Veterans to Receive Three Billion Dollars Dividend
Veterans Affairs head Carl R. Gray Jr announces a 2.8 billion dollar dividend on national service life insurance policies to be paid next year starting in January 1950. About 16 million World War II veterans will receive an average around 175 dollars each, with beneficiaries for deceased policyholders. Applications will be available in August at post offices and VA offices and payments drawn from the government held insurance trust fund.
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Veterans
Adm
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Gray
Veterans’ Service Organizations
Lewis Sends Coal Diggers Back To Pits
The Associated Press reports a weeklong walkout by United Mine Workers ended as talks resumed. About 480,000 miners were due back to work after 10 days of paid vacation, with wage and hour terms under negotiation and a potential June 30 contract expiry. In steel and auto sectors, U S Steel and Ford Motor Company also held talks with unions over pensions and wages, signaling possible broad industry strain if no agreement is reached.
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John L. Lewis
Steel
Ford Motor Company
Lewis
United Mine Workers
U. S. Steel Corporation
CIO
United Steelworkers
Detroit
Ford
United Auto Workers
Eagles Initiate 11 in Special Rites at Pleven
Pleven fraternal order No. 119 initiated eleven candidates at a June 16 meeting in the new Eagles home. James Rhoppe presided. Initiates: A. R. Ebel, Oscar J. Morris, Louis Schaff, John Egbert, John R. McFee, Lee I Larsen, Ernest Geiger Jr., John Walcott, Joseph O. Wilson, Edman d Abercrombie, James Scott. The June 3 meeting was cancelled due to state convention attendance in Caldwell and rescheduled for June 22.
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Pleven
Order of Eagles
Eagles
James Rhoppe
A. R. Ebel
Oscar J. Morris
Louis Schaff
John Egbert
John R. McFee
Lee l Larsen
Ernest Geiger, Jr
John Walcott
Joseph O. Wilson
Edmand Abercrombie
James Scott
Caldwell
Pelt Towns Seek Toll Telephone Line Petition
Blackfoot area residents from Aberdeen Grandview Sterling Pin and Blackfoot filed with the Public Utilities Commission a petition to extend a toll telephone line from Aberdeen to Springfield via Blackfoot. No hearing date has been set.
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Blackfoot
Vets Rally for Taylor G I Bill Extension
Senators facing pressure from unemployed veterans prepare for a committee hearing on Glen Taylor’s bill to extend unemployment compensation under the G I Bill for another year. The plan would allow former servicemen to receive twenty dollars weekly for fifty two weeks, following the earlier 62 20 arrangement.
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Washington
Glen Taylor
Taylor
Missing Purse Recovered After Store Theft Report
Miss Merle Hillman of Lund Hall Logan reported a white purse stolen from a Walgreens store where she left it to pay a bill. The purse was found later in the Center Street subway by LaVon Pratt with nothing missing.
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Merle Hillman
Lund Hall
Logan
Miss Hillman
Walgreen
LaVon Pratt
E. Lewis
Center Street
Idaho Deaths List Includes Five Local Residents
Idaho deaths report five local residents across Boise Meridian and surrounding areas. Phillip Gordon Mays 21 a student dies. Grace Ellen Tyler 75 an Emmett teacher. Bernice Elizabeth Mathew 68 an Orofino housewife. Sarah E Mayes 90 a Meridian housewife. Fred Maw 69 of Meridian also listed.
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Phillip Gordon Mays
Boise
Grace Ellen Tyler
Emmett
Bernice Elizabeth Mathew
Orofino
Sarah E. Mayes
Meridian
County opens wires bid readout with three bidders
Bannock county commissioners opened bids on a carload of barbed wire this morning. Salt Lake Hardware Company placed the low bid at $5.93 per spool, followed by ZCMI of Salt Lake City at $6.05 and Bannock Lumber and Coal of Pocatello at $6.35.
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Bannock County
Salt Lake Hardware Company
ZCMI
Salt Lake City
Bannock Lumber and Coal
Pocatello
Chamber Seeks Bond Election For Pocatello Downey Hospitals
Idaho officials discuss financing the proposed Pocatello and Downey hospitals as a bond election is urged by the Bannock county chamber of commerce. The plan awaits a tomorrow meeting with the chamber board and county commissioners to decide if bids should proceed.
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W. JH
Pete) Jensen
Bannock County Commissioners
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
R. D. Gallafent
Chamber
Gallafent
Pocatello
Downey
Horseback Riders Plan 1800 Mile Idaho California Route
A girl and two men leave Boulder to retrace the 1849 pioneers trail to California. Charles Rogers of Columbus and Bill Davoren of Denver, with Rogers' wife Fil, aim to reach Sacramento by mid August. They travel 1800 miles from Boulder via Fort Laramie South Pass Idaho Placer to New Poole, Elko, and Carson City.
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Boulder
Colo
California
Plains
Charles Rogers
Columbus
Ohio
Bill Davoren
Denver
Rogers
Fil
Sacramento
Davoren
Colorado University
Fort Laramie
Wyo
South Pass
Idaho
Pocatelo
Newpoe
Elko
Carsony
Marriage Licenses Issued for Hutchens Selders Pair
Marriage licenses have been issued to James W. Hutchens 18 Pocatello and Betty Lou Selders 21 Pocatello and Dennis Hemming 36 Salt Lake City with Georgia Ann Reed 28 Salt Lake City.
