War Minister Strachey under fire over access to secrets
London and Washington spar over War Minister John Strachey access to U S defense secrets amid petitions to remove Strachey and Shinwell. Attlee defends them as Johnson says Shinwell decides disclosure level. The row follows Klaus Fuchs revelations and calls about Communist ties and Britain’s prestige.
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London
John Strachey
United States
Strachey
Emanuel Shinwell
No. 10 Downing Street
Attlee
Associated Press
the Hague
London Daily Mail
Downing Street
Daily Mail
Washington
Johnson
Shinwell
Waldron Smithers
Sir Waldron
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Britain
House of Commons
Strachey and Shinwell
No. 10
Associated Press of America
America
Weather Outlook For Butte And Surrounding Areas
Expect considerable cloudiness with occasional snow squalls and cool conditions through Tuesday. Tuesday highs range from 30s to 40s, with lows in the 20s, and scattered snow showers favored east of Divide while west of Divide trends partly cloudy then warmer. Precipitation totals around .04 inch noted.
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School of Mines
Divide
Flying Saucers Traced To U.S. Military Inventions
New York April 3 Flying saucers are two types of top secret U S military inventions radio commentator Henry J Taylor told a nationwide audience on the American Broadcasting Company network The first type is a harmless pilotless disc that can reach 30 000 feet and disintegrates in the air The second is the XF 50 jet powered aircraft called Flying Pancake by the Navy which the Air Force denies exists The Navy says it built an XF-50-1 two years ago but it never flew and is in storage at Langley Field Va
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New York
U.S
North American
United States
Henry J. Taylor
Taylor
American Broadcasting Company
Navy
Patuxent
Washington
Langley Field
Air Force
Armed Services
Special Venire Drawn to Get Murder Jury
Judge T. E. Downey ordered a special venire of 70 taxpayers after four regular-panel jurors failed to yield a murder jury for Mrs. Evelyn Thomas. The panel reports Tuesday at 2 p.m. Prosecutors and defense each hold ten peremptory challenges. five and six remain for defendant and state respectively. Mrs. Thomas, charged with shooting Roy Barr in a local hotel on Feb 26, is defended by Morris Hennessy and M. J. Doepker. County Attorney James D. Freebourn and Deputy N. A. Rotering prosecute. The list includes residents from Walkerville to Scandia bar and addresses across Butte area. (Continued on Page 3, Col. 3).
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T. E. Downey
Evelyn Thomas
Thomas
Roy Barr
Butte
Morris Hennessy
M. J. Doepker
James D. Freebourn
N. A. Rotering
Margaret Walsh
Anaconda Road
James Severinski
James E. Burke
California
J. W. Hambly
West Gold
John Connors
Lewisohn
Margaret D. Giacomino
East Mercury
E. Barr
West Silver
Frank J. Duffy
Harrison
B. F. Bentley
Amherst
George A. Huddleston
Pine
Katie Shontell
Richardson
Ray Cote
South Idaho
Louis V. Blackwell
Agnes M. Lehmann
Tripp
Dragstead
Louise M. Bennetts
North Main
Steve Ennesh
Nevada
Nora Keeshen
West Mercury
Carl Dedrikson
Hobson
William C. Bargmann
State
A. E. Garrett
Howard Godfrey
Utah
Eugene Sullivan
Busch
Joseph H. Binney, Jr
West Woolman
Carl Graff
Williamsberg
Louis Bartoletti
Silver Bow
Ed Foley
North Street
Walkerville
Helen Powers
West la Platte
Joe Harrington
Scandia Bar
C. J. Bartzen
Eddy’s
A W. Joyce
North Excelsior
Edward Lazzari
Harrison, Mead
Worden Farmer Dies in Highway Accident
Wilfred L. Bowen 45 Worden farmer died in a local hospital Monday from injuries after his car left the highway and overturned about 11 miles east of Billings last Tuesday. He suffered a fractured spine and is survived by four brothers and two sisters.
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Billings
Wilfred L. Bowen
Worden Farmer
Here
Bowen
San Francisco Mayor Blitzes Federal Civil Defense Plan
Four city officials led by Mayor Elmer E. Robinson criticized the federal government for delays in organizing civil defense against an A bomb attack. They urged immediate total defense policy and fuller public guidance as Congress opened its hearing on atomic emergencies.
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U.P
Big
Elmer E. Robinson
San Francisco
Robinson
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Commmittee
Brien McMahon
Dconn
Chapman Recommends Long-Range Plan to Develop Resources
Interior Secretary Oscar L Chapman proposed a six point plan to expand land, power, water, mineral and timber resources. The outline aims to meet the production goals in President Truman’s economic report as Interior marks its 101st year.
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Washington
U.P
Oscar L. Chapman
Truman
Interior
Marlene Johnson Locks Herself in Bathroom Then Exits
In Oshawa Ontario on April 3 a five year old girl Marlene Johnson locked herself in a bathroom. After two hours of pleading her parents called the fire department. Fireman Oscar Thompson offered a ride on the big red truck which prompted her to come out and take the ride.
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Oshawa
Ont
Marlene Johnson
Harry Johnson
Oscar Thompson
Marlene
Truman declares Marshall plan halts red threat worldwide
President Truman says the Marshall plan has stopped the threat of Communist aggression in many countries and will be carried to a successful conclusion. He spoke in a Key West message to ECA head Paul Hoffman on the program’s halfway point. Marshall, aiding Western Europe and Korea, hailed the plan’s progress and urged maintaining support through 1952.
