U S Forces Hungary Credit Cut In Pro Communist Move
The United States cuts off a 15 million dollar credit to Hungary after Nagy’s ouster and suspends the remaining half of the 30 million line for American surplus property. In contrast, aid is pledged to Italy under De Gasperi as a firm democratic ally. The move aligns with Truman’s policy to aid free peoples resisting totalitarian pressure and signals potential surplus credits to Iran to bolster its armed forces.
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Washington
United States
Hungary
Italy
Marshall
Ferenc Nagy
Alcide de Gasperi
Truman
Iran
Soviet
Russia
Hungarian Leader Flees Country
Bela Varga, speaker of the house and No 2 in the Nagy government, has fled Hungary to escape Communist arrest. An informant said he reached Sopron near the Austrian border intending to cross into the American sector in Austria. Dinnyes formed a new pro Communist cabinet and pledged support for reconstruction and the Soviet style three year plan as parliament plans to meet June 10.
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Budapest
Bela Varga
Ferenc Nagy
Hungary
United States
Austria
Varga
Sopron
Lajos Dinnyes
Russia
Nagy
Washington
Marshall
Dinnyes
V. P. Sviridov
Allied Control Commission
Balaton Boglar
Lake
Bala
Sergeant-at-Arms Audit Favored by House Panel
The House expenditures committee approved a bill to require the U S comptroller general to audit the sergeant-at-arms office accounts at least annually. The office provides banking services to members. a shortage surfaced early this Congress and former sergeant-at-arms Kenneth Romney was convicted of concealing it.
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Washington
House Expenditures Committee
U. S. Comptroller General
House
Kenneth Romney
United States pledges to maintain atomic leadership
David E. Lilienthal told the United Nations the United States will maintain and increase its supreme position in atomic energy and weapons until international control is established. He warned that true security requires effective international cooperation and an end to national rivalries in the field. He projected electricity from atomic energy within six to ten years or longer.
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American Commission
United States Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Lilienthal
Commission
Atomic Energy
Banker Says Europe Need Not Fear U S Decline
MONTREUX Switzerland June 2 Winthrop W Aldrich president of the International Chamber of Commerce and Chase National Bank chairman told the chamber Europe need not fear a U S recession becoming a depression. He urged a return to liberal free market policies noting recessions are temporary deviations from growth and can reduce costs and boost productivity.
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Montreux
Switzerland
Winthrop W. Aldrien
The
International Chamber of Commerce
United States
Europe
Chamber
Aldrich
International Chamber
Memorial Day Weekend Toll Tops 504 Lives Lost
A final AP tally shows 504 fatalities during Memorial Day weekend. Traffic accidents caused 228 deaths, drownings reached 62, two major airplane crashes killed 95, and 43 victims died in tornadoes in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Boston Mayor Curley Loses Supreme Court Appeal
Mayor James M. Curley of Boston had his appeal from a mail fraud conviction denied by the Supreme Court. The ruling leaves intact a sentence of six to 18 months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Co defendant Donald Wakefield Smith also remains under a $1,000 fine with four to 12 months. third defendant James G. Fuller faced longer terms not reviewed. Curley, in his fourth term, plans to fight on with attorneys handling the case.
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Washington
James M. Curley
Boston
Supreme Court
Curley
Murphy
Donald Wakefield Smith
Engineer's Inc
Smith
National Labor Relations Board
James G. Fuller
Fuller
Vashti McCollum
Anglo American Oil Treaty Approval Urged in Senate
State department officials Dean Acheson and Charles Rayner urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to approve the Anglo American oil treaty. They argued it ensures mutual respect of oil concessions and equal access for British and American firms to exploration and refining. Critics warned it could tamper with domestic petroleum operations.
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Washington
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Acheson
Charles Rayner
Jewel Returned Havana Capitolio Diamond Mystery Remains
President Ramon Grau San Martin announced the recovery of the 23 carat Capitolio diamond stolen March 25 from Cuba's national capitol. The $9,500 yellow gem was described as having been returned anonymously, leaving the motive and method unclear.
