OPA Compromise Extended One Year by Congress
Chairman Spence said President Truman is likely to sign the OPA bill after a house senate conference. The plan keeps meat butter cigarettes and gasoline price controls and extends the agency one year while curbing many national economy powers. The old law expires June 30 and the measure seeks a price increase through its provisions.
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Washington
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Truman
House
OPA
House Passes Draft Bill By 259 to 110
The House approved a compromise draft bill by 259 to 110 extending the draft through March 31 while prohibiting induction of 18 year olds. It allows 19 to 44 year olds, limits service to 18 months, sets armed forces ceilings, and lets in-service fathers seek discharge after Aug 1, 1946.
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House
Washington
Senate
War Department
Anly
Elimi
Rep
Thomason
D-Tex
Patterson
Army
Grace Flume Tragedy Claims Longtime Utah Power Official
Grace Utah Grace station area mourns as C C Stanton 52 longtime Utah Power and Light superintendent for Grace Soda Springs and Cove hydro plants is found drowned in a company flume after failing to return from Cove station. His automobile was found beside the flume and water was shut off to recover his body lodged at the lower screen. Stanton a native of Hyrum Utah served 29 years with the company.
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Grace
C. C. Stanton
Utah Power and Light Company
Cove Station
Grace Station
Stanton
Bear River
Soda Springs
Cove
Hyrum
Utah
Jail Opens For Business in Pocatello Western Trial
Public order drive in Pocatello with Mayor Moore’s proclamation. Posse arrests target those without beard or Western garb. fines range from rodeo tickets to 25 dollars. Alameda ladies police join. Blackfoot posse to round up stragglers. jail for tenderfeet hosts old time Western band.
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Pocatello
Baird
Moore
Mert Baird
Harry Bolles
Blackfoot
Alameda
E. G. Houde
Leona Koompin
Margaret Garrett
Beverly Halford
Meat quota meeting set in Pocatello for July allocations
Meat men meet with Lloyd Bell rationing specialist and E C Orben slaughter quota officer in Pocatello this evening. Paul Nash secretary of the chamber of commerce says the 8 p m meeting will finalize July slaughter quotas and notes Pocatello has received increased meat allotment for July due to population growth.
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Lloyd Bell
E. C. Orben
Boise
Pocatello
Paul Nash
Chamber of Commerce
Nash
Bourbons May Gain Control of Idaho's Legislature
In the 1945 Idaho legislature many incumbents did not seek reelection. Only 15 of 24 Republican state senate members were renominated, while 17 of 20 Democratic senators were renominated. In the house 17 of 30 Republican incumbents were renominated and 32 of 28 Democratic incumbents. The outcome of the November 5 election could flip control.
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Idaho
Boise
Carl C. Kitchen
Senate
House of Representatives
Gunmen Shoot Publisher James Ragen In Chicago Ambush
In a daytime attack on the busy South State street intersection, two masked gunmen fired shotgun blasts at publisher James M. Ragen and his car. Ragen, head of Continental Press, was wounded in the shoulder and arm and treated at Michael Reese Hospital. Police guarded the scene as the ambush followed a prior attempt on his life earlier in April.
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Chicago
Capone
James M. Ragen
South State Street
39Th Street
Pershing Road
State Street
Ragen
Walter Pelletier
Marty Walsh
Continental Presss
Russia bars newsman Markham from Romania and leaves Athens
Acting Secretary Acheson said Moscow rejected U S protests over Romania suppressing press freedom and expelling Christian Science Monitor reporter Reuben Markham. Markham departed Romania on June 22 and is now in Athens, after being ordered out by Col General Susaikov.
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Washington
Acheson
Russia
United States
Romania
Reuben Markham
Christian Science Monitor
State Department
Markham
Athens
Susaikov
Bucharest
Tweet Tweet And Weather In A Gilded Cage Metaphor
A colorful voice vents about confinement in a jail like setting with a western edge. The message weaves a social media style line about a gal guarding the door and a six shooter. Weather details follow with temperatures and a clear to partly cloudy forecast.
Three Miss Death In Flaming Bus
Spokane baseball players escaped catastrophe when a team bus caught fire. Milt Cadinha and Joe Faria chose to drive with their wives, avoiding the crash, while Jack Lohrke disembarked at Ellensburg to prepare for a San Diego trip. Lohrke had been recalled from San Diego and was en route when the bus burned.
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Seattle
Spokane
Milt Cadinha
Joe Faria
Faria
Jack Lohrke
San Diego
Ellensburg
Two-Termer Loses Race In Maryland
Maryland Governor Herbert R. OConor claimed victory in the Democratic Senate nomination race to replace two term incumbent George L Radcliffe. With two thirds of precincts reported OConor led by more than 20 000 votes. In Indiana the GOP chose William Jenner for senator and the Democratic state convention met to back former Gov M Clifford Townsend for Willis. Maryland polls show Lane leading the Democratic slate for national committeeman while GOP contenders for governor are McKeldin and Mills.
