Talks Resume at Denver Amid Labour Settlement Hints
Negotiations restarted between Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph and the Mountain States Federation of Telephone Workers with no public statements planned from either side. Steve Halligan will issue updates as conciliator, while the broader labor front shows four potential trouble spots coal maritime railroads and construction.
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Denver
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
Mountain States Federation of Telephone Workers
Independent
Steve Halligan
Labor Department
New York
National Federation of Telephone Workers
San Francisco
Thelc American Communications Association
NFTW
California
Nevada
St. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Southwestern Telephone Workers Union
SND
Washington
CIO
America
John L. Lewis
Congress
Lewis
Joe Curran
National Maritime Union
Cacy
Harry Bridges
Weather Summary for Idaho Utah and Surrounding Areas
Scattered showers in southeastern Idaho and northern Utah with broader rain in western Idaho and northern Texas to the Dakotas. Past 24 hours highs reached 59 in Boise and 57 at Idaho Falls. past 24 hours low 37 to 51 across cited locales. normals around 6? and trace precip. Forecast Tuesday calls for considerable cloudiness with showers and warmer temperatures.
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Idaho
Utah
Far West
Rocky Mountains
Texas
Dakotas
Boise
Burley
Dubois
Idaho Falls
Salt Lake
Actress Diana Barrymore and John Howard given two weeks continuance
In Louisville police court Diana Barrymore daughter of John Barrymore and her husband John Robert Howard were granted a two week continuance on assault and battery and disorderly conduct charges. Police said the couple caused a disturbance on the street after a horn alarm from their car and objects were exchanged with officers.
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Louisville
Diana Barymore
John Barrymore
John Robert Howard
Howard
Carl Heustis
Charles Doyle
Acheson Resigns as Secretary of State. Lovett Named Successor
President Truman appointed Robert A. Lovett, a New York banker and former assistant secretary of war, to replace Dean Acheson as undersecretary of state. Acheson resigns to return to private life, effective July 1, with Lovett preparing to assume duties and work with Acheson beforehand.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Truman
Robert A. Lovett
Lovett
New York
White House
Acheson
Charles G. Ross
Senate
Crash Claims Four Lives on Training Flight
A TWA Constellation on a local training flight crashed and exploded on Delaware Bay killing four crew members. Fishermen found scattered wreckage and clothing. identified victims were Patrick S. McKiernan in Washington state. Robert E. Weeks in Delaware. Luke Vollack Jr in Wyoming. and Martin Hellir in Maryland. The Civil Aeronautics Administration said it was routine training. TWA noted the crew practiced emergency landing procedures.
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Cape May
N. J
TWA Constellation
Delaware Bay
TWA
New Castle
Del
Patrick S. McKiernan
Pomeroy
Wash
Robert E. Weeks
Hockessin
Luke Vollack, Jr
Cheyenne
Wyo
Martin Hellir
Baltimore
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Washington
Workers Get Raise in Northwest Lumber Industry
Portland reports an agreement boosting base pay to 11.32 per hour for western Washington and northwest industry. Operators and the AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers announce the raise, with a 7 14 cent hourly increase matching the CIO International Woodworkers of America agreement.
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Portland
Washington
Northwest
AFL
CIO International Woodworkers
Aneica
Borrowed Infant Suffers Injuries in Portland
Two month old Patricia Sullivan remained in a Portland hospital with serious head injuries after two neighbor kids aged three and four, playing with a bundle, borrowed her. Mack Smith rushed the infant after noticing the bundle dropped and a crying baby was found in the covers.
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Portland
Patricia Sullivan
Mack Smith
Smith
Harold Sullivan
Court Okays Changes in Freight Rates
The Supreme Court upheld an Interstate Commerce Commission order to raise freight rates 10 percent in the north and east and cut them 10 percent in the south and west to address regional price differences. Justice Douglas wrote the 7-2 decision. dissents by Jackson and Frankfurter. The 1945 ICC finding said rates discriminated against the south on manufactured articles and aimed at future national uniformity in classification.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rockies
Douglas
Burton
Jackson
Frankfurter
Bradley questions car aid for disabled veterans
General Omar N. Bradley told a Senate subcommittee that government auto aid should target disabled veterans whose sound rehabilitation benefits from a car. He cautioned against broad eligibility, stressing a strict measure beyond debt or deserts, noting no reward can repay loss of limbs or health.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Veterans’ Affairs
Bradley
Senate Public Welfare
Craig May Considers Resigning From Chamber Post
Craig May of the chamber of commerce says he is seriously considering submitting his resignation. He plans to study economic practices at the University of Utah to benefit western states and push for a more balanced economy away from an extractive reliance.
