Hearing at Boise Opens This Morning
Idaho Farm Bureau Federation led by Alfred C. Cordon contests Mountain States Telephone rate hike at a state Public Utilities Commission hearing set for 10 a.m. Monday September 27 in Boise. Cordon argues the increase is unjust and would cut Idaho telephone operators and cites prior year boosts and the high cost of dial telephone installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Farm Bureau Federation
Alfred C. Cordon
Monay
Boise
Cordon
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Idaho
The
Utilities Commission
Farm Federation
Nurses Honored by Idaho State Association
Three Pocatello nurses won executive posts in the Idaho State Nurses association this week at Sun Valley. Sister Mary Alphonsus of St. Anthony's hospital joined the board of directors, while Sister Frances Clare became secretary and Lloydeen Grimes was named general hospital superintendent in the organization.
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Pocatello
Idaho State Nurses Association
Sun Valley
Mary Alphonsus
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Frances Clare
Lloydeen Grimes
Leila I. Given
National Organization
New York
Frances Vassar
Boise
Della E. Morgan
Nampa
Pauline Cassetto
Lewiston
Mary Anne Knight
Twin Falls
Agnes Hendrickson
Rona Whelan
Folke Bernadotte In Final Rites
The body of Count Folke Bernadotte was cremated at Stockholm North cemetery after simple services at Gustaf Vasa church. Thousands attended including Boy Scouts, kings, diplomats, and office workers. The UN mediator was shot in Jerusalem on Sept 17. He was 53.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Gustaf Wasa
Bernadotte
United Nations
Jerusalem
Challenge to Truman over Hoover testimony on loyalty program
Senator Homer Ferguson urged President Truman to allow FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover to testify before the Senate investigating committee about the loyalty check program. He warned against discussing Communist infil tration, unless Hoover could testify on how many card carrying Communists worked for the federal government and how long they remained on the payroll after disloyalty evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Truman
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate
Ferguson
Senate Investigating Committee
Draft Evader Nabbed on Coast
Walter Roger Krauter 35, a magazine and book salesman wanted in New York for draft evasion and attempted bribery, was arrested by FBI agents in Los Angeles while dining with a woman. He posted 3000 dollars bond in New York after failure to return a selective service guess and attempted bribery. A 12000 dollar bond was set for extradition. The woman companion was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Walter Roger Krauter
New York
FBI
Krauter
Tragedy as Manauense River Steamer Fire Kills 93
A blaze on the Manauense riv er steamboat 93 people died out of 100 aboard. The fire broke out Sunday in Marajo Foz bay on the Amazon river, killing most passengers and crew.
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Belem
Brazil
Manauense
Marajo Foz Bay
Great Amazon River
Russian Public Given Official Report On Berlin Talks
Tass issued its version of the Berlin four power talks criticizing Western accounts as inaccurate and misleading. The Soviet agency claimed secrecy was observed, noted Bevin’s September speech as shaping Western coverage, and placed responsibility for timing on the United States Britain and France.
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Moscow
Berlin
Tass
Secre
Tary
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
United States
Britain
France
Us.s.r
Candidates Take It Easy Over Sunday
President Truman and Governor Dewey rested from campaign work on Sunday and voiced hopes for peace. Truman prayed at San Antonio and Dewey urged support for the UN delegation in Paris, while Wallace condemned bipartisan policy at a Chicago meeting.
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United Press
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
San Antonio
Texas
Dewey
San Francisco
United Nations
Chicago
Henry A. Walace
American Slav Congress
Tom Clark
Paris
Free Nations
Grace Cathedral Church
Cycle and car crash near Blackrock injures two riders
A motorcycle crash on U S 91 near Blackrock sent 20 year old Bob Dummermuth of Elgin Iowa to General hospital for head X rays. His passenger Paul Hoag also of Elgin escaped with minor injuries. They collided while crossing in front of Hall service station and were involved with a car driven by H Raymond Pulley of Idaho Falls. First aid was given at the scene. No arrests per Sheriff Norman Fordyce.
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Blackrock
General Hospital
Bob Dummermuth
Elgin
Iowa
Paul Hoag
U. S. 91
Hall
H. Raymond Pulley
Brigham St
Idaho Falls
Emmett Hall
Norman Fordyce
Senator Taylor accuses leaders of pushing toward extinction War
Idaho Senator Glen H. Taylor charged at a Wallace rally that American leaders are steering the nation toward a war of extinction. He attacked John Foster Dulles as a slick Wall Street lawyer and named Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal as part of a group allegedly moving toward a fascist dictatorship in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Taylor
John Foster Dulles
Dewey
Wall Street
James V. Forrestal
Bit Player Henry Schwicb Found Beaten to Death
Hollywood police say 30 year old bit player Henry Schwicb was found beaten to death in his apartment Sunday. The landlady noted he rarely had women guests.
