Navy Sinks Survivors Of Bomb Test
The battleship Pennsylvania, Pearl Harbor survivor and Bikini test participant, was scuttled near Kwajalein on February 10. The Navy cited damage at Okinawa as the main reason for its loss and noted the ship would be too radioactive for scrap without costly decontamination. Also sunk were destroyer Trippe on February 3 and attack transport Banner on February 16, all deemed progressively deteriorated.
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Pearl Harbor
Pennsylvania
Kwajalein
Okinawa
Bikini
Trippe
Banner
Kwajalein Lagoon
Navy
Former King Mi hai of Romania Refuses Abdication
Former King Mihai of Romania says his abdication was forced and not binding. He plans to sail to the United States and met the British royal family at Buckingham Palace. He accuses Petru Groza and Gheorghiu Dej of pressuring him under threat of bloodshed to sign the abdication on Dec 30, 1947.
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London
Mihai
Romania
United States
Buckingham Palace
Europe
Petru Groza
Gheorghiu-Dej
Council Hears Pro and Con Arguments on Annexation
At a city council meeting about annexation of the Ross park area Mayor George R. Phillips said residents’ wishes would be respected. Spokesman L. W. Cox presented a petition with 146 signatures opposing annexation while E. O. Leonard outlined objections. Earl A. Thomson supported city inclusion for his Cream Top dairy property between South Second and Fifth avenues. Cox criticized the chamber of commerce and noted many in the area oppose joining a village of Blackrock or forming their own.
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George R. Phillips
Ross Park
L. W. Cox
E. 0. Leonard
Malthane Caid Halnnbad
Earl A. Thomson
South Second
Fifth Avenues
Cox
Chamber of Commerce
Blackrock
Chamber talks on city limits and tax issues in Taaked
Dolbeer argues against misimpressions about expansion into Blackrock and supports bringing business districts into Pocatello. Al Smith defends chambers of commerce and notes his preference to stay on ten acres south of the city until inclusion. Councilman James H. Bowns weighs in on the debate.
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Chamber of Commerce
Dolbeer
Blackrock
Pocatello
al Smith
Chambers of Commerce
James H. Bowns
Trains Kill Nine in Belgian Fog Collision at Jambes
Belgian railway officials report nine killed and four badly hurt as a passenger train and freight collide in dense fog at Jambes Station in southeastern Belgium. The crash derailed a passenger coach and wrecked the coach in the station.
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Brussels
Belgium
Jambes
Tire Prices Rise Possible as Demand Falls
Akron report notes General Tire and Rubber Co president W. O'Neil warns a drop in tire demand may push prices higher soon.
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Akron, O
W. O'Neil
General Tire and Rubber Co
Robins Urges West to Drop Barriers and Boost Cooperation
Governor C. A. Robins of Idaho urged sister Western states to reduce barriers and cooperate on commerce and industry. He spoke to Intermountain Lumber Dealers in Salt Lake City noting rising refinery activity around the city and predicting greater oil production and timber resource collaboration across the region.
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Salt Lake City
C. A. Robins
Idaho
Intermountain
Robins
Rocky Mountain Area
Gover
Hospital Case Back in Court In Third Suit
Four Bancroft area citizens through attorney B A McDevitt filed suit in Bannock county fifth district court seeking to block bonds and the Bannock county hospital project approved by voters 16 months ago This is the third lawsuit to stop the 1946 general election plan The complaint names Ralph Harrison David E Revoir Ammon Hatch and Lester Hansen as signers and claims 2602 petition signers were not qualified electors or taxpayers The complaint alleges commissioners did not...
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Bancroft Area
B. A. McDevitt
Bannock County
Bannock County Hospital
Ralph Harrison
David E. Revoir
Ammon Hatch
Lester Hansen
Geo Marley Dies at 61 in Pocatello
George Erastus Marley 61 retired Railway Express messenger died after brief illness in a local hospital. Born November 5 1886 in Cammonville Utah he lived in Pocatello since 1916. Survived by widow Mary, two sons George Jr and Howard, daughter Maurine Womack of Los Angeles, seven brothers and two sisters. Funeral arrangements set by McHan Henderson funeral home.
