Russian says bosh to UN charges in Korea war row
At the United Nations Andrei Vishinsky denounced Western accusations of Soviet war crimes as bosh and counter charged that American and South Korean forces committed mass killings. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. urged an impartial inquiry with full access to Korea and China to establish facts.
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United Nations
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Bosh
Korea
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
China
Lodge
Vishinsky
Taejon
U.S
Secret Agent In King's Office May Have Stolen Fuse Secrets
Senate investigators cite a 1945 FBI finding that a war time scientist in Fleet Admiral King’s office was a Soviet agent who may have passed details of the proximity fuse to British spy Allen D May. The name was omitted as "X" in the report and linked to Gouzenko’s revelations.
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Washington
Senate
FBI
Fleet Adm
Ernest J. King
Internal Security Subcommittee
Ignar Gouzenko
Ottawa
Canada
Office of Scientific Research and Development
King
US. Fleet
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Allen Nunn May
May
Russia
Harry Dexter White
Atty
Brownell
White House
Truman
James B. Forrestal
Navy
White
Treasury
U.S
International Monetary Fund
Senate Subcommittee
Gouzenko
Santa Struck by Rocks in Honolulu Parade
A 16 year old boy was arrested for delinquency after Santa Claus reported being pelted with rocks and firecrackers during Honolulu’s Christmas parade. Police filed the complaint Tuesday against the youth, who faces delinquency charges.
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Honolulu
U.P
Santa Claus
Churchill Heads to Bermuda as Housing Plan Clears Second Reading
London reports the House of Commons approved the Churchill government housing program 309 to 282. Prime Minister Churchill voted then left for the Bermuda Big Three conference with Eisenhower and Laniel. The measure allows rent increases to fund repairs, aiming to halt deteriorating British housing and begin slum clearance.
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London
House of Commons
Churchill
Winston Churchill
Bermuda
Anthony Eden
Eisenhower
Joseph Laniel
God Speed
Indiana Bandits Rob Two Banks
Two Indiana banks about 130 miles apart were robbed of about 530000. Three bandits held elderly cashier John W. Pope and his wife for 11 hours in Jacksonville while stealing 40000 from the People's Trust Co. at daybreak. Hours later two bandits robed Cass County State Bank at Walton of 12000 to 13000 after threatening Bank President L. H. Babb. Authorities seek if the crimes are connected.
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Jacksonville
Ind
U.P
Indiana
People’s Trust Co
John W. Pope
Cass County State Bank
Walton
L. H. Babb
FBI
Pope
Stella
Babb
Exiled Dockers Strike Shuts Much of New York Port
Exiled dock workers began a strike along New Yorks waterfront halting port operations. The strike reportedly hit nearly the entire port per the New York Shipping Association, though the Waterfront Control Commission claimed under 35 percent of piers were affected. The action violates a Taft Hartley injunction preventing new strikes for 80 days, Christmas Eve ends the restraint. U S Attorney J Edward Lumbard said deliberate stoppage may violate the court order and is under active review. Police prepared for a general waterfront strike while Longshoremen refused to back a broad walkout and denied issuing any such order. Picketers lined up about a mile as the Bi State Waterfront Commission began pier cleanups and sought reinstatement of dock workers.
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New York
New York Shipping Assn
Waterfront Control Commission
Murder Charge: Sam Popejoy Linked to Seyler Brothers Slayings
Virginia City reports first degree murder charges filed against Sam Popejoy 55, a Butte trapper, in the Thanksgiving Eve double slaying of William Seyler 29 and James Seyler 37 near Twin Bridges. Coroner's jury blamed Popejoy. judge set December 11 for pleas and remanded him without bail. Popejoy admitted the shootings.
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Virginia City
Sam Popejoy
Butte Trapper
Robert Webb
Popejoy
Seyler Brothers
Twin Bridges
William Seyler
Montana
James Seyler
Montana State University
Philip Duncan
Duncan
Governor Aronson Pays Tribute to Cremer in Montana
Governor J Hugo Aronson flew to Billings to address the Montana School Boards Association and circled Big Timber twice in tribute to former State Senator Leo J Cremer who was killed in a ranch accident last Saturday. Cremer’s funeral had been held Tuesday but he could not attend the service.
