Blizzard Adds to Misery in Flood Area
Grand Forks North Dakota reports a blizzard worsening flood misery as Red River swells to 15 feet and Red Lake river water pours in. Dam burst 30 miles north at Crookston forces 200 families to flee while 6408 families in two states affected by rising waters and evacuations.
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Grand Forks
N. D
U.P
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River
Red Lake
Crookston
Minn
Red Cross
Four Senators Listen as Connally Attacks Absent Colleagues
Four United States Senators heard Sen Elbert Thomas argue for the 3 372 450 000 foreign aid bill in the Senate chamber. Sen Connally condemned the 92 absent members urging an early vote and speedier action while Wherry supported quicker progress. Earlier proposals sought farm purchase mandates in the European recovery program linking to ECA policy.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Connally
Texas
Wherry
R-Neb
McFarland
D-Ariz
Sen
Elbert Thomas
Utah
McClellan
Arkansas
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Economic Co-operation Administration
ECA
Europe
Montana to invest 10 million in federal treasury certificates
Governor Bonner says Montana state depository board will invest 10 million dollars of state funds in federal treasury certificates. The move shifts about one third of deposits to fund the investment, aiming to earn interest on the cash balance across Montana banks. The 5 million university building fund remains in government certificates earning 1.8 percent.
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Helena
U.P
John W. Bonner
State Depository Board
Treasury
Bonner
John J. Holmes
Alta Fisher
Montana
Eisenhower urges press to defend freedom and truthful reporting
General Eisenhower called on U S newspapers to keep news free from bias and defend political and economic freedoms. He praised the press for wartime reporting and urged factual coverage to aid wise public decisions amid rising censorship blamed on Cold War pressures by the Associated Press board.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
United States
Eisenhower
Associated Press Board of Directors
Lloyd Stratton
Associated Press
Britain on Brink of Disaster Says Churchill
Winston Churchill warned that Labour extravagance and class hatred have driven Britain to the brink of disaster. He urged opposition plans to force two confidence votes Wednesday on the 1950 51 budget while attacking Chancellor Sir Stafford Cripps for extravagance. Cripps defended government policy saying most Britons are better off than before the war.
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London
U.P
Winston Churchill
Britain
Churchill
Stafford Cripps
Cripps
Missoula Fire Injures Six at Propane Plant
Six Pro pane company workers injured in a Missoula fire at the north side gas plant. Two workers were seriously burned in the flare up as safety valves vented propane tanks. Company president Tom C. Bird estimated losses above 25 thousand dollars.
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Missoula
Propane Company, Inc
Tom C. Bird
Bird
Wallace Smyth
Floyd Hertmanek
Robert Anderson
Walter Lang
James Lee
Robert McHugh
Truman Warns Communism Is Real Danger To Free Nations
President Truman warned of a real danger that Communism could swallow free nations and strengthen Russia for an attack on the United States. He spoke at a federal bar association dinner criticizing critics of the loyalty program and urged reporting any Communist presence in government.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
United States
McCarthy
R-Wis
Federal Bar Association
Mr. Truman
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Giannini Quits As UC Regent
Lawrence M. Giannini president of the Bank of America resigns as a University of California regent after dissenting on a loyalty oath compromise. He cast the lone no vote at Davis and called the settlement a victory for Communism.
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San Francisco
U.P
Lawrence M. Giannini
Bank of America
University of California
Giannini
Palm Springs
Calif
Davis
Nude Doukhobors Continue Naked Demonstrations in B C
Nine nude teenage girls lead a parade of naked Doukhobors through Krestova as the Sons of Freedom press their protest against Canadian authority. Police record the 46 undressed marchers and 200 clothed followers, with potential transfer of detainees to Nanaimo if protests persist.
