Soldier Dead 27 Hurt as Colorado Fire Races Through Camp Carson
A brush fire driven by 75 mph winds at Camp Carson, near Colorado Springs, claimed one soldier's life and injured 27 others, with 39 buildings destroyed including warehouses. Civilian volunteers and troops fought the blaze, which reached under control late Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Camp Carson
Fountain
Here
Camp Hospital
Fifth Army
Chicago
Fred Lausch
Broadmoor
Army
United States
Whitehorse
Yukon
Truman Presses Senate Vote on Civil Rights Program
President Truman vowed to press his civil rights proposals all summer to secure a Senate vote. He spoke to a mobilization of 4,000 delegates from 33 states urging Congress to pass the measures amid threats of a Southern filibuster. Roy Wilkins warned that blocking action would doom the broader Truman agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Senate
Congress
White House
House
Rules Committee
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mr. Truman
U S to Buy Pork Products to Support Hog Prices
The Agriculture Department announced it will buy pork products to bolster sagging hog prices. Purchases will initially target bacon smoked hams and smoked picnic shoulders for use in school lunch programs and public institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Truman
Brannan
Canine Frozen to Railroad Track
Custer, Jan 17. A Northern Pacific dog story. Station agent C F Davis left the depot with dogs Spot and Nibbs, returning home with Spot alone. George Wertz traced a whining sound to the station area and found Nibbs stuck by a paw to a rail until Mrs Wertz heated tea to free him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer
C. F. Davis
Northern Pacific
Spot
Nibbs
George Wertz
Hereford bulls bring record prices at Western Stock Show
Cattle prices jumped at the national western stock show in Denver as breeders bid for purebred Hereford bulls. The first 70 bulls averaged 3546 dollars, 1280 above last year, with several top bids including 25000 for MV Prince Larry 148th and 23100 for Pearson's Duke 10th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Parker Ranch
Chelsea
Okla
Milky Way Hereford Ranch
Phoenix
Ariz
Prince Larry
Sam McKelvie
Valentine
Neb
Harry C. Pearson
Indianal A
Iowa
Pearson
Duke
W. O. Culbertson
Dalhart
Texas
Reds Take Another Walk From Tokyo Conference
The Soviet delegation walked out again from the four power Allied Council on Japan, the third time in six weeks, over the failed repatriation of Japanese war prisoners. Lt Gen Kuzma Derevyanko cited prior reasons and left with five assistants as American officials say about 376,000 prisoners may have died or remain in Soviet camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Allied Council For
Japan
Kuzma Derevyanko
Driving Permits Issued to Butte Motorists
Driving permits were issued to 646 Butte motorists Tuesday during seven hours of sale at the office of Treasurer Phemia McPhail. The window opened at 9 am and closed at noon, with a one hour lunch break. By Tuesday 2,100 license plates had been issued in Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Phemia McPhail
Miss McPhail
Board of County Commissioners
Deer Lodge
Frances S. Scott
Anaconda
Silver Bow County
Scott
Await Decision on New Bomb Hinge on Russia Controls
President Truman weighs building a hydrogen bomb as advisers push another approach to Russia on atomic energy control. Lilienthal and Brien McMahon refused comment as the White House weighs whether to seek funds for a superbomb feared to threaten civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Truman
United States
Russia
Congress
United Nations
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Brien McMahon
Dconn
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
White House
Mr. Truman
Convicted Mother Dies in Hospital Shock Treatment
Laura L. Brown, 68, a murderess jailed since 1921 for killing her 10 year old daughter and wounding her son, died at Stockton state hospital after 300 volts were applied during her 15th electric shock treatment. Coroner reports confirm accidental electrocution in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Calif
U.P
Laura L. Brown
Stockton State Hospital
Bandits Get More Than Million Dollars in Holdup in Boston
(Note: The provided text appears to be a miscaptioned newspaper item about coal strikes and power shortages affecting Pittsburgh area industry, not Boston bandits. The most coherent summary from readable facts centers on the coal strike and potential NLRB court action against John L. Lewis, with widespread industrial impacts in Pittsburgh and surrounding utilities.)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bandits
Boston
Coal Strike at a Glance Sparks Idle Miners Across States
Pittsburgh dispatch summarizes the coal strike impacting 1,350 miners in six states. Key issues include demand for a contract under no contract no work, with Pennsylvania and West Virginia hardest hit. Observers speculate on leadership dynamics under John L. Lewis, while operators cite internal revolt or staged spontaneity. Fuel shortages threaten cities, with Pittsburgh’s steel plant cutting 25 percent and 1,000 workers laid off. Electric utility warns 300 customers may be cut Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Robert Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
United Mine Worker President
Midland, Pa
Crucible Steel Company of America
United States Steel Corporation
Dequesne
Republic Steel Corporation
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Duquesm Light Company
Duquesne Light
United States
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Alabama
Ohio
Kentucky
Virginia
Illinois
Indiana
Oleo Margarine Wins First Round In Senate Battle
Oleomargarine won a key early Senate victory over butter as the dairy bloc’s substitute bill to repeal the federal margarine tax failed 48 to 37. The full repeal bill, approved by the House last year, proceeds amid Southern opposition and possible civil rights amendments by Senator Langer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oleomargarine
Senate
Dairy Bloc
House
Langer
R-N.d
Ferguson
R-Mich
China
Jury to Hear Alger Hiss Case Friday
The government and the defense rested Tuesday in the second Alger Hiss perjury trial. On Friday, 12 jurors will decide who lied between Hiss and Whittaker Chambers. If convicted, Hiss faces up to 10 years and a $4,000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
