Eden becomes Britain's 42nd prime minister amid farewell to Churchill
Anthony Eden formally takes office as prime minister after Queen Elizabeth II names him to form a government. Churchill, in tears, bows out after a 55-year parliamentary career, planning to remain in the Commons as an elder statesman. Election timing speculation swirls, with a vote likely before October 1956.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
Winston Churchill
No. 10
Downing St
Churchill
Eden
America
House of Commons
Woodford
Essex
John Harvey
Woodford Conservative Party
Three Witnesses Describe Events in Dietrich Case
In the District Court trial of Craig Dietrich at age 17 for manslaughter in the May death of William C. Sager 47 three witnesses testified Dietrich was with him at the time and place of the injuries. They described a ride ending near Montana and Galena streets with a street fight and a drinking party in a Ford station wagon.
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Craig Dietrich
William C. Sager
Sagar
T. E. Downey
Dietrich
Montana
Galena
Harold Konen
Joseph Kennedy
Kennedy
Galena Street
Butte Housewife Testifies About FBI Undercover Role
Eunice Kimball of Butte Montana testified in a Denver federal trial of seven accused Communists. She described joining the Communist party in 1943 acting as an FBI undercover agent, reporting from Butte until 1948, and naming defendants Arthur Bary Joseph Scherrer Patricia Blau among those at a Salt Lake City meeting.
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Butte
Denver
FBI
U. S. District Court
Eunice Kimball
Mont
Salt Lake City
Arthur Bary
Joseph Scherrer
Patricia Blau
Bary
Scherrer
Harold Zepelin
Lewis Johnson
Kimball
Communist Party
U. S
Donald E. Kelley
Blau
Colorado
Red
University of Colorado
Boulder
Stassen Refuses toRelease Documents in FOA Pakistan Probe
Harold F. Stassen from the Foreign Operations Administration defers releasing 10 confidential documents to the Senate Investigations Subcommittee. He argues they are internal executive exchanges while McClellan presses for access. McCarthy accuses him of perjury over doctored transcripts. Stassen cites record of McCarthy hearings and agrees to provide 11 of 21 documents after review.
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Washington
Harold F. Stassen
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Stassen
Foreign Operations Administration
FOA
Pakistan
McClellan
D-Ark
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Foreign Aid
McCarthy
Subcommittee
FDA
Agricultural Construct Con of
Los Angeles
Lighting of Clark Park May End Daylight Saving Time
Butte considers eliminating daylight saving as a plan to light Clark Park's baseball field moves forward. Mayor Tim J. Sullivan urged the council light committee to contact Montana Power Co. about the proposal at a city council meeting. The session also covered a city county health board, July Fourth control to the Chamber, liquor license fee relief, one way Broadway and Park streets, a merchants licensing ordinance, and a revised election canvass time. DST would align with state and permit twilight games, though it prompts complaints from out-of-town shoppers and parents. DST in Butte would start April 24.
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Butte
Clark Park
Tim J. Sullivan
Council
Montana Power Co
Chamber of Commerce
Broadway
Park Streets
Chamber of Commerce “New Industries
Butte Copper
DST
Civic Center
Weather Forecast For Montana And Statewide
Fair and warmer through Thursday night with highs near 52 in most areas and a low about 20 Thursday night. Wednesday highs around 50 and lows near 7. East Montana: fair and warmer Thursday and night, Friday fair and warmer south, north partly cloudy with little change. West Montana: fair Thursday, warmer, highs 55 to 65, north Friday partly cloudy, south fair. Table shows 12 hour max and 18 hour min ending 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Montana
Max
Min
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus Cn
Ut Bank
Dillon
Drummond A
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Eunice Kimball Residence and Plans Revealed
A city directory notes Eunice Kimball wife of Carlos living at 1334 Hobson in 1940 and 553 S. Arizona in 1948. Denver U S Attorney Kelley says the couple spend summers in Butte and winters in Tucson and Parker Ariz. They plan to open a motel or trailer court in Anaconda this summer and Mrs Kimball has treated Butte as her permanent address for 17 years. She left Denver immediately after testifying Wednesday.
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Eunice Kimball
Carlos
Hobson
S. Arizona
Denver
U. S
Kelley
Woman Fined for Killing Robin in Miles City
A 34-year-old Miles City woman, Katherine Fought, pleaded guilty to trapping and killing a wild bird, not a game bird. Deputy Game Warden George Hollibaugh filed the charge, and Justice of Peace John Grauman suspended six months while fining $25 after neighbors complained. Fought used box traps to capture robins before killing them.
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Miles City
George Hollibaugh
Katherine Fought
Justice of Peace
John Grauman
Expensive Shave at San Francisco Airport Theft
Daniel J. Maher a 40 year old New York executive of Orion Steamship Co. was traveling to Japan when a thief slipped into the men’s washroom at San Francisco International Airport and stole his wallet from a coat. The wallet reportedly held 48 hundred dollar bills and four fifty dollar bills.
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San Francisco
Daniel J. Maher
New York
Maher
Orion Steamship Co
Japan
Tornadoes Kill One Injure 27 in Texas Storms
One man died and 27 people were injured as tornadoes and severe winds battered Sherman Texas and surrounding areas causing extensive property damage across the region with widespread destruction and loss.
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Texas
Sherman
Tex.s
Severe Texas tornadoes wreak widespread damage and deaths
A tornado outbreak across 5000 square miles of north central Texas left Sherman resident Lee Barnes dead at 60 as debris caused fatal injury. Major damage concentrated in the northern suburb along the Denison highway with houses lifted, unroofed, and gas pipes broken. Other towns including Buffalo Springs Post Oak Newport Bonham Pilot Point Sanger Henrietta and Jacksboro reported heavy wind damage and numerous smaller incidents.
