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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1946
Page
1
Ethlyn Peterson, 32, pleads not guilty to first degree murder in the death of stepson Phillip Wayne Peterson Jr. in Canyon County. Judge Buckner sets trial date for Monday. husband facing separate pretrial on same charge after boy died September 13 in Nampa hospital. Prosecutor says she admitted swinging the boy by his heels and inflicting other punishments for bed wetting.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen announced plans to spend its treasury to defeat reactionary congressmen in the November elections. President A F Whitney said funds will target districts where conservatives won by narrow margins in 1944 over critics of Truman strike legislation. He outlined no stance on CIO or AFL affiliation.
Paris dispatch reports Finland likely first among postwar states to have its peace treaty completed as plenary sessions consider recommendations from the four power foreign ministers council. Gladwyn Jebb of Britain assures allies’ consultations for nations that fought with the Allies in Africa.
Enroute to Grace, George Donart of Weiser and Fete Seguineche of Boise, Democratic candidates for U S senator and congress, confer with local Democratic leaders in Pocatello and are set to speak tonight.
Washington says Germany tests Stalin's pledge of cooperation as peace talks in Paris focus on postwar Germany. Four power ministers expect to reconvene after Paris to address the German issue with Russia, Britain, France, and the United States weighing plans to influence German demilitarization and democratization.
President Truman compared current US peril to Pearl Harbor and blamed Republican obstruction for the ongoing crisis. He urged a congress aligned with the 1944 Democratic platform during a White House gathering of 29 Democratic nominees. Carroll Reece countered that the emergency reflects the administration's long rule without leadership.
Washington reports higher ceilings for consumer margarine shortening and salad oils after Stabilization Director John R Steelman ruled higher oil ingredient prices are justified. The decision follows arbitration between OPA and the agriculture department.
The Evening News reports Ambassador Paul V. McNutt likely to resign soon from his post in Manila amid ongoing diplomatic shifts. No replacement details are provided in the brief item.
Mrs. Isabelle Trimble 66 of Salt Lake City died from injuries after an automobile crash last Friday. Her death was the 133rd traffic fatality this year, compared with 112 the same period in 1945. Police say she and her husband Glen Trimble were struck by a taxicab in a downtown crosswalk. he was only slightly hurt.
A nature column advises caution in autumn leaf collecting warning of poison oak ivy and sumac among hazards. Weather notes report 24 hour high 80 low 39 mean 60, no precipitation, sun sets 6 23 rises 6 21, and a forecast of increasing clouds with cooler conditions Thursday.
Massachusetts Governor Maurice J Tobin urges the federal government to seize slaughterhouses and buy beef pork and veal for hungry consumers. He warns that without action meat price ceilings should be abolished. House Majority Leader John W McCormack also urges a 60 day suspension of price controls on meat and scarce foods.
AP dispatch notes scores from multiple cities with teams Philadelphia Brooklyn Chicago and Cincinnati St Louis Boston in a mixed result night. Key pitchers and batters cited include Judd Hughes Demoore Gregg Casey Taylor Lomba Oardi and Pittsburgh.
The joint army navy task force reports about 75 ships, mainly on the west coast and at Pearl Harbor, show radioactive contamination from Bikini tests. No danger to nonworking personnel or harbors. Repairs halted. decontamination planned. a safety school for 100 officers created in Washington.
British and Greek officials call growing clashes in northern Greece a civil war risk. A Foreign Office spokesman said Athens provided evidence that leftist forces are being armed from Yugoslavia and Albania. He noted British troops would act only as a last resort if requested by Greece. Greek Premier Constantin Tsaldaris spoke in Salonika.
The tanker Bennington docked at Southport after a fire and explosion 185 miles off Charleston. Four crewmen were killed, three missing, and one seriously burned who was taken to a local hospital. The vessel, traveling at 17 knots, bore a roughly 15 foot bow hole. the cause of the blaze was not yet known. The fire was extinguished before arrival.
Idaho Falls junior and senior high students will leave classrooms to assist potato growers after Friday. Schools close for two weeks and resume October 14. About 1500 high school students in Bonneville county will join harvest work. local merchants ban daylight card playing to boost labor supply.
Henry J. Kaiser told a House committee he would back any wartime profits cap. He said no one should make a dime from war but admitted a possible loss of 13 million dollars for him and his family. He noted no country wins without production incentives.
Idaho Power president C. J. Strike defends cooperation with federal projects and opposes new tax exempt power expansion in southern Idaho. He argues federal action threatens Truman's curtailment push and notes Idaho Power pays taxes and maintains low rates. Republican John Sanborn endorses Reclamation Bureau as a faster, broader river basins developer.
Postmaster General Robert E Hannegan launches the first flying postoffice amid a four engine air cargo flight to test in flight sorting. Six clerks will sort a ton of first day covers during the route to Washington Dayton Chicago Pittsburgh and New York. The program explores feasibility while not yet adopted.
Idaho Governor Arnold Williams argues he is eligible to succeed himself under state law. District Attorney General J. R. Smead noted the 1945 session law says the governor shall not succeed himself after 1946. The suit by Franklin Girard seeks to keep Williams off the ballot in the November election and challenges State Auditor Ernest Hansen’s status.
Sen Glen H Taylor denounces Rep Dworshak as one of the most effective in fighting interior appropriations. Pete Leguineche and Joan Sanborn attack GOP stands, while Gov Arnold Williams backs direct primaries. George Donart claims Republicans offer Hoover era policies amid Idaho political heat. Sanborn blames Republicans for OPA mess and rising divorce rates.
Stalin signaled a change in policy by endorsing the possibility of friendly and lasting cooperation between the Soviet Union and western democracy despite ideological discord. He affirmed that communism can coexist with democracy in one country, noting the USSR’s suitability for such harmony.
Edward W. Dillon testified before a House committee that a superior in the War Assets Administration ordered him to authorize Hallicrafters of Chicago to allocate surplus war goods. Foss, ex-head of WAA electronics, claimed she had no knowledge of a Dillon letter transferring authority to Gustafson to route electronics stock at the Chicago depot.
Tokyo lawyer Masanao Todai urged leniency for ten of fourteen Japanese defendants charged with cannibalism and other war crimes. He closed his argument with the injunction to love your enemies, invoking a Biblical admonition.
New York MEBA members voting 1084 to 125 favor work stoppage after September 30 contract expiry. Lawrence Kammer says strike possible if demands unmet. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach invites talks in Washington to avert nationwide disruption.
Sheriff Alma Marley said he is baffled with suspected incendarism in the destruction by fire of two Piper J E trainer planes at a field a mile and a half north of Grace. Planes NC 23136 and NC 38679 belonged to Norman Chrishop of Grace an instructor with a 32 pupil Gem valley class. Fire noted at 6 50 a m by State Officer Guy Maighan.
Washington veterans administration worries over the rising number of repeaters on unemployment compensation rolls. By July 31, 1,507,364 World War II veterans had returned after leaving, with 283,000 claims in July from previously on the rolls.
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