Three Russian Satellites Face UN Warning on Balkan Dispute
The United States signaled possible UN Security Council action against three Soviet satellites if they refuse to cooperate with a proposed border commission. Deputy Delegate Herschel V. Johnson warned non-compliance could trigger sanctions or military action under the UN charter. Delegates debated via a French amendment while noting a Dutch report accusing Indonesia of violent acts.
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Lake Success
United States
United Nations Security Council
Herschel V. Johnson
United Nations
Johnson
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Andrei A Gromyko
Balkan
Netherlands
Council
Montana crops ripen as heat and dryness quicken growth
Montana weather crop report says warm, dry conditions last week spurred rapid crop growth while depleting soil moisture. The period was the driest of the year with some areas receiving little to no rain. temperatures topped 102 in Miles City on July 15. Winter wheat ripening, sugar beets advancing, peas maturing, and some smut appeared in Flathead wheat as rainfall remains needed to protect yields.
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Helena
Montana
Miles City
Yellowstone
Stillwater
Flathead
Lake
Gallatin
Flash Flood Hits Butte After Mountain Storms
A flash flood from east of Butte inundated basements and yards on the south side and East Butte after a rapid two storm sequence. Roads were washed out on Thornton and Stewart streets near the foot of the eastern mountains, with Park Place in East Butte hardest hit. Deputies Andy Petit and Jim Lester reported the damage from the heavy rainfall.
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Butte
East Butte
Park Place
Andy Petit
Jim Lester
Thornton
Stewart
Recommendation That Unions Work If Electricians Go Out Adopted in Great Falls
In Great Falls on July 22 members of the mill and smelter workers union approved a Helena plan by four Montana locals of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. They urged Butte and Anaconda unions to observe their contracts and avoid any shutdown if electricians strike July 24, stressing loyalty to agreements and caution over Taft Hartley implications.
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Great Falls
Mill and Smeltermen
Butte Stationary Engineers
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Helena
Butte, Great Falls
Anaconda
Montana
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Butte
Oscar Hills
John McLeod
John Harrington
James Harrington
Archie Coutts
Miners Union
Ray Richardson
Troy Leonard
Peter Fontana
Charles McLain
H. C
Anaconda Company
Electrical
Legion Approves Military Training at Montana Convention
Montana American Legion delegates at Billings endorse universal military training and the Pick-Sloan Missouri river plan. They back National Guard reforms and social security credits for veterans with long service, and request paid vacation for State Adjutant Herbert Kibler. Delegates prepare to elect officers and a national delegate in New York City next September.
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Billings
Montana
Missouri River
National Guard
War Department
Herbert Kibler
Cold Snap Grips Midwest With Snow in Cleveland
A mid summer cold snap sweeps the Midwest with record low July temperatures. Snow falls in Cleveland and suburbs as Chicago records a new July low of 49.3 and eyes a possible 50.0 early Wednesday. Erie floods with 2 to 5 feet of water prompting a state of emergency. Weather disrupts corn belt growth and unsettles regional plans.
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Chicago
U.P
Midwest
Lake Erie
Erie
Cleveland
House Will Seek Election Probe
House Republicans vow a separate inquiry into last fall's Kansas City election if the Senate fails to act. Rep. Walter C. Ploeser says the Judiciary Committee would lead a House investigation if the upper chamber does not proceed.
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Washington
Senate
Kansas City
House
Walter C. Ploeser
R-Mo
House Judiciary Committee
Former Soviet Official Details Spying and War Prospects
Victor A. Kravchenko testified to the House committee on un-American activities that Russia is infesting the U S with spies and pursuing an international course that will make war inevitable. He cited Sedov and Gromyko, described secret material on aviation and submarines sent to Moscow, and warned of atomic bomb efforts and internal overthrow hopes being unfounded.
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Washington
Victor A. Kravchenko
Russia
America
Kravchenko
Russian Purchasing Commission
Stalin
House Committee On UN
United States
Communist Party
Mr. Sedov
Sedov
Central Committee
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Gromyko
Purchasing Commission
Mormons Trek Marked With Centennial Pageant
The Latter day Saints congregation at 2210 Florence marks the 100th anniversary of Brigham Young leading 143 men three women and two children from Nauvoo Illinois to Salt Lake City Utah in 1847 with a pageant at 8 30 pm after a 7 30 pm parish parade of primary Sunday school children. Mrs C A Hartley heads the event with L D S choir participants and Marjorie Kasher and Alan L Lyle guiding pageant leadership for a coronation of a pageant queen whose name will be kept secret until the program night. A picnic lunch follows the pageant and a dance is planned.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Florence
Utah
Brigham Young
Nauvoo
Salt Lake City
C. A. Hartley
Marjorie Kasher
Alan L. Lyle
Marauding Bear Steals Traps In Thompson Falls
Government hunter George James placed heavy chains on traps in a log enclosure to catch a marauding bear. The bear breached the setup, freed itself, and stole the traps in Thompson Falls on July 22.
