Book From Sea May Trace Lost Navy Privateer Plane
Swedish fishermen found an English navigational guidebook in the Baltic near Oland that may have belonged to the American Navy Privateer plane reported missing April 8. The book lists radio facilities and locations and was sent to Wiesbaden for analysis along with life rafts and a cushion with possible bullet marks.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic Sea
Segerstad
Oland Island
United States Air Force
Wiesbaden
Germany
Baltic
United States Navy
United States
Copenhagen
Mellby Oer
Politiken
Beechland
Washington, D. C
Port Lyautey
North Africa
Square Dancers Attend Festival in Butte Montana
West Yellowstone residents return from a square dance festival in Butte at Columbia Gardens where more than 10 percent of the winter population was absent. The event raised funds for cancer research, with many families from Montana listed among participants and supporters.
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West Yellowstone
Butte
Columbia Gardens
Montana
John Kitman
Jack Goran
Bob Alexander
Verne Schultz
Jess Pratt
Mos Palmer
E. L. Painhower
Walttewart
L. E. Riter, Jr
Woodrow Bartlett
Francis Smith
Wilam Nichols
Bee Alker
Parolee Leaps to Death From 14-Story Window
A 28 year old Manhattan parolee, seized as a prowler, leaped to his death from a 14 story hotel window in midtown New York after police turned their backs to question another man. The victim was identified as George Hill.
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New York
George Hill
Manhattan
35 American Dead Found in Wreck of Air Force Plane
Search parties found 35 American bodies in the C-54 crash on Mount Hirugatake near Tokyo after a massive hunt involving 2,700 U.S. personnel and 800 Japanese. Five officials from Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters were aboard heading to Tachikawa.
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Air Force
Mount Hirugatake
Japan
Johnson Air Base
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Manila
Far East Command
MacArthur
Alvin G. Gladson
Albia
Iowa
Tachikawa
Russians Guard Baltic Coast Purge Reported
Berlin report says Russians purge Baltic republics to safeguard coastal defenses after an American plane alleged near photographs. Baltic refugees in Sweden cite fear of a fifth column and Soviet resettlement of tens of thousands across Latvia Estonia and Lithuania. Vatican sources put Lithuanian clergy deportations at 800000 to 1,000,000 to Siberia.
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Berlin
Neue Zeitung
Information Services Division
United States High Commissioner's Office
Sweden
Russia
United States
United States Navy
Baltic Sea
Copenhagen
Wiesbaden
Baltic
United States Air Force Base
Germany
Soviet Union
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Vatican
Siberia
100 Whales Die as Islanders Watch
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands. Nearly 100 bottlenose whales washed ashore in the Bay of Holland at Stronsay. Island residents watched helplessly as the whales died, despite the county council asking for outside help to clear the beach.
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Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
Bay of Holland
Stronsay
Orkney
U.S. Bears 75 Percent of Atlantic Pact Armament Cost
London dispatch reveals Atlantic pact nations spend nearly 20 billion dollars annually on armaments with the United States financing about three quarters of the total. The piece notes that as Marshall aid ends in 1952 Washington may shoulder even more of the defense budget as Western Europe seeks to deter Soviet and communist influence.
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Europe
R. H. Shackford
United Press
Shackford
London
U.P
United States
Western Europe
Far East
Soviet Union
America
Communist Pressure May Speed Senate Aid Bill Message
Washington April 23. President's aides rely on renewed Communist pressure to push a 3.732 billion foreign aid bill through the Senate. Senator Tydings cites Berlin demonstrations and spy trials as stiffening effects while Senator Hickenlooper seeks a 600 million cut to curb deficits and rethink how funds are spent.
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Senate
Europe
Jack Bell
Washington
Senator Tydings
D-Md
Berlin
Congress
Maryland
Tydings
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Air Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senator Hickenlooper
Iowa
Flood Gate Bursts Drench Crookston Minnesota
Crookston Minnesota faces rising Red Lake river flood after a burst gate upstream. The 9,000 resident town fights record waters with autos submerged and residents trapped as ice dam- breach worsens the crisis. National Guardsmen aid rescue efforts amid swelling flood.
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Crookston
Minn
Red Lake River
New Heights
Gentilly
Minnesota
Government May Enter Rail Strike Picture
Government officials consider actions to avert a planned strike by firemen and enginemen on four major railroads including the Pennsylvania New York Central Southern and Santa Fe. A separate issue pits Telephone Installation Workers against AT and T with a 65 day wage truce at stake and a possible Wednesday strike. Mediators addressed Chrysler and UAW talks as autoworkers face an 89 day strike with broad grievances and a near resolved pension issue.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Southern
Alchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
New York
Truman
CIO Communication Workers of America
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
Earnest Weaver
CWA
Western Electric Company
AT and T
Western Electric
South Bend
Ind
District of Columbia
Chrysler
Company
CIO United Auto
Cyclotron fire devastates UC Berkeley campus installations
Flames erupted at the University of California Berkeley campus tonight as a blaze swept the atomic energy commission's giant cyclotron installations. Police said the fire sent smoke and embers hundreds of feet into the sky, threatening surrounding buildings and prompting emergency responses.