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George Erastus Marley
Railway Express
Camnonville
Utah
Mr. Marley
Joseph
Mary D. Stinger Marley
Mary L. Haralson
Salt Lake City
McCammon
Pocatello
Railway Express Messenger
City Planners Set Inaugural Meeting Monday Evening
The newly appointed city planning and advisory commission under Mayor George R. Phillips will convene at 8 p.m. Monday in room 210 at Hotel Bannock. Chairman C. Ed Flandro leads a 20 member panel including W. C. Carnes Mal Deaton Col. M. Preston Goodfellow F. M. Bistline and Dr. Carl W. McIntosh.
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City Planning and Advisory Commission
George R. Phillips
Hotel Bannock
C. Ed Flandro
W. C. Carnes
Mal Deaton
Col. M. Preston Goodfellow
F. M. Bistline
Carl W. McIntosh
O. R. Baum
Ezra Hawkes
William Oberg
Reds Sending New Envoy to Prague After Coup
Washington reports Czechoslovakia's new Communist government has named Irvin Munk minister counsellor to Washington. He will become charge d'affaires once the envoy to replace Juraj Slavik arrives in New York. Slavik quit to fight for democracy and may seek asylum with limited support.
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Washington
Czechoslovakia
Irvin Munk
Prague
New York
Juraj Slavik
Klement Gottwald
Dixie Rebels Lose Round To the North
The Dixie Democrats face setbacks as Virginia lawmakers move to allow Truman on ballots with electors bound to the party line. New England Democrats including Boston Mayor Curley back MacArthur. Florida Democrats delay Jefferson-Jackson events, while the Ku Klux Klan campaigns to suppress Black voters in Wrightsville Georgia.
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Associated Press
President Truman
North
Virginia
Truman
New England
Boston
James M. Curley
Douglas MacArthur
William M. Tuck
Florida
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Wrightsvile
German Witness Claims Hitler Escape Seen by 47 Officers
U S army intelligence officers report a former German named Arthur Plotter Mackensen claiming he saw Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun flee by plane from Berlin to Denmark and on to southern France in late April 1945. He was arrested at Molfratshausen near Much after a tip from a German girl. Officials in Frankfurt said they awaited a formal report but cautioned that similar stories remain unproven.
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Germany
U.S. Army
Hitler
Eva Braun
Arthur Plotter Mackensen
Eva
Berlin
Denmark
France
Mackensen
Molfratshausen
Much
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Frankfurt
Army to cut toe room in boots for better fit and traction
The army announced new service shoes and combat boots will provide one-eighth inch more room for toes and will feature flattened soles for better traction. The change aims to improve comfort for soldiers and enhance mobility across terrains.
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Washington
Oldster 26 Celebrates Leap Year Birthday in Pasco
J. W. Walters, druggist from Hartline Washington, marked both his 76th and 19th birthdays in Pasco on Sunday. He was born on leap year’s day in 1872.
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Pasco
Wash
J. W. Walters
Hartline
Walters
Green Attending Education Talks in Boise
State education officials meet to craft a unified education legislative program for the 1949 Idaho legislature. Alton B. Jones said a similar session was held December 8, with about 20 officials attending and George N. Green of Pocatello attending for class A schools in the region.
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Boise
Idaho
Alton B. Jones
Jones
George N. Green
Pocatello
Shrine Plans Building For Fez Club In Pocatello
The Fez club of the Whitman hotel will get a new concrete block building with a brick front at 436 N Main. Roy Getty president of the Shrine club says construction likely starts Monday and should finish in 60 to 70 days. Building committee includes A A Girard chair and George Kerr Dale Strong Charles Waring, with finance chair A A Shuster and other members from Pocatello Soda Springs and Blackfoot.
