Butte Hosts First Homecoming Picnic At Gardens
Butte stages its Independence Day and Homecoming Week with a Sunday picnic at Columbia Gardens a longtime Mining City recreation spot. Mayor Morgan thanked citizens and merchants for making the event the citys greatest Fourth of July celebration, as thousands gather with visitors from Montana and beyond for parades bands and open stores through July 9.
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Columbia Gardens
Butte
Montana
Thomas R. Morgan
Park and Main Street
Frank Panisko
George Taylor
J. E. Kelley
Jack Gaffney
Charles Wulf
Butte Pioneers’ Club
Morgan
U S Transport Crashes in Korea 23 Die
The Far East Air Forces said 12 American airframes have been lost since the Korean action began. A C 54 troop transport carrying five crew and 18 soldiers crashed into a 2000 foot South Korean mountain, killing all on board before battle. B 29s bombed rail yards, bridges, and anti aircraft positions along the Han river with radar accuracy. all returned safely. Weather hampered fighters and transports, but the airlift continued with storms and fog causing most losses.
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Far East Air Forces
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Japan
United States
Korea
Seoul
Han River
Reds' advance stalled near Seoul and Taejon
United States troops arrived in Korea and began moving toward battle lines north of Taejon while North Korean forces appeared stalled on plains south of Seoul. Reports from Taejon and Suwon describe airlifted troops, advancing columns, and naval air cover as MacArthur's command monitors Red movements and bridges across the Han River.
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Korea
Taejon
Seoul
MacArthur
Associated Press
Tom Lambert
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Japan
Suwon
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United States Navy
Juneau
North Korea
Store Building to Replace American Theater in Butte
Nichols Estate trust announces a $100000 two building project on the American theater site at 25 West Park street. One 27 by 120 foot store with full basement is leased to Pay Less Drug company. the second is open for lease. Cahill-Mooney Co. has the contract and work has begun to clear debris and remove the old facade. Alf Staples of Pay Less says the new store will be among the finest drug stores in the nation, with modern fronts and interiors. The project underscores the trust’s confidence in Butte’s future.
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West Park Street
Adolph Turk
Pay Less Drug Company
Turk
Cahill-Mooney Company
Alf Staples
Salt Lake City
Pay Less
Pay Less Company
North Main Street
Ogden
Great Falls
Billings
Boise
Phoenix
Tucson
Ariz
Reno
Las Vegas
Nev
Amarillo
Texas
Butte
Goriest Fourth Averted As Safety Push Totals Announced
National safety council warned the 1950 holiday could be deadly as 93 persons died in highway crashes from Friday 6 pm to Saturday night and 385 more were expected by Tuesday midnight without extra precautions. State-by-state tallies show varied fatalities across Alabama to Wyoming, with fireworks deaths surprisingly minimal.
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National Safety Council
Alabama
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
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Kentucky
Maine
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New Hampshire
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New York
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
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Virginia
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West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Robbery Suspect Killed in Wister Gun Battle
Wister Oklahoma July 1 The town marshal and a robbery suspect were killed in a gun battle late Friday near downtown. A second suspect Otis Ollar of Independence was captured six miles east Saturday. The dead are Marshal Theral Johnson 45 and Troy Sterling 22 both of Marshal.
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Wister
Okla
What’s Doing Here Sunday Monday Homecoming Picnic
Sunday features a Homecoming picnic at Columbia Gardens with an 1:30 pro gram in the grove near the children's playground, square dancing at 2 p m in the pavilion, and a band concert all afternoon. Sunday night dance at 9 in the Garden’s pavilion. Monday offers a children's fish derby on Bell Creek 8:30 to 12:30, watermelon eating contests, a comic parade at 8 downtown, and a street dance at 9 on Hamilton and Broadway.
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Grove
Garden
Bell Creek
Hamilton
Broadway
Picnic Event Promises Safe, Celebratory Day in Columbia Gardens
The article notes a Sunday picnic with a speaking program near the children’s playground, a square dance in Columbia Gardens pavilion, and a band concert in the afternoon. Organizers urge strict traffic safety, hoping for a smooth celebration without accidents.
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Columbia Gardens
Elaborate Plans Made for Mining Conclave
Plans for the Eleventh Summer Convention of the Mining Association of Montana at the Finlen hotel July 30 and 31 are nearing completion. C. P. Chisholm of Helena, president, will chair the first business session Sunday afternoon and the Monday luncheon. W. H. Hoover of Anaconda Copper Mining Co. will speak at the banquet July 31 at 7 p m, preceded by Gov. John W. Bonner’s welcome and a musical program. A. B. Martin of Montana Power, chairman of the Montana Section of the AIME, will preside at the banquet, jointly conducted by the association and the AIME. The luncheon program was recently revised. A. V. Taylor Jr. and Mrs. Taylor will handle table arrangements, inviting immediate reservations to the Mining Association of Montana, 505 Montana Standard Building, Butte. Taylor is past president of the state mining association and a member of its executive committee.
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Mining Association of Montana
Finlen
C. P. Chisholm
Helena
Chisholm
W. H. Hoover
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Hoover
John W. Bonner
Montana
A. B. Martin
Montana Power Company
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
AIME
A. V. Taylor, Jr
Taylor
Montana Standard Building
Butte
Rank and File Republicans Push Public Principles
In Philadelphia on July 1 a group of about 30 rank and file Republicans from 10 states issued a declaration urging social welfare reform while defending private liberties. Led by Henry V. Poor the group named Republican Advance plans a national committee in New York and state organizing efforts. Participants hailed from Massachusetts Connecticut New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Missouri Illinois Minnesota Colorado and Oregon. The identities of most members were withheld.
