President Must Fill Four Important Posts
President Truman, returning from a Florida stay, has yet to fill four key posts. The atomic energy commission chair, the economic advisory council head, the national securities resources board chair, and a new special council as Clark Clifford departs are all under consideration. Names are being weighed for Lilienthal’s successor while he ponders a fitting administrator who can work well with the Senate atomic energy committee.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Florida
Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Economic Advisory Council
Edwin G. Nourse
National Securities Resources Board
Clark M. Clifford
Atomic Energy Post
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Lilienthal
Butte Braces For Coldest Day Of Season
Butte is forecast to record its coldest day of the season with a maximum near zero Tuesday. Monday night lows dropped to 13 below zero, with an early Tuesday forecast of minus 15 to minus 18. Uptown readings were around minus 2 at the Montana Power substation. Snow is expected as scattered flurries on both sides of the divide.
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Butte
Montana Power Company
Man Steals Cars With Crippled Woman in It
A thief stole a car in New York and abandoned it seven hours later in Brooklyn with Esther Silverman a 42 year old polio victim hidden in the back seat. She could only utter Where's my sister and was too nervous to explain what happened. The sister Jean Silverman reported the theft. Patrolmen found the vehicle and the frightened woman.
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New York
Esther Silverman
Jean Silverman
Brooklyn
Clarence A. Sherman
Herman Fregang
Miss Silverman
Won't Take Chance With Gunmen Again
San Francisco liquor dealer Angelo Camileri, 39, recounts three prior hold ups by gunmen using unloaded or imaginary weapons. On Monday two gunmen tried again. Camileri knocked one down but was shot in the leg as the pair escaped with $50.
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San Francisco
U.P
Angelo Camileri
Camilleri
Three Countries Agree to Standardize Military Setup
The United States Britain and Canada will standardize arms designs equipment and training methods to integrate Atlantic pact defense forces. The plan aims at long term gradual uniformity while avoiding scrapping current gear and seeks economy through eliminating duplication. Military committees will coordinate and observers will be exchanged to smooth future developments.
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London
U.P
United States
Britain
Canada
Washington
Ottawa
Ministry of Defense
Convict Murdered in Folsom Prison
At Folsom Prison California a life term inmate Fred Evans 27 was stabbed to death in the yard during lunch hour as 1500 convicts stood in line. The killing is the third inside the prison in three months following the slayings of Willard Barton and an injury to Albert Johnson.
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Folsom
Calif
U.P
California
Fred Evans
Santa Cruz
Willard Barton
Los Angeles
Borton
Albert Johnson
Farm Output This Year Sets Record
The Agriculture Department reports the 1949 crop season produced the nation’s second largest overall output with record corn and cotton surpluses, wheat near top levels, and beans rice and peas breaking records. Price supports will expand next year to curb surpluses and reduce treasury drain as growers shift under the program.
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Washington
U.R
Agriculture Department
United States Treasury
Department
CIO Red Hearing Ends Early as Rigged Charge Alleged
The CIO Office and Professional Workers union halted its defense against charges of Communist leanings claiming a committee hearing was rigged. Union President James Durkin argued the group remains democratic and denies party policies. The CIO also filed an $18,700 federal suit over alleged loaned funds not repaid.
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Washington
CIO
Professional Workers Union
James Durkin
Communist Party
Durkin
Butte Weather Forecast Partly cloudy and cold Tuesday
The forecast for Butte calls for partly cloudy skies and continued cold on Tuesday. Highs range from 0 to 15 with variable readings from the School of Mines and Airport reporting lows near 5 to -10. Snow flurries are possible west of the divide and in the east, with scattered flurries southwest and extreme east.
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School of Mines
Divide
Mannstein Found Guilty of War Crimes by British Court
Nazi Field Marshal Erich von Mannstein was convicted by a British military court in Hamburg on nine of 17 charges and sentenced to 18 years in prison. The verdict lists executions of Russian POWs, use of slave labor, execution of political commissars, and mass killings. Time served will reduce the sentence.
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Hamburg
Germany
U.P
Erich von Mannstein
Mannstein
von Mannstein
Hitler
Crimea
B. H. Bidell Hart
Britain
Evening Shopping Begins Tonight In Butte Stores
The Butte textile firms will stay open 9 a m to 9 p m from tonight through Friday with 6 p m Saturday closures. Food stores offer late shopping Thursday to Saturday nights with 8 a m opening and 9 p m closing, earlier Saturday. Announcement by Silver Bow Employers association and the Butte Clerks union.
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Butte
Silver Bow Employers Association
Butte Clerks Union
Denfeld declines top overseas post amid clash with Navy
Admiral Louis E. Denfeld rejects a senior command in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. He cites Secretary Matthews’s loyalty charges and says such a claim ruins his usefulness and would hinder discussing North Atlantic pact strategy. He hints at resignation as he weighs 40 years in the Navy.
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Washington
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
United States
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Matthews
Denfeld
No Progress in coal talks as week opens in New York
Hard coal operators and the United Mine Workers reported no progress in contract talks in New York. The session began the third week of discussions with UMW head John L. Lewis absent from the meeting.
