Christmas Seal Sale Drives Strong Support in Silver Bow
The Christmas seal drive for the Silver Bow Tuberculosis association reports a good response as funds fund a mass X ray program. Chair Rev. Frank L. Harrington notes the need for higher returns and urges downtown booths and the court house clinic for purchases. Volunteers from Girls Central high school and local organizations staff booths, with many named workers listed, as the drive continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls Central High School
Margaret Mary Crowley
Mary Lou St. George
Silver Bow
Court House
J. T. Finlen
Emerson Pta
Chapter X
PEO
Daughters of Penelope
Circle of Serbian Sisters
Marian White Arts and Crafts
Butte Junior Women’s Club
Chapter 39
CES
St. John Garden Club
Longfellow Pta
Betty Kirkpatrick
Marilyn Dolan
Mary Jo Curtin
Maxine Cooper
Margaret Mary
Bride in Dilemma as POW List Reveals Alive Husband
Agnes Dixon Sasser 22 of Wilson faces a two husband dilemma after a POW list reportedly shows her first husband, Sgt Walter Dixon, alive and a prisoner in Korea. She and new husband Pfc William Sasser 22 traveled from Atlanta to La Grange, N C for Christmas with family after a secret marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Dixon
Pfc
William Sasser
Sasser
la Grange
N. C
Atlanta
Agnes
Dixon
Pentagon
Bozeman Father and Son Die in Nebraska Car Crash
Henry Klaus about 80 and Rudolph Klaus 28 of Rowan Montana were killed in a collision three miles northwest of Mitchell Nebraska on Thursday. Their arrival to spend Christmas with relatives preceded the crash. Alex Klaus 37 of Morrill and Jack E. Ross 20 of Mitchell were injured. State Patrolman Dale Justice noted the collision occurred at an intersection and the two Klaus men were thrown from the car.
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Mitchell
Neb
Henry Klaus
Rudolph
Rowan
Mont
Here
Alex Klaus
Morrill
Henry
Jack E. Ross
Dale Justice
Rudolph Klaus
Allied air raid blasts North Korean airfield in Sinanju
Allied B29s dropped 60 tons of high explosives on the Sinanju airfield deep in North Korea with minimal anti-aircraft fire. Other fighters hit ground targets near Pyongyang and Yonchon as UN forces report probing and skirmishes across central and eastern fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Far East
Sinanju
Okinawa
Pyongyang
Mig Alley
Yonchon
Kumsong
Pukhan River
Air Force
Eighth Army
Record Christmas Shopping Boosts Butte Stores
Butte retailers report near record sales Thursday night as crowds thronged well stocked shops during the city’s second late shopping period of the season. A $825,000 retroactive pay for Anaconda Copper Mining employees spurred spending amid holidays chaos, with stores staying open late and police managing heavy traffic without major incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mining City
Butte’s
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Plane crashes near Cobourg but all 47 escape unharmed
A two engine C46 airliner lost both engines in a snowstorm and belly landed in a Cobourg area farmer’s field near Lake Ontario. Pilot Bruce L. Smelser guided the craft to a near miss with a farm home, with all aboard uninjured including babies in arms. Passengers, including servicemen and their families, were sheltered at the Wilson farmhouse before continuing to Trenton.
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Cobourg
Ont
Lake Ontario
Here
Burbank
Calif
Newark
N. J
Bruce L. Smelser
Smelser
Charles Wilson
Wilson
Trenton
Chicago
Montana Woman Dies from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Mrs Phyllis Johnson 43 of Bridger died in a Billings hospital from carbon monoxide poisoning after she and her three children were found overcome by gas in their Bridger home around 3 p.m. Tuesday. Her husband found them on his return from work. The three children Joan 16 Velma 10 and James 5 recovered after treatment. The husband blamed a faulty chimney for the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Phyllis Johnson
Bridger
Johnson
Joan
Velma
James
Commies Send Yule Presents to Allied Troops
From Korea on December 20 the Chinese Communists sent Christmas stockings to UN troops, containing imitation ivory cigarette holders cards leaflets and handkerchiefs with calls to withdraw foreign troops and seek peace. The gesture, while festive, read as propaganda and was delivered by frightened North Korean civilians across the front lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
United Nations
Chinese Peoples Volunteers
Eriea fire drains ship Erica with eleven feared dead
Flames engulfed the Danish ship Erica at the Columbia River mouth as it waited to clear the bar for the Pacific. Coast Guard crews rescued 103 of 114 aboard. Eleven crewmen and passengers are feared drowned or trapped. Survivors include A T Lowery and John Ray with injuries. The vessel, capt Magge, was en route to Liverpool via New York with wheat apples and lumber.
