Northwest embargo cuts freight to Utah and Northwest oil trains
Rail carriers plan to halt shipments between the Northwest and East as Utah may host embargoed freight. A midnight DDT ban on nonessential coal trains aims to conserve fuel, shifting oil-burning locomotives to keep essential routes open. The Lewiston mill of Potlatch Forests closes lumber shipments. 700 to 800 workers face layoff until bans lift.
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Utah
Northwest
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Lewiston
Potlatch Forests, Inc
Dave S. Troy
Troy
Union Pacific
Pocatello
Portland
Portland-Huntington
Iran Hopes to Report On Red Army Exit Soon
Iranian sources say a conclusive report on the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Iran will be delivered to the United Nations Security Council well before May 20. Ambassador Hussein Ala departs for Washington as the council defers further action to obtain fuller information.
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United Nations Security Council
Iran
Hussein Ala
Washington
Andrei’ Gromyko
Moscow
Russia
U. S
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Tran
Ala
Council
Azerbaijan
Stettinius
France
Poland
Paul Hasluck
Bottolfsen Files for Governor Nomination in Idaho Primary
Boise reports former Governor C A Bottolfsen filed nominating petitions and candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor in the June 11 primary. Dr C A Robins and Adam H Blackstock also spoke of filing or considering declarations. The filing deadline is Saturday.
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Boise
C. A. Bottolfsen
Arco
Secretary of State Today
C. A. Robins
St. Maries
Adam H. Blackstock
Marsing
Russians Laugh at Molotov Yes Word Test at Embassy
Senator Tom Connally asked Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov at a U S embassy party if he could say yes in any language. interpreter Nikolai Pavlov laughed hard, Molotov also laughed, but he did not say yes.
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Paris
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Vyaneslav M. Molotov
United States
Nikolai Pavlov
Molotov
Senators Seek 7 Million For Forest Recreation
Western senators urge the senate subcommittee to approve a 7 million dollar forest recreation program. They seek 4 million for new construction and 2,745,000 for caretakers and restoring facilities, arguing postwar demand for outdoor recreation and need for camp grounds, picnic areas, and winter sports development to reduce forest fires.
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Washington
Senate
House
Taylor
Idaho
Ogden Rotary to Host International District Conference
Ogden Rotary club announced plans to host the annual Rotary International district 110 conference. Gordon M Baxter, conference chairman, reported details after a Wednesday meeting. The three day program opens Sunday with a golf tournament and music, followed by entertainment a floor show and dance with an informal banquet Tuesday.
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Ogden
Bureau Studies Owyhee Project Assessments
A federal bureau is conducting a comprehensive economic study of the Owyhee project spanning Oregon and Idaho to determine annual assessments for construction costs. Regional Director R. J. Newell announced the inquiry, covering about 1500 farmers in a 100000 acre irrigation area.
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Boise
Bureau of Reclamation
Owyhee
Oregon
Idaho
R. J. Newell
Siamese Twins Born to Portland Oregon Couple
Portland General Hospital reports Siamese girl twins born to Mr and Mrs Edward Horse. The 3 day old twins are joined near the spine with separate spinal cords but fused at the lower ends, possibly hindering upright walking. Parents also have two boys ages 7 and 4. father is a logger at Deep River Washington. The hospital to name the girls once the mother selects names. An AMA spokesman notes only 13 verified Siamese births from 1100 to 1936.
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Portland
Edward Horse
Portland General Hospital
Joseph V. Springer
Springer
American Medical Association
Chicago
Deep River
Washington
Parcel Post Limit Cut to 11 Pounds
The post office department ordered an embargo on parcel post shipments over 11 pounds due to the coal strike and rail service curtailment. Exemptions include five day-old poultry seeds plants and nursery stock eggs butter and other perishable foods medicines and surgical items. Normal parcel post limit is 70 pounds with a 170 pound size limit and 100 inch combined length and girth.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Government Raises Grain Ceilings To Boost Supplies
Washington reports higher grain ceilings to spur farmer sales and ease overseas hunger. Increases target corn, wheat, eats, barley, rye, sorghum and protein feeds, with potential downstream price effects on milk and dairy products. UNRRA and FAO leaders warn the world food crisis may persist for years.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
UNRRA
LaGuardia
Senate extends selective service to July first
The Senate unanimously approved a July 1 extension of selective service, preserving President Truman’s authority to seize struck coal mines under the act until then. House votes totaled 187 to 158 for a $400 million housing subsidies program to build 2,700,000 houses in two years. Naples reports King Vittorio Emanuele and Queen Elena planned voluntary exile aboard the Duke of Abruzzi with abdication announced tomorrow. In Boston, the Red Sox beat the White Sox 7-5 to run their win streak to 11 despite being outhit 15 to 11. Bobby Doerr hit a two run homer as Boston closed on the Yankees.