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Berkeley
Calif
Atomic Energy Commission
University of California
Reds Capture Hainan Capital in Fast Communist Advance
Hong Kong dispatch reports Communist invaders seized Has how, taking the island capital as Nationalist forces admit losses on Hainan. Early Sunday sources say the Reds overran much of the north coast and claim heavy fighting with over 10,000 Nationalist casualties in a week.
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Hong Kong
U.R
Hainan
Hashow
China
Chiang Kin-shek
Formosa
Chushan
Chusan
McCarthy Fails to See Scope of Housecleaning Fight
Secretary of State Dean Acheson assailed Republican attacks on loyalty of department workers as a filthy, dangerous bid to undermine U.S. foreign policy. He warned the so called housecleaning risks libeling loyal staff amid McCarthy’s push for a wider purge. Miller Tydings disclosed new leads as the Senate panel probes McCarthy charges of Communists in the State Department.
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John L. Steele
Washington
U.P
Dean Acheson
Acheson
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Joseph R. McCarthy
Alger Hisses
State Department
Truman
Federal Bar Association
White House
Charles G. Ross
McCarthy
Senate Foreign Relations
Millard E. Tydings
Dmd
Tee
Man Dies Behind Wheel On Brown's Gulch Road Near Butte
Hugo Wirkkanen of 207 South Wyoming collapsed likely from a heart attack while driving on Brown's Gulch road Sunday afternoon. The auto slowed and stopped against an embankment. his wife and another passenger were only slightly jarred. Wirkkanen was rushed to a Butte hospital by passenger Ernest DeDea, with police involvement noted.
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Brown's Gulch Road
Hugo Wirkkanen
South
Wyoming
Wirkkanen
Butte
Ernest DeDea
Butte Boy Scouts Brave Toll Mountain Winter Outing
Fifty members of Troop 9 of Butte, sponsored by First Baptist, endured sub freezing temperatures and intermittent blizzards on a Toll Mountain overnight. They broke ice for water, cooked by campfires, and while some served at a charity dance, they returned with fond memories and a desire to stay. Scoutmaster Wayne Jones praised the Explorer-age leaders for training the younger scouts. Rex Clark assisted as a scoutmaster. Ages ranged from 11 to 18 with most under 14.
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Butte
Boy Scouts
Troop 9
First Baptist Church
Toll Mountain
Montana
Butte Scouts
Wayne Jones
Columbia Gardens
Jones
Rotarians Gather in Butte for Annual Conclave Sessions
Rotarians from Montana gather in Butte for the 27th anniversary district 167 Rotary conference. Morning plenary opens at 9:30 in the Silver Bow room Finlen hotel with welcome by Harold McGrath and remarks by Eugene Savage. Attendance includes 100 registrants and 250 more expected for business sessions.
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Treasure State
Butte
Montana
Rotary International
Silver Bow
Finlen Hotel
Harold A. McGrath
Host Butte Club
Henry Bishop
Eugene Savage
Peter F. MacDonald
McGrath
Edmund T. Anderson
Great Falls
S. E. Davis
Western Montana College of Education
Dillon
J. Ed McLaughlin
Ralls
Texas
McLaughlin
D. Gordon Rognlein
Kalispell
Clair G. Manning
Billings
R. R. Renne
Bozeman
Rotary
Treasure State Room
Rotary Growing Says Ex-Director at Montana Conclave
J Ed McLaughlin of Ralls Texas banker and Rotary International former director spoke at Montana Rotarians twenty seventh annual state conference in Butte about growing global membership. He noted clubs in 83 nations with new clubs and a 7000 plus increase in international membership. He planned to attend Rochester N Y and Detroit discussions as Rotary convention chair. McLaughlin has long ties to Butte and To Davis family friends.
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Rotary International
J. Ed McLaughlin
Ralls
Texas
Montana
Butte
Rotary
Germany
Austria
Japan
McLaughlin
California
Great Falls Tavern Operator Killed in Crash
Great Falls April 23 Joseph Hal Crosby operator of Great Falls tavern was killed Sunday when his car overturned on a curve on United States highway 87 89 fifteen miles southeast of Great Falls. His stepson Jim Miller twelve suffered minor cuts and was taken to a local hospital for observation. The accident occurred about 4 20 p m as Crosby and Miller were en route to Billings to visit the boy s mother. Witnesses said the car traveling at a high rate of speed turned over on the curve The car rolled two or three times and rested on the highway.
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Great Falls
Joseph Hal Crosby
Here
Jim Miller
Crosby
Miller
Billings
Butte Weather Forecast: Partly Cloudy to Snow Showers
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with occasional light snow showers. Cool temperatures with Monday highs around 40 and morning lows near 18. Station reads示: School of Mines max 39 min 24. Airport max 33 min 99. West of Divide 40 to 45. East of Divide 35 to 45.
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School of Mines
Associated Press
Divide
Min. Pet
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus Wenarsneeneteces
Butte
Custer
Cut Bank Eeeeraeeeneres
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre Deeresesestonnes
Helena Erry Eevee
Kalispell Seneeee Aeeee
Lewistown
Livingston Aeneenensees
Miles City
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Commie
Yulin
Hainan Island
Chaing Kai-shek
McMahon
Butte Boy Scouts
Rotarians
Rotary Growing
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