Idaho Autorizes Rail Freight Rate Increase Across Idaho
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission authorized major railroads operating in Idaho to raise freight rates 15 to 25 percent, aligning with federal intrastate and interstate actions. The move, effective after 10 days notice, excludes sugar beets molasses potatoes ore and pumice stone from increases, saving sugar beet growers about $80,000. Carriers say total requested rises would reach about $355,000, with partial exceptions set for pickup delivery and small shipments.
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Boise
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Commission
Public Utilities Commission
House to Act On Citation in Communist Inquiry
Washington The houses activities committee voted to cite Leon Josephson of New York for contempt after he refused to testify about alleged connections to the Russian secret police and passport forging. The contempt citation would go to the whole house and, if approved, to a U S district attorney for grand jury action.
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Washington
House Can Activities Committee
Leon Josephson
New Ber
Josephson
America
New York
United States
Dayton
Ohio
Gerhart Eisler
Eisler
Red Party
Trio Improving After Kaysville Car Train Crash
Three survivors in the Kaysville collision involving a passenger train and a car were reported improving. In the front seat were Wilford H. Webster 55 and his two injured children Dorothy 21 with a fractured pelvis and Dee with a broken leg. Six children in the rear seat Harold Rice Sterling Ines David Ines Lee Preslar David Sandal and Jo Ann Webster were killed instantly.
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Harold Rice
Sterling
David Ines
Lee Preslar
David Sandal
Jo Ann Webster
Layton
Boston court fines for playing on the Lord's day
In district court six Roxbury residents were fined ten dollars each for playing on the Lord's day. Police arrested two complainants and their husbands yesterday, September 2, amid a disturbance reported by local authorities.
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Boston
Roxbury
Luey
Telephone Workers Readying Strike Over 12 Dollar Weekly Hike
The CIO United Telephone Workers and affiliates threaten a nationwide walkout affecting about 287000 employees unless a $12 weekly wage increase is won. The looming strike follows long stalemate and a policy committee vote timetable, with April 7 eyed as a deadline. The broader labor scene includes Allis-Chalmers ended walkout but ongoing plant fights and mixed union negotiations across industries.
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Associated Press
Dove of Peace
Allis-Chalmers Cio
United Automobile Workers
Allis-Chalmers
Omnes
Independent
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Federal Conciliation Service
House of Representatives
Labor Board
Cio-United Rubber Workers
Goodrich Co
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
U.S. Rubber Co
Crash Kills Idaho in CAIRO Egypt
The bodies of six Americans killed in a C-47 crash in the Ethiopian mountains were flown to Cairo. Five victims will be sent to the United States including Lt. Howard G. Smith of Boise Idaho Lt. John Creech of Oregon Staff Sergeant Dale Holmes of Iowa M and Sgt Donald Tisdall of New York and Don I Sullivan of Beverly Hills Calif. Daniel C Dennett Jr of Newton Mass will go to Beyrouth where he served as cultural relations attache at the U S legation.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ethiopia
United States
Howard G. Smith
Boise
Idaho
Air Transport Command
John Creech
Oregon
U. S. Army
Middle East
Dale Holmes
Iowa
Donald Tisdall
New York
Don I. Sullivan
Beverly Hills
Calif
U. S
Daniel C. Dennett, Jr
Newton
Mass
Beyrouth
Iu. 8
Legation
Idaho Rodeo Groups Reach 1947 Rule Accord in Twin Falls
A large Idaho State Fair and Rodeo association delegation met in Twin Falls with Rodeo Cowboys Association and International Rodeo Association officials to settle 1947 rules. Attendees included Earl Lindsay Bill Linderman E N Boylen Roy Lindley Ray Swanson Sail Clark Burley. Pocatello Rodeo set for July 10 11 12 with night shows at Bannock county grounds.
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Idaho State Fair and Rodeo Association
Twin Falls
Rodeo Cowboys Association
International Rodeo Association
Earl Lindsay
Dallas
Texas
Bill Linderman
Ft. Worth
RCA
E. N
Roy Lindley
Ray Swanson
North Bannock
Pocatello
Bannock County Fair and Rodeo Grounds
Rebels Rout Loyalists Near Asuncion Amid Invasion Report
Argentine Paraguayan frontier reports say Paraguayan rebels led by Col Alfredo Ramos routed loyalist troops at San Pedro and moved toward Asuncion. Correspondents describe an open road for progress southward, with San Pedro ruined by aerial bombardment and civilians displaced.
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Buenos Aires
Asuncion
San Pedro
el Mundo
Alfredo Ramos
Concepcion
Ramos
Surprise Visit From Old Man Winter Shocks Pocatello
Old Man Winter returned to Pocatello Sunday with 0.22 inches of snow amid a week of mild March weather. The city records 1.23 inches for the month, with a 41 degree high and 29 degree low in the past 24 hours and winds around 26 to 27 miles per hour. Temperatures across nearby towns ranged from 40s to mid 50s while the forecast calls for fair, slightly warmer weather with a low near 25 and a high around 50 tonight and Tuesday.
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Pocatello
Malad
Boise
Burley
Butte
Dubois
Idaho Falls
Salt Lake
Senate Rent Bill Advances With Administration Shift
A senate rents subcommittee debated keeping rent controls under the Commerce Department via Housing Expeditor Frank Creedon. The panel favors extending controls to February 29, 1948 and letting governors form local advisory panels to recommend adjustments or decontrols, with 30 day administrator review.
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Washington (P
Senate
Commerce Department of Housing
Frank Creedon
Buck
R-Del
OPA
Boy Killed In Roosevelt Rabbit Hunt Accident
Carl Powell aged 16 son of Mr and Mrs James Powell Roosevelt Utah was killed when a .22 rifle held by a hunting companion discharged during a rabbit hunt. Four other youths were present and deputies said the shot entered Powell’s back in the accidental discharge tragedy.
