Rioting across Punjab. 16 die as partition vote nears
Rioters killed at least 16 in Punjab and sparked fires as legislators from Moslem league Sikh and Congress groups converge in Lahore to vote on partition. Violence also flared near Lucknow while Bengal approved partition. total deaths reach 71 in two days.
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New Delhi
Lahore
Punjab
Partition
Lucknow
United Provinces
India
Congress
Hindustan
Pakistan
Bengal
Lord Mountbatten
Mayo Hospital
Oslo to Host Winter Games 1952 Helsinki Bid Tops USA Hopes
IOC president Sigeriid Edstrom announced Oslo will host the 1952 Winter Games while Helsinki missed out after a tense debate. Five U S cities including Los Angeles Minneapolis Chicago Detroit and Philadelphia contended for the 1952 honors. Finland backed Helsinki hoping to showcase its wartime stadium and repair program progress.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Norway
Oslo
International Olymmic Committee
U. S
Sigerid Edstrom
Sweden
IOC
Axel
Denmark
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphia
Russia
Greece Sends Food to U S Amid Inbound Parcel Mystery
The New Times reports thousands of parcels of food from Greece to the United States over six months, intended for allegedly starving American relatives. Customs officials say the shipments may reflect a cruel scheme or propagandists exploiting poor conditions in America.
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New York
The
New Times
United States
Newsaper
Customs House
Greece
the Times
America
Idaho Falls Defeats Boise in Pioneer League Tilt
Idaho Falls beats Boise 6 to 7 after a six run ninth inning rally in a Pioneer League game. Salt Lake falls 5 to 9 to Twin Falls while Ogden topples Pocatello 9 to 13 in others. Today's Ogden Pocatello games scheduled for 2 and 8 30 p.m. local time.
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Ogden-Pocatello
Louise Suegs Retains Women’s Western Oppa Golf Title
Louise Suegs of Lithia Springs Ga defeats Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta 4 and 2 to retain the women’s western oppa golf championship at Atlanta on Saturday.
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Atlanta
Louise Suegs
Lithia Springs
Dorothy Kirby
Attlee Attacks Russian Policy in Yorkshire Speech
In Barnsley Attlee frames the week as pivotal as Stalin weighs the Marshall plan. He accuses eastern European governments of denying human rights and calls such democracy a travesty while urging Britain to lead recovery and democratic rebuilding in Europe. He condemns opposition suppression and single list devices.
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Barnsley
England
Attlee
Stalin
Yorkshire
Europe
Britain
Gap Widening in East West Relations Ahead of London Peace Talks
United Nations delegates in Lake Success discussed the widening east west gap with a four power London peace conference set for November. A deadlock between Russia and western powers over key UN peacekeeping and disarmament machinery prompted fears the German peace settlement talks could mark a turning point. The stalemate on atomic controls global police and disarmament was seen as a bargaining phase shaping future Soviet Western relations.
Training Bill Delayed By Terminal Leave Bond Push
The House Armed Services Committee signals a delay for universal military training as focus shifts to terminal leave bonds. Hearings on 30+ related bills start next week, with a decision on training postponed to early next year amid election-year concerns. Republicans press for quick action, while supporters warn of defeat if delayed.
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Nouse Armed Services Committee
Special Commission
House
Rep. Arends
Illinois
Congress
Rep
Blackney
R-Mich
Army
Navy
Treasury, Veterans Administration
Veterans’ Organizations
Rites Planned for 63 Unidentified Texas City Victims
In Texas City a mass funeral will honor 63 unidentified victims of the April 16 waterfront disaster. Three faiths will lead short services as 240 pallbearers place bodies in a one acre grave plot four miles north of the scene. Despite 408 total fatalities, 135 identities were established by personal effects. the remaining 63 await identification as officials continue the search.
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Texas City
Tex
South Texas
Vic Landig
Houston
Legion Heads to Burley for Senior Baseball Game
The American Legion senior team travels to Burley today for a 2 o'clock game with Hal Tuma on the mound and Ray Swallow catching behind the plate.
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American Legion
Burley
Hal Tuma
Ray Swallow
Civil liberties chief cites GI marriage ban in Japan policy
Salt Lake City AP report notes Roy Baldwin, director of the American Civil Liberties Union, says occupation rules in Japan bar soldiers from bringing Japanese wives home under the Oriental exclusion law. He cites about 40 cases in Tokyo and urges the War Department to change the policy, arguing men should decide their own fate. Baldwin met with Japanese American leaders over issues facing 10,000 Japanese Americans stranded abroad.
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Salt Lake City
Japan
Roy New York
Baldwin
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
War Department
United States
Russia Busy With Steel
Senator Martin reports Russia is expanding its steel industry, aiming to compete with the United States. He says Russia may be one sixth as efficient but could pose a postwar threat with low wages and access to wartime know how. He urges U S forces to reclaim wartime scrap stored globally despite profit concerns.
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Washington
Martin
R.- Pa
Russia
America
Senate
Germany
United States
Pennsylvania
South America
Europe
Storms Delay Farm Work and Jobs in Idaho
Idaho state employment service reported June 14 that non-farm openings fell 128 to 1,689 as storms hinder outdoor work. Orofino saw blocked forest protection hiring, while logging and construction paused. Slumping unfinished lumber prices closed small north Idaho mills. fruit pickers faced layoffs as crops were diverted to lettuce and peas.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho State Employment Service
Orofino
ISES
Man Jump From Denver Hotel Window Leaves Confusion
A man leaped from a third floor Denver hotel window on Saturday and fled to a sidewalk. Chief Investigator Ray Humphreys said the escapeer bore papers with the name Phillip Rohr of Rockford Illinois, not the person he sought. The incident left officials puzzled.
