Heat Wave Death Toll Rises Across Midwest to 135
The Midwest faces a severe heat wave with 135 deaths nationwide as cooler air from Canada arrives. After four 100 degree days, midwestern temperatures drop to the mid eighties in many states while Iowa Minnesota see a warming trend. Heat fatalities are listed by city and state, led by Chicago with 44 and St Louis with 40.
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Midwest
Canada
Great Plains
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Minnesota
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Dakotas
Montana
Michigan
Illinois
Chicago
St. Louis
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Ohio
Alabama
Louisville
Peoria
Ill
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Hungarians Largely Oppose Communism, Says Exile
Stephan Thuransky, 54, a Columbus farm machinery salesman and naturalized American, says 90 percent of Hungarians oppose the Communist regime. He and his wife Theresa and daughters Margaret and Mary fled Budapest with help from an American legation car and plan to sail Aug 10 from Le Havre aboard the Marine Jumper. He recalls fighting the Communists in 1919 and laments his arrest as an American citizen. Hungarian officials accuse him of reviling the republic.
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Paris
Stephan Thuransky
Budapest
Legation
Thuransky
Columbus
Ohio
Theresa
Margaret
Mary
Hungary
United States
le Havre
Federal Highway Aid Is Urged
MISSOULA August 1. Authorization of 50 million dollars in federal aid highway construction for 1949 1950 and 1951 and appropriation of 65.2 million of 75 million authorized for forest highways are requested of Congress by the Western Association of State Highway officials. Tom W Holman elected president succeeding A F Winkler and W C Le Febvre chosen vice president. E V Miller re elected secretary treasurer. Executive committee members include Mark A Watrous James Reid and J R Bromley.
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Missoula
Congress
Western Association of State Highway Officials
Tom W. Holman
Washington State Highway Commission
A. F. Winkler
Kalispell
Montana Highway Commission
W. C. le Febvre
Arizona
E. V. Miller
Mark A. Watrous
Colorado Star
James Reid
Idaho
J. R. Bromley
Wyoming
Barber tavern operator pleads guilty to gambling charge
Ralph Duffy, operator of the Ballatine tavern in Billings, pleaded guilty to possession of gambling equipment. District Judge Ben Harwood docketed sentencing for Saturday. Duffy was accused of possessing two slot machines on July 28.
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Billings
Ralph Duffy
Ballatine
Ben Harwood
Duffy
Hughes and Brewster End Feud To Let Probe Proceed
Howard Hughes and Senator Owen Brewster agreed to pause their public clash so Senate investigators can continue the war contracts inquiry. Chairman Homer Ferguson warned spectators, while Hughes and Brewster pledged to let the committee proceed, with testimony planned on the 1942 $18 million flying boat contract to counter the Nazi submarine threat.
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Hughes
Brewster
Washington
U.P
Howard Hughes
Owen Brewster
R-Me
Senate
Homer Ferguson
R-Mich
Ferguson
Cause Celebre
Trans-World Airlines
Pan American Airways
Maine
Hollywood
Henry J. Kaiser
West Coast
Brewster-Hughes
Noah Dietrich
Hughes Tool Company
Elliott Roosevelt
Dietrich
Diary Quote Emerges in Louise Overell Murder Trial
In Santa Ana California on August 7, Emmanuel Jungquist, uncle of 18 year old Louise Overell, testified that he read a line from her diary stating I get so mad at my mother I could kill her. Louise and her sweetheart George Gollum face charges of killing financier Walter E Overell and Mrs. Overell aboard their dynamited yacht in Newport harbor on March 15.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Louise Overell
Emmanuel Jungquist
Percival Steel Company
Los Angeles
Fred Jungquist
Louise
University of Southern California
Jungquist
Otto Jacobs
George
Bud) Gollum
Walter E. Overell
Newport Harbor
Military Leaders Must Earn Higher Ratings
President Truman signed a new law requiring Army and Navy officers to win promotion by merit rather than rely on seniority. Officers up to major face biannual board reviews and possible dismissal after two failed promotions. The act applies to generals and admirals with a four year retention review in the upper ranks.
