U S to Gift Modern Warships to South American Neighbors
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal confirms plans to transfer newer U S naval vessels to Latin American nations as part of a hemispheric security policy. He indicates ships will substitute for older types on an approximately equal tonnage basis and notes vessels are in reserve for transfer. Public testimony supported military cooperation and standardization of armaments across the republics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Forrestally
U. S
Navy Department
Forrestal
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Associated Press
Secretary of State
Marshall
Navy
Latin America
Nashville
Phoenix
Boise
St. Louis
Patterson
Robins Forms Idaho Correction Board to Run Penitentiary
Gov C A Robins announced a state board of correction to direct Idaho penitentiary operations and parole. The six year appointments include Chairman Louis E Clapp and Vice Chairman Robert Schofield with salaries of 4000 dollars, to take office July 1.
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Boise
C. A. Robins
State Board of Correction
Idaho
Board of Prison Commissioners
State Board of Pardons
Correction Board
Louis E. Clapp
Herman P. Fails
Pardon Board
Robert Airshie
J. D
Cy) Price
Clapp
Schofield
Robins
U S protests to Romania over arrests of opposition
The United States sharply protested to Romania over arrests of hundreds of opposition party members and others without warrants or charges. A note delivered by Roy M. Melbourne said the actions threaten democratic elements, violate Romanian assurances, and conflict with the Romanian peace treaty. Arrests described as held in prisons or concentration camps under deplorable conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Oil Firms Promise Adequate Gas Supplies For Summer
Salt Lake City executives from major oil companies assure intermountain motorists gasoline will be adequate this summer despite rationing by midwestern concerns. M. J. Greenwood of Utah Oil Refining says his firm sees necessity to ration fuel at present.
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Salt Lake City
Intermountain
M. J. Greenwood
Utah Oil Refining Company
Juror Victim of Attack in Overell Yacht Case
In Santa Ana an unidentified intruder beat a juror in the Overell yacht death case. Judge Morrison delayed proceedings for a conference as the trial of Louise Overell and George Gollum continued amid claims the slayings were motivated by opposition to the couple’s relationship and alleged forged letters.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Overell
Louise Overell
George Gollum
Walter E. Overell
Avon Putnam
Kenneth E. Morrison
Eugene Williams
Newport Harbor
Pasadena
Gollum
Youth Gets Life for Michigan Flower Patch Slayings
Oliver Terpening Jr., sixteen, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to first degree murder in the June flower-patch slayings near Imlay City. Judge George W. Des jardins imposed the mandatory term. Terpening had been found sane in a prior hearing. He said he killed four children to know what it felt like. Victims were Barbara Smith, 16, Stanley Smith, 14, Gladys Smith, 13, and Janet Smith, 2.
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Lapeer
Mich
Oliver Terpening Jr
George W. Desjardins
Imlay City
Barbara Smith
Stanley
Gladys
Janet
George Supports New Tax Bill Backed by Republicans
Senator George of Georgia endorsed a Republican move to re pass the vetoed four billion dollar tax slashing bill. House Ways and Means Chairman Knutson said the bill was re introduced and would be taken up at the first favorable opportunity. Speaker Martin indicated action before adjournment is possible if votes align, citing Democratic shifts toward support.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Knutson
R-Mini
House
Ways and Means Committee
Martin
R-Mass
Congress
Senate
Rayburn
Texas
Pint-sized pupil fires gun in Boston schoolyard clash
Edward Bancroft, 15, held off riot reserves and fired five shots after a bundle under his arm drew police scrutiny. Patrolman James Bray was grazed. Bancroft dragged fellow student William Rowan as a human shield and threatened to shoot if officers fired. Bancroft was seized after a ten minute pursuit.
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Boston
John H. Cloran
Edward Bancroft
James Bray
William Rowan
Bray
Air France airliner lightly damaged at LaGuardia
Bulletin reports a giant Air France plane from Paris tipped on its wing during landing at LaGuardia. All 41 aboard uninjured. Separate item from Cleveland states boxer Jimmy Doyle, 22, died from head injuries after an eight round loss to welterweight champion Ray Sugar Robinson, first pro boxer death in a world title bout.
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New York
Air France
Paris
la Guardia Field
Cleveland
Jimmy Doyle
Los Angeles
Ray
Sugar) Robinson
Fire hits ship Marine Flier in Jersey City harbor
Fire spread through two holds of the U S President Lines cargo ship the S S Marine Flier as longshoremen loaded it for sailing Friday to the far east. A blue gray pall rose from the vessel drifting over the Hudson toward downtown Manhattan. Coast guard boats fireboats and tugboats joined in subduing the blaze.
