Opening of New Era for Idaho State College in Pocatello
Governor Robins to sign bill creating Idaho State College and enabling four year liberal arts degrees. Banquet in Boise led by Lavern C. Johnson features Theodore Turner who helped locate the Academy of Idaho in Pocatello. The article traces the school’s evolution from Academy of Idaho to Idaho Technical Institute and later Idaho Southern, with enrollment growth and degree ambitions amid shifting state plans.
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C. A. Robins
Idaho State College
Jane Hotel
Boise
State School
Pocatello
Intermountain
Lavern C. Johnson
Theodore Turner
Idaho
Academy of Idaho
Pocatello School
Idaho Technical Institute
State University
University At
Moscow
Idaho Southern
Nineteen Die In Raids In Holy Land
Nineteen killed and at least 20 wounded as terrorist raids hit Jerusalem to Haifa. British troops on martial law footing hunt heavily armed assailants after a bombing at a Jerusalem officers club that killed 16 and wounded 17. Curfew and harsh measures follow amid rising violence.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Holy Land
Palestine
Hogs Lead in Advance of Commodities
In Chicago and across the U.S. markets this week, hogs and wheat led a broad advance in commodities, with hog prices rising to new highs and wheat futures at Chicago reaching the highest since 1920s. Copper, lead, silver and other staples also climbed as the Associated Press price index hit a record 175.92 amid tight hog supplies and lower-than-expected cattle receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas City
Minnangeilia
Chicago Board of Trade
New York
Associated Press
Riots Claim 8 Lives in Korea Independence Day Turmoil
In southern Korea riots during independence celebrations left eight dead and many injured. About 100000 people packed Seoul as left and right wing groups clashed near the south gate. Police fired into the air to disperse the crowd amid gunfire.
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Seoul
Korea
South
Steenson Sees Transfer Costs Halt Seession Moves
Senator Nellie Oline Steenson of Bannock cites the high costs of legal transfers as a deterrent to Gentile Valley secession efforts. She notes county boundary changes have repeatedly failed at the legislature and predicts residents will reject secession after studying financial implications.
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Steenson
Caribou
Frankin
Nellie Oline Steenson
Bannock County
Senate
Gentile Valley
Franklin
Caribou County
Gandhi Seeks Harmony Across Hindu Muslim Tensions
Gandhi plans a walking tour to promote non-violence and communal harmony extending into Bihar. He has been moving through eastern Bengal amid prior sectarian clashes that left hundreds dead. The 77-year-old leader travels barefoot with a bamboo staff, vowing to push for accord or risk injury.
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Calcutta
Monhandas EK
Gandhi
Bihar
Bengal
Mahatma
East Bengal
Empire Airlines Wins Boise to Lewiston Nonstop Run
The Civil Aeronautics Board approves Empire Airlines nonstop Boise Lewiston service. Vice President T E Robinson says one hour and 20 minutes for Boise to Lewiston and two hours to Spokane. Six Empire flights will operate daily via Boise with proof runs planned next week and a mail service request filed.
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Boise
Civil Aeronautics Board
Empire Airlines
Lewiston
T. E. Robinson
Robinson
Empire
Spokane
CAA
Chiang Kai-Shek Takes Premier Post In China War Plans
Chiang Kai-Shek assumed the Chinese premiership on Saturday night eight hours after T. V. Soong’s resignation. He signals all out war to resolve the Communist question as forces maneuver from Central China to Manchuria. Chang Chun and Sun Fo declined the post. Sun Fo heads the legislative yuan. The defense council named Chiang acting premier until Soong's successor is chosen.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chiang
T. V. Soong
Legislative Yuan
Manchuria
Supreme National Defense Council
Soong
Chang Chun
Chang
Sun Fo
Thirty Day Strike Notices Filed by Telephone Workers
More than 197000 telephone company workers in at least 36 states filed thirty day strike notices. NFTW President Joseph Beirne accused employers of stalling to gain a bargaining edge, while sources saw the move as formal following a Denver convention plan. The plan called for a June dissolution of NFTW and the creation of the independent Communication Workers of America to bargain nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Congress
Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Washington
Denver
NFTW
Independent Communication Workers of America
Storm Hits East as Snow Strikes South and West
A major winter storm rolls into the East with up to 10 inches of snow expected in seaboard states. The Coast Guard aids six ships from New England to Bermuda as record snowfall unsettles New York and New England, while cold fronts bring subzero temperatures to the Rockies and Plains. Berthoud and Loveland passes near Denver are blocked by slides with rescues underway.
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New York
Seaboard
New England
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Bermuda
Azores
Rocky Mountains
Denver Weather Bureau
Plains
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Canada
Berthoud and
Loveland
Continental Divide
Denver
State Highway Patrol
Highway Main Ce
U Pants
Berthoud
Death claims veteran city employee Clarence Rainey
Clarence M. Rainey 60 of 735 West Bonneville, longtime Pocatello water department superintendent since 1917, died in a local hospital about 10 p.m. Saturday after illnesses since the year began. A native of Pocatello, his career spanned 43 years with the department, overseeing expansion to gravity and well water supply projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence M. Rainey
West Bonneville
Pocatello Water Department
Rainey
Clarence Rainey
Pocatello
Wife Uses Hatchet in Indianapolis Case
A 20 year old woman was charged with manslaughter after detectives said she admitted striking her husband James Eidson 37 with a hatchet as he attempted to rape her 15 year old sister Frances. Eidson died on a bed after the attack at their apartment. Police said Eidson had returned drunk and threw a butcher knife into a wall before the alleged assault.