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Thompson Falls
George James
Congress Goes Home This Week Senators Act Like Kids
Washington July 22 Congress returns to home turf this week and lawmakers behave like unruly students. The piece notes gavel banging and disorder as senators rush to finish work before Saturday. It highlights minor items such as estate damages and Royall confirmation while showing Wherry trying to close proceedings.
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Washington
Congress
W. H. Rodgers
Hartsville
Tenn
Senator Wherry
R-Neb
Kenneth Royall
Wherry
Senate
Petition Day Set for Butte Civic Center Drive
Paul Golden and the Butte Chamber of Commerce plan Civic Center Petition Day to gather 20 percent of Silver Bow county taxpayers signatures for a special election to fund a civic center bond issue. Saturday booths in downtown stores will collect signatures, run by women’s organizations, with broad taxpayer turnout urged for progress.
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Civic Center
Butte
Paul Golden
Young Men's Progressive
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Young Men’s Division
Chamber of Commerce
Silver Bow County
Golden
Walter Barnard
Weather outlook for Butte and Montana regions
Butte fair and cooler on Wednesday with a high around 80 and past 24 hour highs near 82 at the Airport and School of Mines. Montana west of divide sees generally fair weather, with afternoon and evening thunderstorms possible and highs 85 to 90. East of divide remains mostly fair, scattered storms possible, cooler northeast and highs near 85 to 90.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Machinists Forthwith Bar Unauthorized Strikes Order
The International Association of Machinists issued an order forbidding locals to call unauthorized strikes. Covering 1600 locals and 600000 members the measure aims to shield members from Taft Hartley penalties and requires council sanction before any work stoppage.
Jerusalem sees new wave of violence with eight killed
In Jerusalem a fresh flare of fighting erupts at sunset with machinegun fire and bombs. Eight killed and 57 wounded in eight days as sirens sound thrice and an underground offensive is suspected. Attacks target British security forces and the Mustashpha police billet. A textile shop burns while three armored cars and four Bren carriers respond to earlier fire. One attacker is arrested, casualties among civilians reported but not officially confirmed.
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Jerusalem
Holy City
Royal Air Force
Mustashpha
Agrippa Way
Britain
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Dewey Will Not Seek Michigan Backing During Visit
Governor Thomas E. Dewey plans a quiet trip to his native Michigan next week and has asked Owosso to cancel a planned welcome home event. The move aims to avoid public signals of seeking Michigan support for the Republican presidential nomination. Dewey travels from Wyoming where he rode through Yellowstone and stayed near Jackson Hole, amid political maneuvering as Senator Arthur Vandenberg is seen as the likely favorite son candidate in Michigan.
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Jenny Lake
Wyo
Thomas E. Dewey
Michigan
New York
Owosso
Mich
Dewey
Yellowstone National Park
Cody
Jackson Hole
Grand Teton Mountains
Arthur Vandenberg
Candi
Dutch Forces Press Toward Java Capital Amid Fighting
Batavia reports say Dutch seaborne invasion pushed into eastern Java while an armored column nears Jogjakarta within 35 air miles of the capital. Indonesians claim gains near Semarang and counterattacks at Salatiga as naval air attacks on Cheribon persist.
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Java
Batavia
Cheribon
Semarang
Jogjakarta
Salatiga
Town of Bannack to Be Restored
Dillon prepares to restore Bannack the first territorial capital with 100 Montana State Normal college volunteers joining Parke T. Scott to rebuild the old jail. A Sunday picnic and program are planned with Beaverhead Mining Association serving coffee and transportation coordinated via college offices.
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Dillon
Montana
Bannack
Montana State Normal College
Plummer
Parke T. Scott
John Collins
Beaverhead Mining Association
Committee For the
O. A. Bergeson
Beaverhead
Coroner and Niece Drown in Washington Beach Incident
Clark County coroner Ray Andrews and his seven year old niece Susan Wilson drowned at Sea View near Long Beach Washington when the girl waded out too far and he tried to rescue her.
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Vancouver
Wash
U.P
Ray Andrews
Clark County
Susan Wilson
Sea View
Longbeach
Andrews
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