8000 Persons Flee From Mississippi River Flood Waters
A flood crisis drives 8000 residents from southeastern Missouri as the Mississippi breaches a spillway area near Cairo and the Wabash recedes at Vincennes Indiana. Soldiers, National Guards, volunteers, and evacuees relocate to safety at Red Cross shelters amid dike reinforcement and looming rain forecasts.
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Mississippi River
Chicago
U.P
Missouri
Vincennes
Ind
Illinois
Wabash
Indiana
Mississippi
Boothspoint
Tenn
Forrest Smith
Lawrenceville
City Delays Slot Machine Tax Move In Butte Council
Butte city council read a proposed ordinance to impose a 50 dollar annual operating fee on all slot machines in town, not just state licensed ones in lodges. The measure awaits further reading and a judiciary committee meeting set for Jan 30 to discuss it, amid intense debate and a reconsideration vote that failed.
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Butte
Judiciary Committee
John Lindquist
Eighth Ward
Beryl Wilson
Lindquist
U. S. Fears Sold Ships Could Fall to Reds in China
The United States moved to recover 42 merchant ships sold to China in 1947-48 to prevent their use by Communist forces. Mortgages on the vessels total about 19 million dollars, with six ships reported among 13 flying the Red flag at Hong Kong. Secretary Acheson informed Chinese Ambassador Koo of the steps, as the export bank and maritime commission hold the mortgages.
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Washington
United States
China
State Department
Far East
Hong Kong
Maritime Commission and Export-Import Bank
Acheson
Wellington Koo
Formosa
Cold snap eases then returns as Montana faces weekend snow
Butte saw temperatures plunge to 15 below zero Wednesday night before rising to 5 below by midnight as skies cleared. Forecasters warned of much below normal temperatures and up to five inches of new snow this weekend with scattered flurries and colder conditions in eastern Montana.
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Butte
Helena
Montana
United States
Browning
Butte Weather Forecast Clear to partly cloudy with light snow
Forecast for Butte and surrounding areas calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with occasional light snow and colder temperatures Thursday. Expected minimum in next 24 hours around 15 below, maximum near 10 above. Readings from School of Mines show a 20 high and 5 low at the site, while the Airport records 17 high and 6 low. West of Divide expect partly cloudy Thursday with a few snow flurries and continued cold, high 5 to 15. East of Divide partly cloudy Thursday with scattered snow flurries, northeast and extreme east less cold, highs from 0 to minus 10 in the northeast, 0 to 10 northwest, and 10 to 20 in the far west.
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Montana
Havre
Glasgow
Mercury
Miles City
Livingston
Dillon
West Yellowstone
Great Falls
Butte
Billings
Helena
Missoula
Kalispell
School of Mines
Divide
Senate approves repeal of federal oleo tax in 56 to 16 vote
The Senate passed the House authorized bill to repeal the 10 cents per pound oleo tax and the quarter cent white margarine tax, effective July 1. The measure also ends related fees, with dairy state amendments requiring sanitary tests under the pure food act for oleo and butter. It now goes to a conference committee.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Dairy States
Reds Slow Down Berlin's Service
U.S. officials said Russians slowed Berlin elevated railway service in reprisal for seizure of a Soviet zone building housing the tele phone exchange. Delays averaged 40 minutes as trains were reduced, while the telephone system reportedly remained operational.
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Berlin
U.P
United States
Maxwell D. Taylor
Vassily Chuikov
Germany
West Berlin
Alexander Kotikov
W. T. Babcock
Babcock
College Senior Admits Slaying of Marian Baker
Edward Lester Gibbs a Franklin and Marshall College senior from Pitman New Jersey confessed Wednesday night to killing Marian Baker a 21 year old college stenographer in Lancaster Pennsylvania State Police Captain Fred Glea announced Gibbs signed a statement admitting the crime in the presence of authorities.
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Lancaster
Edward Lester Gibbs
Franklin and Marshall College
Pitman
N. J
Marian Baker
Fred Glea
Pennsylvania State Police Sa. O
Boston Bandits Loot Panic Sparks Inside Job Theory
Nine bandits stole 1.5 million dollars in a vault raid in Boston with inside-job implications. Police, 3000 officers, and FBI searched for leads while Brink's offered 100000 reward and insurers pledged 5 percent of recovered money. The raid occurred in a secured vault area as investigators note possible use of a master key.
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Boston
U.P
New England
Brink's, Inc
The
Commercial Assurance Company, Ltd
FBI
Edward W. Fallon
Eugene E. Murphy
Chicago
Brink’s
Truman Democrats Seek Quick Vote on Rules Change
U S lawmakers in Washington clash over a fast vote on a House rules change that would restore committee power to block legislation, aiming to curb Truman's fair deal agenda as Republicans seek delay ahead of 1950 elections.
