Hughes XF-11 crash during maiden flight injures Howard Hughes
Millionaire plane builder Howard Hughes was critically hurt when the XF-11 crashed on its first test flight after about 45 minutes in the air. Witnesses said engine trouble and low altitude led to a plunge into a house roof and garage fire. He was taken to Beverly Hills Emergency Hospital with burns bruises and possible internal injuries.
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Culver City
Calif
Sportsman
Howard Hughes
Beverly Hills Emergency Hospital
Americans Denied Are Expected to Flare Again in Trieste
Trieste reports say passes for all American troops were canceled as pro Italian groups threaten new demonstrations. British police used tear gas after a melee near Unita Square while American and British soldiers were jeered and stoned. Eleven injured, six Italians arrested. Pro Yugoslav strike leaders claim 200000 workers will stay away until Allied authorities meet their demands including removal of pro Fascist elements from Venezia Giulia police.
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Trieste
Unita Square
Venezia Giulia
Paris
Action Squad
Triplets Born to World War II Vet's Wife in Missouri Hospital
At Missouri Baptist hospital in St Louis a World War II veteran's wife, Virginia Miller 25, gave birth to triplet girls weighing over three pounds each. All three babies arrived two months premature but are reported doing fine. the hospital's first triplets in at least a decade.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Baptist Hospital
Virginia Miller
Exemption proposals pile up as OPA battle continues
Senators from both parties floated new exemptions as debate on renewing price controls opens in the Senate. Proposals target items from petroleum to cotton seed with backers and opponents seeking to shield sectors as OPA revival moves forward under President Truman’s reform plan.
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Washington
OPA
Price Controls Administration
Senate
Moore
R-Okla
Eastland
D-Miss
Russell
D-Ga
Barkley
Truman
Concern voiced on British loan 3.75 billion
In Washington on July 7 lawmakers weigh Britain's Palestine policy and its impact on the 3.75 billion loan. Chairman Sol Bloom supports the loan despite Bevin's remarks, urging UN action to resolve the Jewish question and end Pogroms in Central Europe.
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Washington
Palestine
Sol Bloom
D-N. Y
Foreign Affairs Committee
Bloom
Britain
Ernest Bevin
House
Senate
United Nations
Europe
Mountjoy Former Sheriff and Secretary of State Dies
John W. Mountjoy 58 former Jefferson County sheriff for three terms and once Montana secretary of state in the Erickson administration died Sunday in St. Peter hospital Helena. Funeral services Tuesday at 11 in Chapel of Roses with interment in Dillon slated for 4 p m. He was born January 15 1888 in Missouri and moved to Montana as an infant.
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Helena
John W. Mountjoy
Jefferson County
John E. Erickson
St. Peter Hospital
Chapel of Roses
Dillon
Mr. Mountjoy
Missouri
Montana
Wiley Mountjoy
Walkersville
Butte
Ed Ervine
W. A. Clark
College of Montana
Deer Lodge
Juneau Wharf Fire Destroys Warehouses and Apartments
A major blaze at the Alaska Dock and Storage wharf in Juneau caused by a furnace oil burner explosion gutted warehouses and an apartment building at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday. The fire destroyed the railway express office, Alaska Line warehouse, and the apartments of Horace Adams and Jack Gucker, with flames reaching 200 feet and heavy smoke over the city. Volunteers and the tug Trojan aided firefighting efforts as residents rushed to rooftops to douse embers.
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Juneau
Alaska
Alaska Dock and Storage Company
Railway Express
Horace Adams
Alaska Steamship Company
Jack Gucker
Alaska Line
Capital Hill District
Alaska Juneau Mines
Trojan
Russians Order Eviction and Big Four Crisis at Peace Talks
Paris reports the Big Four foreign ministers face a deep deadlock over who decides participation in the July 29 peace conference. Molotov demands that the four powers dictate seating and procedure for 17 other nations. The stalemate threatens to derail years of negotiation on treaties for Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Finland.
