Ridgway Offers to Resume Talks on Truce
Gen Ridgway urged Red commanders to drop alleged neutrality violations as he invited resumption of truce talks. He dismissed claims of an Allied bombing near Kaesong as propaganda and pledged full investigation while warning a breakdown could end talks.
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Ridgway
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
Communist High Command
Red
United States
Kim I] Sung
Peng Teh- Huai
Six Americans Die in Wreck Near Metz France
Six Americans were among at least 20 killed when a speeding express crashed into a Frankfurt Paris train near Metz France. About 40 were injured including 10 soldiers and one soldier’s wife. The dead included Army officers William Dickenson and Oven Wagner and enlisted men Alphonso McLaughlin Everett Whalen and Dorothy Petersen.
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Metz
France
United States Army
Munich
Rose Montgomery
Knoxville
Senate Approves 85 Million for Voice of America Fund
The Senate voted 52 to 16 to provide 85 million dollars for the State Department information and educational overseas efforts including the Voice of America radio and related activities. The appropriation, part of a 1.022 billion package, falls short of the presidents 115 million request and follows debated hours in session.
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Washington
Friends of the
Voice of America
Senate
State Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Truman
America
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
Voice
Voice Fund
Anti-Trust Division
Justice Department
Douglas
Dtil
Hardy Montanan: 92-Year-Old Charles Thex Keeps Working
A writer trying to interview 92 year old Charles Thex in Broadus Montana was brushed off with I am too busy to talk I have to get this having done Thex has been in Montana since guiding a cattle herd from Texas in 1877
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Broadus
Montana
Charles Thex
Thex
Texas
Central Troupe Greet Returning Veterans in Seattle
The Central Boys tumbling and accordion band from Butte will join Seattle can-can dancers to welcome 2 849 Korean War veterans returning home. The group, praised by Col. Robert M. Watkins, will perform at embarkation ceremonies and for wounded service members at Madigan General hospital with Montana as their backdrop.
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Frank Quinn
Seattle
Boys Central
Butte Boys
Ing
Colonel Watkins
Jim Konen
Dan Konen
Bob Strand
Dan Paynich
Paynich
Tommy Owen
Montana
Treasure State
George Borgan
Anaconda
Buddy J. Barker
Sand Springs
Corp
Frank Britt
Great Falls
Arthur J. Coll
Boulder
Jean Coleman
Kalispell
Jack Cromwell
Livingston
Roland C. Johnson
Kremlin
Wayne Richmond
Eureka
Carl Sevalstad
Black Eagle
F. Wallinger
Fairview
Butte
Fort Lewis
McChordfield
Madigan General Hospital
Watkins
Latest Fashions Unveiled Before Crowds
Crowds thronged Butte streets for the annual fall fashion showings in merchants windows Friday night. A preview of fall and winter styles accompanied by live models at Hennessys Burrs and Penneys stores drew spectators from Butte and nearby communities despite cool weather.
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Butte
Montana
Hennessy
Burr's
Penney’s
Boy Bitten by Neighborhood Dog Hospitalized After Porch Attack
Archie Arntson 3 son of Mr and Mrs William Arntson was seriously bitten on the porch of his mother's home at 204 West Copper. He underwent facial laceration surgery and was listed in fair condition at St James hospital. The Chesapeake dog was taken to a veterinarian for 15 days observation for possible rabies after neighbors reported it had played with children all summer. Police said the bite was the dog's first indication of viciousness.
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Archie Arntson
William Arntson
West Copper
St. James Hospital
Dave Seccomb
Butte Man Among Returned Veterans
Nine Montanans were among 4290 Army and Air Force personnel returning from the Far East aboard the transport Gen. John Pope. The Montana group includes Jack M. Boucher Butte Lloyd C. Carter Ekalaka Thomas S. Coughlin Big Timber Fred Giese Kalispell Harold M. Hanson Anaconda Charles D. Irish Lewistown Raymond A. Konkright Miles City Milton Y. Rand Billings Clayton D. Savage Missoula.
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San Francisco
Army
Air Force
Far East
John Pope
Tropical storm threatens Mexico aid flow amid flood toll
In San Luis Potosi Mexico relief workers struggled to reach a railroad town where more than 50 people were feared dead as a new tropical storm loomed Friday night. The flood waters surged after the dam at Car.
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San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Car
Butte Man Stanley Hooper Killed in Harrison Avenue Crash
A 41 year old Butte resident, Stanley Hooper of 6314 South Idaho, died en route to St James hospital after a two car and wrecker collision in the 1300 block of Harrison Avenue. Driver Jack Hanley 2125 Harrison suffered a concussion and leg injuries. Hooper and Hanley were taken to St James hospital by ambulance. Investigators reported Hooper was pinned in his auto after ramming the rear of a parked wrecker driven by Hanley. The wrecker had been pushing a car driven by Dean Graves when the incident occurred. Graves was uninjured. He and Hooper were among several locally known residents named in the accident. Coroner Sayatovic said the cause of death is under investigation. The body is in Richards funeral home. The city had not seen a traffic fatality since July 9, 1950.
