Butte Flags Fourth of July Parade and Fireworks Display
U S Infantrymen in battle stations headline a week long Fourth of July and Homecoming in Butte. The 174th anniversary celebration features a 10 am parade from the courthouse on West Granite and a 10 pm fireworks show from Big Butte using five tons of pyrotechnics. A street dance and comic parade preceded the main events with music by Frankie McDonald's Butte Pioneer club orchestra.
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Butte
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
West Granite Street
Big Butte
Broadway
Hamilton
Frankie McDonald
Line of March Announced for Big Parade
The Tuesday patriotic parade will start at 10 a.m. from the courthouse on West Granite Street and proceed along a set route through Granite Excelsior Park Gaylord Arizona Broadway Montana, ending near Broadway. Parking bans are in effect on several streets, and the north side of West Granite 700 block will be reserved for orphans from the State Home at Twin Bridges.
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Granite Street
Granite
Excelsior
Park
Gaylord
Arizona
Broadway
Montana
Jack Duggan
Bart Riley
Main
Washington
Alaska
Copper
Twin Bridges
Butte
What's Doing in Butte's Big July 4 Celebration
The notice outlines Butte's July 4 events: a patriotic parade at 10 a.m., gallopy races at West Park Street at 2 p.m., a free Fox theater show for Butte children, a 2 p.m. game between Parks and Miners at Clark Park, and a two hour five ton fireworks display atop Big Butte at 10 p.m. Also scheduled are July 5 sports program and model plane contest at Naranche Memorial Stadium, a street dance on Harrison Avenue, and July 6–8 Cremer's World Championship Rodeo plus Liebrand Brothers Carnival and Circus, with Clyde Beatty's wild animal circus on July 9.
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West Park Street
Parade and Dance Draw Thousands in Butte Fourth of July Festivities
A comic parade and uptown street dance drew thousands in Butte for the Fourth of July Homecoming events. Winners included the Eagles drum and bugle corps and Boulevard auxiliary for most comical entries, with prizes totaling 30 dollars each. The street dance on Broadway and Hamilton drew hundreds as Frankie McDonald’s Butte Pioneers led music and revelers wore gay summer attire.
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Butte
Eagles
Boulevard Volunteer Fire Department
Improved Order of Redmen
American Legion
Butte Miners Union
Broadway
Hamilton
Frankie McDonald
Butte Pioneers Club
Montana State Band
Martin Cesare
Frank Panisko
Dr. J. E. Kelly
George Taylor
Bud King
Redmen
al Woodside
Girls Central High School
Jack Shelley
Walter Immonen
Butte Mines
Harry Galpin
Park Street
Two Die In Small Plane Crash Near Ranch House
Two Montanans were killed instantly when a small airplane crashed near a ranch house 35 miles southwest of Sidney. Coroner Jerry Cloyd identified the pilot as George McCormick, about 28, of Chinook, and Louis Levay, 30, a disabled World War II veteran, of Culbertson.
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Sidney
Here
Jerry Cloyd
George McCormick
Louis Levay
Culbertson
Butte Slot Machines Vanish After Attorney General Visit
Mining City slot machines disappeared from bars, clubs, and taverns in Butte after Attorney General Arnold H. Olsen personally visited city and county authorities. Officials ordered confiscation and arrests for possession, as Silver Bow county police were told to enforce the state ban on all slot machines.
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Arnold H. Olsen
Meaderville
Butte
Montana
Olsen
State Supreme Court
Silver Bow
First Casualties in Korea Named
The Defense Department announced two U S airmen were killed in Korea on June 30, the first fatalities of the Korean war. They were Air Force First Lt. Revier L. Harding of Fort Worth Texas and Air Force S/Sgt William J. Goodwin of Tacoma Washington. Seven more service members were listed as missing, bringing the toll to two dead 22 missing and one wounded. Army Sgt Boyd W Elam of Jackson Tennessee was reported missing on the same flight that left 15 others missing.
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Butte
Bell Creek
Laura Trevithick
Grace Parrett
Colleen Coyne
Donald James
Johnny Kelly
Dan Riley
Jack Aho
Rainbow
Deveral Wayment
Martha Schumacher
Barbara Tippett
Laura Lee Morgan
Beverly Gustin
Washington
U.P
Defense Department
United States
Korea
Air Force
Revier L. Harding
A. Zel Harding
Enderly Place
Fort Worth, Texas
William J. Goodwin
Neal G. Goodwin
Tacoma
Wash
Army
Boyd W. Elam
Flossie E. Elam
Jackson
Tenn
Hearings on Tax Cut Schedule Push Ahead in Senate
The Senate finance committee moves quickly on a House passed bill to cut excise taxes by about 1.01 billion dollars. Public hearings begin Wednesday with Secretary of the Treasury Snyder as first witness. The panel aims for Senate action around July 20, amid war cost uncertainties and revenue offsets via higher corporate taxes.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Korea
George
Truman
Government posts 1950 deficit of 3.12 billion dollars
The Treasury reports the United States closed its 1950 fiscal year on June 30 with a deficit of 3,122,102,357.45 dollars. This figure marks the government’s annual shortfall for the just completed fiscal period.