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Truman
Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Rules Committee
Chapman Confirmed as Interior Secretary
The Senate unanimously confirmed Oscar L. Chapman of Denver Colorado as secretary of the Interior on Wednesday night. Chapman, a Democrat and former undersecretary, succeeds Julius Krug who resigned December 1. He joined the Interior Department in May 1933 as assistant secretary.
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Washington
Senate
Oscar L. Chapman
Denver
Colo
Julius Krug
Chapman
Senate Interior Affairs Committee
Pretty Witness Admits Staying Pretty Witness Admits Staying
Loretta Fae Mozingo testifies she held the gun during the Sanda Peterson murder case in Brady Texas. She claims Sandra was under marijuana influence and that two shots were fired after Patterson returned to the car. Loretta Fae says she remained the gun’s possessor throughout and did not name a killer.
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Brady
Texas
Sanda Peterson
Sandra
Somerville
Mass
Lewis Patterson
Loretta Fae Mozingo
Loretta Fae
Patterson
Sandy
Bill Allcorn
Butte Autoists Get Permits, Plates With Little Delay
Motorists seeking automobile license plates and driving permits spent little time at the county treasurer’s office on Wednesday. Nearly 900 driving permits and 2 450 license plates had been issued to date, with two windows serving the public.
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Phemia McPhail
Miss McPhail
Pole Resigns Polish UN Post Seeks US Asylum for Wife
Poland's Aleksander Rudzinski 49, ranking delegate at the United Nations in Lake Success, resigns his diplomatic posts and seeks asylum in the United States for himself and his wife. He cites freedom loss due to Soviet pressure and notes he walked out of a UN committee with Warsaw's instructions. He also letters to Dean Acheson and Trygve Lie announcing his action.
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Dean Acheson
Rudzinski
United Nations Commission
Jakob A. Malik
Security Council
China
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Russia
United Nations Economic and Employment Commission
United Nations Committee
Warsaw
Acheson
New York
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Probe of Lawyers Guild Urged by Nixon to Investigate
Representative Richard Nixon called for a congressional probe of the National Lawyers Guild to assess charges it is a Communist front. He wrote to HUAC Chairman John Wood urging an inquiry this session, citing alleged outrageous conduct by defense attorneys tied to the guild after the New York trial of 11 Communist leaders.
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Washington
U.P
Richard M. Nixon
R-Calif
National Lawyers Guild
John S. Wood
Dga
House un-American Activities Committee
Lawyers Guild
Nixon
New York
Miners Ordered Back to Work as Strike Pressure Grows
The government seeks a temporary injunction to force John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers to end strikes and return to a five day week. CIO President Philip Murray accuses Denham of anti labor bias as mass meetings are planned in soft coal fields.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Philip Murray
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Federal District Court
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Murray
Denham
Arthur Goldberg
UMW
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Truman
NLRB
Pittsburgh
U.P
John P. Busarello
UMW District 5
Robert Denham
Sna
Duquesne Light Comy
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Duquesne, Pa
Ohio
Gibsonburg Lime Company
Akron
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Taylor resigns as White House Vatican representative
President Truman accepts Myron C. Taylor's resignation as his Vatican personal representative after 10 years in the post. Taylor, 76, returns to private life following a career including chairmanship at United States Steel and a briefing in Rome.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
Taylor
White House
Roosevelt
United States Steel Corporation
Rome
Sixty killed in plane crash near Tobarra Spain
Sixteen people including three Spanish air force officers died when a Junkers aircraft crashed into a mountain peak near Tobarra about 30 miles south of Albacete on Wednesday officials said.
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Albacete
Spain
Tobarra
Here
Two Soldiers Dead in Colorado Fire Near Camp Carson
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo Jan 18 Weary red eyed men kept watch over the last hot spots of a multi million dollar fire south of here Leaving two Camp Carson soldiers dead three missing and 10 critically injured The blaze plus a 400 acre fire in the Black Forest northeast of town kept authorities vigilant as more brush fires flared along US highway 85 The weather bureau warned of prolonged drought and high fire danger across the state Report notes widespread dry conditions and possible dust storms as a red flag for emergency crews.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Here
Camp Carson
Black Forest
Colorado
United States Forest Service
Weather Bureau
Plains
Builders weigh eight hour day for Butte season
The Build Butte committee renewed a proposal for an eight hour day during the next building season to test feasibility. Some craftsmen fear longer hours could reduce available jobs while others push for a longer day to sustain the current six to eight million dollar construction boom and ensure more work.
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Build Butte
Butte
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