Senate Backs Bill to Curb Interstate Gambling Devices
The Senate passed a measure to ban interstate shipment of slot machines and gambling devices except to states with legal status certified by governors. It would require monthly sales reports to the Bureau of Internal Revenue and serial numbering of devices, with penalties up to 5000 dollars fine and two years imprisonment. A companion bill may also curb interstate gambling information. The act targets import export and manufacture in sensitive areas and awaits House action and hearings with officials from New York Baltimore and several states set to testify.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Justice Department
J. Howard McGrath
Senate Commerce Committee
District of Columbia
Senate Commerce
New York
Baltimore
North Carolina
Florida
Congress
Commerce Committee
Many Will Hear Talk Tonight on CVA Scheme
A capacity crowd is expected for a joint civic club meeting in the Finlen hotel Silver Bow room at 6 30 tonight to hear E G Leipheimer former Montana Standard editor discuss The Proposed Columbia Valley Authority The event features members from Active Exchange Kiwanis Rotary Butte Chamber of Commerce and guests with Robert H Fletcher as master of ceremonies Leipheimer will be joined by Dr J L Richards and Lloyd Wallace both of Polson as accompanying delegates
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Civic Club
Columbia Valley Authority
E. G. Leipheimer
Montana Standard
Polson
Active
Exchange
Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Silver Bow
Finlen Hotel
Bourke MacDonald
Exchange Club
M. D. O'Connell, Jr
Kiwanis Club
Duncan Campbell
Robert H. Fletcher
Leipheim
Women Escape Car as Train Hits at Sap pington Crossing
Mrs Cora Noble of Jefferson Island and Mrs Nina Black were en route to Harrison for a funeral when their car stalled at Sap pington crossing east of Whitehall. They jumped out before the westbound Northern Pacific train struck, demolishing the car and delaying the train about 11 minutes. Both women rode back to Jefferson Island in a Montana state highway department truck.
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Cora Noble
Jefferson Island
Northern Pacific
Sappington Crossing
Whitehall
Noble
Nina Black
Harrison
Black
Montana State Highway Department
Rebels Surrender in Makassar as U S Forces Land
Rebel soldiers in Makassar surrendered unconditionally as Federal troops swarmed ashore on Celebes beaches south of the city. The Indonesian government announced no blood shed was reported.
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Jakarta
Makassar
Celebes
Wind Blows Aged Woman to Death
A 79 year old woman, Mrs. Molina Wold, was killed in Albert Lea Minnesota when a gust of wind blew a storm window from a porch roof striking her and breaking her neck.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Molina Wold
North Dakota Faces Major Flood Crisis With Evacuations
Governor Randahl urged President Truman to declare a state of emergency as the Red River flood swelled to its century high. About 1,650 families across North Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin were homeless or fleeing rising waters as Grand Forks East Grand Forks and Grafton saw large scale evacuations.
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Bismarck
N. D
U.P
Fred Randah
Truman
North Dakota
Red Cross
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Randahl
Red River
South Dakota
Grand Forks
East Grand Forks
Minn
Grafton
Park River
Neche
Gretna
Man
Montana Square Dance Festival Arrives in Butte
About 1 500 dancers from 14 Montana towns will gather at Columbia Gardens pavilion in Butte for a two night event to raise funds for cancer. Dr Lloyd Shaw will lead a callers clinic Saturday afternoon and festival director Lex Templin coordinates the program. Tickets cost 60 cents general admission and 2 50 for patrons with balcony seats.
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Treasure State
Butte
Montana
Columbia Gardens Pavilion
Silver Bow County
American Cancer Society
Fight Against Cancer
Finlen Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Lloyd Shaw
Colorado Springs
Colo
Lex Templin
Howard T. Place
John B. Hazen
Kenneth Fowell
Great Falls
S. C. Sweet
Edgar Price
F. O. Jackson
Man Charged With Murder Over Alarm Clock
In Tacoma Washington on April 19 20 year old Thomas Edward Spahr was charged with first degree murder after confessing to killing his 17 year old wife saying he could not stand the ticking of an alarm clock.
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Tacoma
Wash
U.P
Thomas Edward Spahr
Czechs Order Closure of U S Information Service
London reports Czechoslovakia orders the United States information service closed within three days and expels its director amid treason and espionage trials. Six Czechs accused of spying for the American embassy face high treason charges. sentences range from death to two years. The Czech government also bars U S publications and accuses the service of spreading hostile news.
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London
Czechoslovakia
United States
United States Information Service
Prague
Berlin
Washington
State Department
United States Service
Michael McDermott
RFC Liquidation Urged by Jones
Jesse Jones former head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation urged rapid liquidation of the RFC or at least closing its 32 branches and limiting lending to cooperation with banks. He criticized RFC loans to Kaiser-Fraser Lustron Texmass and Waltham Watch while noting affection for the agency he led for 13 years.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
RFC
Jones
Houston
Texas
Senate Banking
Kaiser- Fraser Corporation
Lustron Housing Corporation
Texmass Company
Waltham Watch Company
President Advised to Junk Some Farm Price Props
Chairman Harold D. Cooley of the House agriculture committee told President Truman at a White House meeting that price supports for perishable crops may have to be abandoned to save the farm program. He said Brannan plan has little chance this session and urged a better approach.
