Russia Claims Hydrogen Bomb Upsets Europe Mood
London dispatch reports Russia claiming a hydrogen bomb capability. Headlines from Scandinavia to Italy show European fear and changes in policy mood. Churchill reportedly discouraged about future talks. British press warns the move could end the postwar optimism.
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London
U.P
Russia
Europe
Scandinavia
Italy
Georgi Malenkov
Winston Churchill
Kremlin
Lord Beaverbrook
Sunday Express
The
Express
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Civil Defense Sees H Bomb News as Wakeup Call
Civil defense directors nationwide say Russia's hydrogen bomb claim may spur public interest but few plan immediate program changes. Illinois civilian defense chief Gen. Robert M. Woodward expects stronger public participation and views civil defense as a permanent part of life. Col. A H Jacobson of Albany County urges a public shakeup from apathy.
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Chicago
U.P
Russia
United Press
Washington
Georgi Malenkov
Soviet Union
Robert M. Woodward
Illinois
Woodward
Col
A. H. Jacobson
Albany County
N. Y
U S scientists claim progress on hydrogen bomb
Russia's Malenkov asserted the United States no longer holds a monopoly on the hydrogen bomb and that the Soviet Union has mastered production. Two Joint Atomic Energy Committee members echoed, with Rep. Hinshaw claiming U S mastery of H bomb production a year ago, while Rep. Van Zandt warned the claim warrants skepticism.
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Russia
Georgi Malenkov
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Eniwetok
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Malenkov
Hinshaw
D-Calif
van Zandt
R-Pa
Dulles Sees Rhee Assurance on Korean Peace
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in Honolulu said President Syngman Rhee gave categoric assurance that South Korea would not upset the peace in Korea. Dulles cited a formal signed agreement and noted U S South Korea mutual security pact. Ambassador Lodge praised UN forces while Dulles flew toward Denver to brief President Eisenhower.
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Honolulu
John Foster Dulles
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Dulles
Hawaii
Denver
Eisenhower
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
United Nations
Lodge
U.N
Constellation
Hickam Air Base
Denver Naval Air Station
Travis Air Base
San Francisco
Butte Navy Man Loses Arm In Auto Mishap
Marvin P. Bolton 23 Butte native and Navy storekeeper lost his right arm in a car crash Friday. He is a Bethesda Naval Hospital patient. Parents Mr and Mrs Michael Bolton of 1815 Princeton Road plan to travel to Maryland Monday. Bolton served seven years in the Navy and attended Sherman and Lincoln schools. A brother, S Sgt Wayne Bolton USMC, was wounded in Korea in 1950 and is back in Korea.
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Marvin Paul Bolton
Navy
Butte
Michael Bolton
Princeton
Sir Bolton
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Maryland
Skr Bolton
Sherman
Lincoln
Wayne Bolton
USMC
Korea
Weather Summary for Butte and Divide Region
Fair conditions expected in Butte on Monday with cooler temperatures. Monday night will remain mostly fair with a gentle cool down. Across the Divide a partly cloudy and cooler Monday is possible with widely scattered thundershowers in the afternoon and highs near 65 to 75. Overnight and early Tuesday look partly cloudy to fair with warmer west areas. Cooler nights are anticipated with variable cloudiness and scattered south showers.
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Divide
East Germans face tighter Berlin rail blockade amid food parcel shortages
Communist police at Russian zone terminals barred tickets to Berlin for free Ami parcels, guiding squads with machine pistols. Despite a clampdown, thousands arrived by bike or on foot, amid reports of brutality and unrest. Food distribution dropped to under 60000 on Sunday as totals neared 2 million parcels.
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Berlin
Potsdam
Bernau
East Germany
Brandenburg
Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt
Mecklenburg
Ami
Spreewald
Leipzig
Dessau
West Berlin
President Eisenhower Quiet First Day of Colorado Vacation
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower spent their first full day in Denver in quiet reflection attending Corona Presbyterian Church and visiting old friends. They arrived from Washington and planned a multi week vacation with time to handle White House business including signing about 100 pieces of legislation.
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Denver
Eisenhowever
Colorado
Eisenhower
Corona Presbyterian Church
Lafayette Street
John S. Doud
Eisenhowers
Washington
White House
Memorial Rites Open Kiwanis Parley in Butte
About one fourth of the 400 delegates expected in Butte for the 33rd annual Montana District Kiwanis convention arrived Sunday with the rest due Monday. The opening day featured a memorial service at Butte High School Auditorium with Father Hoff delivering the main address on Solvents of Americanism. Monday includes an 8 a.m. men’s breakfast, 9:15 general session with welcome by Mayor Sullivan and talks by Charles Goddard Jr. and Homer E. Anderson, with committee appointments to follow.
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Butte
Montana District Kiwanis
Finlen Hotel
Butte High School
N. C. Hoff
Immaculate Conception Church
Father Hoff
Frank L. Harrington
St. Ann Church
Jack Flanery
Father Harrington
Finlen
Tim J. Sullivan
Charles C. Goddard Jr
Butte Kiwanis Club
Homer E. Anderson
Bozeman
Sam Gillaly
Glasgow
Fouled Landing Gear Delays Butte Flight Returning to Great Falls
A Western Air liner could not land in Butte due to landing gear trouble. The craft circled for about thirty minutes and returned to Great Falls. Officials had no update on passenger welfare late Sunday night.
