Republicans Name Smith So Direct Fall Campaign
Idaho Republicans on Saturday unanimously elected T. W. Smith a Rexburg lawyer farmer as state chairman after the Robins for governor committee failed to elect J. R. Field a Boise businessman. Smith declared a united party from now on to delegates at the biennial gathering.
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Smith
Frank W. Pitman
Idaho
T. W
Tom) Smith
Rexburg
Robins-for-governor
J. R
Bob) Field
Boise
Wage Control Plan Dies With Veto
Washington reports that OPA powers were removed swiftly, signaling the wage control plan would die as the government can only limit wage boosts. Officials fear inflation and new wage demands, while industry expects price rises before gains from increased production. President Truman offered no clear dollar estimate.
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Cem
Truman
Americas
Law Extends Draft Bill and Trims Army Inductions
President Truman signed a law extending the draft to March 31 1947 and the War Department cut back army inductions. The bill bans 18 year olds, drafts men aged 19 to 44 for 18 months, and allows fathers to seek discharge after August 1 1946. Non volunteer enlisted fathers and those with 20 months service will be separated by September 30.
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Washington
Truman
War Department
Congress
Legislative
Army
President Signs GI Sweetheart Bill
President Truman signed the GI Sweetheart Bill allowing foreign fiancés of American veterans to enter the United States to marry. They may reside for three months and must post bond to guarantee passage home if marriage does not occur by the end of the period.
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Washington
Truman
Agriculture urges large wheat plantings for 1947 harvest
The U S Department of Agriculture says world food shortages will last at least two more years and calls on farmers to plant more land to wheat for 1947. It sets a national goal of 71 7 million acres, aiming for a fourth straight year above one billion bushels, with possible yields around 1 033 billion bushels. It also recommends a four percent higher 1947 acreage for 17 winter vegetable crops in commercial truck crop areas.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Reclamation Bureau
Pay Boost Signed for Soldiers and Sailors
President Truman signed into law a across the board base pay increase for all military ranks from private to general and officer grades, effective July 1. The boost, designed to spur enlistments and curb draft inducements, raises monthly pay for enlisted personnel and annual pay for officers across the Army Navy Air Force Coast Guard and Marine Corps.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Buck
United States and China Protest Veto Use at U N
News agencies report US and Chinese delegates in New York condemned the veto power as harmful. Dr Qu Tai Chi predicted the tool would be abandoned while noting five total vetoes by Russia and one each by France on the Spanish case.
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New York
United States
Chia
United Nations
Qu Tai-Chi
Security Council
Great Britain
China
Russia
France
Franco
Quo
Ackermans Tour Capitals Flyover Reaches Salt Lake City
Lee and Tessie Ackerman of Weymouth Mass arrive in Salt Lake City during a 67 day nation wide tour in their single engine plane The Spirit of New England The pair have completed nearly 5000 of their 13000 mile itinerary and leave for Cheyenne Wyoming A Boston photographer and staff writer accompany them as they deliver a sponsor letter for Gov Maw from the New England Council of Governors
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Salt Lake City
Lee
Tessie Ackerman
Weymouth
Mass
Spirit of
New England
Boston
Trial at Dachau Eyes Malmedy Massacre Charges
Twelve American newspaper executives touring the U S zone attended the Saturday trial of 74 men charged with massacring American soldiers at Malmedy during the Battle of the Bulge.
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Dachau
Germany
U. S. Zone
War Department
Malmedy
Idaho GOP adopts 12 plank platform on liquor and crime
The 1946 Idaho Republican platform, adopted Saturday, calls the liquor and gambling situation intolerable. It asserts an underworld has formed in Idaho and targets liquor administration and law enforcement for reform.
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Idaho Republican Party
Idaho
Liquor Administration
Law Enforcement
Opinions Differ On OPA Measure
Washington reports split reactions to President Truman’s veto of the OPA price control bill. AFL President William Green lauded the veto as courageous, while Senator Taft called it inflationary. Chester Bowles praised the veto, and Fulbright noted slim odds of an easy continuation.
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Washington
AFL
Wiliam Green
Taft
Ohio
Chester Bowles
Office of Economic Stabilization
Truman
Green
Congress
Fulbright
D.ark
Banking Committee
Experts Plan Bomb Defenses With Industries Dispersed And Populace Well Sheltered
Washington AP The atomic bomb threat prompt a broad plan for national defense. Civilians and military leaders urge dispersing industries and fortifying buildings, creating Civilian defense reserves, and ready evacuations to withstand future attacks. The report, prepared under Franklin D Olier, analyzes Japan's 1945 bombing impacts and calls for sustained readiness across government and industry.
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Washington
Truman
Japan
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey
United States
Roosevelt
Germany
Franklin D’olier
Newark
N. J
Insurance Company
Podellans Pay and Western Law Cause Upright Larks
Trials continue as Judge E G Houde presides over quirky incidents labeled western law. Charles Brantman pays a fine then is arrested again for directing traffic in a western persona. Travelers including a New Orleans visitor are picked up and released at the rodeo. A Chicago street banner suggestion hints at the town’s cowboy celebration.
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Hoosegow
E. G. Houde
Charles Brantman
Western
Center
Arthur
New Orleans
Pocatello
Illinois
West
Death of Daniel Green in accidental excavation fall
An inquest found Daniel Green died from injuries after falling into or being pushed into an excavation with no criminal intent. He died at Pocatello General Hospital from cerebral hemorrhage following a scuffle near 502 North Pocatello Avenue. Jurors and witness names were not released.