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Texas
Denison
Bonham
Pilot Point
Sanger
Henrietta
Jacksboro
Sherman
Lee Barnes
Bob Weddle
the Democrat
Four-Year-Old Girl Dies After Year Unconscious
In Miami, Edna Jean Mann, age 4, died Tuesday after spending over a year unconscious from injuries suffered when struck by a car on April 4, 1954. She never regained consciousness following the accident.
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Miami
Fla
Edna Jean Mann
Ridgway Opposed Slashing Army Yet Accepted Final Decision
Army chief Gen Mathew B Ridgway told a Senate Appropriations panel he bowed to the final decision to cut Army manpower but said the reasons for his initial opposition have not changed. He noted the reduction was not endorsed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff while Army strength falls from about 1 3 million to around 1 27 million and targets 1 027 million by mid 1956. He had urged holding at 1 3 million, citing military grounds, while civilian authorities weighed broader factors. The defense bill under review totals 34 billion dollars with the Army receiving around 7 billion and the Air Force getting the largest share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Chief of Staff
Mathew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Senate
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Force
Nathan F
Twining
Russia
Cold Nights May Ease Flood Threats
Freezing nights promise to temper Montana floods after record spring snow. Climatologist R A Dightman and Helena officials say cool nights will spread runoff over days with little precipitation expected. Farmers rush to save newborn calves and lambs as losses may rise. Billings faces drainage floods from heavy snow. Local searches end with safe discovery of five missing Sheridan residents. air survey aided the rescue.
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Dightman
Montana
Billings
Weather Bureau
Basil Pierce
Sam Horton
Hortons
Sheridan
Wyo
U. S. High
Employment Rise in Nation Noted
Washington reports a March rise in employment by 539000 from February to 60,477000 while unemployment fell by 207000 to 3176000. Factory jobs gained 160000 as farming and construction increased, and labor-force participation grew with farm women and youths joining.
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Washington
Commerce and Labor Departments
Small Cafe Ad Promises Fast Help for Listings
An old ad notes quick meal times and fast help from efficient ad writers. It advertises placing Want Ads by dialing 5451 for selling, renting, or job and living space needs. The message ends with a short notice about a small cafe in Gall 0000 after 6.
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GALL
Four Bandits Escape With Massive Bank Cash Haul
Four disciplined bandits pulled history’s biggest cash bank holdup in New York, netting $305,243 mostly in small bills. The operation went off with clockwork precision, no shots fired and no alarms raised.
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Arthur Everett
New York
Atomic Weapon Exploded at High Altitude in Nevada Test
A small yield atomic anti air craft device was exploded at about six miles high above Yucca Flat Nevada. The test produced a bright daylight flash and a doughnut shaped cloud seen from Las Vegas and rattling towns 135 miles away. The Air Force B36 bomber dropped the device from above 40 000 feet as part of an interceptor weapons development program. No significant radiation was expected and the blast was described as precisely timed by AEC and Defense Department officials. In a separate Manhattan heist, three masked gunmen robbed a Chase Manhattan branch in Queens of 75 000 to 100 000 in uninsured diamonds after casing the bank for six months. The inside job hindered alarm use and FBI efforts to catch the thieves.
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Las Vegas
Air Force
Atomic Enery Commission
Department of Defense
AEC
Yucca Flat
Defense Department
Nevada
Las
N. M
Afb
Lower Manhattan
Chase Manhattan
Queens
Asst. Dist. Atty
Thomas P. Cullen
FBI
Long Island
East River
mid-Manhattan
Woodside
Western Powers Divide Over Parley Planning
London reports show Western Allies backing a quick US Britain France working group to prep a Big Four foreign ministers meeting with Russia. France seeks immediate action while the United States favors waiting for treaty ratifications to finish.
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London
Russia
France
Edgar Faure
United States
Paris
West Germany
County Bar Assn to Mark 50th Year Thursday
The Silver Bow County Bar Association will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a dinner Thursday April 14 at 7 p.m. in the Copper Bowl of the Finlen Hotel. Committee chair Alf C. Kremer leads the program with judges T. E. Downey and J. J. Lynch among others. Notables expected include Montana Supreme Court members and U S District Judges Charles N. Pray and W D Murray. Reservations to W N Geagan. Current officers are William Meyer president James P Kennedy vice president and Geagan secretary-treasurer. The association was organized February 2 1905, the first Montana lawyers group to promote jurisprudence justice legislation and professional fellowship in Silver Bow County.
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Silver Bow County Bar Assi
Copper Bowl
Finlen Hotel
Alf C. Kremer
H. D. Carmichael
T. E. Downey
Howard A. Johnson
A. G. Shone
James T. Finlen Jr
J. J. Lynch
Montana Supreme Court
U. S
Charles N. Pray
Great Falls
W. D. Murray
Butte
W. N. Geagan
Silver Bow Block
William Meyer
James P. Kennedy
Mr. Geagan
F. T. McBride
Lewis A. Smith
Lawyers’ Association
Montana
Silver Bow County
Ella Knowles Haskell
Judge Lynch
H. L. Maury
H. C. Hopkins
Sem James E. Murray
C. F. Kelley
W.H. Maloney
George M. Bourquin
Alec C. Rodger
John E. Corette
John B. McClernan
J. A. Poore
J. J. McCaffery
W. J. Jameson
John T. Baldwin
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British Post
William G. Nelson
Silver Bow
Nelson
Buffalo Springs
Post Oak
Newport
Wichita Falls
Albany
N. Y
Patricia Welch
Richard
R. A. Dightman
Helena
Corps of Army Engineers
Army
New York City
Lawrence E. Gerose
East Rutherford
N. J
County Bar Assi
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