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Harrison Avenue
Stanley Hooper
Idaho
St. James Hospital
Jack Hanley
Hooper
Rudy E. Sayatovic
Hanley
Dean Graves
Utah
Hanley Service
Harrison
Graves
Butte
Ernett Sullivan
Lars Larsen
Willard McCallum
Tom Nixon
Robert Russell
Richards
Fred Joseph Vogel
505
North Main
Andy Krause
Florence
Krause
Ted Gutz
Senate Approves 7.54 Billion Foreign Aid Bill
The Senate armed services and foreign relations committees unanimously backed a foreign aid bill totaling 7.53575 billion dollars for FY1952. It lists 6.013 billion for military aid to free nations and 1.52275 billion for defense oriented economic aid. President Truman withdraws some support citing cuts, while leaders aim to rush floor debate and eventual conference with the House.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services-Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
House
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
Senate
Tom Connally
Dtexas
Senate House Conference
Defense Department
Mutual Security Administration
Economic Co-operation Administration
State Department
Montana Boys State elects officers as oath is given
Chief Justice Hugh Adair administered the oath to Montana Boys State elective officers and Supreme Court judges in Dillon. Jim Callaghan of Helena won the governorship by two votes over Gary Jystad of Kalispell amid 335 voters. five Pioneer and six Frontier candidates were elected to various posts.
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Callaghan
Pioneer Party
Gary Jystad
Kalispell
Frontier
Pioneer
Lynn Husband
Stanford
Frontier Party
Don Bealty
Billings
Jim Abbott
Lewis Knox
Helena
Lightning Sets Off Dynamite in Colo Project Tragedy
A lightning strike ignited dynamite at a $12 million Denver water board project near Wonderview Colorado, killing eight and injuring about 15. About 50 to 60 men were nearby as four workers on the canyon wall died instantly and others perished under rock. Names of the dead include Bob Maddox and Maxwell Rickets among Denver workers. injured were treated at Boulder and Denver hospitals.
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Wonderwill
Colo
Denver Water Board
Boulder Creek
T. L. McDonald
Macco-Puget Sound Company
Boulder County
Don Moore
Bob Maddox
Arvada
Warner Victory
Lincoln
Ark
C. G. Kim
Golden
B. J. Martinez
Gilbert Chaussart
Lisle Harris
Frank M. Mitchell
Maxwell B. Rickets
Denver
Boulder
McDonald
Eldorado Springs
Pinecliff
Rockies
South Boulder Creek
Dace & Cal
Senate Finance Committee Favors Tax Hike Ceiling
The Senate finance committee voted to raise personal income taxes by 2.409 billion annually with an 11 percent cap on any individual. The plan would take effect November 1, shifting more burden to upper brackets but delivering lower rates overall than the House bill. The panel also approved two House provisions, cutting total revenue guidance from 7.2 to about 6.354 billion, with ongoing cuts to be reported.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Committee
Harriman Heads to Belgrade for Iran Britain Oil Talks
P W Averell Harriman United States special envoy left by plane Friday for talks with Yugoslav Premier Marshal Tito in Belgrade. He was sent by President Truman in mid July to aid Iran and Britain in a stalled oil dispute after the British Iranian talks broke down Wednesday night.
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Tito
Tehran
Iran
P—W. Averell Harriman
United States
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Harriman
Truman
Britain
Election of Officers at Montana Eastern Star Convention
The 62nd annual Grand Chapter of Montana Eastern Star opens at the Fox theater with Saturday installation to follow. Past worthy grand matron Olive May Flachsenhar will install, aided by Victoria Baney, Florence Goodson, and Clara Kilpatrick.
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Grand Chapter of
Montana
Order of the Eastern Star
Fox Theater
Olive May Flachsenhar
Victoria D. Baney
Florence Goodson
Clara Kilpatrick
Air Force Plans to Call Up Unorganized Reservists
The Air Force announced plans to call up combat crew officers from its unorganized reserves for four days of active duty to screen for possible extended tours. The move comes as the Defense Department seeks to defeat a Senate bill allowing unorganized reservists to go off active duty after 12 months if they also served a year in World War II. The Air Force also outlined a long range program with three reserve classes ready standby and retired aimed at universal military training.
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Washington
U.P
Air Force
Defense Department
Senate
Congress
Dr Phillip Litvin Drowns In Clark River Accident
The body of Dr Phillip Litvin 50 of Washington DC was recovered in the Clark river three miles below where he drowned Monday during a rapids trip near Plains Montana. His wife witnessed the accident as Ed Porter Vern Totten and others in a canoe capsized. Litvin a major in the Air Force reserve. Burial in Arlington No 1 Cemetery Washington DC.