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Havana
Ramon Grau San Martin
Cuba
Senate Passes Rent Control Bill With 15 Percent Leases
The Senate approved a bill to extend rent controls through February next year with a provision allowing landlords to raise rents up to 15 percent if tenants sign leases through 1948. The measure also includes housing material control changes and keeps veteran purchase and rental priorities, amid debates over fairness and government power.
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Washington
Senate
Tobey
R-N. H
Kilgore
D-W. Va
Truman
House
White House
Hawkes
Pulbright
Knowland
R-Calif
Cain
R-Wash
Air Safety Probe Reopened Amid Two Crashes
Senate ordered renewed investigation into air safety as Civil Aeronautics Board chief Landis cited a tail assembly structural failure in the Eastern Airlines crash near Port Deposit Maryland killing 53. House demands gloves-off probe into LaGuardia and Maryland disasters. aviation funding faces cuts.
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Washington
Senate
James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Eastern Airlines
Port Deposit
Landis
House
Ross
N. Y
United Air Lines
LaGuardia Field
New York
Maryland
Commerce
Brewster
R-Me
T. P. Wright
Civil Aeronautics Administrator
Rep. Hinshaw
Rcalif
Secretary of
Commerce Harriman
Armed Mob Attacks Village Near Amritsar
An armed mob attacked a village four miles from Amritsar on Monday killing three and wounding seven. Unofficial reports say 250 houses in Amritsar were burned since Sunday amid Hindu Muslim communal disorders.
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Amritsar
India
Byrnes Hired to Lead Hollywood Fight for Screen Freedom
Hollywood reports former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes has been hired to spearhead the film industry’s campaign against perceived encroachments on American cinema freedom.
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Hollywood
U.P
James F. Byrnes
G O P Dockets Merger Plan for Vote
President Truman seeks to unite Army Navy and Air Force under a single national security secretary with a plan moving toward a floor vote. The Senate and House GOP leaders expect action next month as the defense reform faces committee votes and possible hearings before adjournment.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate Republican Policy Committee
House
Expenditures Committee
Taft
Ohio
Policy Committee
Senate
Karl T. Compton
Army
Navy
Air Force
Molotov Rumors Circulate In Belgrade On Balkan Federation Talk
Report from Belgrade says unconfirmed rumors claim Russian Foreign Minister Molotov and Bulgarian Premier Dimitrov are in the city. Officials deny arrivals while a red streamlined railroad car appears in the yards. Rumors link a Balkan federation including Albania and a Greek autonomous Macedonia with Yugoslav influence.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
V. M. Molotov
Georgi Dimitrov
Bulgaria
Molotov
Dimitrov
Tito
Balkan
Albania
Macedonia
Greece
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana Regions
Butte expects partly cloudy skies with occasional showers Tuesday afternoon and evening and little temperature change. Highs nearby 66 with prior 24 hour precipitation around .32 inches. Montana forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Tuesday with numerous afternoon and evening thundershowers and highs from 67 to 75.
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School of Mines
Montana
Arkansas Twister Kills At Least 34 In Pine Bluff Area
Tornado rips through plantation and bayou country south of Pine Bluff killing at least 34 people and injuring hundreds. Rescue work paused as about 15 missing are located in hospitals or with friends. James F. West and his family perished. 15 Negro and 20 white bodies arrive in Pine Bluff mortuaries.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Here
James F. West
William Galloway
Pine Bluff Utility Company
Oklahoma
Leedey
E. D. DuPree
Richard McGill
Jefferson
Pius Bluff
American Red Cross
Leftist International Brigade Arrives at Adriatic Port
Reports say the first elements of a leftist brigade formed in France and Italy have reached Split Yugoslavia on the Adriatic coast and may enter Greece soon. Greek authorities have been informed and the force is believed to number about 10,000 from multiple nationalities.
