Emerson Skaters Win City Ice Carnival in Zero Temperature
Emerson schoolboys and girls swept speed skating honors at Clark Park in the 31st city ice carnival held Sunday. Jerry Brothers led with 15 percent of points, guiding Emerson to 64 total. Max Bonney added 12 percent for Grant to place second with 37. Greeley and St. Joseph followed. Delores Anderson of Grant won a standout scoring race among girls as top totals emerged from 26 schools scoring.
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Emerson
Clark Park
Jerry Brothers
Max Bonney
Grant
Greeley
St. Joseph
Delores Anderson
Reds Claim U S Consul Spy in Sinkiang Wilderness
In Peiping the official Xinhua agency broadcast that American vice consul Douglas S. Mackiernan had been exposed as an espionage agent and disappeared into India after horseback rounds to bandit fairs in Sinkiang. Washington dismissed the claim as fantasy while noting Mackiernan left Tihwa under orders to depart.
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United States
Douglas S. Mackiernan
Reds
Sinkiang Province
Stoughton
Mass
Washington
State Department
The
Red
Mackiernan
Tihwa
Department
China
Himalayas
India
J. Hall Paxton
Danville
Sinkiang
Eight in final team scoring at carnival meet
Peggy Janhunen of Greeley finished second with 7 percent behind a sister and brother who had won the championship in the carnival. Helen Yelenich of Grant took third also with 7 percent. The brothers broke the lone record of the 1950 tournament by winning the 300 yard obstacle race in 42.2 seconds, surpassing Jim Janhunen’s 1949 mark. Great Show Well Staged Professionals organized the event with precise qualifiers across four age groups for both boys and girls, under race starter Alderman John Lindquist, with Mayor Thomas R. Morgan among the enthusiastic fans.
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Peggy Janhunen
Greeley
Helen Yelenich
Grant
Brothers
Jim Janhunen
Butte High
John Lindquist
City Parks and Playgrounds Committee
Thomas R. Morgan
Missouri Refloating Hopes Rise After TNT Blasts
Two 75 pound TNT charges were set off beside the stranded battleship Missouri in Hampton Roads. The blasts loosened sand around the hull increasing buoyancy as Navy salvor crews hope to refloat the 45 000 ton ship by the flood tide Thursday.
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Norfolk
U.P
Hampton Roads
Navy
Allen E. Smith
Smith
Thieves Steal 428000 Dollars Worth Of Gems From Model
New York police report a theft of 428000 dollars in gems and 500 dollars in cash from former model Mrs. Maxine Lanson. The loss includes 28 pieces and costly furs, with initial estimates ranging up to a million. The FBI joined the investigation as investigators consider an international gang behind the heist.
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New York
U.P
Sunday
Manhattan
Maxine Lanson
FBI
Lanson
Stanford D. Sanson
Butte Weather Forecast Snapshot
Partly cloudy to cloudy with light snow and slightly warmer Monday. Highs 0 to 10 across regions, lows -28 to -16. Trace of precipitation reported. Montana areas west of divide show continued cold with scattered snow flurries and highs 0 to -10, east of divide fair Monday with scattered flurries in extreme west.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Appeals to Avert Starvation Among Blackfeet Indians
Snowbound Blackfeet in Montana face critical food and fuel shortages as blizzards and sub zero temperatures strand communities. White residents and tribal leaders appeal to the federal government while Glacier park plows and local efforts move to reach marooned homes. Local merchants and officials report aid efforts including meals for children and cloth goods collection.
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Browning
Montana
Blackfeet
Glacier Park Mountain
Washington, D. C
Montana Highway Department
Glacier Park
Indian Agency
J. L. Sherburne
Douglas Gold
Gold
Elliott and Missoula Death of NP General Agent
William B. Babe Elliott longtime Northern Pacific general agent in Butte died Sunday at the NP hospital in Missoula after extended illness. He had a history with the railroad in St Paul Detroit Chicago and Butte and served as general agent since 1932. The Winnipeg native was also a notable hockey figure in Montana.
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William B
Babe) Elliott
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific
Missoula
Elliott
Echo Lake
Butte
Dorothy
West Porphyry
St. Paul
Detroit
Chicago
Winnipeg
Man
Montana Hockey Association
Iran Earthquake death toll reported near 1000
A provincial official in Bushire says a southern Iran earthquake killed about 1,000 people and injured 1,300. The quake damaged around 20 towns, roads were blocked, and Red Lion and Sun society dispatched aid from Bushire and Shiraz. Flooding reported in extreme southeast Iran with no casualties listed.
