Industry-Government Contract Brightens Montana Future
Dr. Paul J. Raver of the Bonneville Power Administration wrapped up conferences in Montana on a unique industry government co op contract. The pact would deliver power via Montana Power lines to customers, with a Hun gry Horse dam to 230000 volt substation transmission line the backbone. The agreement supports the Victor Chemical $5 million phosphate plant near Silver Bow and promises broader industrial opportunity and employment in the state.
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Paul J. Raver
Bonneville Power Administration
Montana
Montana Power Company
Raver
Victor Chemical Company
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Hungry Horse Dam
Anaconda
Gen Smith to Lead Central Intelligence Agency
Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith, former ambassador to Russia and wartime chief of staff to Gen Eisenhower, named director of the Central Intelligence Agency to take office next month. The White House denied dissatisfaction with Hillenkoetter, who eyed sea duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Walter Bedell Smith
United States
Russia
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
CIA
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
Truman
Congress
Hillenkoetter
House
Bogota
Colombia
George C. Marshall
Charles G. Ross
Smith
Senate
New York
Moscow
Armed Services
State Department
FBI
Defense
Belgian Communist Chief Julien Lahaut Slain in Belgium
Julien Lahaut 65 longtime Belgian Communist Party leader and chamber of deputies member was shot dead in his home in Seraing near Liege Friday night. A radio report said two gunmen arrived, one waited with the car engine running while the other fired four bullets, killing Lahaut as he answered the door. He had been party president for five years and a deputy since 1932, having been arrested by Germans in 1941 and interned until liberation.
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Seraing
Belgium
U.P
Communist Party
Julien Lahaut
Lahaut
Liege
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Cat and mouse share meal in Missouri store
In Chillicothe Missouri Jim Amick, a produce store operator, found mice in his shop and bought a cat. He checked the back room to see the cat and a mouse sharing a plate of food in the same space.
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Chillicothe
Jim Amick
Heatwave Grips Los Angeles Area With Record Temps
Report from Los Angeles on Friday shows the San Fernando valley hottest at 108 degrees. North Hollywood and Tarzana recorded 102 and 99 to 100 degrees, downtown hit 87, and the oceanfront airport area stayed around 66 degrees.
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Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley
San Fernando
North Hollywood
Tarzana
Burbank
Los Angeles Airport
Ocean
Gambling Inquiry Report details growth of mob gambling
Senate crime investigators report prohibition era gangsters have taken over organized gambling and are muscling into legal businesses. Senator Wiley says ties between gangsters and national politicians will be investigated. The 10,000 word report covers Florida gambling and patterns seen in Miami and Miami Beach.
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Washington
Senate
Wiley
R-Wis
Congress
Senate Crime Committee
Florida
Miami
Miami Beach
Abe Allenberg
Allenberg
New York
Frank Erickson
21 Homes Destroyed in Forest Fire
The Cleveland national forest fire, the season's worst, scorched over 50 000 acres and destroyed at least 21 homes, including 10 in the Descanzo suburb of San Diego. Firefighters contained some fronts but flames remained out of control in Pine Valley and Guaytay with large homes at risk.
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San Diego
Calif
U.P
Cleveland National Forest
Descanso
Here
Pine Valley
Guaytay
Greek Premier Quits as Venizelos Given Forming Task
King Paul I accepted Premier Nicholas Plastiras resignation and asked Sophocles Venizelos to form a new government. Venizelos held talks with liberal former cabinet ministers and party leaders after the crisis escalated with the resignation of five liberal cabinet members.
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Athens
Greece
Paul I
Nicholas Plastiras
Sophocles Venizelos
Venizelos
Liberal Party
Controls Over Exports to Reds Tightened
The United States tightened export controls on Russia and 13 Soviet bloc nations and dock workers in New York refused to unload Russian furs from the Mauretania. Commerce department barred 1,100 war potential items for immediate effect. Large shipments still allowed without licenses if below a value threshold.
