Russia May Bolt UNO To Form Rival Organization
London reports speculate Russia may quit the United Nations Organization to isolate Western powers and create a rival international body. The Paris dispatch notes no official quit plan, but cites Soviet policy trends and dissension within the Communist Party over international cooperation. Vishinsky at the 21 nation peace conference argues Yugoslavia's Trieste claim and backs a free port but cites political considerations.
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Russia
UNO
London
London Daily Mail
Paris
United Nations Organization
Wilson Broadbent
Comunist Party
Soviet
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Trieste
Vishinsky
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Heirens Fails In Attempt To Hang Self
The 17 year old triple murderer William Heirens attempted suicide in Cook County Jail with a bedsheet noose. Guard reports say he was found hanging at 1 am and cut down before losing consciousness as prosecutors prepare to argue on his penalty.
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Heirens
Chicago
William Heirens
Cook County
Frank Sain
Harold G. Ward
Criminal Court
University of Chicago
Poor Quality Meat Ahead as OPA Ceilings Bite Livestock
The Chicago stockyards report a drastic drop in arrivals in the first week after revived OPA ceilings on hogs and cattle. Cattle consist mainly of dried up cows and inferior pork hogs, with empty pens across markets. Across the Midwest receipts total 59,800 cattle in three days, far below last week’s 246,500, prompting layoffs and uncertain futures for packers and traders.
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Chicago
OPA
Great
Union
Mid-West
Fatal shooting ends partnership dispute in Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake City a dispute over a prospective business partnership ended in a fatal shooting. Ralph Startup 39, owner of Ralph's Valet Service, is being held by police after discharging a .30-30 rifle that killed Don Swenson 42, operator of a laundry machine company. Startup says the gun went off unintentionally during a struggle over the rifle.
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Salt Lake City
Martin D. McGuiness
Don E. Swenson
Ralph Startup
Ralph
McGuiness
Startup
Swenson
Utah Convict Escapes From Utah State Prison
A break at the Utah state prison ends with one convict escaping and another held back by a guard fire from a tower. Joe Gough, 39, serving five years to life for robbery, climbed the wall at about 4 am using a home made rope. Roy Monroe Whittenberg, 33, serving one to 10 years for fraudulent checks, was pulled back when the guard fired. Gough, born in Sterling Idaho, had prior Utah and San Quentin terms. Whittenberg was from Box Elder county.
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Salt Lake City
Utah State Prison
John E. Harris
Joe Gough
Roy Monroe Whittenberg
Harris
Gough
Sterling
Idaho
Cache County
Utah
San Quentin
Calif
Whittenberg
Box Elder
Nevada Crash Kills Twenty As Plane Plunges Near Elko
A Trans-Luxury Airlines two engine aircraft rammed a low hill two miles west of Elko airport killing at least 20 people. One child survivor, a four year old boy, was found dazed near the wreckage as eighteen bodies were taken to an undertaker. Further debris trapped crew members in the nose of the burning craft. The plane had departed New York for San Francisco before crashing.
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Elko
Nev
Trans-Luxury Airlines
Beetel Lee
Edward Lundberg
New York
San Francisco
Charles L. Smith
Vets Declared No Gravy Train By Bradley Address
Gen Omar Bradley told Veterans of Foreign Wars delegates that there is no gravy train for returning soldiers. He warned that veterans will lead the nation and must pay their fair share of taxes or face fewer opportunities and an artificial drain on national wealth. He condemned chiselers who used training as cheap labor subsidies and warned against back door bonuses.
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Boston
Omar N. Bradley
Normandy
Veterans Affairs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bradley
Florida Democrat Hints at Russia Bid for China Control
Rep. Robert Sikes spokesman for a house military affairs committee delegation warned that Russia seeks control of China. He said success could let the United States move out of the Orient. The group urged tougher U S policy toward Russia amid Chinese internal turmoil.
