Slippery Road Fatality Near McCammon
Mrs. Amy Luella Johnson Hawkes 62 of 516 South Fourth was killed when she was thrown from a rear seat and run over on highway 91 three miles west of McCammon. Mrs. James Walton Jr. of Tyhee is hospitalized with shock and bruises. The crash occurred as a series of slides on snow and ice involved three vehicles including a Ford truck driven by Fred Maillon of Blackfoot.
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Amy Luella Johnson Hawkes
Joseph W. Hawkes
South Fourth
James Walton, Jr
Tyhee
St. Anthony Hospital
McCammon
Hawkes
Logan
Walton
A. L. Merrill
North Hayes
Alma Marley
Fred Maillon
Blackfoot
Maillon
Merrill
Merrill Machine
Court Agrees To Rule On Lea Act Question
Washington announces the Supreme Court will not review the Lea Act challenge and will rule on the contract dispute over a public market project. The decision also involves a separate ruling denying the government lower railroad rates on phosphates for export to Great Britain under lend-lease.
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Supreme Court
Litigr
The
Great Britain
United States
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Blast Claims 3 Lives in Chicago Loop
The third victim, a man about 40, was recovered from the rubble as firemen continued digging for the restaurant operator missing since the explosion. More than 30 people were injured when the three story brick building was leveled in the Loop. Police identified two other dead as Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Koons of Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Loop
Louis
Bea
Yance
Harry.w. Koons
Fort Wayne
Ind
Buffalo Teachers End Largest U S History Strike
Buffalo public schools resume as 2,400 teachers return after a week long strike. The Buffalo Teachers Federation delegates accept Mayor Dowd and Gov Dewey pledges for pay increases next fall if extra taxes pass. Officials anticipate a 300 to 625 pay increase for 1947 while earlier demands included 1025 immediate raise and cost of living bonus.
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Buffalo
U. S
Buffalo Teachers Federation
Bernard J. Dowd
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Joseph R. Manch
Buffalo Federation
Senator Tobey calls for secret briefing from Marshall
Senator Tobey urges an executive session to learn from Secretary of State Marshall how the Mediterranean and Near East sit before votes on larger abroad outlays. He says Congress must be informed and the truth told, stressing the gravity of the situation for an informed vote.
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Sen
Tobey
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Marshall
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Mediterranean
Near East
Senate Banking Committee
Greece
Gen. Marshall
Sen. Wherry
Nebraska
Pope Pius XII Celebrates 71st Birthday and 8th Anniversary
Pope Pius XII marked his seventy first birthday and the eighth anniversary of his election. Papal banners flew over Vatican City as solemn high mass was held in the Basilica of Saint John Lateran. Catholics worldwide sent telegrams of greeting.
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Pius XII
Eugenio Pacelli
Saint John Lateran
Rome
Britain Lifts Final Phase of Electric Power Ban
Britain ends the last phase of its electricity ban and returns hundreds of thousands to work. On the first day of resumed production, several plants halted due to load shedding with cuts of 15 percent in southwest England and 5 percent in the mid east. Home power cuts persist and street lighting remains off as coal reserves stay low. Government notes costs are uncertain but industry circles estimate losses above 500 million dollars. nearly 3 million workers remain unemployed under the crisis.
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London
Britain
England
Island
Mideast
Dworshak Seeks Trail Memorial Coins For Museum
Senator Henry Dworshak introduces in the Senate a bill to issue Oregon Trail commemorative 60 cent coins to the Oregon Trail Memorial Association Idaho unit to fund Fort Hall monument and museum. The plan includes a federal contribution and state appropriation, honoring early explorers pioneers and Indians with historical relics.
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Washington
Henry Dworshak
Idaho
Senate
Oregon Trail Memorial Association
W. F. Howard
Pocatello
Fort Hall
Dworshak
Plumber Unclogs Ancient Ring Mystery in Pennsylvania
Weatherly residents share a tale as Mrs. Emory J. Miller frees a kitchen sink drain and uncovers a dark object revealed to be a $175 engagement ring lost twenty years ago. The find brings back memories and joy to the Miller household.
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Weatherly
Emory J. Miller
Death Toll Rises in Palestine Martial Law Areas
Violence in Palestine drives death total to 22 over three days as Isaac Poli a 30 year old Jewish ex serviceman is shot in Tel Aviv for not stopping at a military order. Ketti Shalom a four year old girl dies from a back of head wound while her mother is wounded on a Mea Shearim balcony. Martial law covers Mea Shearim and nearby coastal plain communities including Tel Aviv Ramat Gan Petah Tiqva Bene Beraq. Curfew relaxed at dawn in coastal sector.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Holy Land
Isaac Poli
Ketti Shalom
Ketti
Shalom
Mea Shearin
Ramat Gan
Petah Tiqva
Bene Beraq
Thugs Seize Union Chief Kidnapping Reported in California
Sheriff reports Herbert K. Sorrell president of the conference of studio unions found badly beaten and bound. He says he was kidnapped Sunday night on a San Fernando street by three men in a black sedan one wearing a police uniform and badge. They drove him 90 miles north and east of Bakersfield before releasing him. A teletype asked roadblocks across Mojave Kern and Los Angeles counties for the three dangerous suspects.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Herbert K. Sorrell
Conference of
Studio Unions
Kern County Sheriff's Deputies
Sorrell
San Fernando
Los Angeles
Mojave
Kern
Gunners to Elect Officers at Elks Temple Tonight
Pred Zweigart president said ammunition and targets are assured and practice shoots will be held as weather permits. All gunners are invited to attend tonight at eight p.m. to elect officers and plan the coming season.
