State Department Considers Temporary Aid Fund for Europe
The State Department weighs a special session request for a temporary aid fund to avert a European economic collapse later this year. Officials envision funds for Britain France and Italy by December 1, potentially around 2 billion dollars, as a bridge until the Marshall plan takes full effect.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Congress
Europe
State Department
Britain
France
Italy
U. S
Massive South Dakota farm fire scars 300000 acres
Standby guards patrolled smoldering haystacks as a blaze swept across five central counties in South Dakota. State patrols found no human fatalities though homes and outbuildings were destroyed and cattle herds moved to safety. Fire blamed on combine sparks and a cigar butt. authorities said full damage appraisal would take days.
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Jveral
CIO Attacks Tom Dewey in New York Speech
Jack Kroll, director of the CIO political action committee, urged New Yorkers to expose and defeat Tom Dewey as a presidential candidate. He criticized Dewey’s policies on teacher pay, veterans housing, public employee rights, welfare, and taxes, labeling the candidate as aligned with Wall Street. He also attacked Taft, Ball, Ives, and Herbert Hoover.
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New York
Jack Kroll
CIO
Political Action Committee
Tom Dewey
Mutual Broadcasting System
Kroll
Dewey
Wall Street
Taft
Ohio
Ball
Minn
Ives
N. Y
Herbert Hoover
Germans Face Trial for War Material Charges at Berlin
Six leading officials of the Askania Works in Berlin were denied habeas corpus and ordered held without bail for trial within 10 days in a U S military court. They face charges under Allied Control Authority law No 43 for storage manufacture transport and sale of war materials reportedly for Russia. The full charges were not specified and no plea was asked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Askania Works
Russia
U. S
Prowler Calls at Mayor Phillips Office
Mayor George R. Phillips reported a prowler entered his law office in the Ross-Davis building late Friday night. Police found evidence of a break in but nothing appeared to be stolen or missing.
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George R. Phillips
Ross-Davis
British Deny Reporters to Exodus Jews
In Hamburg Germany British security officers reportedly removed ringleaders of the Exodus 1947 operation ahead of disembarkation due to preparations for the voyage ending at sea. Five correspondents and British intelligence officers were turned back at Cuxhaven before boarding the vessels. Sources claim Jews were removed on grounds of communism and agitation amid the ongoing blockade and secrecy.
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Hamburg
Germany
Elbe
France
Palestine
Cuxhaven
Norbert Willheim
Central Committee For
Poliomyelitis Cases Rise as Denver Doctors Aid Idaho
Idaho reports 107 polio cases with two Denver physicians joining St. Luke's hospital staff. Dr. Winona Campbell and Dr. D. W. Munsell will help local doctors, with Campbell teaching pediatrics at the University of Colorado medical center. New cases include children from Hailey Parma Cald Boise, while 2 patients leave hospital for home and three from a convalescent home.
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Boise
Denver
St. Luke's Hospital
Idaho
Madelene Donnelly
Idaho Department of Public Health
Campbell
University of Colorado Medical Center
Munsell
Campire
Mate Department of Public Health
Hailey
Parma
Cald
Death claims noted flyer
Lt Gen Ross E Rowell 63 USMC retired of Washington DC died Saturday at a San Diego naval hospital. Rowell pioneered dive bombing in 1927 in Nicaragua and headed a US air mission to Peru in 1944. M Holland Smith called him one of the Marine Corps outstanding officers. Survivors include his widow Marguerita Rowell.
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San Diego
Calif
Ross E. Rowell
USMC
Washington, D. C
Naval Hospital
Marine Corps
Rowell
Marine Air Wings
Nicaragua
United States
Peru
M. Holland Smith
Marguerita Rowell
Wildcat Railroad Strike Idles 15000 Steel Workers
Carnegie-Illinois Steel president C R Cox warned a wildcat strike by plant railroad workers may not end quickly as 15000 production workers are idled and steel output suffers. Initial peace efforts failed and many demands appear unreasonable, deepening employment losses.
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Wildcat
Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corp
C. R. Cox
Carnegie-Illinois
Michigan Farm Murder Plot Ends In Ambush Slaying
In Lansing Michigan authorities charge a 29 year old wife Josephine Upton and two teenage brothers Richard and Alfred Gorman with the murder of Frank G Upton 30 of Williams town. They allegedly planned since April to kill him for cruelty to the children and wards on his farm with Richard firing a deer rifle at close range and Mrs Upton ready with a shotgun.