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Plains
Phillip Litvin
Washington, D. C
Clark River
Here
Ed Porter
Paradise
Litvin
Ed Craney
Butte
Northwest
Vern Totten
Craney
Totten
Montana
Fannie Neyman
Wesley D'Ewart
R-Mont
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Commission
Arlington No- 1
Air Force Reserve
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Region
Butte area forecasts show scattered thunderstorms and warmer temperatures on Saturday with lows around 36 and highs near 66. Air Port readings peak at 60 and drop to 43. Montana outlook notes cloudiness west of Divide with possible storms ending Saturday night and highs 60 to 65, east of Divide 60 to 70.
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Montana
Associated Press
Divide
United Airliner Crash Kills Fifty in California Hillside
The Oakland area reel s from a United Airliner crash that killed 50 aboard after a fog shrouded hillside impact. FBI inquiry opens into possible sabotage as investigators establish a temporary morgue in Decoto and recover debris across the rugged terrain.
Copper Strike Threatens U S Defense Supply
Federal mediators met Friday with Kennecott Copper and about six unions threatening to strike on Monday. A Kennecott shutdown could cripple national copper supplies used for defense. Talks followed wage concessions from 25 to 17 1/2 cents and ongoing mediation aimed at broader industry contracts.
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Washington
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Cyrus&. Ching
Kennecott
Anaconda
Phelps- Dodge
American, Brass
American Smelting and Refining Company
Ching
AFL
Kennecott Company
Utah
Salt Lake City
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO Steelworkers
Garfield
Truman
Charles E. Wilson
Talks Continue Between Union, Anaconda Copper Over Contract
Representatives of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers and Anaconda Copper Mining officials held morning and afternoon negotiations on Friday and recessed to resume at 10 o clock. Local union locals in Butte Anaconda and Great Falls are represented at the sessions. Earl Simmons of the federal mediation service observed that progress is possible though the outcome remains uncertain.
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International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Earl Simmons
Federal Mediation Service
Chicago Policeman Fatally Shoots Man and Boy
A Chicago police officer, Michael Moretti, shot and killed Edward Salvi 21 and Arthur Gamino 15 and wounded Leonard Monaco 21 in a vacant lot after an attack on the officer during narcotics investigation. State's Attorney John S Boyle ordered a thorough inquiry.
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Chicago
Michael Moretti
Johns. Boyle
Edward Salvi
Arthur Gamino
Leonard Monaco
Official Fired in Agriculture Dept Over Secret Reason
Washington August 24 Jack Cowart a 10250 a year official in the Agriculture department has been dismissed from his job secretary Brannan said the reason was kept secret Brannan noted the department's high turnover and that it is traditional not to give reasons.
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Washington
Jack Cowart
Agriculture Department
Brannan
Priday
Severe Hailstorm Buries Southeastern Montana Fields
A 20 minute cloudburst dumps walnut sized hail across Powder River county delaying cars and destroying an 180 acre grain crop. The storm carves a five mile by thirty mile swath through alfalfa seed and wheat as four inches of rain flood roads and leave four foot drifts on ranch routes.
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Broadus
Montana
Lorna McLees
Associated Press
Powder River
Wolf Creek
Polewood
H. L. Whiting
Three Men Die as War Shell Explodes in Seattle
In Seattle on Friday a 57 millimeter artillery shell exploded while being cut for scrap. Rudolph Prince aged 35 and Lars Campbell were killed instantly. Harvey Kane died after reaching hospital. four others were injured none seriously. The workers were cutting an old artillery shell with acetylene torches when one shell exploded as Campbell worked on it.
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Seattle
Wash
U.P
Rudolph Prince
Lars Campbell
Harevey Kane
Campbell
Eisenhower, Pleven Confer Over European Army Plan
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme commander of the Atlantic pact armies conferred with Premier Rene Pleven on Friday at SHAPE headquarters. Talks likely touched the French proposal for a European army incorporating German soldiers, though no official comment was issued.
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Ike
Pleven
Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rene Pleven
SHAPE
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Yanggu
Iron Triangle
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Senate Ops Voice of America Fund
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California
Alma A. Schultz
Miles City
Arthur H. Small
Creston
Grand Chapter
Abbie Hanson
Hammond
Indiana
Frankland W. L. Miles
Boston
Mass
Lucille M. Kennedy
Missoula
Bella Gunte
Henry C. Smith
Dr. Litvin
Broadus An
Cut Bank
Dillon Drummond
Glasgow
Havre
United Airliner
Hillside
FBI
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Oakland
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Cleveland
Harry Kimball
San Francisco Bay
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