Solon Plans Questions on U S Policy
Senator Vandenberg leading a Republican conference compiled a questionnaire on American aid to Greece and Turkey. He said top government officials must answer fully in public hearings on foreign and domestic effects. Wherry noted questions covered UN status and possible U S troop use in the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vandenberg
R.- Mich
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Republicans
Truman
Sen. Wherry
Nebr
United Nations
Mediterranean
Sen. Vandenberg
Wherry
Rebels Expand Front in Paraguayan Clash Reports
In Paraguay insurgents based in Concepcion reportedly joined battle with loyalist forces. Loyalist planes bombed rebel targets outside Concepcion as rebels reportedly mobilized from 600 to 2,000 troops. President Morinigo extended the state of siege to restore order amid alleged international communist interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asuncion
Paraguay
Concepcion
Paraguay River City
Belencue
Puerto
Guerrillas Fire on American Party En Route to Albania
The Greek press office reports guerrillas fired on a United Nations investigating commission team traveling through western Macedonia toward Albania. No injuries were reported. Army units later dislodged the guerrillas from mountain heights along the Kastoria road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
United Nations Investigating Commission
Macedonia
Albania
Kastoria
Three Men Held as Police Probe Double Slay
Los Angeles investigators questioned three men in the slaying of Evelyn Winters a 42 year old former film studio secretary. District Attorney William E Simpson said he will seek a grand jury indictment against Myron L Funk 23 for the strangulation killing of Mae Lorene Preston 46. Two earlier cases of women killed remain unsolved Elizabeth Short the Black Dahlia and Jeanne Picteijanues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Evelyn Winters
Film Studio
William E. Simpson
Myron L. Funk
Husky Foundry Moulder
Mae Lorene Preston
Elizabeth Short
the Black Dahlia
Jeanne Picteiyea Nures
Norris Stensland
Punk
Preston
Frank Funk
Los Angeles County
Mae Lorena Preston
Gordon Bowers
Funk
Myron
Bowers
J. P. Estes
General Parker Dies at 74 After Long Army Career
Maj. Gen. Frank Parker retired in 1936 after 46 years in the service and a famed World War I command. He died last night of a heart attack at 74, earning numerous decorations from tours in Puerto Rico, South America, Cuba, the Philippines, China, and France. Parker, a Georgetown, D. C. native, graduated from West Point in 1894.
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Chicago
Frank Parker
Parker
Puerto Rico
South America
Cuba
Philippines
China
France
Georgetown
D. C
West Point
Phone Walkout Ends in Texas After Weeklong Silence
The Southwestern Bell Telephone union members in Texas return to work ending a seven day walkout that began with a personnel dispute in Odessa. Gov. Jester named a fact finding committee last night, credited with ending the statewide action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Union
Odessa
Tex
Beauford H. Jester
Truman Overrules Military In Advising End of Draft
President Truman overruled top military manpower experts and urged Congress to let the wartime draft expire. The Senate committee transcript shows Maj. Gen. W. S. Paul and Maj. Gen. Lewis Hershey testified before the Armed Services Committee, with calls to delay transferring draft records amid a troubled world situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Washington
Congress
Gurney
R-I. D
Senate Armed Services Committee
Becom Os
W. 8. Paul
Army
Lewis B. Hershey
Fair Weather Expected Through Saturday For Pocatello
The weatherman forecasts continued fair and warm conditions for Pocatello through Saturday. Coastal warmth moves east with 78 in Los Angeles at 11 am. no storms in the area, but east of the Rockies colder conditions loom. In Pocatello the 24 hour period ending 12:30 pm recorded 52 high and 34 low with a mean of 43. Nearby towns show varied readings from Malad 54/27 to Boise 56/31 and Salt Lake City 52/31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Rockies
United States
Glasgow
Mont
California Denies Scientist Chance For Test on Life
In Sacramento a Berkeley scientist seeks to revive a convicted slayer after execution. State corrections chief McGee rejects the request citing legal barriers and the time needed to retrieve a body from the gas chamber. The law designates next of kin or educational institutions for remains, with unclaimed bodies buried on the prison reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Sacramento
Calif
Berkeley
Richard A. McGee
Corrections
McGee
Robert Cornish
Warren
Tom McMonigle
Cornish
Department of Health
Judge Denies Plea in Day-Hendricks Divorce Contest
Los Angeles judge denies plea by J Ray Hendricks to dismiss a contest by a superior court to set aside his divorce from actress Laraine Day. Hendricks, Santa Monica airport manager, was divorced Jan 20 and Day remarried Leo Durocher in Mexico after a Texas trip.