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Peiping
Russia
China
Orient
Robert Sikes
House
Pacific
Sikes
Florida
United States
Passenger List of Ill-fated Plane Crash
Trans-Luxury Airlines announced the Nevada crash list with 17 passengers aboard the Teterboro departure and one pickup in Chicago. Names include George Aman and R Trabant, with crew Captain Kenneth Campbell and Co-Pilot Harry Leatherman.
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New York
Nevada
Trans - Luxury Airlines
George Aman
Switzerland
R. Trabant
Clair Cross
A. DiFilippi
R. Carson
J. Musumeci
Z. Aislanian
Bernard Gottlieb
Joseph B. Badami
Link
Baralus
H. E. Launderville
Liquor Fight Takes Shape In Idaho Wet Dry Battle
Idaho faces a local option push with 55 percent petition power to bar liquor in a county. The Allied Civic Forces seek a ballot measure while court challenges loom. Harry Kessler calls the effort a test of wet and dry sentiment statewide.
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Boise
Idaho
Allied Civic Forces
Harry Kessler
Kessler
Masons Plan Second Annual Dinner in Idaho Falls
The Scottish Rite Masons in southeastern Idaho announce a second annual dinner to begin fall activities of the Pocatello Consistory. The event will be at 7 p m Friday in the Masonic temple at Idaho Falls, per Finis Bentley secretary of the Scottish Rite bodies.
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Idaho
Pocatello
Masonic Temple
Idaho Falls
Finis Bentley
Rescue of 23 Sailors From Grounded American Liberty Ship
Naval authorities at Rochefort announced that 23 sailors clinging to a broken section of the 7176 ton ship David Caldwell were rescued today. Eight crewmen remain missing and two dead. Seven previously reached shore and were taken to hospitals in Royan and Rochefort. The rescued were hauled by breeches buoy to a French dredger and would be brought to Bordeaux.
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Bordeaux
France
David Caldwell
Rochefort
Giroride Estuaty
Royan
Slated Yugoslav Departure for U.S. Sergeants Agreed
Three American army sergeants detained in Belgrade since February are allowed to depart, government officials said. In New York, Captain Arthur P. Cronin was found guilty of inattention to duty after the freighter American Farmer collision. his master’s license suspended for three months. Miles Aircraft, Reading announced a near complete 1000 mph capable plane halted after air ministry canceled the contract.
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Washington
Belgrade
New York
Arthur P. Cronin
William J. Riddls
Coast Guard
Reading
England
Miles Aircraft, Ltd
Air Ministry
Plane crash near Elko kills 21 with one child survivor
A Trans-Luxury Airlines two engine plane crashed into a hill two miles west of Elko airport. Twenty one people perished. A two year old boy, Peter Link of Brooklyn, New York, was found dazed near the wreckage with chest and arm injuries described as not life threatening.
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Elko. Nev. (Ap
Aow Hill
Elko
Trans - Luxury Airlines
Peter Link
Brooklyn
N.Y
Former Pocatellan Dies
Mrs. Mary Jane Barnes aged 18 of Arco Idaho died in a Salt Lake City hospital after an eight week illness. A native of Pocatello she was the daughter of Mr and Mrs O T Jones. She was married three years ago and had made her home in Arco. Funeral services and burial will be held at Arco.
