Two Killed and Fifty Three Hurt in Rail Wreck
An eastbound Western Pacific Exposition Flier derailment near Pilot Nevada killed two passengers and injured 53, including 10 with more than minor injuries. Victims identified as Anthony Carkowsky and Mike Drensky from Denver, with crewman Engineer Bert Kreis shaken but unhurt.
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Shafter
Nev
Western Pacific
Exposition Flier
Nevada
Anthony Carcekowsky
Camp Beale
Calif
Alice
Burton
Ohio
Mike Drensky
Market Street
Denver
Bert Kreis
Salt Lake City
Kreis
Pilot
Wendover
Utah
San Francisco
Elko
Division
Renner
Truman to Outline Foreign Policy En Route to Chicago
President Truman sped toward Chicago aboard a presidential special with his wife and daughter and four cabinet officers. He planned a major foreign policy statement to be broadcast after the Army day review at Soldiers Field. A 20 minute address was expected to draw vast crowds with aides hinting it could be as significant as the Navy day pronouncement last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Truman
Windy City
Washington
Union Station
New York
Soldiers Field
Army Day Observances Highlight Butte Parade and Luncheon
Butte hosts Army Day with a 10 30 a m parade and 12 noon luncheon at Finlen Hotel attended by 175 civic and patriotic members. A B 17 Flying Fortress under Capt Wilson C Gammon will fly over the parade and an afternoon aircraft inspection follows at the airport. Larry Smith will deliver the principal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Smith
Butte
Finlen Hotel
Smith
Wilson C. Gammon
Butte Exchange Club
Mr. Smith
Board of Control
Line of March for Butte Army Day Parade
The parade starts at the courthouse at 10 30 this morning and travels east on Granite to Main Then south to Broadway west to Washington south to Park east to Arizona north to Broadway west to Main north to Granite and back to the courthouse to disband
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Butte
Courthouse
Granite
Main
Broadway
Washington
Park
Arizona
Local clubs to sponsor event with entertainment features
Guy D. Pratt, president of the Exchange club, announced a sponsor chaired event with many entertainment features. Representatives will include Exchange, Kiwanis, Rotary and Active clubs, Silver Bow post of the American Legion, and Butte post 1448, Veterans of Foreign Wars. An Army bomber from the 15th Air Force, Clovis New Mexico, arrived in Butte after leaving Clovis at 5 30 AM and landing at 1 40 PM Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy D. Pratt
Exchange Club
The
Exchange
Kiwanis
Rotary
Silver Bow Post
American Legion
Butte
Veterans of Foreign Wars
15Th Air Force
Clovis N. M
Clovis
Army Day observance set with Truman address in Chicago
Washington reports Army Day Saturday with parades and open posts nationwide. President Truman will address a Soldier Field Chicago broadcast at 5 p.m. ET after remarks by War Secretary Patterson and Gen. Eisenhower. Navy and Marine leaders offer tributes to the Army amid postwar policy questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Chicago
War and Navy
Soldierfield
Patterson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Navy
Forrestal
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Marine Corps
Eisenhower
Annual School Election Slated Today in Butte
Butte voters will elect two trustees for School District No. 1 and vote on purchasing 16.6 acres for a new elementary school. Polls open 8 am–12 pm and 1–8 pm, with 32 precincts and 21,781 eligible voters. Four candidates, two trustee seats. Precincts 24 and 26 meet at 643 South Jackson.
