Westerners Propose End to Soviet Truck Blockade
Western allies sharply protested Soviet interference with Berlin West Germany truck traffic. In a note to Maj. Gen. Kotikov, United States British and French commanders urged immediate removal of abnormal restrictions and condemned what they called a creeping blockade targeting movement between Berlin and the western zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West Germany
United States
Alexander Kotikov
Helmstedt
West Berlin
John J. McCloy
Germany
Karlshorst
Kotikov
Paris
Montana Indians Abandoned by Montana Gov Bonner
Governor John W Bonner accused United States Indian policy of abandoning Montana tribes on reservations including Tongue River Blackfeet Rocky Boy Fort Peck and Belknap. He urged immediate action as snowbound communities face fuel and food shortages while families rely on welfare funds. Noted relief efforts allocated 25000 but harsh conditions persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
John W. Bonner
Montana
Indian Affairs Office
Tongue River
Blackfeet
Rocky Boy
Fort Peck
Belknap
Bonner
United States
Billings
Indian Service
Urgent atomic energy panel meets on hydrogen bomb
Washington January 26 UPI The congressional atomic energy committee schedules an urgent Friday morning session with Chairman David Lilienthal and members. A decision on building a hydrogen bomb looms as Truman weighs options amid military concerns Russia may be pursuing the weapon. Closed door session may receive full information from the president to aid his final choice. Bricker's Senate ratification to replace Vandenberg underscores urgency as McMahon notes the grave matter before the panel. The committee recently consulted General Omar Bradley for the military perspective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
David E. Lilienthal
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
United States
Russia
Senate
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Rmich
Atomic Committee
Brien McMahon
Dconn
Vandenberg
Threat to Disband Japan's Red Party
Tokyo January 27 Attorney General Shunkichi Ueda warned that the Japanese Communist party could be disbanded if the Red party is found guilty of anti occupation policies He replied to Diet member Kudo Tajima who charged the Communists had recently submitted to the Red doctrine of revolution by violence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U.P
Shunkichi Ueda
Japanese Communist Party
Red Party
Ueda
Diet
Kudo Tajima
Stinging Cold Moves Into Midwest
A winter cold front swept into the Midwest bringing gales and heavy rains that damaged property and raised flood threats. Extreme contrasts marked the nation with frigid western states and unusually warm eastern regions as snow and subzero temperatures hit the Dakotas and Minnesota while Ohio Valley rains spurred flood forecasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
California
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Omak
Wash
Spokane
Los Angeles
Toronto
Guymon
Okla
Idabel
Sanish
N. C
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Havre
Mont
Williston
N. D
Bemidji
Minn
Grand Island
Neb
Sibley
Mississippi
Ohio River
Indianapolis
Michigan
Upper
Houghton
Mich
Indianapolis Weather Bureau
Wabash
Montana Snow and Cold Weather Sweep State
Montana will see more snow and cold weather Friday with highs from 10 below to 22 above, while western areas stay near Thursday temperatures. Many cities logged sub-zero temperatures. Missoula at 2 above was the only nonfreezing reading, and two highways remained snow bound as cleanup continued in northeastern Montana after blizzard conditions.
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Ingston
Butte
Lewistown
Missoula
Helena
Billings
Glasgow
Havre
Cut Bank
Miles City
Highway Department
Summit
Nyack
U. S. 89
Browning
Montana
Three Are Burned in Butte Blaze
In Bill Barry's auto repair shop gasoline fumes exploded twice Thursday, burning three men including two firemen. John M. Barry Jr. suffered burns to face and hands. firefighters Martin Prendergast and John McGinley sustained burns on the face and leg. Fire Chief John O'Donnell said both blazes caused by gasoline fumes and ruled out major damage to the shop with undetermined cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Bill Barry
East Galena
St. James Hospital
John M. Barry
West Gold
Martin Prendergast
West Copper
John McGinley
East First
Prendergast
McGinley
John O'Donnell
Barry
Butte Weather Forecast Clouds Snow and Mild Warmth
Forecast shows cloudy conditions with light snow and a small rise in temperature on Friday. Expected low around minus two and high near nineteen within the next 24 hours. Measurements at School of Mines log a high of nineteen and a low of minus five. At the airport, high nineteen and low minus seven with trace precipitation. East of Divide Friday will be cloudy with snow and colder winds, highs from 25 above in the south to minus 10 in the northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Federal
Glasgow
Continental Divide
Belgrade
Whitehall
Dillon
Liv
School of Mines
Divide
Defense Pictures Gubitchev as Love-Crazed
New York dispatch reports Judith Coplon portrayed as kitten like and Valentin Gubitchev as a love crazed husband in a case charging conspiracy to steal U S defense secrets for Russia. Prosecutors promise proof of espionage intent despite defense framing as romance. The trial follows their arrest by FBI agents amid chases through Manhattan streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Judith Coplon
Valentin A. Gubitchev
FBI
United States
Gubitchev
Manhattan
Abraham L. Pomerantz
Palmer
Acme Telephoto
Justice Department
Federal Court
Archibald Palmer
Valentin Gubitchev
Russia
Decide Formosa Not Worth Armed Conflict
U S defense chiefs reportedly view Formosa as strategically important but not vital enough to warrant American troops. Chairman Connally relayed the closed session briefing after Senate Foreign Relations Committee members met with Secretary Johnson and Gen. Bradley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Formosa