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Truman
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Naples
Vittorio Emanuele
Elena
Duke of Abruzzi
Umberto
Umberto I
Boston
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Bobby Doerr
New York Yankees
Louis Browns
New
Churchill urges United States of Europe in Dutch parliament
London. Winston Churchill, addressing the Dutch parliament via Hilversum broadcast, proposed a United States of Europe under a world organization. He argued unity would bring prosperity and peace and noted alliances strengthen the United Nations. He praised Britain’s 20 year Soviet friendship and a Franco‑British treaty as steps toward closer Western democracy.
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Winston Churchill
United States of Europe
Netherlands
Hilversum
United Nations
Britain
British Commonwealth
United States
Churchill
Soviet Union
France
Europe
Goff Files Petition for First District Run
Col Abe McGregor Goff of Moscow filed nominating petitions and a declaration of candidacy for the Republican nomination to the First district congressional seat in north Idaho with the secretary of state's office.
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Boise
Col
Abe McGregor Goff
Moscow
North Idaho
Secretary of State
Man Confesses Mussolini Body Theft and Hidden Remains
Interior Minister Giuseppe Romita announced that a suspect in custody confessed to stealing Benito Mussolini’s body and said the remains are reportedly hidden in Milan. The man offered to surrender the corpse if it could be buried in the Predappio family plot, an offer Romita said was refused.
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Rome
Giuseppe Romita
Benito Mussolini
Milan
Romita
Predappio
Primary Campaigns Heat Up in Idaho House Races
Idaho Republicans and Democrats race to nominate candidates for two U.S. House seats. Harold C. Howell of Boise seeks the Democratic nomination in the Second district as Rep. Henry C. Dworshak moves to run for the Senate. Max Cohn, cattleman of Arimo and Pocatello, files for the GOP Second district nomination. Col. Abe McGregor Goff, Moscow attorney, also files as a Republican candidate.
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Boise
Idaho
House of Representatives
Harold C. Howell
Independent Voters League
Henry C. Dworshak
GOP
Senate
Russia Rejects Plan to Control Germany and Redivide Europe
Diplomatic observers say the Paris foreign ministers conference failure signals a clear split of Europe into Russian led and Western spheres. Britain may back Byrnes 25 year treaty to bar German resurgence, while Russia opposes, foreshadowing intensified East West tensions in the United Nations era.
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Washington
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Paris
United States
Britain
Byrnes
Germany
Bevin
London
Russia
France
United Nations Security Council
Asia
United Nations
Princeton Researchers Unearth Ancient Fossil Fish Cache
Workmen at Princeton University dig a 200 by 400 foot trench for a new library and uncover a 175 million year old fossil fish bed containing thousands of petrified crossopterygian skeletons. Most fish are six inches, with some larger fossils revealed by x rays. findings suggest ancient lungs and unusual tail structures.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
College
Library of Nature
South Africa
Truman Considers Seizing Mines If Coal Strike Deepens
President Truman said the coal strike is moving toward a government seizure option but plans to cross that bridge when needed. He also indicated support for seizing railroads if required to keep them running as shortages worsen industrial output and fuel conservation steps take effect. In Detroit GM and Chrysler announce impending assembly line suspensions due to reduced rail shipments.
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Truman
America
Midwest
Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler
Tru
Rails Demand Higher Rates In Idaho Strikes
Seven Idaho railroads petition the state public utilities commission to lift wartime suspensions and restore the 1940 rate hikes on passenger and commodities plus seek a new 25 percent general freight increase for intrastate traffic. The carriers named are the Union Pacific Chicago and Milwaukee Northern Pacific Great Northern Spokane International Camas Prairie and Utah Idaho Central.
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Boise
Idaho
State Public Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
PUC
Union Pacific
Chicago & Milwaukee
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Spokane International
Camas Prairie
Utah-Idaho Central
FBI Captures Last Of Five Fugitives Mansour Arrested
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of John Mansour the final escapee from the District of Columbia jail who fled on November 4 1945 He was seized by agents in a Lawrenceville New Jersey tourist cabin after a standoff with a shotgun blast a count of five and his surrender Mansour faces federal escape act charges after escaping while under robbery charges.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
John Mansour
District of Columbia
Hoover
Mansour
Lawrenceville
N. J
Idahoan Weds Washington Senator’s Kin in Quiet Rites
Senator C Wayland Brooks and Mrs Arthur J Peavey Jr wed at Metropolitan Memorial Methodist church with close family present due to the bride’s father Senator John Thomas’s death. Matron of honor is Mrs Charles E Greif of Boonton N J sister of the bride. Betty Anne Peavey assistants. Peggy Anne Greif flower girl.
