Baltic incident sparks U S clash over Russia note
Secretary Acheson warned Moscow is stirring trouble in key areas while saying East and West will not plunge into war. The scene in Congress grew tense as leaders demanded action after the Baltic P-2-1 shootdown of a Privateer.
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Washington
State Acheson
Russia
United States
Baltic
Moscow
House
John McCormack
Mass
Alan G. Kirk
Kremlin
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Senate
Kirk
Vishinsky
Acheson
President Truman Visits Arm Show Sends Quiet War Peace Message
President Truman spoke at Fort Benning during an orientation for top military and civilian brass. He said he doubted a third world war would occur and urged preparedness to lead for peace, recalling past wars and stating optimism for world sanity. He then flew to Eglin Field for an air power demonstration.
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Fort Benning
Truman
Joint Service
Washington
Independence
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
Mr. Truman
Officials Seek Federal Help to Curb Gambling
New Orleans mayor De Lesseps Morrison Los Angeles mayor Fletcher Bowron and Miami mayor William Wolforth testified before a Senate subcommittee urging a bill to ban interstate gambling information transmission. Police chief William Worton and LA’s Lynn White linked Continental Press and Edward J. McBride to police corruption and California gang killings. bill aims to curb Continental operations.
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Washington
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Miami
Congress
Senate Commerce
Delesseps S. Morrison
Fletcher Bowron
California
Continental
Little Girl Saves Brother and Sisters in Blaze
In Great Falls on April 21 five year old Diane Samoy is credited with saving three younger siblings. She led a younger brother and sister from the burning home and wheeled her five month old sister to safety in a baby carriage. The five children were alone while their mother drove an older child to school and the interior was badly damaged before firefighters contained the blaze.
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Great Falls
U.P
Alice Samoy
Diane
Saih Ey
Truman Asks Extension of Rent Law
President Truman urged Congress to extend federal rent controls for a year to avert steep increases after June 30. He warned 8,000,000 rental units in 40 states would remain under control and the housing shortage would stay acute, with low income families most affected.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
House Banking Committee
Square Dance Show Draws Big Crowd At Montana Festival
The Montana Square Dance Festival opened at Columbia Gardens drawing an estimated 3,500 attendees. Sponsored by the Butte chapter of the American Dancer Society, the event featured square, round and folk dancers from across the state to benefit cancer research. A second performance starts at 8 p.m. with proceeds aiding the fight against cancer.
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Columbia Gardens
Montana
Butte
The
American Dancer Society
Special Loyalty Oath Dropped by California University
The University of California board of regents voted 21 to 1 to discard the special loyalty oath for university employees and adopt a compromise anti Communist proposal. The lone dissenter was Bank of America president Lawrence M Giannini who called the settlement a victory for Communism and resigned from the board.
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Davis
Calif
U.P
University of California Board of Regents
Lawrence M. Giannini
Bank of America
Giannini
California Alumni Association
Wedding Settles Theft Charge in Miami Case
Harold Eugene Adkins, 23, faced Judge Ben C. Willard on a theft charge for taking 40 dollars from Lilly McCoy. Miss McCoy, now his wife, said she no longer wished to prosecute. Judge Willard dismissed the case as they are married.
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Miami
Fla
Harold Eugene Adkins
Ben C. Willard
Lilly McCoy
Miss McCoy
Adkins
Willard
Dancing Event Highlights Dr Lloyd Shaw Appearance
The program offers tickets at the Finlen hotel or Gardens before it begins. Tonight will feature square dance revivalist Dr Lloyd Shaw from Cheyenne Mountain Public School, Colorado Springs, as he leads exhibition and audience calls.
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Finlen Hotel
Lloyd Shaw
Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado Springs
Colo
Shaw
Yakima Boy Trapped in New Jail as Keys Unknown
Yakima police sought to release 16 year old Pete Hagel from a newly built jail whose keys are missing. The steel cell lock could only be opened with a cutting torch, with the contractor holding custody of the building. Hagel and four Marquette high school classmates caused the jam while inspecting the cell bank.
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Yakima
Wash
Pete Hagel
Pete
Seattle
Kentucky
Hagel
Marquette
House approves further 250 million excise tax cuts
The House ways and means committee voted a 250 million dollar cut in excise taxes and repealed levies on baseballs footballs and handbags while halving the 20 percent tax on furs and jewelry. The move brings total cuts to 335 million dollars and may face a presidential veto.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Doughton
D-N. C
Republicans Move to Block Point Four Plan
Washington April 21 Senate Republicans push to block President Truman s point four program and cap 600 million dollars in next year s European recovery funds. Senate debates drag as leaders seek an agreement to vote before the weekend. Hoffman opposes cuts while Taft and Hickenlooper push for reduced European aid. House approval sides with substantial cuts in ECA funding and point four funds.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Europe
Lucas
New York
Paul G. Hoffman
European Co-operations Administration
ECA
Millikin
R-Colo
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Taft
Ohio
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate Republicans
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
House
Scattered Walkouts threaten nationwide telephone strike
In New York on April 21 scattered walkouts flared along Americas telephone network. An official of the CIO warned these minor actions could ignite a national phone strike planned for next Wednesday.
