Leader Urges Irish to Speak Gaelic Across New Republic
Dublin April 18 President Sean T O Kelly urged Irish to abandon English and revive Gaelic saying victory would be hollow if language is lost. Costello spoke of ending partition and uniting Ulster with a strong Ireland while De Valera led a minority faction opposing celebrations until unification.
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Dublin
Sean T. O'Kelly
Republic of Ireland
O'Kelly
Britain
Ireland
Republic
Isle
Ulster
Great Britain
John A. Costello
All Ireland
Tee
Costello
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
Columbia Valley Administration Bill Surprises Senate
Washington April 18. Senator Cain introduced the administration’s Columbia Valley Administration bill in the Senate after House action by Mitchell and Jackson. Magnuson signaled intent to sponsor post Easter. A coordinated plan by Army engineers and the Reclamation Bureau aims to define agency duties for Columbia river basin development, aligning with Pick-Sloan style in the Missouri basin.
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Washington
Cain
R-Wash
Senate
Columbia Valley
Pacific Northwest
House
Mitchell
Jackson
Magnuson
CVA
Congress
Reclamation Bureau
Army Engineers
Columbia River
Columbia River Basin
White House
Pick-Sloan
Missouri River Basin
Passenger injured in city car collision at Argyle and Texas
John P. Hamill reported to Butte police that a passenger named Joe Willoughby was injured when his car struck a parked vehicle at Argyle and Texas. Willoughby received 14 stitches for a facial gash and was treated at St. James hospital before release.
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John P. Hamill
Pine
Butte
Joe Willoughby
East Platinum
Argyle
Texas
St. James Hospital
Willoughby
Hamill
J. H. Dietrick
Harrison
Vern Maddock
Joe
Eisler Loses Court Appeal to Avoid Prison Terms
Gerhart Eisler the No 1 U S Communist failed in a federal appeals court bid to overturn his two convictions He faces one to three years in prison for hiding Communist ties and a separate one year sentence plus a $1000 fine for contempt Eisler sought to have the case moved to New York challenged jury composition and jurisdiction while pursuing a voluntary exit via the United Nations and a deportation hearing remains pending
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Gerhart Eisler
United States Court of Appeals
Eisler
America
Federal Court of Appeals
House Committee
Supreme Court
United Nations Assembly
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Court of Appeals
New York
Henry W. Edgerton
Wilbur K. Miller
Bennett Clark
Fund Organized for Kin of Killer's Victims
An emergency disaster fund was organized in Pullman to aid the families of four men killed in an Easter gunfight with George McIntyre. The Easter tragedy fund will be shared by victims’ relatives, with possible inclusion of the McIntyre family. Police cited an empty gasoline tank and a long standing grudge as causes.
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Pullman
Wash
Pullman and
Colfax Chambers of Commerce
George McIntyre
McIntyre
J. D. Lewis
L. M. Parnell
Gilbert Gallagher
Colfax
Ross Claar
Ernest Buck
Buck
Arthur Ricketts
Spokane
Rickett
W. H. Kershaw
Endurance Aviators Hold Record Flight Night Refuel
Indio Calif April 18. Dick Riedel and Bill Barris remain in the air after passing the 825 hour mark in their endurance plane. They surpassed the 726 hour prior record last Thursday and aim for 1,008 hours or six weeks in the air by Tuesday morning. The pair refueled in Indio after flying from Fullerton and plan to resume there on Tuesday.
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Indio
Calif
Dick Riedel
Bill Barris
Fullerton
Court limits one sided quickie divorce as illegal
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that a one sided Reno divorce can be challenged if the divorced partner was not served with notice or represented in the proceedings. The decision may cause widespread questions on property rights and conflicts with full faith and credit.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
High Court
Reno
Herbert N. Rice
Lillian P. Rice
Woodbridge
Rice
Cuba pushes UN probe into persecutions in Hungary and Bulgaria
Cuba urged the United Nations to appoint a 15 nation on site commission to investigate prosecutions of Cardinal Mindszenty and other church leaders in Hungary and Bulgaria. The proposal asks the UN to condemn curbs on fundamental freedoms and to report to the September General Assembly. It also calls for barring Hungary and Bulgaria from UN agencies until the report. The measure appeared aimed at pressuring Western powers over Balkan governments.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.R
Cuba
United Nations
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Bulgaria
Gustavo Gutierrez
United Nations Secretariat
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Commission
Balkan
World Organization
Gutierrez
Aloysius Stepinac
Yugoslavia
Romania
Britain
United States
70 090 Yank Troops Fend Attack at German Border
Seventy thousand American soldiers repelled an air assault by 100 enemy planes and established defensive lines along the Czech border as Europe-wide maneuvers against a simulated aggressor began. The First Infantry Division and two armored brigades anchored positions on the German frontier to counter a two-army attack, with American air and ground units coordinating amid upgraded radar and communications gear.
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Mernberg
U.P
United States
Germany
Europe
Czech
Should Malmedy Killers Die Congress Debates Fate
Secretary of the Army Royall urged death for German stormtroopers who murdered 160 U.S. soldiers at Malmedy in 1944 but warned six Nazi defendants could be freed if American prosecutors used brutality or improper methods to obtain confessions. He asked Congress for guidance while noting the trial's fairness must be beyond reproach.
