Reds seek third party led by Henry Wallace, HUAC told
HUAC hearings in Washington feature Walter S. Steele alleging a 1947 plan to form a leftist third party. Steele cites communists using wartime atomic experts and claims the Progressive Citizens of America as the organizing machine. Mundt questions Wallace’s ties as editor of the New Republic.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
Henry A. Wallace
Walter S. Steele
National Security Committee
American Coalition of
New Republic
Wallace
Steele
Rep. Mundt
R-S. D
National Committee
Communist Party
New York City
Progressive Citizens of America
Mundt
Henry A
Boy Confesses Baby Killings In Massillon Case
Six year old Roger Gue of Navarre reportedly confessed to dropping two baby girls at Massillon City Hospital leading to skull fractures and deaths. Police released a court stenographer recorded statement while prosecutors doubt the accusation amid ongoing hospital and parental civil action for damages.
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Massillon
Ohio
Stanley W. Switzer
City Hospital
Polce
Stanley W. Switter
Roger Gue
Navarre
Massillon City Hospital
Switter
Gue
Diana Jean Brand
Leo Brand
Rosemary Morton
Harry E. Morton
Young Gue
James
Eight B 29 Bombers To Race For Transcontinental Flight Record
Eight B 29 Superfortresses will depart Tokyo on July 31 for Washington in a 7000 mile test billed as the longest fastest mass flight. They aim to surpass a 1945 non stop Tokyo to Washington attempt by three aircraft. A refueling stop at Anchorage will ensure fuel holds for the final leg to Washington.
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Washington
U.P
Tokyo
Chicago
Anchorage
Alaska
House Passes Anti Poll Tax Legislation
The House approved an anti poll tax bill 290 to 112 defeating a filibuster. It would bar states from requiring poll taxes for elections, facing Senate opposition and no immediate plan to move this session. Support came from 216 Republicans 73 Democrats and Marcantonio. Opponents included 98 Democrats and 14 Republicans led by Rankin and Pickett.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Virginia
Texas
Mississippi
Tennessee
South Carolina
Alabama
Arkansas
Martin
Rankin
Pickett
Rep
Bender
Ohio
Marcantonio
New York
Lightning Strikes Butte in Severe Evening Storm
A powerful thunderstorm hit Butte Monday night from 6 18 to 7 40 PM dropping 0 27 inches of rain. Winds reached 45 mph with gusts to 65 mph and hail measured at 0 5 inches. Lightning disrupted Montana Power service in several areas but was restored quickly. Telegraph poles were ignited but promptly extinguished by fire crews.
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Butte
Montana Power
Legislation to speed transfer of federal airports to states
The House passed a bill to expedite transferring a billion dollars in federal airports and facilities to states counties and cities without charge. The measure returns to the Senate for concurrence on a minor House amendment.
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Washington
House
Senate
Guerrillas Retreat Across Yugoslav Border After Greek Attacks
Dispatches report over 700 guerrillas withdrew across the Yugoslav frontier following weekend raids on Mouries and Mesa Ori in northern Greece. Greek forces, including the 38th mountain commandos, repulsed the attackers with two soldiers killed and two wounded, while guerrilla losses were ten killed. A separate raid hit Mesokampos area burning nine houses.
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Athens
Greece
Salonika
Mouries
Mesa Ori
Mesokam
Woman Charged With Car Theft in Federal Case
Vernice Charla, 51, held in Silver Bow jail, charged under the national motor vehicle theft act for driving a stolen car from Sheridan Wyoming to Hardin Montana on June 3 1946. FBI says she escaped a Vermont prison and had a coast to coast trail of counterfeit automobile purchases.
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Vernice Charla
Silver Bow
Billings
W. G. Banister
Montana- Idaho
FBI
Sheridan
Wyo
Hardin
Mont
Manhattan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Miss Charla
U. S
J. W. Johnston
Raymond Lamb
Butte
Great Falls
Montana
Vermont
Bozeman
Charla
Australia
Seattle
Palestine Mine Blast Opens Night of Terror
A Haifa mine blast killed one and wounded seven as British curfew confined 90,000 Jews in Jerusalem. The attack followed deportations of 4,500 unauthorized Jewish immigrants to France and drew calls from Irgun Zvai Leumi for joint action with Stern gang and Hagana. Casualties in 48 hours rose to five dead and 29 wounded.
