Farragut Dropped in Naval Appropriation
The House appropriations committee approved 4.64 billion dollars for the Navy for the next fiscal year to fund a peacetime force of about 500 000 enlisted and 58 000 officers, with 291 ships and 3 000 fleet planes. Central to the plan is maintaining sea and naval air power to support the United Nations.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Navy
Forrestal
Budget Bureau
United Nations Organization
Senators clash as Byrd uses skunk remark in labor debate
In the Senate today Senator Byrd D Virginia and Senator Pepper D Florida traded sharp remarks over labor control legislation. Byrd denied insinuations about coal operators and insisted he would confer with constituents while urging restraint amid talk of extending OPA draft measures and price control reform.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Pepper
D-Fla
Virginia
Sen. Glass
Boats Crash in Fog near Port Angeles Kill Tug Martha Foss Sinks
A fatal collision in dense fog near Port Angeles Washington killed one man and sank the tug Martha Foss after it struck the Puget Sound steamer Irouulos early today.
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Port Angeles
Wash
Martha Foss
Puget Sound
Irouulos
Here
Boy Dies After Shale Slide Near Ogden
A six year old boy died after a fall from shale near Bear Cave atop Second Street in Ogden while hiking with his mother Frances Sessions and a friend. Police said the mother, 23, carried the body half a mile toward help before disappearing. Relatives and friends searched mountainsides and beachlands through the night, with no trace found.
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Ogden
Frances Sessions
C. K. Keeter
Weamn
Lee
Spencer Roberts
Donald Roberts
Fall Proves Fatal for Mrs Niven in Hollywood
Mrs. David Niven wife of English actor died in hospital from injuries after falling 20 feet down a cellar doorway at Tyrone Power home. She was Primulo Rollo before marriage, met Niven in 1940 during a London air raid when she was a WAAF and he a British Army colonel.
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Hollywood
David Niven
Tyrone Power
Niven
Byrnes Blames Russia for Blocking Peace Conference
Secretary of State Byrnes accused Russia of blocking a European peace conference this summer and warned Washington would walk out of Big Four treaty talks if Moscow does not relent. He framed U S peacemaking as an offensive for peace and said the United Nations would be the forum if needed.
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Washington
State Byrnes
Russia
United States
United Nations
Byrnes
Idaho Open Primary Race Sees Diverse Candidate Dialogues
Idaho candidates move to shaping June primaries with talks from Richard Wells in Pocatello opposing Washington rhetoric, Paul Geddes urging gradual OPA relaxation, Dr. C A Robins criticizing state charities, Thomas B Wood defending radical labels, and Rep Dworshak planning North Idaho tour as he seeks the Senate seat to fill the late Son John Thomas’s unexpired term.
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Boise
Richard H. Wells
Pocatello
Washington
America
Paul L. Geddes
C. A. Robins
GOP
St. Maries
Gooding
Jerome
Robins
Thomas B. Wood
Coeur d'Alene
Nazarene
Wood
Canyon
Gem Counties
Rep
Dworshak
Idaho
North
Twin Falls
John Thomas
Dairymen Charged In Pure Food Act Case
Two officials of the upper Snaki River Valley Dairy men's association face federal charges for adulterated cheddar cheese shipments from Rexburg to Los Angeles in October. Harry John Doherty of Rexburg and Manager net Trask of Idaho Falls were arrested in April and May, bonds set at $500 each, case awaiting trial.
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Boise
River Valley Dairymen's Association
Rexburg
Los Angeles
Calif
Net. Trask
Idaho Falls
Harry John Doherty
Doherty
Trask
Pocatello
Nude pictures land former minister in federal prison
Wallace W. Ellis of Michigan received a three year sentence after pleading guilty to circulating nude pictures of his wife and 16 year old daughter. Judge Frank L. Kloed handed down the term in Toledo Ohio. The case addresses nationwide circulation of explicit material and reflects ongoing concerns over obscenity.
