Steel Mill Seizure Case Heard By Court
U S District Judge David A Pine weighed government claims that courts lack authority in emergencies to block President Truman s steel mill seizures as industry lawyers urged immediate injunctions The judge scheduled further arguments and promised a prompt ruling after Friday witnesses and officials testified about the impact on steel production and national emergency powers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
David A. Pine
Truman
Holmes Baldridge
Pine
Baldridge
Capitol
Defense Lovett
Senate
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
United States
Chamber
House
Barden
D-N. C
Labor Committee
Communists Call Off Talks on Prisoner Issue
Communist negotiators at Panmunjom halted secret talks on prisoner exchange in Korea. The UN proposed recess until positions are reconsidered, as the Reds object to forced repatriation and say Allied talks deceive the world. The stalemate centers on voluntary repatriation and post armistice patrol rules, with no date set for resumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
George W. Huckman
Col
Hickman
Red
Soviet
Russia
Don O. Darrow
Warplanes Blast Commie Tanks Near Front Lines
Allied warplanes pounded eight Communist tanks about 500 yards from Allied lines and destroyed six trucks and two camouflaged vehicles on the central front. Sabre jets damaged two MiGs in MIG Alley at dusk. Night bombers hit rail targets at Chongju and Chinnampo as Navy carriers cut rail lines in northeast Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Far East Air Force
Chongju
Chinnampo
Navy
St. Paul
Manchester
Buck
Chongjin
Eighth Army
Truman hints he may name Democratic nominee soon
President Truman signaled at a weekly news conference that he may soon choose the Democratic standard bearer, saying he has no candidates at present. Four declared runners are Kefauver, Russell, Kerr, and Harriman. He defended Harriman amid calls to quit his post. Taft urged Eisenhower to speak on issues and warned he could be a weak candidate if nominated. Paul Hoffman expects Eisenhower to state his views in Abilene on June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Mutual Security
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Richard
D-S. C
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Taft
Ohio
Gen
Eisenhower
Mutual Broadcasting System
Dewey
Spokane woman seeks refund for unused marriage license
A Spokane woman canceled her wedding plans and asked County Auditor James D. Riggs in Coeur d Alene for a refund of a marriage license she had been issued. She wrote the license should be returned or burned if no refund is possible. Riggs replied there is no refund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
UPR
Spokane
James D. Riggs
Riggs
Truman Sparks Media Stir With Iran Ultimatum Claim
President Truman at a news conference caused a brief stir by saying he sent an ultimatum to Stalin backed by U S troops and ships in the Middle East and forced Russia to leave Iran in 1946. White House later clarified he did not send a personal note nor intend war, but cited UN leadership and diplomacy as the force behind Iran's evacuation.
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Washington
Truman
Stalin
U. S
Middle East
Iran
White House
Russia
United Nations
Truman pleads for 600 million for civil defense
President Truman accused Congress of starving the civil defense program and called for the full 600 million dollars requested for next year. He warned that not one American city has adequate preparations for an enemy attack and urged rapid expansion of volunteers, bomb shelters, medical stockpiles, and civilian training ahead of potential targets. Simultaneously, 1,000 radio stations will participate in emergency control tests overnight under FCC and Air Defense Command plans.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Congress
United States
Civil Defense Administration
Air Force
Federal Communications Commission
Air Defense Command
Butte and Anaconda Move To Daylight Saving Time
Butte and Anaconda will observe daylight saving time starting midnight Sunday. City council and county commissioners approved resolutions to extend daylight saving until September 1. Anaconda Copper Mining Co will switch at 7 am Monday morning, aligning with daylight time. Residents simply move clocks forward one hour.
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Butte
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda Adopts Daylight Saving Time by Unanimous Vote
At a special Anaconda city council meeting on Thursday night officials unanimously approved daylight saving time. Representatives from the Crafts union Teamsters Retail Clerks and the Chamber of Commerce supported the move.
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Anaconda
Crafts, Teamsters and
Chamber of Commerce
Bleachers Collapse Injures 50 At Oklahoma City Picture
In Oklahoma City on April 24 423 junior high students posed for a class photo when portable bleachers collapsed on soft ground. About 50 were injured with 12 remain in hospital for broken limbs and cuts. Coach John Hooks credited with helping pull victims from wreckage.
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Oklahoma City
Photogra High School
Tommy Holliman
Photographpher C. E. Ginter
Ginter
John Hooks
Probers Dig Into Nunan's Affairs
Washington April 24 Probers examine Joseph D Nunan former internal revenue commissioner over a 24985 share stock fee for three or four phone calls on a tax case. Sullivan testified that Nunan aided by discussing the case while chief tax collector and later worked for Ward Brown and Bigelow. The panel seeks sources of 161000 dollars reportedly received 1945 to 1950 with 97000 in cash not accounted for.