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Tehran
Iran
U.P
Bushire
Persian Gulf
Bushir
Red Lion
Sun Society
Red Cross
Shiraz
Madame Chiang Kai-shek to fly to hospital front lines
Madame Chiang Kai-shek will fly this week to the front lines at Kingmen Island near Amoy to encourage troops in hospitals. The trip will bring her within sight and sound of enemy guns as she keeps a promise to visit frontline troops.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Kingmen Island
Amoy
Fear Invasion Report Against Hainan Island
An official source in Taipei reports that more than 5,000 motor boats and small craft are massed for an invasion of Hainan. The flotilla would transport 100,000 to 200,000 Red troops to the island off China's south coast, per Gen. Hsia Yu-tsai, director of Taipei's Hainan defense command office.
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Taipei
Formosa
Hainan
China
Hsia Yu-tsai
Hainan Defense Command
Madam Chiang Succeeds in Boosting Morale with Food Aid
Madam Chiang Kai-shek told soldiers and families that more than 60,000 men on Taiwan’s island would receive fresh pork candy and vegetables. She described the gifts as a personal contribution to maintain the spirit of nationalism and urged sacrifice despite risks. The speech also attacked Britain and defended Communism as appropriate.
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Madam Chiang
Taipei
Formosa
U.P
Luichow Peninsula
Kwangtung Province
Hainan Island
Anaconda Baby Born In Snowdrift Survives Harsh Weather
In Anaconda on Saturday a 25 year old mother Manuel Zamarippa gave birth to an eight pound son in a snowdrift as temperatures stood three degrees above zero. Night police chief Walter Derzay and Patrolman Frank Hilgersey aided the emergency midwives. The mother and baby were reported doing fine Sunday night at the hospital.
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Anaconda
Walter Derzay
Frank Hilgersey
Manuel Zamarippa
Moscow Said Asking Much of Red China
Washington officials report a stream of rumors that Russia is demanding large concessions from Mao Tze-tung and Chou En-lei in Moscow. Rumors claim control of North Chinese port cities, vast Chinese labor forces, more grain from Manchuria, and Russian participation in Chinese industry following Eastern European patterns.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
State Department
Acheson
China
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Shanghai
Hong Kong
London
Paris
Stalin
Mao Tze-tung
Chou En-lei
Chinwangtao
Manchuria
Europe
No Break Is Seen in Coal Strike
Washington officials indicate President Truman may intervene within 48 hours if miners fail to return to work. In Pittsburgh the strike drags on with about 88,000 miners refusing to work a five day week and vowing to stay out until a contract is signed. Local leaders summarize resolve as a stand for five days per week.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
UMW
John Ozanich
Big Robena
Ozanich
William Hynes
7000 Men Involved in One of Biggest Air Searches Ever
Great Falls dispatch reports a vast multinational search for a missing Air Force C 54 with 44 aboard over the Canadian Rockies. Some 7,000 men, 90 planes, and crews from U S and Canada scoured a 3500 square mile zone in bitter cold as risks and costs mounted.
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Great Falls
U.P
Arctic
Ernest Degraw
Baltimore
121St Transport Command
Whitehorse
Y. T
Here
Air Com
Martin Costello
Canadian Rockies
Air Force
United States
Canada
Joyce M. Espe
Elmendorf
Alaska
Victor
Anchorage
Espe
Washington
Oregon
Army
United Press
Robert Hertzler
Mont
Joseph C. Smith
United States Air Force
Smith
Hertzler
Waiting Is Torture Mother of Pilot Says
In Alexandria Minnesota on January 29 the mother of Major Gerald F Brittain the C 54 pilot missing in the snow says these waiting moments are torture She adds all she can do is pray and notes her son flew the Atlantic 64 times during the war His wife Marija who he married in Belgium has been in touch with him through El Paso and his wife is due with their first child in March
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Alexandria
Minn
Gerald F. Brittain
Linda Schlichting
Major Brittain
Acheson At Center Of Hiss Supportrow
Washington January 29. Secretary of State Dean Acheson becomes the focal point in a bitter Senate dispute over his backing of Alger Hiss. Republicans press aims to question his 264 million dollar State Department budget as Truman faces GOP criticism over a previous red scare remark.
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Acheson
Hiss
Washington
Dean Agcheson
Congress
Alger Hiss
Senate Appropriations
State Department
Yalta
Roosevelt
New York
Truman
GOP
House Committee On un-American Activities
Hiss- Whitaker Chambers
Drew Pearson
Bitter cold grips mining region as records fall
Weather services report arctic conditions across the West with 28 below zero in mining city measurements and a 40 below zero reading in Glasgow Montana. The day sees airport lows near 28 below, School of Mines at minus 16, and highs around 10 above with flurries possible.
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Butte
School of Mines
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William O’brien
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Monroe
Conception
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Hawthrone
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Sacred Heart
Longfellow
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Big Mo
Robert F. Loftus
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Drummond
Glasgow
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Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Superior
W. Yellowstone
Whitehall
W.B. Elliott
NP General
W. B. Elliott
Mme. Chiang
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