U S Demands Bulgaria Rescind Order
The United States delivered a sharp ultimatum to Communist Bulgaria demanding the recall of American Minister Donald R Heath or risk breaking diplomatic ties. A note was handed to Bulgarian Charge dAffaires Peter Voutov, with a copy to Sofia, signaling a possible rupture within days and marking a rare postwar move against a Moscow satellite.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Bulgaria
Donald R. Heath
Peter Voutov
Sofia
Heath
State Department
Moscow
Hungary
Romania
Bondage claim at Montana banquet sparks red scare tone
Montana Chamber of Commerce members heard Dean Russell attack government welfare as bondage and contrast it with private responsibility. He warned Americans risk dependence like American Indians under government bureaus. Delegates discussed river basin development and opposed centralized planning, favoring representative federal oversight and state projects.
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Billings
Montana Chamber of Commerce
Dean Russell
The
Foundation For Economic Education
Karl Marx
Russell
State Chamber
Harris Hogan
Missoula
Upper Columbia Development Association
H. L. Buck
Montana Reclamation Association
Valley Authority
Buck
Water Conservation Board
Hogan
Capitalism long lasting beyond other economic systems
Billings dispatch notes that capitalistic ideals in the long view will outlast rival economic models. The brief fragment hints at a deeper discussion continued on page seven, column one, signaling analysis of economic systems and future prospects. The source emphasizes enduring capitalism as a central theme.
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Billings
Convicted Slayer Declared Sane
Fred Stroble age 68 convicted of first degree murder in the sex slaying of six year old Linda Joyce Glacoft was declared sane by Superior Judge Charles W Fricke after waiving a jury for the sanity hearing. The ruling means a mandatory death sentence in California and Stroble will be sentenced next Friday.
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Los Angeles
Fred Stroble
Charles W. Fricke
Stroble
Linda Joyce Glacoft
California
Vishinsky blasts Acheson over Far East policy
Moscow reports Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky denounces US Secretary of State Dean Acheson as alibiing for a bankrupt China policy. He calls Acheson speech on January 12 slanderous and asserts Soviet aims include Manchuria Inner Mongolia and Sinkiang remaining under Soviet influence. Wang Chou En-lai and Mao are in Moscow as the exchange notes the failure of US policy.
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U.P
Andrei Vishinsky
Russia
Outer Mongolia
China
United States
Dean Acheson
America
Vishinsky
Acheson
National Press Club
Washington
Soviet Union
Manchuria
Inner Mongolia
Sinkiang
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Formosa
Communist Radio Friday
Chou En-lai
Mao Tze-tung
Peking
Far East
Ussr
Coplon and Gubitchev to Face Trial on Spy Charges
New York Jan. 20 Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan ordered the trial to begin next Tuesday in the spy conspiracy case against Judith Coplon and Valentin A. Gubitchev. He ruled that FBI wire tapping was illegal but allowed non-wire evidence. The defense plans further appeals through Archibald Palmer while Foley’s testimony remains pivotal. Conviction could bring Coplon 35 years and $20,000 fine, Gubitchev up to 15 years and $20,000.
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New York
Judith Coplon
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Sylvester J. Ryan
FBI
United Nations
Archibald Palmer
Miss Coplon
United States
Foley
Gubitchev
Highway Projects Studied in Butte District
Preliminary surveying is underway by the Montana highway department in the Butte and Anaconda districts. Superintendent Fred Quinnell Jr. says projects lack funding yet and include rebuilding eight miles of road between Anaconda and Georgetown Lake, an oil section on the Butte Anaconda highway east and west of Crackerville, and widening Deadman's Curve on the Harding road.
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Montana Highway Department
Butte
Anaconda
Fred Quinnell, Jr
Quinnell
Georgetown Lake
Butte- Anaconda
Crackerville
Billion Dollar Tax Increase May Be Sought
President Truman's tax plan reportedly seeks net revenue gains near 1.06 billion and calls for a war tax rollback on select excises while boosting corporate, estate, and gift taxes. A tax evasion crackdown and law clarifications are also urged as Congress prepares for early consideration.