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Herbert R. O'Conor
Maryland
George L Radcliffe
Senate
North Dakota
Indiana
M. Clifford Townsend
Raymond E. Willis
William E. Jenner
O'Conor
Radcliffe
Cio-Pac
William Preston Lane
D. John Markey
Joseph Allison Wilmer
Laplata
Theodore R. McKeldin
Baltimore
Herman L. Mills
Hagerstown
William F. Langer
Milton R. Young
Auto Dealers Face Terms
Twenty two of thirty one defendants pleaded guilty in Detroit to a three million dollar conspiracy to buy and sell used cars above ceiling prices. The procedure involved cars moving through Murray Kentucky and Cairo Illinois to resold in southern and southwest states. The judge set no sentencing date for the guilty, keeping bonds at one thousand dollars pending probation review.
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Detroit
Arthur Koscinski
OPA
Murray
Cairo
Ill
Kentucky
Koscinski
Eastern Idaho Victims Among Spokane Indians in Fatal Bus Crash
The Spokane Indians baseball club suffered multiple losses when a bus crash in the Cascade mountains last night left seven members dead or injured. Among the victims are shortstop George C. Risk 25 of Hollsboro Oregon and pitcher Robert E. Kinnaman 27 of Brooklyn Washington, with others including Robert James 24 of Tempe Arizona Robert Paterson 22 of San Francisco and pitcher George Lyden 22 of Ketchum Idaho. Manager Mel Cole 25 of Wenatchee Washington also among the affected personnel.
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Spokane
Spokane Indians
Cascade Mountains
George C. Risk
Hollsboro
Ore
Army Service League
Kearns
Utah
Salt Lake City
Pacific University
Forest Grove
Pinney Club
Robert E. Kinnaman
Brooklyn
Wash
Oakland Oaks
Twin Falls
Washington State College
Robert James
Tempe
Ariz
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Robert Paterson
San Francisco
Oakland
George Lyden
Tensed
Navy
Memphis
Tenn
Lyden
Twin Falls Cowboys
Pioneer Loop
Mel Cole
Wenatchee
A-Bomb Wave Preview Raises Naval Harbors Flood Fears
A motion picture of Little Bikini tests suggests A-bomb waves could flood major harbors. The film shows water surges threatening New York Wall Street and Treasury steps, San Francisco Market Street, and Bremerton navy base, with predicted wave heights from 50 to 100 feet.
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U. S. S. Appalachian
U. S
New York
Wall Street
Treasury Building
Stock Exchange
San Francisco
Market Street
Navy
Bremerton
Washington
Little Bikini
Taylor Model Basin
Washington, D. C
Bikini
Reservoir Reaches Goa In Boise River Storage Effort
The Anderson Rance dam on Boise River holds 80 000 acre feet of water meeting the first season storage goal. When finished the reservoir will impound 500 000 acre feet of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Anderson Rance
Boise River
Russia may lose US aid over UNRRA news access
U S officials warn that blocking UNRRA news flow could jeopardize a final 465 million dollar US contribution. Congress members press the agency to allow American press and radio access in Soviet republics, after earlier attempts to bar US funds from nations restricting information.
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Russia
U.S
Washington
UNRRA
United States
Spokane Indians Bus Crash Leaves Seven Dead
Owner Sam W Collins said the Spokane Indians will finish the season after a bus crash in the Cascade mountains killed seven players and injured others. Injured include Irvin Konopka and Levi McCormack with head injuries and burns. the team cancels games with Bremerton and Yakima.
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Spokane
Sam W Collins
Spokane Indians
Bremton
Yakima
Collins
Western International League
Fatal Crash Claims Shelley Teen On Country Road
16 year old Basil Berthelsen of Shelley was killed when a car driven by Garth Harker struck him as he was mounting a horse after talking with a friend Nila Johns. Harker was treated for shock and released. the incident was reported by Charles Belnap, Bingham county sheriff.
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Shelley
Basil Berthelsen
M. F. Bethelsen
Garth Harker
Glen Harker
Charles Belnap
Bingham County
Berthelsen
Nila Johns
Harker
LDS
Idaho Falls
Rail Way Express seeks rate hike for added revenue
Washington The Rail Way Express Agency Inc asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to raise its rates and charges claiming an urgently needed additional revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Railway Express Agency Inc
Interstate Commerce Commission Authority
Legion Auxiliary Elects Officers at Memorial Hall
Mrs Harold M Bates was elected new president of the American Legion Auxiliary at a regular meeting in Memorial hall. Other officers named include Mrs M D Smith as first vice president and Mrs Lloyd Haight as second vice president. Delegates to the department convention in Lewiston are listed among the elected officers and members.
