New Action to Crush Tito Planned
Sofia meeting of six Eastern bloc nations including Russia Albania Bulgaria and Poland resolved to step up economic measures against Yugoslavia. The council for mutual economic assistance announced Aug 25 27 sessions with reps from Albania Bulgaria Hungary Poland Romania Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. The bloc aims an economic boycott and broader political military actions to force Tito to bow to Moscow.
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London
U.P
Russia
Sofia
Albania
Bulgarian
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Council For Mutual Economic Assistance
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Economic Council of Mutual Aid
Communist Bureau of Information
Bombers Destroy Rebel Held Bolivian Airfield
Bolivian government forces bombed Santa Cruz destroying the rebel air field and grounding the rebel air arm. Three military transports dropped bombs. Rebels’ Cochabamba base was also rendered unusable. Casualties: two killed, ten wounded, thirty rebels captured. Thirty eight Americans evacuated from Catavi to La Paz.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
U.P
Santa Cruz
Defense Ministry
Cochabamba
Catavi
Danger of Forest Fires Rises Across Regions
MISSOULA Aug. 29. Regional forest officials report dry weather raising fire danger. St Joe National Forest hits 95 with nine new blazes, and Cabinet Clearwater Colville Kaniksu Lolo forests report highs above 80. Bitter Root and Lolo saw fires from lightning and a camper.
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Missoula
St. Joe National Forest
Cabinet
Clearwater
Colville
Kaniksu
Lolo Forest
Ranchers and Woodsmen Help Quell Copper Creek Forest Fire
A small forest fire in Copper Creek district about 30 miles southwest of Philipsburg was quickly controlled by Philipsburg ranchers and woodsmen. Forest officials said the rugged mountain blaze remained potentially dangerous until fully suppressed as 30 men from Butte joined to aid mop up late Monday.
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Copper Creek
Philipsburg
Deer Lodge National Forest
Butte
Crowds Gather at GAR Convention in Indianapolis
Crowds crowded Monument Circle in Indianapolis as veterans from the Grand Army of the Republic gathered for a ceremony. Commander-in-Chief Theodore A. Penland, aged about 100, accepted a commemorative stamp album before leaving via a curbside car due to heat and crowd. Rep. Andrew Jacobs called the stamp issue a token toward a debt we can never fully pay.
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Indianapolis
GAR
Theodore A. Penland
Portland
Ore
Albert Woolson
Duluth
Minn
C. L. Smith
Penland
Woolson
Grand Army of the Republic
Monument Circle
Robert E. Fellers
United States Marine Band
Robert Barrett
Prin
Ceton
George J. Ross
Fellers
Andrew Jacobs
D-Ind
Suspected Slayer Silent in Los Angeles County Jail
Harold Meltzer a Los Angeles gang lieutenant known as Happy lapsed into silence in county jail as New Jersey detectives prepared extradition papers for the slaying of Charles Yanowski. Meltzer called the arrest a bum beef and planned to fight the extradition while Mickey Cohen stood by him.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Harold
Happy) Meltzer
New Jersey
Charles Yanowski
Meltzer
Mickey Cohen
Yanowski
Cohen
Passaic County
Warren J. Marchioni
Clifton
Everett Harford
Marchioni
Harford
John Biasio
Boy Hospitalized After Bike Truck Collision
Jeffrey Pitts eight of 1927 Monroe reported in fair condition at St James hospital after a bike truck collision on Cobban around noon. He suffered head contusions and abrasions to both arms and hands. X rays planned. Driver identified as Steve Rafferty. Police said no formal accident report filed Monday night.
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Jeffrey Pitts
Monroe
St. James Hospital
Cobban
Steve Rafferty
Weather Forecast Across Montana Fair and cool Tuesday
A blue sky forecast for Tuesday brings fair and cool conditions across Montana. Highs are expected in the 70s to near 80 with little temperature change east of the divide. At the School of Mines and Airport, highs around 76 to 77 degrees and lows in the 40s to 50s are recorded.
