Union Reds Clash Looms at CIO Convention Over Leftist Mergers
Washington AP reports rising tension within CIO as left wing unions threaten to form a new labor federation in response to CIO policy. UE led by Albert J. Fitzgerald and Julius Enispak resists as factional splits surface ahead of Cleveland meeting.
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CIO Union Reds
New Labor Party
Harold W. Ward Washington
CIO
Cleveland
Philip Murray
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Albert J. Fitzgerald
Julius Enispak
James J. Matles
Ram Growers Sell 521 Rams For 35362 In Idaho Auction
At the 23rd annual Pocatello Jam sale by the Idaho Wool Growers association in stock yards yesterday buyers favored high quality rams. M C Claar said pens in breeding condition sold quickly. overall sale totaled 35362.50 for 521 rams at an average 67.87, down from last year’s 85.60 with 502 sold. Top pen, four rams, brought 740 dollars to Rupert’s M W Becker and Dillon Mont.’s D W Hagenbarth.
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Pocatello
Claars
M. W. Becker
Rupert
D. W. Hagenbarth
Dillon, Mont
Idaho Wool Growers Association
Jack L. Rucker
Shelley
T. M. Jones
Sat Lake City
National Wool Growers
M. C. Claar
Boise
Rams
Family farmer Earl Furniss dies in self inflicted gunshot
Earl Furniss a 58 year old farmer from Moreland reportedly killed himself with a 12 gauge shotgun Saturday morning after leaving a farewell note saying Good bye to All. His body was found about 11 30 a m north of his home by three grandchildren. A note and family pictures were on a table in his home. His wife died in January. A justice of the peace said death was self inflicted and no inquest will be held. The body was taken to Peck and Packham mortuary in Blackfoot.
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Earl
Moreland
Bingham
Gerald Johnson
Pumniss
Shirley
Caroline Furniss
Burton Furniss
Boyd Furniss
Ralph Furniss
Johnson
Furniss
Justice of the Peace
Jack Gaasch
Purmiss
Peck and Packham Mortuary
Blackfoot
Utah Prison Shakeup Costs Heads
Governor J Bracken Lee announced a major prison personnel shakeup at Salt Lake City with resignations of Assistant Warden R A Devine and Prison Farm Superintendent Robert Devine. Three guards tied to the escape at the fair grounds honor camp were also dismissed as Lee defended Warden Hill and signaled further changes ahead. Two escapees remained at large.
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Salt Lake City
J. Bracken Lee
R. A. Devine
Robert Devine
Lee
Fairgrounds
Tee
State Board of Corrections
Mason W. Hill
Editor Rants in Power County Press Against Pocatello
Power County Editor L R Scott launches a broadside against Pocatello, its newspapers, officials and people in his weekly editorial page. He frames the campaign as a countywide, bipartisan battle and hints at broader political tensions within Power County.
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Power County
Raps Pocatello Press
L. R. Scott
American Falls
Power County Press
Pocatello
Russia Admits Having A Bomb
London reports Tass the Soviet news agency says Russia has the atom bomb at its disposal and recalls Molotov's 1947 claim that the weapon's secret was long gone. Tass notes the USSR had discovered the weapon and possessed it.
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London
Russia
Truman
Tass
V. M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Lowell Thomas Son Rushes To Aid Injured Father
The U S Air Force said it might fly injured commentator Lowell Thomas from a Himalayan village but his son said planes were forbidden there. He hoped to move his father by sedan chair on a 16 day trek out of the Far Eastern mountain wilderness after a horse accident in Tibet.
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New York
U. S. Air Force
Lowell Thomas
Thomas
Far Eastern
Tibet
India
Arrest After Knife Attack Near Pocatello Mill
Hayes 48, colored, was arrested Saturday night on a charge of assault for allegedly attacking another man with a knife near the Pocatello mill on Pocatello avenue. The injured man, who lost considerable blood, was taken to General hospital and remained unconscious.
