Dewey Chooses Warren for GOP Vice Presidential Nomination
In Philadelphia Earl Warren was selected as the GOP vice presidential candidate after an all night strategy session. Thomas E. Dewey approved the move following talks with Stassen Taft and Vandenberg while Warren joined the group in a pre dawn prime time session with party leaders and strategists.
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Michigan
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Warren
Senator Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Baldwin
Connecticut
Driscoll
New Jersey
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Military Leaders Gather in Utah for Four Borgstrom Brothers Funeral
A Utah funeral to honor four Borgstrom brothers killed in World War II draws a delegation of ten star generals led by Gen. Mark W. Clark. Speakers include Gov. Maw, Church president George Albert Smith, and Tremonton High’s Clarence E. Smith. The brothers Clyde, Elmer LeRoy, Rolon, and Rol strom died in Solomons, Italy, Germany, and France.
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Utah City
Mark W. Clark
Sixth Army
Alben Borgstrom
Thatcher
Solomon Islands
Germany
Clyde E. Borgstrom
Solomons
Elmer LeRoy Borgstrom
91St
Italy
Rolon Borgstrom
Pfc
38Th Infantry
France
Clark
Herbert B. Maw
Utah
George Albert Smith
The
Latter-Day Saints
Mormon) Church
Clarence E. Smith
Tremonton High School
Russians Release German Newsmen
Four German newsmen employed by American agencies were released by Russian authorities after 30 hours of detention in Berlin. Photographers Fritz Remus and Kurt Platen of AP, an Acme photographer, and a reporter for Dana News were stopped near Friedrichstrasse station while returning from assignment. They said they were held because it is forbidden to enter the Russian sector with an American car and cameras.
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Berlin
Fritz Remus
Kurt Platen
Associated Press
Acme
Dana
Friedrichstrasse
Coal Industry Reaches Strike Averting Agreement With Lewis
John L. Lewis signed a one year contract with two thirds of the soft coal industry giving miners a one dollar daily wage boost and creating a one hundred million dollar yearly welfare and pension fund. The deal avoids a nationwide strike and covers about four hundred million tons of annual production though steel firms balked at union shop provisions and did not sign.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Steel Industry
Harry M. Moses
Steel Group
Truman Signs Criticizes Refugee Bill
President Truman reluctantly signed a bill to admit 205000 European war refugees over two years but bitterly criticized its fairness. He said the measure discriminates against Jews and Catholics by excluding those who entered after 1945 and urged a better, more humane law. The veto threat and critique come as Congress adjourns.
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Washington
Truman
United States
America
Germany
Austria
Italy
Russia
Congress
Senate
House
Weather forecast for Pocatello Idaho
Partly cloudy and slightly warmer with a high near 80 and a low around 50 to 55. Sunrise at 4 53 and sunset at 8 13 for the day in Idaho.
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Pocatello
Idaho
State agency says McCall gambling illegal despite local ordinance
Boise officials state the state department of law enforcement will treat open gambling in McCall as unlawful even though the village passed an ordinance legalizing it. Commissioner R C Lewis said state law supersedes municipal rules and that illegal games cannot be made lawful by local action. The McCall measure followed the 1947 punchboard law.
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Boise
State Department of Law Enforcement
McCall
R. C. Lewis
Lewis
Idaho State Chamber of Commerce
Twin Falls
Four Borgstrom Brothers Laid To Rest In Tremonton
Four Borgstrom brothers who died in battles from the Pacific to Germany are laid side by side in Tremonton Utah. The brothers' bodies returned from overseas were placed in flag draped caskets after an honored escort. Dignitaries including Gen Mark Clark Governor Herbert Maw and LDS Church President George Albert Smith are expected to attend.
