Denver Ousts Stapleton from Office
Denver voters swept 20 year mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton from office in a nonpartisan race won by Quigg Newton Jr. Newton led Morrissey with Stapleton third as precincts reported near a landslide. Newton pledged nonpartisan government serving all with no special privilege.
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Denver
Benjamin F. Stapleton
Quigg Newton, Jr
Thomas J. Morrissey
U. S
Newton
Stapleton
William A. Black
William Dietrich
Morrissey
Black
Dietrich
Colorado
Weisberg Dies After Transfer to Death Row Cell
A former Chicago night clerk Weisberg died less than two hours after his transfer to the death cell near the electric chair. Coroner's doctor ruled coronary thrombosis natural. Warden Sain said precautions prevented self harm and noted Weisberg appeared calm facing execution.
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Weisberg
Chicago
Jerry Kearns
Frank Sain
Cook County
Sain
City considers new golf course south of Merridell Park
H J Pierpont proposed building a golf course on land south of Merridell Park. The property owned by A H Neilson and Paul Evans could be sold to the city at a low figure. Adjoining land is owned by George Katsilometes. A water line extension to the site is proposed with financial arrangements by property owners north and south of Merridell.
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Merridell Park
H. J. Pierpont
A. H. Neilson
Paul Evans
George Katsilometes
Merridell
McDougall to Speak at Salmon Idaho Convention
The north Idaho chamber of commerce announces its spring convention themed The Gem of the Mountains. It will be held in Lemhi county at Salmon next Monday and Tuesday with a banquet Monday evening led by Judge Isaac E. McDougall of Pocatello as speaker.
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Moscow
Gem of the Mountains
North Idaho Chamber of Commerce
Lemhi County
Salmon
Isaac E. McDougall
Pocatello
Kurdish Tribes Resist Disarmament Amid Iranian Army Reinforcements
Northwestern Iran braces as Army garrisons at Maku Shahpur Khoi and Ri zaiyeh reinforce amid Kurdish resistance to disarmament. About 20600 riflemen organize in home villages with tens of thousands of women and children evacuated. Kurdish leaders allege Russian agitation and promise of supplies including anti tank guns while hinting at possible aid if attacked.
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Tehran
Maku
Shahpur
Khoi
Rizaiyeh
Iran
Shakkak
Jalali
Milani
Fanek
Peza
Dr John Nichols Arrives in Ogden for Pocatello Commencement
Word from Ogden reports Dr John Nichols arriving at 4 45 p m with Mrs Nichols and Dr Carl W McIntosh to drive to Pocatello for tonight's high school commencement exercises. His son Allam is in the graduating class. Nichols had taken leave as executive dean to aid Japan education reorganization under U S Army authority and served as Navy commander during the war.
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John &. Nichols
Ogden
Japan
Army
Pocatello
Navy
Pocatello Captures Southeast Idaho Baseball Title
Pocatello high school baseball team defeated American Falls 12 to 0 in a district playoff Tuesday evening to win the southeastern Idaho championship.
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Pocatello
American Falls
Idaho
Russia May Renew Call to Outlaw Atomic Bombs
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko signaled in New York that Moscow plans to renew a push in the United Nations Security Council to outlaw the use of atomic weapons. He said after ban, the USSR would accept international control and inspection amid U S and British demand for a prior system.
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Lake Success
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
New York
Union
United States
Greatin
Betty Grable Gives Birth To Second Daughter Jessica
Betty Grable and musician husband Harry James welcome their second daughter Jessica weighing six pounds 14 ounces by Caesarean section. The child joins their first daughter Victoria Elizabeth born in March 1944, with both mother and baby reported well.
