New Military Code Lands Bravery Notes Breaking Point
President Eisenhower proclaimed a military code to uphold bravery while recognizing prisoners can be broken under torture. The code, drafted amid the Korean War, covers combat and captivity, urging resistance, escape, and fidelity to fellow prisoners. It stresses not surrendering, sharing only essential information, and continued loyalty to country and allies.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Denver
Defense Department
Truman Plans Give-em-Hell Campaign Speech
Former president Truman outlined an early campaign effort to strike at Republicans and rally Democrats to reclaim the White House. He outlined speeches in Indiana Michigan California and a Labor Day rally in Detroit as part of a strategy to push Dems to the polls.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
White House
Eisenhower
Truman
French Lick
Ind
Mackinac Island
Detroit
Alamania
James E. Folsom
129Th Field Artillery
AIEE Conclave Ends With Dinner Dance in Butte
The Pacific General Meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers closed with a Wednesday dinner dance at Butte Country Club after a weeklong gathering that opened Monday and drew over 375 engineers and scientists nationwide. Highlights included remarks by M. D. Hooven of Newark and papers by C. R. Davis of Montana Power Co. and W. R. Duffy of The Anaconda Company on cathodic protection, underground mining safety, television interference, antennas, and satellite propagation.
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Butte Country Club
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
M. D. Hooven
Newark
N. J
AIFF
W. H. Mott
Salt Lake City
Butte
R. C. Setterstrom
D. E. Kamps
Idaho Dog Is Honored as National Hero
Taffy the cocker spaniel received a 1000 dollar bond and a gold leash at a Chicago dinner naming her America's most heroic dog of 1955. The hero dog saved Stevie Wilson of Coeur d Alene after he fell into Ferman Lake last April. the boy survived after Taffy bravely tried to pull him out. The dog and family were brought to Chicago by the dog food company that selected her.
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Chicago
U.P
Taffy
Stevie Wilson
Coeur d’ Alene
Idaho
Stevie
Ferman Lake
Dog Food Company
America
MSC Faculty Member Awarded 9900 Grant
Dr. Charles Caughlan of Montana State College chemistry department received a 9900 grant from the National Science Foundation to study organic compounds of titanium. The two-year project funds two graduate research fellows, equipment, and supplies, under Caughlan’s supervision, with work starting immediately. The subject traces to MSC research begun in 1946.
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Bozeman
L.P
Charles Caughlan
Montana State College
National Science Foundation
Caughlan
MSC
Postmaster General Summersfield predicts Ike seek re election
Buffalo N Y Post master General Summerfield who led Eisenhower campaign in 1952 said Wednesday he believes the President will run again next year.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Summerfield
Eisenhower
Actor Admits He Was Red and Names 6 Others
After three days of hearings the House Un American Activities Committee found actor George Hall admitted Communist membership and named six fellow actors and actresses. Hall joined in 1946 and remained active nine months, listing John Randolph Sarah Cunningham Alan Manson Joshua Shelley George Keane and Betty Winkler. Randolph Keane Shelley testified later, Manson to appear, Winkler not subpoenaed. Hall apologized for past beliefs, praised Americans who support anti communism, and said he accepts responsibility for his actions.
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New York
House UN- American Activities Committee
George Hall
Hall
John Randolph
Sarah Cunningham
Alan Manson
Joshua Shelley
George Keane
Keane
Betty Winkler
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
Congress
Party
Frances Toy Dies Suddenly in Butte Home
Mrs Frances Toy a Butte real estate operator and wife of John Toy was found dead in her bathroom late Wednesday. Acting coroner Dr J E Kelley said death resulted from natural causes a heart attack about six to eight hours before discovery. Toy returned from out of town after learning of her death. Andrew Tolonen, who dined with her at 12:30, found the body after a late check. Frances Willett Toy came to Butte in 1910, married in 1911, and had no children. Relatives from Portland, Ore., were visiting. The body was moved to White's Funeral Home.