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Indianapolis
Homicide
Fae Davis
Robert Reilly
Marian Esther Eidson
James Eidson
Frances An
Eidson
Rogers drafts petition to force quick vote on veterans bonds
Rep. Dwight L. Rogers drafts a discharge petition to bring to the floor a bill authorizing cashing $2.15 billion in bonds for terminal leave pay to ex G I s. He predicts strong Republican backing as the House Armed Services Committee has yet to act. The bonds carry 2 percent interest and may not be cashed for five years.
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Washington
Dwight L. Rogers
D-Fia
Rogers
House Armed Services Committee
House
Chain Gang Returns in Idaho Falls for Minor Offenders
Idaho Falls police magistrate H. Mark Earl announced the city jail work gang will include five men convicted of misdemeanor counts of being drunk and disorderly or vagrancy. The improved weather allows the group to shovel and sweep curbs and gutters as part of the program.
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Idaho Falls
H. Mark Earl
Franco Issue Raised in U N Council
Sir Ramaswami Mudaliar, president of the United Nations economic and social council, said the general assembly ignored its stand against Franco Spain by giving the international chamber of commerce a voice in U N affairs. Jan Papanek of Czechoslovakia cited four NGOs and questioned how the Spain member organization would affect the assembly’s agenda rules.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Ramaswami Mudaliar
United Nations Economic and Social Council
General Assembly
Spain
International Chamber of Commerce
U.N
Jan Papanek
Czechoslovakia
Federation of Trade Unions
American Federation of Labor
International Cooperative Alliance
I. C
Idaho teachers seek emergency bonus before delegate assembly
The Idaho Education Association urged the 29th legislature to provide an emergency bonus for teachers and to advance Peabody survey based reforms. Gerald Wallace became president, with Don Dafoe and Frank Egbert as vice presidents nominees. The next delegate assembly is set for April 1948 in Boise.
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Boise
Idaho Education Association
Gerald Wallace
Howard Andrews
Kellogg
Don Dafoe
Rupert
Frank Egbert
Coeur d'Alene
IEA
W. W. Christensen
Idaho Falls
Idaho
National Education Association
House of Representatives
Cold front in Montana Canada border forecast to move east
Weatherman notes a developing cold front on the Montana Canada border. It is too early to confirm penetration toward eastern Idaho. Today expected mostly cloudy with a high near 40 to 45 and a low Sunday night or early Monday around 10. Saturday’s 24 hour high 36 and low 5 with mean 20. Surrounding towns report varied readings from Malad 39/11 to Salt Lake 44/24.
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Montana-Canada
Idaho
Malad
Boise
Burley
Butte
Dubois
Idaho Falls
Salt Lake
Widow in Oregon on Trial for Husband's Murder
In Vale Oregon Gladys Broadhurst sobbed as Dr. Beeman described W D Broadhurst wounds. Prosecutors say she lured 23 year old Alvin Williams to kill her wealthy husband with a shotgun and staged a bigamous marriage to aid the crime. Sheriff Glenn testified to a car sighting linking Williams to the area. OBrien said Broadhurst suggested a fake twin brother.
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Alvin Lee Williams
Broadhurst
Charles Glenn
Williams
Richard O'Brien
Blaine Halleck
Birth announced for Sewell family in Ren ton Washington
Members of the Tauscher families in Alameda and Pocatello were advised Saturday of the birth Saturday afternoon at Ren ton Washington of a son to Mr and Mrs Bert Sewell. Mrs Sewell is the former Margaret Tauscher who is well known in Pocatello as she has visited here on several occasions.
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Tauscher
Alameda
Pocatello
Renton
Wash
Bert Sewell
Cigarette Tax Up Cent In House Vote
Idaho lawmakers advance cigarette tax to three cents per pack, with House Republicans arguing the move would boost revenue by about 450000 dollars annually. Legislation also licenses liquor-by-the-drink in locales with local approval and pursues pari mutuel betting on horse racing.
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Boise
State Senate
Fred M. Taylor
Ada
Idaho
Senate
C. A. Robins
House of Representatives
House
Raymond Hawkes
Fremont
Erwin Schwiebert
Canyon
Schiebert
Idaho Senate approves liquor by the drink in cities and boats
A 26 to 11 vote pushed through a bill allowing liquor by the drink in incorporated cities and villages as well as on train cars and boats. Senator J Elmer Williams failed to derail the measure while Senator Nellie Cline Steenson labeled it wet and vowed to vote dry amid moral objections.
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Boise
Idaho
J. Elmer Williams
Bingham
Williams
Fred Gustafesen
R-Bonneville
Nellie Cline Steenson
de Bannock
Father Confesses to Killing His Three Children
Carlisle Pennsylvania reports state police quoted a 26 year old father admitting he poured kerosene on his three children and burned them to death in the Wilson cabin on Christmas Day 1945. Corp Ervin W Arms said Sylvester B Wilson failed to await court action on arson and murder charges and the man claimed he planned to burn himself with the children but regained nerve at the last moment. Domestic troubles preceded the tragedy and the couple later divorced.
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Carlisle
Corp
Erwin W. Arms
Sylevester B. Wilson
Wilson Cabin
Emma Mae
Pearl Ruth
Sylvester B. Wilson, Jr
Wilson
Armas
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Long Beach
Calif
State College
East
Salon Drafts
John Green
Harry Fremont
Los Angeles
Arthur Fraide
U.N. Council
Sewells
Bannock
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