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Washington
Truman
Key West
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Co-operation Administration
ECA
Western
Europe
Korea
Congress
George C. Marshall
Germany
South Korea
China
Marshall
Treason convict vanishes at sea amid submarine sighting
The Detroit man Theodore Donay, 51, convicted in 1943 for misprision of treason, vanished at sea after leaving Avalon aboard an eight foot motorboat. A note in his Avalon hotel room hinted at a dark outlook as reports of a submarine off the California coast emerged.
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Los Angeles
Theodore Donay
Detroit
Hans Peter Krug
Max Stephen
Avalon
Catalina Island
Donay
United States
Navy
California
Santa Barbara
Coast Guard
Catalina
Kern McDavid
United Press
Dwight Geduldig
San Francisco
Colahan
Geduldig
Note Found in Missing Man's Room Signed Theodore Donay
Sheriff's Capt. Brown released details from a handwritten note found in the missing man’s hotel room. The note bore the signature Theodore Donay and was described as authentic by authorities.
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Brown
Theodore Donay
Skipper Sees Sub Pack Off Northern California Coast
USS Colahan returns from a four day sub hunt off California with radar and sonar contacts cited as possibly four foreign submarines, likely Russian. Navy officials say contacts were negative lacking visual sightings, while Captain Holbrook and Lt. Redeye insist subs were present.
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Dwight Geduldig
San Francisco
U.P
United States
California
USS
Colahan
Navy
J. A. Holbrook
Fred Redeye
Holbrook
Redeye
Frederick I. Entwistle
Western Sea Frontier
Entwistle
Kankakee
Fleet Oiler
Treasure Island
Eureka
Calif
McGrath Urges End to Segregation in Supreme Court
Attorney General McGrath asked the Supreme Court to strike down the separate but equal doctrine as unconstitutional. He argued racial segregation in facilities is not equal and urged a clear ruling in the first of three major cases on this issue involving Elmer Henderson and railway dining service.
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McGrath
Belford
Lawson
Washington
High Court
Elmer Henderson
Fair Employment Practices Commission
REPC
Southern Railway Company
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Railroads
Henderson
American Council of Human Rights
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Justice Department
Butte Bulldogs Lauded for Sportsmanship and Success
Butte high school honored its football basketball and track lettermen at a dinner in the high school cafeteria. Harry M. Ross praised clean play and community representation. The Bulldogs finished second in football to Great Falls, second in track to Missoula, and reached state basketball finals in Anaconda, earning a Cinderella label from writers.
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Butte High School
Harry M. Ross
George Haney
Bulldogs
Great Falls
Missoula
Anaconda
Naranche
California Senate Backs Bills to Ban Slot Machines
Sacramento April 3. The California Senate approved two bills to outlaw possession of slot machines by a 33 to 2 and 32 to 0 vote after a speech by Sen. George Hatfield who claimed 25 percent of slot take goes to greasing public officials. The measures match earlier Assembly action and now await governor’s signature.
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Sacramento
U.P
Senate
California
Assembly
George Hatfield
R-Newman
Letter Released in McCarthy Controversy
A confidential memo by Owen Lattimore urging flexible US Far East policy and opposing premature deployment was disclosed by Lattimore after Senator McCarthy said he would publish it. Lattimore argues US support for Chiang Kai-shek harms US interests and criticizes McCarthy's charges as unfounded ahead of Senate testimony.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Far East
Russia
Owen Lattimore
Far Eastern
Chiang Kai-shek
Lattimore
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senator McCarthy
Brothers Waive Extradition in Kidnap-Death Case
Utah Eugene Wilson and his brother Turnman waived extradition to Washington after appearing before a superior judge. They face first degree murder and kidnaping charges for the death of Joann Dewey, who was dragged into a car outside a Vancouver hospital.
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Sacramento
U.P
Utah
Eugene Wilson
Turnman
Vancouver
Wash
Earl Anderson
Clark County
Washington
Harry Diamond
Turman
George Foote
Joann Dewey
Foote
Portland
Ore
Joann
Wilsons
Dewey
FBI
Anaconda union backs wage rise and benefits plan
Anaconda Mill and Smeltermen's union voted 1 199 to 580 to approve amendments with a five cent hourly wage increase retroactive to March 1. The pact extends to June 30, 1951 and includes higher company contributions for hospital and medical coverage and adjusted holiday pay qualifications. Similar votes occurred in Butte and Great Falls.
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Anaconda
Anaconda Mill and Smeltermen's Union
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte Miners Union No. 1
Butte Stationary Engineers Union
Great Falls
Anaconda Company
Glacier National Park Highway No 2 Reopened After Snow Slides
The Montana maintenance division reports United States highway No 2 along the southern edge of Glacier national park is now open after being closed last week by snow slides that buried the road between Summit and Essex.
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Helena
U.P
State Highway Department
Glacier National Park
Summit
Essex
U S MPs Slay Austrian Kidnap Leader in Vienna Shootout
American and French MPs killed Benno Blum, a Bulgaria born Romanian citizen linked to a Soviet kidnapping ring. Blum, head of a 20 man gang, was trapped in a first floor apartment with a Russian born widow and her daughter after firing on MPs.
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Vienna
Austria
Benno Blum
Blum
Alexandra Krause
Harry Lime
Orson Welles
Grete
Israel
Police Have Clues to Would-Be Saloon Robber
Butte police track a young man after a Sunday morning attempted robbery at the Scoop bar. The suspect fled after owner George Barick threw a whiskey bottle and glasses. he carried a nickel plated revolver but did not fire. Barick gave a full description and a hat dropped by the robber bears initials a laundry mark and a brand.
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Butte
Scoop
East Second
George Barick
Barick
Bridges Jury Locked Up For The Night
In San Francisco on April 3 4A P The Harry Bridges jury was ordered locked up for the night at 11 15 oclock MST The action marks a pause in the deliberations as guards secure the panel until morning proceedings commence again.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
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