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Astoria
Ore
Erica
Columbia River
Pacific Ocean
Coast Guard
Coast
Comdr
Victor Johnson
Johnson
Red Cross
John Jacob Astor Hotel
East Asiatic Lines
Horst Andersen
A. Sorensen
Copenhagen
Dorothy Myers
G. F. Scott
C. M. Taylor
Vancouver
B. C
A. M. Brunlees
Elizabeth
Whitehorse
Y. T
Portland
John Ray
Lowery
Young Ray
Erria
Magge
Liverpool
New York
State Advertising Plan Is Approved
The Montana highway commission approved taking money from the gasoline tax fund to fund advertising for Montana’s tourism industry. Gov. Bonner supported the plan, with funds drawn from 8 percent of the gas tax fund, the six cents per gallon rate. Tourism ranked as Montana’s fourth largest industry, drawing billions in investment and growing tourist spending from 1946 to an estimated 75 million in 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana Highway Commission
John W. Bonner
Montana
Commission
Albert
Woman Seeks Driver ID Not Skills in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City on December 20 examiner Tullio Scaramucci ruled a woman applicant could not handle an automobile after one minute. He recommended improvements but she admitted she wanted the license for identification, not driving ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Tullio Scaramucci
Winter Storms Hit Two Thirds Of Nation In Wintry Blast
A sweeping cold front brought ice and heavy snow across the Midwest Northeast and plains. Roads and airports faced disruption as blizzards and freezing rain forced school closures and halted travel while emergency relief moved coal and livestock supplies to affected areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
South Dakota
Sigurd Anderson
Hereford-Grover
Colorado
New Mexico
Chicago
New England
Rockies
Great Plains
Martin Kennelly
Aurora
Weather Bureau
New York
New York City
Kansas City
Michigan
Montana awards $839,031 in road and bridge contracts
Montana highway commission awarded contracts totaling 839 031 for road and bridge work bringing the annual total to about 13 100 000. Low bids include McKinnon Decker for a Fort Benton overpass and Riedese Construction, Lalonde, Sandling for underpass and road work in Yellowstone Chouteau Carbon counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Highway Commission
Federal
Public Roads Bureau
McKinnon-Decker Company
Fort Benton
Geraldine
Chouteau County
Riedese Construction Company
Billings
Billings East
First Avenue
Billings Roads
Yellowstone County
Albert Lalonde
Sidney
Big Sandy South Road
R. J. Sandling Construction Company
Livingston
Red Lodge
Columbus
Carbon County
Billings Construction Company
Kootenai River
Rexford
Rigors of Detective Work Are Detailed
In Billings on December 20, officers tracked an attempted burglary at an OK service station through a cold night. George Cunningham described following a trail past Graham Lumber Scoop Angle Inn Central grocery and Hoy service court, leading to back doors and alleys where the suspect was finally caught in a near-frozen water meter man incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
George Cunningham
Graham Lumber Company
Scoop
Angle Inn
Central Grocery
Hoy
Sixth Street
Seventh Street
St. John and
Central
Ridgway Asks Reds to Let Red Cross Visit POW Camps
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway urged Kim Il Sung to allow International Red Cross representatives to visit North Korean and Chinese communist POW camps to provide physical and moral aid to UN and South Korean prisoners. Allied staff sought a break in 25 day deadlock on armistice policing and prisoner exchanges as talks continued at Panmunjom.
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Ridgway
Reds
Red Cross
Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kim Ti Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Munsan
Eighth Army
Japan
Names of POWs Made Public By Pentagon Effort
The Pentagon finished posting the Communist list of 3198 American prisoners of war in Korea with addresses for families notified. Only about 200 names remain for special identity cases as processing ends after a days long round the clock effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
Korea
Defense Department
United States
Associated Press
Weather Forecast for Montana and Surrounding Areas
Partly cloudy to cloudy with occasional light snow and little temperature change Friday and Friday night. Friday lows around -8, highs near 20. Airport and School of Mines readings show lows -9 to -13 and highs 15 to 17. Precipitation 2. Winds mainly west to east, drifting in eastern slopes and valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Mines
Divide
Butte
Montana Weather Sees Continued Cold Across State
Forecasters predict temperatures largely below freezing Friday with scattered light snow far west. Eastern Montana may see sub zero readings while western areas start warming as Pacific air moves in.
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Helena
Dec
Arctic
Canada
Major Holohan’s Death Probed by Congress
Congress investigates the 7 year old death of Major William V. Holohan in Italy behind enemy lines. Defense department records accuse Holohan, Lt Aldo Ieardi and Sgt Carl G Lo Dolce of a dispute over arming Communists before Holohan’s death. Icardo and Lo Dolce deny the charge saying Holohan was killed during a German surprise attack at a village by Lake Orto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
William V. Holohan
Italy
Defense Department
Holohan
Aldo Ieardi
Carl G. Lo Dolce
Icardo
Lo Dolce
Lake Orto
Icardi
Pittsburgh
la Dolce
Rochester
N. Y
Glendive Sergeant Among Ninth On War Prisoner List
Glendive sergeant Frederick W. Tucker husband of Mrs. Delaine Tucker is listed as the ninth American prisoner of war announced by the Communists in their unofficial tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendive
Frederick W. Tucker
Delaine Tucker
Greece Wins Security Council Seat in UN Election
In Paris Greece defeats White Russia on the 19th ballot to secure a Security Council seat as the General Assembly names a five nation commission to probe possible free all German elections. The United States gains a hard won strategic victory amid Soviet protests. Vietnam seeks UN membership.
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Paris
United Nations
Greece
Russia
United Nations Security Council
General Assembly
Assembly
United States
London
Washington
Moscow
Britain
Security Council
Germany
East Germany
Brazil
Iceeland
Netherlands
Pakistan
Poland
France
China
Turkey
Chile
Philippines
Yugee Slavia
U. 1
Mike Mansfield
de Mont
Vishinsky
Hungary
Mansefield
Vietnam
No Progress Reported in Steel Labor Dispute
Washington dispatch says government mediators reported no progress after all day talks to avert a New Year strike in the steel industry. CIO President Murray and Steelworkers union demand an average 18 cents per hour raise. companies cite need for price relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
CIO
Philip Murray
Ching
Truman
Murray
Steelworkers Union
UN Troops in Korea to Get Generous Christmas Feasts
Eighth Army spokesman said United Nations troops in Korea will receive the most generous Christmas and New Year meals yet. The menu features shrimp cocktail tomato juice celery olives turkey corn cranberry sauce rolls and butter mincemeat pumpkin pies fruits and mixed nuts with promised seconds from a supply officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
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