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Tremonton
Utah
Borgstrom
Pacific
Germany
Alben Borgstrom
Marine Corps
Recreation Parks Reports High Attendance
Chairman E. A. Bogert announced the first month of the summer program drew over 25 000 child days, with last summer totaling 50 924. Activities include softball jacks marble tournaments tours Knothole Gang bicycle safety radio pet shows tennis horseshoes arts crafts and more. Next week features city wide croquet tournaments a nature club Monday at 2 30 p.m. and a teenager open house at Irving field Wednesday 6 30 p.m.
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E. A. Bogert
City Recreation Commission
Recreation Hut
Irving Field Recreation Hut
Coal price boost predicted by Pittsburgh merchants leader
Howard D. Gibbs, executive director of the Pittsburgh Retail Coal Merchants Association, Friday predicted a retail coal price increase of 75 to 1 a ton in early July.
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Pittsburgh
Howard D. Gibbs
Pittsburgh Retail Coal Merchants Association
Warren's Bid Astonishes Calif Backers
Californians reacted to Earl Warren accepting the vice presidential bid with surprise and support. Governor Warren's term runs to January 1951 and Lieutenant Governor Knight, 51, an attorney and judge, has long served alongside Warren since their 1942 election.
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Warren
Calif
Knight
California
Idaho Benefits In Flood Control Projects Across Nation
President Truman signed a 641 million dollar appropriation for army civil functions for the year starting July 1. Army engineers receive 573 million for flood control and navigation, funding 200 flood projects and 78 river harbors jobs nationwide, with Idaho facilities including Lucky Peak reservoir at 500 thousand and Heise Roberts area at 351 thousand. Utah Redmond project set at 125 thousand.
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Washington
Truman
Army Engineers
Idaho
Lucky Peak
Boise River
Heise-Roberts
Russians Hold Embargo Threatens Berlin Food Supplies
Western Berlin remains under a Russian embargo as Col. Frank Howley defies the starvation threat and the U S announces flights of manufactured goods electrical gear and drugs into Berlin starting Saturday. Coal from both east and Ruhr sources is cut off raising fears of growing utility outages.
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Berlin
Frank Howley
Alr Light and Gas
Ruhr
Death by own action in Haycock case ruled by Minidoka jury
Minidoka county coroner's jury found George Haycock 31 Burley died from opium poisoning combined with alcohol in the blood. The inquest proceeded despite Sheriff Hawkes' request to delay pending medical analysis. Haycock's body was found along the Snake River near Heyburn, mutilated and missing shoes and trousers.
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Rupert
Idaho
George Haycock
Burley
Minidoka County
Ron Hawkes
Haycock
Snake River
Heyburn
Parade Winners Broadcast by KEYY Radio
KEYY will air a delayed 2 15 p m broadcast of the bicycle safety parade awards sponsored by the city recreation department. Registrations closed last night. Prizes include new bicycles and various items. Judges are Mayor George R Phillips C Ed Flandro and Wayne Booth. The parade started at 11 a m behind Montgomery Wards and moved along Arthur Center Main to Montgomery Wards for prize presentation.
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KEYY
George R. Phillips
C. Ed Flandro
Wayne Booth
Montgomery
Arthur
Center
Main
Cards Take League Lead With 16 to 1 Victory To Sweep Boise Series
The Pocatello Cardinals routed the Boise Pilots 16 to 1 Friday night to grab first in the Pioneer league. The win completed a series sweep as the Cardinals plated 13 runs off four Boise pitchers.
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Boise
Pocatello Cardinals
Boise Pilots
Pocatellans Attend PTA Congress Meet
Mrs. Harley Ward of Pocatello seventh vice-president of the Idaho congress of PTA spoke at the state summer executive meetings in Boise. She reported on the regional health conference in Salt Lake City May 28. Mrs. C. S. Bosquet also attended the two day session. The committees will plan work for the 1948 49 year.
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Harley Ward
Pocatello
Idaho Congress of Pta
Boise
Ward
Pocatello Pta
Salt Lake City
C. S. Bosquet
Dewey Nomination Recall of Democrats Choosing FDR
Philadelphia report recalls the 16 year old Democratic convention in Chicago that chose Franklin D Roosevelt. Clare Boothe Luce recounts her first encounter with practical politics and the nomination of Thomas E Dewey.