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School of Mines
Divide
Maragon's Record Studied by Federal Agencies
Federal prosecutors opened a review of John Maragon records to decide on possible perjury and income tax fraud indictments. The move followed the Senate committee surrendering its files on the Greek American ex-aide and prompts from the Internal Revenue Bureau to monitor any tax deficiences.
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Washington
U.P
White House
John Maragon
Senate
United States
John Fihelly
Maragon
Bureau of Internal Revenue
George Morris Fay
William Rogers
Fihelly
Fay
Rogers
Bureau
Insurance Refunds Free From Taxes
Treasury officials said World War II veterans receiving the government life insurance refund will not pay income tax on it. A bureau expert said the GI rebate is definitely not subject to tax, though no formal ruling had been requested.
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Washington
Treasury
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau
New England Endures Wind and Rain From Hurricane Remnant
The storm weakened from hurricane strength as it swept through Vermont New Hampshire and Maine with winds up to 50 mph and heavy rains. It caused power cuts across New Jersey and New York City left 33 000 families without electricity. The Caronia and Gen Omar Bundy were delayed docking in New York.
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Boston
U.P
Forida
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
New England
Weather Bureau
Florida
Georgia
New York
Canada
New York City
Henry Reins
Garfield
N. J
New Jersey Shore
Brooklyn
Queens
Nassau County
Bronx
Cunard
Caronia
United States Army
Omar Bundy
Decision Limits Government Action in Strike
A Hawaiian federal court froze profits of the government stevedoring sector and issued stop gap orders to limit the government's powers to loading and unloading ships. It denied a TRO to halt operations and barred new anti picketing suits, restricting seizure law to actual ship loading and unloading.
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Honolulu
U.P
CYO
J. Frank McLaughlin
Catholic Group to Close Parley in Anaconda
National Council of Catholic Women ends its 28th Helena diocesan conven tion in Anaconda with reports from committees officers elected and a closing address by Bishop Joseph M. Gilmore. Over 300 attendees heard masses, talks by diocesan members, and musical numbers from local performers.
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Anaconda
National Council of Catholic Women
Helena
Joseph M. Gilmore
D.D
St. Paul Church
J. F. Schulte
Hugh Campbell
Thomas Moran
Clarence Ryan
R. J. Roberts
Whitefish
Robert Goucher, Jr
Kalispell
T. J. MacDonnell
Bozeman
J. Selby Spurch
John B. Pinat
Mary Mogus
Dan McKittrick
John Phillips
Sweet Grass
Edwards
A. A. Nickel
Portland
Bishop Gilmore
Truman vows friendly help for Britain's money problems
President Truman told 10 000 American Legion delegates that Britain’s financial woes will be handled with friendliness and helpfulness to sustain world prosperity. He urged avoiding trick solutions and warned against postwar dog-eat-dog economics while noting U S and allied experts will discuss Britain’s crisis in Washington ahead of Sept. 7 talks.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Truman
American Legion
United States
Legionnaires
Missouri
Legion
Washington
Britain
Canada
Great Britain
Drivers urged to be vigilant as Montana traffic deaths rise
Montana State Highway Patrol Chief E H England warned drivers to slow down near schools and residential areas as the 1949 road toll climbed 25 percent above last year with 104 deaths by late August. He cited two Idaho youths killed near Saltese and stressed protecting children as schools resume.
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Helena
E. H. England
Montana
John William Pemble
Charles W. Byrd
Mullan
Idaho
Saltese
Mont
England
United States
Yugoslavia Seeks U S Loan for Mining Equipment
Yugoslavia formally applied to the export-import bank for a US loan to buy American mining machinery for lead copper and zinc mines. The repayment would be in shipments of strategic metals to the United States amid an economic blockade after Tito split with Moscow.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
Export-Import Bank
Tito
United States
Moscow
Acheson
Russia
Danworth Named To Washington Supreme Court
Olympia Washington August 29 Attorney Charles T Danworth 57 Seattle was appointed to the Washington State Supreme Court by Governor Arthur B Langlie.
