Senators May Subpoena McCarthy Data
Senators investigating Communist infiltration in the State department plan a closed meeting to decide on subpoenaing McCarthy Lattimore documents. Green said the panel may compel data McCarthy claims to hold as Latimore defends his record and McCarthy hints at a mystery witness. Latimore calls McCarthy's charges mad. McCarthy schedules a news conference at a naval hospital.
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Washington
State Department
McCarthy
Owen Lattimore
Green
D-R. I
Wisconsin
Lattimore
Russia
United States
Victor Lasky
New York World Telegram and
Sun
Louis F. Budenz
The
Daily Worker
Naval Hospital
Red
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate
China
Acheson
Japan
Baptist Youths End Session in Montana
One hundred fifty youths completed a three day Montana Baptist Youth Fellowship convention with over 175 attending the first annual event. Rev. Roy E. Barnett led closing services as newly elected officers Ellis Hurst Grace Donisthorpe Gerry Swihart Joanne Frey Virginia Nelson were installed. Next meeting date and location to be announced.
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Billings
Joanne Frey
Virginia Nelson
Missoula
Clifford J. Young
Salt Lake City
Christian Education
Montana
Utah
Idaho
Stanford Lynde
Lodge Grass
Montana State University
Charlotte Severance
Rosabel Harvey
Butte
Terry Nelson
Delaware Fire Leaves 50 Persons Homeless
A massive 1 million dollar blaze at a Wilmington lumber yard on Sunday night destroyed or damaged nearly twenty small houses leaving about 50 people homeless. One woman died of a heart attack, eight others including firefighters were injured, a feed firm and a tavern also burned. Red Cross opened emergency headquarters to find shelter for the homeless.
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Wilmington
Del
Red Cross
Upset Tommy Delays Deliberations in Bridges Case
San Francisco April 2 The Palm Sunday deliberations in the Harry Bridges perjury trial were halted after a juror Yick Kuen Wong fell ill. The eight men and four women resumed after a break with Wong absent until Monday morning. Bridges denies being a Communist and faces perjury and conspiracy charges from his 1945 naturalization hearing. The Sunday session extended the jury’s total deliberation time to 18 hours thus far.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
CIO
Yick Kuen Wong
Bridges
West Coast
Communist Party
Nationalists claim biggest victory over Reds in Hainan battle
Nationalists report 5000 Red invaders killed and over 2000 captured after a 12 hour land sea and air fight on Hainan island. Chiang Kai-shek forces claim a turning point as Shanghai airfield raids and near 100 juncs sunk off Foochow Hangchow bay are reported.
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Taipei
Formosa
Hainan Island
Chiang Kai-shek
Kingwan
Tazang
Shanghai
Foochow
Hangchow Bay
Hainan
Big
Thousands Homeless in Philippine Fires
Three fires across the Philippines caused about 2 million dollars in damage. A Basey Samar bakery blaze destroyed 200 structures, killing one child and leaving many homeless. Cebu City and Manila also suffered extensive destruction with unknown origins.
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Manila
Philippines
Basey
Samar Island
Cebu City
Cebu
Bonner urges congressional probe of Missouri plan
Gov. John W. Bonner calls for a congressional investigation before more funds are spent on the Missouri basin development and the nine foot navigation channel. He cites Army corps figures showing most western water would go to navigation rather than irrigation, with Montana contributing much of Yankton’s flow and questions over feasibility.
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Merrill Englund
Helena
John W. Bonner
Congressional
Missouri Basin
Army Corps of Engineers
Missouri
S. D. Sturgis, Jr
Army Division
Omaha
Bonner
Sturgis
Army
Yankton
Lower Valley
Sioux City
Iowa
Montana
Congress
Evelyn Thomas Faces Murder Trial in Butte Court
The spring trial term opens Monday at 10 a.m. in district court before Judge T. E. Downey for Evelyn Thomas a 42 year old Butte chambermaid charged with fatally shooting Roy Barr six weeks earlier in a Utah avenue hotel. Eighteen civil suits are set for hearing and 70 of 100 jurors drawn for duty were subpoenaed. Thomas has been in the county jail since February 26, the night of the shooting on Barr’s 50th birthday.
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Department Two
District Court
T. E. Downey
Evelyn Thomas
Butte Chambermaid
Roy Barr
al McLeod
al McLeod. They Are To Report To Judge Downey Promptly At 10 A. m. Mrs. Thomas
Utah Avenue
Barr
Thomas
Modern Submarine Seen Off Southern California
A modern submarine sighting near Point Arguello at dawn prompted Navy search measures. Coast Guard reports described running lights and 12 knot speed, with officials noting no immediate threat and FBI readiness to investigate possible sab otage.
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Los Angeles
U.P
California
Navy
Naval
Coast Guard
Point Arguello
Arthur W. Radford
Pacific Fleet
Radford
San Diego
Naval Intelligence
FBI
United States
Cape Mendocino
Pacific
Bixbys Wing Across Asia on World Flight Attempt
Dianna and Bob Bixby from Santa Paula California fly a twin Mosquito bomber on the fifth leg of a globe girdling attempt to beat Bill Odom’s 73 hour 5 minute record. They reached Karachi at 6:18 am local and headed to Calcutta with plans to continue to Tokyo Midway and home.
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Karachi
Pakistan
U.R
Dianna
Bob Bixby
Bill Odom
Bixby
Santa Paula
Calif
Calcutta
India
Odom
Cairo
Egypt
San Francisco
Bixbys
Paris
Farouk Airport
Bill
Tokyo
Midway Island
Lost Montana boy found dead after search
In Montana near Custer, five year old Leroy Weisgarber died of exposure after wandering from home with his brother Kenneth. Kenneth, found alive, was exhausted and returned home as search efforts continued led by Deputy Sheriff George Deven er.
