New Labor Disputes Expand Idle Workforce Across Nation
The Associated Press reports two new labor disputes push total idled workers past 323,000. New York painters return to work bringing idle to 240,000, while 60,000 AFL lumber and sawmill workers in the Pacific Northwest and 23,000 New York City building service employees join walkouts. Diesel details reveal wage demands of 1.10 per hour and union control over bargaining. Chrysler plans talks with CSO UAW. Ford and General Motors show strike votes as Detroit area idleness tops 90,000. Oil workers seek 30 percent pay rise following UAW lead.
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New York
AFL
Pacific Northwest
New York City
Building Service
Manhattan
War Labor Board
WLB
Chrysler Corporation
C.S.O. United Automobile Workers Union
Ford
General Motors
Detroit
C.O
International Oil Workers
U.A.W
Fireman Dies In Collision Near Prosser Washington
Northern Pacific Fireman Melvin Schlagel age 35 from Pasco killed in a head on crash of east and west bound trains near Prosser. Brother Orville Schlagel a student fireman injured. father Engineer Paul Schlagel lightly hurt. Passengers shaken and bruised as trains collided on the line.
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Prosser
Wash
Northern Pacific
Melvin Schlagel
Pasco
Truman Receives Peace Pipe From Sioux Chiefs
Senator Gurney presented President Truman at the White House with an ancient Sioux peace pipe in tribute to his leadership in war and peace. The pipe, linked to Crazy Horse's era, honors Truman's role in postwar peace and hopes for future world stability.
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Washington
Truman
Sen
Gurney
R.S. Dak
White House
Henry Standing Bear
Frank Goodlance
South Dakota
Crazyhorse
Custer
Montana
Service Man on 30 Day Leave Returns Home
Pfc. Don M. Hausenfluck 21 son of Mr and Mrs Hausenfluck of 9 Parkview is on 30 days leave after two years overseas and three years in service. He served with the 58th General hospital unit at Alsace France as a laboratory technician. He will leave October 20 for Camp Siebert Alabama for reassignment and hopes to return to George Washington University to finish one year of studies. His father is chief quartermaster at the Pocatello naval ordnance plant, the family moving there in April 1943.
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Don M. Hausenfluck
Pocatello Naval Ard Plant
Three States Feel Moderate Shocks
Thousands of residents across Montana Idaho and Washington were awakened by a moderate earthquake with no damage reported. The tremor shaken windows and dishes from Helena to Walla Walla 350 miles apart, occurring between 3 50 and 4 am mountain wartime time with stronger effects west of the divide.
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Helena
Mont
Pacific Northwest
Walla Walla
Wash
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Continental Divide
Divide
Navy to keep Pocatello ordnance plant in peacetime
Rear Adm. G. F. Hussey Jr said the Pocatello Idaho naval ordnance plant will be maintained after the war. The Navy will absorb several wartime private plants, retain gear and staff for potential future ordnance work, while civilian workers see limited layoffs. The plant, in the 13th district based in Seattle, remains under the Bureau of Ordnance in Washington.
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Washington
G. F. Hussey, Jr
Navy Ordnance
Naval Ordnance Plant
Pocatello
Idaho
Hussey
Navy
Naval Ordnance
House Naval Affairs Committee
Robert Eveleth
Pacific
Naval Plant
13Th Naval District
Seattle
Bureau of Ordnance
Acheson Confirmed as Undersecretary of State by Senate
The Senate confirmed Dean C. Acheson as undersecretary of state by a 69 to 1 vote after a 66 to 12 tally rejected a delay motion. Senator Wherry was the sole dissenter. The action follows confirmation of action earlier in the session.
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Washington
Senate Today
Dean C. Acheson
Wherry
Neb
Acheson
Senate
Fire Destroys Perry Fruit Plant Near Brigham City
A Sunday blaze largely caused by cigarette butts wiped out the Perry fruit packing plant owned by Alfred N. Olsen three miles south of Brigham City near Utah Idaho central tracks. The plant valued at 3000 dollars was totally destroyed and two railroad cars on the platform suffered 6000 dollars in damage. One car carried peaches. the other was two thirds full, both fruit carloads lost.
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Brigham City
Perry Fruit Packing
Utah-Idaho Central
Here
Alfred N. Olsen
Polish Jewess testifies on mass killings at Oswiecim camp
Sophia Litwinska of Lublin testifies at Nazi trial about 3000 women at Oswiecim lined naked for a Christmas 1941 parade to the gas chamber. Commandant Hessler led selections with two doctors, and victims were loaded into trucks to crematoria. She narrowly survived after being pulled from the chamber.
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Lueneberc
Germany
Hessler
Educators to Meet Here
A Idaho group of state education officials will travel from Boise to Pocatello for the first in a series of district meetings with teachers and school administrators on current problems. Attending are G C Sullivan J C Eddy Asher B Wilson John I Hillman James Fowler and others. The tour continues to Idaho Falls and St Anthony for a farm inspection at the state industrial school to plan expansion for near self sufficiency in food production.