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Roosevelt
Utah
Carl Powell
James Powell
Powell
United Air Lines to Start Chicago San Francisco Nonstop
United Air Lines announced nonstop Chicago to San Francisco service starting April 27 using four engined DC-6s. Flights will cover the coast to coast route in seven hours and 65 minutes.
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Chicago
United Air Lines
San Francisco
Flood Waters Hit London Subway and British Crops
Flood waters swamped the largest London subway power station halting 40 miles of tracks and closing 70 stations. Northern England rivers flooded York and other areas, destroying vast acres of winter wheat and potatoes, with experts calling it a national calamity and prompting talk of borrowing from the United States.
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London
England
York
Ouse
Bermuda
Hoburn-on- Tyne
Wales
Easr
Terrific new evidence in Overell murders inquiry
Sheriff James Musick described new evidence in the deaths of Walter E. Overell and his wife aboard their Newport harbor cruiser as terrific. Beulah Overell and George Gollum, the couple’s daughter and her fiancé, remain in custody on murder charges as post mortems point to head blows and a hammer indent on the skulls.
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Santa Ana
Calif
James Musick
Walter E. Overell
Los Angeles
Newport Harbor
Los Angeles Finance Company
Beulah
Musick
Overells
Miss Overell
University of Southern California
Gollum
Los Angeles City College
Police Probe Old Mansion for Langley Collyer
New York police entered the Fifth Avenue mansion to search for Langley Collyer, 61, declared missing after years in hiding with his brother Homer. Attorney John R. McMullen authorized the search warning Langley might be armed.
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Langley Collyer
New York
Fifth Avenue
Yesteryear
Harlem
Langley
Homer
John R. McMullen
Wildcat Attack on Palm Springs Vacationer Hurts Girl
Bobbette Buehler, 14, was attacked by a 30 pound wildcat at the Casa Del Monte pool complex in Palm Springs while on vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs J D Buehler of Pocatello Idaho. She sustained deep scratches but is responding to Pasteur treatments and attending school.
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J. D. Buehler
W. Lander
Bobbette
Palm Springs
Calif
Pocatello
Idahoan Senator Calls Greek Loan a Bad Deal
Sen. Glen Taylor of Idaho criticizes a Greek loan as a bad deal and lambasts labeling all opponents as communists. He warns fascism looms if Americans do not act, tying Hitler’s rise to suppression of opponents. Frank Kingdon accuses a Republican Democratic coalition of steering the country, dividing liberal ranks.
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Baltimore
Greece
America
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Maryland
Progressive Citizens of America
Hitler
Taylor
Frank Kingdon
New York
Cochairman
National P.C.A
Auto Crash Fatal Near Lewiston Claims Kerr Life
4 Ray Kerr, a 30 year old Kamiah logger, was killed when his car struck two trees and rebounded into the Clearwater River east of Lewiston. He died of a broken neck in the fiery crash recorded yesterday.
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Lewiston
Ray Kerr
Clearwater River
Here
Kerr
Kamiah Logger
Solons Agree To Purge Of Disloyals
Washington actions on President Truman's purge order target federal workers with suspected disloyalties. Lawmakers consider legal backing and define firing responsibilities while FBI checks compile a master loyalty index and subversive group lists. Congress backs the drive as vindication of anti subversion efforts by key committees.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
FBI
House Appropriations Committee
Committee On un-American Activities
Preston High School Trophy Purchase Promoted
Lt. Jack Wilson of the Pocatello naval ordnance plant wrote to Ing of The Tribune urging a trophy for Preston high school after its strong showing in the South Idaho tournament at Pocatello. He has bought a fine trophy to be engraved with awarded to Preston high school for sportsmanship district and southern basketball tournament 1947. Contributions of 21.52 including engraving are sought from fans to Lt. Wilson or Ing.
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Jack Wilson
Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant
Ing
The
Tribune
Pocatello
Preston High School
Lt. Wilson
Aid to Greece and Turkey May Be Gift
Undersecretary of State Acheson testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United States may fund aid to southern Korea to build its economy while Soviet forces occupy the north. He said no troop deployment to Greece or Turkey is planned and that a full cost estimate will be submitted to Congress.
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Washington
Acheson
United States
Korea
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Soviet Russia
Congress
Jury Verdict Clears Judge in Conspiracy Case
U S District Judge Albert W. Johnson was acquitted of a conspiracy charge in Harrisburg. His son Captain Albert W. Johnson Jr was acquitted, while two other sons Donald M and Miller A Johnson and two others were convicted and sentenced to two years in prison and a ten thousand dollar fine. The trial followed investigations into cases handled in Johnson's court during his tenure and involved fee splitting and disposition of bankruptcy and receivership matters.
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Harrisburg
U. S
Albert W. Johnson
Donald M
Miller A. Johnson
John Memolo
Jacob Greenes
Scranton
James Alger Fee
Oregon
House Judiciary Committee
Driver Missing After Car Falls Into Creek Near Idaho City
Police continued to search for the body of Ralph Joslyn a 24 year old Boise resident believed to have drowned when the car he was driving went into More's Creek Saturday night A passenger Jane Meyer 23 Emmett escaped and rested well at a local hospital The accident occurred about 18 miles south of Idaho City Joslyn was the son of Carroll W Joslyn of Boise secretary treasurer of Morrison Kudsen Co
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Boise
Ralph Joslyn
More's Creek
Jane Meyer
Emmett
Idaho City
Careroll W. Joslyn
Morrison-Kudsen Company
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House Civil Service Committee
Rees
Lieut. Wilson
Preston
Mediterranean
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