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New York
United Mine Workers Union
John L.lewis
UMW
Grandmother 88 Jailed Over Butter Theft in Oakland
In Oakland California Grandma Margaret Russell aged 88 declared she was mad over the fuss after spending four days in jail over an 38 cent butter theft claim. Released on $200 bail her case drew offers of bail from strangers. She faced petty theft charges with up to 500 dollars fine and six months imprisonment.
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Oakland
Calif
Margaret Russell
U.P
Grandma Russell
Clarence Odermatt
Proof from Moscow cited in Bridges perjury case
Ex Communist Paul Crouch testified that proof Bridges held high Communist office lies in Moscow files of the NKVD. He said a list of the United States party central committee for 1938 would be in Soviet files, and defense argued for its existence.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
Moscow
United States
Paul Crouch
Florida
Bridges
Vincent Hallinan
Crouch
NKVD
Australia
Black Dahlia Suspect Confesses Again in LA
Robert Stewart Cox, 41, an unordained minister, walked into the Los Angeles county sheriff's office and confessed to the Black Dahlia killing for a second time. He was turned over to the homicide division to be booked on suspicion of murder.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Robert Stewart Cox
Army Officers Stage Quick Coup in Syria
Syria faced a third coup in eight months as Col Sami El Hinnouai and allies seized pro unity leaders including Assad Talasi and MPs. The army claimed to act to safeguard the republic and said the detainees were traitors banished to an unknown destination. The dawn operation hit government departments Radio Damascus and the national bank, surrounding the president’s residence.
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Damascus
Syria
U.P
Iraq
Sami el Hinnouai
Assad Talasi
Hinnouai
Adeed Chichakli
Chichakli
Radio
Syrian National Bank
Hashem el Atassy
Wife Found Dead in Mystery Pact on Lookout Mountain
In Chattanooga area a doctor and his wife were found with suspected drug use and a note suggesting a death pact. Dr Joseph Crawford, 34, a former Ochsner clinic physician, was unconscious. Mrs Mildred Crawford, 28, was dead. A note to their children indicated financial concerns and a likely plan to provide for them as the couple lay dead. The syringe and autopsy were reported as part of ongoing investigations.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
U.P
Mildred Minderman Crawford
New Orleans
Joseph B. Crawford
Ochsner Clinic
Fairyland
Lookout Mountain
Erlanger Hospital
Crawford
Women's Clinic
Veterans in Montana to receive 9 million NSLI dividends
Montana World War II veterans are set to receive about 9 million dollars in National Service Life Insurance dividends early next year. The average payment is 125 dollars, with some checks as high as 500 dollars, and the endorsement urges buyers to save via United States Savings Bonds.
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Helena
Montana
National Service
Arthur Nelson
NSLI
United States Savings
Nelson
Russia Builds Up Submarine Fleet Says Navy
Washington reports authoritative sources say Russia is rapidly expanding its submarine force with Jane's Fighting Ships estimating 360 submarines now and aiming for 750 to 1,000 by 1951. The Navy vows anti submarine warfare as its top priority while noting evidence of increased undersea focus.
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Washington
United States Navy
Jane's Fighting Ships
Russia
Navy
Jane
Congress
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
Jane’s
Jane's
Soviets
Nationalists Claim Recapture of Kunming in China Civil War
Nationalists announced they retook Kunming after a December 10 revolt led by Lu Han. Gen. Yu Cheng wan’s 26th army reclaimed the city at 4 30 pm with air force support and reports cited retreating rebel forces and casualties. The government remains in Taipeh Formosa while authorities monitor visa seekers at the British consulate.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Kunming
26Th
Yu Cheng-wan
Lu Han
Yunnan Province
Burma
Li Mi
China
Taipei
Hong Kong
Mayor Faces Murder Charge In Crippled Registrar Slaying
In Sydney Nova Scotia Dan Jack MacLean the reelected mayor was charged with murder after Reg MacKinnon 65 crippled voting registrar was knocked from his crutch and run over twice by a car. Witnesses named the mayor’s license plate as the culprit.
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Sydney
N. S
U.P
Dan Jack MacLean
Jack
Joseph MacKinnon
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
MacKinnon
Porter Hearing Goes Ahead In Helena Supreme Court
Lewis and Clark county commissioners fail to postpone Wednesday’s Supreme Court hearing on whether funds for the county grand jury shall be cut off. Roger Porter of Helena seeks to void 57 indictments claiming the jury is illegal and improperly aided by a special prosecutor.
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Helena
Lewis and Clark County
Supreme Court
Roger Porter
High Court
Hugh Adair
Porter
Floyd O. Small
Small
Build Butte committee weighs eight hour day shift idea
A Butte labor writer questions who profits from completed jobs ahead of schedule. The Build Butte committee argues faster completion benefits craftsmen and the city, cites school and hospital construction, and praises the impact on public needs. They discuss six hour days and consider an eight hour trial next spring at a Jan. 5 meeting.
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Butte
Build Butte Committee
Butte Development Association
New Industries Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Silver Bow Employers’ Association
Build Butte
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