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Prank Hayes
Pocatello Mill
Pocatello Avenue
General Hospital
the Tribune
Lightning kills children in Pa school yard
A noon lightning strike hit a group of children in a grade school yard in Du Bois Pennsylvania. Two children died and four were stunned as officials identified two victims named Proske and Johnil.
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DU Bois
Proske
John Il
Woman Traps Holdup Men By Law Ruse
New York actress Donna Lee Lawrence lured two holdup men to her apartment after they robbed her. She feigned a medical crisis, wrote a note, then met the pair with detectives present. Sabato Giamotti and John Garfagino were jailed on robbery and related charges.
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New York
Donna Lee Lawrence
Sabato Giamotti
John Garfagino
Glannott
One Killed in Yakima Highway Crash After Tire Blowout
An automobile carrying five Spokane men to a Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting in Yakima overturned near Spokane after a tire blew out. James Taylor, 53, died in hospital from a crushed chest and internal injuries. The four other passengers were hospitalized.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Yakima
James Taylor
Hosp
Attlee Calls Britons to Toughen Up Against Inflation
Prime Minister Attlee urged Britons to bear higher living costs as the pound’s value falls from 4.03 to 2.80 dollars. He asked for sacrifices from business, industry, and workers to hold prices and boost output, warning prices could rise if the nation weakens. The speech, delivered at a Landudno rally, signaled a pivotal week for the wartime Labour government.
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Hal Cooper
London
Attlee
Britain
Labor
Landudno
Wales
Taylor Seeks Patronage Return After Party Rift
Senator Glen Taylor met with President Truman in a half hour session to press for restoration of his patronage privileges and potential influence over the Meridian postmaster appointment. He hailed the discussion as encouraging though noted little chance to block J. D. Petty’s nomination.
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Washington
Glen Taylor
Truman
Taylor
Meridian
Idaho
Democratic Party
Henry Wallace
J. D. Petty
Meridian Post
Petty
Ogden Officer Arraigned On Theft Charge
Wallace Feller, an Ogden city police officer, was arraigned in city court on a petit larceny charge. An innocent plea was entered and his trial was scheduled for Monday, Sept. 26. He allegedly stole two automobile wheels and two tires with tubes from Crabtree Auto Wrecking Co. The Crabtrees signed the complaint after initial hesitation. Feller said he was checking on stolen property and was detained while a wheel was rolled outside Crabtree property.
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Ogden
Wallace Feller
Feller
Crabtree Auto Wrecking Co
LeRoy Hadley
Crabtrees
Gordon Crabtree
Dale
Crabtree
Bratton Trial Set for Manslaughter Charge
James Bratton of Pocatello faces a manslaughter charge in connection with the Aug 20 1949 car crash that killed Tom Kasai. Trial is scheduled for Thursday at 10 a m before District Judge Preston Thatcher. Kasai died two days after the collision.
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Blackfoot
James Bratton
Pocatello
Preston Thatcher
Tom Kasai
Kasai
Halsey Named President of Idaho Municipal League
Idaho Municipal League members chose Mayor Potter P. Howard of Boise as president for the coming year at the annual meeting. Howard succeeds Leo J. Morgan of Lewiston who did not seek reelection. Boise was chosen to host the 1950 convention. Other officers elected include H. C. Seeber Kellogg as first vice president and Ernest Eberhard Jr Preston as second vice president. Robertson W. Smith of Weiser was reelected executive secretary. New directors named are W. W. Halsey Pocatello Charles E Cresto Challis and Archie Gustafson Lewiston. Re-elected directors include Peter E. Johnson Nampa Leo J. Mason Caldwell Joe Peters Burley J G Adams Coeur dAlene R K Bennett Moscow and B E Lewis St. Marles. No Boise convention date set. The group ended its annual three day meeting with two resolutions.
