Bar Convention Hears Plan To Revise Idaho Courts
Marshall Chapman proposes Idaho court unification including redistricting and probate elimination. He urges cutting district judges from 16 to 9 and shrinking the state supreme court from five to three. The plan, tied to earlier judicial council studies, faces expected opposition.
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Bar Convention
SUN Valley (Ap
L Chapman
Twin Falls
Idaho
State Supreme Court
Bers
Idaho Bar Association
Chapman
Judicial Council
Des Moines Flood Crest Threatens Des Moines and Region
Flood crests push Des Moines and surrounding Iowa towns toward record water levels as Des Moines and Raccoon rivers top 44 year highs, while Missouri river at Boonville reaches its greatest flood in 103 years. Thousands homeless along the Mississippi from Alton to Cairo strain levees and communities endure widespread damage.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
Ottumwa
Eddyville
Boonville
Rule
Nebr
Mississippi River
Alton
Cairo
Ill
St. Louis
Army
Stringtown-Fort Chartres
Chester
Kenneth Arnold Buys Camera to Capture Flying Saucers
Pendleton Oregon Kenneth Arnold, the 32 year old Boise Idaho businessman who sparked a wave of saucer reports, has bought a movie camera with a telescopic lens. He says next time he sees discs in the sky he hopes to photograph them while seeking an explanation for what he saw.
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Pendleton, Ore
Kenneth Arnold
Boisé, Idaho
Skeptics
Children Drown in Northern Utah Irrigation Ditches
Two young children died in separate drowning incidents in northern Utah. Linda Ann Toone, 2, daughter of Joseph W. and (unread), drowned near Croydon in Morgan County after tumbling into a ditch at play. Janice Deanna Lind, 18 months, daughter of Vance O. Lind of Bothwell, fell into a ditch near her Box Elder County home. neighbors recovered her body within minutes.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Linda Ann Toone
Joseph W. Toone
Croydon
Morgan County
Janice Deanna Lind
Vance O. Lind
Bothwell
Box Elder County
Red Eisler Fined One Thousand For Contempt Of Congress
Communist leader Gerhart Eisler was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alexander Holtzoff to one year in prison and a $1000 fine for contempt of Congress. Eisler had refused to take an oath for testimony before the House Un American Activities Committee, calling the proceedings a witch hunt.
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Washington
Gerhart Eisler
Congress
Federal District Court
Alexander Holtzoff
Eisler
House Committee On unAmerican
unAmerican Activities Committee
Holtzoff
Explosion at Louviers powder plant razes building
A dynamite loading building at the Louviers plant blew up after a smoke cue prompted rapid evacuation of 50 workers in under five minutes. The blast, felt 20 miles away in Denver, sent debris two miles and shattered nearby windows as authorities investigated.
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Louviers
Colo
Denver
C. T. Wirth
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
China Swallows U S Loans With Little Apparent Effect
The column reflects on changes since the Chinese civil war intensified and how U S loans to the nationalist and communist factions have not altered the core conflict. It recalls past assessments and U S wartime aid to China and General Marshall's role in shaping aid during the struggle.
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China
U.S
United States
Japan
George Marshall
Baseball Scores and Matchups From Today’s Games
National Pittsburgh .410150001-12 14 2 Chicago .000103040- 817 1 Bagby Strincevich Higbe and Howell Lee Wyse Erickson Meers and Scheffing. Brooklyn-Boston Philadelphia- New York Cincinnati-St. Louis night games. American Boston 000000000- 07 1 Washington 101 00000x- 3100 Dorish Murphy Partee Haefner Evans. New York-Philadelphia Chi cago-Cleveland night games St. Louis-Detroit twilight.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Bagby
Strincevich
Higbe and Howell
Lee, Wyse, Erickson, Meers and Scheffing
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Washington
Dorish
Murphy and Partee
Haefner and Evans
Cleveland
Detroit
Winter and July By J H The Weather Note
The column notes two seasons in Pocatello with July near and furnaces active. Forecast predicts partly cloudy skies with light showers today and tonight into Saturday. Temperatures today high 79 low 49. tomorrow 65 to 70 high and 45 to 50 low. Nearby towns show varied readings.
