Port land Snowdrifts Reach 22 Feet In Blizzard
Port land experienced record cold with drifts up to 22 feet as an overnight blizzard swept the Northwest. Four to eight inches of snow fell in the Willamette valley and much of southwestern Washington, blocking about 300 miles of Multnomah county roads and closing public schools in Portland and Salem.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
Northwest
Weather Bureau
Oregon
Willamette Valley
Washington
Multomah
Salem
Corbett
Here
Forest Grove
Explosions Destroy Anaconda Homes Injure Several
In Anaconda on Monday explosions likely from leaking natural gas damaged two homes and destroyed another. Mrs Brigid Shea was minorly burned and her son and a gas serviceman were burned. W J Gannon’s house suffered a front wall blowout and his wife was shaken but in good condition. Fire chief and Montana Power workers aided investigations, with help from Butte experts.
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Anaconda
P. T. Loberg
East
Pennsylvania
D. W. Thomas
Montana Power Company
Brigid Shea
East Fifth Street
W. J. Gannon
Burns
Russia Recognizes Rule in Indo China
London reports Russia agreed to establish diplomatic relations and exchange ministers with the democratic republic of Viet Nam, the Indo China government allied with Ho Chi Minh. The move comes as Britain plans to recognize the Bao Dai backed Viet Nam government in Paris.
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Russia
Democratic Republic of Viet Nam
Moscow
Ho Chi Minh
Radio Moscow
Bao Dai
Statewide Montana Cold Snap Deepens Notable Subzero Lows
Montana endured sub zero conditions across the state with Glasgow at 43 below, Kalispell at 38 below, and other towns ranging from -12 to -32. Forecasters warned of continued extreme cold for Tuesday as light snow lingered and highs fell to near zero or below in most areas.
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Helena
Montana
Glasgow
Kalispell
Havre
Drummond
Superior
Custer
Butte
Great Falls
Billings
Missoula
Miles City
Lewistown
Cut Bank
Broadus
Continental Divide
Olsen Motion Seeks Education Board as Party in Funds Case
Helena Jan 30 Attorney General Arnold H Olsen asked to make the state education board a party in a dispute over a 5 million dollar building funds allocation to Montana university units The examiners board and the education board clash over powers with Mrs Overturf suing the examiner board and seeking a permanent injunction Olsen argues the education board should participate as its powers may be ruled on The case heads toward Supreme Court appeal after district court ruling and Judge Padbury took Olsen's motion under advisement
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Helena
Arnold H. Olsen
State Education Board
Montana
H. D. Carmichael
Education Board
Clouse Overturf
Olsen
State Examiners Board
George W. Padbury, Jr
Padbury
Carmichael
Overturf
Examiners Board
Albert Angstman
Visitor asks for GI POW refund in Suffolk
SUFFOLK Virginia January 30 A visitor to the veterans claims office sought an application for a GI prisoner of war refund. When asked if he was a prisoner of war he replied Yes I was in Leavenworth the whole time.
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Suffolk
U.P
Veterans’ Claims Office
Leavenworth
Indians Not Starving Says Director At Billings
BILLINGS Jan 30 Reports that Indians on the Blackfeet reservation near Browning were suffering from widespread starvation were called false by Paul L. Fickinger area director of the Indian service He said the situation in Montana is serious but under control relief funds are ample through February 28 and provided through the Indian service to those eligible Critics blamed severe weather a dry summer and poor fuel planning for hardships He noted porcupines and skunks have long been eaten and that snow blocked roads hindered relief work HAVRE Jan 30 Superintendent J W Ellington Fort Belknap agency said cold weather has not yet produced a crisis but continued cold and closed roads could bring trouble
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Billings
Blackfeet
Browning
Paul L. Fickinger
The
Indian Service
Montana
Fickinger
Havre
J. W. Ellington
Fort Belknap Indian
Police wait in Brink's robbery hunt in Boston
Police in Boston adopted a waiting game approach in the Brink's Inc. robbery case where over 1.5 million dollars was stolen. Detectives wearyly said they had not secured progress in tracing the rubber masked gunmen who pulled off the nation’s largest cash heist the night of January 17.
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Boston
U.P
Labor Rivals Won't Raid Each Other
Washington January 30 two of the nation’s largest unions announced a no raiding peace pact through Labor Secretary Tobin. Walter Reuther’s United Auto Workers with nearly a million members and the International Association of Machinists with about 600000 strong agreed not to seek members where the other has bargaining rights in auto, airplane and other plants.
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Washington
Tobin
Walter A. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Millon
International Association of Machinists
Boston alderman bars Japanese observers over edict
Thirteen Japanese Diet members visiting Boston for an eight day democracy tour were barred from a city council session after Councilor James Coffey proposed to "feed them, but don't educate them." The 11 to 8 vote followed remarks linking Japan's Pearl Harbor attack to their presence.
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U.P
Here
James Coffey
Pearl Harbor
Douglas MacArthur
Coffey
Gen. MacArthur
Perley D. Chase
Japanese Diet Members Barred From Boston Council Session
A high military official said in supreme occupation headquarters that 13 touring members of Japan's diet were barred from observing a Boston city council session. The move drew astonishment in official circles and was reported Tuesday.
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Japan
Council
Tokyo
T.p
Boston
Supreme Occupation
Johnson cautions on possible surprise attack and A-bomb insight
Secretary of Defense Johnson released his first annual report noting that an attack could come from the opposite hemisphere with warning and unpredictable fury. He said Russia has the secret of atomic explosives but believed the prospects of averting global war were improving. He praised unified foreign policy efforts through the National Security Council and reported on armed forces for the year ending June 30.