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Jersey City
N. J
U. S. President Lines
S. S. Marine Flier
Far East
Hudson River
Manhattan
Coast Guard
Sauk
New York City
John Harvey
Serpent Reappears In Payette Lake
Conservation Officer John Broyles reported 1947 first sighting of Payette Lake’s so called sea serpent. A party of five McCall and Boise residents saw an object 12 to 15 feet long surface then dive. Sightings tied to prior release of sturgeon in 1903 and sporadic later reports.
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Mccall
Payette Lake
John Broyles
State Fish and Game Department
Broyles
Boise
Browles
Pary
John Lietzke
George E. Smith
Helen Smith
Lietzke
Flood Crest Deepens As Rains Hit Iowa Nebraska
Clouds burst over Iowa and Nebraska adding to flooding woes. Four inches of rain fell near Neligh Nebraska while other areas logged lighter totals. Cambridge mayor warns of possible evacuation as Adel Iowa faces renewed flood risk and the body of George Wieland is recovered from the Raccoon River.
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Omaha
Iowa
Nebraska
Neligh
Raccoon River
Auburn
Mine Owners Plan To Avert July Coal Strike
North and west soft coal operators met to discuss terms for John L. Lewis to avert an industry wide strike next month. With miners idle in protest against the Taft Hartley act, a 10 day vacation starts Friday and pits may stay closed until July 7 without a new contract. Secretary Schwellenbach may seek quick talks to bridge the gap.
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Washington
North
John L. Lewis
Lewis’ United Mine Workers
Lewis
Labor
Schwellenbach
Three Idaho Towns Approve Liquor at the Bar
The Associated Press reports Paul Orofino and Craigmont joined Hailey and Ketchum in approving liquor by the drink via local option votes. Orofino 421 93 Craigmont 126 74 Paul 64 57. The state law allowing across the bar sale becomes effective July 1.
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Associated Press
Idaho
Paul
Orofino
Craizmont
Craigmont
Hailey
Ketchum
Rockland Rejects Liquor by the Drink Measure
Rockland voters approved the ban on selling liquor by the drink after July 1. The special election result was 41 to 18 in favor of rejection.
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Rockland
Driver Escapes After Truck Flips Into Gallatin River
Ernest Barnes 27 of Menan Idaho, sheep herder, escaped as a truck veered on a mountain curve and flipped upright into the Gallatin River 25 miles south of Bozeman. He was found 200 feet downstream after witnesses Frank Storer of Iowa and his wife watched from another car and reported brakes locked on the vehicle.
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Bozeman
Mont
Ernest Barnes
Menan
Idaho
Gallatin River
Here
Barnes
Montana
Frank Storer
Iowa
Nebraska youth drowns during canal swim near Boise river bridge
Claus Edward Schade, 19, Bassett Nebraska, drowned in a canal swim near the Boise river bridge north of Caldwell. Witnesses said he developed a cramp and could not be reached before he disappeared. The body was recovered about ninety minutes later. He was in town visiting Lloyd Humphrey.
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Caldwell
Boise River Bridge
Here
Claus Edward Schade
Bassett
Nebr
Nebraska
Shade
Lloyd Humphrey
Japanese Deny Guilt in Truk Prisoner Killings
Nineteen Japanese pleaded innocent on charges tied to alleged orders to use bacteria dynamite strangulation bayonets and bamboo spears to kill ten American war prisoners in fiendish fish experiments on Truk in the Caroline Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Truk
Caroline Islands
Hungary Binds to US Relief Rules for Allied Aid
Austria agrees to U S relief terms to prevent diversion of aid to Russian or other occupying troops. The pact, part of a 350 million dollar relief program for China and several European nations, requires clear disclosure on aid sources and full publicity on use of supplies. State department officials announced the agreement signed in Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Austria
United States
China
Vienna
State Department
Bond Sales Rise in Idaho May Report
Idaho savings bond sales in May exceeded redemptions by almost $200 000 according to Harold Elsworth state director of the treasury savings bond division. Redemptions included maturing baby bonds in seven counties reported no redemptions during the month. Elsworth noted the bond a month plan through Idaho banks is catching on fast.
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Boise
U. S
Idaho
Harold Elsworth
Treasury Department Savings Bond Division
Elsworth
Arco Advertiser Sold by Idaho Governor Bottolfsen
Former Idaho governor C A Bottolfsen announces sale of the Arco Advertiser to Genevieve Rose of Hailey. Rose, with Hailey Times ties, holds a civil engineering degree and wartime geodetic survey experience. Ownership transfer effective July 1. Bottolfsen to take a summer layoff.
