Officials Recover Millions In Gold And Diamonds Theft
Singapore AP report says British agents recovered a 6 million dollar cache of gold currency and jewels from an East Indian theft described as far larger than the Hesse crown jewels. A Batavia ring was broken up and several high ranking officers may face investigation. British and U.S. officials note arrests and ongoing probes with secrecy.
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Singapore
East Indies
Batavia
Java
London Daily Mail
Carla Wolff
Army Budget Tops Seven Billion With Atomic Aid
The House floor considers a peacetime army budget of $7,001,034,700 plus $175,000,000 for atomic energy development. The bill trims $150,000,000 from relief and government activities in occupied countries while preserving most war department funds and approving a $1,199,500,000 air corps allotment. Total active force projections show 1,279,000 personnel with national guard, organized reserves, and ROTC supporting roles.
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Washington
Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Atomic Service
Army
War Department
Air Corps
Carl Spaatz
Spaatz
National Guard
Air National Guard
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Toews Named Chief of Columbia Basin Settlement
John L. Toews of Aberdeen Idaho is named chief of the land development section for the Columbia Basin Irrigation project. He will direct settlers for the 17 000 family farm units and begin settlement of 6000 acres near Pasco among over 1 000 000 irrigable acres. He previously ran the Aberdeen branch experiment station for 15 years and operated irrigated farms in southern Idaho.
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W. W. Johnston
Boise
Toews
University of Idaho
Aberdeen Branch Experiment Station
Idaho
Costly Recruit Enlists for Job Security in Army
Chester man George E. Reeder Jr a 34 year old locomotive works planer and father of ninechildren enlisted in the army seeking steady work and protection from layoffs. His wife Margaret says the move seems prudent as factory work had frequent layoffs and a stable income was desired.
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Chester
George E. Reeder, Jr
Locomotive Works Planer
Margaret
George
Army
Russia Proposes World Convention to Ban Atomic Weapons
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission weighs a Russian plan to outlaw atomic arms, require destruction of all bombs within three months of ratification, and set up international committees for peaceful exchange and controls. The plan contrasts with Baruch’s U.S. proposal by removing U.S. control over the process.
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New York
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
United States
U. S
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Gromyko
Herriot Receives Offer To Join Bidault Cabinet
Former Premier Edouard Herriot said President Bidault offered him a post in the new French cabinet. Herriot will consult his Radical-Socialist party before accepting and did not reveal the portfolio. Bidault aims for an inclusive cabinet with at least one moderate, likely keeping foreign affairs.
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Paris
Edouard Herriot
Radical-Socialist Party
George Bidault
Herriot
Bidault
Weather Summary and Temperature Highlights
The forecast calls for continued fair weather tomorrow with a chance of local thunderstorms in the evening. Today’s high reached 77 and low 45, with month to date precipitation 0.66 inches. Surrounding stations report temperatures from Boise 85/59 to Salt Lake 76/48 and no precipitation.
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Wil
Boise
Burley
Butte
Dubois
Idaho Falls
Mrs. Houston joins Idaho Regent Board
Boise identified Mrs. Maud Cosho Houston as named by Gov. Arnold Williams to a five year term on the Idaho state board of education. Houston, a Boise public and school affairs figure, is a former WAC member and a three term Ada county representative in the state legislature.
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Boise
Maud Cosho Houston
Arnold Williams
State Board of Education
Houston
A. A. Steel
Parma
Women’s Army Corps
Oregon State University
Senate House panel OKs draft plan for 19 year olds
The Senate and House conference committee agreed on a compromise to draft 19 year olds and exempt 18 year olds under an extended selective service. Sen. Bridges said the agreement to draft 19 year olds is without restrictions. The panel aims to finish remaining differences swiftly.
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Washington
Senate House
House
Bridges
R.-N.h
Emperor Hirohito Urges Diet to Adopt New Constitution
In a historic written message to Japan's Diet the emperor asks lawmakers to approve a revised constitution, speaking in the name of the supreme will of the people and signaling a reduction of royal power.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Diet
Japan
Clarkson draft chairman Odvarka removed for protest
Anton Odvarka, chairman of the Colfax county draft board in Clarkson Nebraska, who halted inductions in protest of selective service legislation, was ordered removed by Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey. Odvarka had refused to induce any more men since April 24 until Congress passes a fair selective service law.
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Washington
Anton Odvarka
Clarkson
Nebr
Lewis B. Hershey
Odvarka
Colfax County
Denver Patrolman Kills Man Outside Union Station
Denver patrolman shot and killed William L. Cross, about 35, of Kearney Nebraska, outside Union Station during an argument witnessed by railroad workers and arriving passengers. Detective Capt. James E. Childers said two bullets hit Cross in the chest and a final shot to the face as he lay on the pavement.