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Billings
Pryor Mountains
Custer
Leroy Weisgarber
Kenneth
John Weisgarber
Tommy Kemph
Steve Trigg
Leroy
George Devener
Moslem and Hindu Premiers Seek End to Mob Clashes
Premier Liquat Al Khan arrives from Karachi to meet Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in New Delhi for a two to three day talks aimed at halting violent Hindu Muslim mob clashes across East and West Bengal. The talks focus on preventing further deaths and refugees amid arson and pillaging.
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New Delhi
India
Pakistan
Subcontinent
Liquat al Khan
Karachi
Jawaharlal Nehru
East
West Bengal
Religious Moral Problems Face World
Harry J Shields told Knights of Columbus council No 668 at a communion breakfast that the great world problems are religious and moral and require prayer for Holy Year intentions. About 250 men attended at St Ann parish gymnasium with mass and reception preceding the breakfast.
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Harry J. Shields
Catholic Action
Butte Council No
Knights of Columbus
Shields
St. Ann Parish
Knights of Holy Eucharist
St. Ann Church
J. J. O'Connor
Leonard Spraycar
V. J. Quinn
Leo J. Riley
Order
W. J. McMahon
Grand Knights of the Council
Jap Robber Slays Six After Bank Loot in Hokkaido
In a bloody raid in Mifuka on Hokkaido, a lone gunman or robber used a sword after looting the bank of 800000 yen. He forced officials to reveal vault access then abducted them to homes, rendering them unconscious with injections before slashing throats. Police were alerted by servant girls who found the scene.
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Tokyo
Mifuka
Hokkaido
Asahi
Both Sides Claim Victories in Cochin-China Battle
In Cochin-China near Travinh on the Mekong delta thousands of French, Vietnam, and Vietminh troops fought for seven days ending with both sides claiming victory. French authorities called the Vietminh assault a costly failure while reporting hundreds of Vietminh killed and many captured. French and Vietnam losses were said to be light. Mop up operations continued and final casualty figures were pending.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Vietnam
Cochin-China
Mekong
Travinh
Plans Revealed as Economy Bloc Targets Defense Bill
Congressional defense planners seek to add 583 million for new Navy and Air Force planes to the omnibus appropriation bill. Rep. John Taber accuses the administration of rushing the measure. Senators Maybank and Bridges will offer anti-submarine navy amendments.
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Frank Eleazer
Washington
U.P
Congressional Defense
John Taber
R-N. H
House
Burnett R. Maybank
D-S. C
Styles Bridges
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Truman
Carl Vinson
Dga
House Armed Services Committee
Northwest
Vinson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate Appropriations
Committee
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Eisenhower
Clarence Cannon
DMO
House Appropriations Committee
Census taker injured by dog in Vallejo
Vallejo California April 2 Census taker Catherine Anderson became the first casualty among the nations nose counters when she collided with a resident dog causing a fractured leg.
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Vallejo
Calif
U.P
Catherine Anderson
Explosion at Amora gunpowder factory claims two guards
Lisbon reports two watchmen died in a Sunday explosion at the Amora gunpowder factory located 15 miles from Lisbon. The plant had been rebuilt after a previous blast two years earlier that killed many.
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Lisbon
Amora
Pressure rises as Soviet blitz on Germany escalates
United States Commissioner John J. McCloy told Congress Soviet pressure in Germany has grown to a crisis point while noting the Kremlin sees Germany as a primary goal to undermine Western democracy. He cited Soviet strength and expansion plans including a 45,000 strong east zone military police.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
United States
John J. McCloy
Congress
House Appropriations
McCloy
A. P. Fox
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Far East
West
Europe
East Zone
Communists to stage propaganda rally in Berlin
Allied intelligence says the Whitsuntide May rally for Berlin will be a propaganda invasion rather than a putsch with 10 000 to 20 000 agitators planned to harangue West Berliners. FDJ is to mobilize 500 000 members, but East German police will tightly supervise ranks with activities in the eastern sector.
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Berlin
Soviet Control Commission
Germany
Free German Youth
FDJ
Mother Convicted of Starving and Beating Her Son
In North Platte Nebraska a jury found Mrs Gere trude I Fisher guilty of manslaughter in the death of her four year old son Hilbert Eugene after a long period of beating and starvation. The coroner's jury tied the death to brutal abuse and malnutrition with sentencing set for Tuesday.
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North Platte
Neb
Geretrude I. Pisher
Hilbert Eugene
Lincoln County
James J. McIntosh
Fisher
I. J. Nisley
McIntosh
Edward E. Carr
John R. Shenken
Omaha
Shhenken
James Carroll
Marysville Gold Mill Burns
Fire destroyed the Montana Rainbow Mining company gold mill in Marysville on Sunday. Superintendent Bill Wade estimated losses around 150000 dollars plus 85000 dollars in ore. The mill, in operation since 1945, employed about 50 workers and shipped concentrates to smelters and the US Mint. Wade said rebuilding is planned after insurance claims are settled, likely about a year. The cause is unknown.
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Maryville
Montana Rainbow Mining Company
Bill Wade
United States Mint
Wade
Butte Weather Forecast Partly cloudy with light snow flurries
Partly cloudy to cloudy with occasional snow flurries and little change in temperature Monday. Max 38 Monday afternoon, min 20 Monday morning. School of Mines 37/29, Airport 36/28. Precipitation 0.02. West of divide 35-40 with rain or snow showers. East of divide 35-45 with light snow showers.
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School of Mines
Divide
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