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Hollywood
Betty Grable
Harry James
Jessica
Miss Grable
James
Victoria Elizabeth
Firms Seek Removal of Excise Taxes on Communications
Congress faced a push from AT and T and allied firms to repeal excise levies on telephone, telegraph, and other communications services. The group urged the Ways and Means Committee to back a $400 million saving, aligning with the $4 billion income tax cut already approved by the House.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
A. T. & T.’s Associated Companies
United States Independent Telephone Association
Speaker Warns of War Danger at Idaho Falls Commencement
Idaho Falls high school’s 225 senior graduates heard Dr. Hershel Heath warn of a risk of drifting into a third world war while noting a hopeful contrast with 1920 today’s United Nations and U S membership. School ends for seniors and underclassmen. grade school closes.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls High School
Herschel Heath
Idaho State College
Pocatello
Rain Postpones New York at Cincinnati Game
Weather-delayed major league games report Cincinnati and Boston postponements. In an abbreviated box score format Philadelph ia scored 160 runs off Chicago with Jurisich Seminick Lade Rush and Scheffing handling pitching while Brooklyn beat St Louis 3 1 as Hatten Casey Edwards Brecheen Rice pitched. Cleveland at Boston postponed due to wet grounds.
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Philadelph
Chicago
Jurisich and
Seminick
Lade
Rush and Scheffing
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Hatten
Casey
Edwards
Brecheen and Rice
Ford Foremen Strike Begins At Ford Plants
About 3,800 foremen walked off at 8 a m local time at Ford Motor Co plants in Detroit as the Foremen's Association of America ordered members off the job. Union president Robert H Keys said the walkout had unanimous FAA Ford chapter backing and production could halt within ten days.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Foremen’s Association of America
Iind
Robert H. Keys
Ford
FAA
Jury urged to render verdict in lynching case
Greenville South Carolina circuit Judge J Robert Martin Jr directed a Greenville county jury to seek the truth in the trial of 28 white men accused in the lynching of a black man. The jury retired at 3 30 p m after closing arguments in the case. Grandview Missouri Truman physician reports his 94 year old mother shows slight recovery with president at bedside and optimism from Brig Gen Wallace H Graham about her uphill battle against weak heart and frail health.
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Greenville
D. C
J. Robert Martin, Jr
Grandview
Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Martha E. Truman
Graham
Kansas City
Hold District Meet Opens at Idaho College Spud Bowl
An inter-district track and field meet opens at 1 39 p m Thursday in the Idaho State College Spud bowl with entries from the fifth and sixth districts. The public is invited without charge.
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Idaho State College
Bannock Hotel Redevelopment Plans Unveiled
W. W. Shields, manager, outlined a $75 000 six month reconstruction for the Bannock hotel under new ownership. The first floor will be remodeled with lobby changes, new cocktail lounge, coffee shop relocation, stainless kitchen, and possible basement barber shop move. Architects Victor and Jones of Seattle will oversee plans with hotel directors Virgil McGee, Jack Simplot, and J. L. Eberle.
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W. W. Shields
Bannock Hotel
Victor and Jones
Seattle
Virgil McGee
Jack Simplot
J. L. Eberle
Shields
Quality Food
Arthur and
Center
Aerial DDT Spraying Planned Over Moscow Timberlands
Around 3 a m two tri motor planes will take off toward timber country to spray tussock moth caterpillars with DDT oil in a 30 day project costing 750000. First 10000 gallon load arrived last night with 4000 gallon trailers loading at the Moscow Pullman airport. Seven more carloads are en route as part of a 40 car load contract from two midwestern chemical firms.
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Moscow
Idaho
Moscow-Pullman
Craters Open Pep Band for Moon Festival
Idaho State College music department received permission for the pep band to perform at the Craters of the Moon opening on Sunday May 25. The caravan will depart Frazier hall at 8 45 a m and officials expect a large Pocatello delegation.
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Music Department
Idaho State College
Office of
Chamber of Commerce
J. L. Craig
Butte County
Frazier Hall
Pocate
Colonists Plan Development With British Withdrawal
British authorities outline withdrawal from Mediterranean and Middle East defenses to East Africa while promising an era of economic social and political development seen as truly historic. French Belgian and British colonial administrators meet in Paris to discuss rapid development in southern central and equatorial Africa as part of a large imperial project. The plan aims to strengthen the empire despite India’s independence and rising doubts about cohesion.
