Butte Voters Line Up For Tuesday Primaries In Silver Bow
Butte voters show strong interest as 25 766 registered residents prepare to cast ballots Tuesday for national state and local offices. Polls open at noon MST and close six hours later with absentee votes already near 600. Primary registration is at a postwar high and incumbents in the district court race are unopposed on the non partisan ticket.
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Silver Bow County
William T. Duckham
State Legislative Assembly
Butte Division of District Court
T. E. Downey
John B. McClernan
Felow
Primary Election Vote Could Set New Record
Thousands of Montanans will vote in the state's primary on Tuesday. A record 274,929 Treasure staters are registered, with Democrats and Republicans nominating 12 candidates each for national and state offices plus state legislators and county officials. The Progressive party also fields nominees for U S senator and railroad public service commissioner.
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Helena
State Supreme Court
U. S
Montana
Oil Company Pier Swept by Fire Traps Three Dead
A massive oil fed blaze at Union Oil pier in Oleum California Sunday caused three deaths. Captain Eugene Fulton died rushing to warn crew and a deckman Yorter was missing. Wiper and radio operator W A Liggins also believed dead. Up to five million dollars in damage and thirty injured. The fire started from a pipeline pressure backfire at the pier.
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Oleum
Calif
U.P
Union Oil Company
Eugene Fulton
Victor H. Kelly
Yorter
Kelly
W. A. Liggins
Amazon Commie Faces Charges
Berlin July 12. The Communists accuse Ana Pauker of siding with wealthy Romanian estate owners and sabotaging the collective farm system. Premier Gheorghiu-Dej published the indictment in Cominform Journal. Pauker has lost her high posts including foreign minister and likely faces trial.
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Berlin
Ana Pauker
Romania
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Cominform Journa
Pauker
Democrat Picnic Draws Big Attendance In Butte Area
Close to 600 residents from Butte and nearby communities are expected at the South Side Democratic club picnic at Gregson Springs. J. J. McCaffery Jr. will deliver the featured address at 2 pm. Candidates for national state and local offices plan to attend and be introduced. Delegations travel from Jefferson Deer Lodge Powell and Granite counties.
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Butte
South Side
Democratic Club
Gregson Springs
J. J. McCaffery, Jr
Jefferson
Deer Lodge
Powell
Granite
Margaret Nagle
Bill Renouard
H. B. Strasser
Clara Giem
Con O'Neill
CC. P. Schenck
Kate Rockfeller
William Walsh
W. S
Burned Plane Found Six of Crew Alive
In Yukon Territory on July 12 a United States B17 bomber that crashed during a search for a missing plane was found. Rescue teams reported seven crew members aboard. six survived, one died from burns. Two others are in serious condition, with the rest in shock or bruises. helicopters were dispatched to evacuate the wounded.
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Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
U.P
Canada
U. S
Believed Drowned After Fishing Boat Overturns
Kalispell authorities say August Isch is believed drowned after a fishing boat overturned in McWinninger slough. Isch vanished Saturday night while fishing with Jess Stubbs, his son in law, who swam to shore. Searchers dragged the slough for the body.
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Kalispell
McWininger Slough
August Isch
Sheriff's Office
Isch
Here
Jess Stubbs
Stubbs
Around-Clock Skywatch Begins Monday
President Truman urged volunteers to man 150000 observers at 6000 stations across 27 states for a round the clock air defense watch starting Monday. The aim is to deter war by maintaining continuous alert against long range bombers and atomic threats.
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Washington
Truman
Air Invaders
America
Air
Air Defense Command
United States
Federal Air Defense Organization
Air Force
Russia
One Red Jet Shot Down in Dogfights
The U S Fifth Air Force reported that sleek Sabre jets shot down one MiG over northwest Korea with another likely destroyed and two damaged in two dogfights. Raind using storms limited air operations across most of North Korea after Friday night raids on Pyongyang.
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Seoul
U. S
Northwest Korea
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Pyongyang
Tokyo
Camp No. 9
Mother and Three Daughters Killed in Train Crash
ST. PETERSBURG Florida July 12 A 46 year old mother and three of her daughters were killed when a Seaboard Airline Silver Meteor train struck their light sedan north of the city The fifth occupant a daughter was critically injured and the car was dragged 132 feet with all five pinned inside until the engineer stopped the train The driver was Mrs Lillian Gentry Stewart
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Here
Seaboard
Lillian Gentry Stewart
Ike Lifts Prices on Ike Ties in Hastings Ad
A Hastings haberdasher announced in a Saturday advertisement that his "I Like Ike" neckties, previously priced at 1.59, are now three dollars, signaling a price increase for the patriotic items.
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Hastings, Neb
Hastings Haberdasher
20 Plane Crash Survivors Rescued by Ship
A Brazilian air force transport plane crashed into the sea near Salvador. The navy minesweeper Pirambu rescued 20 survivors including the four crew. Five passengers were known to have died and three were missing. Earlier reports listed 31 aboard.
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Salvador
Brazil
Here
Pirambu
Taft vows this is last run for president
In Chicago on July 12 Sen Robert A Taft admitted his third and biggest bid for the presidency would be his last He said he would be too old to run again and waved goodbye to his staff as he left the scene Former Gov Harold Stassen visited Taft and paid respects while Democrats prepared for their convention starting July 21 The question remains how Taft will engage in the Eisenhower campaign and Senate politics beyond this moment.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Stassen
Eisenhower
Senate
Britain orders Soviet diplomat to leave country
Britain orders Soviet diplomat Pavel Kuznetsov to exit within a week after a British radio operator, William Marshall, was convicted of giving Kuznetsov secret information. Marshall received a five year sentence for the offense.
