Indictment of 12 Nazis for mass executions in Balkans and Norway
An American tribunal indicted Field Marshals Wilhelm List and Maximilian Von Weichs along with ten generals for war crimes. The charges allege executions of thousands in reprisals tied to resistance actions, plus murder, deportation, and destruction across Norway and the Balkans.
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Mernberg
Germany
Balkans
Norway
Wilhelm List
Maximilian von Weichs
Telford Taylor
U. S
List
von Weichs
Lothar Rendulic
Walter Kuntze
Hermann Foertsch
Franz Boehme
Wilhelm Speidel
Kurt von Geitner
Helmut
Body found in car trunk shocks San Francisco
Police investigate strangulation slaying of husband, a Chicago gangster run out by gamblers. Mrs Nik de John arrived from Chicago and is being questioned as officials say her semi nude husband’s body was found Friday in the trunk of his parked car on a San Francisco street. Inspector Cahill denies daughter Elizabeth is missing, says family knows her location. Chief Dullea orders crackdown on underworld figures arriving from other cities.
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San Francisco
Nik de John
Chicago
de John
Secent
Santa Rosa
Victor J. Passentino
California
Elizabeth
Tom Cahill
Homicide
Cahill
Charles Dullea
VFW Commander Urges New push on housing shortage
Louis E. Starr, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, criticizes the construction industry and calls for a government drive to ease housing shortages. He approves 2 percent 50 year loan credit for veterans and builders and urges a resurvey of loan and guaranteed markets for factory built homes to boost activity.
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Washington
Louis E. Starr
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John R. Sigelman
Kootenai River Near Flood Stage At Bonners Ferry
The Kootenai River rose toward flood stage near 31 feet threatening Bonners Ferry and 40,000 acres of farmland. Weather officials reported 30.2 feet by 2 p.m. Saturday with seepage under dikes and crews from Spokane Geiger Field mobilizing to address leaks.
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Bonners Ferry
Kootenai River
Spokane Weather Bureau
Robert McComb
Spokane
Russell Soderling
Kootenai Valley Reclamation Association
Geiger Field
W. O. Rodebaugh
Weather Bureau
McComb
Libby
Mont
Pacific Northwest
Wardner
BB. C
Kootenai
Canal Flats
Lewiston Woman Named Idaho Model Mother of 1947
Governor Robins will honor Ruth Stark Millay of Lewiston with Idaho model mother of 1947 at a noon ceremony in the state executive offices. She is mother of five and represented Idaho in a national contest. The event was delayed from Mother's Day due to a Preston appearance for the Idaho Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Boise
C. A. Robins
Ruth Stark Millay
Lewiston
Idaho
Preston
Idaho Junior Chamber of Commerce
Idaho Press Women
Church Plans Four Day Pacific Slope Tour
Charles R. Hield an apostle of the Reorganized Latter Day Saints will speak at the church in Salt Lake City and at Provo Malad City Idaho and Ogden during a four day tour starting today. Arthur E. Stoft pastor said the tour visits Provo Malad City and Ogden on successive days.
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Salt Lake City
Pacific Slope
Reorganized
Latter Day Saints Church
Charles R. Hield
Independence
Arthur E. Stoft
Reorganized Church
Hield
Provo
Malad City
Idaho
Ogden
Record Mortgage Loan on Homes
Washington reports American homes carry a record mortgage debt of 24.6 billion dollars, 15 percent above 1930 peak. The Federal Home Loan Bank Administration cites housing shortage and postwar building, with inflated prices and GI loans at full values fueling the rise in lending totals and debt.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Administration
Flood claims one life near Colorado Springs
A flash flood west of Colorado Springs inundated Manitou and Ute Pass causing bridge washouts and debris jams. Fourteen year old Yvonne Bjorklan of Manitou was killed when rising water blew a manhole. residents evacuated several camps and roads including U. S. 24. Monument Creek swelled as a tourist court was evacuated and towns like Cascade Green Mountain Falls Crystal area faced rising waters.
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Manitou
Ute Pass
U. S. 24
Pass
Cave of the Wilds
Cascade
Green Mountain Falls
Crystala
Monument Creek
Colorado Springs
Manitou Springs
Yvonne Bjorklan
Fountain Creek
Crash Kills Flyer Near Simla Colorado
Marine Captain Edwin A. Dulak, 26, Buckley Field Denver, was killed when his F4F crashed in a field about a mile and a half west of Simla Colorado. State Patrolman R W Yarberry said the plane disintegrated on impact, wreckage scattered widely, and Dulak’s home address was not immediately available.