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London
England
Mediterranean
East Africa
Africa
Belgium
Paris
Congress Approves 350 Million Foreign Relief Plan
The House agreed to a 350 million foreign relief program as requested by President Truman. The Senate must approve a conference report before final passage, having rejected a move to cap at 200 million. House subcommittees also cut over 450 million from Truman’s 1.2 billion sericulture department request amid GOP pressure. The Senate debates tax cuts and Alaska defense, while armed services and foreign affairs panels push related measures. Ellender predicts a labor bill draft by midweek and conference vote targets by Tuesday or Wednesday. Taft and Murray clash over federal controls in ongoing budget talks.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
White House
Lawrence H. Smith
Rwis
Russia
Alaska
Pearl Harbor
Gurney
R-S. D
Senate Armed Services Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep
Mundt
Ellender
D-La
Congress
Louisiana
Carolina Mob Trial Heads Toward Jury Verdict
A South Carolina jury is summoned by Circuit Judge J. Robert Martin Jr to deliver a verdict in the mass trial of 28 defendants accused of mob action and the lynching of Willie Earle. Final arguments concluded with prosecutors seeking convictions but not death. the defense contends the state failed to prove its charges.
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Greenville
8. C
South Carolina
J. Robert Martin, Jr
Samuel Watt
Robert Ashmore
Willie Earle
Pickens County
Fair Weather Forecast From Weatherman
Weatherman predicts fair weather tonight and Thursday with a low near 40 tonight and a high around 75 on Thursday. He notes no strong winds expected Thursday and reports today’s 24 hour high 74 low 43 mean 58, normal 54, while showers lie east of the continental divide in Montana and Wyoming and western skies stay mostly clear from the divide to the coast. Temperatures in surrounding towns ranged from 32 to 48 with winds 20 to 30 mph over southern Idaho. Sunset 7 52, sunrise 5 a m Thursday.
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Continental Divide
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Boise
Burley
Butte
Dubois
Idaho Falls
Salt Lake
Tax Commission to Meet in Pocatello for Property Tax Discussion
Idaho state tax commission led by Ed Baird and members Floyd Neal Joseph Nettleton Murphy Fenn and Lloyd Fenn will hold a public meeting in the Dorian room in Pocatello on Thursday May 29 at 8 PM to discuss property assessment and ad valorem taxation with taxpayers.
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Idaho State Tax Commission
Pocatello
Dorian
Ed Baird
Boise
Floyd Neal
Joseph Nettleton
Murphy Fenn
Lloyd Fenn
Seven Victims Of Crash In Champaign Farm Field
Seven soldiers were killed when an army B-25 crashed in a Champaign county farm field during a violent electrical storm. The wreckage lay across a wide area about 16 miles north of Champaign. The plane had been en route from Cheyenne, Wyoming to Chanute field near Champaign. Local farmer Ekke Flesner described hearing an awful thump as the storm battered the region. The seven bodies were recovered this morning. The aircraft did not catch fire.
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Champaign
Cheyenne
Wyo
Chanute Field
Burlington
Iowa
Ekke Flesner
Flesner
Phone Strike Becomes Closed Issue
Washington reports the return to work of 20 000 Western Electric installation workers ends the first nationwide telephone strike. Only two disputes remain at Point Breeze Maryland and Lincoln Nebraska after four unions in New York City won a 4 weekly pay rise. The strike had idled up to 340 000 workers before rapid settlement across states and under government pressure.
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Washington
Western Electric
Western Electric Company
Point Breeze
Lincoln
Nebr
New York City
Bell System
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Brooklyn Woman Kills Rival Over Husband Affair
In Brooklyn a 31 year old mother of two was shot dead on a busy street. A second woman, 41, confessed to the killing saying the victim was with her husband and she acted to stop the situation. Police described the suspect as calm after her admission.
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New York
Brooklyn
William T. Whalen
Margaret Jannaro
Meter Box Lid Blamed for Feather River Express Wreck
In Oakland investigators blamed a concrete lid from a water meter box for a Decoto wreck of the Western Pacific Feather River Express. No one was killed but four crew members suffered cuts and bruises after engineer Ray Cope braked hard when he saw an object on the track. Conductor W L Ingersoll recalled the engine leaping into the air as the incident occurred.
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Oakland
Calif
Western Pacific Railroad
Decoto
Crewe
al Ayres
Ray Cope
San Jose
W. L. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Buyer Resistance In Construction Signals Economic Soft Spots
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an April fall in industrial employment and weak construction data, suggesting soft spots in the economy. Commissioner Ewan Clague cites resistance to high prices as a factor, noting factory jobs declined for the first time since February 1946 recovery laws.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Ewan Clague
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