Sno-Go Clears Butte Airport Runways Fast
The Sno-Go snow machine aided by two plows and a patrol cleared Butte Municipal Airport runways by Friday night under a rental agreement between the city and Montana highway department. Officials said north south and northwest southeast the runways were opened. conditions were unusually heavy this winter and the city had kept the north south runway open most days.
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Montana State Highway Maintenance Department
Butte
Joseph J. Mulligan
C. J. Eiman
Highway Department
John Fox
Mulligan
Fox
President Truman hints at possible Senate bid
President Truman opened the door to a run for the U S Senate next November instead of seeking re election, saying he will announce before Missouri’s filing deadline of April 29 whether he will seek another term. He declined to answer whether he might pursue the Missouri seat.
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Washington
Truman
U. S. Senate
White House
Missouri
Senate
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Butte Weather Forecast: Light Snow Over Mountains and Mild Weekend
Variable cloudiness with light scattered snows over mountains and mild temperatures into Friday night. Friday readings around 20 to 37 with local airport 24 to 38 and Mines 23 to 39. West of Divide cloudy with light snow, east partly cloudy and warmer, north trending to 0 to 10 then 25 to 40 across Montana.
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School of Mines
Divide
Montana Voters May Be Asked to Approve Additional Gasoline Tax
Montana voters may face a November ballot initiative to add one cent per gallon to gasoline for primary road system funding. The proposal aims to net about 1.8 million dollars annually after refunds and costs, toward finishing 785 miles of unfinished primary highways with federal matching and forest/Indian reservation work.
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Montana
Helena
Jan
John W. Bonner
Vember
Highway Department
State Highway Department
Bonner
Nine Hobo Jungle Killings Admitted
Mexican ex convict Lloyd Gomez confessed to killing nine hoboes in northern California from Sacramento to Mojave in robberies that netted him 62 dollars and 26 cents. He described each slaying with details, police verify the crimes, and Sheriff Cox endorses the confession as truthful.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lloyd Gomez
Sacramento County
Don Cox
Gomez
California
Stockton
Merced
Oroville
Roseville
Marysville
Mojave
Teenagers Lose Court Decision in Montana Murder Case
District Judge William R. Taylor in Anaconda refused habeas corpus for two Miles City youths, Tom LaFave and Evelyn Donges, who challenged juvenile delinquency rules after being sentenced to life for a robbery beating death. The court kept them in state prison custody.
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Deer Lodge
William R. Taylor
Anaconda
Miles City
Tom LaFave
Evelyn Donges
John Hoffman
LeMars
Iowa
Taylor
District Court
Associated Press
LaFave
Donges
Red-Tinged Revolt in Nepal Ended
A red-tinged revolt against Nepal's young government collapsed after rebels surrendered the main government office building in Katmandu. Leader Dr. K I Singh fled. casualties were light with one rebel killed and two wounded. King Tribhuvana declared emergency and curfew while Nepal's ambassador reported calm.
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New Delhi
India
Nepal
Katmandu
Tibet
K. I. Singh
Bijaya Shumshere
Tribhuvana
Nepali Congress Party
all-India Congress Party of India
Nehru
Singh
Citizenship ceremony ends with tragedy for Rempelos
Steven Rempelos, who called his American citizenship papers his passport to heaven, took the oath at the federal building in Milwaukee on Thursday, then suffered a stroke an hour later and died. He had arrived from Greece 51 years ago.
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Milwaukee
Steven Rempelos
Greece
Federal Building
Rempelos
UN Plans Rapid Truce Accord Push in Tunisia
In Tunis on January 24 AP reports mounting bloodshed as French authorities order heavy reinforcements to hunt independence demonstrators. Five killed in rioting, about 40 dead overall, 200 injured. Violence centers on Tunis and other towns with martial law looming. A Jewish merchant slain in Modenene. four Tunisians die at Kairouan.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Modenene
Kairouan
Draft Boards Are Asked to Call Older Men
State draft boards were told to fill February quotas with men who will be at least 21 at induction. Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said the orders aim to level off average induction age in each state. Local boards normally take older men first, but uneven age distribution has exhausted some boards’ older-recruit supply, allowing 19 year olds to remain civilian longer in February.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Midwest Plunged by Record Cold Amid Arctic Air
The Midwest faced its coldest weather of the year as an Arctic mass hovered over Minnesota. Temperatures fell to minus 35 in Bemidji and dropped to minus 28 in Fargo while Chicago recorded minus 3. Snowplows cleared highways in South Dakota after a deadly blizzard killed eight, including four from one family.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Arctic
Minnesota
U. S
Alexandria
Minn
Fargo
N. C
Minneapolis
Chicago
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Charlotte
N.C
Mobile
Ala
South Dakota
Alger Hiss Seeks New Trial on Spy Ring Charge
Alger Hiss currently serving five years asked for a new trial on the charge that he lied about his links to a prewar Soviet spy ring. He cites new evidence after two trials in which a first jury disagreed and a second convicted him of lying about relations with Chambers.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Draft Rejection Rate Described as Appalling by Hershey