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Truman
White House
Congress
House
Rayburn
Congress Baffles South Koreans
South Korea faces bafflement as the House rejects further aid for the U S sponsored republic. President Rhee voices confidence Washington will reconsider while House leaders plan possible revival of the 60 million dollar aid bill. Ambassador Chang warns aid cessation could let communism take hold. The ECA program expires Feb 15 with material on hand and funds unspent.
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Korea
Syngman Rhee
House of Representatives
United States
Washington
House
Senate
Rhee
Asia
Berlin
John Myun Chang
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Co-operation Administration
Chang
Arthur C. Bunce
Doubt Over Korean Aid Bill After Tally Error
Washington officials studied an apparent error in the Congressional record over an aid bill for Korea. The tally showed 191 yeas to 193 nays, but Representative Lemke was listed as both voting against and paired for the measure, leaving the outcome unclear.
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House
Far Eastern
Republic
Lemke
R-N. D
Flood alarms sound as rivers rise across regions
Swollen rivers in the South prompt new flood warnings while the Midwest flood threat eases. The Mississippi crest appears to pass Birds Point New Madrid floodway, with 11 400 people evacuated in Missouri and 9 000 more displaced in Arkansas and Tennessee. Pacific Northwest rain floods Oregon Washington Idaho. Oregon’s Kitchis river overflows US 101 near Tillamook. Washington Guard readies for rapid thaw runoff as British Columbia thaw triggers ice damaged lines and Vancouver flood scenes. Illinois reports Ohio river surge at Shawneetown prompting police to say the flood threat subsides in southern and eastern areas.
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Pacific Northwest
Mississippi
Birds Point
New Madrid
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Kitchis
United States Highway 101
Tillamook
Washington National Guard
British Columbia
Canadian
Vancouver
Shawneetown
Ill
Illinois
Butte Weather Forecast: Cloudy Mild With Light Rain
Continued cloudy and mild Saturday with occasional light rain. Next 24 hours high near 45. School of Mines max 49 min 37. Airport max 50 min 39. Precipitation 0.01. West of divide mostly cloudy with light scattered rain and freezing north. East of divide cloudy Saturday with snow flurries in extreme northeast and rising temps toward 25 to 45.
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School of Mines
Divide
Warmer Weather Seen for Today in Montana
Helena reaches 57 degrees setting a local record as most of Montana warms above freezing. Friday saw rain and thaw with lows in the single digits in Miles City Kalispell and Cut Bank while Great Falls and Havre touched zero. Forecasters expect above normal highs across the state for the next five days with no sub zero readings except in the northeast.
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Associated Press
Max
Lina Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Custer
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispell Ceeeeenereeenese
Lewistown
Livingston
Superior
W. Yellowstone
Whitehall
Montana
United States Weather Bureau
Mercury
Miles City
Kalispell
Cut Bank
Alger Hiss Jury Is Locked Up Deliberations resume Saturday
New York Jan 20 The Alger Hiss perjury trial jury failed to reach a verdict Friday night and was sent to retire for the night. Deliberations resume at 10 am Saturday as jurors consider whether Hiss lied about turning over secret papers to a Communist spy ring in the 1930s while he held a high trust position. The jury began Friday afternoon after the judge charged them and recessed for dinner amid persistent questions and a prior deadlock in the July trial.