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Olympia
Wash
U.P
Charles T. Danworth
Seattle
Washington State Supreme Court
Arthur B. Langlie
Seek Tourist as Witness in Death
County authorities seek an unknown tourist as a witness in the death of Walter J. Cole about 50 a transient found near railroad tracks five miles west of Philipsburg. Sheriff Hynes said the tourist reported seeing a man drop from a Northern Pacific freight train. Two Spokane transients John Thompson and William Lowey were arrested for questioning after authorities stopped the train at Garrison. An inquest will be delayed for several days in hopes the tourist appears.
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Philipsburg
Walter J. Cole
Bryan Hynes
Drummond
Northern Pacific
E. C. Ellsworth
Deer Lodge
Cole
San Francisco
Ellsworth
Garrison
Missoula
Hynes
John Thompson
William Lowey
Spokane
Kidnap and assault charges in veteran case in Washington
Frank Chase 52, stepfather of 29-year-old one legged veteran Henry Chum, was charged in Kitsap County Court with holding against will and second degree assault for alleged beatings over 18 months. Bail set at 1000 dollars. Chum, injured in 1943 in New Guinea, was rescued by Legionnaires after neighbors heard screams. he remains hospitalized with broken ribs and eardrums. Chase allegedly tied him with rope and hose, dragged him, and demanded money or reward.
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Montesano
Wash
U.P
Frank Chase
Kitsap
Stanley J. Krause
Henry Chum
New Guinea
Oakville
Chum
Seattle Marine Hospital
Chase
Burglars Hit Clark Park Concession In Butte
Police investigate a break in at the Clark park concession netting about 120 in merchandise. The booth run by Matt Vucurovich, a blind former Butte high school star, saw entry gained by springing gates and the loot included cigars cigarettes candy and gum.
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Clark Park
Matt Vucurovich
Butte
Ball Park
Injuries Fatal to Swimmer in Ulm Diving Accident
Richard E. Ryan 16, son of Philip A. and Annie Ryan, died from a spinal fracture suffered in a diving accident in the Missouri River near Ulm on August 21. The Great Falls high school athlete remained paralyzed from the neck down and had been treated locally since the incident.
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Great Falls
Ulm
Richard E
Dick) Ryan
Philip A
Annie Ryan
Missouri River
Polio Fatality Reports First in County This Year
Charles McMammn 37 of Upton Wyoming died at a Grand Junction hospital Monday morning from bulbar polio. The death marks the first polio fatality in the county this year.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Charles McMammn
Upton
Wyo
Senate bloc fails to force budget cut rider
A bipartisan Senate economy bloc failed to obtain a two thirds majority to attach a budget cutting rider to the armed forces appropriation bill. With 19 senators absent the plan fell short by three votes as the bill moved forward by voice vote.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Truman
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Senate House
George D. Aiken
Forest Donnell
William Langer
N. D
Congress
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Mr. Truman
Polio Cases Reported in Billings Hospital
Elev en polio patients were treated at St. Vincent hospital in Billings on Monday. Among new admissions were Mary Swan 14 of Fromberg Lewis Wirtz 25 of Outlook and John Nordberg three of Powell Wye. Five existing patients showed improvement and one was moved from an iron lung.
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Billings
St. Vincent Hospital
Mary Swan
Malcolm Swan
Fromberg
Lewis Wirtz
Outlook
John Nordberg
Wallace Nordberg
Powell
Wye
James
Wirtz
Leslie King
Terry
Joe Messer
Carl Moore
Basin
Wyo
Moore
King
Refuses Treatment and Is Sent to Jail in Long Beach
A plump cheerful grandmother identified as Lula Belle Stimson, 49, was jailed again after refusing treatment for gambling addiction. Police said her gambling at legal card parlors was funded by bad checks passed at markets. She was first jailed in April when doctor Marcus Crahan proposed glutamic acid injections as a cure.
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Long Beach
Calif
Lula Belle Stimson
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Kenneth S. Wherry
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