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Hollywood
Henry Schwicb
Pocatello Dedicates Memorial Pool With City Officials
Mayor George R. Phillips was the first to plunge as about 300 youths and children tested the water at the Sunday ceremony for the Pocatello Memorial pool. The red brick pool honors World War II veterans with a color guard and band in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Phillips
Pocatello Memorial
Zeke Hubbard
Pocatello
Guy Gates
James Hopper
Plane Crash Kills Five in Oregon
A two engine private plane registered to Raymond G. Trimble of Fresno crashed into a hillside near Portland amid heavy rain, killing five young Fresno State football fans including four college students. The Civil Aeronautics Administration reported the aircraft carried W R Trimble’s son and four friends.
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Portland
Ore
Fresno
Cal
Fresno State
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Raymond G. Trimble
Trimble
Trimble Flying Service
W. R. Trimble
Fresno State College
Carmen serial begins in Pocatello POST
The Pocatello POST will start a serialized tale THE LOVES OF CARMEN by Sophie Kerr on Thursday September 30. Carmen is described as fiery and seductive, weaving through hearts and danger, a character readers will love day by day in this exclusive fiction installment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pocatello Post
Carmen
Sophie Kerr
Governor Robins Named Utah Chief Executive at Game
At the Utah-Idaho football half time in Salt Lake City 18,000 fans heard an announcer call C. A. Robins governor of Utah. Robins clarified he remains Idaho’s governor. The moment prompted laughs as the crowd learned it was a slip of the tongue.
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Salt Lake City
Idaho
C. A. Robins
Gem State
Utah
Lady Luck Drops Hot Race Tip at Ascot
In Croydon, Mrs. Peggy Palmer, who runs a South Croydon pub, found a white sapphire worth 200 dollars dropped by her dog. Fans wagered on White Sapphire, a 100 to 8 longshot at Ascot, but Palmer, not betting on horses, missed the run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croydon, Eng
Peggy Palmer
Croydon
Final atomic espionage report due in days
House investigators refine the final draft of an atomic espionage report from three weeks of secret hearings by the UN American Activities sub committee. Chairman J Parnell Thomas announced private hearings this week with new witnesses daily and a summary of testimony possible. A reliable informant says the report will criticize Roosevelt Truman and Attorney General Clark for not prosecuting highly trained spies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
House un-American Activities Subcommittee
U. S
J. Parnell Thomas
N. J
Roosevelt
Truman
Tom C. Clark
Death Penalty Declared in Prague Black Market Case
A Prague court sentenced a black marketeer to death for selling stolen food rations. It marked the first use of the anti black market law since its passage a year ago. Two others got life terms and a fourth 20 years. Heavy fines were imposed.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Governor of Germany Leaves Berlin for Moscow
The British licensed DPD news agency reported Sunday that Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky, Soviet military governor of Germany, departed Berlin by air for Moscow. The report could not be confirmed.
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RED
Berlin
DPD
Vassily Sokolovsky
Germany
Moscow
Stalin Accuses West of Blocking Berlin Pact
The United States Britain and France allege the Soviet Union welched on a pledge to lift the Berlin blockade. They publish a 24 000 word white paper detailing the negotiations and claim Stalin personally confirmed the directives to four Berlin military governors.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Josef Stalin
Berlin
London
Paris
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Stalin
Smith
Russia
Molotov
Joe Lynam Killed In Plane Crash
Idaho Falls promoter Joseph Lynam was killed when his light plane crashed near Redmond Oregon on a Sunday flight to arrange a wrestling match. The wreck lay by the Horse Ridge highway at about 4500 feet. pilot error led to the crash with no other casualties.
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Idaho Falls
Joseph Lynam
Redmoad
Ore
Lynam
Redmond
Horse Ridge
CAA
Roof Collapse Kills 18 at Berlin Theater
In the American sector a small German theater named the Palmer collapsed during an evening performance. After 90 minutes of digging, 18 bodies were recovered and nine people were seriously injured. American military police aided German doctors and first aid crews. authorities say wartime damage weakened the structure and the seating held several hundred patrons.
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Berlin
Palmer
Chinchilla Kitten Valued at 500 Dollars Reaches New York
Maria Hughes a Pennsylvania State College senior arrived at International airport on a Peruvian Airlines flight and reported a chinchilla kitten she was transporting from Chile increased her wealth by 500 dollars. The newborn animal was valued at 500 dollars and represented one of six chinchillas she was carrying.
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New York
Maria Hughes
International Airport
Pennsylvania State College
Chile
Grain exports seen topping 1947 record
The Agriculture Department predicted grain exports for the current crop year may exceed last year's record by about 4 million tons. The U S share would approach half of world trade, with 15 million tons shipped last year and Europe urged to spend dollars on machinery rather than food.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Truman
Charles F. Brannon
Charles W. Sawyer
Europe
United States
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Pres. Truman
Michigan Republican
Perenne
Bakers
Joliet, Ill
Raymond Baker
Mrs. Baker
Ed Cunningham
Harold C. Hinckley
James Bowns
J. P. “Jack” Halliwell
Portneuf River
Oregon
Robins
Lady Luck
Walter Bedell Smith
V. M. Molotov
Vassili Sokolovsky
Joe Lynam
Chinchilla
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