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Butte
Harry G. Farrell
Rex F. Henningsen
People’s Party
Independent Party
Oscar F. Dingman
Montana School of Mines
Lee C. Colston
Thomas Hosty
Montana and
Main Streets
Front
Rowe Addition
Garfield
Webster
South Jackson
Sherman
Walkerville
Blaine
Centerville
St. Mary's School
County Courthouse
Washington School
Arizona Street Fire Station
Lincoln School
New Butte High School
Monroe School
McKinley School
Grant School
Old Butte High School
Jefferson School
Emerson School
West Diamond
Franklin School
Meaderville
Harrison School
Greeley
Longfellow
Whittier
Madison
Hawthorne
Cleveland
Judge reviews new federal criminal rules in liquor case
Federal Judge R. Lewis Brown weighs Fifth Amendment rights against newly promulgated criminal procedure rules made effective March 21. The Mis soula district case against Hugh B. McKechnie proceeds as the court inspects jurisdiction under the changes. Continued on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Lewis Brown
Missoula
United States District Court
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Harlow Pease
Hugh B. McKechnie
Bowles Unpopular Move Sparks Senate Clash Over Cotton
Sen. Elmer Thomas charged that economist Chester Bowles hopes the President will be unpopular enough to be replaced, as Southern Democrats attacked Bowles orders to widen cotton trading margins in the cloak room of the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Senate
Chester Bowles
United States
United States Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bowles
Pvt. Melvin Best Released to U. S. Authorities
Private Melvin Richard Best, 21, of Butte, freed from a Polish jail after nearly four months. He was handed to American authorities at Sosnowiec and will be moved to the U.S. zone in Germany for possible trial before a U.S. military tribunal. His parents express relief and trust in a fair process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Richard Best
Butte
New Hope
Associated Press
Warsaw
Walter Pashley
United States
Best
Sosnowiec
Jan Kowalski
Pashley
United States Zone of Occupation
Germany
Richard Best
Missoula Avenue
Pvt. Best
State Department
Warde
United States Rejects Plan to Delay Parley
Semi official reports from Manchuria say new clashes flare in Changchun and Harbin suburbs as truce teams stall over terms. Brig. Gen. Byroade flies to Lin Pin headquarters but Lin remains in the field. Soviet withdrawal continues as Malinovsky’s arrival is anticipated. Wu Shu kuan accuses Communists of bad faith while warning of foreign financial aid effects.
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Peiping
Changchun
Harbin
Manchuria
Henry A. Byroade
Fort Wayne
Ind
Mukden
Lin Pin
Lin
Wu Shu-kuan
Byroade
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Chungking
K. C. Wu
China
America
Subsidy Plan Promised for Anaconda Workers Pay
John McLeod said Sen Wheeler and officials from the Civilian Production Administration and Economic Stabilization Board advised a subsidy to cover retroactive wages from Oct 1, 1945, if Anaconda Copper Mining accepts a new labor contract. The plan would affect about 8,000 workers at Butte and Great Falls, but D M Kelly noted subsidies apply only to copper produced by the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McLeod
Burton K. Wheeler
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
McLeod
Wheeler
David L. Forrester
Copper
Minerals and Metals Division
Civilian Production Administration
Economic Stabilization Board
Wage Stabilization Board
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
D. M. Kelly
Mr. Kelly
Montana
Metals Reserve Corporation
Hinckley Slaying Inquest Names Albert Sickesteel Slayer
A six man jury found Albert Julius Sickesteel killed Thomas Hinckley, 55, a veteran of two wars. The inquest into Hinckley’s death near Drummond heard placer miner John Parrott testify he witnessed the shooting. Sickesteel did not testify and awaits further jail investigation.
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Philipsburg
Albert Julius Sickesteel
Thomas John Hinckley
R. R. Wilson
Hinckley
Drummond
John Parrott
Sickesteel
Parrott
Granite County
Bryan Hynes
Edison Kent
Russian Pact With Iran Surprises U N Members
The article reports a fresh Russia Iran oil accord allowing Iranian Soviet joint oil operations and sets a May 6 deadline for Soviet troop withdrawal from Iran. It notes Azerbaijan issues to be Iran's internal affair and cites ARMS movements and UN Security Council dynamics influencing small nations' voices in the new world order.
