Truman Signs Foreign Aid Bill to Back Marshall Plan
President Truman signed the 6.03 billion dollar foreign aid act, funding a 15 month European recovery program with 4 billion for Marshall Plan efforts. Ireland and Italy quickly signed use agreements, with further pacts to follow, pledging production, currency stability, and trade while ensuring materials for U S stockpiles and defense.
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America
Truman
Congress
State Department
Ireland
Dublin
Italy
Rome
Europe
Russia Takes Care of Slav Leaders
Washington officials interpreted the Cominform blast as signaling Premier Tito's removal from active leadership in Belgrade. The Prague statement denounced Tito and interior minister Rankovic, suggesting actions to immobilize them, with possibilities ranging from house arrest to execution.
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Russia
Washington
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
State Department
Prague
Communist High Command
High Command
Tito
Alexander Rankovic
Sugar Prices Set to Rise at Refinery Level
Refined sugar prices are expected to climb by about 25 cents a hundredweight in the coming days amid seasonal demand and higher raw sugar costs supported by the 1948 sugar act. Two major refiners have announced the hike with more likely, and retail stores may follow later. Grocery shoppers could face higher sugar prices in a month despite a world surplus.
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New York
Cards Entertain Legion Team In Pocatello Event
Members of the Pocatello American Legion baseball team visited the Pocatello Cardinals Monday night at the Great Parse arena where business manager Marvin Milkes provided passes. Legion manager Fred Tydeman said a rearranged tentatively scheduled game will be held Friday in Pocatello. The winner of a three game Preston Pocatello series will advance to face Idaho Falls for the eastern Idaho championship.
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Pocatello American Legion
Pocatello Cardinals
Marvin Milkes
Fred Tydeman
Legion
Pocatello
Weather summary for Pocatello and Idaho region
Total precipitation this month 2 47. normal 1 01. Mean temperature 69 with normal 65. Sunset 8 13 and sunrise 4 53. Forecasts call for generally fair, slightly warmer weather with highs 85 to 90 and lows 50 to 60.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Idaho Reports Flood Damage Tops Thirteen Million
Idaho flood damage estimates rise to 13,592,955 in new agency reports led by farm and crop losses totaling 6,434,000. Boundary county bears the brunt from Kootenai river torrents with other costs across public buildings, schools, dikes, roads, utilities, and private property.
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Boise
Idaho
Mark R. Kulp
State Reclamation
Boundary County
Kootenai
Army
Kulp
Ublic
Army drafts to call 30000 monthly through next year
The Army estimates it will draft about 30,000 men monthly from fall through next summer in addition to 250,000 to 300,000 volunteers, aiming to grow toward an 827,000 manpower strength authorized by the peacetime selective service act. The program would begin around September 22 and reflects a sharp rise from prior projections.
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Washington
Sam
Army
Congress
Refugee on trial for rape and murder in Wells case
Nineteen year old Laszlo Varga a Hungarian war refugee goes on trial in Elko Nevada for raping and bludgeoning to death Mrs Billie Rahe Morning 22 wife of Presbyterian minister the Rev Richard Morning at Wells on March 22 Four armed guards protect the defendant as jury selection continues likely into tomorrow or Wednesday
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Elko, Nev
Laszlo Varga
Wells
Nev
Varga
Billie Rahe Morning
Richard Morning
Five Drown In Lake Kootenai Tragedy Near Kimberley
Five people drowned when a capsized motorboat sank in Lake Kootenai near the river outlet. Edgar Hornseth 12 survived after swimming to shore. his father Henry 36 and four others Art Rowsell 36 and his son Gordon 11, John Kollman 10, and Buddy Annable 10 perished as the boat overturned repeatedly in the current.
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Lake Kootenai
Edgar Hornseth
Henry Hornseth
Kimberley
B. C
Art Rowsell
Gordon
John Kollman
Buddy Annable
Lakeside
Political Leaders State Program for Vote Drive
The Associated Press reports a sharpened fall vote drive by both major parties. The White House says President Truman would mount an active speaking campaign if nominated, while Gov. Earl Warren plans a crusade and meets with Gov. Dewey to discuss campaign strategy. Truman supporters claim over 670 pledged votes, exceeding the needed 1,234 convention total.
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Associated Press
White House
Truman
Earl Warren
Thomas E. Dewey
Mr. Truman
One-Legged Gunman Terrorizes Cook County Heist
A one-legged gunman linked to a suburban Western Springs raid eluded Chicago police by heading to U S highway 66 and boarding a bus home. Police recovered about $1000, a shotgun and several guns from the Desplaines river while four women aged 17 to 40 were detained for questioning. Authorities believe the trio fled toward Wisconsin after the shooting of two officers in a running gun battle.
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Chicago
Cook County
Malek
Western Springs
Lyons
Chief Theatre To Show Louis Walcott Fight Pictures
George Lenman manager of the Chief theatre announces ringside pictures of the Louis Walcott heavyweight bout will be shown starting Wednesday. Denman secured the films after long distance talks with rights owners. bout fought Friday night at Yankee stadium.
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George Lenman
Chief Theatre
Denman
Yankee Stadium
Rio Grande Floods Texas Cotton Crop
Rio Grande floods parts of Hidalgo Texas with thousands of acres of cotton and other crops at risk as floodways upriver may be overtopped. The rise began after heavy rainstorms 300 miles upstream, but no deaths or major damages are reported yet.
