Republicans Await Court Decision On Steel Case
In Washington on April 28 Republicans decided to wait a week for a court ruling on the steel seizure before moving on impeachment or censure proposals aimed at President Truman. Rep. Martin said impeachment sentiment exists if the court finds the seizure illegal, with nine resolutions referred to the judiciary committee.
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Washington
Republican House
Truman
Martin
Massachusetts
GOP
House
House Judiciary Committee
David A. Pine
Carrier Wasp Returns After Mid Atlantic Collision Disaster
The 27 100 ton aircraft carrier Wasp limped home with 61 survivors from the Hobson after a nighttime collision 1,200 miles east of Boston. 176 Hobson crewmen are missing. A court of inquiry will be held.
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Washington
Wasp
Hobson
B. C. McCaffree
Navy
Mediterranean
Boston
Azores
Rodman
McCaffree
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Norfolk
Com. W. J. Tierney
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
CIO Oilworkers Strike Looming Nationwide Disruption
Denver April 28. O A Knight president of the Oilworkers International union says a nationwide strike by CIO oil workers is almost certain if wage demands are not met. About 100000 workers could walk out at 12:01 am Wednesday, with 25 cent hourly increases and higher night differentials at stake. Knight warns of orderly shutdowns and notes union unity across 22 unions backing the action.
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Denver
O. A. Knight
Oilworkers International Union
CIO
Knight
Oil Workers International
AFL
Eisenhower Taft face Massachusetts primary for delegates
Massachusetts voters head to the polls to decide Republican delegates in the presidential primary as Eisenhower trails Taft 266 to 233 in AP figures. The state offers 28 delegates in 14 districts plus at-large votes, with weather showers likely dampening turnout but expected to mirror the 1932 presidential vote level.
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Boston
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Massachusetts
Associated Press
Taft
Eisenhower
General MacArthur
Weather Bureau
Kalispell Laborer Drowns in River
Charles Lorenz, a Trisdale Clearing employee, apparently drowned Monday after being washed off a ferry on the South Fork of the Flathead River near Elk Park. The accident occurred about 40 miles by road from Hungry Horse Dam as his firm clears brush and timber for the reservoir project.
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Kalispell
U.P
Charles Lorenz
Trisdale Clearing Firm
Flathead River
Elk Park
Hungry Horse Dam
Trisdale
Hungry Horse Reservoir
General to Face Court Martial for Diary Case
Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow, former Moscow military attache, is to face court martial on charges of improperly recording classified military information in private diaries and failing to safeguard it. Hearings will be held by the Second Army commander at Fort Meade to decide if a formal court martial is needed. Maximum penalty includes five years confinement, dismissal, and forfeiture of pay.
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Washington
Robert W. Grow
Moscow
Grow
Russia
Frankfurt
Germany
Pace
Second Army
Fort George G. Meade
Europe
Army
Flood Threat Eases in Salt Lake City
Cooler weather eased Salt Lake City's historic flood Monday but muddy water still poured through breaks in makeshift street canals onto industrial and residential property. More than 50 families evacuated homes across about 175 blocks, roughly a quarter of the city.
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Salt Lake City
Transient posing as blind man jailed for vagrancy flees recaptured
Joseph Enright, 33, was sentenced to 90 days for vagrancy in police court but fled while escorted to jail. He posed as a blind man to obtain bus fare to Butte, was recaptured after attempting to enter a parked car on Centennial Avenue, and held for investigation into possible auto theft. Judge Seton criticized his conduct highly.
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Joseph Enright
John Seton
Enright
Cout
Nevada
Butte
Larry Tromly
Montama
Right
Idaho
U. S
Tom Monahan
Centennial Avenue
Wardens Resolve: No Compromise With Rebel Convicts
North Central States Prison Wardens conference adopted a resolution declaring there should be no compromise with rebellious convicts. The annual conclave opened at the Finlen hotel with Gov. John W. Bonner as principal speaker. Lou Boedecker led Monday sessions on prison problems and rehabilitation.
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Butte
Robert A. Heinze
California
G. Norton Jameson
Sioux Falls
S. D
Joseph E. Ragen
Joliet, Ill
L. F. Utecht
Stillwater
Minn
North Central States
Finlen Hotel
John W. Bonner
Butte Country Club
Lou Boedecker
Deer Lodge
Montana State Prison
Joliet
Ill
James B. Gaffney
Federal Prison
Montgomery
Ala
Country Club Plans Banner Season and Golf Tournament
Butte Country club officials outline a busy season with a May 10 team dinner match to start the golf schedule. Club president A B Foutz announces committee appointments and notes plans to attract the entire membership. The highlight is the Montana State Golf Association tournament on the all grass course slated for late July, expected to draw most state golfers, men and women, eager to compete at the renowned course.
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Butte Country Club
A. B. Foutz
Montana State Golf Association
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana Regions
Mostly cloudy conditions persist in Butte with brief light snow Tuesday afternoon and much cooler temperatures. Expect a Tuesday low near 26 and high around 46, with other local readings including Airport 35 to 66 and Mines 44 to 71. West of Divide cloudy with showers, cooler. east of Divide also cloudy with showers and variable highs. overall cooler air and scattered precipitation through Tuesday night.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Air Raid Defense Steps Outlined in Montana
Civilian Defense training in the Montana Power auditorium outlined bomb disposal, unexploded ordnance detection, building protection, and civilian evacuation. Fort Lewis instructors Capt. C. R. Kretzenburger M/Set. J. R. Stevens and Sgt. Robert H. Duvall led the Northwest tour with local planners Jack Duggan and E. B. Wainwright.
