Lewis Deplores Talk of Coal Strike on July 1
Washington dispatch reports United Mine Workers and coal operators clash over admitting the Southern Coal Producers association and reopening wage talks. Lewis declines strike talk while naming three leading operators as pivotal to peace or war in the industry. Presidents Fairless Hanna and Francis urged restraint as conference fractures linger.
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Washington (P
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel
George Humphreys
M. A. Hanna Coal Company
James D. Francis
Swedish Count Chosen as UN Palestine Mediator
Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden was chosen by the five permanent members to serve as United Nations mediator for Palestine after accepting the post. He is vice president of the Swedish Red Cross and was selected after the Security Council wrangled over possible strong measures against Arabs and Jews in Palestine.
Indian Head supervisor Carl Beck resigns for Arizona post
Fort Hall Indian reservation superintendent Carl W. Beck has resigned after four and a half years to accept a position in Arizona. He will depart June 1 after official approval from the Secretary of Interior. Beck, a 24 year veteran of the Indian service, has worked at Owyhee Nevada and with the Navajo in Arizona and New Mexico. He and Mrs. Beck will visit eastern Idaho friends and their daughter in Pocatello, with plans to return periodically.
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Carl W. Beck
Fort Hall
Arizona
Southwest
Secretary of Interior
Beck
Indian Service
Western Shoshone Agency
Owyhee
Nev
New Mexico
BPO Elks
New GI Bill Training Rules Shift Responsibility to Schools
The Veterans Administration unveils a policy placing primary duty for veteran training on schools and business institutions in Idaho. John P. Gray of the Pocatello VA office says VA officers will not directly supervise training. institutions must provide effective instruction and report attendance and progress to VA. Spot checks will safeguard veterans' rights and curb fraud.
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Idaho
Veterans Administration
John P. Gray
Pocatello VA
Gray
Idaho Ruling Drops Bar On Gambling
Boise Idaho Thursday opinion by Attorney General Robert E Smylie says open gambling remains illegal under the punchboard statute The ruling responds to a request by R C Lewis commissioner of law enforcement on whether games such as Hi Dice Hooligan Chuckle to Buck fall under the law The 1947 act legalized punch boards and related games
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Boise
Idaho
Robert E. Smylie
R. C. Lewis
Law Enforcement
Pocatello Idaho Weather Forecast Outlook
Partly cloudy with a few afternoon thunder storms mainly over mountains. Little temperature change expected with highs 75 to 80 degrees in Pocatello and surrounding Idaho areas. Sunset 7 52 PM and sunrise 5 01 AM noted.
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Pocatello
Idaho
St Josephs School Awards Diplomas to 17 Students
Seventeen students from Catholic schools in the diocese were awarded diplomas at St. Josephs church Thursday evening. Monsignor E R Cody presented diplomas to graduates including Martin Tauscher Gerald Ridell William Bolgcheld Jere Bren Eldredge Thomas Childs Mary Jean DeLate Patricia Parisot Patricia Brennan Jane Frances Davis Joan Lamb Leona Belisle Colette Forrey Maxine Lloyd. Graduation address and a dance followed the ceremony with seventh grade hosts assisting.
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St. Joseph's Church
Monsignor
E. R. Cody
Martin Tauscher
Gerald Riedel
William Bolgcheld
Jere Bren
St. Joseph's
Edward Eldredge
Leona May Belisle
Maxine Lloyd
Patty Brennan
Jo Ann Lamb
June Frances Davis
Colette Forrey
Thomas Childs
Eugene O'Bryan
Patricia Parisot
Billy Bohlscheid
Jere Brennan
Nell Geyer
Marti Tauscher
Mary Jean DeLate
Dominco Eguilior
Pocatello Council Approves 1948 49 Budget
The Pocatello city council adopted a 1 326 070 dollar general budget for May 1 1948 to April 30 1949 with a 47 mill levy and 10 837 353 dollar assessed valuation. A public hearing was set for 8 p m June 4 and salaries for mayor and other officials were approved.
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Pocatello City
Glennon Sets Four Civil Trials for June Dates
District Judge L. E. Glennon set four civil cases for trial at 10 a m on June 4 7 9 and 14. The matters include equalization of taxes in Sam Nix on vs Bannock county board of equalization with Jones Pomeroy Jones representing Nixon and Henry McQuade county prosecutor. Also Lee M Hawkes versus Annie Hawkes with O R Baum for the plaintiff and Merrill Merrill for the defense. Ruby Anderson Hansen versus Lester W Hansen with F E Tydeman for the plaintiff and Samuel Adelstein for the defendant. Donna Verna Harris versus John Phillip Harris with O R Baum for the plaintiff and Henry McQuade for the defendant.
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L. E. Glennon
Sam Nixon
Bannock
Pocatello Company Files Articles of Incorporation
Noble and Conrad Motor Company of Pocatello filed articles of incorporation on Thursday with capital of 25000 dollars. Incorporators include Byard F. Conrad Mary L. Vad David L. Noble Mildred Wy Noble and Frank L. Copening Jr all of Pocatello.
