Northwest Quake Shakes Seattle. Death Reported in City
A strong Pacific Northwest quake caused swaying buildings in Seattle and fatalities as a 69-year-old man, Jacob L. Kingston, died of heart failure amid downtown movement. Seismographs showed the quake near Victoria with widespread damage along Vancouver Island towns and a hill near Campbell River walking seaward.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Vancouver Island
Wen
British Columbia
Wmmnic
J. A. Pearce
Dominion Station
Victoria
Campbell River
Port Alberni
Courtenay
Practice Run Hits Bikini With Dummy Bomb
The B 29 crew conducted a practice atom bomb drop over Bikini lagoon despite clouds. Maj. Woodrow Swancutt piloted the plane and Harold H. Wood dropped the practice bomb, which exploded about 1 000 to 1 500 feet above the Nevada and Independence as Brig. Gen. Power confirmed an air burst. Maj. Gen. Roger Ramey praised the mission from the Mt. McKinley while Vice Adm. Blandy called the rehearsal swell ahead of the real drop slated for July 1.
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Roger Ramey
Denton
Tex
Mt. McKinley
Associated Press
Elton C. Fay
W. H. P. Blandy
Bikini Lagoon
Woodrow Swancutt
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Harold H. Wood
Bordentown
N. J
Fay
Bikini
Nevada
Independence
Thomas
Power
Truck Kills Passenger in Preston Crash
A two ton dump truck rolled on Bear River hill near Preston injuring its driver Dan Jones 15 and another passenger Fred Leonard both from Preston minor injuries while 16 year old Gene Peterson died at the scene from a skull fracture and a broken hip. Deputy Sheriff Bill Bursteler reported the wheels locked turning the truck as it attempted a left turn causing it to run onto a bank slip sideways and overturn.
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Preston
Gene Peterson
Elmo Peterson
Bill Bursteler
Dan Jones
Bear River Hill
Here
Jones
Fred Leonard
Infant Dies After Bean Lodged In Windpipe
Rosemary West eighte n month old child of Mr and Mrs Herbert West choked to death when a bean lodged in her windpipe Sunday at play. She died minutes after admission to Twin Falls county general hospital. Father is Snake River area Boy Scout director.
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Twin Falls
Rosemary West
Herbert West
Twin Falls County General Hospital
Snake River Area
Vinson Becomes Chief Justice In White House Oath Event
Washington witnessed Fred M. Vinson sworn in as the 13th chief justice at a sunlit White House ceremony on the south portico. The nine minute event featured a navy band, remarks by Speaker Rayburn, and praise from President Truman as Vinson pledged to defend the constitution and ensure equal justice.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
The
White House
Vinson
Truman
United States
Rayburn
Supreme Court
Treasury
Harlan F. Stone
Brother Sister Reunion After Sixty Years
Mrs Exie H Coll of Boise Idaho visited her brother Hubert B Dorris in Culver City after a reunion that ended nearly six decades of separation. Dorris age 66 learned of his sister’s whereabouts through correspondence begun after their mother died when he was six and his sister about a year old.
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Culver City
Cal
Exie H. Coll
Boise
Idaho
Hubert B. Dorris
Dorris
Eisenhower Reports Hidden Russian Plans Before V E Day
General Dwight D. Eisenhower states in his final report as supreme allied commander that he was kept unaware of Russia's grand strategy for four months before V E Day. He says Marshall Stalin then provided full Red Army plans for its final offensive, described as decisive in crushing Germany.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Russia
Marshall Stalin
Red Army
Wet Weather Forecast With Snow Near Montpelier
Weather notes report mostly clear and warmer tomorrow with snow on hills between here and Montpelier. Precipitation last night measured at .39 inches over normal. 24 hour total .63 inches, bringing month total to 1.28 inches. Highs and lows ranged to 84 and 42 with a mean near 63. Nearby stations show Boise 0.68/0.39/0.05, Burley 80/42/0.30, Idaho Falls 80/43/0.18, Salt Lake 86/51/0.01.
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N. Pocatello
Montpelier
Pardner
Boise
Burley
Idaho Falls
Salt Lake
Night sessions aim to seal OPA price control extension
Washington reports an 8 p m session of the joint committee harmonizing house and senate OPA bills to extend price control before Sunday midnight. Rep. Wolcott predicts a conclusive result by 9 p m amid unusual delays as conferees seek broad consensus and additional consultations.