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Idaho Falls
Wilson
E. A. Owen
Avin Reading
State Planning Board
St. Anthony
State Industrial School
Millet to Direct Basket Clinic
Floyd Millet of Provo will direct a basketball clinic here Thursday and Friday during the fifth district teachers convention. The first of four planned sessions will be held Thursday in the high school gymnasium to stimulate interest in the annual district sports program.
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Floyd Millet
Provo
Millet
Rip” Gledhill
Weather summary for Pocatello area forecast bulletin
The Weather Bureau report shows a 24 hour period ending noon Monday with a high of 54 and a low of 36, mean 45, normal 56, and 1.15 inches month to date. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and slightly warmer Tuesday. Nearby stations report varied highs and lows with no measurable precipitation.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Pocatello Municipal
Pocatello
Tuesay
Idaho Falls
Dubois
Burey
Boise
Pittsburgh at Chicago Doubleheader Postponed
Monday baseball in National League action between Pittsburgh and Chicago delayed by rain. No games were completed or rescheduled this day.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Milk Heist Confuses Cleveland Robbers At Confectionery
In Cleveland yesterday two armed men halted Sam and Mrs. Reider at their confectionery beer parlor. They demanded money, but Mrs. Reider passed milk instead of cash, and the foursome fled in a car. the milk remains unrecovered.
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Cleveland
French Turn To Left Sees Socialists and Communists Gain Ground
Paris reports indicate a leftward shift in local elections with communists securing 23 seats and socialists 102 as the center loses ground. Runoffs set for Sept. 30 and national elections on Oct. 23 will shape the Fourth Republic. Gen. Charles de Gaulle's ministers win in unsalaried councillor general posts.
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Paris
France
Paul Reynaud
Charles de Gaulle
General Pos
Selective Service Backs Veterans Right to Reinstatement
World War II veterans are not required to join unions to regain former jobs. A new Selective Service handbook guidance draft boards on veterans' reinstatement and the super seniority principle. Unions oppose both the right to reinstatement and the no union requirement in closed shop plants.
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Washington
Selective Service
Congress
President to Submit Atomic Energy Policy to Congress
President Truman announced he will soon send to Congress his recommendations for the development and use of atomic energy. Press Secretary Ross said the president takes full responsibility while seeking cabinet advice and that reports of Cabinet strife over Russia are inaccurate.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Ross
House
Henry A Wallace
Russia
Truman
Wallace
Navy Loses 11 Carriers in World War II
Washington reports a naval tally showing 11 U S aircraft carriers sunk during the war with 30 more damaged 52 events overall. The Hornet was the last large carrier to fall near Santa Cruz Island on Oct 26 1942. Lexington Yorktown Wasp Princeton and six escort carriers also lost along with other ships.
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United States
Haa Land
Atlantic
U. S
Hornet
Santa Cruz Island
Lexington
Yorktown
Wasp
Princeton
Lisecome Bay
Block Island
Gambier Bay
Saint Lo
Ommaney Bay
Bismarck Sea
Jury Convicts Man in Fast Old Bailey Trial
In London at Old Bailey a jury convicts a man of an offense against his daughter mid trial before his defense. Justice Charles questions whether the evidence proves guilt and then orders a new jury to be selected after the verdict.
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London
Old Bailey Court
Charles
Mormon Temple Dedication Draws Thousands at Idaho Falls
The Idaho Falls temple, the eighth for the Latter Day Saints, was dedicated after a three day ceremony. President George Albert Smith led dedicatory prayers as 9,000 attended with 30,000 expected church members from a 21 stake district across Idaho Utah Oregon and Wyoming.
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Idaho Falls
Snake River
Latter Day Saints
George Albert Smith
Kozanna
General Church Auth
Salt Lake City
Jhurch
Idaho
Utah
Oregon
Wyoming
Smith
Idle Elevators Halt Manhattan as Strike Sways Workforce
In mid-Manhattan the elevator strike paralyzed lobbies of many skyscrapers. Workers debated walking stairs or waiting for bosses to decide. The Empire State Building stayed open, though officials say only one person has ever walked to its observation tower in 16 years.
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New York
mid-Manhattan
Empire State Building
Empire State
Auto Crashes Rising After Gas Ration Change
Idaho officials report a sharp rise in auto accidents after June fuel ration increases. Francis A. Wallace of the National Safety Council attributes the uptick to drivers speeding and aging cars. Idaho leaders discuss safety administration as Gov Gossett welcomes delegates.
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Boise
Francis A. Wallace
National Safety Council
Idaho Council
Wallace
National Council
San Francisco
Idaho
Ministers' Council Seeks Compromise Over Peace Treaties
The big five foreign ministers met in two sessions to bridge divided stances on peace treaties for Italy and the Balkans. Diplomats say the talks could decide whether the council pushes to resolve its issues or seeks other paths to Europe's peace. Inland waterways and Austria's future were also discussed.