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Pocatello
Woman admits killing husband with marble base
Plymouth, Mass. Bertha Surprise Cote, 28, mother of a four year old, confessed through counsel that she killed Rene Cote with a marble piece from a Christmas tree base after he struck her earlier. She was sentenced yesterday to 34 to 6 years for manslaughter, ending a murder trial. The defense said the altercation began after he returned from nightclubbing with a dancer in Boston.
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Plymouth
Mass
Bertha Surprise Cote
Rene
John R. Wheatley
Jury convicts 16 on contempt charges in anti fascist group
Washington AP report says all 16 executive board members of the joint anti fascist refugee committee are convicted for failing to produce records in response to a House Un American Activities subpoena led by Dr Edward Barsky of New York. Guam AP dispatch covers a U S military commission hearing a Japanese navy surgeon describe watching doctors boil heads from four American prisoners on Truk island. Lt Shigioshi Nakamura testifies that Capt Hiroshi Iwanami wanted to preserve heads of specimens during the deaths by experiments.
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Washington
Joint
Refugee Committee
Edward K. Barsky
New York
House Committee On
Guam
U. S
Truk Island
Carolines
Hiroshi Iwanami
Truk Hospital
Shigioshi Nakamura
Ford, UAW CIO Reach Pact Including Pension Plan for 110000
Ford Motor Co and the UAW CIO Ford division agree on a seven cent hourly wage rise and a pension plan for about 110,000 production workers. The pension costs $200 million in the first year and $15 million annually thereafter, adding to an effective wage rise of over 15 cents per hour. The agreement marks the first old age retirement plan in the U.S. auto industry, with negotiations diverging from the industry pattern of the time.
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Associated Press
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Richard T. Leonard
Uaw-Cio
Ford
Leonard
Inlus
U S to Sign Turkish Army Modernization Aid Pact
Washington expects a $100 million agreement with Turkey to modernize its army, similar to Greece aid, with negotiations at Ankara led by Ambassador Edwin Wilson. Turkish officials seek assurances no American imperialism is involved as Moscow presses the issue.
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Washington
United States
Turkey
Greece
Ankara
Edwin C. Wilson
Elevator Operator Loses 250000 In Stock Market
New York auditors probe Gus Fusaro a 53 year old elevator starter in the Wall Street area accused of turning 250000 of friends money into speculation on low priced cats and dogs stocks. He claimed inside information but gambled away the funds.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange Today
Gus Fusaro
Wall Street
Frank Hogan
Fusaro
Hogan
Break Delays Trains as Car Damaged on Denver Rio Grande
Main line operations of the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad were halted for nine hours after a rear coach car on eastbound train No. 6 broke its end into the rails. The car did not overturn and one passenger suffered slight injuries. Dr. F R King treated Mrs. Helen Garza of San Antonio for bruises and shock.
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Price, Utah
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
F. R. King
Helen Garza
San Antonio
Tex
Hailstorm Devastates Viola Clear Water Area Crops
Terrific winds near 100 mph and baseball sized hail covered a six mile by twenty five mile swath from Viola to Clearwater and Conways Springs Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Losses to crops livestock and property were estimated up to 1.5 million dollars.
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Wichita
Kans
Viola-Clearwater
Conways Springs
Kaiser Seeks Probe of Utah Coal Lease Handling
Rep. Engle demands a full House Public Lands Committee inquiry into how the interior department handled Kaiser’s bid to lease 2,560 acres of Utah coking coal land. Kaiser VP Calhoun testifies the application was filed January 8 with no action yet. U S Steel and Geneva Steel protest the move. He suspects a squeeze to block Kaiser, while Kaiser seeks to double state lease limits.
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Washington
Engle
D-Calif
House Public Lands Committee
Interior Department
Kaiser Company
Utah
Chad F. Calhoun
Kaiser
U.S. Steel Corporation
Geneva Steel Company
Calhoun
U.S. Steel
California
Train Derailment Injures Nine Near Williams Arizona
Nine people were injured and treated in a Williams Arizona hospital after Santa Fe passenger train No. 1 derailed twelve miles west of town. Two baggage cars and four chair cars overturned on an uphill curve due to a loose rail, with investigators noting the uphill overturn likely prevented greater injuries.