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Washington
OPA
Rep
Wolcott
R-Mich
Joint Congressional Committee
House
Senate
VFW Encampment Delegates Hear Strong America Call
Governor Arnold Williams addressed 400 delegates at the Idaho VFW and auxiliary encampment in Boise urging a stronger America to deter attacks. Welcome remarks were given by city officials and veterans leaders, with a flag presentation to Mayor Whitlock and an evening banquet planned.
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Boise
America
Arnold Williams
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
Idaho
Men and Women’s Auxiliary
Williams
Westerman Whitlock
Grant Hess
Disabled American Veterans
John Sawaya
American Legion
Jim Weaver
Montana
VFW
Terry Prater
U. S. Employment Service
Edna Meely
Florence Stark
New Jersey
Angela Phillip
Edward G. Wright
Veterans Flock To Buy Jeeps In Benecia Line
About 2500 veterans formed an eight block line at the Benicia arsenal to buy 1588 jeeps offered by the War Assets Administration. Early arrivals camped overnight with sleeping bags and blankets as the sale opened before 7 a.m. Major Calvin Bannigan described the long queue and the fixed prices set by WA A.
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Benecia
Calif
Benecia Arsenal
Arsenal
Calvin Bannigan
War Assets Administration
Terror Stalks As Poles Cast Ballots
A Polish plebiscite looms as militia loyalists guard polls amid a secret-police drive against opposition The Mikolajczyk led Polish Peasant party faces terror, raids, and mass arrests in a heated political struggle with competing factions.
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
Mikolajczyk
Polish Peasant Party
Poland
Poland Pushes for Global Break with Franco Spain at UN
The United Nations Security Council met to act on Poland’s bid for a worldwide break with Franco Spain, but delegates showed likely rejection with only four votes possible from Russia France Poland and Mexico. Polish delegate Oscar Lange explored keeping the case on the agenda or taking it to the General Assembly, while India filed a complaint against South Africa and the Arab League eyed bringing Palestine before the UN as British policies faced scrutiny. Poland also reportedly planned a compromise atomic control proposal for the Atomic Energy Commission meeting tomorrow based on U S and Soviet ideas.
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United Nations Security Council
Poland
Spain
Russia
France
Mexico
Oscar Lange
Council
General Assembly
United Nations
India
Union of South Africa
The
Arab League
Cairo
Palestine
U.N
League
Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
Bernard Baruch
Andrei A. Gromyxo
Mrs. Carnegie Dies At 89 In New York Home
Louise Whitfield Carnegie widow of Andrew Carnegie died at 89 at her Fifth Avenue mansion in New York. She had been in declining health a year and was survived by daughter Mrs Roswell Miller and granddaughter Mrs Gordon Thompson who arrived from England. Born in 1857 she married Carnegie in 1887 and shared his Scottish ties supporting Britain during wartime.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Fifth Avenue
Gordon Thompson
England
Louise Whitfield
New York City
Carnegie
Scotland
Dunfermline
Edinburgh
William S Hart Dies After Illness in Los Angeles
Hollywood star William S Hart the elder died in a Los Angeles hospital at age 83 after a long infirmity. His son William S Hart Jr and guardian George Frost were involved in court proceedings over the actor's estate, estimated near one million dollars.
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Los Angeles
William 5S Hart
Washington
Hart
William S Hart, Jr
George Frost
Frost
Winifred Westover
Range Blaze Dying Out Near Glenns Ferry
A lightning sparked range fire in southwestern Idaho burned about 100000 acres of brush and grassland six miles south of the Snake River. Light rains aided 150 firefighters and an aerial survey showed the blaze dying out with no buildings at risk and all burned land in public domain. Tractors and equipment from four towns assisted the effort.
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Glenns Ferry
Idaho
Snake River
Wilfred Quinn
Boise
Travier
Dead Man's Falls
Elmore
Japanese Charged With Torturing Idaho Men
Genji Mineno a prison guard in Yokohama faces trial on torture charges involving two Idaho men and two Utah men. The complaint names Seaman D. Stoddard of Ogden Utah Jon H. Burton of Salt Lake City Wim O Cash and Thomas B Armage of Nampa Idaho and William H McCutcheon of Wells Texas heads the tribunal presiding over the case.
