Spring Cold Snap Wrecks Crops Across States
Extreme cold and fresh frosts across seven states halted peach and strawberry crops, froze grounds, and delayed open ballparks. Losses reach multiple millions as growers burn smudge pots and crews rush to protect remaining fruit and cattle. Extreme lows included New York City 25.2, Youngstown 11, Philadelphia 26, Birmingham 29, Atlanta 30.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Alabama
New York
Midwest
Army
Air Force
North Dakota
Bemidji
Minn
South Carolina
Arkansas
Kansas
Carolinas
Illinois
California
West Tennessee
New York City
Youngstown
Akron
Dayton
Curwensville
Philadelphia
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Milwaukee Road executives forecast 1950 upswing in traffic
Milwaukee Road officials touring Butte and eastern Montana say 1950 should be stronger than 1949 for rail traffic. Larry Dugan notes minerals lumber livestock and grain carload demand as key drivers. The centennial year tour includes meetings with local railroad officials before heading to Miles City.
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Milwaukee Road
Butte
Montana
Northwest
Larry H. Dugan
Seattle
Milwaukee Station
Milwaukee
America
Mr. Dugan
James O. McIlyar
Western
O. R. Anderson
Frank J. Newell
Chicago
H. B. Brownell
K. R. Coughlin
Spokane
Miles City
Dugan
United States
Kiwanis Club
Great Falls
Lewistown
Bundles of Flesh From Man Found on Street
Four bundles of sliced flesh were found on a Brooklyn street Friday. A medical examiner said the flesh came from a fairly heavy man aged 40 to 50 and likely detached within the past week after death. Police assigned 50 detectives to the case.
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New York
Brooklyn
M. E. Marten
Three State Highway Board Members Resign with Exoneration
Helena April 14 three Montana highway commissioners Lee Ford H H Kincaid and A W Heidel were exonerated by Governor John W Bonner on charges aimed at ousting them The three resigned effective May 1 1950 directing their resignations be delivered to the Governor They stated the resignations are without condition and hope the highway program remains undisturbed and any memory of removal proceedings be eliminated promptly
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Helena
U.P
John W. Bonner
Montana
Bonner
Lee Ford
Great Falls
H. H. Kincaid
Sidney
A. W. Heidel
Broadus
Secretary of State
Cliff Walker
Walker
State Highway Commission
State of
Monana
Highway Department
Ouster of Northern Montana College Head Triggers Protest
Havre residents protest the six to four decision by the state education board not to renew G. H. Vande Bogart’s contract as president of Northern Montana College. He will serve through June 30 and be paid through December. Claude Erickson led the rally and pledged to seek reinstatement. Delegates from the Malta to Shelby area joined the effort.
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Havre
Northern Montana College
Montana
Vande Bogart
Malta
Shelby
Erickson
Jack Vickery
Leo Kraft
Max Kuhr
Billing Williams
James Holland
C. B. Elwell
Fonda Wife Frances Seymour Fonda Takes Her Own Life
Frances Seymour Brokaw Fonda, 42, wife of actor Henry Fonda, killed herself at the Craig House sanatorium in Beacon New York. She had been admitted February 3 after a nervous breakdown and was found by a maid Friday morning. A note cited sorrow and that the act was “the best way out.”
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Beacon
N. Y
Frances Seymour Brokaw Fonda
Henry Fonda
Edward Russell
Dutchess County
Rainmaker Seeding Brings Snow Over New York State
New Yorkers witnessed a rainmaking test by Dr. Wallace E. Howell as he seeded clouds with dry ice from an airplane. Instead of rain the effort produced an April snow shower blanketing New York City and much of the state, causing temperatures to drop.
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New York
U.P
Wallace E. Howell
Fire in Butte theater caused by defective switch
Timely discovery of a fire caused by a faulty air conditioning switch likely saved one of Butte’s oldest showhouses, as flames damaged wiring under the stage while a capacity crowd watched a movie. Firemen extinguished the blaze after an employee smelled smoke and guided crews to the basement.
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Montana Theater
Butte
Butte Fire Department
Thief Snatches Garbage Man's Trousers in Quick Grab
Seattle police report a fast moving thief rushed Armstrong’s shack on a dump route and grabbed his trousers from a chair. The culprit fled before Armstrong could confirm if pants were worn.
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Seattle
U.P
Ralph Armstrong
Armstrong
Senate Rejects Cuts to Waterways Bill in House Fight
President Truman allocates an additional 20000 dollars in emergency funds for Montana storm sufferers across four counties. Gov. Bonner is notified as the General Services Administration processes the aid after earlier allocations totaling 35000 dollars for Valley Roosevelt Daniels and Sheridan counties. The Montana emergency area remains cut off by deep snow with cattle starving as ranchers brace for spring calving. Aerial observers note limited bare ground and snow benches two feet deep with drifts up to nine feet. roads slowly reopen after a severe winter.
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Washington
Truman
Montana
General Services Administration
John W. Bonner
Wolf Point
Valley
Roosevelt
Daniels
Sheridan
Bruce Randall
Gabrielson Declares Truman Regime a Failure in Indictment
GOP chairman Guy Gabrielson labels five years of Truman administration a failure citing mismanaged foreign policy, rising debt, high taxes, socialist trends, unemployment near five million, waste in farm programs, and alleged Communist influences in government. He asserts the public will reject the President in coming elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
GOP
Guy Gabrielson
Truman
Gabrielson
American Congress
Republican Party
Asia
Congress
Canada
Democratic Party
Strike Delayed By AFL Ship Officers
AFL ship officers on the east and Gulf coasts delayed a planned strike by one week after agreeing Friday night to postpone the action set for midnight Saturday.