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J. L. Craig, Jr
Paul Nash
Chamber of Commerce
University of Utah
Quake Ravages Calabria injuring and killing in Italy
An earthquake wrecked southern Italy and Sicily injuring about 40 people and killing three. Isca Sulionio and Santa Dello Ionio reported fatalities with extensive damage in roughly 12 towns and villages. The Messina area in Sicily also felt the tremor.
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Rome
Calabria
Italy
Messina
Sicily
Ansa
Isca Sulionio
Santa Dello Ionio
Foremen to Call Strike Hits Ford Action
Foremen from the Foremen to Call Strike union voted 3,450 in favor for a walkout at Ford within a week or two after a 30 day notice expires. FAA president Robert H Keys called the vote unanimous and the union seeks contract revisions amid grievances. Ford vice president John S Bugas said the agreement had not worked under test and may disrupt production quickly.
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Detroit
America
Ford Motor Company
Independent Union
Ford
Robert H. Keys
FAA
Johns. Bugas
Robins Urges Idaho I Am an American Day Observance
Gov. C. A. Robins asked Idaho citizens to observe next Sunday as I Am an American Day proclaimed by President Truman and Attorney General Tom Clark. The day honors all new American citizens through naturalization and those who have reached citizenship by birth.
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Boise
C. A. Robins
Idaho
Truman
Tom Clark
Idhoo
Clark
Rains Drench Intermountain Farm Land
A steady rain drenched intermountain states easing drought for farmers while outdoor events were postponed. Nearly an inch fell in Pocatello Idaho Falls and Salt Lake City with Utah and Idaho receiving similar totals. Traffic slowed in Price Canyon as rain loosened boulders on a highway.
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Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Salt Lake City
Idaho
Utah
Price Canyon
Flood threat eases as Kootenai River recedes at Bonners Ferry
The Kootenai River crest reached 31.31 feet and then fell to 31.28 feet, easing danger to Bonners Ferry and 40,000 acres of farmland. Dikes held overall though seepage threats remain. Two hundred acres flooded in one district. a few homes evacuated as crews patch leaks and water surrounds a dozen homes in suburban areas. Clark River also declining.
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Bonners Ferry
Swoller Kootenai
Russell Soderling
Kootenai
Clark River
World Spends 27 Billions Annually to Arm Armies
New York Times reports about 19 million armed men worldwide and 27.4 billion dollars spent annually on armaments. Hanson W. Baldwin notes 40 nations exceed this spending, with the United States leading in sea power. Russia’s defense budget equals about 13.4 billion dollars.
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New York
New York Times
Hanson W. Baldwin
Times
Baldwin
United States
China
Russia
Great Britain
India
Turkey
Britain
Congress
Senate Plans Vote On Labor Disputes Tuesday
The Senate agreed to vote Tuesday on passage of the general labor disputes bill. Acting Republican Leader Wherry and Senator Taft engineered the timing to end debate at 9:30 am mountain time and proceed to amendments, with a final session on the measure and substitute proposals amid GOP opposition and concerns about wages and unemployment.
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Washington
Senate
Wherry
Neb
Taft
Ohio
TEI Cste Vue
Lcesule Secuel
Barkley
Len Pepper
Pepper
Sen
George
Officers Hunt Girl's Slayer in Pa. Abduction and Slaying
State police seek a short young blond man in a black car for questioning in the abduction rape and slaying of five year old Carol Ann Thompson of Lansdale Montgomery county police comb over 300 square miles for bloodstains as Edgar K Pete urges caution with 1938 or 1939 cars. The girl's body was found in a well six miles from her home after her brother William Jr. said a stranger took the girl in a car. Marvin Brooks 13 found the body. The child wore a red coat and her dress and underclothing were found in the well. Dr. John C. Simpson said the child had been raped and killed by a hard blow with a blunt instrument with a shoulder strap tied around her neck.