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Paris
U.P
Russia
United States
Great Britain
France
Viacheslav Molotov
United Nations
Molotov
Big Four
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Coun
Man leaps from Empire State Building in suicide attempt
A 67 year old elevator operator climbed the 86th floor parapet at the Empire State Building and jumped to the 85th floor ledge injuring his leg. He then jumped again and fell 55 stories to a ledge on the 30th floor. A priest performed last rites as a crowd gathered. He had little money and had just visited Bellevue Hospital after sickness.
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New York
Empire State Building
Bellevue Hospital
Two Soldiers Die in Plane Crash at Utah Depot
KEARNS Utah July 7 Pvt Robert J Ward Elkhart Ind and Pfc Joe F Wortman Tutle Okla both 18 were killed when a rented airplane crashed at the Army Air Forces overseas replacement depot.
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Kearns
Utah
Army Air Forces Overseas Replacement Depot
Robert J. Ward
Elkhart
Ind
Joe F. Wortman
Tutle
Okla
Violent Death Toll Rises Over Independance Day Weekend
The four day Independence Day period saw 444 violent deaths in the United States. About 209 were highway fatalities, 130 drownings, and 105 from other accidents. New York led with 33 deaths. Delaware and Vermont reported none. State tallies list numerous road, water, and accident losses across the nation.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
New York
Delaware
Vermont
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
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Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
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Mississippi
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Nebraska
Nevada
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New Jersey
New Mexico
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North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
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Rhode Island
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South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
District of Columbia
Weather outlook for Butte and Montana regions
United States Weather Bureau report for period ending at 6 30 p m July 7 shows Butte clear to partly cloudy Monday forenoon with afternoon thunderstorms, clear after dark and highs near 80. West of Divide clear morning, more clouds and scattered thunder showers in afternoon high 85 90. East of Divide clear morning then clouds and afternoon thunder showers with warm highs 80 90. Precipitation about .05 inches.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
United States Weather Bureau
Storm Halts Search for Missing Boy
A violent wind storm at Meadow Lake near Ennis halted the search for 14 year old Robert J. Haney Jr. and his 12 year old cousin Jerry Joe Keane who were swept from their rowboat while fishing Saturday afternoon. Keane was rescued after eight and a half hours in icy water and is expected to be released from St James hospital Monday. Authorities and relatives had scoured the lake for more than 24 hours before abandoning the effort amid rough seas and dark skies.
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Meadow Lake
Ennis
Robert J. Haney, Jr
Butte
Jerry Joe Keane
Silver Bow
Madison County
Young Haney
Robert J. Haney
Los Angeles
Joseph F. Keane
South Clark
George Haney
Butte High School
Keane
Francis Keane
St. James Hospital
Harris Inn
Youth describes night on Meadow Lake
Jerry Joe Keane, cousin of the boy missing after a night on Meadow Lake, spoke from St James hospital Sunday. He remained confident the youth will be found safe, joking the boy may be hiding near a cab somewhere until the event is over.
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Bob
Jerry Joe Keane
Meadow Lake
St. James Hospital
Jerry Joe
Eviction order targets Austrians in Soviet zone
In Vienna Russian authorities order eviction of 54000 Austrians from the Soviet occupation zone by 6 am. Red Army trucks to load furniture and move residents to allied zones. Allies protest while Austrian leaders warn of harvest impact and pressure to sign agreements.
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Vienna
Austria
Russia
Lonedon
Moscow
Leopold Pig
More Meat Will Be Available Soon In Chicago
Chicago reports after the first week without OPA price controls that butcher shops will stock more meat this week led by fresh pork. Beef roasts and steaks will lag, with hams and bacon following in two to three weeks as pipelines fill and packers ration supply when demand outstrips available meat.
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Chicago
OPA
American Meat Institute
Saint Frances Cabrini Elevated as First American Saint in Rome
In St Peter's Basilica Rome on July 7 195? Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini of New York and Chicago became Saint Frances Cabrini the first American saint. The 4 1/2 hour ceremony featured a papal announcement by Pope Pius XII at 9 11 am followed by bells and trumpets across Rome. The mass drew about 30000 attendees including cardinals and diplomats.
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Italy
Frances Xavier Cabrini
New York
Chicago
Frances Cabrini
St. Peter's
Pope Pius XII
Rome
Basilica
Augustine
Pontifical Onan
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