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Colorado Springs
Coli
Edwin A. Dulak
Buckley Field
Denver
Simla
Colo
R. W. Yarberry
Yarberry
Dulak
Robins to Speak at Idaho Junior Chamber Convention
Gov. C. A. Robins will depart early tomorrow for Preston to address the Idaho state junior chamber of commerce convention at 1 p.m. He will speak to the attendees about state matters and youth business leaders.
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Boise
C. A. Robins
Preston
Idaho State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wrong Peter Salm Causes Mixups at Army Intel School
Arriving in Los Angeles during war training, Peter Salm faced supply delays as a sergeant claimed he had already received gear. His German fiancée stirred talk of marriage to a different Peter Salm, the son of Count Ludwig Salm and Millicent Rogers. The Princeton Peter Salm then clarified he had never met the woman.
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Los Angeles
Peter Salm
Army
Germany
Ludwig Salm
Millicent Rogers
Salm
Princeton
Grisela Vandeneschen
Munich
New York
New York Daily News
German native Salm plans LA wedding with former Playmate
Salm, a German national, met Gisela Vanceneschen in Munich and learned they were Playmates as children in Berlin. He arranged her move to the United States and says the wedding date will be set upon her arrival in Los Angeles.
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Germany
Salm
Gisela Vanceneschen
Munich
Berlin
Redhaired
United States
Los Angeles
Weekend Warmth Turns Cold In Pocatello Saturday
Pocatello saw a Saturday high of 52 with a 39 low and a 46 mean, six degrees below normal. The forecast calls for cloudy, warmer weather with scattered showers and rising temps Monday. Regional highs and lows: Boise 63 39, Burley 55 39, Dubois 59 40, Idaho Falls 60 40, Salt Lake 62 47. Sunset 7:42, sunrise Monday 5:10.
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Pocatellans
Boise
Burley
Dubois
Idaho Falls
Salt Lake
Wild Horse Turmoil During Air Transit
A two year old horse named Joselito owned by Carlos Gomez of Mexico City went berserk aboard a cargo flight from Mexico City to Long Beach. The animal kicked through stalls and caused an emergency landing at Ed Anderson field near El Paso while crew and officials restrained it. Dr Everett Siemar treated the horse with injections to calm it for the rest of the flight.
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EL Paso
Mexico City
Ed Anderson Field
Long Beach
Calif
Monterey
Joselito
Carlos Gomez
C. A. Ryan
American Air Lines
Air Line
Everett Siemar
GOP Drops Plan to Censure Liberals
In Indianapolis Republican state chairmen from 17 states debated and rejected a proposal to censure Republicans in Congress who did not follow the GOP party program.
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Gop
Indianapolis
Central
Congress
Midwest State Chairmen Propose Censure at Meeting
The group of 17 conference state chairmen from 13 Midwest and four Rocky Mountain states adopted a stance but failed to act on a censure move against liberals in Congress. A. T. Howard of Nebraska became the new Midwest chair as Willis B. York of Iowa handed over leadership. The next gathering was set for late September in Omaha.
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Central States
Congress
Wisconsin
la Follette Progressives
Rocky Mountain States
A. T. Howard
Nebraska
Midwest
Willis B. York
Iowa
Clark Springer
Indiana
Fred H. Johnson
Columbus
Ohio
Omaha
Truman urged to sign portal pay bill amid labor veto speculation
Congressional allies press President Truman to sign the portal pay measure as a political lever. White House officials and Cabinet members signal mixed views, hoping to veto a broader labor bill while preserving wage hour protections. GOPs view Truman as inclined to veto the looming omnibus labor bill.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
House
White House
Long Line Crews Refuse to Cross Union Picket Line
The story notes union picket actions affecting Long Lines crews with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company requesting public patience for Mother's Day calls while a settlement is reached. It also covers pilot Col Chesley G Peterson missing over southeastern Africa and RAF search efforts, plus contract talks involving Pacific Telephone and Telegraph and the United Brotherhood of Telephone Workers in northern California and Nevada.
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Capetown
South Africa
U. S. Army Air Force
America
Africa
Royal Air Force
Chesley G. Peterson
Santaquin
Utah
U. S. Legation
Pretoria
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Mbeva
Tanganyika
Hunt Peterson
Thunderbolt
Europe
Peterson
Salmon
Idaho
Big Dam
U.S
New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
A. T. and
Long Lines
Western Elect Company
Bell
San Francisco
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
United Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
California
Nevada
Omar F. Hoskins
Texas City's Tall Mayor Leads Rebuilding After Disaster
J C Trahan the 6 foot 4 inch mayor of Texas City guides a three year plan to rebuild after April explosions that left 663 dead or missing. He coordinates Santo Chemical and Texas City Terminal Railway in restoring and expanding operations while property damage tops 55 million dollars. Relief funds reach about 480 thousand dollars with state support in Austin.