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Washington
Truman
House Armed Services Committee
James A. Killian
Lichfield
England
Killian
Senate
Balkans row fuels council delays and blame game
Bulgaria told the United Nations Security Council that Greece and western powers seek to prolong the Balkans dispute to serve their aims. Albania joined with charges of false accusations as a new U S Russia compromise panel debated a Balkans solution with inconclusive results and planned further meetings.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
Bulgaria
United Nations Security Council
Greece
Balkans
Europe
Nissin Nevorah
Council
Nesti Krenexhi
Albania
Vassili Dendramis
Russia
United States
Hoover Urges Separate Peace Without Russia
Herbert Hoover called for a separate peace to halt the postwar disaster, blaming Russia for world turmoil and saying Soviet cooperation is unlikely. He warned that a year after the war ends the world would face continued unrest, scarce production, and danger of another war unless the United States remains isolated.
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San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
America
Russia
United States
Hoover
Controls Restored on Wartime Steel Exports
The Commerce Department announced restoration of wartime export controls on 40 to 50 steel products, effective Oct 1. Exporters must obtain permits and state the overseas use of the metal.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Truman appoints Republican to lead new mediation service
President Truman on August 7 named Cyrus Stuart Ching a Republican to head the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the Taft Hartley Act agency created to prevent work stoppages in labor disputes.
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Washington
President Truman
Cyrus Stuart Ching
Federal Mediation and Counciliation Service
Marshall Takes Control of Korean Affairs
Secretary of State George C. Marshall has quietly assumed responsibility for all civil affairs in Korea as Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge will report to Washington on political economic and cultural matters. Military matters remain under Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Korea
John R. Hodge
Douglas MacArthur
Hodge
State Department
Marshall Long
Drowning Victim Found in Missouri River Near Trident
Ellsworth Stevenson a 17 year old from Three Forks was found dead in the Missouri river near Trident after a three day search. His saddle and bridle horse were found earlier along the riverbank and investigators noted he may have attempted to ford the river on Monday.
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Bozeman
Ellsworth Stevenson
Three Forks
Missouri River
Trident
Edwin Bellach
Marvin Jewett
Stevenson
Solo Pilot Streaks Across Atlantic in Search of Record
William P. Odom flies the Bombshell from Gander on a solo attempt to halve Wiley Post’s 1933 round the world record. He logged a 325 mph flight from Chicago at 19 000 feet after fixing an automatic pilot short. Stops planned include Paris Cairo Karachi Calcutta Shanghai Tokyo Alaska or Adak Edmonton and return to Chicago.
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Gander
William P. Odom
Atlantic
Wiley Post
Chicago
Odom
Paris
Milton Reynolds
T. Carroll Sallee
Post
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Cairo
Karachi
Calcutta
Shanghai
Tokyo
Anchora
Alaska
Adak
Aleutians
Edmonton
Alberta
Can
Bobcat Grizzly Game Set For October 18 Here
The annual Montana State University and Montana State College football classic will unfold at Butte’s Naranche Memorial Stadium on October 18 with Copper Bowl stakes. Officials outlined plans with a 3 000 tickets reserved for each school and home city, and no reservations before September 22.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Grizzly
Butte
Montana State College
Bozeman
Grizzlies
University
Doug Fessenden
Doughty Bobcats
Clyde Carpenter
Butte High School
Naranche Memorial Stadium
Six Governors to Hold Parley in Denver August 21
Denver Aug. 7 Governors from six states will attend a meeting of the Missouri basin inter agency committee in Denver on Aug. 21. Attending are Sam C. Ford Montana Lester C. Hunt Wyoming Fred G. Randall North Dakota Phil Donnelly Missouri Val Peterson Nebraska and Denver Governor Knous. The committee includes federal officials focused on Missouri river development. Previous gatherings were at Fort Peck Montana.
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Denver
Missouri Basin Interagency Committee
Colorado
Knous
Sam C. Ford
Montana
Lester C. Hunt
Wyoming
Fred G. Randall
North Dakota
Phil Donnelly
Missouri
Val Peterson
Nebraska
Knolls
Missouri River
Fort Peck
Mont
Population Prospect Warns of U S Weakening by Luxury and Birth Decline
University of Maryland economist O F Baker warns in a pamphlet that the United States will be weakened within a century by rising luxury and a shrinking birth rate. He predicts an Orient doubled in population and youthful, Europe ten times larger under Russian leadership, with renewed pressures on immigration and resources.