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Daniel Green
Arthur W. Hall
Green
Pocatello General Hospital
Pocatello Avenue
Rain Price Foreseen and Sunshine Wish
The writer muses about rain prices and sun, joking about buying rain and recalling a song from Annie Get Your Gun. They note yesterday’s high of 76 and low of 56 with a monthly total of 1.30 inches and a normal mean of 66. The sun set at 8 13 and rose at 4 54, with no precipitation in the last day.
Atomic Bomb Set To Fall On Nevada Target At Bikini Lagoon
Vice Admiral Blandy announced the 8 30 a m Monday time for the fourth atomic bomb dropped on ships in Bikini lagoon with weather favorable for visibility. Evacuation of hundreds aboard about 70 ships underway as the B 28 prepares to depart. The Nevada battleship stands as primary objective amid a test fleet in the Pacific.
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Bikini Lagoon
Mt. McKinley
Bikini
San Francisco
Associated Press
W. H. P. Blandy
Pacific
United States
Nevada
Investigators Test Fingerprints in Degnan Kidnap Case
Chicago AP investigators report renewed attempts to question 17 year old William Heirens in the Suzanne Degnan kidnapping and murder. State's Attorney Tuohy says nine points of similarity link Heirens to a ransom note fingerprint and notes other findings while Heirens remains uncooperative in Bridewell hospital.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
William J. Tuohy
Suzanne Degnan
Tuohy
Husky
Wiliam Heirens
Bridewell Hospital
Heirens
Sugar Ration Continues Despite OPA Expiration
Washington reports sugar rationing will continue after the OPA expiry at midnight. Officials say sugar remains under wartime control via Agriculture Department authority, with a possible transfer of OPA staff to agriculture and a rapid move by Secretary Anderson to formalize the shift.
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Washington
OPA
Department of Agriculture
Department
Anderson
White House
Agriculture Department
Idaho price controls face strong opposition from business groups
Idaho dairy and business circles predict a flood of supplies after Congress approved President Truman's veto of the OPA bill. W. L. Hendrix of Boise says lifting price controls will boost butter supply by diverting cream from the black market, while veterans see a 90 day preference later for reclamation lands and farm opportunities.
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Boise
Idaho
Office of Price Administration
Truman
W. L. Hendrix
Idaho Dairymen's Association
OPA
Hendrix
Irrigation District
Reclamation Bureau
Boise-Payette
Minidoka
Yakima- Roza
Senate, House fail to set silver price in budget bill
Washington reports a joint congressional committee failed to agree on silver pricing. The Senate backed a price increase from 71.11 to 90.3 cents per ounce by July 1 and then to 1.29 dollars in two years, while the House kept 71.11 for two years as the appropriations bill passed.
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Washington
Congression
House
Senate
Pioneer League Player List and Local Standings
The record lists teams and players across cities Salt Lake Ogden Boise Idaho Falls Pocatello Twin Falls with paired surnames and numeric codes. Included are Savarese Lopez Orengo Hardy Leonard Wicker Stacey Kelly Borich Gibson Stanton Meister Entwisele Johnson Bennett Wittig Heslet.
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Savarese
Lopez
Orengo
Hardy
Leonard
Wicker, Stacey
Kelly
Borich
Idaho Falls
Boise
Gibson Stanton
Fontaine
Meister
Entwisele
Ogden
Twin Falls
Johnson and Bennett
Wittig and Heslet
Salt Lake City Posts New Monthly Marriage License High
Salt Lake City records a new all-time monthly high for marriage licenses in June with 598 permits issued by the License Bureau. Clerk John A. Harter noted the figure surpasses the 565 licenses issued in June 1941, the previous record, as of close of business Saturday.
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Salt Lake City
John A. Harter
Welfare Group Meets in Salt Lake City Discuss Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile court judges and superintendents of Utah state training and industrial schools are invited to a meeting in the state welfare commission office on Monday. John Farr Larson, director of the bureau for children, will preside.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Office
The
State Welfare Commission
John Farr Larson
Welfare Department
Truman Veto Kills OPA Compromise
President Truman urged the public to pressure Congress to retain price controls as OPA powers lapsed at midnight Sunday. In a nationwide radio address he called on business leaders producers and landlords to continue complying with existing regulations despite the lapse.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Leaders See Immediate Price Climb At End Of Week
The Associated Press reports price controls lifted at midnight causing a sudden rise in commodity costs. Labor leaders back Truman's veto of price control bills citing unrest warnings while business leaders foresee eventual stabilization through higher production. Wholesalers expect immediate price list increases with unclear sustainability. Shelter costs likely to rise except in New York and Washington DC.
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New York State
Washington, D. C
Idaho Warns Candidates on Missing Expense Statements
Secretary of State Masters warned 33 of 45 primary candidates who did not file personal expense statements to do so by 5 p m Monday. Idaho law punishes failure to file within 20 days after the election with a misdemeanor fine from 100 to 500 dollars and possible jail time, plus ineligibility to seek the same office.
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Boise
Tra Masters
Idaho
U. S. Senate
Congress
Masters
Germans Vote in Bavaria Hesse Baden-Wurttemberg
German voters choose assemblies in Bavaria Hesse and Wuertemberg Baden in the American zone. The Christian Social Union vies for strongest party as about 6 million of 7 million eligible voters decide constitutions drafted by state councils.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Bavaria
Hesse
Wuertemberg-Baden
Christian Social Union
Sone
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