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New York
AFL
East
Gulf Coasts
U Student Wins Oratorical Test
Don Lichtwarde of the University of Montana won the annual oratorical contest at Butte during the Montana state interscholastic forensics meet. He spoke on Are We the Greatest People and earned a cup for Montana University, with Carroll college set to permanently hold it.
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Don Lichtwarde
University of Montana
Missoula
Butte
Montana
Lloyd’s‘cafe
Peter Byrne
Carroll College
Helena
John Hargrove
Montana State College
Bozeman
Dorothy Harden
Northern Montana College
Havre
Ray Harshfield
Eastern Montana College of Education
Billings
Clifford Laity
Forbes Robertson
Montana School of Mines
Walter T. Scott
Pacific Northwest
U S Air Force corporal offers secrets to Russians
A 19 year old corporal, Gustav Adolph Mueller of St Paul Minnesota, testified he offered secret U S defense information to Soviets due to belief in Communism. Prosecutors say he sought contact with a Soviet agency and provided two secret documents but no information reached Russia.
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Garmisch - Partenkirchen
Germany
United States
Soviet Russia
Corp
Gustav Adolph Mueller
St. Paul
James
United States Army
Mueller
Elmo Gower
Cumberland
Spionage
Switzerland
United States Intelligence
United States Intelligence School
Oherammergau
Senators Favor Tough Spud Controls
The Senate agriculture subcommittee endorsed stringent federal potato controls to curb government losses from potato price supports. Ellender said penalties will be stiff to force compliance, with a trial Brannan plan rejected. The measure advances to the full committee as Congress weighs future potato policy.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Ellender
D-La
Brannan
Secretary of Agriculture
Truman
Holland
D-Fla
Lucas
D-Ill
Thye
R-Minn
Aiken
R-Vt
Agriculture Committee
Congress
AAUW Confers Honors At Montana Convention
Anaconda’s Mrs. Glen Einfeldt won the AAUW Montana scholarship to Vassar College. Alternates include Mrs. John Shannon of Billings and Mrs. Paul Moore of Bozeman. Honor roll lists many community workers across Anaconda Billings Butte Glendive and Missoula with LeRoy Stahl elected Montana AAUW president.
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Anaconda
Glen Einfeldt
American Association of University Women of
Inga Hoem
Butte
Genevieve Albertson
Jean Bishop
Dillon
William Rilla
Glendive
LeRoy Stahl
George Lindgren
Great Falls
Vera Ann O'Neill
Mary Cummings
Kalispell
Clifford Catlin
Melville Blackford
Lewistown
F. H. Petro
Miles City
R. C. Line
Evelyn Rimel
Missoula
Montana
Stahl
AAUW
Walter J. Needham
Alice Oliver
Bozeman
Ward Junkermier
Railroad Strike Threat Looms Over Diesel Crews
The Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen warns a strike could start at any time over the extra man on Diesel locomotives. A committee of chairmen from major railroads will meet in Chicago in the coming days to set the strike date. Union President David B. Robertson announced the failure of a last minute settlement attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
Chicago
David B. Robertson
Senate Defeats Columbia Basin Amendment Amid Budget Row
The Senate delayed final action on a $1.84 billion waterways bill after rejecting the administration’s Columbia basin amendment and rejecting Douglas proposed cuts. Debate over Missouri river basin funding and reclamation loomed as the panel adjourned to Monday.
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Washington
Douglas
D-Ill
Senate
Missouri River
House
Mississippi River
Ohio
Arkansas
Sioux City
Mundt
R-S. D
Donnell
Columbia Basin
Senate Interior Committee
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Chavez
D-N. M
Senate Public Works Committee
Record-Smashing Home Building Boom In Progress
Washington April 14 A record smashing home building boom is in progress. The bureau of labor statistics reports 110000 homes started in March, with 270000 in the first quarter, up 59 percent from the 169800 in early 1949. Builders push toward the 1950 and 1949 records as demand surges nationwide.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Los Angeles
Boston
Detroit
St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Dallas
Houston
Fort Worth
Milwaukee
Federal Reserve Board
Bureau
Man Kills Self at Dogs' Graves Near Billings
Walter A. Hepler 59 a St Xavier school teacher asked a veterinarian to euthanize his two dogs earlier. On Friday his body was found at the dogs graves northwest of Billings with an 88 caliber head wound deemed personal safety related by County Coroner Mel Boice.
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Billings
Walter A. Hepler
St. Xavier
Mel Boice
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Regions
Butte will be partly cloudy with scattered showers and warmer temperatures. Saturday’s high around 54 and low near 27 with 12 midnight Thursday to 5:30 pm Friday readings. similar notes at School of Mines and Airport. West of Divide expect increasing clouds with rain possible Saturday. east of Divide variable clouds with scattered showers and cooler southeast areas. Max readings shown for 12 hours and min for 18 hours ending 5:30 pm Friday.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Kansas City Underworld Raid Nets Contraband Liquor
Federal agents raided a Kansas City north-side house arresting Charles Moonface Carollo and three others as they unloaded whisky from a truck. E. E. Ahlfeldt said the seized liquor valued at 45 000 to 50 000 dollars and the group faced federal wholesale liquor charges. A grand jury reconvenes Monday to resume anti crime investigations.
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Kansas City
Charles
Moonface) Carollo
Charles Binaggio
North Side
E. E. Ahlfeldt
Federal
Truman
Carollo
Truman Road
Democratic Club
Binaggio
Charles Gargotta
Ablfeldt
Tony
Stringbean
John Lazia
Marcella
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Highway Board
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Custer
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