California floods drive hundreds from homes
Heavy rains swamp southern California triggering evacuations across Artesia Long Beach Reseda and Goleta. Coast Guard Army and Red Cross aid 700 sheltered. 19 deaths this week brings toll to 19. San Fernando valley cesspools collapsed raising health fears.
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Los Angeles
California
Coast Guard
Army
Artesia
Long Beach
Reseda
San Fernando Valley
Goleta
Santa Barbara
George Uhl
McGrath to Use Outside Attorneys in Government Clean sweep
Attorney General McGrath said he will use outside attorneys as special assistants to root out misconduct in the federal government. He emphasized merit based appointments with broad authority to supervise and coordinate the program, naming several prominent lawyers under consideration.
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Washington
McGrath
Truman
Internal Revenue
T. Lamar Caudle
White House
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Regions
Partly cloudy to cloudy with a few snow flurries Saturday and Saturday night. Temperatures range from a low near 0 to 30 degrees in various zones, with a cold wave developing in the east and north. Snow is expected in western and northern areas and much colder conditions are anticipated Friday night through Saturday.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Helena
Weather Bureau
Continental Divide
Petition to file bus service petition in Helena today
Bus committee ends talks with endorsements for a petition seeking fare increases schedule revisions and other changes. The filing with the Montana Railroad Commission is set for Saturday morning in Helena. The city aims to keep service after a 5 pm January 31 deadline.
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General Bus Transportation Committee
Helena
Montana Railroad Commission
Butte City Lines
Commission
Henry Young
Railroad Commission
Young
Tom J. Murray
Butte Development Association
General Bus Committee
Butte Chamber of Commerce Bus Committee
Silver Bow County Commissioners
South Side Businessmen
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Silver Bow Council of Volunteer Fire Departments
Amalgamated Association of Bus Drivers
J. L. Haugh
San Diego
Senators Vote for Grain Storage Probe
The Senate agriculture committee voted Friday for a full probe into shortages in the grain storage program. Witnesses cited $3.8 million in Dallas regional losses with private warehouses diverting government grain. Brannan pegged total unexplained shortages at 5 to 7 million dollars with potential recoveries.
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Agriculture Department
Senate Agriculture Committee
Texas
Brannan
Department
Lindsay C. Warren
General Accounting Office
Congress
Dallas
Warren
Department of Agriculture
Senate Committee
Senate
Ellender
D-La
Kansas City
Camp Crowder
Federal Land Bank
Farm Credit Agencies
St. Louis
New Cold Wave Moves Into Montana State
A new cold wave moved into extreme northern Montana and spread south and east, bringing subzero temperatures as low as 16 below. Highs Friday night fell to 0 to 25 below east of the divide, with snow and wind, while highways like U S 2, U S 89, U S 87, Montana 6, 19 and 1 faced closures from snowslides and drifts as crews worked to reopen routes.
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Montana
Continental Divide
Canada
Divide
Highway Department
Essex
Summit
U. S. 89
Browning
Chateau
Grass Range
Meagher County
Montana 6
White Sulphur Springs
Deep Creek Canyon
Harlowton
Montana 19
Montana 1
Ennis
Stassen Challenges Eisenhower for Republican Nomination
Harold E. Stassen urged General Eisenhower to enter the Republican presidential race in San Francisco saying the March primaries will reveal the most popular candidate. He dismissed Taft’s bagged nomination, predicting he could be that man amid factional fights.
GOP Delegation Shift Boosts Western Voice in 1952 Nominating
The Republican National Committee voted to strengthen Western representation for the 1952 GOP convention. Washington gains from 19 to 24 delegates as a Langlie victory bonus, expanding Western totals to 218 delegates across 11 states, while overall convention votes rise to 1,205.
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San Francisco
Republican National Committee
Far West
Washington State
Arthur B. Langlie
Chicago
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Oil Boom Enriches Montana Treasury in Lease Auction
The northeastern Montana oil boom added 3,315,428 dollars to the state treasury as 260000 acres of state lands were leased at public auction. Eva Smith of the state land board reported all major companies attended the sale, with 520 tracts bid in Daniels and Valley counties.
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Helena
Montana
Eva Smith
State Land Board
Daniels and
Valley Counties
Williston Basin
Shell Oil
Northern Pacific
Stranger robs Kansas office then leaves empty-handed
A man entered Basil Rankin's law and insurance office in Idana Kansas on Friday and demanded money. Rankin said there was none, prompting the robber to flee in a late model car believing the office was still a bank. Rankin noted the incident may reflect past bank status.
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Idana
Kan
Basil Rankin
Kansas
Rankin
States Potato Growers to Start 2-Week Marketing Holiday
Helena Montana January 18 AP potato growers will begin a two week marketing holiday to protest an OPS price rollback. William E Anderson says producers representing about 80 percent of Montana's crop will join the move as Montana potatoes remain plentiful per grocers assurances. The Agriculture Department cites a 2 150 000 bushel harvest and price parity concerns.
