French Police Seize Papers and Weapons in Red Drive
Paris and several cities raid Communist offices seizing documents and riot gear in a government bid to document alleged Red revolution plans linked to riots against General Ridgway. Police reported stocks of weapons found. some headquarters burned as dawn raids unfolded.
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Paris
France
Matthew B. Ridgway
Lyon
Marseille
Clermont-Ferrand
Bordeaux
la Rochelle
Italy
Iron Curtain
Jacques Duclos
Interior Ministry
Emerald Isle's Ambassador Arrives in Butte
Ireland’s ambassador John J. Hearne arrived in Butte and spoke at a banquet at 6 30 p m Monday in his honor. He travels to Helena Sunday to receive an honorary degree from Carroll College at the Civic Center and will discuss Ulster and Ireland’s political future with U S officials. Hearne, a 5 5-inch 123-pound scholar and former high commissioner in Canada, urged plebiscite plans for Ulster and noted Ireland would not join NATO while six northern counties are separate. Continued on Page 9 Col 3.
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Ireland
John J. Hearne
United States
Butte
Emerald Isle
Finlen Hotel
Helena
Carroll College
Helena Civic Center
Joseph M. Gilmore
R. V. Kavanagh
Hearne
Truman
North Atlantic Alliance
Ulster
South
North
Canada
Irish Department of External Affairs
Economic Council Support Noted in Montana Statewide Effort
Helena May 31 Dean Chaffin chairman of the Montana Economic Council said a remarkable response from 200 communities in all 56 counties joined to defeat the Progressive party initiative to change the state workmen's compensation act. He highlighted contributions from small employers farmers and ranchers with no more than one employee and stressed no donation exceeded $2 per employe. He noted multiple communities per county and a true statewide representative character backing the council.
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Helena
Dean Chaffin
Montana Economic Council
Montana
Chaffin
Thief taps FBI agent's room during Memorial Day
In Bismarck on Memorial Day police logged only one crime report. An intruder entered the hotel room of Robert Branan, an FBI agent from Minneapolis, and took $47 from his wallet.
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Bismarck
N. D
Robert Branan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Minneapolis
Butte Band Trip Plans For VFW Convention
Butte residents were named to the executive committee to push fundraising for sending the Butte high school band to the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention in Los Angeles August 3 to 8. A public meeting is set for Tuesday night at 8 at the Butte Civic Center. Committee members include W. P. Donnelly, R. O. Rouleau, William Dulong, Mayor Thomas R. Morgan, and others. The Butte post will assist Mining City in securing the quota and the band will lead the Montana delegation in the parade and appear in the Million Dollar Drum Pageant viewed by tens of thousands. Details will be announced later at Helena on June 13–14 with VFW national officers in attendance.
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Butte
Los Angeles
Butte Civic Center
VFW
W. P. Donnelly
R. O. Rouleau
William du
William Daley
State Department
Montana
Los Angeles Coliseum
Helena
Frank C. Hilton
Butte's Big Rodeo Draws National Attention
Butte gains national publicity in rodeo circles as it stages an indoor event in its new Civic Center July 9 to 12, 1952. Hoffs and Horns and other rodeo outlets pursue details while Ed Guay leads the South Side Businessmen, Inc. sponsorship and a city-wide committee coordinates the show.
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Butte
Civic Center
Hoffs and Horns
Ed Guay
South Side Businessmen, Inc
Eisenhower Ends European Crusade for Homeward Letters
Dwight D. Eisenhower ended his European campaign Saturday and flew home aboard the Constellation Columbine, bound for Washington after a layover in Stephenville, N M. SHAPE officers and campaign supporters bid farewell at Orly as Rene Pleven praised the Allied leader, and Mrs. Eisenhower wore a badge and roses. He will meet President Truman for talks before returning to Abilene Kansas in civilian clothes.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Eisenhower
Washington
Stephenville
Eisenhowers
Defense Lovett
Abilene
Kan
Orly Airfield
France
Atlantic
Merci
Au Revoir
Butte Weather Forecast With scattered thundershowers
Considerable cloudiness with scattered thundershowers Sunday then partly cloudy Sunday night cooler. Sunday highs 58 to 65 west of divide and 65 to 75 east. Airport-Minnimum 41 to 72. Mines-Minimum 38 to 71. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph. period ends Saturday at 5 30 p m.
