Twelve Nations Protest Over Ward Arrest
Twelve nations joined the United States in protesting to the Chinese Communists over the arrest and jailing of United States Consul General Angus Ward in Mukden. The move followed Secretary of State Acheson’s appeal to 30 nations and comes as Britain France Australia and others announced protests or sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPR
United States
Angus Ward
Mukden
State Department
Dean Acheson
China
Russia
Bulgaria
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Britain
France
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Egypt
India
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Philippines
Acheson
William C. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Elmer Co. Bender
Cincinnati
Chicago
Navy Department
Far East
Ward
Isbrandtsen Steamship Company of
New York
Acme
Kathleen
Elmer Q Bender
Sgt. Bender
Tsingtao
Husband fatally shoots self after wife slain in street
Grand Rapids Michigan November 30 Langdon Angle Jr a Navy veteran shot his wife Lenore 17 after a quarrel then killed himself in his car He told prosecutors he and Lenore argued about her leaving She was found in a blood stained snow bank and neighbors heard shouting and two gunshots
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Langdon Angle, Jr
Lenore
Veterans Administration
St. Mary Hospital
John de Blaay
de Blaay
Angle
Roger ©. McMahon
Governor Fears Water Rights Jeopardy in Missouri Basin
Montana Governor John W. Bonner warned on November 30 that Missouri basin development could drain Montana water. A State Water Conservation survey shows Canyon Ferry and Fort Peck dams may not meet future power and irrigation needs, risking Montana water rights across the Columbia and Missouri basins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Montana
John W. Bonner
Missouri
Missouri River States Committee
Water Conservation Board
Canyon Ferry
Fort Peck
Columbia River
Bonner
Atlantic Nations to Get Guns Soon
A high diplomatic source said U S arms will be fed into Western European armies within weeks after conferences in Paris. Gen Omar Bradley said he was satisfied with defense plans by 12 North Atlantic pact nations as defense ministers prepare to meet. Pending approval from President Truman, 800 million dollars in U S military aid to partners will be released, with 100 million from a one billion program reserved for immediate aid. About 500 million of the billion is for surplus arms, the rest 400 million in cash to bolster European armies and factories. Canadian Defense Minister Brooke Claxton noted the regional defense areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
Omar Bradley
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
America
Congress
Brooke Claxton
Build Butte Committee Formed To Guide City Improvements
Three groups the Butte Development Association the New Industries Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and the Silver Bow Employers Association have joined to form the Build Butte committee. They seek public support and plan to study construction projects to foster a bigger more prosperous Mining City.
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Build Butte
Butte Development Association
New Industries Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Silver Bow Employers Association
Butte
Operation Within Hour After Birth Saves Baby
In Pierre South Dakota emergency surgery within an hour after birth saved Terry Lee Jones. Dr L C Askwig performed the operation on November 18 noting the baby was born with his appendix in a hernia sac outside the body. Death would result without immediate surgery. Terry is the son of Mr and Mrs Willis A Janes.
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Pierre
S. D
Terry Lee Jones
L. C. Askwig
Terry
Willis A. Janes
Woman Identified in Amnesia Case Mrs Remington of Kalispell
MISSOULA Nov 30 A woman believed to be the amnesia victim was identified as Mrs John L Remington of Kalispell. Police said she was placed under observation after seeking help and a motorist gave her a ride from Ravalli. Her husband was notified and en route. She recalled jumping from a car near Polson and may have been bound for Grangeville Idaho. She had head abrasion a headache and hurt knee and elbow.
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Missoula
John L. Remington
Kalispell
Henry Boucher
Lewiston
Idaho
Clarkston
Boucher
Butte Weather: Snow Flurries and Mild Temps
Partly cloudy to cloudy with occasional snow flurries in Butte. Temperatures near 37 in the next 24 hours with highs 38 to 39 at local stations and a trace of precipitation. West of Divide partly cloudy Thursday with highs 35 to 45. East of Divide same outlook and temps.
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School of Mines
Divide
Hayrack Runs Down Rancher Wind Is to Blame
Fore man Art Galloway was struck by a wind driven hayrack at Rock Creek Ranch near Wolf Creek. The hayrack outran him, smashed a gate, and stopped against a granary after threatening 500 calves. Galloway received treatment for multiple bruises. He will anchor all hayracks and wagons on the ranch in future.
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Helena
Art Galloway
Rock Creek
Wolf Creek
Galloway
New Zealanders Oust Labor Regime in Upset
New Zealand voters ended 14 years of Labor rule in a parliamentary election Tuesday. The National party won 46 of 80 seats, Labor 34, with four Maori candidates among the Labor wins. Sidney Holland, 56, will become prime minister.
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Auckland
N. Z
New
Peter Fraser
Fraser
Sidney George Holland
Laborites
National Party
New Zealand
Labor
Australia
Robert Gordon Menzies
Melbourne
Great Britain
Lord Woolton
Britain
Conservative
London
London Stock Exchange
Yugoslavia Stands firm Against Cominform Pressure
Yugoslavia at the United Nations rejects the Cominform bid to oust Premier Marshal Tito. Ambassador Sava Kosanovic asserts Tito retains solid support from the Yugoslav Peoples Front and that Soviet peace rhetoric contrasts with actions. Britain’s Hector McNeil calls the move a war manifesto and notes UN defeats.
