Praise Blame Mix in Party Talks
Idaho election campaigns heat up as spokesmen praise and blame the national administration and predecessors. Driggs Democrat Donart cites improved farm income as proof of success. Dworshak counters that reclamation funds were cut by the House under Taylor's critique. Taylor urges Donart’s election to push forward reforms. Robins, GOP gubernatorial hopeful, criticizes OPA policy.
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Idaho
Driggs
George Donart
Weiser
Henry Dworshak
Donart
Boise
House Appropriations Committee
Glen Taylor
Taylor
House
Dworshak
House of Representatives
Senate
Gooding
Donari
OPA
Do. A. Robins
Street Work On Schedule In Pocatello Project
McCall’s resident engineer Tom Rigney says the Pocatello street project is on schedule though cement shortages hinder progress. Base laying on South Fifth and top coats on South Second advance today. South Main Halliday to Bonneville and Center to Wyeth await oil coats. Curb and gutter work continues on West Halliday and South Arthur segments.
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Pocatello
Tom Rigney
McCall
Rigney
Pocatello Street
West Halliday
South Arthur
Wreck Delays Traffic on U S Route 30 near Glenns Ferry
Traffic on U S Route 30 near Glenns Ferry stalled for nearly three hours when construction equipment broke loose from a Lobnitz Construction truck and rolled down a hill. A tool trailer and a 15 foot gravel conveyor toppled and blocked the road. no injuries were reported. The gear was being moved from American Falls to Boise.
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Glenns Ferry
2 Hill
Here
Lobnitz Construction Company of
Boise
American Falls
Bonneville to Assume Power Marketing in Southern Idaho
Interior Secretary Krug directs Bonneville to take over power marketing of federally generated electricity in southern Idaho. EPA to budget surveys, transmission line studies and development work. Plans call for a uniform power rate across the Snake basin and coordinated projects with the Bureau of Reclamation to develop mineral resources and lower cost power.
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Boise
Bonneville Power Administration
J. A. Krug
Idaho
C. Girard Davidson
EPA
Gem State
Arer J. Raver
Bonneville
Snake Basin
Columbia River
Davidson
Bureau of Reclamation
Snake River Basin
Vet Admits Guilt in First Idaho VA Fraud Case
Federal officials said George H. Lochen of Portland pleaded guilty to filing a false claim with the Veterans Administration for on the job training. He formerly lived in Boise and was fined $200 with a suspended 60‑day sentence and ordered to repay $134 he collected. He was not employed when the payment was received.
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Boise
Idaho
George H. Lochen
Portland
Veterans’ Administration
Lochen
Straw Saves Life At Creek Bank In Colorado
CANON CITY Colorado George Evange a sand hauler nearly met disaster at a creek bank when his worn straw hat protected him from a rattlesnake strike. He dropped to drink then a snake struck the hatband and he killed the rattler. The fangs did not penetrate the straw.
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Canon City
Colorado
George Evange
Crime Increasing in West With Idaho Below Average
The Rocky Mountain region shows a rise in crime in the first half of 1946, aligning with a national trend. The national murder rate climbs from 2.63 to 3.13 per 100 000, and robberies rise from 22.8 to 30.0. In mountain states murders edge up from 2.11 to 2.36 per 100 000 with robberies increasing modestly.
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West
Idaho
Washington
Rocky Mountain
Mountain States
Kaiser Denies Huge Profits in Wartime Shipbuilding
Washington AP Kaiser tells House committee he cannot answer an endless number of technical questions about five years of Kaiser Company transactions. He cites need for a staff of experts to resolve the issues after testimony that Kaiser shipbuilding profits totaled 192 million dollars on a 2.51 million dollar government capital investment. An unrelated Florida firm reportedly turned a 600 dollar stake into over 2 million in profits, prompting calls for a full investigation by Representatives Bradley and Weichel.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser Company. Inc
Merchant Marine Committee
Kaiser
Kaiser Shipbuilding Enterprises
Florida
Fred Bradley
R-Mich
Alvin Weichel
Ohio
Two Planes Destroyed by Fire at Grace Idaho Airport
Two Piper Cubs owned by Norman Chrishop of Bancroft Idaho were destroyed by fire at Grace airport early today. Damages are about 4000 dollars. Sheriff Alma Marley from Bannock county said no cause is known and investigation will continue. The planes had been used for training and were staked at the airport yesterday. Chrishop found the loss while planning a hangar build.
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Grace
Idaho
Norman Chrishop
Bancroft
Alma Marley
Bannock County
Chrishop
Golfing is Easy For Rev Ed Cunningham
Weather-friendly note reports Rev Ed Cunningham claiming a 62 on golf and planning another hole the next day. Temperature data for the past day shows a high of 70, low 35, mean 52 with no precipitation and modest rainfall to date.