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Denver
William L. Cross
Kearney
Nebr
Union Station
James E. Childers
Crees
Four Foreign Ministers Back One Year Delay on Italy Sanctions
Paris AFP reports four foreign ministers agreed virtually to postpone sanctions on Italy for a year amid diplomatic talks. The move aims to ease tensions and give Rome more room to address concerns.
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Paris
AFP
Italy
Andumericea Talocmeni
Strike Pledge Aims to Speed Up Housing Drive
Washington report says Housing Expediter Wilson Wyatt seeks a six month no strike pledge from AFL CIO building unions to push the homes for veterans program. The national housing agency also approves multi million dollar plywood subsidies to remove construction bottlenecks and spur output under a 400 million premium payment plan.
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Washington
Wilson Wyatt
AFL
CIO
National Housing Agency
Congress
NHA
Wyatt
Wheat Growers Reach Price Policy Stance in Northwest
The Washington Idaho wheat growers league condemns postwar ceiling price raises as unfair to farmers who sold last year. They urge that producers name settlement time before April 30 1947 for wheat sold under ceilings and object to a 50 percent delivery sale rule for 1946 wheat stored in public elevators.
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Spokane
Washington-Idaho Wheat Growers League
Govat
League
R. E. Burrows
Walla Walla
Farm Program and Marketing Committee
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Shortage of Silver May Close Photo Engravers Plants
New York reports that many photo engraving firms face closure within days due to a shortage of silver nitrate. W Arthur Cole of the Photo-Engravers board of trade appeals to President Truman for emergency relief as Western senators push a 72 percent silver price increase, threatening newspaper and magazine image production.
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New York
W. Arthur Cole
Photo - Engravers Board of Trade
Truman
Cole
United States
Silent Treatment in Pittoptometrist Wife Support Case
In Pittsburgh a 67-year-old optometrist Bernard Neumaier opposed his wife’s petition for 250 dollars monthly support for herself and two daughters. He said the family gave him the silent treatment with a daughter not speaking to him for five years and another for a year. Mrs Neumaier, 48, sought indefinite continuance of her suit as Judge Blair F Gunther presided.
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Pittsburgh
Bernard Neumaier
Plane Sets Record for Speed Between Wright Field and St Louis
The XA 26F flying roundtrip 413 mph on a 1000 km course with a 1000 kg payload. It departed Wright Field at 11 07 a m reaching 22 000 feet and completing the trip in 1 hour 30 minutes fifty seconds. Radar tracked its turnabout in St Louis.
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Dayton
Ohio
Wrightfield
St. Louis
Troops to Leave 90 Days After Peace Pact
Paris report says British and American troops in Italy and Russian forces in Bulgaria will be evacuated within 90 days after peace treaties with those nations take effect. Four allied ambassadors in Rome will form a commission to oversee treaty terms, a Soviet proposal aimed at preserving Italian sovereignty.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Italy
Bulgaria
Britain
Russia
United States
France
Rome
Trieste
Sigler Captures Republican Michigan Governor Nomination
Kim Sigler the Battle Creek attorney secured the Michigan Republican nomination for governor with a decisive lead after three quarters of precincts reported. Lt. Gov. Vernon J. Brown conceded. Sigler will face Democrat Murray D. Van Wagoner in November.
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Kim Sigler
Battle Creek
Michigan
Sigler
Massachusetts
Vernon J. Brown
Brown
Raymond J. Kelly
American Legion
Edward J. Jeffries
Detroit
Harry F. Kelly
Hollywood Kid
Murray D. van Wagoner
van Wagoner
William J. Cody
Kennedy
Coolidge
John F. Kennedy
Joseph EB. Kennedy
Congress
Bay State
Arthur Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
GOP
CIO Guild Calls for Strong Language on War Service Benefits
The CIO American Newspaper Guild urged robust contract language to guarantee reemployment and benefits for employees who served in wartime. A veterans panel report by Harry Martin faults current laws as failing to fully realize Congress's intent and urges remedial action beyond slow congressional processes.
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Scranton
CIO American Newspaper Guild
Congress
Harry Martin
Memphis
Undertaker Errs In Death Report in Los Angeles
An undertaker misidentified a death victim Will Hays as ex Republican national committee chairman and movie producers head. The error, caused by identical names with a farmer Will H. Hays in Encino, was corrected within minutes after checks with Hays’s office and Encino home.
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Los Angeles
Will Hays
Republican National Committee
Motion Picture Producers Association
Pierce Brothers
California
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express
Associated Press
Hays
Encino
New York
Will H. Hays
Pierce
Senate Finance Committee Backs Three Year Sugar Act Extension
The Senate Finance Committee approved a three year extension of the 1937 sugar quota act, instead of the House’s one year, to stabilize the industry. Sen. Johnson and Sen. O Mahoney support the plan, which would also delay farm quota changes until next session and avoid affecting the 1948 elections. The full Senate must act before adjournment.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Sen
Johnson
Dcolo
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Congress
Senate
Union Pacific Tests Two Way Radio For Trains
The Union Pacific Railroad conducts two way radio tests between La Grande and Huntington. Superintendent E R Van Eaton describes high frequency transmission up to 15 miles and induction signaling along telegraph wires up to 40 miles. He notes it as the northwest’s first use and aims to boost safety and reduce delays.