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New York Young Republicans
Poor
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Connecticut
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Illinois
Minnesota
Colorado
Oregon
Russell Davenport
Great Falls Scout Hurt After Cliff Fall Near Craig
Great Falls July 1 A 13 year old Great Falls Boy Scout Ray Brown is in critical condition after falling 30 feet from a cliff in the Missouri river canyon during an Elk Lodge Scout troop overnight exploration trip. Scoutmaster Charles Christensen rushed him to a Great Falls hospital where doctors report a broken leg and arm and other critical injuries, with blood plasma being administered.
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Great Falls
Ray Brown
Craig
Missouri River Canyon
Charles Christensen
Brown
Elk Lodge
Slot Machines Head for Cover in Wake of Court Edict
Helena July 1. Slot machines moved to shut down after the Montana Supreme Court ruled the 1907 ban remains legal despite a 1945 licensing statute. Cascade County ordered closures near Great Falls. Lewis and Clark County pledged vigorous prosecutions. State officials halted licensing and will refund ~2000 license applications. Total state taxes from slots this year were $500,800. The court deemed machines contraband and subject to seizure as public nuisances.
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Helena
Supreme Court
Montana
Lewis and Clark
Cascade County
R. J. Nelson
Great Falls
Melvin Magnuson
Lewis and Clark County
John A. Matthews
State Equalization Board
Matthews
Lewistown Joyland Club
Hugh Adair
County Attorneys Directed to Seize Machines
Montana attorney general Arnold H. Olsen ordered all 56 county attorneys to confiscate slot machines and eliminate gambling in their counties. Telegrams cited the Lewistown Joyland Supreme Court decision as justification and urged immediate action with local law enforcement cooperation.
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Helena
Montana
Arnold H. Olsen
Supreme Court
Lewistown
Joyland
Associated Press
Olsen
Slot Machines Still Operating in Butte
Slot machines in Butte continued as usual late Saturday night despite a state Supreme Court ruling that non profit club machines are illegal. Local advisers reported a festive scene with many revelers from out of town, as Meaderville Rocker and Anaconda venues kept machines on their stands taking coins.
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Supreme Court
Mining City
Meaderville
Rocker
Anaconda
Bus Overturns Near Battle Mountain In Utah Route
A Reno-bound Greyhound bus from Salt Lake City overturned on U S highway 40 twenty two miles west of Battle Mountain. Constable Don Maestretti said six or seven of the 26 passengers were treated at Battle Mountain hospital but none were in serious condition.
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Here
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Maestretti
Battle Mountain Hospital
Government Urges End of Railroad Strike Action
The government urged the AFL switchmen to end the railroad strike amid Korea crisis. Union leaders planned a Sunday decision after a committee and president meet in Chicago. Mediation chief John Thad Scott urged full service restoration as talks resume with all parties. Glover and McDaniels emphasized双方 need for agreement to end the stoppage.
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AFL
Korea
C. E. McDaniels
Washington
McDaniels
Arthur J. Glover
Chicago
Glover
Fort Atkinson
Wis
John Thad Scott, Jr
National (Railway) Mediation Board
AFL Switchmen’s Union of North America
Senate
Russians Blame U S for Korean Fighting
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet propaganda portraying US aggression toward North Korea while observers in Moscow sense no world war. The talk shows blame President Truman and American militarists, insist North Korea was invaded and that peace proponents may prevail.
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Moscow
United States
North Korea
South Korea
Truman
Eleven Die From Gas at Consett Iron Works
A gas leak at the Consett iron works in Consett England killed eleven workers and sent 26 to area hospitals after a night shift. A worker found men lying scattered in the loading bay and raised the alarm.
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Consett
England
Consett Iron Works
Durham
South Koreans Fear Tanks Reported In Seoul
Delayed Tokyo dispatch describes the establishment of people's courts in Seoul and the first taste of terror for Communist liberated areas. Reported as South Koreans endure fear on the Han River front during the last night they held the line.
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Seoul
People’s Courts
Han River Line
Tokyo
South Korean Defenders Fear Tanks and Seoul Court
By TOM LAMBERT ALONG HAN RIVER DEFENSE LINE OUTSIDE SEOUL June 29 Delayed The poorly equipped, badly battered South Korean defenders have two fears tonight Russian made tanks and the Red's people's court in Seoul They had nothing with which to stop the tanks There was nothing they could do about the North Korean's people's court though many of the men especially the officers knew that their families were trapped in the Communist-held city Capt Julius Schoeller of Chi Continued on Page 8 Col 3
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Navy
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Korea
Pusan
Taejon
MacArthur
Suwon
Seoul
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Han River
Han
Air
Tom Lambert
Red
People's Court
Julius Schoeller
Chi
Butte Weather Forecast Sunday Outlook With Showers
Butte region shows clear to partly cloudy skies Sunday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers and little temperature change. Sunday minimum around 48 and maximum near 82. Additional readings: School of Mines 80/52 and Airport 81/49. Montana stays partly cloudy west of Divide with scattered thundershowers and highs 75 to 85. east of Divide similar with little change.
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Divide
Associated Press
Pep Billings
Livingston Miles City
Missoula
Superior
West Yellowstone
Whitehall Wee
New Task Force Being Assembled Near Hawaii
The Navy announced a new task group named Yoke will move from the West Coast to the Hawaiian area by mid July. It includes the carrier Philippine Sea, heavy cruisers Helena and Toledo, destroyers Hollister Parks Craig Chevalier Wiltsie Sutherland Hammer Chandler and Knox. Rear Adm. Walter F. Boone commands the group with auxiliary ships for supply.
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United States
Korea
Philippine Sea
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Toledo
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Chevalier
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Sutherland
Hamner
Chandler
Knox
Walter F. Boone
United States Navy
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