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Butte
Great Falls
Anaconda Man's Drowning in Warm Springs Creek
The body of 34 year old Anthony Blackie Cyr was found in Meyer's Dam on Warm Springs Creek west of Anaconda. Deputy Coroner Thomas Savage ruled drowning as the cause. Cyr was the son of Mr and Mrs E J Cyr of West Valley. A group of children reported seeing him fall into the creek near a crossing fence and a coordinated search by police sheriff deputies and Deer Lodge County rescue units located the body at about 11 p.m.
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Anaconda
Anthony “Blackie” Cyr
Meyer
Warm Springs Creek
Thomas Savage
E. J. Cyr
West Valley
Rody Fink
East Fourth
Anaionda
Blackie
Deer Lodge
Cyr
Grim Posse Sought in Deputy Marshal Slaying Escape
A 200 man posse with bloodhounds and planes hunted two prisoners who killed Deputy U S Marshal Sam E Vaughn and abducted a guard near Adairsville Georgia. The fugitives are believed trapped in a 25 square mile wooded area west of the town. Vaughn, father of 13, was shot five times after his car left the highway. The men, Eugene Juelich and Woodard Larson, were en route to Atlanta federal prison with a stolen car case after Nashville convictions.
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Adairsville
Dobbins Air Force Base
Marietta
Sam E. Vaughn
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Vaughn
Eugene Juelich
Butte, Mont
Woodard Larson
St. Paul
Sam Holcombe
Bartow County
Holcombe
US Air Force C-119 crashes off Tripoli with 24 aboard
A US Air Force C-119 Flying Boxcar with 24 aboard crashed into the Mediterranean off Tripoli. Reports said five survivors were rescued as searchers from Italy Britain the United States and Malta scoured the area. The aircraft was en route from Udine to Wheelus Air Base and not listed as originating in Udine. NATO said the plane reported to Wiesbaden command and was not under NATO control.
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Mediterranean
Tripoli
American Armed Services
Udine
Italy
Wheelus Air Base
North Africa
U.S
Europe
Air Force
North African
Naples
Wheelus
Malta
U. S. Air Force
Wiesbaden
NATO
Survival of 1950 51 death march survivors reported
U S repatriates recount mass killings by North Korean guards during a brutal winter death march. Survivors Pvt. Rothwell B. Floyd and Alfred L. Simpson describe prisoners beaten, forced off cliffs, and left to die or buried roadside. Major John K. Harlan details morale-boosting tactics.
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Pvt
Rothwell B. Floyd
Adams St
Chicago
Pfe
Alfred L. Simpson
N. Taylor St
Philadelphia
Inchon
John K. Harlan
Institute
W. Va
Harlan
Shaw University
Raleigh
N. C
Repatriation Surges as 125 Americans Released at Panmunjom
At Panmunjom on Monday 125 Americans, 25 more than scheduled, joined 50 British and 389 total U.N. prisoners released that day. The Reds pledged 400 more for Tuesday including 100 Americans and 250 South Koreans, while 25 Turks also joined.
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Panmunjom
U.P
U.S
U.N
Photographer Frank Noel on North Korean camps
Frank Noel, 54, Associated Press photographer freed after 32 months in prison camps says the Communists used food and medicine as weapons. He details three escape attempts, 42 days in solitary, and 24 hour guard periods, and describes propaganda pressure. Noel was captured near Changjin Reservoir in 1950 and recounts aiding Marines before his capture.
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Freedom Village
Frank Noel
Associated Press
Noel
Panmunjom
Korea
United States
Changjin Reservoir
Robert Bunson
Tokyo
Zachary Dean
Douglass
Kan
Dean
Maybug in Butte Adverts Show Cure for Money-Issues
A playful note touts Want-Ads as a cure for funds woes in Butte. It urges readers to place ads by dialing 5451 and shares sample listings like a Simmons crib and inner spring mattress for 20 dollars and assorted car and workshop items for sale.
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Butte
Dial
Fires in Deer Lodge Forest District Contained
Three fires in the Deer Lodge National Forest were controlled by Sunday while a new blaze on Douglas Mountain near Deer Lodge was reported. Heavy winds hampered the new fire as crews, including 21 Tongue River Indian Reservation firefighters flown in by Northwest Airlines, battled multiple blazes around Pintlar area Anaconda Sawmill Gulch Elk Park and Whitetail Park Whitehall.
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Deer Lodge National Forest
Douglas Mountain
Deer Lodge
Pintlar
Anaconda
Sawmill Gulch
Elk Park
Whitetail Park
Whitehall
Tongue River
Butte
Northwest Airlines
Billings
Pindar
U S Bolsters Air Force in Europe
The U S Air Force’s 50th fighter bomber wing arrived in Bremerhaven to augment Allied defenses in Western Europe. Brig Gen Daniel W Jenkins welcomed 1500 airmen aboard the transport Gen M B Stewart and said they join a multinational force dedicated to peace. They will base at Hahn airfield in the French zone. the unit was formerly based at Clovis New Mexico and formed in 1952 from the 140th National Guard Wing with Colorado Wyoming and Utah personnel.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
U.S. Air Force
Europe
Daniel W. Jenkins
12Th Air Force
M. B. Stewart
Hahn
Wallace S. Ford
Clovis
N. M
Woman's failed suicide after husband killed amid gas strike
Police said a Paris woman murdered her husband and wounded herself but survived after a rubber hose from a gas oven was placed in her mouth. A temporary gas shortage caused by the strike prevented a fatal outcome. neighbors found her alive.
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Paris
Iran and Soviet Union to form joint commission
Reach Accord London Moscow Radio said Iran and the Soviet Union agreed to establish a joint commission to resolve outstanding issues. Key topics include mutual debts and border troubles as the two nations seek to mend relations.
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London
Moscow Radio
Iran
Soviet Union
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