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Denver
Ray Humphreys
District Attorney's Office
Humphreys
Phillip Rohr
Rockford
Ill
Rohr
China Trends Difficult Understand
James D. White analyzes the Chinese civil war as it deepens. He notes Communist gains and the U S dilemma over supporting Chiang Kai-shek amid a faltering government, currency collapse, and attritional warfare while Marshall aid debates shift to Asia.
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Communist Party
China
Russia
Nanking
America
Chiang Kai- Shek
Gen. Marshall
Ameran
Ione
Asia
Official Arrival Of Summer Is News in Pocatello
Officially summer began at 11 19 p m Saturday amid gloom and cold but a brief clear spell. The weather forecast calls for warmer days with lighter winds as high pressure moves east. today’s high should reach 70 to 75. Nearby towns report varying temps with Idaho Falls at 65 45 and Salt Lake City 66 50.
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Butse
Butte
Dubois
Idaho Falls
Salt Lake City
Services for Joseph Schaffer Held in Ward Chapel
Services for Joseph Adolph Schaffer, who was lost while hunting and found near Yellowstone park, will be held Monday at 2 p m in the Sixth ward LDS chapel with Bishop Homer Satterfield officiating. Burial follows at Mountain View cemetery by Arthur W. Hall mortuary.
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Joseph Adolph Schaffer
Pineview
Yellowstone Park
Sixth Ward
Homer Satterfield
Mountainview Cemetery
Arthur W. Hall
Europe Hikes Meat Prices
Sen Ferguson says high meat prices result from strong foreign demand while U S cattle supplies are tight. He cites buyers in England Germany Belgium Holland France and other nations purchasing aggressively and notes 154 million pounds of U S meat exports approved for the quarter ending June 30 with about 125 million expected to be bought.
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Washington
Sen_ Ferguson
R-Mich
Ferguson
Naw Meat Industry Council
England
Germany
Belgium
Holland
France
Europe
International Emergency Food Council
United States
Tieup Closes On Coast
Nathan P. Feinsinger, labor department conciliator, announced a complete settlement of the maritime dispute that threatened a west coast shipping tieup. Terms of the agreements between employers and the CIO Marine Cooks and the radio operators were settled on the basis of east coast talks. Shipping resumed after a four day tie up under a truce pending windup of negotiations. Ratification by unions is expected as a routine weekend step.
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San Afancisco
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Labor Department
CIO Marine
Wekend
Idaho Falls Pair Granted Salt Lake Marriage License
A marriage license was issued Friday to John I. Walker age 21 and La Pearl Thornton age 19, both of Idaho Falls, in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
John I. Walker
la Pearl Thornton
Idaho Falls
Senators Act On Measure Monday Noon
The Taft Hartley labor bill faces a Monday Senate vote after a 284 hour marathon session ended with a voting agreement. Republicans aim to pass the measure over President Truman's veto by a two thirds majority, seeking three or four votes to spare, while opponents concede slim chances to stop it. Hartley blasts Truman's veto rhetoric as false and notes disputed language not in the final bill.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Murray
D.-Mont
Olin Johnston
D.-S.c
Rep
Hartley
R.-N.j
Taft
Ohio
Visit to Aid Parents From Embarrassment
Grinnell Iowa delegates at the first national high school Y M C A Y W C A conference heard Dr Reuben Hill of Iowa State College and Mrs Evelyn Duvall of Chicago discuss dating and marriage prep. Hill urged teens not to embarrass themselves and called for parent education to answer sex questions, noting teen marriages often fail.
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Grinnell
Iowa
Reuben Hill
Iowa State College
Y.M.C.A.Y.W.C
State Chiropractors Pick Pocatello as 1948 Convention City
Idaho State Chiropractic association named Pocatello the 1948 convention site during its three day meeting in SSEUR D ALENE. Officers elected include Dr F P Adams of Caldwell president Dr E J Call of Mosson vice president Dr A D West of Pocatello secretary Dr Margaret Anthony of Boise treasurer and Dr J L Harrison of Wallace along with Dr H G West of Pocatello and Dr H R Walmsley of Nampa as directors. Dr M I Higgins of Coeur d Alene was chosen as national convention delegate for Omaha Nebraska August 4 to 9.
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Sseur D'Alene
Pocatello
Idaho State Chiropractic Association
FP. Adams
Caldwell
E. J. Call
Mosson
A. D. West
Margaret Anthony
Boise
J. L. Harrison
Wallace
H. G. West
Pocaetello
H. R. Walmsley
Nampa
M. I. Higgins
Coeur d'Alene
Omaha
Nebr
Bugsy Siegel Dies in Gangland Fatal Shooting
Beverly Hills detectives hunt for the gunman after Benjamin Siegel 42 a famed Hollywood Las Vegas club operator is fatally shot late Friday night. He was sitting in a mansion when an assailant fired a stream of bullets from a window. Detectives report empty shells indicate a 30 caliber carbine.
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Bugsy Siegel
Beverly Hills
Calif
Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel
Hollywood
Las Vegas
New
Bugsy
Siegel
Set
J. D. Alcorn
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