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Williams, Ariz
Santa Fe
Senate Debates Taft Hartley Law Change and CIO Strategy
Leaders of CIO affiliates met under President Truman guidance to map a plan of contest or compliance with the Taft Hartley act. CIO officials and union attorneys reviewed the new statute while AFL leaders prepared for a policy session on July 9 to determine a program.
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Washington
CIO
Truman
Philip Murray
Lee Pressnan
Senate Okays Truman Plan To Line Up Succession
The Senate approved by 50 to 35 a plan to place the House speaker next in line for the presidency if the vice presidency is vacant. Speaker Joseph Martin led the measure, which also places the Senate presiding officer and cabinet members in the line of succession, prompting Democratic and Republican arguments over executive continuity. A Chicago waitress, Kay Gidd, sues Cubs pitcher Russ Meyer for 50000 over a hair-pulling incident at Sheridan Plaza hotel. The hotel is named a co defendant.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
Joseph Martin
Mass
Barkley
Kay Gidd
Chicago
Russ Meyer
Chicago Cubs
Meyer
Sheridan Plaza Hotel
Barnfore
Cubs
Hope Concedes Wool Tariff Fight Fails in House
Chairman Hope of the House Agriculture Committee conceded defeat in attempts to attach a wool tariff quota to a domestic wool price bill. The president won a two to one victory on recent vetoes as the House signals it will move a bill without tariff quota provisions while pursuing wartime price reform.
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Washington
Hope
House Agriculture Committee
Truman
House
Senate
Slavery Trial Progresses in San Diego Federal Court
In San Diego the Ingalls trial on slavery charges continued with prosecution witnesses Dora Jones and others describing her tasks in Lynn and Boston. The defense argued the Ingalls protected Dora from jeers of a neighbor girl, while Mrs. Cooper recalled Dora’s heavy work and interaction with the Ingalls children. Judge Weinberg admonished the couple after remarks by Mrs. Ingalls and a prosecution motion to jail them was withdrawn.
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San Diego
Calif
Dora Jones
Lynn
Boston
Alfred Wesley Ingalls
Ingalls
Helen Lewis Cooper
Quonset
R. I
Frederick A. Stainforth
Cooper
Dora
United States Charges Three With Use of Force
The U S today charged Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria with using force against Greece. Warren R Austin stated before the security council that the three Soviet satellites violated UN principles by assaulting Greece and aiding guerrillas in northern Greece. He noted Bulgaria and Albania were not UN members but stressed the violation of core UN principles.
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Lake Success
United States
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
Greece
United Nations
Security Council
Warren R. Austin
U. S
U. N. Balkan
Austin
U. N
China to Buy Surplus Ammunition From U S in 130 Million Rounds
Washington reports the United States agreed to turn over 130 million rounds of surplus rifle ammunition to China to aid Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s forces. The State Department noted the original cost was about 6.57 million dollars with China paying 656 thousand dollars in advance. The Export-Import Bank said it will consider lending funds for specific projects, with a $500 million earmark set to expire June 30, while new aid terms keep borrowing possible.
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Washington
U States
China
Chiang Kai- She
State Department
Manufac
William McMartin
Bank
Eie
Pastor Convicted of Arson At Milwaukee Church Fire
Milwaukee jurors convict Dr John Lewis pastor on leave at Calvary Presbyterian of arson for the January 25 blaze that caused 150000 dollars in damage to the church The 73 year old clergyman faced up to ten years in prison the maximum penalty for arson in Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
John Lewis
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Wisconsin
Couple Missing After Boat Capsize at Magic Reservoir
Blaine and Jerome counties sheriffs deputies searched Magic Reservoir for Mr and Mrs E W Prewett Jercene believed drowned when their boat capsized during fishing Two days missing the overturned craft found on shore with motor operable
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Hailey
Blaine
Jerome Counties
Magic Reservoir
Here
E. W. Prewett
Jercene
Prewett
Yankees Embarrass British On Visit to King's Palace
Two ex-GIs describe sneaking into Buckingham Palace grounds near London after scaling an eight and one foot wall. John Jensen of North Bend Oregon and Wallace McCall of Portland Oregon say they slept on the grounds in Arctic sleeping bags before being discovered by security.
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King’s Palace
London
Buckingham Palace
John L. Jensen
North Bend
Ore
Wallace McCall
Portland
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