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Ed Cunningham
Mrs Truman Returns From Summer Vacation
President Truman drove to nearby Silver Spring Maryland to meet Mrs Truman on her return to Washington after a summer at their Independence home.
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Washington
Truman
Silver Spring
Mrs. Truman
Independ
Oregon Senator Morse to Speak at Public Meeting
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon will address a public meeting at 3 p m on Wednesday Oct 2 in the high school auditorium per an announcement by the Pocatello Republican Wage Earners club. Also Republican attorney general candidate Robert Airshie of Boise to speak at 7 30 p m at the Whitman hotel.
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Wayne Morse
Oregon
Pocatello Republican
Kiwanis Interclub Meeting Staged in Pocatello
Eight members of the Idaho Falls Kiwanis club arranged a luncheon program for the Pocatello club. George Smith and Albert Bellamy organized the event while Marcel Bird performed with his wife Mrs Bird at the piano. Vernon Strong presented colored slides from the Tetons documenting summer camp hikes supported by the Upper Snake River Valley Boy Scout council.
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Idaho Falls
Kiwanis Club
Pocatello
Pocatello Club
George Smith
Albert Bellamy
Idaho
Mr. Strong
Boy Scout Organization
Snake River Valley
Io the Tetons
Slav border defenses removal approved by peace conference panel
The military commission voted 11 to 7 with three abstentions to remove frontier fortifications along Slav Europe's border with Greece. The move mirrors Italy Yugoslavia frontier policy and invites wider talks as four-power ministers discuss colonies and disputes delaying the conference.
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Paris
Peace Conference
Military Commission
Europe
Bulgaria
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Greece
Italy
Yugoslavia
Brazil
China
Ethiopia
Norway
Braz
State Calls Bids for Lava Project in Idaho
State Highway Director T Matt Hally issued a call for bids on an estimated 969000 for a 27.81 mile Idaho highway project spanning Bannock Lemhi and Idaho counties. Bids due October 11 cover U S 30 North between McCammon and Lava Hot Springs and related sections with roadbed drainage and bituminous or crushed surface works.
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Boise
Idaho
T. Matt Hally
Bannock
Lemhi
McCammon
Lava Hot Springs
Denver
Woman recounts romance in hush court
In London Yvonne Symonds testified in a hushed courtroom about a romance that ended with an intimate night with a man later accused of obscenely mutilating and killing two other women. The testimony highlights the jurors’ focus on the relationship as the trial unfolds.
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London
Yvonne Symonds
U S Secret Tests Centered on Space Weapons
Reno dispatch reports the United States has established a secret island laboratory off the Virginia Capes to study offensive and defensive guided missiles. Executive Secretary John F Victory of the national advisory committee for aeronautics says future military thinking centers on atomic warheads in missiles. Victory criticizes selective service for drafting technicians, citing Britain and Soviet Russia as rival efforts. Maj. Gen. Willis H Hair warns of possible surprise attacks from Europe and notes the air force as first defense line.
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Reno
United States
Virginia Capes
John F. Victory
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Western Aviation Conference
Victory
Britain
Soviet
Russia
Willis H. Hair
Fourth Air Force
Europe
North Pole
Pocatello Hosts State Grange Delegates For December Meet
Plan state meeting discussions took place in Pocatello with E T Taylor of Coeur d Alene state master of the grange John De Mond of Boise state executive committeeman and Mrs Nellie Handlin of Moscow state lecturer visiting Monday. They conferred with Glen Kunkel Pomona grange manager and the Grange committee on the December convention to be held in Pocatello during the first week beginning Tuesday. Mrs Handlin remained for today and attended the Kiwanis club luncheon hosted by W P Havener.
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E. T. Taylor
Coeur d'Alene
The
Grange
John de Mond
Boise
Nellie Handlin
Moscow
Pocatello
Glen Kunkel
Pomona Grange
Grange Committee
Pocatello Grange
Black Market Auto Dealers Convicted in Price Regula Case
Twenty-four men were sentenced to prison terms up to two years and fines totaling $100,000 for conspiring to violate government price regulations in a $3,000,000 used car scheme described by OPA as the nation’s largest black market in used cars. Three others received probation and two had suspended sentences. The Federal court in Detroit found them guilty of participation in the scheme.