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Los Angeles
Laraine Day
J. Ray Hendricks
Hendricks
Santa Monica
Miss Day
Roosevelt
Utah
Texas
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Mexico
Hill Registers Voter In Port Huron With Light Tease
Allen R. Hill jovially instructs a voter to sign the form, saying Write your John Hancock on this form. The applicant complied by signing, marking a light moment in the registration scene in Port Huron Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
Mich
John Hancock
Widow Convicted in Idaho Man’s Slaying Case
In Caldwell Idaho a circuit court jury of nine men and three women found Mrs Gladys Broadhurst 40 guilty of first degree murder in the death of her husband W D Broadhurst 51. Prosecutors said she lured young cowboy Alvin Lee Williams 23 into killing Broadhurst to obtain a 146000 fortune and that a sham marriage sealed the plot. Williams confessed the slaying and testified at trial. The jury imposed life imprisonment with no death sentence for the woman under state tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadhurst
Alvin Lee Williams
W. D. Broadhurst
Caldwell
Idaho
Williams
Veterans Get Farm Land in Minidoka Idaho
World War I veterans will get 43 irrigated farm units totaling about 3226 acres in the Minidoka project near Eden and Hazelton Idaho. Applications open April 25 with two buildings and surplus equipment provided to qualified homesteaders. Farms range from 52 to 100 irrigable acres and sixteen units were already developed during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Minidoka
Idaho
R. J. Newell
Bureau of Reclamation
Newell
Minidoka Project
Eden
Hazelton
War Relocation Authority
Hunt Unit
Northwest Regional
Washington, D. C
Hunt
Board of Examiners
R. Marean
Maps Going Out Boise to World Markets
Idaho public works commissioner E W Sinclair says nearly five thousand highway maps have been mailed this year to every region. Requests have come from chambers of commerce schools travel bureaus and tourist agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
E .W. Sinclair
Public Works
Chambers of Commerce
Marshall Delivers Free Society Message At Ministers Conference
Secretary Marshall told foreign ministers that democracy requires free expression without fear and called out abuses in postwar Germany. He cited plant liquidations in the U.S. zone and Nazi prisoner counts as he urged progress on displaced persons and German reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Marshall
Conference of Foreign Ministers
United States
Germany
Truman
Grece
Council
Italy
Molotov
China
An Aouree
Fusa
Ogden Police Officers Sell Tickets for Benefit Ball
Ogden police officers sold two tickets for their annual benefit dance at a South Ogden grocery store. Patrolman Wilson A. Allen and Patrolman A. M. Gardside faced an arrest ticket from South Ogden Marshal Eden W. Beutler for parking near a fire plug. Alfred Gladwell sets trial for Monday in City-County building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
South Ogden
Alfred Gladwell
Burch Creek
Wilson A. Allen
Ogden City
Allen
A. M. Gardside
Former Pocatello Residents Visit Home Town
Former Pocatellans Mr. and Mrs. Elston Brinckley, now in Portland and later Tennessee, with family, visit Pocatello. Brinckley ran Po catello’s first Piggly Wiggly, linked to Safeway Products. Sister Mrs. Harvey Dice, also formerly of Pocatello, lives in Tennessee. The Leteran visited Mr. and Mrs Atwood during the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elston Brinckley
Pocatellans
Pocatello
Portland
Brinkley
Safeway Products Company
Mr. Brinckley
Tennessee
Harvey Dice
Leteran
Atwood
March DeHaviland Russell Win Motion Picture Awards
Hollywood reports Frederic March named best actor and Olivia De Havilland best actress at the 19th Academy Awards amid a standout turn by Harold Russell. Russell earned best supporting actor for The Best Years of Our Lives, with a board special award, while March did not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Frederic March
Olivia de Havilland
Harold Russell
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Russell
Academy
Board of Directors
March
de Havilland
Ship Rescues Ten Men Near Honolulu
The Fort Dearborn wreck left 10 crewmen rescued by the freighter St Johns Victory and the liner General W H Gordon, 1 100 miles northwest of Oahu. Captain J W Russy of the coast guard said the master R J Mahoney of Corpus Christi and chief mate M E Taylor were injured and treated aboard the Gordon.