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Washington
Joseph D. Nunan
Internal Revenue
House
Thomas Sullivan
Chicago
Nunan
Sullivan
The
Revenue Bureau
Ways and Means
Treasury
New York
Charles Ward
Brown and Bigelow
St. Paul
Ward
Charles Lyons
Subcommittee Counse
Kansas City Spared by Flood Waters
Kansas City faced the Missouri River flood crest with limited damage as the river, carrying about 400 000 cubic feet of water per second, passed the city. Emergency sandbag and lumber defenses were set atop dikes, and officials noted the flood’s peak did not threaten major districts. Across the Mississippi, Wisconsin and Illinois saw rising waters while Iowa towns reported levee issues and closures as the flood moved downstream.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Don G. Shingler
Omaha
Missouri River Division
Shingler
Kaw
Kansas
Omah
Council Bluffs
Rockies
Rule
Nebraska
St. Louis
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Dubuque
Iowa
William S. Beardsley
Sabula
Clinton
Hague Loses Job as New Jersey Party Leader
In Trenton on April 24 Frank Hague, longtime Democratic boss, was ousted as Democratic national committeeman from New Jersey. Archibald Alexander, ex under secretary of the Army, replaces him and now seeks election to the U S Senate with backing from the National Democratic Club of New Jersey which has gained influence as Hague loses grip on the party.
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Trenton
N. J
Frank Hague
New Jersey
Democrats
Democratic State Committee
Archibald Alexander
Alexander
U. S
National Democratic Club of
Hague
Butte Montana Weather Forecast Friday Warmth Continues
Continued fair with little change in temperature in Butte and Montana. Minimums around the mid thirties, highs upper seventies to low eighty, and periods of warm, dry conditions expected through Friday and Friday night. Specific city readings include Butte Airport and Montana School of Mines values in the 30s to low 80s range.
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School of Mines
Montana
Square Dance Festival Opens Tonight for Cancer Fund
The third annual Square Dance festival begins at the Mining city's Civic Center in Butte to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. Master of ceremonies Ralph Maxhimer from North Hollywood arrives Friday, with clinics, dinners, and exhibition dances leading to a jamboree and a busy two day program. Continuous events include a 1:30 pm Saturday callers clinic and a transit plan by Butte City Lines for festival crowds.
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For Cancer Fund
Civic Center
Butte
Treasure State
American Cancer Society
Ralph Max
Himer
North Hollywood
Calif
Maxhimer
Montana
Finlen
Silver Bow
Butte Country Club
Tom Mellett
Butte City Lines
Civic Auditorium
Censure Truman for Steel Seizure
The American Newspaper Publishers Association censured President Truman for his steel seizure and vowed to resist a similar move against the press or radio by any president. A resolution, passed at the ANPA meeting with four dissenters, challenged inherent presidential power to seize media.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Truman
ANPA
United States
White House
Charlies F. McCahill
Cleveland News
McCahill
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Butte Basks in Warmest Day Since Oct 10
Butte residents enjoyed a 72 degree Thursday the warmest since October 10 when it reached 75. The reading neared the all time for this date of 74. Forecasters expect a 75 degree high Friday with a 35 degree low after Thursday's 30.
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Butte
Mining City
Weather Bureau
Eight Hostage Guards Are Unharmed
Convict rebels at a southern Michigan prison surrendered their five day mutiny. They freed eight hostage guards who were groggy but unharmed as cell block 15 was finally abandoned. Warden Frisbie said convicts wrecked the block but the prison began to regain order with Gov. Williams visiting the site.
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Jackson
Mich
Southern Michigan
Michigan
Block 15
Julian N. Frisbie
G. Mennen Williams
Lansing
Commies Storm Berlin Border
Berlin reports that Communist blue shirts breached the West Berlin frontier during a peace rally, causing a few injuries and 14 arrests. East Berlin youths attempted to inflame tensions with insults and chants while West Berlin police said about 15,000 infiltrators moved into the French sector area and another 10,000 gathered along the Soviet frontier. A prearranged signal launched the demonstration as the work day ended, with brick-throwing and one kidnapping of a West Berlin officer into East Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West Berlin
East Berlin
Mayor Orders Police to Stop Teen Night Loitering
Mayor Thomas R. Morgan issued a written directive to the police department calling on officers to halt late hour loitering by teenagers and their wild driving on Fridays to Sundays. The memo cites complaints from Butte residents and businesses about noise, property damage, and disturbances that disrupt sleep in hotels and uptown apartments. Officers are instructed to pick up all offenders to curb the behavior.
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Thomas R. Morgan
Police Department
Butte
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