Maj. Gen. Hershey, head of the selective service, told a Senate subcommittee that an unreal shortage of fit men is pushed by competition among services for recruits. He cited about 1,250,000 of 8.5 million registrants rejected, and urged universal military training and centralized procurement to avoid unequal manning.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Selective Service System
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Air Corps
Navy
Marines
Army
Congress
OPS authorizes auto price increases in 1952 models
The Office of Price Stabilization allows immediate price boosts on 1952 General Motors and Hudson cars. GM ceilings rise 50 to 222 dollars and Hudson 90 to 143 dollars. Senator Moody cites aluminum to lift output to 900000 units in Q2, but NPAL chief Fowler rejects authorized statements and notes possible shifts in military needs.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
General Motors
Hudson
Moody
Mich
Air Force
Henry H. Fowler
National Production Administration
NPAL
Fowler
Truman
Congress
Missing cyanide drums found end search in New Brunswick
Two of the four 100 pound containers of potassium cyanide, feared lost after a truck incident on Route 1, were located intact. Police had warned the public to avoid touching any drums as the poison is highly lethal. The search was called off Thursday night.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Truman tax bureau overhaul survives first Congressional test
President Truman's plan to overhaul the Internal Revenue Bureau cleared a House expenditures committee hurdle. The panel rejected a move to kill the reorganization, which would remove political appointments and place tax collection under Civil Service. If enacted, 64 collectors would be replaced by 25 district officers under Civil Service with automatic effect March 14 unless disapproved by Congress.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House Expenditures Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
Civil Service
Internal Revenue Service
The
Revenue Service
Hoffman
House
Senate
Collectors of Internal Revenue
Navy PBM crashes into San Diego Bay with all crew saved
A Navy PBM Martin Mariner crashed into San Diego Bay Thursday night and burst into flames. Coast Guard reports all 10 men aboard were saved, hauled from the water in life jackets by Coast Guard and Navy rescue workers.
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San Diego
Calif
San Diego Bay
Coast Guard
Navy
Gas importation may be okayed by White House
Rep Flood said President Truman assured him that approving Canadian natural gas imports into Montana would not set a precedent. The Montana Power Co seeks 10 billion cubic feet annually for five years for use by the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Hearings are done and the Federal Power Commission decision is pending. Kennedy of the United Mine Workers joined Flood in urging action.
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Washington
Flood
D-Pa
Truman
White House
Montana
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers
Montana Power Company
Anaconda Copper Mining Company Power Commission Authority
Kennedy
Montana Company
Canada
Federal Power Commission
Crop ailments cured by doctorlike spray on crops predicts new prescriptions
College Park Maryland January 24 AP farm expert Dr F C Stark forecasts a future where crop diseases are cured by field visits and sprayed prescriptions. Experiments on cantaloupes and tomatoes show magnesium sulphate and borax sprays raise soluble solids and yields with modest cost increases.
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College Park
F. C. Stark
University of Maryland
Stark
Agricultural Experiment Station
Allies Propose Start On Final Armistice Draft
In Tokyo on Friday the United Nations offered the Communists a plan to begin immediate staff officer work on a draft final armistice. The proposal also aims to keep talks alive by addressing airfield construction during the armistice period and tests Red sincerity amid stalled Panmunjom negotiations. Subcommittees on prisoner exchange and armistice supervision met as hopes linger that communists will accept a verbal pledge not to build or repair airfields.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Howard M. Turner
Red
Pyongyang
Peiping
Moscow
Panmunjo
Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
UN Raiders Fight 2 Sharp Actions On Western Front
On Thursday wartime actions in Korea saw two sharp clashes with Chinese forces near Korangpo and Chorwon, with Eighth Army reporting 20 enemy dead after a 40 minute engagement and a separate hourlong fight. The Fifth Air Force flew 348 sorties, striking nine supply vehicles and railways at 42 sites as snow began. No enemy aircraft were sighted by F81 Sabres providing cover.
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Seoul
Korea
Korangpo
Eighth Army
Chorwon
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Tallulah's Maid Freed by Judge
White haired Mrs. Evyleen Cronin, 59, was freed under a suspended sentence by Judge Harold A. Stevens after being convicted of larceny tied to Talulah Bankhead's checks. The judge stated if she were younger he would have sent her to jail, noting his mercy on the record. Cronin faced 7½ to 15 years possible prison time.
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New York
Evyleen Cronin
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah
General Sessions
Harold A. Stevens
French and Vietnamese Repel Communist Attack Near Hanoi
French and Vietnamese troops repulsed a strong Communist attack on a garrison outpost southeast of Hanoi as fighting flared in the Indo-China jungle. The report, dated January 24, notes renewed hostilities in the Ando-Chinese theater.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Vietnam
Truman signs order for tax return inspection in election probe
President Truman signed an executive order authorizing a Senate subcommittee to inspect income and other tax returns as part of an inquiry into elections in Maryland and other states.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Maryland
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