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Washington
U.P
Harold D. Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
Truman
North Carolina
Democrat
White House
Charles F. Brannan
House
Cooley
Congress
Postal Service Faces Criticism Over One Day Mail Delivery
Congress denounces the move to limit residential mail to one daily delivery as a pressure tactic and an extra burden on taxpayers. The plan cuts Saturday business mail, shortens post office hours, closes windows at 6 pm, and ends Saturday parcel post, with officials citing House budget cuts as the motive. Senator Wiley warns of a deliberate effort to sway postal funding.
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Washington
U.P
Post Office Department
Congress
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Jesse M. Donaldson
House Appropriations Committee
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
House
Wiley
Truman signs long range Indian rehabilitation bill
President Truman signed a bill authorizing a long range economic rehabilitation program for the Navajo and Hopi Indians. He called the legislation an important milestone and said the program will start the tribes on the path to economic self sufficiency long delayed.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Terramycin Reported Curing 19 Diseases in 300 Patients
Boston April 19 report to the American College of Physicians by Dr. Chester Keefer says terramycin cured 19 diseases in 300 treated patients. The antibiotic covers both gram classes and some viruses, with success in pneumonia variants, bronchitis, peritonitis, abscesses, gonorrhea, and other infections, though nausea is common.
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Boston
American College of Physicians
Chester 5S. Keefer
Senate Honors U S Airmen In Protest Over Baltic Incident
The Senate voted 66 to 0 to praise and decorate 10 U S airmen killed in what is called a Soviet attack on an unarmed plane over the Baltic. Lawmakers denounced the action as criminal and barbarous and urged steps to prevent a repeat while the State Department rejected Moscow's charges of provocation.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Baltic
State Department
Moscow
Navy
Russia
Ussr Ostenta
Revokes License of Dr. Sander in New Hampshire
The New Hampshire board revoked Dr. Hermann N. Sander's medical license after a six hour meeting on Wednesday. The 41 year old, acquitted March 9 of murder in the death of Mrs. Abbie Borroto, was found guilty of morally reprehensible action for injecting air into a patient. The board indicated possible reinstatement options after June 19, 1950, and said appeals to the state Supreme Court are available. Republican Rep. George A. Myhaver called for a legislative inquiry into the revocation.
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Concord
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
New Hampshire
State Board of Registration In Medicine
Abbie Borroto
Sanders
Russia withdraws support from UN Palestine plan
Moscow unexpectedly pulled support from the United Nations plan for international rule over Jerusalem. The move undermines the effort backed by a bloc of Communist Catholic and Arab delegates and shifts the vote dynamics, with the Soviet bloc a key factor in the 38 to 14 tally and potential shift if five votes flipped.
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Lake Success
Russia
United Nations
Jerusalem
General Assembly
United States
Britain
Israel
Jordan
Holy City
Vatican
Door Is Left Open for Possible Railroad Strike Settlement
Chicago April 19. Railroad firemen and engine men vote to strike at 6 am next Wednesday against four major systems Pennsylvanian New York Central Santa Fe and Southern. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen may pause if progress toward a settlement is seen. About 18 000 men would be involved, with 110 000 members claimed for the union.
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Chicago
David B. Robertson
Cleveland
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
National Labor Railway Act
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Robertson
Brotherhood of 16 Engineers
Alvanley Johnston
Engineers Union
Selke Explains Dismissal of Vande Bogart
Montana university system chancellor says the state education board acted to protect higher education by firing Northern Montana college president G. H. Vande Bogart. Selke notes 15 faculty members, about two thirds of Northern’s staff, endorsed the board’s action and his recommendation. The decision sets June 30 as termination, with pay through December 31, 1950.
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Helena
Montana
University System
State Education Board
G. H. Vande Bogart
Northern Montana College
G. A. Selke
Education Board
Selke
Vande Bogart
Northern
State Board of Education
Greater
University of Montana
White House opens nationwide talent hunt for government posts
President Truman announced a nationwide talent hunt for qualified men and women to fill hard to staff high government jobs. A six man committee from the “little cabinet” will supervise the search, led by Donald Dawson, the White House administrative assistant.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Butte Weather Forecast Promises Warmer Thursday
Butte predicts fair and warmer conditions on Thursday with a high near 60 and a low around 30. From Tuesday midnight to Wednesday 5 30 pm temperatures vary with a school of mines low of 25 and airport high of 57. West of Divide clouds increase Thursday as temperatures rise to 55 to 65 while east of Divide similar conditions and highs of 55 to 65.
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School of Mines
Divide
Bids Called for Asphalt and Heating Plant Installations
Butte aldermen authorized a call for bids by May 17 for an asphalt processing plant and for a heating plant at city hall. Proposals are to be filed with Clerk Beryl Wilson by 7 p m daylight time. Specifications may be obtained from George W. Tippett, public works commissioner.
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Butte
Beryl Wilson
George W. Tippett
Public Works
Thomas R. Morgan
Butte High School
Inga Heem
Corral
Carl Smith
Stodden
William Cullen
Columbia Gardens
John O'Donnell
Parks and Playgrounds Committee
Clark Park
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Sander
Associated Press
Billings
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Broadus
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