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Billings
U.P
J. Hugo Aronson
Montana School Boards Association
Big Timber
Montana
Leo J. Cremer
Cremer
Inquest Set Today in Gunshot Death
Coroner Kyle H. Scott scheduled an inquest for Wednesday afternoon into the gunshot death of Earl Howard Streeter, 22, of London New Hampshire. Streeter died after likely being struck by two 30-30 rifle bullets Sunday afternoon about 20 miles south of Helena in Jefferson county. Alvin Herman Taylor 61 and his nephew Gurney Taylor 47 are held as material witnesses. They say Streeter was accidentally shot during target practice at the elder Taylor's cabin near Jefferson City. No charges have been filed. A London widow survives Streeter.
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Whitehall
Kyle H. Scott
Earl Howard Streeter
London
N.H
Dave Middleman
Lewis and Clark County
Streeter
Helena
Jefferson County
Alvin Herman Taylor
Gurney Taylor
Middleman
Taylor
Jefferson City
Shopping Thrills Without the Ills Gift Spotter ad
The Want Ad Gift-Spotter offers daily Christmas shopping ideas including George Steele and Co. as a featured store. Discover a wide range of gift suggestions to enjoy the holiday season without exhaustion.
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George Steele and Co
Japanese Tell of Soviet Atomic Arsenal
Shinobu Higashi, who covered the return of 811 Japanese war prisoners from Siberia, was a prisoner of the Russians for nearly four years before repatriation. Now with the Associated Press in Tokyo, he served as a correspondent in Manchuria when captured by the Russians late in the war.
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Shinobu Higashi
Siberia
Associated Press
Tokyo
Manchuria
Japanese War Prisoners Return From Siberia
Maizuru reports 811 former Japanese soldiers and civilians repatriated Tuesday from Siberia after eight years of slave labor in hundreds of camps. A Japanese Russia expert calls Soviet buildup terrifying as many prisoners describe forced work to bolster Russia’s military might.
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Maizuru
Japan
Russia
Siberia
Imperial Naval Base
Lessley Named to Hear State Phone Rate Case
District Judge W. W. Lessley of Bozeman was appointed to hear the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph rate case by Judge Victor H. Fall after Fall’s disqualification by Attorney General Arnold H. Olsen. The case concerns validity of rate increases granted by the Montana Public Service Commission and follows a sequence of disqualifications involving Padbury and other parties in Lewis and County District Court.
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Lewis and County District Court
Olsen
Montana Power Co
Padbury
Maritime Leaders Labeled Commie
A 47 year old Los Angeles shipping clerk testified before the House committee that he joined the Communist party in 1933 to aid Negroes. He named several ILWU leaders as Reds including Bridges' top officials. The ILWU held a stop work meeting to protest the accusations.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
House UN- American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Harry Bridges
Independent International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Congressional
Harold Velde
R-Ill
Louis Rosser
ILWU
Bridges
San Francisco Dock Local
Rosser
Red Leaders
New York State
U.S
America
Russia
Louis Goldblatt
Young Communist League
Charles Chili Duarte
Richard Lynden
Local 6
Tavenner
Honolulu
Goldblatt
Civil Defense Conference Opens in Berkeley
Civil Defense officials from eight Western states begin a three day conference in Berkeley California on treatment of A bomb casualties with experts gathering to discuss plans and procedures for civil defense.
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Civil Defense Conference
Berkeley
Calif
U.P
Civil Defense
Dulles Faces McCarthy on Foreign Policy Clash
Secretary of State Dulles challenged Sen. McCarthy’s stance on foreign policy saying the United States will not use blustering coercion toward allies needed to deter a Soviet atomic threat. He spoke with Eisenhower’s support and warned such tactics would weaken the free world. The remarks came as McCarthy urged a Red China blockade and warned allies they would lose U.S. aid if they trade with China.