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School of Mines
Divide
130 Persons Jailed in Red Jap Riots
Tokyo reports 130 arrests after Friday Communist martyr’s day demonstrations across Japan. Three demonstrators and several police officers were seriously hurt, with about 20,000 Japanese and Korean participants and 25,000 police deployed.
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Tokyo
National Rural Police Headquarters
Japan
Reds
House to Take Up Veterans Bill
The House considers a bill extending veterans benefits to those who joined since Korea began on June 27 1950. Debated for up to 40 minutes with no changes possible. roll call likely Thursday. Education benefits would be paid to veterans directly rather than colleges, a point disputed by supporters and opponents.
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Washington
Korea
Wreckage Found of Air Force 47 Near Mount Lassen
The U S forest service said a tourist in Redding California located the wreckage of an Air Force 47 that vanished December 26 on a Spokane to Fairfield flight with eight crew and passengers aboard. Englishman W Chapman saw the plane on the lower east side of Mount Lassen at 10 453 feet.
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Redding
Calif
U.P
U. S. Forest Service
Air Force
Spokane
Wash
Fairfield
The
Forest Service
W. Chapman
Mount
Lassen
KC Knights of Columbus Hold 48th State Convention
Initiation ceremonies begin at noon after a 11 30 am business session for delegates at the KC building. Prior to the meeting, knights ladies and guests attend solemn mass at St Patrick Church celebrated by Rt Rev Msgr M M English. Candidates for initiation assemble for exemplification of major degrees at noon with degree work led by Roderick F McCarvel of Anaconda. The convention banquet follows.
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Knights of Columbus
Knights
St. Patrick Church
M. M. English
Allies Unruffled by Red Protests
Allied truce delegates remained calm amid Communist protests at Panmunjom. The Sunday session yielded no progress toward a truce, with the UN offering a recess for reconsideration while the Reds pressed to meet again tomorrow. In Koje island, UN reports said prison stockades are being broken into smaller compounds to reduce overcrowding and ease propaganda. Nam Il condemned riots blamed on the Allies, while Maj. Gen. Harrison accused the Reds of delaying armistice by refusing to accept prisoners' voluntary repatriation decisions.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
Red
United Nations
Seoul
James A. van Fleet
Koje
William P. Nuckols
UN Command
Nam
Nam Il
Nam II
William K. Harrison
Allied Tanks Blast Red Positions
Allied tanks and infantry blasted Communist positions on the central Korean front and withdrew to the UN line after a nine hour foray. U S Sabre jets shot down two MIGs over northwest Korea while Van Fleet warned of a potential disastrous price for any new offensive. He cited Communist manpower well over one million and noted artillery advantages and air interdiction limits.
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Seoul
United Nations
Fifth Air Force
Korea
James A. van Fleet
Pukhan River
van Fleet
Boatner Cracks Down on POW on Koje Island
Brig Gen Haydon Boatner ordered harsh action after a North Korean officer led a Thursday prison demonstration at Compound 66. The Red lieutenant colonel was placed in special custody and not allowed back in his cell following a failed barbed wire escape attempt, as 100 American and British troops used tear gas to break up the disturbance. A public relations official described the officer as insulting, justifying his confinement to “cool off.” Prisoner interpreters conveyed the action to the compound. Work began on smaller compounds for the other POWs amid ongoing unrest on the island.
