Milk River Floods Malta Section in Montana
The Milk River crest reached Malta Montana spilling into the north side of town and prompting evacuations for about 100 residents. Evacuees found arrangements with friends as volunteers built dikes to block Main Street floodwaters. Downstream sections showed varied levels with Dodson and Havre reporting mixed conditions as officials tracked the crest.
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Malta
Gladys Costello
Associated Press
Montana
Missouri
Nashua
Main Street
Great Northern Railroad
Dodson
Costello
Col
R. E. York
Fort Peck
Havre
Chinook
Harlem
Wagner
Beaver Creek
Saco
Hinsdale
Chinese Truce Talks Make Brief Two-Word Session
At Panmunjom MUNSAN Korea April 10 Allied truce negotiators held a brief six minute session. General Hsieh Fang presented a long statement outlining the Red position and then proposed a recess until Friday. Major General Harrison favored the UN stance saying I agree and denying any concession swap.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
Hsieh Fang
William K. Harrison
Hsieh
Russia
Harrison
Reds
Ussr
Supervisory Commission
Soviet Union
Commies Supply Arteries Blasted
Allied fighter bombers pounded North Korea's supply arteries with a main rail line between Chongju and Sonchon cut in 38 places. Bombing damaged 18 storage buildings, three artillery pieces, and six frontline bunkers. U S military deaths rose by 178 to 107,134, with 40 killed, 147 wounded, and nine missing this week.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Chongju
Sonchon
Manchuria
Pyongyang
Washington
Defense Department
U. S
Telephone Strike Expands Across Nation
Washington report says a worsening telephone strike grew nationwide as sympathy meetings kept workers from crossing picket lines. About 300,000 CWA members would stay off the job, hindering long distance service. Bell System hoped for a Bell-wide settlement after Detroit talks with Bell’s Michigan unit.
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Washington
Bell System
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Bell
Congress Passes Wartime Powers Bill to Truman
Washington April 9 congress passed and sent to President Truman a bill extending wartime emergency powers to June 1 with seizure authority limited to public utilities. The House accepted Senate amendments after late-day action, finalizing a 30 day extension. about 60 powers are affected.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
United States
Japan
McCarran
Judiciary Committee
Senate House
King exonerated in tax scandal probe by Ways and Means
Representative King of California was formally cleared by his colleagues of intervening in tax cases after a Ways and Means inquiry into rumors that he had taken an improper interest in cases involving taxpayers at Long Beach California.
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Washington
King
D-Calif
Full Ways and Means
House
Long Beach
Calif
Tragic Caracas Church Panic Kills 46, Injures 110
A false alarm sparked by pickpockets caused a stampede at the 85 year old Santa Teresa church during Day of the Nazarene services. Forty six people died and 110 were injured from suffocation or crushing as worshippers rushed for exits. Victims include 22 children and 22 women plus two men. oldest victim was 98, youngest 2. The thieves allegedly escaped.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Senora Angela Antonio Villalba
Luis Jose Mendez
Santa Teresa
Hortensio Carrillo
Christ
Pilgrim Truck Crash Kills 15 In Veracruz Region
A truck carrying farmers on a religious pilgrimage veered off a highway near Catemaco, about 110 miles southeast of Vera Cruz, and overturned on Tuesday, killing 15 and injuring 25. The group was travelling from Minatitlan to Catemaco.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Catemaco
Here
Minatitlan
British inventor settles Ford patent suit for 9.25 million
New York April 9 Harry Ferguson Americas $341.6 million patent infringement suit against Ford Motor company settled for $9.25 million. Consent judgment signed by Federal Judge Gregory F Noonan who had presided over the case for more than a year.
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New York
Harry Ferguson
Ford Motor Company
Gregory F. Noonan
Bolivian Revolt Leaves 18 Dead In La Paz Clash
Armed rebels and Bolivian army forces clashed in La Paz on April 9, leaving at least 18 dead and 60 wounded. The National Revolutionary Party attempted to oust the junta led by Gen. Bugo Ballivian, seizing a radio station and the Villa Victoria suburb, as loyal troops held the Mira Flores garrison and El Alto airbase. Colombian consul Guillermo Vernaza among the dead from stray fire, with a tense stand around the airbase and Miraflores.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Bugo Ballivian
Villa Victoria
la Razon
Lanza
Miraflores
MNR
Anaconda Coach Dies After Illness
Coleman Michael Vaughn, 36, Anaconda High School coach named to lead the Anaconda Copperheads in May 1951, died at St. Ann hospital at 8 p m after a fall season illness. A WWII veteran, he opened the Copperheads football season and witnessed the state Class A title win from Sidney, while Principal Mike O Leary acted as coach. Vaughn had recently returned from California and was admitted to the hospital the day before. Funeral services planned, details continued on page 10.