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Washington
United States
Russia
New York
Mauretania
Commerce Department
Soviet Bloc
Offer of Turkish Troops for Korea Accepted
The United States accepted Turkey’s offer of 4,500 troops to fight in Korea, the third nation to formalize combat contributions this week. Britain New Zealand and Australia offered ground troops in principle, with details to follow. Senate Leader Lucas noted UN members pledging aid, while talks continue in Ankara on deployment.
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Washington
Turkey
Korea
United States
Russia
Thailand
Philippines
State Department
New Zealand
Capitol Hill
Senate
Lucas
United Nations
Michael J. McDermott
Ankara
McDermott
Gen. MacArthur
Butte Montana Weekend Weather forecast Saturday highs
Butte Montana region expects clear to partly cloudy skies Saturday with a low around 46 degrees and a Saturday afternoon high near 76. Airport and School of Mines readings show varied lows in mid 30s to mid 40s and highs from the 60s to 80s across the state.
Montana Boys State officials sworn in by Justice Adair
Montana high school juniors elected state officers at Boys State as Chief Justice Hugh Adair of the Montana Supreme Court administered oaths. Donald Hanley of Butte won governor, with Ted Kato Havre as lieutenant governor and others filling key posts. Don Chaney Livingston named chief justice.
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Don Hanley
Butte High School
Dillon
John W. Bonner
Dale Jorgenson
Helena
Hanley
Louisa Hanley
North Main Street
McQueen Athletic Club
Butte
Butte Council
United Commercial Travelers
Montana
Supreme Court
American Legion Sponsored
Democracy School
Hugh Adair
Montana Supreme Court
Donald Hanley
Ted Kato
Havre
Ray Moholt
Glendive
Jack Armstrong
Big Timber
John McBride
Adair
Gary Boyles
Glasgow
W. N. Blanchette
State Republicans Gather in Helena
Montana Republicans convene in Helena for a platform convention with delegates from across the state. Wesley A. O’Ewart will keynote on Saturday afternoon and C. A. Bottolfsen will speak at the convention dinner. George Gosman will preside as central committee chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Last Chance Gulch
Montana
Placer Hotel
Republican Central Committee
Women’s Advisory Council
Wesley A. O’ewart
C. A. Bottolfsen
Arco
Idaho
George Gosman
Dillon
New All Out Peace Offensive Urged by Senators
Twenty eight senators urged President Truman to launch a new all out peace crusade to persuade the Russian people that America seeks peace. The bipartisan group led by Senator Flanders called for total mobilization and engagement of psychological and spiritual forces and for expanding The Voice of America and other government information facilities.
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Washington
Truman
America
Kremlin
Flanders
R-Vt
Voice of America
Fisherman Reported Drowned Near Clyde Park Montana
Coroner Robert Franzen led a rescue party into the Crazy mountains to recover a fisherman believed drowned at Rock Creek lake. The body, seven miles from the site, was to be packed on horseback before transport. Relatives later feared the victim might be Edward Rolstad, 56, of Chula Vista, California.
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Calif
Bozeman
Rolstad
Clyde Park
Radar Expert Arrested in Spy Probe
Morton Sobell American radar expert who fled to Mexico when the FBI began nab bing Klaus Fuchs suspects was arrested in Laredo Texas. He faces charges of passing defense secrets to Russia and was booked at Webb county jail after a pre dawn border rendezvous with Mexican and US officers. Bond set at 100000 and he sought return to New York.
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Laredo
Texas
Morton Sobell
Mexico
FBI
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
United States
Sobell
Mexico City
Webb County
Frank Y. Hill
New York
Hill
White House seeks to curb rail strike as token walkouts loom
President Truman aides convene union leaders as five day token strikes threaten to spread. About 3,000 workers prepare to walk out at Cleveland St Paul and Louisville with embargoes set. post walkout 5,000 more may join on Elgin Joliet and Eastern and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Steelman
W. P. Kennedy
Brotherhood of Railroad
Order of
Cleveland
St. Paul
Louisville
Elgin, Joliet and
Three Montanans Die in Auto Mishap Near Bridgeport
Bridgeport Nebraska reports a fatal crash early Friday killed six in a car on a Broadwater area bridge approach. Victims include H Perry Bridges 44 of Billings Montana Lillie Mae Bridges 39 Jack D New 20 Worland Wyoming and Mrs New 21 plus an infant.
