Indian Communities Arm for Possible Conflict on eve of transfer
Indian communities report gun running and private militias as Mountbatten prepares to reveal Britain's transfer plan. Calcutta and Bombay brace with curfews and troop movements amid Hindu Muslim tension as India's future status looms.
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Bhitish
Burma
Afghanistan
Calcutta
Bengal
Bombay
Bombay Stock Exchange
Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress Party
Prayers For Rain Bring Mixed Relief Across Montana
The weather brought general rain to western Montana forests easing fire risks, but showers disappointed farmers in the wheat belt. Missoula recorded nearly 0.5 inch, Kalispell 0.38, Livingston 0.35, Dillon 0.25, with Havre the only place to miss every trace. The forecast called for cooler, 55 to 65 degrees west of the divide and 59 to 65 on the eastern plains, with continued but lighter rain expected Sunday.
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Forest Service
Wheat Belt
Montana
Missoula
Kalispell
Livingston
Dillon
Havre
Federal Weather Bureau
Divide
Father and Daughter Burned in Oil-Field Explosion
Willie Durr a Mississippi farmer and his young daughter died in a tragic accident when a gasoline blast from a self produced supply ignited a stove fire at their Jeff Davis county home. The blaze engulfed both victims in a deadly flash following an oil companys strike on the land.
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Prentiss, Miss
Willie Durr
Jeff Davis County
Durr
Mid-Air Collision Kills Two Over New Jersey
In Red Bank New Jersey on May 31 two men died when a Piper Cub collided in mid air with a four engined DC-4 naval transport. Ten others escaped serious injury as the smaller plane broke apart. the Navy craft landed safely at Floyd Bennett Field New York.
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Red Bank
N. J
U.P
Here
Floyd Bennett Field
N. Y
Taken by death ends long career of rail executive
Edward T. Whiter aged 83 former vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad died Friday night at the home of his son Willis Whiter in Duarte California.
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Duarte
Calif
Edward T. Whiter
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Willis Whiter
Hungary swears in pro Communist Premier amid coup
In Vienna on May 31 a minority Communist coup in Hungary ends with Lajos Dinnyes sworn in as premier replacing Ferenc Nagy who fled to Switzerland. Reports note arrests of Parliament members and officials with several released, and police claim evidence of Nagy’s underground communications from abroad.
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Vienna
Austria
Communist Party
Lajos Dinnyes
Ferenc Nagy
Budapest
Ferenc Kapocs
Nagy
Julia
Switzerland
Laszlo Komaromy
Democratic
Holidays Turn Violent as Death Toll Surges Nationwide
Across the three day Memorial Day weekend the U P tally reached 332 fatalities including 120 auto deaths and two major airplane crashes claiming 94 lives. New York led with 70 deaths, Maryland 53, California 15 traffic fatalities, Indiana 12, Michigan 8, Ohio 7.
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Chicago
U.P
National Safety Council
Boise
Idaho
Pulaski
Wis
Eastern Airlines
Havre de Grace
United Air Lines
la Guardia Field
New York City
New York
Maryland
California
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Leader of Riffs Stays in Egypt
Abdel Krim, long exiled by France after leading the Rif war, reportedly jumped ship at Port Said on a visit arranged by King Farouk. Still a prisoner, he traveled through the Suez Canal toward France, with permission to live at Villeneuve-Loubet in his later years.
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Cairo
Egypt
Abdel Krim
Africa
Port Said
Farouk
Reunion Island
Indian Ocean
Suez Canal
France
Villeneuve- Loubet
Evidence Lifted in Effort to Determine Cause of Crash
Investigators probed wreckage of the four engine DC-4 that plunged into a Maryland swamp killing 53 aboard. Bodies lay in a Navy morgue as officials weighed a damaged tail structure as a possible cause while noting a New York LaGuardia crash nearby and a broader surge of aviation disasters.
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Bainbridge
Eastern Air Lines
Maryland
Navy
United Aiirlines
New York
LaGuardia
Wash Boiler Baby Returns Home After Rochester Operation
Linda Lee Keranen known as the wash boiler baby is back in Butte from Rochester Minnesota where doctors corrected her inverted stomach diaphragmatic hernia and enabled normal breathing. The one month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Emil Keranen now yells loudly to prove normal lung function and traveled home by plane without supplemental oxygen in a copper wash boiler fashioned by a local doctor.