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LA Grande
Ore
Union Pacific
Huntington
E. R. van Eaton
Northwest
Tests for U.S. service academies slated in Idaho
Washington reports civil service exams for the U S naval and military academies will be held in Idaho on July 24. Rep White Idaho says a vacancy exists at each academy and will be filled by an appointment from exam winners. Young men may apply through his office.
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Washington
U.S
Military Academies
Civil Service Commission
Idaho
Rep. White
Veterinarians Conference Set in Salt Lake City
Dr. Glenn C. Holm of the University of Idaho will headline a two day meeting of state and federal veterinarians from 11 western states starting June 26. Fordyce H. Melvin of the US Department of Agriculture said about 150 federal and state representatives are expected as the conference focuses on Bangs disease research.
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Salt Lake City
Glenn C. Holm
University of Idaho
Fordyce H. Melvin
US. of Agriculture
Bang
New Yorker Calls Fraud in Louis Conn Fight Demands Purses Held
Representative O'Toole urged the New York boxing commission to hold the purses of Joe Louis and Billy Conn until an investigation into last night's championship bout is completed. He accused the fight of being a fraud and said the inquiry should examine promoters, contracts, purse splits, debts, and promoter control of the sport. O'Toole previously labeled the bout a stinkeroo.
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New Yorker
Louis-Conn
United States
O'Toole
Conn- Louis
State Boxing Commission
Mike
Jacobs
Conn and
Louis
Commission
New York
Georgia Sues Hooded Klan To Dissolve Charter
Georgia files in Fulton County Superior Court to dissolve the Ku Klux Klan charter charging the group seeks to seize state government through force and violence. The suit names the Klan’s aims to organize police and other key workers to govern Georgia, with Gov. Arnall directing the crackdown.
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Atlanta
Klan
State Legal Department
Arnall
Georgia
Cook
Canned Goods Prices Rise On Approved Wage Hikes
Washington reports higher costs from wage increases for 1946 canned fruit and vegetable packs. OPA has limited data on scope of raises and cannot predict overall price effects. California canners recently approved a ten cent an hour rise, likely nudging No 2 fancy mammoth asparagus spears higher by about one cent per can.
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Washington
OPA
Dedman Resigns Idaho Charity Board Chair in Boise
Dr. Harold E. Dedman of Boise resigns as chairman of the Idaho charitable institutions commission saying his private practice prevents him from doing justice to the job. He had served since the commission was created last March to oversee three mental hospitals and the Soldiers' Home. Governor Williams expected to name a successor within days.
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Boise
Harold E. Dedman
Idaho Charitable Institutions Comission
Dedman
Orofino
Blackfoot
Nampe
Tel Aviv Declared Out of Bounds Amid Palestine Violence
In Jerusalem British troops tighten control after a 35 year old Jew dies as part of a three day tally of Jewish and British fatalities in Palestine. Curfews bar public movement while police and troops guard railways and roads amid underground group activity and bomb alerts.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Maj Amin al Husseini
Middle East
Ree
Jeruesalem
Irgun Zvai Leumi
H. P. Chadwick
Bosquet Condemns Rent Control At Idaho Convention
C S Bosquet of Pocatello state president told the Idaho Motor Hotel association at the state convention in Twin Falls that rent control is unfair to areas it covers and urged either its removal or universal application. The two day meeting planned resolutions, director elections, and officer changes. Earl Murphy criticized Idaho highway planning, blamed short terms for governors, and called for long term road planning and higher license fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
Idaho Motor Hotel Association
OPA
C. S. Bosquet
Pocatello
Bosquet
Resolutions Committee
Earl Murphy
Idaho State Chamber of Commerce
Idaho
Allied governments set aside funds for Jewish relief
British authorities announced nine tenths of a 25 million dollar relief pool from five allied governments will finance rehabilitation and resettlement of European Jews. The remaining ten percent will aid non Jewish refugees from Germany or Austria persecuted by the Nazis who choose not to return home.
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London
Germany
Austria
Truman appeals for USO drive funds to aid veterans
President Truman urged public support for a drive to raise 19 million dollars for the United Service Organizations. In a letter to government department heads he stated that through 1947 the USO will serve veterans not yet released from military service.
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Washington
Truman
United Service Organizations
USO
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U. S. Army
Hesse
Rose
Mrs. Houston
Idaho Regent Board
Bulletins
Ler
U.P
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