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Anaconda
Coleman Michael (Coley) Vaughn
St. Ann Hospital
Anaconda Copperheads
Mike O'Leary
Vaughn
Copperheads
Sidney
O'Leary
California
Sections of Seven States Rocked by Quake No Deaths Reported
Oklahoma City reports cracked walls and three cracks in the state capitol office building after a major quake felt across seven states from northern Texas to Omaha and Des Moines. Injuries reported in Tulsa. light fixtures shake in Des Moines and Kansas City. Seismologists link the quake to subsurface breaks along the Omaha fault.
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Oklahoma City
Midwest
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Omaha
Des Moines
Arkansas
Ponca City
Atoka
State Capitol
Tulsa
Okla
Della Deshaw
Kansas City
Joe Stewart
Ross Heinrich
St. Louis University
C. F. Richter
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Oklahora
Eay
Little Rock
Clarksdale
Fayettville
Booville
Heinrich
New Madrid
Mississippi River
Tennessee
GOP Vote Heavy in Illinois Test
Illinois Republicans powered a strong primary showing led by Senator Taft, with votes likely over 1,000,000 and a wider lead than Democrats. In Cook County Republicans outpolled Democrats for the first primary in 20 years as the state, typically Democratic since 1932, faces a potential shift in presidential politics.
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Chicago
Taft
Illinois
Cook
Steel leader blasts Truman seizure as corrupt political debt
Clarence B. Randall of Island Steel denounces President Truman’s move to seize mills as a corrupt political deed that pays a debt to CIO leader Phil Murray. He accuses the wage board and White House of bias and distortion, arguing the action lacks legal authority and threatens steel markets. The remarks, aired via radio and TV, condemn the seizure amid Korea defense pressures and wage disputes.
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New York
President Truman
CIO
Phil Murray
Harry S. Truman
Clarence B. Randall
Island Steel Company
Randall
The
Wage Stabilization Board
Murray
White House
WSB
United
Truman
Congress
Korea
Air Force Crash Kills 12 at Camp Edwards Mass
A cloud shrouded C47 transport and an F994 fighter collided near Camp Edwards Massachusetts on a training flight, killing 12 airmen. Witnesses say wreckage and fires spread three miles from Otis Air Force Base as rescue teams search for two missing crewmen. Names withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Camp Edwards
Mass
Air Force
Otis Air Force Base
Robert J. Stephenson
Stewart Air Force Base
Newburgh
N. Y
Military Academy
West Point
Otisfield
Niagara Falls
Stephenson
Great Falls Pilot Among 37 Killed
U S Air Force paratroop medics reached the O Shima crash site and found no survivors from a Japan Airlines Martin 202 Jupiter that carried 37 aboard. Among the dead are American pilot Ernest G. Stewart, co pilot Raymond G. Clevenger, and Capt H L Reed, plus Takashi Miki, head of Iwata Iron and Steel. The wreckage lay on Mihara volcano slope, 65 miles south of Tokyo.
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Tokyo
U. S. Air Force
Japan Airlines
O Shima Island
Mihara
Northwest Airlines
Ernest G. Steart
Hialeah
Fla
G. Clevenger
Great Falls
Font
H. L. Reed
Johnson Air Base
Kyo
Takashi Miki
Awata Iron and Steel
Japan
Ingest Steel Company
An Airlines
Ikyo
Haneda
Okyo
Wednessy
Jaane
Yushu
Industry Loses First Round in Legal Fight
Washington April 9 AP A steel industry raid on the presidents seizure of the steel industry by the President drew sharp charges from Clarence B Randall of Inland Steel. Randall called the move a corrupt political deal paying a debt to the CIA while defending the industrys response on radio and TV. The industry had lost a court bid to block federal possession after Judge Alexander Holtzoff declined a temporary injunction. He questioned federal authority to stop the Presidents action and noted no clear damage shown to justify a halt in seizure.
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Washington
United States
CIA
Clarence B. Randall
Inland Steel
Truman
Phil Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
Harry S. Truman
Randall
Wage Stabilization Board
Murray
White House
CSO
WSB
Harry Truman
Steel Company
Benjamin Fairless
U.S. Steel
Sawyer
Alexander Holtzoff
Holtzoff
U. S
Weather Forecast Fair and Warmer Through Thursday
Weather forecast calls for fair conditions with a rise in temperatures through Thursday night. Thursday minimum around 15, maximum near 48. Airport readings show 12 to 44, School of Mines 16 to 46, West of Divide 45 to 55, East of Divide 42 to 52. Maximums reflect 12 hours to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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School of Mines
Divide
Associated Press
Billings
Belgrade
Bresées
Butte
Dillon
Drummond
Chiaseene Glasgow
Greet Fale
Havre
Helena
Missoula
Isaac
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
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Charles Hale
Tamby Hale
Hales
Conoco
Time Magazine
CO Noco
Butte Main
Adolph Hidalgo
Dale P. Christman
Joseph A. Forbes
Kenneth K. Freeman
Arthur Bosch
James Arnolds
Lawrence J. Connell
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