U S Considered Hydrogen Bomb Plans Amid Hush-Hush Talks
President Truman and top atomic officials held closed discussions with Brien McMahon and David Lilienthal as rumors grew that the United States is moving toward a hydrogen thermonuclear weapon. Bernard Baruch and Carl Vinson urged prompt production to preempt Soviet advances.
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Washington
U.R
United States
Truman
Brien McMahon
D-Conn
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
David E. Lilienthal
United States Atomic “H & Energy Commission
Bernard Baruch
Lilienthal
McMahon
United Nations
Urey urges U S to build hydrogen bomb first
Dr Harold C Urey urged Friday night that the United States should develop the hydrogen super bomb before the Russians. He warned the armaments race must not be lost and called for a federal union of democratic nations to bolster the West against Russia.
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New York
Harold C. Urey
United States
Urey
Patrick Henry
University of Chicago Institute For Nuclear Studies
West
Russia
Waldorf-Astoria
Americans For Democratic Action
Ussr
Death Penalty Set for 16 Nazi Criminals
Senate sources said 16 German war criminals, convicted at the Nürnberg trials, likely face the death penalty. Execution had been delayed by Army Secretary Gray pending an inquiry by the Senate's special investigating committee. A Hoey led report is expected soon to end the delay.
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Washington
Senate
Nuernberg
Army
Gray
Hoey
D-N. C
United States Army
International War Crimes Tribunal
Reopening of Hiss Spy Probe Urged by Nixon
Rep. Richard M. Nixon urged the House un-American activities committee to reopen its investigation of the Alger Hiss Whittaker Chambers spy case. He argued the committee should resume where it left off, detailing the infiltration of Communist espionage into the State department and the need to guard against future such situations.
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Washington
U.P
Richard M. Nixon
R-Calif
House un-American Activities Committee
Nixon
GOP
Hiss
House
State Department
Sherman Sworn In as Chief of Naval Operations
Adm. Forrest P. Sherman took the oath as chief of naval operations in Washington on Friday succeeding Adm. Louis E. Denfeld who was ousted for opposing service unification policies. Sherman pledged that the navy would move to improve conditions.
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Sherman
Washington
U.P
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Louis E. Denfeld
Montana colleges approve dormitory contracts and funding
Montana education board approves a $320000 women’s dormitory for Eastern Montana College of Education in Billings and plans a Feb 10 meeting to discuss new men’s dorms at Missoula and Bozeman. Contractors and bonds totaling about $1.35 million cover construction and furnishings.
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Helena
Montana Education Board
University At
Billings
J. C. Boespflug
Empire
Christensen Company
Boettcher and Company of Denver
Missoula
Bozeman
Education Board
G. A. Selke
University System
Bonner
Olsen
James A. McCain
University
Jumbo Hall
Corbin Hall
McCain
Corbinhall
R. R. Renne
The
State College
Renne
Thief Steals $100 From Burlingame Kennels
In Burlingame California a thief entered an animal hospital kennel area Thursday night and stole $100 from a safe without waking the 30 dogs housed there. No arrests reported.
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Burlingame
Calif
Burlingame Animal Hospital
Pacts Signed for Arms Aid to Europe
The United States signed final agreements with eight Atlantic pact partners to supply 1 billion dollars in U.S. arms for common defense against Soviet aggression. Shipments arrive by March with Britain France Italy Belgium Holland Luxembourg Denmark and Norway receiving weapons and committing aid to bases and scarce materials. Communist parties in Europe mobilize against the arms program while WFTU ties are cited as origin of the plan.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Congress
Truman
Dean Acheson
North Atlantic
Europe
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Denmark
Norway
North Atlantic Council
Paris
Communist Parties of
London
World Federation of Trade Unions
WFTU
Milan
Atlantic Pact
Mercy Slayer Insanity Testimony in Bridgeport Slaying Trial
A surgeon testified that Carol Ann Paight was insane due to shock and grief when she killed her incurably ill father. Dr. William E. Smith said her father Carl Paight faced weeks to live amid cancer and severe pain. The defense cites temporary insanity as Carol Ann, 21, faces a second degree murder charge with a possible life sentence.
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Carol Ann Paight
Bridgeport
Conn
Stamford, Conn
Mary Paight
Carl W. Paight, Jr
William E. Smith
Stamford
Carl Paight
Dr. Smith
Carol Ann
Paight
Winter Relaxes Deep Freezes and Snow Forecast
Old Man Winter loosened grip on Montana with rising temperatures, though much remains cold. Snow is expected across both sides of the Continental Divide, with one third inch projected over five days and several routes reported affected by drifts and closures through Friday.
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Helena
Winter
Montana
Continental Divide
Divide
Mountain Barrier
United States 191
Karst Camp
Duck Creek Wye
State Highway Department
United States 89
Browning
Summit
Nyack
McDonald Pass
Here
Butte Weather Forecast Mixed clouds with light snow Saturday
Mostly cloudy with intermittent light snow Saturday and a warmer trend. Next 24 hours highs near 38 and lows around 15. Observed: School of Mines 28/13 and Airport 33/13. Precipitation 0.02. West of divide: cloudy Saturday with snow and little change, highs 30 to 10. East of divide: mostly cloudy with snow, slightly warmer east and north, highs 35 to 5.