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Idaho Municipal League
Potter P. Howard
Boise
Howard
Leo J. Morgan
Lewiston
H. C. Seeber
Kellogg
Ernest Eberhard, Jr
Preston
Robertson W. Smith
Weiser
W. W. Halsey
Pocatello
Charles E. Cresto
Challis
Archie Gustafson
Peter E. Johnson
Nampa
Leo J. Mason
Caldwell
Joe Peters
Burley
J. G. Adams
Coeur d'Alene
R. K. Bennett
Moscow
B. E. Lewis
St. Marles
Weather Run and Sunrise Times With Forecast
Partly cloudy and cooler today with afternoon and evening showers. Highs near 72 dropping to 62, lows 44 to 54. Normal temperatures around 66. Sunrise tomorrow at 6 21. Weather region Pocatello and vicinity.
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Pocatello
Memorial vespers for Victor E. Jones at Fraier Hall
Memorial service for Victor E. Jones professor of zoology at Idaho State College held this afternoon in Fraier Hall. ISC president Dr Carl W McIntosh will lead a brief tribute amid musical selections as faculty members and students welcome townspeople to attend.
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Victor E. Jones
Idaho State College
Fraaier Hall
Professor Jones
Carl W. McIntosh
ISC
Military Leaders To Reinforce United Europe
The United States aims to speed unity of the west in military political and economic fields in response to Russia. Officials say the plan strengthens atomic partnerships with Britain and Canada and to maintain a U.S. edge in atomic capability. Acheson abroad coordinates with British and French counterparts as Truman weighs a $1 billion first year arms aid for Atlantic Pact members amid ongoing debate in Congress.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
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Russia
West
Truman
Britain
Canada
Western
Europe
Congress
House
Senate
Army veteran holds 140 in VA office in Chicago siege
William Shimkus, 31, armed with two revolvers, terrified 140 veterans and workers in a Veterans Administration office. He bound a female worker to a chair, demanding treatment for tuberculosis he believed he had. After police inducement, he released her and dropped the guns. He claimed X rays showed no TB, but remained convinced, and was sent to Cook County Psychiatric Hospital.
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Chicago
Veterans’ Administration
William Shimkus
John O'Connor
Shimkus
Josephine Neibauer
Detroit Chrysler workers vote for strike in Michigan
DETROIT Chrysler employees lined up Saturday with Ford workers in clearing the way for a legal strike in Michigan. The state labor mediation board tabulated 50,101 in favor and 6,512 against, a nearly eight to one majority.
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Detroit
Chrysler
Ford
Michigan
State Labor Mediation Board
Quebec jeweler charged with wife murder in plane crash deaths
J Albert Guay, a Quebec jeweler, was charged with murdering his wife Rita Morel who died in the September 9 Quebec Airways explosion that killed 21 other passengers and crew. A key witness described Guay as her lover and motive, while police cited explosives aboard the plane. The wreck near Sault au Cochon killed 19 passengers and four crew, including three Kennecott Copper executives. Guay appeared before Judge Alphonse Garon less than a day after the charge.
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Quebec
Que
J. Albert Guay
Quebec Airways
Rene Belec
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Alphonse Garon
Daughter shoots father in Stamford hospital death
Carol Paight, 20, killed her cancer‑suffering father Sgt. Carl Paight, 50, with his service revolver in a Stamford hospital. Police say she acted after learning his inoperable case. she stood sobbing in the hall as staff found him wounded and unconscious. A hospital guard was placed at her bedside.
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Stamford, Conn
John B. Brennan
Carl Paight
Stamford
Brennan
Carol
Leroy Brown
Brown
Miss Paight
Paight
Steel Strike Averted Yet Coal Strike Looms Fast
An uneasy quiet settled after CIO United Steelworkers and industry negotiators met at the table with President Truman to push renewed talks and avert a weekend steel strike. Coal, by contrast, showed no sign of settlement as the nationwide mine walkout persisted after its first week.
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Pittsburgh
America
CIO United
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