Court Ruling Applauds Press In Criticism Of Judges
The Supreme Court, in two rulings, affirms broad press freedom to criticize judges and rules plant guards may join unions. The press ruling, 6-3, overturned contempt convictions of Corpus Christi reporters. Justice Douglas notes contempt requires an imminent threat to fair proceedings. Justice Vinson, Jackson, and Frankfurter dissent.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Act
Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
Joe D. Browning
Douglas
Vinson
Jackson
Frankfurter
Jones and Laughlin
Truman Urges Federal Health and Insurance Plan
President Truman asked Congress to grant immediate attention to a federal health and national health insurance program. He argued sickness coverage completes the four major social risks and urged funding for public health services medical research education more hospitals and doctors, especially in underserved areas.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Sparsley-Settled
Beecham and Fielding Split Over Festival Policy
Sir Thomas Beecham announced he canceled the piano concerto No 18 due to his ill wife Lady Beecham and would conduct orchestral works instead. Impresario Harold Fielding called the remarks tommyrot and said the split stems from policy and contract obligations.
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London
Thomas Beecham
Idaho
Harold Fielding
Drury Lane Theater
Sir Thomas
Lady Beecham
Bruno Walter
Fielding
Tommyrot
Crash Kills Three Near Monument Colorado
A converted army trainer plane crashed during a Sunday pleasure flight near Monument Colorado killing three people. Authorities at Castle Rock identified the victims as Joe Eddy Rappulin 22 of Sheridan Wyoming Mildred Sander of Burlington Iowa and Denver his fiancée.
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Monument
Colo
Colorado
Castle Rock
Joe Eddy Rappulin
Sheridan
Wyo
Mildred Sander
Burlington
Iowa
Denver
Petitions Seek Election On Liquor By The Drink In Pocatello
County clerk reports petitions asking city to call an election on liquor by the drink in Pocatello. Petition validity awaits check. sponsors contend licensing raises costs and ties to slot machine licenses create a public risk.
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Pocatello
Bert Reese
A. Y. Satterfield
Allied Civic Forces
Chinese City Under Siege Near Changchun
Communist columns moved within seven miles of Changchun to place the Manchurian capital under siege while martial law was declared. A second unit neared 12 miles southwest aiming to seize an airfield as Red forces gained elsewhere. Meanwhile students in major cities protested despite government bans ahead of a council meeting.
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Nanking
Changchun
Red Army
Hwaiteh
Red
China
Shanghai
People’s Political Council
Pocatellan Graduates at Holy Cross Hospital Ceremony
In Salt Lake City 39 nursing students from Holy Cross hospital were awarded diplomas at a ceremony in the Cathedral of the Madeleine. Idaho graduates include Mary Dolores Cronin of Pocatello Catherine Ann Hussman of Boise and Lauren Peterson of Idaho Falls.
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Salt Lake City
Holy Cross Hospital
Cathedral of the Madeleine
Idaho
Mary Dolores Cronin
Pocatello
Catherine Ann Hussman
Boise
Lauren Peterson
Idaho Falls
Dry Forcing Election in Idaho Cities
Idaho cities move toward liquor by the drink as petitions fail to trigger local option votes by the November 1 1949 deadline. Allied Civic Forces circulated petitions in Boise Coeur d Alene Lewiston Twin Falls and 30 towns while Meridian tabled a licensing motion.
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Idaho
Harry Kessler
Boise
Allied Civic Forces
Coeur d'Alene
Lewiston
Twin Falls
Kessler
North Pocatello
Fairfield
Grace
Arimo
Melba
Middleton
Nampa
Caldwell
Buhl, Paul
Meridian
Payette
St. Maries
Nez Perce
Fishaven
Homedale
Rexburg
Aberdeen
Wendell
Grangeville
Teton
Roberts
Orofino
Plummer
New Plymouth
Wilder
Acon
Sugar City
Jerome
Shoshone
Gooding
American Falls
Cat Goes Watchdog in Chicago Intruder Incident
Clarence Til lings Persian cat Squeaky acted as a family watchdog when a burglar reached through his window to unlock a door. Til lings awoke with a .45 and a 25 caliber gun ready but chose to threaten the intruder, who was later taken into custody by police after neighbors called.