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School of Mines
Divide
Associated Press
Pep Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Custer
Cut Bank Teeecersenesss
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula Superior
Air Force Plane Sets New Mark
Fairfield Calif Jan 27 The Air Force said a six engine B36 from Fairfield Suisun Air Force Base set a new long duration and distance record for a reconnaissance unit flying nearly two days and a coast to coast 7000 mile mission by the First Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron in the first of its extreme range schedules.
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Fairfield
Calif
Air Force
Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base
San Francisco
Desperate Soviet Move Aims to Sway West Berlin
Western officials described the Berlin trucking squeeze as a calculated effort to erode West Berlin's resolve and drive cargo to Soviet controlled rail. They warned East and West Germany links could be suspended and outlined three objectives including undermining business confidence and straining recovery funds. U S transport chief C A Dix noted Soviet pressure could push shippers to rails as freight flows shift from road to rail.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East
West Germany
West
Helmstedt
C. A. Dix
United States
Dix
Somaliland Return to Italy Under UN Trusteeship
The United Nations trusteeship council approved returning Somaliland to Italy for ten years of supervision. The plan aims to guide Somaliland toward eventual independence and statehood. The vote was unanimous except the Soviet Union boycotted and did not participate.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Italy
Somaliland
Soviet Union
Talks in Coal Issue Set for Wednesday
John L. Lewis and soft coal operators agreeing Wednesday as the date to reopen contract talks signals a possible break in the long deadlocked dispute. President Truman avoided comment on coal matters at a news conference while James Boyd warned stockpiles glooming toward a national emergency.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
North
West
Truman
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Chieftain
Federal District Court
National Labor Relations Board
Robert N. Denham
Jewel loot from Aga Khan returned in a brown paper package
In Marseille a package left outside a police station revealed over half of the Aug. robbery loot from the Aga Khan and his wife. Authorities value the recovered jewels at about 130,000,000 francs. Six men are held while investigations continue into the Riviera robbery involving an ex-officer named George Lindsay Watson.
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Marseille
France
Aga Khan
Rita Hayworth
Begum
M. Lacotte
Lacotte
Montana Trucker Hit Second Time in Week by Train
Chester reports Earl Hagen of Shelby struck by a train for the second time in a week. The Great Northern westbound streamliner collided with Hagen’s oil truck at the Lothair crossing, injuring him critically. A week earlier he escaped unharmed at Devon crossing. He was taken to a Shelby hospital.
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Montana
Chester
Earl Hagen
Shelby
Great Northern Railway
Hagen
Lothair Crossing
Here
Devon Crossing
Search Craft Reports Flares Sighted in Wilderness Area
A ground flare alert spurred a major air search for a C-54 transport missing with 44 aboard in sub Arctic northern Canada. Lt. Thomas E. Cornell said he saw flares near Watson Lake while RCAF and U S forces combed the Yukon region from Alaska to Edmonton seeking the missing aircraft and its crew and furloughed passengers.
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Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
U.P
United States Air Force
Arctic
Canada
Thomas E. Cornell
Watson Lake
Cornell
Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAF
Vimy
Edmonton
Alta
British Columbia
J. M. Sutherland
8Th Air Force
el Paso
Texas
Anchorage
Alaska
Great Falls
Mont
Comdr
Sutherland
Air Force
Elmendorf Field
Snag
Alcan
McChord Field
Wash
Spokane
Ladd Field
Fair
Obs
Fairbanks
Sam Sloan
Alaska Highway
Northway
Fort Nelson
B. C
Truman boost on 1951 budget asks large military aid and loans
President Truman proposed higher fiscal year 1951 outlays including 308.874 million dollars in cash and 50 million in borrowing authority, plus 354.453 million cash and 15 million contract authority to cover current year spending. He cited increased needs for Japan relief and rural electrification, with UN and Pan American costs up, and a cut of 16.3 million from atomic energy.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Japan
Rural Electrification Administration
United States
United Nations
Pan-American Union
Indians to Get Relief Funds for Winter Aid
Secretary of the Interior Chapman announced 85 000 dollars in special sub zero winter relief for Indians on reservations across North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Montana and Wyoming. Funds include 40 000 for North Dakota South Dakota and Nebraska 25 000 for the Billings Montana area with 10 000 from Blackfeet tribal funds and 20 000 from Cheyenne River funds repaid from last year.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Chapman
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Montana
Wyoming
John R. Nichols
Indian Affairs
Warren G. Spaulding
Aberdeen
S. D
Nichols
Paul L. Fickinger
Indian Bureau
Billings
Mont
Cheyenne River
North
Two Women Claim to Be Widow of U S Army Colonel
Two women, both claiming to be the widow of Col William T. Babcock, met his body in Washington after he died in Berlin. One woman, a brunette in her 30s, said she left a three year old son in Berlin. The other, from New London Connecticut, showed a handwritten letter signed Dad claiming he was not divorced and not remarried.
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Washington
Truman Deflects Questions On Alger Hiss at News Conference
President Truman refused to discuss his stance toward Alger Hiss during a news conference. He said he would not comment and accused some reporters of asking questions with bad intent as Republicans pressed an attack over Hiss and Secretary of State Acheson.
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Washington
Truman
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Acheson
State Department
Mr. Truman
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Dr. Urey
U. S
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U. S. Army
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