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Washington
Treasury
One Death Every 10 Minutes Holiday Toll
The Associated Press reports during the four day Fourth of July period up to late Monday night at least 514 people were killed. Traffic caused 336 deaths, drownings 109, and miscellaneous accidents 68. Fireworks killed one person in New Hampshire. State totals list Colorado 130, Montana 201, Nebraska 201, Wyoming 200.
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New Hampshire
National Safety Council
Colorado
Montana
Nebraska
Wyoming
One Man Killed in Auto Crash Near Hardin
A two-truck head on collision twelve miles west of Hardin left Walter L. Smith of Seattle dead and Leslie Ridgeway of Seattle seriously injured. John Derry 17 and Roland Butler 19 of Hardin were treated for cuts and bruises and released. Undersheriff A E Holland investigated the crash.
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Hardin
Here
Walter L. Smith
Seattle
Wash
Leslie Ridgeway
Big Horn County
John Derry
Derry
Roland Butler
A. E. Holland
U. S. Cruiser Sinks Six More Vessels
Tokyo reports the United States Navy says an American light cruiser sank six North Korean vessels, bringing total sunk by that cruiser to eleven in two days. Earlier, five torpedo boats were claimed sunk. the cruiser’s name was not disclosed, though Juneau had been mentioned in earlier dispatches.
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Tokyo
United States Navy
Juneau
Publisher Slain in Saigon Indochina Terror Plot
Lu Khe publisher of Anh Sang newspaper was shot dead as he left his home in Saigon. Two assailants fled, throwing hand grenades to cover their escape, amid suspected Communist terror linked to Korean affairs.
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Saigon
Indochina
Lu Khe
Anh Sang
Soviet Union Ranks U S Actions in Korea as Direct Aggression
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko charged the United States with direct aggression in Korea and accused Washington of steering toward open war. He condemned U S intervention as violation of peace and argued the UNSC sanctions came after a fait accompli.
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London
Russia
United States
America
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Radio
Moscow
Syngman Rhee
Korea
So Deing
United Nations
North Korea
Pyongyang
Security Council
Butte Weather Forecast Delivers Warm, Scattered Thunderstorms
Weather outlook for Butte shows fair skies and continued warmth with widely scattered afternoon thundershowers. Tuesday highs near 83 with a low around 46, including city and airport readings. statewide Montana forecast splits between west and east zones with clear to partly cloudy skies and potential storms.
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School of Mines
Divide
Korean Commies Dig in Await American Attack
North Korean forces dig in along the Han river as U S infantry tighten positions near Seoul. Scouts report Reds slowing the advance while South Korean troops recapture four Russian tanks near Chechon. American officers caution on potential entrapment as front lines shift and patrols probe for contact.
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Chechon
Suwon
United Press
Mystery Missile Reported by Alaska Observers
Alaska observers reported an unidentified object speeding over the state seen shortly after 10 a m near Fairbanks and Big Delta at about 2000 feet. Lt Gen Nathan Twining doubted it was a guided missile and said it may have been a shooting star or similar phenomenon.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Portland
Ore
Nathan Twining
Alaskan Command
Twining
Fairbanks
Big Delta
Gen. Twining
Ruth Marilees
Alaska Air Command
Eileson Air Force Base
Oklahoma Primary Sparks July Fourth Campaign
Oklahoma City July 3 The Democratic Senate race between Elmer Thomas and Rep. Mike Monroney dominated the primary festivities with speeches fireworks and TV shows. With national attention on Thomas as agriculture committee chair the race could yield a majority and avoid a July 25 runoff. Johnston Murray also seeks the Democratic governor nomination in a crowded field.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Senate
Elmer Thomas
Thomas
Mike Monroney
Senate Agriculture Committee
Johnston Murray
William H
Alfalfa Bill) Murray
Monroney
UN envoy arrives in Tokyo to study Korean crisis
A personal representative of Trygve Lie, secretary general of the United Nations, reached Tokyo by plane on Tuesday for a first hand survey of the Korean crisis. Col. Alfred Katzin of South Africa led four UN staff members in the mission to assess the war’s impact on world peace.
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Tokyo
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Alfred Katzin
South Africa
Forest Fire Rages Across 80 Acres Near Hamma Hamma River
A forest fire was reported out of control on the Hamma Hamma river area on the Olympic peninsula near Quilcene. The blaze consumed about 80 acres of Douglas fir and hemlock timber as firefighters fought to contain it at night.
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Quilcene
Wash
Hamma Hamma River
Olympic Peninsula
Railroad Strike Still in Effect
The nine day old switchmen strike against five western and midwestern railroads continued as mediators reported some progress toward averting a July 15 strike by two other unions. Federal mediators met Monday with the AFL Switchmen's Union of North America and railroad representatives to seek labor peace and align contract terms. Francis O'Neill Jr on the mediation board said after six hours of sessions that some progress had been made.
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Chicago
AFL Switchmen's Union of North America
Great Northern
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago Great Western
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Western Pacific
Brotherhood of Railroad
Order of Railway Conductors
Francis O'Neill
National (Railway) Mediation Board
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U.S
Proud Fish
Associated Press
U. S
Earnest Hoberecht
Han River
Seoul
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