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Yokohama
Americervicemen
Idaho
Utah
Mineno
P ‘Uard
Seaman
E D. Stoddard
Ogden
Jon H. Burton
Salt Lake City
Wim O. Cash
Thomas B. Armage
Nampa
William H. McCutcheon
Naval Wells
Tex
Geologist Arthur Lakes Visits Boise on Mining Tour
International geologist Arthur Lakes arrives in Boise en route to Hailey to inspect Garfield Silver Lead Co mines. He plans to visit Broken Hill gold mines in the Challis forest district afterward.
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Boise
Arthur Lakes
Hailey
Idaho
Garfield Silver Lead Co., Inc
Broken Hill
Challis Forest
China Demands U S Troop Pullout From China
Mao Tse-tung declared the Chinese people view U S army and navy forces in China as a grave menace to national peace and freedom urging their departure. He faulted U S aid to the Kuomintang and linked large American forces to the risk of civil war amid stalled talks with the Communists.
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Nanking
Mao Tse-Tunge
U. S
China
Yenan
U.S
George C. Marshall
Shanghai
Nankine
Mao
United States
Kuomintang
Congress
Japan
Mrs Hattie Bellé Anderson Dies in Susanville at 78
Bulletin from Susanville California reports the death of Hattie Bellé Anderson mother of Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson at her home at 10 25 am She was 78 and Anderson was expected to arrive by air this afternoon in Washington.
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Susanville
California
Hattie Bellé Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton Anderson
Anderson
Tojo Betrayed Foreign Minister On War Move
Tokyo witness testified that former Premier Hideki Tojo betrayed Foreign Minister Shigemori Togo and led Japan toward war with the United States. Prosecutor’s witness said Tojo promised peaceful settlement with the United States less than two months before Pearl Harbor.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
United States
Tomi, Suztuki
International War Crimes Tribunal
Pearl Harbor
Ttojo
Shigemori Togo
Bureau Fights Weeds With War-Proven Methods
The reclamation bureau will deploy flame throwers and other proven tools in a weed eradication push across the Pacific Northwest this year. The program enlists cooperation with federal agencies for research and activation, with farmers and stockmen carrying out the actual destruction.
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Boise
Bureau of Reclamtion
Pacific Northwest
Reclamation Bureau
Buse
Allies Reject Austria Tyrol Demand at Hidden Border Talks
Ministers from the United States Russia Britain and France debated the Austrian Tyrol and Pusterthal railroad. Molotov pressed for postponement while Byrnes Bevin and Bidault pushed for immediate decisions ensuring a real settlement and benefit to all sides.
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Parisp
Council of Foreign Ministers
Austria
Tyrol
Pusterthal
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Molotov
James F. Byrnes
Georges Bidault
Ernest Bevin
Rally on Capitol Hill Demands Save OPA
Labor groups and citizens converge on Capitol Hill to urge Congress to retain the OPA price control law. Sen. Taylor notes a Washington march organized by labor groups and committees. Watson Miller warns Social Security beneficiaries would suffer if controls end. Senator Tunnell pushes for swift transfer of agency authority to states by year end.
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Washington
Sen
Taylor
Idaho
OPA
Washington Monument Grounds
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Calif
Independent Citizens Committee of Arts, Scientists and Professions
Hiroshima
Washington Monument
Sen. Taylor
Midwest
Watson B. Miller
Federal Security Administrator
Miller
Tunnel
Kindness Backfires In Virginia Skunk Rescue
Sunday school leader Walter C. McGill tried to free a skunk from a jelly jar during a picnic in Lynchburg Virginia. The animal escaped unharmed but sprayed nearby children causing a commotion.
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Tynchburg
Walter C. McGill
McGill
Russia Reaffirms Veto Powers On Atomic Control
Pravda declares the Soviet Union will not surrender its veto in any atomic control plan and denounces Bernard Baruch's U.N. security council proposal as atomic diplomacy. It praises Andrei Gromyko's counter proposal for banning production and use of atomic bombs as humane and workable.
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Moscow
Pravda
Soviet Russia
United States
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations Security Council
Security Council
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Russia
Baruch
Bourbons and GOP Dispute Over Fall Election Claims
Democratic and Republican leaders clashed over projected November wins across 17 states. Sen. Lucas accused GOP chair Carroll Reece of overestimating Republican gains in Senate seats and warned the Democrats’ campaign aims to counter forecasts amid a high stake, bid-driven contest.
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Washington
Sen. Lucas
GOP
Carroll Reece
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