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Harold M. Bates
American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Hall
Bates
George Norman Green
M. D. Smith
Lloyd Haight
Frances Whittig
R. H. Albano
Himena Hoffman
Wilfred Dohse
Frankie
M. Atwood
Department
Lewiston
George N. Green
James ©. Bangs
W. B. Harris
Volney Watts
J. B. Blackhurst
Fred L. Linck
F. H Buehier
John Black
Harold Hinckley
Hannah Gordon
H. J. Swanson
Lavern Bates
H. C. Criswell
Gloria Morris
Jean Slaughterer
H. F. Bud
Two Tourists Die In Car Accident Near Eden
In an overnight crash two Pennsylvania tourists en route to Nebraska from the west coast were killed. Their wives, Mrs Bard and Mrs Shenk, were injured and treated at a Twin Falls hospital. Jerome County coroner J R Wiley identified the deceased as Jacob Bard 67 of Denver Pa and John Shenk 52 of Letitz Pa. Investigating deputies described head and other injuries to the wives and pursued details of the incident.
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Eden
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
West Coast
Jerome County
J. R. Wiley
Jacob Bard
Denver
John Shenk
Letitz
Wiley
Sheriff's Deputies
Idaho Couples Obtain Marriage Licenses in Salt Lake City
Two couples from Jerome Idaho obtained marriage licenses in Salt Lake City today. Orval Grant Douglass twenty five and Ruth Millett twenty, and Golden Tanthius Barlow twenty and Velma Terry twenty one. A license was issued to Joseph Glen Cheney twenty from Emmett Idaho and Zola June Hites eighteen of San Diego California.
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Salt Lake City
Jerome
Idaho
Orval Grant Douglass
Ruth Millett
Golden Tanthius Barlow
Velma Terry
Joseph Glen Cheney
Emmett
Zola June Hites
San Diego
Calif
Four Former Pioneer Loop Players Die in Bus Crash
Seattle AP reports a chartered bus carrying seven Spokane Western International League players crashed after the driver allegedly stayed on the wrong side of the road. Five deceased players were former Utah and Idaho stars. survivors described a slippery road and a brake-locked swerve before plunging down a steep hill near eight p.m. local time.
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Seattle
Spokane
Western International League
Utah
Idaho
Levi McCormack
Harborview County
Ben Geraghty
McCormack
Four Packers Close Shops in Boise Valley
Four of the six largest meat packing plants in the Boise valley halted slaughtering as quotas reached 90 percent of June 1944 hog kill and 85 percent for beef. About 150 workers were affected and placed on a one week vacation. next week they may be laid off if operations do not resume. Plants closing were Kings Packing near Nampa, Idaho Meat Packers at Caldwell, Boise Valley at Eagle, and Stilsons Packing west of Boise. Packers cited difficulty obtaining hogs but ample beef cattle of all grades remained available.
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Boise
Boise Valley
Kings Packing Plant
Nampa
Idaho Meat Packers
Caldwell
Boise Valley Company
Eagle
Stilson’s Packing Company
Dutch Charge Jap In Jewel Thefts
Dutch authorities charged Japanese Col. Akira Nomura with illegal possession of property in connection with the theft of a 30 million dollar cache of East Indian jewels gold and cash. About six million dollars worth has been recovered. Prosecutor E Brunsveld Van Hulten said Nomura a former Tokyo school teacher and director of the Japanese planning board in Java during the war was believed to know where the bulk of the treasure was hidden. Nomura was taken from a prisoner of war camp to face the charges.
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Batavia
Java
Akira Nomura
E. Brunsveld van Hulten
Nomura
Tokyo
Japanese Planning Board
Fez Club to Open at Hotel Whitman in Pocatello
Shrine members and ladies are invited to the grand opening of the Fez club at the Hotel Whitman Thursday evening at 7 30 with cocktails banquet and dancing. Prizes and entertainment are planned by organizers.
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Pocatello Shrine Club
Fes Club
Whitman
Deadlock in Atomic Control Sparks Global Arms Race
Washington reports warn that a UN deadlock over atomic energy control could trigger a worldwide arms race. Senators reject Pravda claims that the US plan seeks world domination, insisting international safeguards must precede any disclosure of A-bomb secrets.
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Washington
United Nations
Russia
Pravda
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Palo Alto
Stanford Memorial
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Irvin Konopka
Milwaukee
University of Idaho
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