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Honolulu
Fort Dearborn
J. W. Russy
Coast Guard
Corpus Christi, Tex
M. E. Taylor
General Gordon's Hospital
French May Have Secret Know-How On Atomic Bombs
Frederic Joliot Curie, a leading French atomic expert, implied France could produce atomic bombs and hinted at the third stage of applying atomic energy to improve life. He avoided a direct claim but suggested France has the know how, while U.S. and British scientists say only the United States has real bomb know-how.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Frederic Joliot-Curie
France
United Nations World
Mme
Marie Curie
Joliot-Curie
Frederic Joliot- Curie
Prance
United States
Idahoan Gets License
A marriage license was issued yesterday to William Earl Stott 20 of Douglas Arizona and Maria Jean Bird of Blackfoot Idaho at Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
William Earl Stott
Douglas, Ariz
Maria Jean Bird
Blackfoot
Idaho
Newsprint Costs Hit Small Publishers at 200 Per Ton
Adrian B. Lopez, publisher of six magazines, told a small business subcommittee he pays up to 200 per ton for newsprint, about 116 above market. He warned relief is needed or he will cut publications from six to two as large publishers’ long term contracts and paper mill acquisitions squeeze smaller firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Adrian B. Lopez
Lopez
Th Publishing Corp
Bookkeeper Finds 92800 in Cellar Cache in Philadelphia Home
Benjamin Lieberman a 44 year old bookkeeper and his wife found a stash of 92800 in a cardboard box in a dark cellar of their Philadelphia home. The money in 10 20 and 50 dollar bills was turned over to the director of public safety for safekeeping as investigators seek the owner. The Liebermans fear the find will affect their nerves as they try to determine the rightful ownership of the cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Benjamin Lieberman
Lieberman
Liebermans
Director of Public Safety
James H. Malone
Charles Steinberg
Salisbury visits Minneapolis Chamber office after clinic
Chamber president E D Salisbury and a Minneapolis chamber delegation called at the chamber office today. They had attended a retail merchants clinic at Butte as part of the chamber group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Salisbury
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Salisbury
Minneapolis Chamber
Butte
Izvestia Attacks U S Greece Turkey Aid Plan
The Soviet paper Izvestia denounces U S pressure on Greece and Turkey as interference in internal affairs, saying Washington seeks to go over the United Nations. It notes Truman asked Congress for 400 million dollars in aid and calls out alleged U S haste before UN actions.
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Moscow
Izvestia
United States Today
Greece
Turkey
United Nations
Russia
Truman
Congress
U. S
Washington
Big Four
Foreign Ministers Conference
United States
United Nations Organization
Seeurity Council
George C. Marshall
Erenest Bevin
Police Under Heavy Bond In Rhode Island Robbery Case
Two Providence patrolmen George B. Harris and Gordon L. Conway were held for the grand jury in bail totaling 190000 amid an investigation into a robber gang tied to a roadside restaurant burglary. Also arraigned were Henry Cipriano Frank Martinelli and Joseph V. Alello all denying the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence, R. I
Providence
Rhode Island
George B. Harris
Gordon L. Coneway
Harris
Conway
Force
Lugi de Pasquale
Henry Cipriano
Frank Martinelli
Joseph V. Alello
Grace, Idaho Marine receives naval aviator wings in Pensacola
Harold J. Hale of Grace Idaho received the gold wings of a naval aviator at the Naval Air Training Base in Pensacola Florida. He is a member of the United States Marine Corps and earned the designation after completing flight training.
Idahoans to Wed in Salt Lake City
Bryant Lawrence Cleveland 21 of Salt Lake City and Norma Baird Rose Feed 21 of Preston Idaho obtained a marriage license today in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Bryant Lawrence Cleveland
Norma Baird Rosefeed
Preston
Idaho
Wallace Confirms Truman Policy Will Spread Communism
Henry A. Wallace former cabinet member says President Truman’s policy will spread communism in Europe and Asia. He warns the worldwide east west conflict signals war and Russia will respond to economic pressure. Continued on Page Ten.
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Wallace
New York
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Congress
Europe
Asia
New Republic Magazine
Russia
Unc
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