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Butte
John Toy
W. Gold St
J. E. Kelley
Toy
E. Frances Willett
Delavan
Minn
Mr. Toy
Amelia Thomas
R. J. Lawrey
Portland
Ore
White
Two Troopers and Guard Wounded at Great Meadow Strike
In Comstock New York 175 prisoners at Great Meadow Correctional Institution staged a seven hour sit down strike. State troopers and a guard were wounded as Thomas J. McHugh arrived to restore order. The shot was accidental and none of the wounds serious. Prisoners demanded a meeting with McHugh to present grievances.
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Comstock
N. Y
Great Meadow Correctional Institution
Thomas J. McHugh
McHugh
Hurricane Diane Weakens as It Reaches Virginia Mainland
Hurricane Diane, once a 100 mph storm, swept into Virginia and weakened to 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 50. Heavy tides flooded coastal towns in northeastern North Carolina and rain battered crops from Connie’s effects. Weather officials say Diane will lose strength as it moves northwest toward southwestern Virginia tonight and eastern West Virginia by Thursday.
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Connie
Washington Weather Bureau
Diane
Danville
Virginia
Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Cape Hatteras
Atlantic City
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware Bay
Many Injured 50 Arrested in Argentine Clash
Anti-government demonstrators clashed with police and Peronist supporters in downtown Buenos Aires. About 50 were arrested as tear gas and fire hoses halted disorder for two hours. Several shots were fired near the US embassy during clashes after an arrest spurred by a thrown man through a shop window.
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Buenos Aires
Peron
Florida Street
Plaza de Mayo
Children’s Day Planned Again at Columbia Gardens
Thursday’s weekly event offers free transportation for children under 14 via Butte City Lines, courtesy of The Anaconda Company. Supervisors, a first aid station, and open playgrounds accompany the day with buses from Park and Main starting at 9:30 a.m. and returning from the Gardens from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Lasting popular in Butte, the day expects good weather and large turnout.
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Columbia Gardens
Butte
Anaconda Company
Park and Main
Virginia Bathtub Tax A Century Ago Sparked Debate
A historical note recalls Virginia's 30 dollar tax on every bathtub as a luxury tax from a hundred years ago. It highlights the tub as a new gadget and suggests the Want Ad section as a trusted market for selling luxury items.
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Virginia
Lost Boy’s Green Bicycle Found Serial No A-1327979
A lost bicycle case notes a green Stone bicycle missing for three weeks. Contact the finder at the listed phone number 0000 to reclaim using serial number A-1327979.
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Firestone
Bills Splitting 11 Dollar Ruse Stirs Butte Curiosity
In Butte residents dismissed a Philadelphia 11 dollar bill as a fake and kept their own finds. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Smith displayed a 21 dollar souvenir note found in the Nine Mile area. Stamp and coin collectors speculated the Philadelphia note could be worth thousands if genuine.
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Philadelphia
W. J. Smiths
Butte
Mr. Smith
Indians mass for Goa invasion shocks Bombay crowd
Indians massed near the Goa border for a peaceful liberation invasion of the Portuguese colony. Reports from Banda said another mass march into Goa was planned for Thursday after a failed attempt Monday that cost 20 lives.
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Bombay
India
U.P
Goa
Banda
Prison Revolt Brutally Suppressed at Nebraska Penitentiary
Lincoln, Neb. state troopers and National Guardsmen ordered to shoot to kill if prisoners did not return to cells broke up a 12 hour riot at the Nebraska Penitentiary. More than 220 inmates fire ruined four buildings, damaged two more, with $50,000 to $100,000 in damages. Warden Bovey pledged a tougher policy. Three convicts beaten or knifed. one found in a burning cell. Normal routines resumed after guards restored order.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Penitentiary
Joseph B. Bovey
Bovey
Victor Anderson
National
Two Million Dollar Cheese Deal Deemed Unauthorized
Comptroller General Joseph Campbell ruled the Agriculture Department ran an unauthorized two million dollar cheese deal in 1954 involving about 90 million pounds and 100 distributors. Rep. Fountain urged recovery steps while the department defended its actions as farmer driven and aimed at stabilizing dairy prices.