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Dewey
Chicago
Clare Boothe Luce
Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Baseball Standings and Pitcher Lineups from Major Leagues
The record shows team wins losses and runs given for New York Detroit Boston St Louis Philadelphia Chicago Washington Cleveland St Louis Brooklyn Pittsburgh Boston and Chicago in a compact line. It lists pitchers Embree Drews Hiller Page Niarchos Newhouser Swift Gatehouse Tebbets Stephens Moss Coleman Franks Gettel Papish Tresh Wynn Early Evans Lemon Hogan Borowy Dobernic Walker Leonard Seminick Munger Wilks Burkhart Garagiola Branch Hodges Ostermueller Singleton Gregg Fitzgerald Spahn Asi.
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American
New York
Detroit
Embree
Drews
Hiller
Page
Niarchos
Newhouser
Swift
Italians Consider Spreading Strikes Across Italy
Premier Alcide De Gasperi's government met Friday to weigh large scale strikes. A nationwide food workers' walkout was set to begin today in protest of 150 layoffs, with Labor Minister Amintore Fanfani describing the wave as having a definite political character.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Amintore Fanfani
Pioneer League First: Billings Narrow Win
Reading shows Billings with a 11 90 8 line and multiple pitchers in a seven inning contest against Great Falls with a final 7 6 score. Includes names Panneman Spa viano Woodbury and Dallio along with Speridon Engstrom Klubniken and others. The match features Ogden and Pocatello in a high scoring day with Boise also listed.
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Great Falls
Ogden
Speridon
Engstrom
Klubniken
Groshans and
Sautter
Koss
Willsey and
Dallio
All-Governor State Heads G O P Ballot
The Republican party names Thomas E. Dewey of New York and Earl Warren of California to its first east to west presidential ticket since 1856. The choice emphasizes governors from big electoral vote states New York 47 and California 25 totaling 72, with 266 needed for victory. Dewey led in 1946 reelection campaigns and seeks broad electoral appeal.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Earl Warren
California
Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
GOP
Warren
Idaho candidates questioned on liquor and gambling measures
The Allied Civic Forces circulated questionnaires to all statewide and county candidates in Idaho asking direct questions on liquor and gambling laws. Proposals include limiting beer sales to municipalities, setting sale times, county license fees, penalties for drunk driving, and options on slot machines, punchboards, and liquor by the drink.
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Boise
Idaho
A. R. Pyke
The
Allied Civic Forces
Priday
Fyke
Warren Not a Throttlebottom Say Dewey & Warren
The Republican firm of Dewey and Warren hinted that if elected Earl Warren will not be a Throttlebottom. They say Warren could take a large part in the tremendous job of reorganizing the government.
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Philadelphia
J P
Dewey & Warren
Earl Warren
Throttlebottom
Dewey
Warren
Israel Names Golda Myerson as Soviet Representative
The Israeli government on Friday named Mrs. Golda Myerson as Israel's representative to the Soviet Union. Russia designated Pavel Ivanovitch Yershov as its minister to Israel, presently serving as Soviet chargé d'affaires in Turkey.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Golda Myerson
Soviet Union
Russia
Pavel Ivanovitch Yershov
Turkey
Pay Hike Reached for 18000 CIO Workers
A wage agreement between Aluminum Company of America and the CIO United Steelworkers Union provides hourly pay raises of 10 to 16 cents for about 18,000 CIO workers. The deal was announced Friday in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
CIO
United Steelworkers Union
Draft Law Orders National Guard Enlistment Halt
Washington reports that recruiting for the national guard was ordered stopped immediately as military leaders coordinate policies under the new draft law. Army Secretary Royall telegraphed state adjutant generals to halt recruiting, citing budget limits and lack of funds for additional men.
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Washington
National Guard
Army
Royall
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Lemon
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