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Chicago
Clarence Tilings
Squeaky
Fred Crawley Arraigned on State Charge Fined Fifty
Fred Crawley was arrested by state officers and arraigned this morning in the court of Justice Charles W. Hyde on a charge. He was fined fifty dollars plus costs in the proceeding.
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Fred Crawley
Chas. W. Hyde
Truman Stays Beside Ailing 94-Year-Old Mother
President Truman resumes vigil at his gravely ill mother Martha E. Truman in Grandview Missouri after spending the night in Kansas City. Doctors report she is tired but feeling better, with no material change in condition. Margaret Truman cancels Pittsburgh concert to visit.
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Truman
Martha E. Truman
Kansas Ty
Muehlebach
Kansas City
Presidential
Charles G. Ross
Grandview Baptist Church
Joseph W. Greene
Independence
Graham
Mary Jane Truman
Margaret
Pittsburgh
Japs Resist Occupation Report From Straits Times
The Straits Times Tokyo dispatch describes growing Japanese resentment toward American occupation. Reports cite stone throwing at trains carrying American personnel and police curtailing night travel to protect against brickbat attacks. An American supervisor notes widespread non cooperation and confusion in simple instructions.
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Singapore
Straits Times Today
Tokyo
Richard Hughes
Hughes
Wrights to Visit Relatives in Kansas and Oklahoma
Mr and Mrs Bert S Wright of the Belvedere Apts plan a car trip this Thursday to visit relatives in Kansas and Oklahoma for a month to six weeks They will see their daughter and son in law and visit Mr Wrights brother in Fort Worth and Mr Ben Williams in Sherman Texas
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Bert S. Wright
The
Belvedere Apts
Kansas
Oklahoma
Ben Williams
Sherman
Texas
Mr. Wright
Fort Worth
Settlement Hopes After Western Electric Picketing
Western Electric workers continue picketing as AT T and Mountain States Telephone employees return to work in Idaho. Pocatello and Boise main offices resume normal service while Nampa and Caldwell cross lines. Union orders triggered reentry for six to eight AT T workers at Pocatello. Washington reports reinstallations and renewed picket lines causing service curtailments.
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Western Electric
E. P. Calph
Pocatello
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
A.t.&t
Long Line
Boise
Idaho
Nampa
Caldwell
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
H. P. Stommer
At&t
Boise Exchange
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraphs Company
Washington
Western Electric Company
New Jersey
Bell Telephone Company
Treasury chief hints at tax cut period underway
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder told Congress that a period of tax relief is approaching and urged considering tax reductions later. He did not reference the $4 billion bill passed by the House or indicate whether the President would veto it, as hearings opened.
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Washington
Secretary of
Treasury
Snyder
Congress
House
Senate
Truman
Idahoan Calls For Halt To Aid To Russia
Washington reports Rep. Sanborn of Idaho urged a halt to all money or material aid to Russia until it shows real cooperation. He criticized the Truman policy as emergency driven and called for a sober study of home capacity for foreign aid while noting Greece has received large war era assistance.
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Washington
Russia
Rep
Sanborn
Idaho
Truman
Greece
Reds Directing Propaganda At Failing U S Economy
Soviet propaganda frames the American economy as failing and urges other nations to align with the Soviet Union. Izvestia asserts the USSR will not suffer mood swings and does not rely on the volatile U S economy, aiming to win allies against perceived American economic pressure.
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Reds
U.S
Soviet Russia
Moscow
United States
Russia
Izvestia
Soviet Union
Defense Rest in Trial of Carolina Mob in Greenville
The defense rested in the trial of 28 white men charged with lynching Willie Earle in Greenville South Carolina. Judge J Robert Martin Jr directed acquittal for three defendants and acquittal on multiple counts for others. Several men were freed on murder and accessory charges while remaining counts included conspiracy and accessories before the fact.
