Forest Fire Threatens Portland Homes Near Wealthy District
A massive forest and grass fire covering over 45 000 acres neared Portland on Tuesday night. Firefighters from the Portland Air Force base evacuated seven affluent households and battled flames within 200 yards of homes along the northwest hills near Cornell road and Miller junction as winds renewed the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Portland Air Force Base
Cornell Road
Miller Junction
Butte Tumblers and Accordion Band Headed for Seattle Tour
The Boys Central high school tumblers and their accordion band depart Butte for a five day, seven show West Coast tour starting in Seattle. Led by Brothers J N McMahon and J J Donnelly, they rehearse three hours to ensure precision for two hour coast performances across gymnastics apparatus and musical acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Boys Central High School
Seattle
Tacoma
Boys Central Accordion Band
Tumblers
J. N. McMahon
J. J. Donnelly
Union Station
M. B. Mitchell
William Devan
Seattle Lodge of Elks
Elks’ Lodge
Canadians Say They Were Fleeced at Roadside Zoo
M. J. Butler a New Westminster alderman filed gambling charges against George Dobrosky and H. B. Freeman at a roadside zoo southeast of Butte. He and a Canadian party claimed losses of 275 and 240 dollars in a dice and card game with officials from Montana and British Columbia pursuing prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Butler
New Westminster
British Columbia
Butte
Silver Bow County
Charles Huppe
William G. Ferguson
Montana Automobile Association
Helena
al Erickson
State Highway Commission
Butler
Franks
Annual Flower Show Opens in Butte Finlen Hotel
The annual Butte and Silver Bow county flower show sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Garden club of Butte opens Wednesday in the Finlen hotel Silver Bow room and runs through Thursday from 2 PM to 11 PM with free entries before 11:30 AM. Local artists entertain and cash awards and ribbons await winning exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte and Silver Bow County
Rocky Mountain Garden Club of
Butte
Silver Bow
Finlen Hotel
Marie Evans
John S. Wulf
Walter Russert
Eddie Mulesich
Paul Bowden
Bernard Bretherton
Clarence Ramey
Virginia McBride
Dorothy McBride
Letty Ann Doran
Mark Hampton
Polio Cases Reported in Butte Hospitals
Seven polio cases have reached Butte area hospitals in the past two weeks with two from Butte two from Anaconda and three from Dillon. Officials urge precautions as the disease can impact any age. The National Foundation notes many cases are not crippling and many patients recover with treatment.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
National Foundation For
Anaconda
Dillon
National Foundation
Butte Evening Window Shows Open Fashion Festival
Butte hosts a fall fashion preview with live model window displays starting at 17 30. Merchants showcase home furnishings ladies apparel and new fall designs drawing large crowds to the business district. The Montana Standard and Butte Daily Post publish a special section for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Montana
Montana Standard
Butte Daily Post
Hurricane Charlie advances toward Tampico oil ports
News from Tampico reports a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico nearly stationary 230 miles east-southeast of the port. Authorities expect a Wednesday noon landfall on Tampico with thousands urged to evacuate to higher ground. Ships secure in harbor and oil installations brace for the storm amid rising tides and widespread precautionary measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampico
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico
United States Weather Bureau
Jamaica
Government Oil Company
Panuco
Weather Bureau
Caribbean
Atlantic
Water disease prompts convention move from Red Lodge
The Montana public instruction department canceled a Red Lodge gathering of about 250 vocational education teachers and moved the Montana Vocational Association convention to Billings after Red Lodge water was declared unsafe for human use.
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Helena
State Public Instruction Department
Red Lodge
Billings
Montana
Montana Vocational Association
Mary M. Condon
Public Instruction
Associated Press
A. W. Johnson
Miss Condon
State Health Board
Johnson
G. D. Carlyle Thompson
Thompson
Health Board
Fromberg
Troy
Bear Creek
Nationalists in Formosa accuse envoy in Washington of misusing funds
Taipei reports Chinese Nationalists charge Lt. Gen. Mao Pang-chu and Col. Hsiang Wei-hsian with dereliction of duty and corruption over 19,440,000 dollars. They order both to return home and seek asylum in the United States, with possible extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taipeh
Formosa
Air Force
Mao Pang-chu
Mao
Hsiang Wei-hsian
United States
State Department
Chiang Kai-shek
United Nations Military Staff Committee
Shehn Chang-huan
Col
Hsiang
Defense Ministry
Butte Baby Revived at Police Station
A four day old Mining City boy was resuscitated by a city fire department crew after choking turned him blue. Police and a local physician aided the revival at the Butte station after the frantic mother and a neighbor rushed the infant from a rooming house to seek help late Tuesday night. The baby was returned home as of Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Fire Department
Doctor Drowned in Plains Canoe Mishap Near Paradise
Dr Phillip Litvin of Washington DC and two Butte men attempted rapid slalom on the Clark Fork river six miles east of Plains. The canoe overturned in a boiling stretch. Litvin drowned while Ed Craney and Vern Totten survived. Litvin's wife watched from shore.
