plan to repopulate Earth with recently married couples from Mammoth Cave, while denying any candidacy.
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Taylor
Wallace
Mammoth Cave
Inquest Opens Over Frances Greco Death Poison Suspected
A juried inquest awaits autopsy findings into the death of Frances Greco who died after convulsions at home and was transported to the hospital by her husband Charles Greco. Coroner Arthur W. Hall directed a panel including Charles Renberg and others to report.
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Frances Greco
Greco
Charles Greco
Arthur W. Hall
Charles Renberg
G. F. Huffman
Sam Cox
David Hillbrand
Ernest Miller
William Pruette
T. J. Waltham
Martin Garvin
Joseph Croxall
Clifford Brown
Joe Trujillo
Ed Edgley
Pocatellans File Suit for Damages
Two Pocatello residents sue Grant Construction of Utah in federal court for $12,600 general and punitive damages plus $1,500 in attorney fees. They claim $10,000 in damages to restaurant, apartment house and cottages from blasting operations in 1947.
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Boise
Pocatello
Grant Construction Company of
Utah
J. C. Baker
Grant Construction Company
Baker
Communists Seize Kaifeng Airfield in Central China
A government military spokesman said the communists captured the Kaifeng airfield and forced the garrison to retreat into the city walls. Henan representatives interrupted the legislative Yuan session seeking rapid military relief.
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Nanking
Kaifeng
China
Henan
Legislative Yuan
Coal Battle Returns to White House
Washington report on the dispute between John L. Lewis and soft coal operators reaching the White House. President Truman to trigger Taft Hartley act machinery to seek an injunction to stop a potential strike. Current contract expires soon and vacation periods delay any strike action. Conciliation efforts by Cyrus S. Ching failed to break the deadlock.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
White House
Truman
Lewis
Conviliation Service
Cyrus S. Ching
Vandenberg Attacks Truman Over Political Vacation
Senator Vandenberg denounces President Truman for a self-serving political vacation amid national duties. The remarks came during a television broadcast from the foreign relations committee room as he defended Congress’s work ethic in Washington.
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Washington
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
Truman
Senate
Congress
Vandenberg
Truman Seeks Funds for Flood Damage Repair
President Truman asked Congress for 35 million dollars for the Federal Works Administration to repair flood damage in the northwest. He also requested 6 million for the agriculture department to aid farmers in the flood area and 2 million for the interior department to repair his properties. Additional requests included 6.73 million for the public health service heart studies and 1.5 million to purchase cars for disabled veterans, plus 453 thousand for rebuilding the Preston beach main canal in Idaho.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Federal Works Administration
Northwest
Agriculture Department
Interior Department
Public Health Service
Reclamation Bureau
Preston Beach
Idaho
Dewey Wins Over Taft in Early Delegates Test
Philadelphia dispatch reports Dewey supporters winning a 16 vote Georgia delegation and Taft backers securing an eight vote Mississippi delegation as the Republican national committee begins preliminary delegate seating. The decisions await convention credentials committee review and reflect regional strengths for the 1948 nomination race.
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Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Republican National Committee
Georgia
Dewey
Taft
National Committee
Mississippi
South
Dixie
Alameda Adds Four Swings and Two Teeter Totters
Alameda park now features four new swings and two teeter totters. Supervisors Wally Kelly and Ben Bowden note the equipment was installed Thursday and is in constant use alongside plaster molding and softball activities. The city funds the playground with Wayne Booth supervising the summer program, and intercity play draws many youths, averaging 275 daily.
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Alameda Park
Wally Kelly
Ben Bowden
Kelly
Alameda
Wayne Booth
Pocatello
PM to become New York Star on June 23
The PM will change its name to the New York Star on June 23 while keeping tabloid size. Front page will switch from pictures and summaries to a regular news page as management changes hands to Joseph Barnes and Bartley Crum.
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New York
New York Star
Joseph Barnes
Bartley , Crum
Greeks Push West in Major Athens Offensive
Greek army advances under air and artillery cover as forces move toward the guerrilla stronghold at Mount Grammos. Reports place Markos Valladeas, guerrilla chief, at a suspected headquarters at the mountain's foot.
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Athens
Mount Grammos
Greece
Markos Vallades
Rail Lines Open in Flood Area
Portland trains resumed service to Union depot after nearly three weeks as the Northwest flood receded. Downtown water fell below the sea wall while Vanport deaths stood at 46 and missing list shrank to 30. Fraser River damage in Vancouver estimated at 15 million with 25 to 30 billion additional rehab needed.
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Portland
Ore
Union Depot
Pacific Northwest
Red Cross
Vanport
Vancouver
B. C
Canada
Fraser River
Canadian Pacific
Portland-Seattle
Witnesses Charged In Atomic Gold Conspiracy Case
In Spokane a series of investor witnesses testified in the government case against six defendants charged with conspiracy. Dr. Harold Rector of Richland pleaded guilty and emerged as a key figure as witness statements described an atomic process to recover fine gold from black sand.
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Spokane
Harold Rector
Richland
Therebault Wedum
Seattle
H. P. Schwartz
Rector
Schwartz
Wedum
Fire destroys two homes in Longueuil area killing four children
A blaze in two wooden two story houses near Longueuil left four children dead and a fifth severely burned. Firefighters could not reach the flames as the homes burned, and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Boucher were burned in the incident.
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Montreal
Que
Longueuil
Leo Boucher
Colleagues Protest Talkathon on Draft Legislation
Washington report on congressional talks over a wartime draft shows conferees aiming for a tentative 90 day induction start after passage while Senator Taylor of Idaho blocks conferees and launches a filibuster. House approved a milder one year service bill. Senate earlier backed a two year draft. Debate highlights party lines and a plan to wear down opposition. Taylor warned that the nation faces choice between militarization and freedom. Senate chamber crowd noted as talk continues.
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Washington
Taylor
de Idaho
Rep
Short
R-Mo
House
Senate
Union Pacific distributes onion loading posters
The Union Pacific agricultural development department is distributing 1000 posters in Omaha to show three best onion loading methods for railroad refrigerated cars. Posters are available from J. W. Jarvis, supervisor, at 1416 Dodge Street, Omaha Nebraska.
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Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Agricultural Development Department
J. W. Jarvis
Dodge Street
Neb
United States Boosts Air Defenses in Germany Zone
The United States orders the 36th wing of jet fighters from the Panama Canal zone to station in the German zone around August 15, doubling Europe’s fighter force. The move comes as Russia operates a growing jet and jet bomber threat, with current American air power in Germany limited to older fighters and unarmed troop carriers. A temporary B-29 group arrived in Okinawa for a three month stay.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Air Force
Panama Canal Zone
Germany
Russia
Okinawa
Thit
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