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Lansing
Mich
Frank G. Upton
Williamstown
Dexter
Upton
Josephine Marie
Richard Gorman
Alfred
Joseph Pierce
Richard
Heat Wave Grips Wide Nation As Temperatures Rise
The Associated Press reports mid summer heat spreading across the nation with the southwest baking under a prolonged heat wave. Temperatures rise in Wisconsin Illinois Michigan Indiana Northern Ohio and Western New York while cooler air holds steady in Northern Minnesota the Dakotas Montana Wyoming and the western states, expected to reach the Great Lakes by Monday.
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Associated Press
Southwest
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
New York
Mercury
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Pacific
Great Lakes
Veteran Survives Nail Removal From Head
Virgil Gomez a 27 year old Cerro, New Mexico veteran underwent removal of a nail from his head on Thursday and was propped up in bed on Saturday night saying he felt better. Doctors have not declared him out of danger. He alleges the nail was driven into his head by a Japanese captor while he lay unconscious after a Burma death march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Virgil Gomez
N. M
VFW Adopts World War I Pensions as Top Goal
In Cleveland at the 48th encampment the Veterans of Foreign Wars named WWI veterans pensions as its main legislative objective for the year. Congressman James E. Van Zandt urged passing HR667 to provide 75 dollars a month for veterans at 65 and questioned the cost amid record American aid abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Public Hall
James E. van Zandt
Organization
VFW
van Zandt
Greece may free guerrillas under new cabinet plan
Informants report a coalition government in Greece aims to grant a general amnesty to guerrillas and offer jobs if northern country fighting ends within a month. If attacks continue, the government pledges a relentless campaign against the criminal minority and plans early elections. Sophie was expected to be premier with public order and justice ministries to liberal party. Constantine Rentis previously served as foreign minister.
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Athens
Greece
Sophie Wfis
Liberal Party
Constantine Rentis
Sophoulis
Cards Beat Russets 3-1 in Pioneer League tilt
The Poca Cardinals built a 3-1 lead with runs in the third, fourth and eighth innings on seven hits to defeat the Idaho Falls Russets. Dave Abramson scored on a John Griggs double, Al Neil and Fern Parades drove in runs, and Gray later scored on a Bob Lane single. John Griggs earned the win with four singles allowed.
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Idaho Falls
Pocatello Cardinals
Idaho Falls Russets
Russets
Dave Abramson
John Griggs
al Neil
Fern Parades
Bob Lane
Gray
Brucker
Jim Stanton
Pocatello
Sailor Convicted on Lesser Charges in Fatal Crash
Kitsap County jurors convict Ceril M. Pitzwater, 24, a Navy enlisted man stationed in Bremerton, of reckless driving and driving while intoxicated in the May 25 crash that killed Bartley Lee Blankenship, 51. He faces sentencing later with possible jail and fines.
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Bremerton
Navy
Kitsap County
Ceril M. Pitzwater
Bartley Lee Blankenship
Pitzwater
Truman Escapes Mountain Road Mishap in Brazil
President Truman narrowly avoided a serious fall when his black White House car skidded on a slippery mountain road in Brazil. The vehicle rested near a cliff edge as aides and reporters helped push it back onto the road before continuing to Bernesto Fontes’s hillside home. The incident occurred on the eve of his departure after a six day visit. Secret Service stated the president was never in danger.
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Ernest B Vaccaro
Mr. Truman
Fontes
Capablanca
Brazil
James J. Rowley
White House
Secret Service
Rowley
Girl Confesses Murder Of Her Father In New Hampshire
Barbara Roberts, 20, known as a lawfully held prisoner, confessed to killing her father Sylvester Roberts, 52, on December 21 after quarrels over a late railroad arrival. The body was found beneath barn boards on the family farm. brothers Lt Comdr Charles Roberts and Petty Officer Robert Roberts reported he had been away at sea. Sheriff Homer Crockett said the homicide occurred while the father was returning from Europe. Roberts is held for the Belknap county superior court October 28 session.
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Lacofia
N. H.battsra Roberts
Tady-Li
Sylvester Roberts
Homer Crockett
Belknap County
Comdr
Charles Roberts
Robert Roberts
Merchant Marine
Oregon nut growers seek relief from squirrels and jays
Portland area filbert farmers appealed to the state game commission to curb losses from squirrels and blue jays. Spokesman Claude Sersanous said his 90 acre farm loses nuts to squirrels and that blue jays may consume about 500 pounds in four days as the commission ordered an investigation into possible special hunting permits.