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Toledo
Ohio
Michigan
Wallace W. Ellis
Frank L. Kloed
Pocatellan Warns Brewers Against Liquor Troops
Boise AP report notes Morris Rosauer of East Idaho Brewing warns 65 Idaho Beer Dealers delegates that prohibition will return unless breweries separate from liquor side. Boise attorney Clarence Ward urges organizing distinct beer operations to avoid ties with liquor and cites court upholds against non intoxicating malt beverages during prohibition.
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Boise
Morris Rosauer
East Idaho Brewing Co
Pocatello
Idaho Beer Dealers Association
Rosauer
Clarence Ward
Ward
Idaho Supreme Court
Nation
Supreme Court
Pappy's Theft Charge Spurs Search for Mrs Malcolmson
San Diego sheriff deputies hunt Mrs. Lucille Malcolmson on a grand theft complaint by Lt. Col. Gregory Boyington, former Coeur d Alene resident, for $9000 he gave for care of his three children. Bail set at 25000 as attorney expects service of warrant in Reno. Boyington, famed Black Sheep leader, is treated at naval hospital for illness linked to his 20 month Japanese imprisonment.
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San Diego
Sheriff's Deputies
Lucille
Lucy) Rogers Malcolmson
Gregory
Pappy) Boyington
Coeur d’Alene
Idaho
Malcolmson
Marine Flier
Reno
Malcolm
India
Boyington
Eddie Rickenbacker
Naval Hospital
Two Attempts At death by own action
Salt Lake City detective said that Fossen Chenet strangled his wife, 27, and slashed himself, then set an alarm for 6 am to try again if the first attempt failed. Chenet, 32, navy veteran, is in critical condition after the attack. He faces first degree murder charges as police note the wife’s body was found in their basement apartment with Chenet unconscious beside her. His lung was collapsed by a knife thrust and doctors say he may recover.
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Salt Lake City
M. D. McGinness
Fossen Chenet
Theresa
Chenet
McGinness
Trooper Accused In Slaying of Yankee Prisoners
Lt. Virgil P. Lary Jr. testifies at Dachau war crimes trial naming George Fleps of the First Waffen SS Panzer Regiment as the killer in the Malmedy massacre. Prosecutors allege nearly 800 American POWs were slain during the Ardennes offensive with no prisoner orders.
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Dachau
Germany
Malmedy
Virgil P. Lary, Jr
Winchester
Ardennes Bulge
Lary
George Fleps
Ardennes
Showers Disrupt Pleasant Day with Thunder and Wind
A late afternoon shower began at 1 18 pm with thunder and lightning turning a sunny record gray. The U S weather bureau forecasts cloudy skies with light showers this afternoon tonight and Wednesday and winds at 10 to 15 mph shifting west. High today 68 low 45. yesterday’s high 71 low 66, compared with last year’s 58.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Government Seizes Soft Coal Mines in Move to End Strike
President Truman directs Interior Secretary Krug to seize and operate the soft coal mines now under a temporary truce. Krug to take over tomorrow to preserve the national economy. miners and operators reportedly acceptable to both sides. Sen. Barkley says railroad wage dispute hopeful as talks continue with no new rail walkout.
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Associated Press
Truman
J. A. Krug
White House
Charles G. Ross
Krug
Ross
United Mine Workers and
Operaors
Sen
Barkley
D-Ky
UNO Tackles Iran Trouble
AP report details Iranian ambassador Hussein Ala warning the UN Security Council that Soviet interference in Azerbaijan province continues and Iran lacks effective control. It also notes reports of fighting near Sainkalen near Azerbaijan with Teheran denying initial clashes as minor.