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C. Wayland Brooks
Ill
Arthur J. Peavey, Jr
Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church
John Thomas
Idaho
Charles E. Greif
Boonton
N. J
Betty Anne Peavey
Immaculate Seminary
Peggy Anne Greif
Former Senator Bruce Dies at 86 in Baltimore
William Cabell Bruce former United States senator from Maryland from 1923 to 1929 died today at his Baltimore home at age 86.
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Baltimore
William Cabell Bruce
United States
Maryland
Man Kills Fiance Then Ends His Own Life
In a dramatic street chase in Chula Vista Warren Murray McCulloch 24 shot and killed his fiancee Shirley Jo Mosher 20 then committed suicide after their auto crashed into a cafe Police Chief Cy Taylor said the couple formerly of Casper Wyoming had been riding when the woman cried for help witnesses said she leaped from the car crying he has a gun he is going to kill me.
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Chula Vista
Calif
Warren Murray McCulloch
Shirley Jo Mosher
Cy Taylor
Casper
Wyo
Taylor
CIO Leader Attacks Lewis During Aide to PAC Drive
CIO President Philip Murray attacked AFL United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis during an Amalgamated Clothing Workers convention in Atlantic City. Murray praised CIO loyalty to government, denounced traitorous behavior, and connected the talk to a 1946 election mobilization led by Sidney Hillman who targeted Governor Dewey and about 100 congressmen.
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Atlantic City
N. J
CIO
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
AFL United Mine Workers
Murray
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Sidney Hillman
The
Clothing Workers
Amalgamated
Iee Cio
Hillman
PAC
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Coal Supplies Tight in Twin Falls Area As Strike Prolongs Shortage
Twin Falls reports 30 days of coal remaining, says R G Benson head of Retail Coal Dealers. Kimberly town nearby reportedly out of coal. dealers warn weather will decide if Twin Falls stocks cover strikes duration.
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Twin Falls
R. G. Benson
Retail Coal Dealers Association
Kimberly
In Falls
Bannock County Sportsmen to Meet About Antelope Slaughter
Members of Bannock County Sportsmen's association gather at 8 p m Friday in the Police building council chambers. State fish and game officials are expected to discuss reports of antelope slaughter by commission members during trapping in the Dickey Challis area.
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Bannock County Sportsmen's Association
State Fish and Game Commission
Commission
Dickey-Challis
Westinghouse Strike Settled After 115 Days
Westinghouse Electric and the CIO United Electrical Workers announce a settlement after 115 days of strike. The agreement provides an 18-cent-an-hour raise with four variations for about 75,000 production workers across 23 plants. The talks included pressure from national coal and government action debates.
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Westinghouse Electric Corporation
CIO
United Electrical
Westinghouse
Helen L Fereday Dies at Age 23
Mrs. Helen L. Fereday 23 wife of Russell D. Fereday of 460 South Eighth died after illness. Born April 5 1923 in Ames Iowa she was an East Lansing Michigan resident student at Michigan State University where she earned Pratt Whitney scholarship in engineering. Funeral plans set for East Lansing with McHan mortuary directing.
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Russell D. Fereday
South Eighth
Fereday
Ames
Iowa
Jesse H
Helen Barber Muncie
The
Methodist Church
Michigan State University
Lansing
Mich
Chi Omega Sorority
Pratt Whitney
Hartford
Conn
East Lansing
Robert
James Muncie
Louise Rheem
Midland
Margaret Evatt
Grand Blanc
McHan Mortuary
Salvation Army appoints Albert Orsborn new general
Albert William Orsborn aged 59 of London was elected general of the Salvation Army today succeeding George L. Carpenter who retired at 73 after 41 years with the organization.
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London
Albert William Orsborn
Salvation Army
George L. Carpenter
Ready Answers On Coal Strike Situation
Washington reports outline of government power and mine seizure. President can seize mines under war powers, but cannot force miners to return to work. Miners may stay away if their contracts expire. law does not compel work though it can jail those who urge or threaten. DOJ charged 162. 143 convicted, only one jailed.
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Washington
Department of Justice
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