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London
Britain
Pavel Kuznetsov
Foreign Office
William Marshall
Kuznetsov
Two Die In Crash Near Wichita In Rainstorm
A 133 jet training plane from Wichita Air Force Base crashed in a sudden rainstorm east of Wichita on Saturday. The pilot instructor and the Air Force student were killed.
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Wichita
Kan
Wichita Air Force Base
Air Force
Communists claim Allied air raid kills POWs in Korea
Communist truce delegates alleged that 13 Allied prisoners of war were killed and 72 wounded when night bombing hit POW camp No. 9 near Pyongyang. The UN command said the charges would be investigated and traced negotiations on prisoners of war at an all day session.
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Munsan
Korea
Nam Il
William K. Harrison
No. 9
Pyongyang
Reds
William P. Nuckols
United Nations Command
Nuckols
Peiping Radio
Byrd Miller Democratic Senate Nomination Clash
In Virginia the race to determine the Democratic nominee for the U S Senate pits Harry F Byrd against Francis Pickens Miller. Each side labels the other a proxy for national politics while touting voting records and policy stances. Campaigning includes rallies and radio appearances as the endgame nears.
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Richmond
United States
Harry F. Byrd
Francis Pickens Miller
Byrd
Senate
Miller
Truman
Welkin
Eisenhower Names Arthur Summerfield National Chairman
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower selects Arthur Summerfield of Michigan as national chairman to oversee the 1952 campaign with strong ties to the nominee. The committee expands to include 32 state chairmen, vows close collaboration, and aims to unite factional divisions from Taft and Warren supporters. Summerfield and party leaders outline plans for a coordinated effort, with future appointments for a campaign director and a woman assistant chairman to be named.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur Summerfield
Michigan
National Committee
Summerfield
Eisenhower
Wendell L. Wilkie
F Senhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Sinclair Weeks
Massachusets
Close of Butte 1952 Rodeo draws 6000 crowd at Civic Center
6000 fans packed the Civic Center for the Butte rodeo finale noted for four action packed performances by top national cowboys. Governor Bonner opened the show with praise for the Civic Center, while Congressman Mansfield attended as a guest. The event drew praise for local hospitality and the South Side Businessmen Inc. efforts.
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Butte
John W. Bonner
Cy Tallon
Civic Center
Mike Mansfield
South Side Businessmen Inc
Woman Prisoner Found Hanged in City Hall
Lorraine Matthias, 22, also known as Mrs. Robert C. Matthias, was found hanging from a scarf tied to a cell bar at about 11 a.m. Saturday in the Great Falls city hall after a disturbance at the Davies Inn. Coroner to perform autopsy. she hailed from Silver Lake Minnesota and had recently worked as a waitress.
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Great Falls
U.P
Lorraine Matthias
Robert C. Matthias
Davies Inn
Charles Magner
Matthias
Silver Lake
Minn
Los Angeles
Government eyes 5 dollar steel price boost to ease strike
Washington reports a government bid to raise steel prices by at least 5 dollars a ton to offset wage increases for striking workers. The plan emerged after a White House conference with Dr. John Steelman and U S Steel officials as the 41 day stoppage idles about 1.5 million workers. Officials say the hike awaits a New York contract agreement and possible final parity above 5 dollars.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Defense
Roger Putman
U. S. Steel Company
New York
Capehart
U. S. Steel
Roger I. Blough
David F. Austin
Vice Press
Eisenhower Starts "Total Victory" Campaign Rolling
General Dwight D. Eisenhower launches his total victory campaign with meetings of House and Senate Republicans and the GOP national committee. He telegraphs War Secretary Pace resigning after a 40 year Army career, and urges swift action. Arthur Summerfield moves to organize campaign efforts as Chicago delegates move to campaign leadership.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House
Senate
GOP
Frank Pace
Army
Eisenhower
Pace
Arthur Summerfield
Michigan
Sen
Eisenhower resigns from Army after 40-year career
Dwight D. Eisenhower announces his resignation from the Army after planning to do so if he won the Republican presidential nomination. The formal letter to Secretary of the Army Frank Page notes regret and the desire for a rapid processing of the action. Eisenhower entered West Point in 1912 and received his commission in 1916, ending a 40 year military career.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Frank Page
Washington, D. C
War Department
Eisenhower
West Point
Democrats Blast GOP Leadership in 1952 Campaign Speech
Democratic candidates assail General Eisenhower and GOP leadership, arguing in Reading Pennsylvania and via radio that inexperience and the Republican record hurt farmers and fiscal policy. Sen. Richard Russell says Eisenhower lacks understanding of farmers problems while Sen. Robert Kerr calls the Chicago delegation's choice the least Republican. Kerr contends the GOP record will be a greater handicap than Eisenhower can overcome.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Eisenhower
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Chicago
Willkie
Dewey
Kerr
Reading
Two 14-year-olds confess to arson at Miles City school
Two teenage inmates at the state industrial school in Miles City confessed to starting fires Friday. One said he lit a shed with cans. the other claimed to enter the dairy area to start the blaze. Arson is not a felony for under 18s, and no action will be taken.
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Miles City
State Industrial School
Casper Wolon
Butte
Great Falls
Wolhowe
Butte and Montana Weather Outlook for Sunday and Weekend
Partly cloudy with afternoon and evening thunder showers in Butte and western Montana. Sunday highs reach 66 in Butte and 70-75 in areas west of Divide, with scattered showers elsewhere and milder overnight lows around 44 to 48.
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Divide
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