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Washington
Royall
Senate Armed Services Committee
Malmedy
Belgium
Congress
Senate
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
J. L. Harbaugh, Jr
Judge Advocate General's Department
Kurt von Rundstedt
Antwerp
United States
Peiper
Col
Joachim Peiper
Promate
Ma’medy
Jet Plane Crash at Municipal Airport Kills Pilot
A North American F-86 Sabre on a delivery flight to March Air Base crashed on takeoff at Los Angeles Municipal Airport. The pilot was killed as the aircraft burst into flames near the airport, with 19 fire units attending due to nearby fuel storage. The Air Force later identified the plane and noted next of kin procedures.
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Los Angeles
Municipal
North American
March Air Base
Riverside
Calif
Air Force
Atomic Plant Labor Board Organized
A Truman commission proposed a special procedure for atomic energy plant labor disputes. It urged creation of an atomic energy labor relations panel to act as a last resort to delay strikes or lockouts while promoting voluntary, government-free labor relations in the atomic industry.
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Washington
Truman
Atomic Energy Labor Relations Panel
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Rabbi Stephen Wise Critically Ill in New York
New York April 19 Dr Stephen S Wise 75 renowned Jewish leader is critically ill at Lenox Hill Hospital with a bulletin saying he is weakening after several days of illness. He has been critically ill since Saturday and remains under supportive treatment.
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New York
Stephen S. Wise
Lenox Hill Hospital
Wise
To End Cab Strike In San Francisco May End This Week
San Francisco faces a probable end to a 108 day taxi strike on Thursday. Three firms Yellow Plymouth and Veterans cabs have 550 taxis off the streets since New Year’s night. The union seeks ten dollars per day or half of daily receipts.
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San Francisco
Yellow
Plymouth
Veterans Cabs
Moscow trained Negro testifies on planned Negro nation
William O'Dell Nowell, a Georgia Negro and federal employee, testified at a conspiracy trial that Soviet trained revolutionaries planned a violent rise creating a new Negro nation from the southern United States. He said the project aimed to spread communism from Virginia to the Mississippi delta with Negro workers aiding northern revolutions.
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New York
Moscow
America
Deep South
William O'Dell Nowell
Russia
Virginia
Mississippi
Nowell
South
Harold R. Medina
Communist Party
Million Troops Ready to Spring Attack
Nanking dispatch reports one million Communist troops poised to cross the Yangtze and compel surrender before the deadline. Nationalist leaders acknowledge likely defeat but prepare last ditch defenses in the south while Chiang Kai-shek contemplates withdrawal from Shanghai and Nanking.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
Li Tsung-jen
Chikow
Shanghai
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang
Shanghai- Nanking
Tang En- Po
Yangtze
Tang
Formosa
Pai Chung- Hsi
Hankou
Dewey Plans Europe Trip During Spring Holiday
Gov Thomas E Dewey announced he will sail for Europe on May 5 aboard the Queen Mary for a holiday and return to New York on June 16. The trip was disclosed Monday night and places him abroad for about six weeks.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Europe
New York
Keel Laid for United States Atomic Carrier at Newport News
The 65,000 ton United States begins construction as the keel is laid with a 15 ton bottom shell. Navy and Air Force clash over rights to long-range bombing. $9 million already spent on engineering and blueprints. Completion expected in 1952 with a request for $43 million next fiscal year.
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Newport News
United States
Navy
Air Force
Truman Tells DAR Atlantic Pact Warns Aggressors to Stay Clear
President Truman addresses the Daughters of the American Revolution during their 58th continental Congress. He cites the 12 nation North Atlantic defense pact and warns aggressors while stressing internal unity and a strong United States as key to peace. DAR leader Mrs. Roscoe C. O’Byrne urges air power and full preparedness, opposing communism and fiscal penny-pinching in defense.
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Truman
DAR
Washington
Continental Congress
Soviet Russia
United States
America
Roscoe C. O'Byrne
Brookville
Ind
Atom Science Invited to Betrayals
The House un American Activities Committee on April 18 charged Communists with using the Paris peace conference to mobilize scientists for civil disobedience against free nations and to leak atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. The report warned that ideological confusion could lead to treason and sabotage, framed as a campaign against the North Atlantic pact.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Paris
Elevator plunges five floors injuring 12 in Chicago
A downtown Chicago elevator in the Fine Arts building on Michigan Avenue fell five stories during rush hour injuring 12 people. The car stopped before the first floor after cables snapped, six with serious injuries hospitalized alongside others treated for shock and bruises.
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Chicago
Fine Arts Building
Michigan Avenue
St. Luke Hospital
Edmund Boute
Marie Longi
Joann
Robert Brightman
Evelyn
Richard Keough
Butte Forecast: Partly cloudy Showers Tuesday
Weather summary for Butte and surrounding areas reports partly cloudy skies with scattered showers on Tuesday. Maximums expected around 70 in Butte area, 70 to 75 west of Divide, and 75 to 85 east of Divide with afternoon and evening showers and storms. Temperatures last 24 hours were 70 at School of Mines and 72 at the Airport.
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School of Mines
Divide
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