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Greenville
S. C
South Carolina
J. Robert Martin, Jr
Earle Martin
Vardry McBee Norris
Ernest Stokes
Stokes
Willie Earle
Martin
Woodrow Wilson Clardy
Samuel D. Stewart
Willie Fugene Bishop
W. D. Oakley
Howard Thompson
John B. Marchant
James Arthur Fowler
Pocatello Weather Forecast and Regional Temps
Partly cloudy with no major temperature change tonight. A slight drop tomorrow with a high near 70 and a low around 45. Northern Idaho shows clouds and showers, with possible mountains east of Pocatello. no rain expected locally. Fog and drizzle prevail in Washington. California above normal. Records show Boise 71 48, Idaho Falls 68 40, Salt Lake City 72 43.
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Pocatello
Mercury
Idaho
The
Tribune
Salt Lake City
Butte
Dubois
Baseball score roundup dominates early AL play
Cleveland beats New York 5 to 1 in a 12 inning game after tied lines. Detroit edges Boston 3 to 2 with late rallies. Washington and Chicago featured in a night game with limited scores. Brooklyn and Chicago clash while Philadelphia meets St. Louis in a set of scheduled contests.
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Philadelphia-St. Louis
Park J L Craig notes strong Yellowstone tourist interest
Secretary of the chamber of commerce Park J L Craig reports heavy early inquiries about Yellowstone Park roads and facilities. An average six tourist parties daily seek information, with the highway open between Old Faithful Canyon and Lake and cabins available at Old Faithful. Hotels and bus service begin June 20. Tri state Yellowstone association meets May 30 at Old Faithful for park opening, per Jack Gobble.
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J. L. Craig
Chamber of Commerce
Yellowstone Park
Craigc
Chamber
Old Faithful
Canyon and
Lake
Tri-state Yellowstone Association
Old Paithful
Jack Gobble
Idaho Falls
Tri-state Association
County Official Heads to Washington to Testify
W H Jensen chairman of the county commissioners board leaves Tuesday for Washington D C to testify at hearings on house and senate bills for payments to states and counties where public lands lie He chairs Idaho Association of County Commissioners and Clerks Public Lands Committee and will represent the state association at the hearing.
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W. H. Jensen
Board of County Commissioners
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Jensen
Idaho Association of County Commissioners and Clerks
State Association
Army Bans Gift Packages to Germany Cigarettes
The army prohibits private shipments of American cigarettes and tobacco to Germany effective May 26. Gifts to APOs and German residents via mail or commercial routes are banned to curb black market trading. Post offices and the commerce department will enforce the order.
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Washington
Army
Germany
War Department
Apos
Post Office Department
Department of Commerce
Postal Rates May Rise
Washington House Post Office Committee approved bills to raise postal rates for added annual revenue about 110 million dollars. Air mail would go from five to six cents per ounce and zones based increases for newspapers and periodicals emailing beyond the county, plus a reading portion rate boost. An air mail postcard at four cents was proposed, while one cent postcard rate and in county newspaper rates were retained.
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Washington
House Post Office
Rees
Post Office Department
Bodies to Arrive at Utah Depot and 14 Army Bases
Remains of World War II dead exhumed from overseas burial grounds will begin arriving at Ogden Utah and 14 other strategically located army bases in October for redistribution to final destinations. Major General T B Larkin, army quartermaster general, announced during a local facilities inspection. Graves abroad will be routed through the depot’s American Graves Registration Division to destinations in Utah Nevada Wyoming Colorado Montana and eastern Oregon.
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Utah General Depot
Second Street
T. B. Larkin
Army
Utah
Nevada
Wyoming
Colorado
Montana
Oregon
Altrusa State Convention Attended by Boise Group
Mesdames Vera Park Paul Bist line Cisco Kihara and Miss Bertha Atkins and Dr Ida Pacine spent the weekend in Boise attending the Altrusa state convention. The gathering highlighted club activities and community service plans.
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Mesdames
Vera Park
Paul Bistline
Cisco Kihara
Bertha Atkins
Ida Pacine
Boise
Altrusa
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