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Koje Island
Haydon L. Boatner
Red
Boamer
Kose
U. S
South
Holiday Deaths Rise to 262 Across Nation
Associated Press reports 262 holiday deaths by Saturday night during Memorial Day weekend. After 52 hours, 187 traffic, 41 drownings, and 34 other accidents counted. States listed include California 21-6-2 and Ohio 21-0-2 among many others.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
District of Columbia
West Berlin Gripped by Jitters as Red Pressure Rises
West Berlin faced intensified Cold War tension as East German authorities moved to tighten control. A Communist threat loomed while efforts to isolate West Berlin on highways showed limited progress. Two small freedom islands on Berlin’s outskirts were cut off by East German communist police.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Red
West Germany
Taft Wins Delegates In New Mexico And Oklahoma Shifts
Senator Taft defeated General Eisenhower seven to three for ten New Mexico delegates with four uncommitted. Oklahoma delegation shifts cut Eisenhower by two. Taft leads in polls with seven to five for Eisenhower and three for MacArthur plus one uncommitted. Virginia elected four at large with three Taft supporters and one uncommitted. West Berlin fears rise as Soviet zone imposes travel passes while border patrols report no disruptions yet.
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Associated Press
Taft
Eisenhower
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Virginia
West Berlin
Helmstedt
West Germany
Thomas T. Handy
Vassily I. Chuikov
Berlin Helmstedt Autobahn
U. S
Europe
Soviet Control Commission
Germany
Nos Man’s Land
Baltic
Bavaria
Berlin
Taft backers press Ike on convention delegate plan
A Taft supporter urged Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to repudiate an expenses-paid plan for GOP convention delegates to visit him. Sen. Irving M. Ives dismissed the move as desperate grasping for an issue while Sen. Milton R. Young pressed for repudiation after Ike left Paris for Washington.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Irving M. Ives
New York
Eisenhower
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
Paris
Mayor Morgan Sustains Police Commission in Sullivan Case
Mayor Thomas R. Morgan announced Saturday night that he sustained the Butte Police Commission in its rulings against Ernett P. Sullivan, assistant chief of police. Sullivan is to be reduced to patrolman for six months, effective Sunday. Capt. Ed Molthen will serve as acting assistant chief and Lt. Jim Clark as acting captain during the reduction.
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Thomas R. Morgan
Butte Police Commission
Ernett P. Sullivan
Morgan
B. J. Riley
Sullivan
Capt
Ed Molthen
Jim Clark
Sailor and Coed Take Plunge in San Diego Bay
In San Diego on May 31 a sailor returning from Korea service and his Los Angeles girlfriend slipped from a dock edge and fell into the bay near the destroyer Hamner. Freddie Smith, a radio man, leapt in to rescue her, and a boatswain’s chair lowered to bring them aboard.
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San Diego
Calif
Korea
San Diego Bay
Norma Horwigtz
Los Angeles
Freddie Smith
U. S
Hamner
Smith
Idaho Woman Killed in Montana Accident
Mrs. William E. Holden of Moscow Idaho, 53, died near Big Timber when the car her husband drove crashed into a telephone pole during a vacation trip to Pennsylvania. The accident occurred at 5 a m after leaving Livingston, as Sheriff Walter H. Osborne said Holden, unhurt, was blinded by sun on a curve on U S Highway 10.
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Big Timber
William E. Holden
Moscow
Idaho
Here
Pennsylvania
Livingston
Walter H. Osborne
Holden
Archbishop O'Hara robbed at congress in Barcelona
Archbishop John O'Hara of Philadelphia and Dr. Martin Spellman brother of Francis Spellman of New York were relieved of 3000 dollars by pickpockets during the Catholic churchs current international eucharistic congress. Three other American pilgrims also had their pockets picked according to police.
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Barcelona
Spain
U.P
John O’hara
Philadelphia
Martin Spellman
Francis Spellman
New York
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Butte Knights of Columbus
William J. McMahon
T. J. Fenlon
B. J. Keenan
McMahon
Fenlon
Keenan
Joe Flaherty
Joseph R. Jackson
New York City
Mr. McMahon
Order
House
Teague
Dtexas
Springer
Bill
Earl J. McGrath
U. S. Commissioner of Education
McGrath
Red D. Fagg, Jr
University of Southern California
Fagg
Boatner
Sen. Taft
Sullivan's Bank
Ben Hardin
Cornelius C. Kelly
Myron C. Watson
D. Care
Garry D Son
Melvin A. Batchelor
V. V Nunlist
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