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Haifa
Holy Land
France
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Palestine
Stern Gang
Hagana
Iraq Petroleum Company
Tiberius
Mount Carmel
Natanya
Potatoes to be Supported At Set Price Range
The Agriculture Department announced it will support late crop potato prices from 1.85 to 3.25 per hundred pounds to ensure growers receive at least 90 percent parity. Officials say a small crop this year may mean no actual support operations are needed though the forecast stands at 352 million bushels versus a goal of 375 million and last year's 475 million.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Three Fatally Burned in Minot Blaze
Three people died and four others were seriously burned in a Minot fire that destroyed nine businesses. Chester Westom 32 William Foster and Adam Runyan from Minot were among the injured as the blaze began at the Westland Oil bulk station near Mandan Creamery. The flames consumed two oil stations three creameries a grocery store a cafe a grain elevator and an equipment company.
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Minot
N. D
Chester Westom
William Foster
Adam Runyan
Westorn
Mandan Creamery and Produce Company
Westland Oil Company
Foster
Galen Hospital Bill Passes House Sends to Senate
Legislation authorizing a 1 500 000 dollar appropriation to aid Montana in building facilities at the Galen state hospital to care for tubercular Indians was approved by the House on Monday and forwarded to the Senate.
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Washington
Montana
State Hospital
Galen
House
Senate
Dutch War Planes Blast Indonesian Airfields
The report notes Dutch aircraft targeting Indonesian airfields amid postwar tensions. A UN Security Council membership committee discussed Albania and nine other nations with grave doubts over admission to the United Nations.
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United Nations Security Council
Albania
United Nations
Protests Over Russia Failure to Pay for Oil Equipment
The United States protests Russia over nonpayment for 7000 tons of oil equipment owned by Romano-Americana, Standard Oil of New Jersey subsidiary, seized from Romania by Soviet forces in late 1944. The American embassy in Moscow delivered a note to the Russian Foreign Office after Soviet members refused a settlement. The value is about 1 million dollars, and the Soviet-American commission dissolved on June 12 due to lack of cooperation.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Romania
State Department
Moscow
Department
Standard
Soviet-American Commission
Seven Die in Buenos Aires Fireworks Factory Blast
Seven people were killed and two are listed missing after an explosion at a Camelas fireworks factory in a Buenos Aires suburb on Monday.
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Buenos Aires
Camelas
Butte Forecast Warms With Scattered Afternoon Thunderstorms
Butte predicts fair and warm conditions with scattered thundershowers Tuesday afternoon. Highs around 85 in the next seven hours with 52 to 85 range overnight. Montana outlook shows fair Tuesday with scattered afternoon storms, highs 85 to 95.
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Montana
Dewey Visits Wyoming Delivers Keynote Across Shoshone Project
Governor Thomas E. Dewey toured 200000 acres of reclaimed land and the 328foot Buffalo Bill dam near Cody. In Cheyenne later, Sen Edward Robertson touted Dewey as a leading 1948 GOP hopeful while noting Wyoming’s mixed delegate sentiment and Taft-Hartley influence.
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Cody
Wyo
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Buffalo Bill
Edward V. Robertson
R-Wyo
Robertson
Dewey
Wyoming
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
John W. Bricker
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Frank Horton
Dorish Reynolds
Republican National Committee
Robertson Ranch
Cheyenne
Yellowstone National Park
William F. Cody
Deweys
Cody Club
American Legion
Legion
Tax Exemption Termination Bill Is Passed
The House passed and sent to the Senate a bill terminating Dec 31 1947 the extra tax exemptions for armed services members. The vote was 119 to 19. The law ends exemptions on service pay for enlisted personnel and provides officers a 1500 dollar exemption while civilians receive 500 dollars.