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Helena
Montana Potatoe Growers
William E. Anderson
Deer
Lodge
Office of Price Stabilization
Anderson
Montana
Idaho
Agriculture Department
Helena Valley
Associated Press
Allies Rain Blows by Sea and Air on Red Lifelines
United Nations forces in Korea reported week losses of 10 planes to Communist air and ground fire while shooting down three MiG jet fighters. Fifth Air Force bombed rail points at Chinnampo and a bridge north of Pyongyang as carrier planes hit east-west lines and rail bridges north of Wonsan. Naval gunfire pounded coastal targets as Halsey Powell supported operations. weather froze the frontline as Allied troops repelled probing attacks in the east.
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Fifth Air Force
Korea
United Nations
Seoul
U. S
Chinnampo
Pyongyang
Sunchon
Missing Plane Found Quickly
Helena dispatch reports Carl Olofsen pilot of a ski equipped single engine plane found near the Missouri river by Three Forks after taking off from Butte for Helena. State aeronautics director Frank Wiley said rescue teams located the aircraft as crews searched after the 10 30 a m departure with a four hour fuel plan. The MISSOula trainee was expected in Helena at 11 42 a m and both sheriff and highway patrol had planes aloft when he was located.
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Helena
Frank Wiley
Carl Olofsen
Missoula
Missouri River
Three Forks
Gallatin County
Highway Patrol
Olofsen
Wiley
Butte
Humphrey Enters Minnesota Presidential Primary
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota announced on Friday he would run as a favorite son in the March 18 Minnesota presidential primary at President Truman’s request. He stressed he is not running for president and that if Truman seeks the nomination the Minnesota delegation will vote for him.
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Washington
Humphrey
D-Minn
Truman
Minnesota
Churchill Accepts American Navy Chief for Atlantic War Role
Prime Minister Winston Churchill accepts an American to head the North Atlantic naval forces but wins a pledge of one million tons of scarce U S steel for Britain in exchange for tin and aluminum. The likely pick is Adm Lynde D McCormick, commander of the U S Atlantic fleet. A formal announcement awaits clearance.
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Winston Churchill
Atlantic
U. S
Britain
America
Churchill
Truman
White House
Navy
Eisenhower
Adm
Lynde D. McCormick
U. S. Atlantic
McCormice
Pacific
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
United States
William M. Fechteler
Forrest P. Sherman
Fechteler
Truce Talks Hit Deadlock Over Airfield Restrictions
Allied truce delegates told the Communists they would not accept an armistice without limits on airfield construction in Korea. The Reds clung to restricting new combat aircraft while insisting airfield work could proceed. Talks at Panmunjom dragged on with no progress on key issues.
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Munsan
Korea
U. S
Panmunjom
Kaesong
United Nations
Howard S. Levie
William P. Nuckols
North Korea
Hsieh Fang
United States
Truman Spoke of Fighting Spirit as Reelection Hopes Rise
Representative Sieminski quoted President Truman saying he never quits or runs from a fight. The remark came at the White House as lawmakers weigh Truman’s bid for another term amid criticism of his administration. Sieminski said a fight would not deter him from advocating for Truman.
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Washington
Truman
House
Sieminski
D-N. J
White House
Mr. Truman
Man Breaks Handcuffs During Interrogation in Houston
Charles Ogletree 25, jailed on felony charges, told Det. Woody Stephenson handcuffs hurt his wrists and then tore off the $30 forged steel restraints "as if they were twine" after being told to keep them on.
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Houston
Charles Ogletree
Woody Stephenson
Ogletree
Stephens
Churchill risks widening proxy force in Suez crisis
British diplomats questioned Prime Minister Churchill after his Washington speech proposing token forces from the United States France and Turkey to link with British troops in the Suez canal zone. Egyptian and international reaction flagged sovereignty and legality concerns amid opposition to colonial troops.
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London
Churchill
United States
France
Turkey
Suez Canal Zone
Congress
Washington
Middle East
Canal Zone
Paris
Cairo
Egypt
United Nations
Mahmoud Azmi Bey
British Ship Fires on Port Said
The British cruiser Liverpool opened fire on Port Said Friday night after a four hour battle between British troops and Egyptian guerrillas. No damage was reported, while one Egyptian was killed and one wounded in the exchange.
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Port Said
Egypt
Liverpool
Bay of
Tina
Search ends for freighter Pennsylvania crew
The Coast Guard announced the search for the 46 man crew of the freighter Pennsylvania officially ended Friday night.
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Seattle
Wash
Pennsylvania
Coast Guard
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