WUP
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
State Department
Missouri Grounded in Hampton Roads as Rescue Underway
In Norfolk Virginia on January 17 the battleship Missouri ran aground on a mudbank in Hampton Roads during a test cruise. Sixteen tugs tried to pull her free but she stayed stuck with about eight feet of hull exposed. Navy called off at night and Army engineers from Baltimore were to arrive by dredge to refloat her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Missouri
Hampton Roads
Army
Navy
Baltimore
Falls Man Charged in Auto Death
Thomas Wilson 48 of Craig was charged with manslaughter in Cascade County District Court after a Dec 31 crash on the wrong side of the road killed Richard A. Spry 34, with Wilson bailed at 5000. A coroner's jury found Spry died from a skull fracture 75 minutes after the head on collision with Norman Anderson 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Thomas Wilson
Craig
R. J. Nelson
C. F. Holt
Nelson
Wilson
Richard A. Spry
Cascade
Spray
Norman Anderson
11Th Avenue
Spry
Paasikivi Leads Finland Election With 57.8 Percent
With 1,324,130 votes tallied, President Paasikivi led Finland's election at midnight with 765,535 votes or 57.8 percent. Agrarian Urho Kekkonen had 272,064 votes (20.5 percent) and Communist Mauno Pekka la 286,531 votes (21.6 percent).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Finland
U.P
Juho K. Paasikivi
Paasikivi
Urho K. Kekkonen
Mauno Pekkala
Army Starts Exodus in Missouri
The first of about 12 000 Missourians began leaving lowland homes and farms as Army engineers prepared to dynamite a floodway fuze plug to relieve pressure on the Mississippi River. Evacuation was ordered after warnings, with law officers deploying trucks to move residents from the northern area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Midwest
Ohio River
Dakotas
Minnesota
Colorado Springs
Colo
United States Army Engineers
Memphis
Birds Point
New Madrid
Mississippi
Missouri
Missouri Highway Patrol
Continued Cold Weather Seen in Montana Forecast
Forecasters warned Montana's cold spell persists through next weekend with temperatures well below normal. A slight warmup is expected Friday, followed by renewed cold on Saturday and Sunday. Snow of up to five inches is forecast for the week, with minus ten at the Butte airport and five below at the School of Mines station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
School of Mines
Continental Divide
Montana
Helena
Weather Bureau
Butte Weather Forecast with Snow and Cold Snap
Cloudy and colder with occasional snow in Butte on Wednesday. Cold continues with subfreezing highs and a few areas seeing light scattered snow as temperatures edge up slowly. West of Divide expect considerable cloudiness and light scattered snow with highs near 5 to 15. East of Divide expect continued cold with snowfall in the southwest and extreme west and highs from minus 5 to minus 15, with 10 to 20 in extreme southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Divide
One of Nation's Largest Robberies Shocks Boston
Seven bandits wearing orange and black masks raided the Brink's Inc. garage seizing more than 1 million dollars as CIA, FBI, and local police scramble for clues. Authorities say federal funds were involved and all transport hubs are on alert while detectives toil without rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U.P
United States
Edward W. Fallon
Brink’s Inc
Fallon
Statler
Brink’s
John D. A’hearn
Police Department
Special Service
FBI
Ellis Hult
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Labour Promises Broad Nationalization If Re-elected
London reports that Britain’s Labour party vows to nationalize sugar and cement, meat, fruit and vegetable wholesaling, water supplies and minerals if they win the February 23 election. Private firms will be urged to meet public needs while state concerns grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Britain
Labor Party
Labor
Russia
Winston Churchill
British Broadcasting Corporation
Bank of England
Gen Hap Arnold Begins His Last Flight
Gen Henry H. Hap Arnold wartime commander of the U S Air Forces began his last flight Tuesday night. An Air Force C 54 carrying his body departed Hamilton AFB California at 544 p m after memorial services attended by 3000 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Air Force Base
Calif
U.P
Henry H
Hap) Arnold
United States Air Forces
Air Force
Washington, D. C
Arlington National Cemetery
West Coast
Generals Fired In France over Secret Indo China Report
Premier Georges Bidault announced that two trusted French generals were relieved of duty last December for sending a secret Indo-China report to a former enemy agent. The generals were Gen. Georges Revers, army chief of staff, and Gen. Charles Mast, director of the Institute of Higher Studies of National Defense. Mast previously served as resident-general of Tunisia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
Georges Bidault
Indo-China
Bidault
Georges Revers
Army
Charles Mast
Institute of Higher Studies of National Defense
Mast
Tunisia
Social Security Fight Renewed for Wider Coverage
Washington January 17 The administration pressed for a broad expansion of social security urging Congress to extend old age insurance to nearly all 60 million workers. Altmeyer called for covering 5.5 million farm operators and workers and more domestic workers while benefits and taxes would rise beyond House plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Congress
United States
House
Altmeyer
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Builders weighing return to eight hour day in Butte
The Build Butte committee reports many People May Know Craftsmen on six hour shifts privately prefer eight hours. Younger workers see benefits for themselves employers and the community with a longer schedule. Some older workers cannot stand the longer day so a shorter option will be arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Build Butte
Also Mentioned on This Page
Colorado
U.S
Reds
Manila
Robert F. Conklin
Marvin Pittman
Luzon
NLRB
Oleo
Falls Man
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Havre
Missoula
Superior Antenne
Gen. Arnold
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!