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Washington
House
Senate
Plane Crash Kills Seventeen in Argentine Maneuvers
A government report states seventeen people were killed when a transport plane crashed during Argentine army maneuvers at El Palomar military airport on Monday.
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Buenos Aires
el Palomar
Southern Pacific Strike Begins Across Western Lines
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers started a strike against Southern Pacific at 7 p.m. on Monday with negotiators still in talks. Engineers walked off in many cities from Oregon to Texas, and pickets formed at several yards and stations. The dispute seeks changes in 19 working rules. President Truman named an emergency board, but the union argues the 60 day waiting period does not apply due to a prior board in 1945. The strike comes amid heavy western agricultural shipments eastward.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Southern Pacific Railroad
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Union
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Texas
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Bakersfield
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Ore
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Roseville
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Yuma
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Townsend Streets
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Truman
Republicans Delay Showdown on Vote Fraud Inquiry
The Senate Republican policy committee postponed a showdown on Senator Kem s plan to probe Attorney General Clark s handling of Kansas City vote fraud charges. Taft said a full investigation would occur this year, but Democrats blocked immediate action and the session was scaled back to avoid an all night assembly.
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Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Kem
Rmo
Clark
Kansas City
Taft
Ohio
Ferguson
R-Mich
Wherry
Rneb
Truman
Mill fire causes over half million in Pendleton damage
Flames destroyed the Western Milling flour mill and warehouse in Pendleton on Monday night. The blaze spread to the Umatilla county courthouse roof and tied up the city for hours, with damage estimated at more than $500,000.
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Pendleton
Ore
Western Milling Company
Umatilla County
Attack by Land Sea and Air Reported in Java
Indonesian radio from Batavia says Dutch forces conducted a large amphibious landing on east Java with captures of Probolinggo Sitoebo ndo and Banjowangi. In Jogjakarta, four Dutch planes bombed the airport near the city and the capital was blacked out after a radio speech by Premier Amir Sjamfoeddin accusing the Dutch of a colossal war.
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Batavia
Java
Indonesian Republican Radio
East Java
Probolinggo
Sitoebondo
Banjoewangi
Jogjakarta
Amir
Sjamfoeddin
Dutch Air Attacks on Java and Sumatra Heighten War
Batavia dispatch reports Netherlands planes bomb Indonesian air fields in Java and Sumatra. President Soekarno says Dutch military might attack by land, sea and air. Indonesian officials call it a colonial war while troops are ordered to counterattack amid blackouts near Jogjakarta.
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Batavia
Java
Sumatra
Soekarno
Jogjakarta
House Approves Interior Funds for Reclamation Projects
The House approved a conference bill providing 194.6 million dollars for the Interior Department for the coming year including 89.5 million for western reclamation project construction. Total Interior funding trails budgeted aims. Reclamation bureau tally 201.4 million with last year carryover. Specific allocations from Treasury and reclamation funds include Colorado Big Thompson 9.5 million and Missouri River Basin 17 million among others. Continued on page 7. coli 7.
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House
Interior Department
Department
Senate
Reclamation Bureau
Robert PF. Jones
Ohio
Interior Appropriations Subcommittee
House For Reclamation
General Fund of the Treasury
Colorado
Big Thompson
Hungry Horse Project
Montana
Missouri River Basin
Fort Peck
Reclamation Fund
Boise Project
Idaho
Payette
Anderson Ranch Dam
Lewiston Orchards Project
Palisades Project
Cohen quits as counsellor ends Roosevelt brain trust era
Ben Cohen, last of the original Roosevelt administration brain trust, resigns as State Department counsellor. President Truman nominates Charles E. Bohlen, a veteran foreign service officer and Soviet expert, to replace him and keep Marshall’s Soviet adviser at his side. John Carter Vincent nominated for Senate confirmation.
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Ben” Cohen
Truman
State Department
Charles E. Bohlen
Foreign Service
Marshall
Bohlen
Senate
John Carter Vincent
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