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New York
America
CIO
Butte Weather Forecast Ahead of Weekend
Fair conditions prevail with little temperature change Saturday. Saturday low around 30 and high near 60. Readings for the period 12 midnight Thursday to 5:30 pm Friday show School of Mines highs 62 lows 34 and Airport highs 64 lows 38. West of Divide fair Saturday with highs 50 to 60. East of Divide fair Saturday with highs 58 to 68. Maximums cover 12 hours and minimums 18 hours ending at 5:30 pm Friday.
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School of Mines
Associated Press
Divide
Missoula
Mountain States seeks Montana rate increases for phones
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph asks the Montana railroad public service commission for higher rates to cover rising operating costs. The Helena manager cites about five cents a day more for business lines and roughly 2.5 cents a day for residential service plus increases for other services. The move follows a March 1948 decision that allowed business, exchange and toll rate hikes, while residential rates had been unchanged since 1925. The firm notes subscriber numbers rose from 61,520 in 1940 to 120,053 in 1950 and says new capital requires reasonably adequate earnings.
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Helena
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Montana Railroad Public Service Commission
George S. Redhair
Montana
Missouri Flood Threats Escalate in Omaha District
Army engineers activated the final phase of an emergency flood plan along the Missouri river in the Omaha district. Patrols and radio briefings will monitor conditions as weather officials forecast a crest of about 21.5 feet next Thursday, two and a half feet above flood stage and below the 1943 record.
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Omaha
Missouri
Army
Weather Bureau
Czechs Ordered to Close Chicago Office
The United States orders the Czech consulate general in Chicago closed by May 1 in retaliation for Czechoslovakia’s actions against US information services. State Department officials say Prague’s quarrel is with the truth, not US information, as other Czech offices remain open in New York Cleveland Philadelphia Pittsburgh and the Panama Canal Zone.
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Washington
United States
Czechoslovakia
Chicago
Soviet Bloc
United States Information Service
USIS
Joseph Kolarek
State Acheson
Voice of America
New York
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Panama Canal Zone
Prague
Brati- Slava
State Department
Kolarek
Air Force C-54 Crashes Near Tokyo Killing All Aboard
A United States Air Force C-54 with 35 aboard crashed into a mountainside about 60 miles south of Tokyo killing all on board. The passengers included several members of an allied headquarters trade mission from Manila bound for Tokyo and eight crew members. Names and roles of mission members are listed, with reports placing the wreck on Hiragatake in the Tanazawa range.
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Tokyo
U.P
United States Air Force
Allied Headquarters
Manila
Philippine Foreign Office
Allied Supreme Command
SCAP
Air Force
Shining God Mountain
Sacred Mt. Fuji
Here
Hiragatake Mountain
Tanazawa Range
Frank Pickelle
Douglas MacArthur
J. G. Torrens
R. C. O'Hara
B. W. Adams
T. M. Tonole
United States
Clarkfield
O'Hara
Davao
Mindanao
the Pines
Okinawa
Oshima
Tachikawa Air Base
U S Denounces Russia Trieste Charges
Secretary of State Acheson rejects Moscow's accusation that the United States violates the Italian peace treaty by keeping troops in Trieste. He says the claim is wholly false and defends Western troops in zone A as in full compliance with treaty obligations.
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Washington
Acheson
Russia
United States
Trieste
Moscow
France
Britain
Italy
Yugoslavia
Southeast Asia rejects communism within a year says US mission head
Allen Griffin head of a US economic mission in Southeast Asia expressed confidence that the region will reject Communism within a year. He noted no signs of welcome for Communism in Indo China Burma Thailand Malaya and Indonesia after a seven week tour. Nationalists seeking independence in Indo China have at times cooperated with Communists.
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Jakarta
Allen Griffin
United States
Southeast Asia
Griffin
Indo-China
Burma
Thailand
Siam
Malaya
Indonesia
Pilot Killed in F-80 Jet Crash Near Mesa
An Air Force pilot died when his F-80 jet crashed into a mountainside east of Mesa Arizona during a routine training flight Friday. The crash occurred April 21 as the fighter developed trouble while in training.
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Mesa
Ariz
U.P
Air Force
Here
North Dakota Faces Record Floods as Waters Rise
North Dakota flood fighters hosed in the Red River valley and Jamestown battle rising waters. The Red River nears crest at Grand Forks, Jamestown braces with sandbags against the James and Pipestem, and about 650 Jamestown families are flooded out. Water surrounds the Jamestown water plant as crews rush to protect supplies. Grafton works to drain basements after two floods, with no new major danger forecast.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Red River
Jamestown
James River Valley
Pembina
Grand Forks
James
Pipestem
James River
Red Cross
Grafton
Nationalists claim defeat of five day Hainan invasion
Taipei reports shattering Nationalist victory claim after five day battle on Hainan island. They say 6,000 Reds surrendered and 2,000 to 4,000 killed, while observers note air activity and possible Russian involvement amid inconsistent reports.
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Taipei
Formosa
Hainan Island
Hainan
Hoshow
Stanley Rich
Associated Press
Hong Kong
Hoshow Field
Central News Agency
Central Daily News
Navy
Lukhow
Central
Tiny Baby Given Fighting Chance
A two pound three ounce baby girl born two months early in Hamilton was given a fighting chance to live. Doctors estimate about a 3 in 10 survival, with the infant described as the smallest ever born at the local hospital.
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Hamilton
Gardner Brownlee
Armon Meis
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