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Texas City
Texa
Texas
Lavedy
J.C. Trahan
Carl Rust
Monsanto Chemical
Texas City Terminal Railway
Trahan
Beauford H. Jester
Austin
Utah Incomes Set For New High As Prices Rise
SALT LAKE CITY Stanly J. Stephenson Utah foundation managing director predicted rising prices would push 1946 incomes to a record high when final reports come in. He cited Utahs 1945 total income of 641 million dollars, down from wartime peak 661 million two years earlier, but showing an upward trend. Wages and salaries in 1945 totaled 441 million, about 26 million below 1943 and 6 million under 1944 levels.
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Salt Lake City
Stanley J. Stephenson
The
Utah Foundation
Utah
Stephenson
Eaker Warns on Threat of Bomber and Missile Attacks
General Ira Eaker told USC alumni at a university luncheon that the United States must be prepared for long-range bomber or guided missile attacks along the great circle route. He said his views reflect his citizen convictions, not military orders.
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Los Angeles
United States
Great Circle
Ira Co. Eaker
Army Air Forces
University of Southern California
Fate of Wool Hinges on Delayed Bill
In Washington the wool bill remains undecided as the House Rules Committee must act after weeks of hearings. Wool statesmen hope it reaches the floor, believing passage is possible if allowed. The Senate already approved the measure which would support the domestic market at the 1946 price level, with the House Agriculture Committee adding import fee authority if the domestic market is in danger.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Rules
House Agriculture Committee
Last Hess Volume Reports American Desire for Empire
The final volume of a Nazi aggression series reveals Rudolf Hess told the Duke of Hamilton that the United States coveted the British empire. Hess described offering Britain a separate peace with Germany guaranteeing empire possessions in exchange for European dominance. He said Germany had no designs on America and that America would be furious to peace now.
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Washington
Rudolf Hess
Britain
United States
British Empire
Hess
Duke of Hamilton
England
War Department
Europe
Germany
America
Hitler
Mob Attacks Train Leaves 11 Dead in Greece
Armed group of over 100 attacked a passenger train between Tripolis and Kalamata killing 11 and freeing 28 leftist detainees en route to Kalamata for trial.
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Athens
Tripolis
Kalamata
Jaycees Elect Jack Packer For President
Idaho Falls official Jack Packer was chosen as president of the Idaho State Junior Chamber of Commerce at the inaugural banquet concluding the annual convention. Spencer Barret of Boise was named national director for Idaho with a slate including Vincent Vassar Lewiston John Webber Preston R J Bruning Wallace Wayne Hancock Buhl and Dean Schultz Idaho Falls. Telpher Wright Caldwell was appointed secretary with Dén Inegvoldstead Kellogg passing the top post.
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Preston
Jack Packer
Idaho Falls
Dén Inegvoldstead
Kellogg
Spencer Barret
Boise
Idaho
Vincent Vassar
Lewiston
John Webber
R. J. Bruning
Doctors Hold Legislator
Oklahoma City report says Jimie Scott, a Holdenville veteran and state representative, was judged mentally ill after shooting State Senator Tom Anglin on the Senate floor. Three physicians diagnosed paranoia and a dangerous insanity. County Judge Blinn ordered commitment to the Veterans Administration for hospital care. Anglin was wounded in the hip and is hospitalized.
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Oklahoma City
Gaunt Jimie Scott
Army
Pacific
Holdenville
Okla
Tom Anglin
Oklahoma Senate
Scott
C. J. Blinn
Veterans Administration
Anglin
Holkienville
Senate
Burley Editor Spends Weekend in Pocatello
Burley Herald Bulletin editor Burley Frank Spencer visiting in Pocatello with parents Mr. and Mrs. Howard Spencer and brother Bud Spencer. Spencer began his newspaper career with the Pocatello Tribune and later worked on Oracle papers before entering the service.
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Frank Spencer
Burley
Pioneer League Scores Dense With Narrow Margin Results
Pocatello and Ogden split the game totals in a tight Pioneer League matchup. Twin Falls and Idaho Falls posted decisive runs as Prowse, Stone, Danielson and Balassi led key scores, while Salt Lake trailed with steady performances from Lister and Brocker.
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Twin Falls
Idaho Falls
Prowse
Stone and Danielson
Balassi
Lamay
Parrish
Kelly
Tapp
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Jaycees
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Pioneer League
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Thorn
Dudrey
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McCarthy
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