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Bridgeport
Neb
Jack D. New
Worland
Wyo
H. Perry Bridges
Billings
Mont
Lillie Mae Bridges
Jimmy Bridges
Yukon Cold and Pacific Heat Hit Montana Weather
Montana felt a clash of Yukon cold and Pacific coast heat as a high pressure system moved in from Cut Bank driving temperatures down to 54 at night. Forecasters warned of frost in the northeast and forecast highs of 65 to 85 across regions with colder air in the west and warmth lingering east of the divide.
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Helena
Yukon
Pacific Coast
Montana
Cut Bank
Continental Divide
Divide
Weather Bureau
Truman Critics Controls Plan as Congress Delays
President Truman warned Congress that the economic controls package risks becoming a patchwork and unworkable bill. In a letter to Vice President Barkley read in the Senate, he said powers to control credit curb speculation and direct materials are being whittled down and warned of a looming restrictive wage price regime.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Alben W. Barkley
Senate
House
American and South Korean Forces Press Kumwha Front
American and South Korean units pushed about a half-mile in the Kumwha sector 12 miles north of Taegu to blunt a 30,000 man North Korean drive toward the evacuated South Korean provisional capital. The 27th Infantry "Wolfhounds" beat back a night attack as Red tanks were knocked out by bazooka fire and artillery allowing a 1,000 yard advance south of Kumwha. Farther south Marines and 24th division infantry mopped up near Masan with no aggressive action by the Reds.
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Tokyo
Kumwha
Taegu
Eighth Army
Korea
Associated Press
Leif Erickson
Erickson
United States 27Th Infantry
Wolfhounds
Chan River Bulge
24Th Division
35Th Infantry
25Th Division
Masan
Pohang
Kigye
MacArthur
24Th
Changnyong Bulge
Amere
Fighter Planes Step Up Their Strafing Attacks
Tokyo reports carrier and land based fighter planes increased strafing and rocket runs against Korean Red troops in the 54 days of fighting. Marine planes hit the Changnyong bulge while B29s bombed Seoul and enemy bridges north of the 38th parallel. Far Eastern Air Force release notes 350 strikes in one day and over 550 sorties Friday with 23 tanks attacked.
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Tokyo
Korea
Seoul
South Korea
Changnyong Bulge
Taegu
Naktong River
Changnyong
Marine Corsair
Naktong
Far Eastern Air Force
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
38Th Parallel
Navy
Negro Infantry Making History in Korea Independence War
The 24th Infantry Regiment, the United States' oldest Negro unit, is praised as among the finest in Korea by reporters and veterans. They fought 35 straight days, attacked thrice, and captured Yechon and a ridgeline named Little Cassino amid heavy losses. Replacement shortages at Sagualitos hindered reinforcements, but a large batch arrived Wednesday night.
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Stan Swinton
United States
Korea
Italy
Pacific
Army
92Nd
Pittsburgh
Frank Whisenant
San Juan Hill
Cuba
Yechon
Little Cassino
Evacuation of Taegu as shells strike city
Fearful residents including families flee Taegu Korea as enemy shells hit for the first time, killing at least four. US Army orders evacuations of civilians from the southwest front while President Syngman Rhee and Ambassador Muccio depart to relocate offices.
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Taegu
Korea
Associated Press
Stan Swinton
United States Army
Japan Aligns With UN Korea Effort in White Paper
Tokyo reports the Japanese government aligned with United Nations efforts in Korea and Western democracies in the ideological struggle. It issued a 3800 word white paper declaring cooperation with democracies and unity as a self defense measure.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
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