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Elks Temple
Pred Zweigart
Commissioner Clark Braden Landy Dies in Canyon County
Caldwell Caldwell County native and Canyon County commissioner Clark Braden Landy who was elected in 1944 for a four year term died at his home Sunday morning from a heart ailment.
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Caldwell
Clark Braden Landy
Canyon County
Idaho Senate Bans Secondary Boycott Tactics
The Idaho Senate passed a bill 32 to 6 to outlaw secondary boycott acts with misdemeanor penalties. The measure targets coercion of nonparties in labor disputes and prohibits withholding patronage or beneficial business, with the bill now sent to the house for action. Senator Frank W. Harris defended the proposal and explained its mechanism.
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Boise
State Senate
House
Frank W. Harris
Caribou
Senate Labor Committee
Harris
Restau
Idaho State College Receives Governor's Signature
A telegram from Theo Turner, father of the Academy of Idaho lineage, reports Governor Robine signed a bill recognizing Idaho State College in Boise. The message notes the institution's historical growth from Idaho Technical Institute and Southern Branch to a degree granting state college, promising educational advantages for Idaho’s graduates.
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Pocatello Tribune
Theo Turner
The
Academy of Idaho
Idaho Technical Institute
Southern Branch
University of Idaho
Idaho State College
Boise
Robine
Bill State College
Idaho
Murder trial links Idaho pair to Broadhurst killing
Clifford Dickson of Homedale Idaho testified that a red haired man in a Caldwell Idaho rancher’s murder scene resembled Alvin Williams who is accused of shooting W. D. Broadhurst. Prosecutors seek a marriage license tie to Gladys Broadhurst the defendant in a first degree murder case. The judge will rule on admitting the license as evidence.
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Broadhurst
Dickson
Leslie Merle Lincoln
Sacramento
Calif
Blaine Halleck
Lincoln
M. A. Briggs
Prank Bunker Accused in Surplus Shipment Mixup
Spokane figures report retired resort owner behind a hoax involving a war surplus crate. The crate contained 60,000 yards of thread 4 barrel laundry ink thinner and 160,000 shirt buttons, suggesting a prank gone oddly wrong.
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Spokane
Prank Bunker
Four Die in Idaho Traffic Crashes Sunday
Four people were killed and at least three injured in four separate traffic accidents in Idaho on Sunday. A pedestrian Abe Livermore, about 60, ran into a car driven by John Lopez of Nampa. he died en route to a hospital. Another fatality was Paul Frank Spicer, 26, of Caldwell, whose car left US 95 near Marsing.
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Associated Press
Idaho
Nampa
Marsing
American Falls
McCammon
Abe Livermore
John L. Lopez
Canyon County
Ray Luekenga
Paul Frank Spicer
Caldwell
Dusteller
Edith
Coast Guard Rescues Oakey L Alexander Crew in Maine Storm
Coast Guard units from four Portland stations rescue 37 aboard the collier Oakey L Alexander after the 10,000 ton ship breaks apart near Cape Elizabeth. First two survivors are David Rogers and Lorenz Connelly. the ship grounded on rocks in a fierce coastal gale. All hands are reported safe.
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Maine
Coast Guards
Oakey L. Alexander
High Head
David Rogers
Norfolk
Messman
Lorenz Connelly
Boston
Rogers
Portland Coal Transportation
Portland
Aon
Idaho State College formed from University of Idaho Southern Branch
Gov. Robins signed a bill to reorganize the University of Idaho Southern Branch into a four year degree granting Idaho State College effective immediately. The ceremony in Boise drew students officials and civic leaders including Nellie Steenson Dan McDevitt and L C Johnson with Theodore Turner and his wife among the witnesses.
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A. Robins
Idaho Southern
Idaho State College
Graveley Hall
Boise
C. A. Robins
Pocatello
O. A. Robins
University of Idaho
Nellie Cline Steenson
Bannock
Turner
Dan McDevitt
Herman McDevitt
Ralph Swisher
Carl W. McIntosh
State College
Pocatello Commerce
O. R. Baum
L. C. Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Ted West
Idaho Power Company
Roy Craven
Transportation Executive
Bannock County
Steenson
Henry C. O'Leary
J. O. Anderson
Cloudy Weather Forecast With Snow Flurries Tonight and Tuesday
The weatherman predicts cloudy skies with occasional snow flurries or showers tonight and Tuesday and little temperature change. Tonight low 30 to 35, Tuesday high near 45. today’s 24 hour high 41 and low 34 with mean 38. Regional temps varied with Boise 48 34 and Salt Lake City 46 32.
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Pacific Coast
Idaho
Montana
Boise
Burley
Butte
Dubois
Idaho Falls
Salt Lake City
Truman Arrives for Three Day State Visit in Mexico City
President Harry S. Truman arrived in Mexico City for a three day state visit with President Miguel Aleman. The Sacred Cow departed Kansas City at 2 59 a m and landed at 9 37 a m to a formal welcome by Aleman and Mexican officials at an airfield ceremony.
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Mexico City
Harry S. Truman
Miguel Aleman
Kansas City
Consultative Council
President Truman
Cashi Aleman
Eugenics Bill Passes 34 17 in Idaho House
Rep. Helen J. Miller pushes a 5000 dollar appropriation to reactivate the state board of eugenics. The measure, approved 34 to 17, moves to the senate. The board, inactive since 1932, would order sterilizations of mental defectives and habitual criminals to shrink state institutions and save costs.
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Boise
Helen J. Miller
Elmore
House of Representatives
State Board of Eugenics
House
Senate
Board of Eugenics
Truman Urges End of Draft In Message to Congress
President Truman asks Congress to end the draft if current voluntary enlistments fail to sustain 1,070,000 Army and 71,000 Navy, and to authorize hiring civilian help from existing funds to fill shortages if forces fall short.
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Congress
Washington
Navy Departments
Army
Navy
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