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James W. Hutchens
Pocatello
Betty Lou Selders
Dennis Hemming
Salt Lake City
Georgia Ann Reed
Robeson Proclaims Love for Soviet People at Rally
Paul Robeson addressed 3,500 at a Harlem welcome rally after his son wed a white girl, declaring he loves the Soviet people for their suffering and sacrifices. He vowed to defend Americanism and criticized anti Negro oppression. The event followed his son Paul Robeson Jr. marrying Marilyn Paula Greenberg at Cornell.
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New York
Paul Robeson
Metro
Harlem
Robeson
Soviet Union
America
Cornell University
VFW Auxiliary To Elect Officers In Pocatello Area
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars for Pocatello McCammon and Lava Hot Springs will elect and install officers at Memorial Hall next Wednesday at 7 30 p m Lola Tripp district president says the session aims to elect a new commander to enable attendance at the state encampment in Twin Falls on June 23 24 and 25
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Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pocatello
McCammon
Lava Hot Springs
Memorial Hall
Lola Tripp
Twin Falls
River Commission Convenes June 29 in Bannock Hotel
The Idaho-Wyoming Snake River Compact Commission will meet June 29 in Pocatello at the Bannock hotel. J L Craig executive secretary of the chamber of commerce said the meeting will discuss a satisfactory allocation of Snake River waters. R J Newell director of the interior will preside.
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Pocatello
Idaho-Wyoming
Bannock Hotel
J. L. Craig
Chamber of Commerce
Snake River
R.J. Newell
Department of the Interior
Unity Still Lacking In Germany
Paris reports the Big Four foreign ministers failed to agree on German unity, while agreeing in principle on an Austrian independence treaty. They will reconvene in September during the UN assembly to set terms for Germany, with continued discussions among Berlin occupation authorities. Austria’s frontiers would stay as of 1938, Slovene and Croat minorities protected, Yugoslavia barred from Austrian reparations, and Austria to pay 150 million in convertible currency to the Soviet Union. The New York agreement remains in force, preserving western access to Berlin.
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Paris
Germany
United States
France
Soviet Union
Britain
United Nations Assembly
Council
Berlin
Austria
Yagoslav
Russia
Yugoslavia
New York
Pocatello Draws 46 Visitors from Nine States
Forty six visitors from nine states and Canada registered at the chamber of commerce travel bureau since its opening two weeks ago. Executive secretary J. L. Craig said travelers came from California Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Kansas Minnesota Kentucky Montana and Utah.
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States
Canada
Chamber of Commerce Travel Bureau
J. L. Craig
The
Chamber
California
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Oklahoma
Kansas
Minnesota
Kentucky
Montana
Utah
Woman 103 credits wine with longevity on birthday
Reading, Pa. On her 105th birthday, Cecelia Cifferi said wine at every meal except breakfast contributed to a long life. Born in Italy she outlived all but one of her 17 children now living with her. She cited relatives who also drank wine and lived long lives.
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Dan Martin
Pocatello
County Superintendents of Public Instruction
ISC
America
Skip Stivers
Scott Foresman Publishing Company
Pauline Toombs
Mary E. Roberson
Roberson Reading Center
Idaho
Reading
Cecelia Cifferi
Italy
Idle May Reach Five Million in Jobless Forecasts
Two national surveys clash on next steps for unemployment. The Public Affairs Institute predicts 8,000,000 job losses in a year unless tax cuts and public works boost business, while AFL Labor's Monthly Survey sees a hopeful outlook with warnings that policy tinkering could spark inflation. Senator O Mahoney calls the situation confused and says Congress will study it.
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O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Congress
Public Affairs Institute
Civilian Conservation Corps
AFL
Labor
Farmer Killed By Horse While Raking Hay
Blackfoot report states Earl Christensen, 44, was kicked in the face by a horse on the Elmer Me cham farm at Pingree while raking hay. Alvin Mecham, driving a tractor, found Christensen five feet back and died en route to Dr. P M Packer. Officials ruled accidental death. Christensen was an elder in his church.
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Blackfoot
W. Earl Christensen
Christensen
Elmer Mecham
Pingree
Alvin Mecham
P. M. Packer
Dep. Sher
Joseph Gooch
Justice of the Peace
Jack Gaasch
John Ray
Truman seeks creation of welfare department and road shift
President Truman proposed seven government reorganizations including a new Department of Welfare led by a cabinet secretary and moving the Public Roads Administration to the Commerce Department. Plans also would reorganize the Post Office, expand the executive office, and strengthen civil service and security bodies.
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Truman
Congress
Department of Welfare
Commerce Department
Capitol Hgh
Public Roads Administration
Federal Works Agency
Federal Security Agency
Commission On Government Organization
Pres
Herbert Hoover
Bureau of Employment Security
Labor Department
Post Office Department
Civil Service Commission
Federal Office of Education
U. S
Veterans’ Placement Service Board
Veterans’ Administration
National Security Council
National Security Resources Board
White House
Maritime Commission
The
Roads Administration
Club Owner Held On Liquor Charge Near Poca Tello
Freeman Thomas, operator of the Jungle Club near Poca Tello, was bound over to district court under a $1,000 property bond for trial on charges of selling alcoholic beverages without a license in Justice of the Peace Charles W. Hyde's court.
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Freeman Thomas
Pocatello
Justicce of the Peace
Charles W. Hyde
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Elmer Ellsworth
Gay Guyer
Pocatello Moose Lodge
George Murphy
Women of Moose
W. W. Halsey
Guy Gates
VFW Auxiliary
River Commission
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishingsky
Moscow
Burley
Trace Butté
Chicagoo
Saat
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Omaha
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West Yellowstone
U.S
American Federation of Labor
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