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Norristown
Carol Ann Thompson
Lansdale
Carpenter
J. W. Rushong
Montgomery County
Philadelphia
Edgar K. Pete
William, Jr
William Thompson
John C. Simpson
Postponed Ogden Pocatello Game Due to Wet Grounds
Ogden Reds announce postponement of the Pioneer league game against Pocatello due to rain and wet grounds. The makeup date will be set after Cardinal returns to Ogden. National and American League scores note Branca, Edwards, Wagener and others.
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Ogden
Johnny Carlo
Ogden Reds
Cardinal
Court Settles Ownership of Palmyra Island
The U S Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that the United States does not own Palmyra Island a naval reserve about 900 miles south of Honolulu The decision written by Justice Reed upholds the Fullard Leo heirs and others while rejecting government claims of 1898 ownership after annexation and territorial transition.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Palmyra Island
Honolulu
Reed
Rutledge
Vinson
Black
Murphy
U. S. Circuit Court
San Francisco
Circuit Court
Leslie Pullardleo
Elen Fullard-Leo
Justice Department Atformeys
Hawaiian Kingdom
Hawaii
Fullard-Lee
Zonas Bent
Johnson Wilkinson
Bent
Wilkinson
Palmyra
Idahoan Dr C F Clampitt Dies In California Plane Crash
Funeral services were held today in Bakersfield for Dr. C F Clampitt 43 a local dentist and his wife Mrs Ruth Hodson Clampitt 35 killed when their light cabin plane crashed on Bear mountain 12 miles southwest of Bakersfield en route to a Phoenix convention. Officers found both bodies in the wreckage after a brief search and Mrs Clampitt formerly of Moscow Idaho had relatives travel to Bakersfield for the funeral.
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Bakersfield
Calif
C. F. Clampitt
Bear Mountain
Here
Clampitt
Sheriff's
Phoenix
Ariz
Ruth Hodson Clampitt
Moscow
Idaho
Killer of Two Flees From State Hospital
Winnie Ruth Judd, the so called trunk murderess, was captured near the Arizona Biltmore hotel about 12 hours after escaping the state hospital for the insane. She told sheriffs her motive by crying that Dr John A Larson took her mother away, referencing her 80 year old mother Carrie B McKinnell who remains a patient at the hospital.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
State Hospital For
Arizona Biltmore
Sheriff's Office
John A. Larson
Carrie B. McKinnell
Dr. Larson
Coast Guard ends search for W. H. McFadden crew
The war surplus tug W. H. McFadden sank in the Strait of Juan de Fuca with eight crew aboard. Four seamen are confirmed dead and four remain missing after exhaustive Coast Guard efforts, with causes unknown but likely a rip tide or explosion. Names identified include Capt. Joseph Zilla and three Seattle men. missing are two Seattle seamen, a Santa Monica mate, and a Manchester England coop.
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Seattle
W. H. McFadden
Strait of
Juan de Fuca
Coast Guard
Dungeness
Port Angeles
Port Townsend
Joseph Zilla
San Francisco
Albert E. Miller
Peter M. Scholt
Jack M. McCarthy
Toppenish
Wash
Earl Dalen
George E. Sallee
Police Arrest Husband in Montgomer y Slaying
Thomas F. Montgomery, 39, husband of Dorothy Montgomery, 36, was booked on suspicion of murdering his wife after she was found nude and strangled May 3 under a pepper tree in a vacant lot. He claimed she left at 9:30 p.m. May 2 to fetch their daughter, and the crime scene included her bloodstained car near the playground.
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Los Angeles
Dorothy Montgomery
Norris Stensland
Thomas F. Montgomery
Montgomery
Stensland
Maycille
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Soviet Union
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Churchill
W. Averell Harriman
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Murray
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Sens
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Taylor
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Marvin Brooks
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Chandler
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Houk Hughson
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Branca
Edwards
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