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Portland
Oregon Nut Growers
State Game Commission
Claude Sersanous
Filbert
Miss America 1947 Barbara Jo Walker Crowned
Barbara Jo Walker of Memphis Tennessee, 21, 5 foot 7, wins Miss America 1947 title in Atlantic City New Jersey. She earns a $5 000 scholarship as 18 462 spectators applaud 54 contestants from 39 states 14 cities and Canada. Runner ups include Elaine Mary Campbell and Margaret Marshall.
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Barbara Jo Walker
Memphis, Tenn
Atlantic City
N. J
Memphis
Tenn
Miss Walker
Canada
Barmette
Elaine Mary Campbell
Bernard T. Campbell
The
Minneapolis Times
Margaret Marshall
Tora
Miss Norma Bridges Eliminated From Atlantic City Contest
Laura Jean Emery and a Salinas dancer described among contestants as Miss California were eliminated Friday evening after the opening promenade in Atlantic City. Norma Bridges, last year’s Miss Idaho in 1947, had participated in the national events since Monday.
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Laura Jean Emery
Salinas
California
Norma Briges
Idaho
Atlantic City
Cruelty to Animals Probe by Police Involving Juveniles
police investigate alleged animal cruelty by juveniles after a man finds his cat suffocated in a five pound chocolate tin and his dog groggy but alive in a locked suitcase at his home on S Main Street. plainclothes officers led the inquiry for juvenile authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Stanley
S. Main St
Stanie
Stanley
Schedule Recap Pioneer League Ice Hockey Scores and Games
Idaho Falls trips Salt Lake 9 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2. Ogden defeats Boise as Twin Falls hosts Pocatello in late games. The list names players Griggs Abramson McHugh Tapp Naccarato Wellman Koh Lister Sevier Brocker Lais Hicks Gibbs Liberton Prouse Danielson Foster Drilling Franks Davidson Walkingshow Glimpse with game times 8:30 p m 7:45 p m
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Ogden
Salt Lake
Naccarato
Wellman
Kohout
Lister, Sevier
Brocker
Lais
Idaho Falls
Foster
B. Drilling
Boise
Franks
Davidson
Twin Falls
Pocatello
Glimpse
Military Forces Draw Line Across Korea As Talks Fail
Roy Roberts reports from Seoul that North and South Korea remain divided after two years of deadlock. As powers meet for talks, the division persists, with the North under Russian occupation and the South under American control. The stalemate foretells continued crisis and stalled negotiations in a fragile caretaker regime.
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North
South Korea
Roy Roberts
Seoul
Korea
Japan
Minnesota
United States
Russia
Girl Escapes Abductor After six hour ride in Flint
Alice Meter an 18 year old stenographer was abducted from her escort after a robbery outside the Michigan state fair in Detroit. Forest Conrad a 30 year old parolee held by police faces armed robbery charges and potential kidnapping arraignment after a wild escape for the victim who was shaken but unharmed.
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Flint. Mich
Alice Meter
Detroit
Forest Conrad
Michigan
Jury Convicts Trio In Elections Trial
A federal jury found Morris Klein Henry Burke and Frank L Holmes guilty of conspiring to injure and oppress qualified voters in the 1946 Kansas City primary election. Klein a Democratic precinct captain Burke a deputy sheriff and Holmes a Democratic worker were identified as the defendants.
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Kansas City
Morris ‘Snag? Klein
Henry Burke
Frank L. Holmes
LDS Primary Association Meeting In Pocatello Area
LDS Primary officers and teachers from the Poca tello and West Pocatello stakes met Saturday at 1 30 p m in the Fourth ward chapel. Leah Lloyd and Leone Crowley from Salt Lake City, representing the general board of the Primary association, spoke and offered suggestions.
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LDS Primary Association
Pocatello and
West Pocatello Stakes
Fourth Ward
Leah Lloyd
Leone Crowley
Salt Lake City
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Sophou
Ogden Reds
Truman
Ipalt
Pearl Silverman
Jersey City
Charles Wilson
Albert
Keller
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Jays
Cash
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Pioneer League
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Liberton
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Associated Press Service
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