Connally
Dtexas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Louis Johnson
Omar Bradley
Chrysler Strike Front Is Quiet
DETROIT Jan. 26. A cooling off period kept the Chrysler strike front calm with no peace talk moves from either side. About 85,000 hourly workers walked out at Chrysler, Dodge, De Soto and Plymouth plus 23,000 Briggs employees idle after a pension dispute. Federal mediator E. M. Sconyers said the government would try to reunite the parties at the first opportune moment, while both sides awaited a government call to meet. They agreed on a $100 a month pension in principle but disagreed on operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
Dodge
de Soto
Plymouth
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Chrysler Corporation
Briggs
E. M. Sconyers
Wallace Denies Charges in House Probe
Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace testified before the House committee on un American activities denying charges of sharing atomic secrets with Russia and clearing uranium shipments in 1943 and 1944. He blamed a lying leak in President Truman s cabinet for the reports and said he had nothing to do with wartime ship ments to the Soviet Union. He recalled hearing of the shipments only in 1946 and noted Groves doubted his trustworthiness while heading the Manhattan Project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Russia
Soviet Union
House Committee On un-American Activities
Fulton Lewis, Jr
United States
Wallace
Fred M. Vinson
Treasury
Henry L. Stimson
War
James Forrestal
Navy
Tom C. Clark
Robert E. Hannegan
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Clinton P. Anderson
Agriculture
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Labor
New York
Leslie R. Groves
Manhattan
Groves
Boris Pregel
Canadian
Radium and Uranium Corporation
Five Children Die as Oklahoma Home Burns
Five children in the C. D. Young family perished in a fire that trapped them in a two room Lawton home. Neighbors and the Henslee family escaped. a gas heater overheated and ignited curtains, locking a kitchen door and sealing the fate of the children aged two months to six years. The Lawton fire department contained the blaze, and authorities classified the cause as potentially gas heater related.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Okla
C. D. Young
H. A. Henslee
Judith Aline
Patty Louise
Phyllis
David
Denny
Awtry
Move Is Apparently Aimed at Heading Off Truman Action
John L. Lewis offered to reopen soft coal contract talks, signaling 90,000 wildcat strikers to return Monday. The move sought to head off government intervention and block a federal court injunction, with Lewis promising good faith bargaining at 10 am next Wednesday. George H. Love of Pittsburgh would decide if both sides bargain, while Southern Coal Producers stayed out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
White House
Truman
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Denham
George H. Love
Pittsburgh
Northern and Western
Love
Southern Coal Producers Association
UMW
Federal District Court
Nixon accuses presidents over wartime atomic spies
Rep. Richard Nixon charged Presidents Truman and Roosevelt failed to act on evidence that Russians sought to steal wartime atomic bomb secrets. He cited a memorandum from 1945 and alleged a Soviet agent in the State Department, tying Hiss and Chambers to a broader espionage case while criticizing State and Acheson amid Hiss’ perjury trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
R-Calif
Truman
Roosevelt
Nixon
Harry Dexter White
the Treasury
House
Alger Hiss-Whittaker Chambers
Dean Acheson
Hiss
Chambers
State Department
Congress
Igor Guzenko
Ottawa
United States
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Stettinius
Yalta
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
White House
Leslie R. Groves
Decks Cleared for Arms Aid to Western Allies
The United States and nine cold war allies begin an American rearmament program to bolster non Communist defenses in Europe and the Far East. In Seoul, Ambassador Muccio signed arms aid and a military mission with Korea. Britain and the US reached full terms on a western Europe aid package. eight European accords will be signed with Secretary Acheson present. Truman will issue an executive order for integrated North Atlantic defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Europe
Far East
Seoul
Korea
John Muccio
Britain
State Department
Acheson
Department
Truman
North Atlantic
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Italy
Norway
Denmark
Insurance Levy Bill Is Passed
The House approved a bill levying a 90 million dollar tax on life insurance companies, closing a President Truman cited tax loophole. A separate push for a 700 million dollar excise tax cut failed on a technicality pending Senate action. The measure targets untaxed investment income of 1947 to 1949, seen as a Truman tax program victory. Representative Gore’s excise amendment was ruled inappropriate to the bill under House rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Truman
GOP
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Martin
Gore
Dtenn
Red Forces Enter Indo China, Nationalists Claim
In Taipei on January 26, Chinese Nationalists asserted that Chinese Communist forces had entered Indo China and were arming anti French fighters. The report, attributed to military sources in Nationalist capital, named Gen Lin Piao as in command but gave no location and noted much of the border was guerrilla held, possibly eluding French awareness.
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Taipei
Formosa
Indo- China
Lin Piao
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Associated Press
Max
Pope Billings
Broadus
Custer
Dillon Drummond
Great Falls
Yellowstone
Aati
Schenectady
N. Y
Defense
Red
Indo-China
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