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New York
Russia
Iran
Soviet Union
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
Tehran
Andrei A. Gromyko
Security Council
United States
Great Britain
Red Army
Council
Azerbaijan
Astara
New World Peace Agency
Britain
Australia
Overseas Veterans Returning Home
S/ Sgt. John Donahue of Butte arrived in San Francisco aboard the Marine Robin after Army service in the Pacific. Other Montana servicemen listed include Lt. Col. Maurice Henderson of Bozeman and T. Edward P. Johnson of Great Falls aboard the New Bern Victory due in New York April 4. The General Stewart will arrive in Seattle April 5 with Lt. Richard Peterson of Billings Sgt. Delbert Owens and Sgt. Thomas Bundren of Harlowton and Red Lodge certified, plus First Lt. Berry David of Rowan, Bozeman Sgt. Warren L. Lintz of Missoula and Pvt. Clarence Bourassa of Whitetail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Donahue
South Gaylord
Butte
San Francisco
Associated Press
Montana
New Bern
New York
Maurice Henderson
Bozeman
Edward P. Johnson
Great Falls
Stewart
Seattle
Richard Peterson
Billings
Delbert Owens
Thomas B. Bundren
Harlowton
Henry M. Jinotti
Red Lodge
Reverdy W. Scott
Missoula
Berry E. David
Rowan
Robert O. Smith
Warren L. Lintz
Clarence F. Bourassa
Whitetail
Registration but No Inductions Is New Proposal
A House military committee advanced a plan to halt nearly all draft inductions after May 15 1948 by extending the draft law to February 1947 while requiring continued youth registration as they turn 18. The panel postponed a vote to next Tuesday as Rep Harness argued for committee approval with strong Republican backing and some Democratic support. The measure would effectively end inductions until the revised date, with an amendment that could allow inductions for eligible youths after May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
House
Rep
Harness
Bluebeard to die by guillotine in France
Paris report states Dr. Marcel Petiot known as the Bluebeard was found guilty of 24 murders and will be executed by the guillotine. It marks the first use of the guillotine in France since 1939, with postwar treason cases typically punished by firing squads.
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Paris
Ministry of Justice
Marcel Petiot
Bluebeard
France
Smith Says Talks With Stalin Were Highly Satisfactory
Lt. Gen Walter Bedell Smith newly appointed U S ambassador to Moscow said a two hour late Thursday night meeting with Premier Stalin at the Kremlin was highly satisfactory.
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Moscow
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
Stalin
Kremlin
Medal awarded posthumously to Pfc Boyle for valor near Auenheim
The Bronze Star was given to the late Pfc William J. Boyle, son of James and the late Rose Ann Boyle, at Montana State University Missoula. Maj William G. Kelly presented the award for meritorious action on January 19, 1945, near Auenheim, France, where Boyle remained at a 57 mm gun under heavy fire and was mortally wounded while repulsing a German attack.
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William J. Boyle
James Boyle
Maryland
Rose Ann Boyle
Butte
Montana State University
William G. Kelly
Department of
Military Science and Tactics
Missoula Institution
Auenheim
France
Boyle
Byrnes Calls for Talks by Big Four
The United States urged a preliminary meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers in Paris on April 25 to clear the way for the May 1 opening of the Paris peace conference. Secretary Byrnes proposed a six day lead time to draft treaties with Italy Hungary Romania Finland and Bulgaria, in a move aimed at avoiding Moscow objections and expediting the final agreements.
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Washington
United States
Paris
Byrnes
Soviet Union
Moscow
Whitehall
State Department
Indi
Break Expected in Stalemate Break Expected in Stalemate
Break expected as four cities face transit and utility stoppages and a nationwide 400000 coal workers strike nears day five. In Lansing the threatened transit strike was averted as wage talks go to a fact finding panel. New Jersey gas supplies faced disruption until state seized nine gas works. Scranton transit workers seek boosts to 1.25 for bus operators and 25 percent for others. Federal mediators try to avert Cincinnati gas and electric strike that would halt power and transit.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Mich
New Jersey
Detroit
Akron
Ohio
Scranton
Washington
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Butte Weather Forecast With scattered showers Saturday
Partly cloudy to cloudy in Butte Saturday with clearing by Saturday evening. Temperature little changed with highs around 48 at School of Mines and the airport. Montana west of Divide sees increasing clouds and scattered showers and thunderstorms. east of Divide, similar trend with highs 55 to 65 southeast and 45 to 55 northwest.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
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Clark Clifford
St. Louis
Clifford
Com
James K. Vardaman, Jr
Merriman Smith
Flying Fortress
Gammon
Eighth Air
Grateful Nation
Melvin
Poland
Melvin Best
Kelly
U.N
Francis W. Carpenter
William Boyle
Big Four
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