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Etlas
Incor
Noble and Conrad Motor Company
Pocatello
Incorporators
Byard F. Conrad
Mary L. Vad
David L. Noble
Mildred Wy. Noble
Frank L. Copening, Jr
New Strides in Yank Plane Ops Amid Peace Exchange Deadlock
Washington reports two notable advances in long range air power as U S naval and air forces push ahead despite Russo American peace exchanges stalling. The P2V Neptune was launched from a 45 000 ton carrier and a six engine B 36 bomber flew about 8000 miles with a sizable dummy bomb payload.
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Washington
U. S
Navy
Air Force
Texas
California
Meantime in Idaho and Nation Ends Strike Predictions
A pastor and Mrs. Beard visit Pocatello traveling by horseback along the Old Oregon Trail to Independence Missouri while a CIO meat strike director predicts most workers will return to work on company terms. They note 100000 packers voting on nine cent hourly raises retention of seniority and arbitration. Wilson and Co opposed.
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John Beard
Portland
Ore
Independence
Beard
Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church
Oregon Trail
Ft. Hall and
Blackfoot
First Presbyterian Church
Pocatello
Chaplin
Mt. Tabor Presbyterian
Ft. Bridger
Wyo
Presbyterian Church
Willis Hamlin
Chicago
CIO
Wilson and Co
Herbert March
UPWA
Swift, Cudahy and Armour
Wilson
March
Wilson and Company
Oregon Votes On Friday
Oregon's bitter Republican presidential primary race nears its end as Gov. Thomas E. York and Harold Stassen fight over alleged spending by national blocs. Stassen accuses an eastern Taft-Dewey alliance of dumping 250000 into Oregon. Dewey calls the claim false and tactics desperate.
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Portland
Oregon
Thomas E. York
Harold Minnesota
Stassen
Nebraska
Wisconsin
New York
Dewey
Dewey and Son
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Six Miners Killed in Virginia Coal Mine Explosion
Six miners died and four were injured in an explosion at Clinchfield Coal Company No. 2 mine in Dante Virginia late Thursday night about 11:15 p m EST. Rescue teams and authorities began assessing the scene and detailing casualties. The blast heightened safety concerns at regional mines in the area.
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Dante
Clinchfield Coal Company
Armed Guards in Control of Tension Areas
National guardsmen with fixed bayonets armored cars and jeeps moved into strike tension areas in WATSALOO Sa.4. Nearly 1,000 guardsmen entered without resistance after rioting began Wednesday night following the shooting death of a CIO UPWA picket at the Rath packing plant.
Dewey Visit Planned for Pocatello Monday
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will fly into Pocatello Monday morning in a special plane arriving about 10 a.m. He will depart by 1 p.m. after a public reception at Bannock Hotel. Dewey travels with his executive secretary Paul Lockwood and about 15 reporters during a west coast/Oregon campaign tour.
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Thomas EF
Dewey
Pocastello
New York
Salt Lake City
Oregon
Butte
Bannock Hotel
Paul Lockwood
Assault in Old City of Jerusalem Captures Heights
In the Old City battle, forces reported capturing the tallest Beit Tiferet Israel building and pressing a strike on Beit Yaacov synagogue. Fighters from Haganah and Irgun Zvai Leumi withdrew to a rear position as Arabs claimed most of the Old City had fallen or been abandoned. The three day fight nears a conclusion with Jewish defenders holding a northern fringe near the wall and Chain Street.
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Old City
Jerusat
Tiferet Israelly
Newisa
Beit Yaacov
Haganah and
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Suleiman the Magnificent
State Curbs Drawings for Ashton Moose Hunt
The Idaho fish and game department bars anyone who had a recent moose opportunity from the Ashton big game refuge hunt. Thirty permits will be issued for next fall with ten in each of three areas. Hunting runs September 26 to 30 and the permit fee is $30.
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Ashton
Ashton Big Game
State Fish and Game Department
Three Artists Chosen For Junior Community Concerts
Three artists were selected Thursday for next year’s junior community concert program announced by Rampton Barlow association president. Susan Reed the nationally known folk singer Carol Glenn violinist and George London bass baritone with an MGM film contract were chosen by a seven member committee that included Joe Stover from New York City community concert representative.
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Rampton Barlow
Association
Susan Reed
Carol Glenn
George London
MGM Picture
Joe Stover
New York City
Barlow
Dan Martin
Vincent Bevis
Franklin
Stanford Pugmire
Irving Princi
Communists Routed Near Peiping in Battle Near Nankou
Government headquarters said the surrounding battle near Peiping ended with about 6,000 of the 7,000 Communist attackers routed. The clash occurred near Nankou, northwest of Peiping.
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Peiping
Nankou
President Truman Calls It The Greatest Age In History
President Truman told Girard College students that the world is living in the greatest age in history, an age of opportunity. He spoke to about 1,300 fatherless boys and expressed a nostalgic wish to be 18 again to share the era with them. He urged government effort to ensure welfare and peace, not destruction.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Girard College
United States
Mr. Truman
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Yellowstone
St. Joseph’s School
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Trans-Jordan
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Sunday Times of London
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Akhbar el Youm
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Glennon
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Hingly
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