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Washington
Johnson
Russia
United States
State Department
National Security Council
Truman
Army
Gray
Navy
Matthews
Air Force
Symington
U.S. Cool Toward Plan of India
The United States rejected India's proposal for the UN to recognize Red China as China’s government, urging continued backing of Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist regime. India’s plan to poll UN member credentials was discussed by a 111-nation expert committee amid a Russian boycott, with US stance stressing actual control and UN obligations.
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Francis W. Carpenter
India
United Nations
Peiping
Mao Tze-tung
China
Security Council
United States
Formosa
Shunshi Hsu
Sir Benegal Rau
Council Nations
Chiang Kai-shek
Ray Monday
Rau
Charles P. Noyes
Council
T. F. Tsiang
Fruitless robbery in Brooklyn yields worthless haul
Two masked gunmen robbed a Brooklyn bank messenger in New York as he carried a canvass bag of canceled checks and bank deposit slips. The heist, noted as part of the city’s sensational robberies, ended with no valuable loot for the thieves.
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New York
U.P
Brooklyn
Hydrogen Bomb Under Study by Congressional Leaders
Congressional leaders disclosed progress on the hydrogen bomb as plans advance toward production. President Truman has not yet approved but is expected to decide soon. Los Alamos hosts key research, with Lilienthal open to the idea but urging resource consideration. Senate and House leaders demand rapid development, citing Russia’s potential early tests and possible war risks.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commision
Brien McMahon
Dconn
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Los Alamos
N. M
Atomic Energy Commission
Millard E. Tydings
Dmd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russia
Airman Tells of Search in Wilderness Near Whitehorse
Airman Lt Jack W McQueen reports brutal terrain 40 miles south of Whitehorse during Operation Mike the search for missing US C-54 transport He recalls rugged mountains snow drenched gorges and the anxious wait for survivors Sgt Espe’s anxious face and his wife aboard the missing aircraft spur continued sorties as the drama unfolds
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RCAF
Jack W. McQueen
Whitehorse
Y. T
U.P
Here
James R. Espe
Senate Committee Closes Probe of Denfeld Ouster
The Senate armed services panel says its inquiry into Adm. Louis E. Denfeld's ouster as chief of naval operations is closed for now. Secretary Matthews testified Denfeld was dismissed over policy disagreements, not inefficiency, with a five hour session revealing conflict over Navy policies and the canceled supercarrier USS United States. Matthews stated he and Denfeld could not find harmony yet Denfeld pressed for free congressional testimony while accepting responsibility for his own statements.
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U.P
Millard R. Tydings
Dmd
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Senate Armed Services Committee
Navy
Francis P. Matthews
Denfeld
Tydings
Matthews
United States
Defense
Louis Johnson
Forrest P. Sherman
Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
William R. Knowland
R-Calif
Truman
McCarthy
Chief of Naval Operations
Three Men Hurt in C-54 Missing Flight Search Continues
An overdue C-54 transport with 44 aboard vanished while past Whitehorse Yukon. Three of six aboard survived a crash near Robinson Y T as searchers comb 55,000 square miles in near perfect visibility. Pilot Lt. Charles Hardes found after eight hours amid subzero temperatures.
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Whitehorse
Y. T
United States Air Force
Here
Charles Hardes
Anchorage
Alaska
Gnan. F
Enaa
Yardes
Robinson, Y. T
Carcross
RCAF
Great Falls
Mont
Yukon
Butte Weather Forecast: Clear to Partly Cloudy, Cold
Forecast shows continued cold conditions for Tuesday with clear to partly cloudy skies west of the Divide and some flurries northeast and extreme north and south. Highs range from 0 to -15 across regions, with overnight lows around -25 and notable temperature spreads between locations.
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School of Mines
Divide
Safecracker Captured in Missoula Area Robber Admits Montana Jobs
Law officers from Lake Mineral and Missoula counties pursued three to four armed bandits who cracked a Polson safe for about 150 dollars and rifles. Harold Vinge, 27, was captured near Superior after a tire shotout. He says the others, named Sam and Elmer, fled toward Evaro. Officers maintained roadblocks near Superior and Frenchtown as searches continued.
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Missoula
U.P
Montana
Polson
Lake
Mineral
Harold Vinge
Superior
Vinge
Butte
Jack
Evaro
Sam
Elmer
Here
Missoula County
R. D
MacLean
Missoula- Superior
Frenchtown
Police find no prior Montana conviction records for Vinges
Local police said a review of files yielded no information on prior Montana convictions of Harold Vinge or Jack Vinge. The only recent safecracking involved last Monday’s burglary at the J and M bar 905 Excel where about $1000, slot machines, and a juke box were taken. Missoula police reported wrappers found in the car used by Vinge matched wrappers from the J and M bar safe, per Butte officers.
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Montana
Harold Vinge
Jack Vinge
J and M
Missoula
Vinge
Polson Hardware
Butte
Services Not Doing Their Best to Unify Ike Says
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told U P he believes military unification friction comes from services not fully striving to unite. He warned Army Navy and Air Force must sacrifice ambitions due to limited peacetime tax dollars, and unity will succeed once leaders accept shared costs. He spoke in a U S News and World Report interview.
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Ike
Washington
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Air Force
Eisenhower
Europe
Columbia University
U. S. News and World Report
Barrier drawn against Communist expansion across southeast Asia
Western observers say a fence of anti Communist policy is being formed from the Himalaya mountains to the Gulf of Tonkin to curb further Communist expansion in southeast Asia.
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Hong Kong
U.P
Southeast Asia
Himalaya Mountains
Gulf of Tonkin
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