Luckman Seen as New AEC Chieftain
President Truman offered the chairmanship of the United States Atomic Energy Commission to 40 year old Charles Luckman after he quit as president of Lever Brothers. Luckman declined to confirm and the White House commented little. If confirmed, he would face a tough Senate battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Reedy, Jr
Washington
U.P
Truman
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Charles Luckman
Lever Brothers Company
Luckman
United Press
White House
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Senate
Food Conservation Committee
Barber Gives Friend Strip Hair Cut In Butte
A Butte man was jailed after a drunken late Saturday trip to St James hospital for a head cut from a Mining City barber during a party. He was released on a five dollar bond. The barber demonstrated his art leaving a one inch strip of hair from front to back and uneven shaving on the rest. The barber’s identity was not reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
St. James Hospital
German scientist says Russia makes progress on hydrogen bomb
Berlin report quotes Prof. Robert Havemann in Neues Deutschland claiming Russia achieved important technical progress in hydrogen weapons. He criticizes U.S. monopoly claims and calls Truman's thunder a theatrical act.
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Berlin
Neues Deutschland
Russia
Robert Havemann
Mr. Truman
United States
Extradition Feasibility Questioned in Fuchs Case
Senate atomic committee weighs US extradition of Klaus Fuchs after British arrest for passing atomic and hydrogen bomb secrets to Russia. McMahon notes preliminary legal doubts. Hoover cites evidence, Groves testifies on wartime clearance and British assurances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McMahon
D-Conn
Congressional Atomic Committee
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Connecticut
Fuchs
Germany
London
Britain
United States
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Senate Appropriations
Joint Atomic Committee
Leslie R. Groves
Groves
Princeton Professor Kills Self in Russian Roulette
A 25 year old Princeton University professor, Allison Williams Bunkley, died after a gun misfired in a Russian roulette attempt at his home. Friends reported he pulled the trigger twice without incident before insisting he would try once more. He died at Princeton Hospital before midnight. The professor was known for work on Argentina and published the Argentine Newsletter from sources opposed to the Peron administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Allison Williams Bunkley
Princeton Hospital
Peron
Gradual Shutdown of GI Training Will Begin Soon
The Veterans Administration plans to start phasing out the GI training and education program, with new rules effective after July 25, 1951. Veterans may not enter most programs after that date, may change courses only for cogent reasons, and cannot reenroll after completing a course. The program targets start within four years of discharge or after July 25, 1947, and costs are projected up to 30 billion dollars through 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Haugland
Washington
Veterans Administration
Veterans
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Congress
Armed Forces
Gray
Stiffer U S Attitude Predicted From Tokyo Talks
In Tokyo after three days of secret talks with Gen. MacArthur and planners, the joint chiefs of staff indicate a tougher U S stance toward Communist Asia. They discussed new defense lines on the Indo China border, increased Western Pacific forces, and steps short of war to safeguard Formosa.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
Asia
Joint Chiefs of Staff
America
MacArthur
Southeast Asia
Indo-China
Western Pacific
Adm
Forrest P Sherman
Russia
Pacific
Formosa
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs
Bradley
Hoyt S
GOP Outlines 1950 Platform To Woo Supporters
Republican policy framers tentatively approved a 2000 word platform aimed at winning votes to recapture Congress. The two part statement will address domestic and foreign affairs and critique the Truman administration while outlining constructive alternatives. Taft warned that a more conservative Congress is needed for future liberty and opposed what he called a socialist administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Cutter
Washington
U.P
Republican National Committee
GOP
Congress
Congressional Republicans
High Command
Abraham Lincoln
Guy G. Gabrielson
Gabrielson
Senate
House
State Department
China
Warner W. Schroeder
Illinois
Finance Committee
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Truman
Taft
CIO
Reds May Boycott UNESCO Tuesday
The Soviet Union plans to boycott the UNESCO session opening Tuesday as part of a broader walkout from United Nations organs over China representation. Officials monitor the little Assembly and the Security Council for any shift in stance while Trygve Lie seeks a face-saving return.
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Max Harrelson
United Nations Council
China
United Nations
Economic and Social Council
Little Assembly
Security Council
T. F. Tsiang
Russia
Tsiang
Kashmir
Trygve Lie
Truman Reported Ready to Use T H Act Against John L. Lewis
Western allies report Soviet zone Communists may seize Western Berlin on May 28 during a giant German youth rally. Claims include plans to disrupt transport, overwhelm police, and take city control unless by tanks backed forces intervene.