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Texas
Hidalgo
Tex
South Texas
Rio Grande Valley
del Rio
Carroll's Girls Attend Showman's Funeral in Glendale
Funeral services were held for Earl Carroll in Glendale with many of the theater-restaurant revue girls in attendance. Carroll, 54, died in the United Airlines DC-6 crash near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, June 17, along with 24 others.
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Glendale
Calif
Earl Carroll
Carroll
United Airlines
Mount Carmel
Pioneer League basketball scores and standings across games
Box scores show Idaho Falls against Twin Falls and Salt Lake at 74 124 and 7 81 respectively. Walkingshaw Maruca Tri andos and Danielson lead for Salt Lake while Ogden and Great Falls post 6 13 3 and 11 15 1 lines. Other matchups include Pocatello 67 and 5 White Wilburn Koby Torres LeBlanc. content notes multiple pitchers and scorers.
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Salt Lake
Maruca
Triandos
Danielson
Woodbury
Brocker
Great Falls
Pocatello
White
Wilburn
Koby
Torres
LeBlanc
Mystery Author Idaho Bound Working on Real Life Crime
Erle Stanley Gardner plans real life crime disclosures with a team including Leonard Keeler and Raymond Schindler while en route to Idaho. They probe court records to uncover possible wrongful imprisonments and aim to reveal startling findings to aid justice.
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Idaho Bound
Salt Lake City
Erle Stanley Gardner
Gardner
Idaho
Leonard Keeler
Raymond Schindler
Lemoyne Snyder
Michigan State Police
Perry Mason
Bus
Yugoslav Communists Break From Cominform Leaders Target Russia
The cominform charged Yugoslav Communists led by Premier Tito with veering from Marxist policy and attacking Soviet Russia. It called for a return to Marxism or a leadership change in Yugoslavia as Belgrade’s Tito faction faced a first rift within the eastern bloc.
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Yugoslavia
International Communist “Information Bureau
Poland
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Belgrade
Communist Party
Dune
Romania
Eavard Kardelj
Local Employers to Hear Manufacturing Official
John Canberry of the National Association of Manufacturers will meet with Pocatellans at noon in the Hotel Bannock room 214 to discuss employment stabilization. The meeting was moved ahead at his request.
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John Canberry
New York City
National Association of Manufacturers
Bannock
Pocatellans
Conberry
Planes Leave Honolulu for Westover Long Range Mission
Two air force C 54 transports departed Honolulu Monday bound for Westover Mass with 11 more due by Friday. Washington orders call for a long range training mission amid speculation the group may be en route to aid airlift for American forces in a Soviet blocked area.
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Violent Honshu quake early reports overstate damage
Tokyo dispatch says western Honshu shook Monday night with initial damage claims toward Fukui greatly exaggerated. US and Japanese teams later reported less severe destruction though Fukui and Takefu showed significant cracks, fires, and damaged transportation links.
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Boise prisoner captured after jail escape in Oregon
Three Ada county jail inmates escaped Monday morning. Robert Pratt 30 fled toward the river bed with accomplices Driskell and Robert Vaun Thompson. Pratt was pursued by state police and a car theft link identified a Boise used car as involved. Thompson surrendered at 5 am in Roice, while Driskell was confined at La Grande city jail after a park incident.
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Pratt
Boise
Robert Vaun Thompson
Roice
la Grande City
Robbers Forcing Victims To Drink Liquors In Sacramento
Police seek three suspects after a liquor‑filled gunpoint robbery at a Sacramento bar restaurant. Two victims were made to drink champagne until unconscious, while a sixth was driven in at gunpoint from a service station and $150 was taken from Clem Smith and George Miller.
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Sacramento
Calif
Clem Smith
Ray McCarthy
Rudolph Neuman
Martin Kalana
Kisaki Iwaki
George Miller
Smith
Soulaies
Holdup Man Finds Third Time a Charm
Baltimore report recalls repeated daytime robberies at the Haverkamp groceries. In 1945 a 72 year old man was struck and $70 taken during a midnight shove in a melee that ended with a gunshot and delayed arrest. In 1946 two suspects entered again injuring John and threatening William, who fired twice and wounded a suspect. the intruder later died.
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Haverkamp
John
William Haverkamp
Haverekamp Brothers
Willliam
William
Wiliam
Willian
Three Escape From Ada Jail Spares Two at Large
Three prisoners broke from the Ada county jail early Monday. Robert Vaun Thompson, 54, was captured about 54 minutes after the escape near the city limits. Robert Pratt and Arthur L. Driskell remain at large, with Pratt charged with kidnapping and robbery and Driskell with burglary. The men escaped by sawing through a quarter inch steel wall. the jail, completed in 1939, had been touted as escape proof.
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Boise
Ada County
Robert Vaun Thompson
Cite
Robert Pratt
Arthur L. Driskell
Don Headrick
Menan Farmers Seek State Aid Over Snake River Flooding
Menan farmers urge emergency assistance to combat Snake River flood waters. Cecil Green warns a new channel could cut off over 3,000 acres of prime land. State official Mark R. Kulp says no flood funds are available and the matter is referred to an army engineer.
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Snake River
Menan Farmers Deer Park Committee
State Reclamation
Mark R. Kulp
Cecil Green
Menan Farmers
Green
Kulp
Army
Menan
Helase-Roberts
Snake ‘River
Syria says U.S. warship shelled Arab defenses off Palestine coast
The Syrian government protested to the United States and to UN Palestine mediator Count Folke Bernadotte that a U.S. warship off the Palestine coast shelled Arab defense lines. Contact on the protest was disclosed by Muhsen Al Baragi, a Syrian official.
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Palestine
United States
Folke
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