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Krestova
B. C
U.P
Doukhobor Colony
Radical
Sons of Freedom
Nelson
Freedomites
Roger Peachey
Nanaimo
Vancouver Island
Soviet Russia
Emmett Gulley
American Friends Service Committee
Quakers
Peter Petrovitch Veregin
Chinese Reds Close on Complete Control of Hainan
STANLEY RICH HONG KONG April 24 The Chinese Communists near total control of Hainan island within days credit guerrilla campaign for quick victory over Nationalists Though Nationalists had 125000 troops 100 plane air force and a small navy they collapsed as guerrillas and defections surged Chiang Kai-shek authorities prepared evacuation by sea
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Hainan Island
Yulin
Chiang Kai-shek
Senators to Study State Department Loyalty Checks
Senators Breen and Lodge were assigned to objectively study the State Department's loyalty screening machinery. The move shifts the Senate inquiry from case by case hearings into a broader review of security procedures, amid McCarthy charges of Communist influence.
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Gop Solons
State Department
Washington
U.P
Theodore Francis Breen
D-R. I
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
R-Mass
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Green
Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
McCarthy
Owen Lattimore
Subcommittee
Millard E. Tydings
D-Md
Lattimore
Tydings
Special
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Dean Acheson
Dukes
Rotary Convention Ends Today Elected District Governor
The 27th anniversary Montana Rotary district conference ends today in Butte with Terry Man elected district governor to take office in July. Final sessions cover readings, memorials, finance, and district business as delegates hear reports and discuss "For the Good of the District" led by past governors.
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Rotary
Terry Man
Montana
Rotary International
Silver Bow
Hotel
Finlen
C. W. Grantley
Rotary Club
Terry
Ernest Immel
Miles City
Finance
E. P. Frizelle
Butte
Detroit
L. W Upshaw
Great Falls
Lloyd Helmer
Polson
Supreme Court Invalidates Texas Death Record Over Racial Jury Bias
The Supreme Court voted seven to one to overturn the death sentence of Lee Cassel, a Black Texas defendant, because Dallas county grand jury selection excluded Blacks. Justice Reed stated jury commissioners must consider race, wiping out the murder conviction while leaving room for possible new indictment and trial. Justice Jackson dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Reed
Dallas County
Lee Cassel
Jackson
Douglas
No Important Papers Lost in Atomic Fire at Cal
Berkeley April 24 An atomic scientist said no important documents were lost in the fire that destroyed a major building at the University of California atomic research project Sunday night. FBI agents investigated the campus installation of the atomic energy commission for clues to the cause. The two story building housed a laboratory and engineering sections and admin quarters near the cyclotron. Brobeck said all secret documents were locked in a vault in another building. An AEC spokesman and the university estimated the loss at 150000 dollars. A second fire occurred nearby likely started from a hot plate under an acid vat and was quickly put out.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California Atomic Research Project
FBI
Atomic Energy Commission
William M. Brobeck
AEC
Chicago
University
Man Who Put Bomb on Plane Charged
Santa Monica Calif April 24 The state Monday formally charged 32 year old Johnny Henry Grant with six counts of attempted murder and one count of violating public health and safety for placing a fire bomb aboard a United Airlines plane last Monday. Grant's wife and two children were among 13 passengers on the San Diego bound flight. The baggage man allegedly carried the flam ing gasoline bomb from the loading rack to the runway as the plane loaded passengers departed for San Diego.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Johnny Henry Grant
United Air Lines
Grant
San Diego
Los Angeles Police Fight Wolfpack Hoodlums in Parks
Police in Los Angeles deploy specially selected officers to round up youths wielding clubs tires and blackjacks amid unprovoked attacks. A 16 year old Richard Ryes is near death from knife wounds in Lincoln Park. Ten arrests have been made and authorities say the incidents are flareups not organized gangs.
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Los Angeles
Richard Ryes
Lincoln Park
Long Beach
Norma Wood
William B. Wood
James L. Mayer
Butte Weather Forecast Tuesday Outlook
Butte forecast shows partly cloudy to cloudy skies Tuesday with a high near 45 and a low around 22. The School of Mines reports a max 41 min 17 while the Airport lists 43 and 20 with .01 inches of precipitation. West of Divide cloudy with light rain possible and highs 45 to 55. east of Divide partly cloudy with a few snow showers and highs 40 to 50.
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School of Mines
Divide
Superior
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
Peeretetirt
Watchdog Probably in Doghouse Now
Long Beach reports a burglar entered George Smith’s shop while Tex the watchdog watched. The intruder stole about 1500 dollars worth of tools and equipment, entering through a 10 by 13 inch aperture cut in the building to reach Tex.