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Truman
John L. Lewis
Berlin
U.P
West Berlin
Kurt Schumacher
Bonn
Schumacher
Gerhard Eisler
United States
Germany
Eisler
Russia
Olympic Stadium
Keneth T. Downs
Butte Skaters Shine At Clark Park Carnival
Butte youth skaters led by veterans performed through 26 races in just over an hour at Clark Park. A special open mile race sponsored by the Miners' union drew strong showings from Jimmy Janhunen and Jack Klemo, with Janhunen winning by inches in a non scoring event. Patty Janhunen and Jerry Brothers dominated the juvenile class while Dave McDonald and Agnes Jean Cromrich swept the senior division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Miners’ Union
Clark Park
Jimmy Janhunen
Butte High
Jack Klemo
Janhunen
Patty
Jerry
Dave McDonald
Agnes Jean Cromrich
Butte Weather Forecast Mostly Cloudy With snow showers
Forecast for Butte shows mostly cloudy skies with occasional snow or rain showers on Monday. Highs reach the low to mid 40s, with lows around 20s. temperatures vary by area, including School of Mines and Airport readings, and light precipitation possible west and east of Divide.
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School of Mines
Divide
Five Die In Eureka Hotel Fire
A three story Eureka hotel fire killed five people and damaged the post office and five apartments. Victims include John Powell Delano Grayson Charles Cameron William Peterson and Ed La France. The blaze followed a boiler explosion at 3 a m with three more injured.
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Whitefish
Mont
Eureka
Montana
Associated Press
Ian Sanderson
Whitefish Pilot
John Powell
Delano Grayson
Browning
Charles Cameron
William Peterson
Great Northern Railway
Ed la France
Here
Roy Livengood
Libby
Lincoln
Hotel Fire in Eureka Kills Five Residents
Eureka, Feb 5. A Montana hotel fire killed five people as witnesses, including Helen Schagel, described the blaze as erupting rapidly with the front going up in a sheet of flame. Fire forced occupants in back apartments to flee, while several basketball players reportedly escaped from front windows.
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Eureka
U.P
Helen Schagel
Public Welfare Office
Montana
Miss Schagel
United Press
Bill Delaney
Reactor to push ship Idaho Falls propulsion project
The atomic energy commission announced that design work for an atomic reactor to propel a Navy ship will begin this year. The Idaho Falls operation office released the report from the Arco testing station detailing reactor developments.
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Idaho Falls
Atomic Energy Commission
Ace
Idaho
Arco
Miners Strike Looms as 400000 Walk Out Across Nation
United Mine workers began a nationwide soft coal strike with about 400000 miners leaving their posts. The action challenges President Truman to invoke the Taft-Hartley act to halt the stoppage and avert worsening coal stock shortages.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
United Mine Workers
Taft-Hartley
Harold W. Ward
Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
Lewis
White House
Search Continues for Lost Plane in Yukon Wilds
Whitehorse Yukon Feb 5. Clearing weather lets 27 planes roam the Yukon and British Columbia in the hunt for a missing C 54 Air Force transport carrying 44 aboard believed down ten days ago. Ground parties near Haines Junction report smoke. radio contact maintained with an aircraft circling the area.
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Whitehorse
Y. T
U.P
Yukon Wilds
Yukon
British Columbia
Haines Junction
Critical Reports Prevail in Three Counties
Weather aided a large force of men and machines in breaking through road blocks along a 500 mile front in northern Montana. Gov Bonner reported that Glacier Phillips and Valley counties remained critical with Lincoln and Fergus in good shape aside from isolated spots. Montana Highway Engineer C E Stahl traveled to Browning as crews used federal state county and private equipment from Glacier to North Dakota. Clouds lingered but temperatures rose above zero and thaw continued.
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Associated Press
Montana
John W. Bonner
Glacier
Phillips
Valley
Lincoln
Fergus
Hill
Liberty
Toole
Sheridan
Daniels
Roosevelt
McCone
Garfield
Blaine
C. E. Stahl
Glacier National Park
North Dakota
Blackfeet Indian Agency
Browning
Stahl
Senate Acheson to face questions on loyalty and Hiss case
Secretary of State Acheson may be pressed by a Senate appropriations subcommittee on State Department budget requests. Senator Bridges leads Republicans questioning security of records from Spain to China and whether other officials akin to Hiss remain. Some lawmakers call for his resignation, which aides deny.
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Washington
Alger Hiss
Acheson
State Department
Senate Appropriations
Appropriations
Bridges
New Hampshire
Spain
China
Wild Flight Ends When Officers Nab Kidnapper Son of Undersheriff
In Golden Colorado a 23 year old Andrew McCauley Jr and his 28 year old fiancée Barbara Carroll were jailed after a five and a half hour chase involving two abductions three car thefts at gunpoint and a siege on mountain roads. Officers planned kidnapping and weapons charges with possible accomplice counts against Carroll. Police found multiple firearms in the couple’s vehicle and noted McCauley’s extensive check charge history across several states.
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Golden
Colo
U.R
Andrew McCauley, Jr
Barbara Jean Carroll
Houston
Texas
McCauley
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Louisiana
Mllinois
California
Indiana
Colorado
Missouri
Florida
Ohio
United States
United States Army
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