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Paradise
Citizens of Boys State Hear Talks
Dillon Montana August 21 Citizens of Montana Boys State heard talks on democracy and safe driving. Gov John W Bonner contrasted Communist practices with American rights and freedoms. County and county seat officials were inaugurated across several counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Clark County
Kim Foreman
Miles City
Gary Jystad
Kalispell
Myron Schulz
Glendive
Darrell Anderson
Butte
Don Patterson
Columbia Falls
Duane Jackson
Dwight Neill
Helena
Ronnie Richards
Missoula
Ben Huber
Gene Shaw
Bozeman
Gary Carson
Dillon
Ronnie Roberts
Hamilton
Lewis County
Ronnie Dufresne
Gary Nelson
Cut Bank
Bryan Waters
Truman Plans to Reopen Controls Fight
President Truman signaled plans to renew his push for stronger price control powers from Congress. He denounced the current law as inadequate to curb inflation amid rising defense spending and ordered advisory briefings as he weighs a message to seek amendments. Senate critics pressed for consultations and warned officials against public criticism of the law before it takes full effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
Capehart
R-Ind
United States
Indiana
England
Maybank
D-S. C
Senate Banking Committee
Charles FE. Wilson
Eric Johnston
Michael V. DiSalle
White House
Joseph Short
National Mobilization Advisory Board
Short
Reds Drive South Koreans From Three Hills
Allied reports say South Korean troops fell back after a Robust Communist counterattack that regained three hills in eastern Korea. Forces near Kansong and Yanggu faced heavy fighting as North Korean and Chinese propaganda surged.
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Reds
Three Hills
Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
Henry I. Hodes
Lawrence C. Craigie
Peiping
Red
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam
Joy
Matthew B. Ridgway
United States
Eighth Army
Kansong
Sea of Japan
Yanggu
Far East
North Korea
Sinmak
Sariwon
Montana Masons Elect Officers at 87th Grand Lodge Session
The Montana Masons concluded the 87th communication with officer elections to be led by Percy W. Doles at the Fox theater. Over 500 delegates attended, with many more registering Tuesday afternoon and evening as officers were named from Billings Butte Glendive Helena Helena Worden Edgar Great Falls Plains Virginia City Forsyth Malta Missoula and other lodges.
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Grand Lodge of Montana
Fox Theater
Percy W. Doles
Havre
Order
Grand Lodge
Chandler C. Cohagen
Billings
Herbert L. Langer
Butte
George G. Hoole
Glendive
Edwin Grafton
Helena
Ralph N. Lodge
Byron P. Gaither
Worden
George 8. Morrell
J. Edward Patterson
Edgar
Earl S. Bardwell
Great Falls
Charles G. Johnson
Plains
Lyman H. Bennett
Virginia City
Myron E. Bean
Forsyth
James T. Harrison
Malta
Lloyd N. Jeffries
Missoula
Associated Press
Belgrade
Weather forecast for Butte and Montana regions
Partly cloudy with scattered showers expected in Butte Wednesday afternoon and slight temperature change. Butte highs near 85 and lows around 46 with a period from 12 midnight Monday to 5 30 p m Tuesday. Western Montana east of Divide shows scattered thunderstorms and highs around 80 to 90.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
End of Prison Strike Appears Imminent in Oregon
Salem Oregon August 21 An end to the week old Oregon state prison strike seemed near as about 1200 inmates were fed for the first time in five days Prison officials reported that 90 percent of the men were willing to return to work The move followed assurances from James Audett head of the grievance committee and Catholic chaplain Rev William McClory that inmates would resume work The strike had centered on the demand to remove Guard Morris Race from within the walls.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
James H. Audett
Audett
William McClory
Contract Talks to Be Resumed in Copper Industry
Representatives of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers in Butte Great Falls and Anaconda will resume talks with Anaconda Copper Mining company here Thursday to press for contract demands. The meeting aims to settle 1951-52 contracts before Aug 27 with federal conciliators present. Labor talks follow earlier discussions with no progress amid industry wide walkout pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Union of Mill and Smelter Workers
Butte
Great Falls
Anaconda
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Willam Mason
McGlone
Mason
Kennecott
Phelps-Dodge
AS and R
National
Federal Conciliation and Mediation Service
Union
Denver
International Union of Mine, Mill and
Draft Case Dismissed and Duffy Reclassified 1-A
Frederick Charles Duffy of Butte faced charges for failing to submit to induction under the National Selective Service Act. The case was dismissed and bonds exonerated, with Duffy reclassified 1-A after earlier refusal to be inducted as a Jehovah's Witness minister. He was initially detained by the FBI and released on a $2,500 bail to await trial.
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National Selective Service Act
Armed and Naval Forces
Frederick Charles Duffy
Butte
David F. Holland
United States District Court
Duffy
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Federal of Investigation
United States
House Sets Three Week Recess Amid Senate Delays
The House planned a three week recess starting Thursday while the Senate lags in work and faces a longer break later in the year. The pause offsets differing schedules between the two chambers.
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HOUSE
Washington
Senate
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Government
Kingston
Boys Central Band
Tionight
Freeman
James Lester
Stanley Richards
Zoo
Dobrosky
al McLeod
Justice of the Peace
J. J. Winston
Citizens of
Boys State
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