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Montana Power Company
C. R. Kretzenburger
J. R. Stevens
Robert H. Duvall
Fort Lewis
Wash
Bishop Gilmore Praises Butte School Progress
The Most Rev. Joseph M. Gilmore, bishop of Helena, lauded Butte’s educational growth during a Monday visit to confer confirmations. He praised the new Girls Central high school in its first full year and noted the nearing completion of the new St. Mary school, citing ongoing improvement of local institutions.
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Butte
Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
Mining City
Gilmore
Girls Central High School
Girls Central Little Theater
St. Mary School
Allied bid to end war studied in Korea talks
Don Huth reports from Panmunjom where the Communist high command studied an undisclosed Allied proposal as top negotiators moved negotiations toward a potentially decisive phase. The Reds asked for a news blackout and an indefinite recess while policy makers in Pyongyang and Peiping consider the plan, with Moscow also likely to view it.
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Don Huth Munsan
Korea
Communist High Command
Panmunjom
Reds
United Nations
Pyongyang
Peiping
Red China
Moscow
North Korea air attacks loom as weather clears
Seoul dispatch reports clearing skies over North Korea promised renewed Allied air strikes on the railroad network. UN infantry repelled two Red probes on the central front, the largest involving three squads. Battleship Iowa and destroyers supported Monday’s offensive with shelling inland and attacks on Red troop and supply areas.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Iowa
Seventh Fleet
U. S
Thomason
Doyle
Kerr Wins 24 Delegates at Oklahoma City Convention
Sen. Robert Kerr received Oklahoma's 24 Democratic national convention votes for the presidential nomination at the state convention without opposition on Monday.
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Kerr
Oklahoma City
Robert S. Kerr
Okla
Oklahoma
Ridgway Picked as Europe NATO Supreme Commander
Paris April 28 Gen Matthew B Ridgway was named supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe drawing praise from Western allies and protests from Communists. Eisenhower called the selection the finest possible combination for European command. Communist Ce Soir accused Ridgway of germ warfare while French officials and SHAPE officers welcomed the appointment noting Ridgways prior D day parachute into Normandy and Korea command experience. Montgomery expressed readiness to serve under Ridgway at SHAPE.
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Korea
U. S
Far East
Alfred M. Gruenther
Eisenhower
Ridgway
Abilene
Kan
Gruenther
Capitol Hill
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vinson
Dga
House Armed Committee
Tments
Truman
Europe
Tokyo
North Atlantic Council
Army
Clark
Army Field Forces
Fort Monroe
John R. Hodge
Third Army
Fort McPherson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Pentagon
Paris
Matthew B. Ridgway
Allied Forces
Friends of the West
Ce Soir
de Soir
Red Cross
Normandy
D-day
SHAPE
Britain
Lord Montgomery
Lisbon
William Ferguson Dies in Helena
William G. Ferguson secretary of the Pacific Northwest Travel association and Montana Automobile association died of a heart attack in Helena. He was stricken at the Montana club and died at 10:30 p.m. Survivors include his widow Blanche. He previously served as secretary of the State Chamber of Commerce and was a former Helena newspaper man and brother of French Ferguson former editor of the Daily Missoulian.
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Helena
William G. Ferguson
Pacific Northwest Travel Association
Montana Automobile Association
Montana Club
Ferguson
State Chamber of Commerce
French Ferguson
Missoulian
Missoula
Blanche
Senators Would Slash Foreign Aid by Billion
The Senate foreign relations committee voted to cut Truman's foreign aid program by about 12.66 percent, reducing the $7.9 billion request. The panel approved the measure 9-3, with Connally signaling likely Senate passage after debate. House deliberations on a rival foreign aid bill continue. Gruenther urged the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to back aid.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Connally
Texas
Senate
House
Foreign Relations Committee
Alfred M Gruenther
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Accidents Claim Four Montanans
ST. IGNATIUS April 28 A St. Ignatius couple was killed Monday when their car crashed head on into a tanker near Nine Pipe in the Flathead valley. They were Mr and Mrs Leland Sanford Mrs Sanford 54 died almost instantly and Sanford 56 died later in a St Ignatius hospital. Patrolmen said tire marks showed the car was on the wrong side of the road at the time of the collision.
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ST. Ignatius
Nine Pipe
Flathead Valley
Leland Sanford
Sanford
Two Motorcyclists Die After Fromberg Crash
Billings reports two motorcycle crash victims died after being brought to a Billings hospital. John Hathaway 27 of Edgar died Sunday from head injuries and Melvin Fixmur 34 of Bozeman died Monday from similar injuries and possible spine and internal injuries. The crash happened when Fixmur lost control and the bike fell into a borrow pit, tossing both riders about 50 feet. The state highway fatality total for 1952 rose to 42, with two St Ignatius deaths counted Monday.
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Billings
Fromberg
John Hathaway
Edgar
Melvin Fixmar
Bozeman
Hathaway
Fixmur
St Ignatius
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