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Linda Lee Keranen
Butte’s
Rochester
Minn
Emil Keranen
Covert Street
Linda Lee
Emil Kernanen
Destructive Droughts Are Forecast by Agriculture Dept
The Agriculture Department warned that destructive droughts and dust storms will return to the Great Plains, possibly within five years, likely more severe than the 1930s. A Soil Conservation Service bulletin cites soil erosion, lost organic matter, and the need to plant grass and trees as preventive steps.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Soil Conservative Service
Reclamation Act May Be Revised
Washington May 31 The House public lands committee plans revisions to the national reclamation act A subcommittee led by Representative Rockwell will meet Monday to decide on conflicting measures The debate centers on whether the federal treasury should receive interest on funds for power unit construction and whether those interest payments should be covered by power sale revenues The Rockwell backed bill is supported by the National Reclamation Continued on Page 12 Col 2
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Washington
House Public Lands Committee
Rockwell
R-Corp
Atempt
Subcommittee
Federal Treasury
National Reclamation
Butte Church Plans Friday Service for Its Fishermen
Trout fishermen and picnickers of the United Lutheran church can attend church and still enjoy Sunday outings. A special sportsman's service begins next Friday at 7 30 p m and runs through fishing season and elk hunting. The Rev Dorrance N Jensen says the service is for those away Sundays. It lasts about 45 minutes and uses the same sermon as the 11 o'clock Sunday service.
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United Lutheran Church
Dorrance N. Jensen
West Broadway
Five Die As Tornado Wrecks Leedey Oklahoma Town
Reports say a tornado struck Leedey Oklahoma killing at least five and injuring many while leaving parts of the town in ruins. Ambulances doctors and Red Cross workers rushed to the scene from nearby towns as lines failed and water systems were knocked out.
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Sayre
Okla
Leedey
Elk City
Oklahoma
Paul Wade
Elk City News
Wade
Shattuck
U.P
The
Red Cross
Here
Texas Panhandle
Bob Edson
Woodward
Edson
Port Sill
Oklo
Oklahoma City Red Cross
Gage
Higgins
Texas
Glazier
E. B. Beamer
Beamer
Weather Forecast Butte Sunday Showers and Cooler
Mostly cloudy with occasional showers Sunday. Cooler with a high around 60 in Butte. School of Mines reports 59/46, Airport 54/48, .14 inch precipitation. West of divide cloudy with light rain, high 55 to 65. East of divide mostly cloudy with west and south rain and cool conditions. northeast partly cloudy with light rain west and showers southeast. highs 50 to 65.
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School of Mines
Divide
Taft Says Veto of Tax Bill Won't Make Sense
Senator Taft of Ohio argues a Truman veto of the tax reduction bill would deprive this year of an income tax cut. He says Congress will likely proceed, though a veto could deter further action this year and delay tax reform to next session. Senator Ga. echoes: a veto likely ends the measure this session. Senator O Mahoney foresees a delay until next year.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Congress
George Dga
Finance Committee
Texas
Senator O'Mahoney
D-Wye
One Dies, 16 Hurt in Traffic Mishap
In Indianapolis on May 31 a Greyhound bus packed with travelers collided with a car and hit a garage. James Pearler, 28, of Greenwood Indiana, the car’s driver, died when his vehicle swerved into the bus path and Pearlers’ body was expelled through the windshield.
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Indianapolis
WUPI
Subur
James Pearler
Greenwood
Ind
Two Persons Killed in Crossing Crash Near Billings
Two people died when an eastbound Northern Pacific passenger train struck a truck at a crossing about one mile west of Billings near US 10. The victims were Paul Meir and Mrs. Hazel Morland, both residents of Billings, Yellowstone county, marking Memorial Day weekend fatalities.
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Billings
Northern Pacific
Here
Yellowstone County
Paul Meir
Hazel Morland
China Seeks $500 Million Export-Import Loan
China opens talks with the United States for a $500 million Eximbank loan to support trade. The foreign office gave no comment by press time.
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China
United States
Foreign Office
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Shorty) Cantlon
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Holland
James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
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Reclamation
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Butte Church
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Belgrade Broadus
Cut Bank
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