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United States
University
College Park
Europe
Asia
University of Maryland
O. F E. Baker
Agriculture Department
Atlantic
Russia
Baker
Butte Youth Pitcher Struck by Non-Paralytic Polio
Milton Goodland a 16 year old American Legion junior baseball pitcher from Butte is in St James hospital in isolation with a non paralytic form of polio Doctors report he is in good condition and should regain normal health within about ten days The case is said to be the first polio case in Butte this year and Goodland is the son of Mrs Joseph Brady and Walter Goodland
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Milton Goodland
Butte
American Legion
Montana
Great Falls
Cascade
Miles City
Mining City
Young Goodland
St. James Hospital
Goodland
Joseph Brady
Maryland
Walter Goodland
Portland
Radar Warning Fence Proposed Along Arctic Circle
Lt Gen Ira C Eaker urged a radar warning fence along the Arctic Circle to deter a predicted Arctic invasion. He warned the United States could lose in a coming third world war and compared radar to the Wright brothers milestone in aviation.
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Arctic Circle
Eaker
Los Angeles
Ira C. Eaker
United States
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Wright Brothers
Navy Plane Vanishes Over Alaska With 20 Aboard
A Ko diak based Navy PZ-5A missing Thursday on a flight to Dutch Harbor Alaska with 15 passengers and five crew. The craft last reported heavy head winds southeast of Fort Randall near Cold Bay with six hours of fuel remaining. Rescue aircraft and surface ships were ordered to search. names of the crew and passengers withheld pending next of kin notice.
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Alaska
Dutch Harbor
17Th Naval District
Navy
Fort Randall
Cold Bay
13Th Naval District
Indonesians Accept US Mediation Offer in Java Conflict
Batavia reports Indonesian Premier Amir Sjarifoed in formally accepting the United States offer of good offices in the Dutch Indonesian dispute. He urged use of US influence to push for an international arbitration commission. The move seen as a rejection of the US as sole mediator. Dr Hubertus J Van Mook accepted the American proposal earlier. The decision was broadcast from Jogjakarta.
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Batavia
Java
Amir Sjarifoeddin
United States
Hubertus J. van Mook
the Indies
Sjamfoeddin
Jogjak
Adean Anderson Extends Lead In Tedesco Golf
Adean Anderson of Helena Montana won 3 and 1 over Mrs Walt Fellows in Salt Lake City to stay favorite for the title she won last year. Upsets included Mrs George Blackstock defeating Mrs Walter Hansen 2 and 1 and Mrs Marvin Gertsner beating Mrs Jerry Henderson in 19 holes. Mrs Max Baker the Utah state champion defeated Parry Davis 6 and 5.
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Salt Lake City
Adean Anderson
Helena
Mont
Walt Fellows
George Blackstock
Walter Hansen
Marvin Gertsner
Salt
Weather outlook for Butte and Montana regions
Partly cloudy in Butte with scattered thundershowers in the afternoon. Highs near 85 in next 24 hours. mine school readings show 87/55 and airport 91/51. Montana forecast calls for scattered afternoon thunder showers, otherwise fair with little temperature change. highs from 9 to 95.
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School of Mines
Labor Party Overcomes Censure Threat In Commons Vote
In London on August 7, the Labor government won a decisive 318 to 170 vote overruling Conservative criticism of its emergency powers bill. Churchill warned it granted totalitarian power while Attlee's crisis measures move forward with adjournment delayed to complete passage.
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London
Winston Churchall
Britain
Churchill
House of Commons
Attlee
Labor
Criti
Man Kills To Settle Debt in Mountain Killing West of Denver
Robert Battalino admitted to shooting Michael Randolph as the latter knelt in prayer on a moonlit mountainside west of Denver. He claimed Randolph owed him 7500 dollars and said they planned a confrontation to end 10 years of hard feeling. Randolph’s body was found in a mountain ravine weeks after his disappearance.
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Denver
Robert Battalino
Michael Randolph
Richard Simon
Randolph
Simon
South Broadway
Omaha
Neb
Battalino
Archibald Miller
Marine Corps
Miller
California
Pred Banks
Virginia Hill to Fly to U S and Threaten Jump
Virginia Hill, girlfriend of the late gangster Bugsy Siegel, flew from Paris to New York aboard a Transatlantic plane. Officials said she reportedly threatened to jump from the aircraft, sobbing and seeking rest from a troubled world. A hostess would watch her closely during the flight.
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U.P
Virginia Hill
California
Benjamin Bugsy Siegel
Transatlantic
New York
Orly
Eiie
Gander
Newfoundland
Virginia
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