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Long Beach
Calif
Tex
George Smith
State Highway Commission Opens Bids Today
Montana's highway commission will open bids on 14 road and bridge projects today in Helena. Re advertised items include grade and drainage work on the St Ignatius Pablo road in Lake county and new items for Forsyth west road and Roundup north road among others. The session, which began Monday, will be the commission's last meeting.
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Helena
Montana
Highway Commission
St. Ignatius- Pablo
Lake County
St. Ignatius- Pablo Road
Wyola-North
Wyoming Line
Crow Agency Road
Big Horn County
Glacier County
Forsyth— West
Forsyth-Miles City Road
Rosebud County
Forsyth-west Road
Musselshell
Missoula-Clinton
Missoula
Turrah
Missoula County
Eureka-Roosville
Stryker- Roosville
Lincoln County
Ingomar-Vanada
Roundup-Forsyth
Jackson-Dillon
Beaverhead
Manhattan-south Road
Gallatin County
Broadus
Powder River
Perma-Hot Springs
Sanders County
Annual Election of Chamber Booked on May 8
The Butte Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual board election on Monday May 8 ballots mailed to members tonight with a roster as of April 1 Eighteen directors will be elected due to vacancies eight more than the usual sixteen Nineteen candidates receive the most votes to become directors and a list of holdovers is provided including Charles Amos O R Ashford J J Burke and others
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
R. L. Thomas
John N. Newland
Marvin Bowman
J. G. Degman
E. P. Frizelle
Harold McGrath
Charles Robel
West Broadway
H. L. Casebeer
Kenneth Christie
A. J. Davis
T. J. Davis
J. H. Dickey, Jr
T. L. Doran
H H. James
A. J. Knivel
E. S. McGlone
Dan J. Mooney
N. L. Richmond
George N. Short
J. R. Thomas
F. A. Thompson
Will Tiddy
C. S. Youlden
Charles Amos
O. R. Ashford
J. J. Burke
Martin Fleming
Charles H. Gallagher
George A. Hill
Tom Kelly
R. J. MacDonald
Roy E. Murray
Telephone workers halt strike threats amid delayed talks
Union firemen postponed their walkout at the government request for two weeks. Negotiations with four major railroads were adjourned with no progress and will resume Tuesday. About 10,000 CIO Communications Workers members were ordered to jam long distance lines. The Chrysler strike in Detroit continued as auto talks resumed.
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Division 6
CIO Communication Workers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Santa Fe
Southern
David B. Robertson
The
Brotherhood
Chicago
Francis A. O'Neill, Jr
National Mediation Board
Robertson
O'Neill
Detroit
Chrysler
CIO Auto Workers
Automobile Corporation
Federal
Montana Court Hears Appeals on Slot Machines
Montana's Supreme Court opened a week of slot machine appeals to decide if machines are illegal gambling or lotteries under the state constitution. Arguments cover Diversion club in Helena and whether state licenses affect legality, with briefs due in Reed and Marck case from Conrad.
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Helena
Montana
Supreme Court
High Court
Friends of the Court
Charles G. Reed
Alex Marck
Conrad
Lewis and Clark County
Melvin E. Magnuson
Milton Israel
E. K. Cheadle
H. W. Conrad, Jr
Reed-March
State Board of Equalization
Ex-Soldier charged in California killing after Marines dispute
In Madera California on April 24 a 39 year old war veteran Rayna Carmen of North Fork admitted firing at a 16 year old Wilbur McSwain after an argument over Army versus Marines. He was jailed on a murder charge and a separate assault with intent to kill for wounding Alvin McSwain, 19.
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Madera
Calif
U.P
Army of the Marines
Rayna
Carmen
North Fork
Wilbur McSwain
McSwain
Alvin
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State
Press
U.S
Ernest B. Vacarro
By Stewart McNeil
Hainan
Stanley Rich
Butte Hill
Leona L. Lampi
Rotary Foundation
Miss Lampi
University of Helsinki
Finland
Percy Doles
Havre
State Highway Commission
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