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Detroit
Arthur A. Kocinski
OPA
Stalin sees no real war danger and favors Soviet Western ties
In response to questions from Alexander Werth Stalin stated a belief in long friendly collaboration between the Soviet Union and Western democracies despite differences. He warned the United States monopolizing atomic weapons could not last and criticized U.S. forces in China as a threat to peace. He said Britain and the United States were not attempting to encircle Russia and that Russia had no intention of using Germany.
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Moscow
Stalin
Soviet Union
United States
China
Alexander Werth
London Sunday Times
Britain
Russia
Germany
Coast Specialists Attempt Repair Of Injured Brain
Mrs Rhoda Wenger, 24, who gave birth to daughter Karen Beth after six months in a semiconscious state, will fly to California for brain repair by University of California specialists. Wenger, injured in a November auto crash, will be treated at Letterman Hospital in San Francisco. her husband Leland and their baby accompany her.
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Allentown
Rhoda Wenger
Army Hospital
California
University of California
Leland
Karen Beth
Wenger
Letterman Hospital
San Francisco
Baseball scores and rain delays from National League games
National League games saw Philadelphia at Brooklyn and Boston at New York postponed by rain. Pittsburgh beat Chicago 13 to 3 after a late surge, Ostermueller and teammates combined for the win. Detroit edged St Louis 4 to 3 as Zoldak matched Moss, Hutchinson and Tebbetts in a tight pitchers’ duel. New York topped Boston 4 to 5 in a 9 inning finish.
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National League Philadelphia
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Detroit
Zoldak
Help
Moss
Hutchinson and Tebbetts
Chamber Forum on Forest and Range Fire Control
Chamber of commerce forum luncheon set for Wednesday at the Bannock hotel will outline fire control procedures. J L Craig secretary says a Forest Service representative will speak and a film will be shown with Red Cross cooperation noted.
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Chamber of Commerce Forum
Bannock Hotel
J. L. Craig
The
Forest Service
Red Cross
Craig
Marriage license issued to Brinkerhoff and Smith in Salt Lake
A marriage license was issued today to Jack F. Brinkerhoff 23 of Junction Utah and Louise Smith 22 of Malad City Idaho in Salt Lake City Utah.
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Salt Lake City
Jack F. Brinkerhoff
Junction
Utah
Louise Smith
Malad City
Idaho
Power Strike Hits Again In Pittsburgh
A third power strike in seven months disrupts Pittsburgh with Duquesne Light workers walking out. Pittsburgh Railways cuts trolley service by about half as thousands rely on mass transit. The utility warns of further curtailment if residents and businesses do not conserve electricity.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne Lights Company
Pittsburgh Railways Company
Light Company
Troops Move Toward Kalgan In North China Battle
Gen Fu Tso Yi and Gen Tu Li Ming arrived for high level talks signaling start of major action toward Kalgan. Government names Gen Ma Cha Shan deputy commander for Manchuria as Tatung siege ends. Communists report government converging from three directions while Tatung siege lifts and Kalgan defenses tighten.
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Peiping
Fu Tso-Yi
Kalgan
Tu Li-Ming
Manchuria
Cheng Tung-Kuo
Chen Cheng
Chen
North China
Ma Cha- Shan
Tatung
Shansi
Veteran officer charged in fatal stabbing of wife
A 38 year old ex army lieutenant Howard killed his estranged wife May Brock 26 after forcing her to the sidewalk and stabbing her six times with a come mando knife witnesses include George Rightley and Det. Sgt. Albert Baker reported the slaying occurred after she indicated she had changed her mind about reconciliation in Philadelphia.
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Wirrey Gardner
Heath
Doreen Marshall
Wren
Philadelphia
Albert Baker
Baker
May Brock
Hackensack, N. J
Howeard
Thousands of Sugar Stamps Disappear From Utah Bank
OPA enforcement agents say a Salt Lake City couple was arrested after investigation into the theft of 105 600 ration stamps worth 5 pounds of sugar each. The stamps vanished from the Continental Bank and Trust Company depository before shipment to a Denver verification center. Bert Pope faces charges of possessing 21 stamps taken from the depository. his wife is named in another complaint.
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Utah Bank
Salt Lake City
Office of Price Administration
Merrill C. Faux
OPA
Continental Bank and Trust Company
Denver
U.S
B. M. Gerenett
Bert Pope
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Ernie Hahn
Seattle
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Hahn
Warren Magnuson
William Devin
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Mip
Pueblo
Colo
Barbara Jean Brummett
Earl Brummett
Earl Dunlap
Black Market
Boston
New York
Chicago
Ostermueller
Gornicki
Albosta
Howard and Salkeld
Erickson
Chipman and McCullough
Lyons
Gumpert and
Berra
Harris
Wagner
Idahoan
Red Center
George Rightley
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