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ARCO
C. A. Bottolfsen
Idaho
Arco Advertiser
Genevieve Rose
Hailey
Miss Rose
Hailey Times
South Dakota State College
South Dakota State Highway Department
Nebraska
The
Geodetic Survey
Philadelphia
Today's Games Highlight Early Baseball Doubleheaders
Detroit and Boston split a daytime doubleheader with 4 to 8 and 2 to 9 scores. Other National League games featured New York at Chicago, Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia hosting Cincinnati with varied results.
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Cleveland
New York
St. Louis
Philadelphia
National New York
Chicago
Moscow to Send Molotov to Paris Talks on European Rehab
Moscow plans to join British and French foreign ministers in Paris with Molotov leading the Soviet delegation to discuss the American proposal for European economic rehabilitation. The move signals Moscow’s interest but offers no guarantee of a breakthrough for the continent.
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Moscow
Molotov
Paris
Bidault
France
Bevin
Britain
Europe
Coast Boxer Near Death After City Fight Inquiry
Jimmy Doyle, a 22 year old Los Angeles boxer, lay near death in Cleveland after an eight round knockout by Ray Sugar Robinson. Mayor Burke ordered a full investigation by the Cleveland Boxing Commission as Doyle remained unconscious with a blood clot, concussion, and respiratory paralysis.
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Cleveland
Jimmy Doyle
Thomas A. Burke
Los Angeles
Ray
Sugar) Robinson
California
Burke
Andrew Putka
Cleveland Boxing Commission
Doyle
James W. Nagel
Charity Hospital
Child dies after horse kicks Caldwell ranch accident
Betty Jean Austin two and a half year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Leslie Austin Caldwell died late yesterday from injuries after a horse kicked and trampled her at the J T Bates ranch route 3 Caldwell Canyon County Coroner William Talley reported The girl suffered a fractured skull shoulder injuries and multiple bruises.
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Caldwell
Betty Jean Austin
Leslie Austin
Canyon County
William Talley
Talley
J. T. Bates Ranch
200000 Coal Miners Idle In Walkout
Thousands more miners joined a pre vacation stoppage and first steel curtailments amid a two day fuel strike. About 50 percent of bituminous miners were idle with totals rising in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. U S Steel reported war mines in Pennsylvania and Kentucky closed as 20,000 more were idle in Alabama and Kentucky.
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Paramon
Anne Furna
Besset
U. S. Steel
UU Pennvania
Kentucky
Y Omer Weel Firme
Alabama
Plan for The President's Own Band Visits Pocatello
Plan by O W Trapp assistant manager of The President's Own US Marine Band to arrange Nov 7 appearance here. Sponsorship talks with Pocatello Gridiron Club officers follow band schedule. The band plays Nov 5 Portland and Nov 6 Boise. The Marine Band, organized July 11 1798 in Philadelphia, last western tour since 1930.
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O. W. Trapp
U. S. Marine Band
Pocatello
Pocatello Gridiron Club
Portland
Boise
Machine
Philadelphia
White House
Utah Toll Reaches 77 After Fatal Anchorage Crash
Utah reports 77 highway deaths as Joseph A. Olsen, 73, of Anchorage, dies from injuries suffered in a collision last night. Olsen was struck by a car driven by Gilbert A. McDougal, 31, of Layton, near the Clearfield naval supply depot entrance.
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Anchorage
Utah
Joseph A. Olsen
Olsen
Gilbert A. McDougal
Layton
Clearfield Naval Supply Depot
Warning on Snake River Dam Plan in Southern Idaho
Idaho reclamation official warns J L Craig of a grave future problem with Army Engineers plan to build a high dam on the Snake River above Lewiston. A hearing is set for 10 a m July 9 at the Lewis and Clark hotel in Lewiston. The project aims to develop electric power using water from the Snake above Salmon River.
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Wiliam E. Welsh
Idaho Reclamation Service
J. L. Craig
Chamber of Commerce
Idaho
Army Engineers
Snake River
Lewiston
Lewis and Clark
Welsh
Snake
Surgeon Dies in Denver Hospital
Dr. George Hardin Curfman chief surgeon of the Rio Grande railroad died Tuesday in a Denver hospital.
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Denver
George Hardin Curfman
Rio Grande Railroad
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Bugsy) Siegel
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