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Washington
Joseph Campbell
Agriculture Dept
Rep
Fountain
D-Nc
House
Agriculture Department
Comptroller General
D. Morse
Benson
Department
U S Officer Struck in Korea Amid Inchon Clashes
At Inchon two Army trucks advancing to Wolmi Island faced a rock barrage from about 100 demonstrators. Lt Wayne N. Hansen of Augusta Ga was hit on the head but not seriously injured. Lt Col Norman A Browell of Connellsville Pa condemned the crowd as unfriendly and gangsterlike, calling the blockade a provocation. The incident followed 11 days of Korean demonstrations targeting truce teams.
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Seoul
U. S. Army
Inchon
U. S
William S. Bracy
Wolmi
Wayne N. Hansen
Augusta
Hansen
Norman A. Browell
Connelsville
Browell
Pyo Yang Moon
Pye
U S Plane Shot Down by North Koreans
Tokyo reports Far East Air Forces says an un identified U S trainer aircraft on a local flight from Kimpo Air Base was shot down by North Korean ground fire near the DMZ. The two seater with pilot and observer disappeared after last radio contact at 3 p.m. South Korean observers saw the strike and the search by the 2157th Air Rescue Squadron found no trace.
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Tokyo
Far East
Lindsay Farmer Dies in Wreck
Glendive dispatch reports 40 year old Lindsay farmer Francis Lyons was killed instantly when his pickup collided with a grain box truck on Montana Highway 18 three miles west of Glendive. Driver Paul Kassner and his 14 year old son sustained injuries as the Kassner truck overturned. Lyons’ left arm was severed. The crash raises Montana highway fatalities to 121 for the year.
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Glendive
U.P
Francis Lyons
Lindsay
Here
Montana
Paul D. Kassner
Circle
Larry
Kassner
Lyons
Most Wanted Man Is Finally Caught
New Castle Pennsylvania police and FBI agents arrested Charles Falzone a top FBI fugitive after an eight year manhunt. He was seized in New Bedford where he had lived since September 1947 under the alias James LaVelle. He faces a payroll robbery charge involving six thousand dollars in Tonawanda New York.
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New Castle
FBI
Charles Falzone
Falzone
New Bedford
James LaVelle
Tonawanda
N. Y
Knowland warns of chain reaction from softening on communism
San Francisco broadcast reports Senate Republican Leader William F Knowland warned Wednesday night that any weakening in the free world's stance toward communism could trigger a cascade of catastrophic consequences. He spoke amid mounting Cold War tensions, urging unwavering commitment to allied firmness.
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San Francisco
Calif
URP
Senate
William F. Knowland
Free World
Butte to Run Its Own Garbage Service With Trucks
The City of Butte voted to drop private collection and hire two closed type GMC garbage trucks from Butte Truck and Motor at 12050 fob, to be paid over 34 months with title transfer afterward. Current contract with Ray Kelly ends. mayor and council rejected County Surveyor McCarthy’s bills and kept open street-work plans.
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Butte
Tim J. Sullivan
George D. McCarthy
Sullivan
McCarthy
Balloon Seen West of Butte Sparks Weather Speculation
A large balloon was spotted southwest of Butte Wednesday evening and looked like a star as the sun set. A caller to The Montana Standard joked that she initially mistook it for Molotov.
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Butte
Montana Standard
Montana Weather: East Warm and Fair Through Friday
Eastern Montana remains fair with continued warmth through Thursday and Friday with daytime highs of 85 to 95. Western Montana stays fair Thursday and partly cloudy Friday, also warm with highs in the mid 80s to 90s. The table shows maximums for 12 hours and minimums for 18 hours ending at 5 30 p.m. Wednesday.
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