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Dulles
McCarthy
U.S
Washington
State Dulles
Sen. McCarthy
United States
Eisenhower
China
Britain
White House
Wisconsin
Capitol Hill
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mansfield
D-Mont
Times
Pro-Red South Koreans Turn From Home in POW Interviews
PANMUNJOM Allies open the large scale repatriation drive for 351 prisoners. The first 16 South Koreans interviewed chose to remain with the Communists while 22 Americans and 1 Briton refuse repatriation. The process targets 30 South Koreans daily over 11 days as debates over a Korean peace conference continue nearby.
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Panmunjom
Republic of Korea
U.N
Park Yung Joon
U.S
Russia
Indonesia
Burma
Pakistan
India
Arthur Dean
Woodpecker Debate Drills Through Misoula Jurisdiction
MISSOULA A woodpecker's tapping sparks a legal dispute as a homeowner seeks permission to shoot the bird. Authorities note the woodpecker is a songbird and not killable under game laws, while the city lacks an woodpecker specific ordinance. One man suggests trapping, but the bird continues drilling another hole.
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Missoula
Hill City Man Robert Brimson Dies Eight Days After Wife
Robert Brimson longtime Butte Walkerville resident and blind former electrician dies at his daughter Beatrice Helman's home in Walkerville. He trained guide dogs, tended a noted lawn and flowers, retired 25 years ago due to blindness. Survived by son James Heasley and grandson Gordon Helman, with services by White's Funeral Home.
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Mary
Robert Brimson
Beatrice Helman
E. Daly
Walkerville
Brimson
Butte
Lachine
Que
United States
W. A. Clark
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte Lodge
Af&am Deer Lodge
Royal Arch Masons
Electrical Workers Union
St. John Episcopal Church
James Heasley
Montreal
Gordon J. Helman
Alice Tuck
White
Dulles Links Big Four Talks to Soviet Willingness
Secretary of State Dulles said the success of any Big Four conference hinges on Moscow allowing a "fresh breath of freedom" behind the Iron Curtain. He urged a foreign ministers meeting to discuss Germany and Austria, warning that a denial would doom chances for progress while openness could enable agreement. The dialogue signals U S aims to push back the curtain beyond German and Austrian soil, with Bermuda Talks and East West issues noted but not detailed.
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Washington
Dulles
Moscow
United States
Germany
Austria
Bermuda
U.S
Montana Highways Likely Ice Over Tuesday Night
The Associated Press reports that Montana roads in western northern and eastern areas face icing as rain or snow falls and temperatures dip to 20 to 30 degrees. Little change is seen Wednesday night with highs near 30 to 40. Motorists are urged to use tire chains on Marias Pass Hudson's Bay Divide and expect slick conditions along U.S. Highways 2 93 and 10 around Baker.
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Associated Press
Montana
Continental Divide
Marias Pass
Hudson’s Bay Divide
U.S. Highway 2
Lost Trail Pass
U.S. 93
Lookout Pass
U.S. 10
Baker
Weather forecast for Butte and Montana
Considerable cloudiness with occasional snow and little temperature change through Wednesday and Wednesday night. Thursday partly cloudy with modest temperature rise. Wednesday highs around 34 and night low near 20. Thursday high about 36. Regional notes split by area, with west of Divide and east of Divide detailing temps and snow likelihood, including mountains.
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Divide
Polio Fight in 1954 Marked Offensive Shift
Silver Bow County NFIP chapter outlines 1954 plans as a nationwide polio vaccine test approaches. March of Dimes campaigns must raise more money than ever, with $174 million spent over 16 years to repair polio damage.
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Silver Bow County
National Foundation For
Montana Power Co
East Broadway
E. B. Wainwright
W. C. Sweet
Wainwright
Treasury chief denies feud with Defense secretary
Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey told a standing room crowd at the 42nd annual Investment Bankers Association convention that he and Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson have no differences over government cost cuts. He emphasized there is no feud between them.
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Hollywood
Fla
the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Charles E. Wilson
Defense
Investment Bankers Association of America
Wilson
Alleged Communist Courier Deported to Philippines
The Justice Department said Vincent P. Santiago of New York, described as an alleged Communist party courier, has been deported to his native Philippines.
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RED
Washington
U.P
Justice Department
Vincent P. Santiago
New York
Communist Party
Philippines
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