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Salt Lake City
Mary Jane Barnes
Arco
Idalo
Pocatello
O. T. Jones
Three-Coast Strike May Tie Up All Salt Water Traffic
President Truman signaled no early special session of Congress and endorsed New York ticket while maritime wage talks stay with Schwellenbach. AFL sea workers strike Atlantic Pacific and Gulf ports, about 100000 seamen plus 100000 AFL members and CIO group observing picket lines, potentially halting saltwater shipping. The railroad embargo follows as talks progress.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
New York Democratic
Senator Mead
Herbert Lehman
Labor
Schwellenbach
New York
AFL
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf Ports
Wage Stabilization Board
Baltimore
Seamen's International Union and the Sea
Men’s Union of the Pacific
John Hawk
SIU
CIO National Maritime Union
Mr. Truman
Greece Rebuffs Soviet Allegations At U N Security Council
Greek representative T Vassili Dendramis told the United Nations Security Council that the Soviet Union conducts a war of nerves against Greece and rejected Moscow’s claim that Greece threatens Balkan peace. He called the Albanian Bulgarians collaborators and said no armistice exists with Albania as Greece and Albania remain at war.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Vassili Dendrvamis
United Nations
Soviet Union
Greece
Balkans
Dendramis
United Nations Security Council
Dmitri Manuilsky
Ukraine
Andrei A. Gromyko
Security Council
Albania
Indian Riots Rise in Bombay After Four Days of Strife
Scattered gunfire echoed as calm slowly returned to Bombay after four days of communal rioting. Officials counted 189 killed and 527 wounded, with unofficial estimates above 200 dead and 600 injured. Curfew warned, mills closed, traffic halted, and 2,000 arrested as troops guard the city.
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Bombay
Yanks Cancel Air Show Over Athens Visit
The American carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt and escort ships arrived off Greece and plans to fly a public air show over Athens were canceled. Navy officials attributed the decision to fitting the event into a crowded four day program and at sea guidance. Moscow criticized the Roosevelt visit as interference with Greek affairs ahead of the plebiscite restoring King George II.
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Athens
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Greece
John H. Cassady
Naples
Roosevelt
U.S
Er Basoy
U.S. State Department
V. M. Molotov
George V
Sugar Price Rise Tied to Cuban Agreement
Government officials say sugar ceiling prices must rise with a possible retail increase of one cent per pound. The move would cost consumers about eighty million dollars yearly. The rise follows the Cuban American agreement tying Cuban sugar prices to US living costs on a quarterly basis. Cuba supplies about one third of US sugar and rises in Cuba impact all sources.
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Washington
CPA
Commodity Credit Corporation
United States
Cuba
Firm Seeks Oil in Idaho Area
The Magic Valley Exploration company filed oil leases with Twin Falls County Recorder on 46 sections mainly in the Hollister area. Leases will be filed soon in Cassia County as Oklahoma and local interests back the project after two years of surveys.
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Twin Falls
Magic Valley Exploration Company
Charles Bulles
Hollister
Cassia
Oklahoma
Rooms Needed for Students In Pocatello
University authorities report high demand for rooms as students flood Pocatello. Local residents with spare rooms should notify the chamber of commerce office per J L Craig secretary.
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Pocatelo
Pocatellans
Chamber of Commerce Office
J. L. Craig
Chiang Army Sets Next Target Kalgan in North China
Chiang Kai shek’s forces warned Kalgan will be taken as the government presses public offensives in North China. Chen Cheng said the Communists must lift the Tatung siege, or lose the rail center, while Chengteh blocks a key route and Tatung or Kalean could affect parallel lines.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai- Shek
Kalgan
Chahar Provence
North China
Chen Cheng
Tatung
Chengteh
Jehol
Kalean
Radiation Sickness Fatal for Pigs in Bikini Tests
The operation Crossroads report on Bikini tests shows radiation sickness killed all 20 pigs aboard four target ships in the underwater bomb exercise. In airbursts, 3,030 rats, 176 goats and 146 pigs were used across 22 vessels with about 10 percent mortality from blast and subsequent radiation. Surviving animals are being transported for laboratory study at Bethesda and other labs.
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Washington
Bikini
Burleson
United States
Naval Medical Research Center
Bethesda
Thieves Loot Hess & Barker Machine Shop Safe
Thieves moved a large safe from the Hess and Barker Machine Shop office to the rear of the building and used an acetylene torch and crowbar to remove $250. They then wheeled the safe back toward the office, leaving the scene undisclosed.
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Philadelphia
Hess & Barker Machine Shop
Cattle Sell Record Price At Twin Falls Sale
Twenty two head of steers consigned to the 427 club sold for about 634 per hundredweight, a price believed to be the highest ever paid at Twin Falls for cattle in this sale.
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Twin Falls
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