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Athens
Greece
France
Italy
Adriatic
Split
Spalato
Yugoslavia
Taft and Hartley Say Labor Bill Will Become Law
Senator Taft and Representative Hartley asserted there is no doubt the labor bill headed to President Truman will become law. They noted feelings about whether Truman will sign or Congress must override a veto, and said the measure will help restore peace in industrial relations.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Hartley
N J
Truman
Senate
House Labor Committees
Congress
First Children's Day Held at Columbia Gardens
The Anaconda Copper Mining company hosts the first Children's Day of the year at Columbia Gardens on Thursday. Concessions will operate all day with transportation by Butte City Lines from 7 15 AM to 10 10 PM for children 13 and younger. a rain date is set for June 12.
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Columbia Gardens
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
Butte City Lines
City
Mother Kills Girl With Axe Then Hangs Herself
In Genoa Virginia on Monday Mrs Louise Miller 30 battered her six month old Shirley Louise to death with an axe and struck her three year old daughter Gloria Jean with the same weapon before hanging herself. Gloria Jean was taken to a Harrisonburg hospital in serious condition. neighbors found the infant dead and the mother in the stairwell. Husband Shirley Miller, employed at Valley Housing in Timberville, was away at work.
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Genoa
Louise Miller
Shirley Louise
Gloria Jean
Miller
F. L. Byers
Rockingham County
Harrisonburg
Composer Herman Darewski Dies at 64 in London
Herman Darewski, 64, noted composer of Whispering and the WWI song Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers, died Monday in London. The British musician, active during the early 20th century, left a lasting mark with popular tunes and wartime morale lyrics.
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London
U.P
Herman Darewski
Susie
Secret Plan for Partition Reported by Indian Parties
Moslem League and Congress leaders reportedly accepted a British partition plan for India. The proposal calls for an independent Pakistan with Bengal and Punjab split to exclude Sikh and Hindu minorities from Pakistan. Mountbatten will explain the plan Tuesday with Nehru Jinnah and Belder Singh also set to speak. Police patro ls in New Delhi guard against riots as Bombay Calcutta Punjab brace for possible violence.
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New Delhi
India
Moslem League
Congress Party
Lord Mountbatten
London
Britain
M.S. T
Pakistan
Bengal
Punjab
Belder Singh
Mountbatten
Bombay
Calcutta
Senate Boosts Treasury and Post Office Funding
The Senate approved an appropriation bill lifting funding for the Treasury and Post Office departments by 40,994,423 over the House total. It adds 25,000,000 for the Internal Revenue Service, 12,500,000 for Coast Guard navigation aids, and 1,500,000 to address border aid. The bill totals 3,243,045,173 for the two departments in the coming fiscal year with fixed charges around 9,009,000,000, remaining well below Truman's estimates.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury and
Post Office Departments
House
Internal Revenue Bureau
Coast Guard
Treasury
Post Office
Truman
Young Men Handed Death Sentences
Cecil Tate, 22, of Jacksonville Texas, and George Gumton, 21, of Battle Creek Michigan, pleaded guilty to the murder of grain elevator operator W. W. McClellan and his son Arnold. They were sentenced to be hanged by District Judge Clark Wallace with execution set for July 29 at the Kansas state prison in Lansing. The pair were arrested May 13 at a Kingman hotel seven hours after the slayings.
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Kingman
Kan
Cecil Tate
Jacksonville
Texas
George Gumton
Battle Creek
Mich
Clark Wallace
Kansas State Prison
Lansing
Tate
Gumtow
W. W. McClellan
Calista
Arnold
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Imlay City
Oliver Terpening, Sr
Donald
Lucerne
Max. Min. Pre
Billings Seene
Belgrade Broadus Oreneeree
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Dillon
Drummond
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Great Falls
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