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London
Council of Foreign Ministers
Italy
Balkan
Europe
Austria
Fishermen Oppose Umatilla Dam at Army Hearing
Commercial fishermen testified against the Umatilla dam on the Columbia River east of The Dalles arguing Bonneville dam already harmed salmon runs. The Columbia Basin Fisheries Development association joined by Washington and Oregon fish groups urged blocking the $90 million project citing commercial and recreational impacts. Merle R. Chessman of Astoria warned a second dam would nearly eliminate the salmon run.
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Ore
Umatilla
Columbia River
Here
U. S. Army Engineers
Columbia Basin Fisheries Development Association
Washington Bureau of Fisheries
Oregon Fish Commission
Association
Merle R. Chessman
Astoria
Engineers
Bonneville
Mackay Visiting to Temporary San Francisco Assignment
Mackay visiting Jim Mackay former Western Air Lines manager in Fairbanks Alaska en route from Fairbanks to Burbank California. He will be assigned temporarily to San Francisco. He led Western Air operations at Fairbanks for two and a half years handling army cargo by air. He returned via the Alaska highway reaching Pocatello Sunday night.
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Jim Mackay
Pocatello
Western Air Lines
Fairbanks
Alaska
Burbank
Calif
San Francisco
Western Air
Alaska Highway
Emperor Hirohito Eyes Meeting With MacArthur in Tokyo
Well-informed Japanese sources report Hirohito arranged a potential audience with General MacArthur at his residence near the American embassy. The AP says the move could mark the first time a Japanese emperor seeks a meeting with a conqueror, while Allied powers block atomic bomb research and tighten control of Japan’s economy and press.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Douglas MacArthur
Associated Press
Russell Brines
MacArthur
Adm
Fujita
Allied High Command
Japan
Domel
Roosevelt
U.S. State Department
Hideko Tojo
Koichi Kido
Privy Seal
Pearl Harbor
Kido
Chungking
FCC
Washington
Higashi-Kuni
Ten Idahoans Free Barnett Ryland F Boise
Ten individuals named Barnett Ryland F Boise, Barr Riley W E A Melba, Brown John R Boise, Cerny Harry William Payette, Donoho Marshall Miller Fruit land, Goicoechea Joe Boise, Mitchell Elmer George Homedale, Peterson Oscar R Jr Fruit, Thomas James O Malad City, Young R Herndon Jr Parma.
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Goicoechea
Joe
Boise
Mitchell
Elmer George
Homedale
Peterson
Oscar R., Jr
Fruitland
Thomas
James O
Malad City
Young
R. Herndon, Jr
Parma
Burns Kill Two in Utah House Accident
Two year old James Darnell of Hinckley Utah died in a Salt Lake City hospital from scalds after a high chair toppled against a stove spilling hot water. In Ogden a gas burner explosion Friday left Bennett M Anderson 69 of Kayesville with fatal burns recorded yesterday.
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Salt Lake City
James Darnell
Hinckley
Utah
Ogden
Bennett M. Anderson
Kayesville
Wells to Speak at Salt Lake City Rotary Luncheon
Richard H. Wells of Pocatello former Rotary International president will address the Salt Lake City club at tomorrow's luncheon after returning from extensive travels in Europe, South America and Canada.
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Salt Lake City
Richard H. Wells
Pocatello
Rotary International
Rotary Club
Wells
Europe
South America
Canada
Truman strengthens MacArthur authority in Japan and Korea
President Truman approves a directive issued Sept 6 confirming Gen. Douglas MacArthur as supreme commander for the Allied powers and subordinates the emperor and Japanese government to his authority. The message states Japan's governance will be through its government when effective, with force available if needed, and ties Potsdam terms to U.S. policy for Far East peace.
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Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
White House
Sen
Wherry R.neb
MacArthur
Japan
Korea
Departments of State, War and Navy
MaccArthur
Far East
War victim recalled as refugee ship sunk in Indian Ocean
United Press reporter William Hancock, 33, missing since Java fell in 1942, drowned when Japanese dive bombers hit the refugee ship PeeLee Bras carrying 232 passengers from Bandung to Colombo. William McDougall survived, later interned in Sumatra and liberated after Japan's surrender.
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New York
Witt Hancock
Associated Press
Java
United Press
William McDougal
Lake City
Singapore
McDougall
Hancock
McDowaw
Bandoeng
Wyncoop Bay
Colombo
Ceylon
Salt Lake Telegram
South Sumatra
Japan
Truman to Put State Dept in Charge of Surplus Disposal
John W. Snyder says the state department will oversee the dispersal of wartime surplus valued at around one thousand dollars per ton in Europe. He outlined plans for postwar reconversion and noted total quantities for the Pacific region remain to be estimated.
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Washington
Truman
State Department
John W. Snyder
Europe
Snyder
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J. Reuten Clark, Jr
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Heber J. Grant
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T. R. McCorkle
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Idaho Power Company
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O. W. Lindemood
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