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New York
Yugoslavia
United Nations
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Tito
Sava Kosanovic
Yugoslav Peoples’ Front
Britain
Hector McNeil
Assembly
Comintern
Montana Ranger Dies in Cave-In Near Broadus
William Lockhart 29, assistant forest ranger at Fort Howe, was killed when a sewer ditch cave-in trapped him about 25 miles north of Broadus Montana. Coroner Holt said he smothered. rescue efforts lasted over two hours before a Miles City doctor pronounced him dead. Survivors include his widow.
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Broadus
William Lockhart
Fort Howe Ranger Station
Steve Holt, Jr
Lockhart
Montana University Forestry
Holt
Miles City
Fort Howe Station
Bulgaria readies treason trial for Kostov
Sofia reports Bulgaria moves toward a Rajk style trial with Traicho Kostov and 10 co defendants charged with treason spying and sabotage. Indictment quotes confessions claiming plans to sever Bulgaria from the Soviet orbit and ally with Yugoslavia.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Rajk
Traicho Kostov
Laszlo Rajk
Budapest
Kostov
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Georgi Dimitrov
Hungary
Marshal Tito
Tito
Communist Information Bureau
Chungking Falls to Red Army as Chiang Flees
Hong Kong dispatches report Chungking fell as Chiang Kai-shek abandoned the Nationalist capital. About 20,000 Communist troops reportedly advanced, with Chiang's Skymaster plane seen heading toward Chengtu. Chinese sources claim Kiangpeh was seized as the city collapsed.
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Chungking
Red Army
Chiang
Hong Kong
Chiang Kai-shek
Taipei
Formosa
China
Sing Tao Man Po
Liu Po-cheng
Yangtze River
Kiangpeh
Taipeh
Chengtu
Thomas Thomas Gives Plea Of No Defense In Payroll Case
Rep. J Parnell Thomas withdrew a not guilty plea and entered a no contest plea to payroll padding and kickback charges. The 54 year old New Jersey Republican faces up to 32 years in prison and fines up to 40000 plus loss of his seat and public office ban. Sentence set for December 9 with $1000 bond. co defendant Helen Campbell saw fraud and conspiracy charges dropped.
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Washington
U.P
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Thomas
House Committee On un-American Activities
Alexander Holtzoff
Helen Campbell
FBI
Miss Campbell
Acme
Washington, D. C
Italian Reds Call General Strike
The Communist controlled confederation of labor called a nationwide 24 hour general strike for Thursday to protest the massacre of workers in Tuesday's two hour gun battle at Torremaggiore near Foggia. Two workers were killed and 12 seriously injured in the clash as police patrolled around the town of 16 000.
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Rome
U.P
Confederation of Labor
Torremaggiore
Alcide de Gasperi
Foggia
Italy
Alaska Defense Plans Approved Reported By General Collins
General J Lawton Collins said joint Alaska defense plans are adequate though not grandiose and that standby orders have been issued to six area army commanders. He noted studies on using atomic bombs tactically and referenced housing delays for troops.
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Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Alaska
United States
Russia
Collins
Gruening
Siberia
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs
Jacob L. Devers
Driver Mistake Kills Child in San Bernardino Front Yard
A four year old girl, Vivian Webb, was killed when a novice driver, 38 year old Mrs Sebastiana Montecino, stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake in San Bernardino California. The driver is held for investigation.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Vivian Webb
Thomas L. Webb
Sebastiana Montecino
Fourth Major Shutdown of Year Begun
Pittsburgh reports the United Mine Workers begin a fourth shutdown of the year as the three week strike truce expired. Walkouts hit California Pennsylvania at Jones and Loughlin Steel Vesta mines while coal companies in Kentucky and Pennsylvania delay shifts. UMW aims to pressure for a new contract as wage policy talks loom in New York.
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Acme
New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Hotel Roosevelt
John Owens
Lewis
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
California
UMW
Jones and Loughlin Steel Corporation
Vesta
Kentucky
United States Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Uniontown
West Virginia
Farmers Oppose Valley Authority at Montana Meeting
Montana Farm Bureau Federation adopted a resolution declaring unalterable opposition to all valley authority bills in Congress. Delegates re elected President Clarkson Spain of Bozeman and approved 27 resolutions including how to allocate $5 million in university building funds and support federal reforms. The group urged high voltage lines from Canyon Ferry to Great Falls and opposed freight rate hikes and new federal land acquisitions.
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Livingston
Montana
Farm Bureau Federation
Valley Authority
Congress
Federation
Clarkson Spain
Bozeman
State Board of Education
State Board of Examiners
Hoover Commission
Canyon Ferry Dam
Great Falls
Fort Peck
Canyon Ferry
Whitehall
Twin Bridges
Melrose
Anaconda
Bonneville
United States Department of Agriculture
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Mate
Atlantic
Associated Press
Max. Min. Proc
Billings
Belgrade Sees
Custer Cut Bank
Wind
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