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Fez Club
Whitman Hotel
N. Main
Roy Getty
Shrine Club
el Korah Temple
Boise
Ray Hunter
Paradice & Hunter
Getty
A. A. Girard
George Kerr
Dale Strong
Charles Waring
A. A. Shuster
Clifford Miller
Mal Deaton
Bob Edgar
Ben Johnson
Myron Porges
William Howard
William C. Parker
AFL to Poll Labor Act
The American Federation of Labor launches a nationwide poll of its more than 7,000,000 members to gauge support for the Taft-Hartley labor act. Ballots were mailed to AFL local unions with a note stressing secrecy and urging members to vote yes or no on the act.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Robert A. Taft
Pell Department
Washington, D. C
Hull Opposes Division of Europe Into Spheres of Influence
Cordell Hull recalls May 1944 discussions with British Prime Minister Churchill and British Ambassador Halifax on a Britain Russia wartime agreement. He argues against carving the Balkans into zones of influence and favors keeping the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union aligned under a single international security framework. He notes Churchill’s push for approval of the proposed pact while stressing wartime cooperation and future peace settlement rights.
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Sweden Calls Isolation of Reds in Politics
Swedish senator Ture Nerman urged isolating communists as a fifth column in Sweden and severing ties with Stalinist Sweden. Svenska Dagbladet pledged to boycott news conferences with leaders while discussing communist participation in foreign affairs. In Helsinki, the Swedish People's Party urged Finland to begin treaty talks with the Soviet Union per Stalin's proposal.
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Ture Nerman
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Helsinki
Swedish People's Party
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Soviet Union
Juho Paasiki
Swedish People’s Party
Paasikivi
Popular Front
Sorrell alleges Bioff tied to Disney strike violence
Washington reports quote Herbert K. Sorrell accusing Willie Bioff of striking a deal with Walt Disney and importing Chicago torpedoes to damage Disney Studios during the 1941 strike. The AFL unions leader says the aim was to discredit the unions.
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Herbert K. Sorrell
Willie Bioff
Walt Disney
Chicago
Disney Studios
Sorrell
AFL Conference of Studio Unions
Ambush Kills 17 Jews In Palestine
In Ramallah area Arabs ambushed a Haganah patrol, killing 17 Jewish militiamen after a two hour gunfight. Arab sources say the patrol tried to mine the highway and came from Kalandiya near the airport where UN partition commissioners arrived. British heavy guns fired at Arab attackers. One Arab believed killed in mortar shelling near Mount Scopus.
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Haganah
Ramallah
Kalandiya
United Nations Commission
Holy Land
Britain
Mount Scopus
Butte Leads Coldest Readings Amid Storm Across Region
The weather log shows Butte Montana at 20 below zero the coldest point while Big Piney Wyoming logged below zero. Other stations ranged from four to twenty two above with snow piling in southeastern Utah and a broad snow blanket from the Rockies to New England.
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Butte
Mont
Salt Lake City
Big Piney
Wyo
Bryce Canyon
Utah
Idaho Falls
Ogeden
Pocatello
Boise
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Idaho
Nevada
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Rockies
Canadian
Great Lakes
New England
Russians Mass Troops Near Germany Czechoslovak Border
U S army officers reported 10 000 or more Russian troops have moved in the past month to an area near Czechoslovakia and the American zone of Germany. They said the moves in the Soviet zone appear linked to routine spring maneuvers.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Meat and grain prices fall for farmers in 1948 market
Chicago reports show farmers receiving less for hogs and wool while cattle hold steadier and lambs drop. Hog prices slid from 29.80 to 24.25 per hundred pounds, with wheat and corn also dipping. The trend mirrors 1947 patterns across livestock and grain markets, noted in state and Kansas City cash markets.
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Chicago
East St. Louis
Kansas City
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