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United Nations Security Council
Moscow
Azerbaijan
United States
Hussein Ala
Council
Iran
Tabriz
Sainkalen
Teheran
Postal workers get $400 year raise in new law
President Truman signed a law granting nearly all postal workers a $400 yearly increase retroactive to Jan 1, 1946. About 400,000 workers are covered with total annual cost around $160 million. Fourth class postmasters gain 20 percent, part time workers 20 cents hourly, compensating for higher living costs and reduced hours since last July.
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Washington
Truman
County Roads Used As Dump Grounds
W. P. Havener, Bannock county surveyor and road supervisor, appeals to Pocatello citizens to stop using county roads as dumping grounds. He notes large quantities of yard waste and cans dumped near Barton road, Buckskin road, and Chubbuck road and urges disposal at the city dump off the high line road. County crews keep roads and borrow pits clear and seek public cooperation.
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W. P. Havenor
Bannock
Pocatello
Haeenor
Barton Road
Red Hill
Buckskin Road
University Hangar
Terry Street
Chubbuck Road
Havener
High Line Road
Canal
Pocatello Creek
Murdock Seeks Renomination to Senate Seat
Washington reports Sen. Abe Murdock a four term former representative from Utah declares his bid for renomination to the senate seeking a second term.
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Washington
Abe Murdock
Utah
Murdock
House of Representatives
Senate
Yanks Strike River Fleet at Vilshofen Danube Raid
Four thousand American troops struck by dawn to raid a suspected Hungarian river fleet along the Danube in Vilshofen Germany. Nearly 400 boats were boarded and searched while occupants were detained for investigation. American troopers exchanged fire only with three German patrol boats. one patrolman wounded.
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Vilshofen
Germany
Danube
Passau
U. S
U. S. Army
Contracts Ready on Two Road Projects
State highway department prepared two road contracts for Bannock county in the federal aid for secondary roads program. Projects S-230(1) and S-231(1) cover Turner road from Grace to Turner with a Bear River bridge and Robin road from McCammon to Robin. Government funding splits are 50 percent federal, 25 percent state, 25 percent county.
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State Highway Department
Bannock
W. P. Havener
Turner
Grace
Bear River
McCammon
Robin
Robin Road
Plane Hits 58th Floor In Wall Street Skyscraper Tragedy
An army Beechcraft C-45 lost in dense fog struck the 58th floor of the 71 story Bank of Manhattan building in Lower Manhattan. Five people died including Maj Mansel Campbell Capt Tom L Hall Lt Robert Stevenson Lt Angelo Ross and Wac Lt Mary Bond. Five others endured fatalities from flaming debris as a five member army board investigates the crash.
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Bank of Manhattan Company Building
Center
Wall Street
New York City
Financial District
New York
Newark Air Base
Army
Wace
Tom L. Hall
Clarence P. Kane
Newark Army Air Base
Permanent
Kane
Empire State Building
Hall
Sioux Falls
S. Dak
Empire State
Newark
the Manhattan Company
John Gunther
Chase National Bank Guard
Buil
Mansel R. Campbell
Pontiac
Mich
Austin
Texas
Robert L. Stevenson
The
Bronx
Angelo A. Ross
Whitehall
N. Y
Fifteenth Air Force
Wac
Mary E. Bond
Newton
Atlas Corporation
Bond
Meters in Idaho Falls Bring In $100 Daily
City officials report in the first two weeks after 500 meters began operation on Idaho Falls streets, average daily receipts reached $100. From April 13 to May, total receipts were $1,449.86.
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Idaho Falls
Azerbaijani Oil Blamed for Iran Border Troubles
Premier Ahmed Qavam ordered Iranian troops to stay at their posts along the Azerbaijan border after clashes reported on the frontier. Tehran broadcast promised court martial for those blamed for causing the fighting as Tas brig radio claimed civil strife persisted for a second day.
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Iran
London
Ahmed Qavam
Azerbaijan
Tec
Fof
Tehran
Tasbrig
Russia
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Senate Banking Committee
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Pappy
UNO
DeWitt MacKenzie
Yanks Strike River Fleet
Beaumont
War Department
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