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New York
U.P
Alger Hiss
State Department
Bradley Attends AEC Meeting on Hydrogen Bomb Plans
Gen Omar Bradley met in a secret session with the Senate House atomic energy committee to discuss the hydrogen bomb. After an hour and a half behind locked doors, no clues leaked about whether the United States is preparing to produce a weapon potentially far more powerful than the A bomb.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
United States
Part of Man's Body Found in Shark
WAILUKU Maui January 20 Part of the body of Gilbert Hotta a Wailuku haberdasher was found inside a 12 foot tiger shark caught Thursday off Kahakuloa Identification was made by dental work and fingerprints Hotta was one of three fishermen swept from a reef by high waves Monday One body had been recovered earlier and the third remains missing
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Wailuku
Maui
T. H
Gilbert Hotta
Kahakuloa
Hotta
Girl Guilty in Texas Slaying Conviction Shocks Brady
Sandra Peterson, 18, Somerville Mass., was found guilty of murder with malice in the death of Brady real estate man Lewis Patterson. The jury sentenced her to life in prison after the state sought the death penalty. Loretta Mozingo, 15, a key witness, was implicated by investigators in a later hospital-like incident in her jail cell.
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Sandra
Patterson
Loretta Fae Mozingo
Loretta Fae
A. B. Willborn
House Rejects Coalition Move To Hand Rules Panel Power
In a drama packed session on Jan 20 the House defeated a Republican Southern Democrat backed bid to grant the rules committee control over legislation. The 236 to 183 vote crossed party lines marking a major administration victory and signaling that key items including civil rights and health measures may survive. President Truman and National Farmers Union head James G Parton praised the outcome as satisfactory and triumphant.
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Washington
U.P
House
Truman
House Rules Committee
Acros
American Labor Party
Change We
Mr. Truman
James G. Parton
National Farmers Uni
Leo Allen
R-Ill
Coalitio
Brannan
Gop Leade
FEF
Fire toll rises in U.S. blazes across states
A nationwide wave of home and industrial fires in the United States and a Toronto garment-factory blaze in Canada claim many lives. Among the dead are 16 children and two teenagers in the U.S. Three toddlers perished in Sedro Woolley Washington as their stove causes fire. The Woodstock Illinois trailer-truck home fire kills a family of five. Jersey City and Mt Leonard Missouri also report multiple deaths. Variations in fatalities spread from Arkansas to Michigan as crews battle blazes and gas line disruptions.
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Canada
Toronto
United States
Sedro Woolley
Wash
Charlene
Floyd
William Henry
Hector Legere
Woodstock
Chicago
Jersey City
N. J
Gloria Perry
Minnesota
Lapanto
Ark
Windsor
Dow Chemical Company
Michigan
Flint
Ralph Schmitz
Inez
Jimmy
Laverne
Johnny
Anna Holmes
Irene
Lorraine
Dennis
Missouri
Mt. Leonard
Judy Rocks
James
Mima Martin
Charles Hop
Defendant Charged With Slaying Deer Sent to Jail for 30 Days
Richard R. Clay formerly of Plentywood now living at 322 South Montana was sentenced to 30 days in Silver Bow county jail after pleading guilty to taking hunting and capturing a deer during the closed season. The case followed a reported poaching mystery and a blood stained hotel room investigation. Brown's Gulch residents protested poaching and losses to their area.
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Richard R. Clay
Plentywood
Montana
Silver Bow County
Clay
Butte
Front Street
Bart J. Riley
Lester Barton
Barton
Brown's Gulch
Justice of the Peace
Steve Tahija
Tahija
Roth of Billings Gets Life Term
Yale T. Roth a 22 year old Billings resident shot a driver in the head and was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Ben Harwood at Deer Lodge. He admitted a string of burglaries thefts and a murder linked to the slaying of Carl E Norstrom on his 21st birthday while escalating a crime spree from his teens.
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Billings
Yale T. Roth
Ben Harwood
Deer Lodge
Roth
Carl E. Norstrom
Eastern Montana College of Eduction
Norstrommurd
Build Butte says six hour day hurts homeowner costs
A Build Butte committee member argues that the current six hour workday, with similar start and stop time as an eight hour day, raises final building costs for homeowners. He notes high hourly craftsman wages and seasonal layoffs drive prices, suggesting longer days could reduce slack periods and overall expense.
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