Missing bottle recovered in uranium mystery report
Senator McMahon disclosed that the long-missing bottle in the Chicago uranium-235 case was recovered from a buried box but a small portion of the material remains unfound. The day featured further charges against Lilienthal, loyalty-check disputes, and cost overruns at a Hanford plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McMahon
D‘conn
Chicago
Congressional Investigation
The
Atomic Energy Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic
Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
AEC
Hanford
Wash
General Electric Company
Senator McMahon
Senate House Committee
Hickenhower
Argonne Laboratories
State Chamber Conclave Opens With 250 Expected
Early arrivals numbered 250 delegates for the Montana Chamber of Commerce annual convention. Registration starts 10 a m Friday with sessions through Saturday afternoon. Dean Chaffin of Bozeman, president, predicts record turnout as panels on education reclamation industrial development mining agriculture and livestock are planned in the Finlen hotel Silver Bow room. Officers C M Wall Helena first vice president O S Warden Great Falls second vice president and W G Ferguson secretary were to arrive. Chaffin, an auto dealer, was elected at the December 1948 board meeting succeeding James Flaherty of Great Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Chamber of Commerce
Dean Chaffin
Bozeman
State Chamber
Butte
Silver Bow
Finlen Hotel
C. M. Wall
Helena
O. S. Warden
Great Falls
W. G. Ferguson
Chaffin
James Flaherty
Montana Honors Judge Murray At Testimonial Dinner
Attorneys from across Montana and law enforcement officers honored Judge W D Murray at a testimonial dinner recognizing his appointment to the federal bench. About 125 attendees in the Silver Bow room of the Hotel Finlen heard remarks and praises from colleagues and officials.
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Montana
W. D. Murray
Silver Bow Room
Hotel
Finlen
Silver Bow County Bar Association
James T. Finlen
Murray
United States
Charles N. Pray
Great Falls
Ninth
Federal District
J. F. Emigh
Butte
Los Angeles
Glasgow
Missoula
Helena
Supreme Court
Hugh K. Adair
Albert H. Angstman
Harrison J. Freebourn
Lee Metcalf
Frank L. Riley
John V. Dwyer
Jeremiah J. Lynch
R.S. McHugh
Anaconda
Soviet Compromise Rejected by West Berlin Railway Strike
In West Berlin on June 2 striking railwaymen voted 13 477 to 398 against a Communist sponsored compromise offer. The strike by 12 000 workers continues after clashes with strikebreakers that began May 21. Independent labor group UGO confirmed the broader strike turnout.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Independent Labor Organization
UGO
Wheat Production May Be Cut Back
Secretary of Agriculture Charles F Brannan warned that curbs on production and marketing may be needed to prevent surpluses. He said the 1950 wheat crop could be limited to 1 billion bushels, about 23 percent below the expected 1949 yield, with acreage allotments and marketing quotas possible after the June crop report.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Brannan
Agriculture Department
Department of Agriculture
Chambers Links Alger Hiss to State Secrets
Whittaker Chambers testified that Alger Hiss fed government secrets to a Soviet spy ring through him. He said a prewar transaction occurred in a New York Chinatown restaurant and that Hiss and his wife Priscilla refused to leave the Communist Party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Chinatown
Chambers
Hiss
Donald
Priscilla
Hisses
The
Major Campaign Predicted Near Changsha Rail Junction
Canton dispatch reports Nationalist China foresees a major campaign around Changsha as Communist forces move southwest toward the front after the Shanghai seizure. Government troops reportedly fled Shanghai in large numbers toward Formosa, while observers estimate high prisoner and casualty figures and claim a big victory near Tsingtao.
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Canton
China
Changsha
Shanghai
Teng Wen-yi
Formosa
Tsingtao
Seymour Topping
Nanking
Tornado Strikes Southwest Oklahoma Farm Area
The Oklahoma highway patrol reported a tornado hit between Alfalfa and Olney in southwest Oklahoma on Thursday night causing some property damage. No injuries were reported and communications were interrupted as damage appeared confined to scattered farm properties.
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Carnegia
Okla
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Alfalfa
Olney
Oklahoma
Airmen Bailed From B 29 Found Safe in Idaho Woods
Eight airmen parachuted from a crippled B-29 were spotted by private air search pilot Glenn Walker in northern Idaho near Elk River. None appeared seriously hurt. Supplies were dropped and directions given as crews prepared to extract them overnight. The bomber from the 325th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Group, suffered engine trouble near Superior Montana after returning from Salina Kansas.
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Orofino
Idaho
Glenn Walker
Walker
Clearwater River
Elk River
Clearwater Timber Protective Association
George Hart
92Nd Group
Salina
Kan
Superior
Mont
Spokane
Air Rescue Service
McChord Air Force Base
Driver's License Laws Assailed at Highway Safety Meet
President Truman urged tighter driver licensing and condemned weak state controls after noting Missouri issues and four Washington drivers who could not see. He cited 32,000 traffic deaths and 1,000,000 injuries last year while praising progress from the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Missouri
Father Charged With Cruel Punishment of Boy
In San Francisco police report a four-year-old boy was found dangling by hemp rope tied to his wrists and ankles. Horace C. Lee, 27, charged with cruel and unusual punishment after claiming the child hung for five minutes during a punishment attempt. His wife and infant daughter were present.
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Vernon H. Platt
Irvin Ashley
Butch) Platt
Phoenix
Ariz
Butch
Mary Hanly
San Francisco
Horace C. Lee
Lee
Cora
Elizabeth Carol
Taxpayers Vote Today on Three School Levies in Butte
Butte voters decide on three school levies covering elementary operations and teacher raises, with polls open noon to 8 pm. The measures seek about nine mills for elementary needs 200 324.86 dollars and under one mill for elementary and adult education at roughly 22 263.30 and 22 263.48 dollars respectively.
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Butte
United States
Butte Teachers’ Union
Sherman
Walkerville
Blaine
Centerville
Monroe School
McKinley School
South Jackson
Harrison
Greeley
Coplon Attorney Fined Again for Contempt in Spy Case
Washington June 24 The defense attorney Archibald Palmer was fined 100 for obvious contempt of court marking the second such penalty in two weeks. Judge Albert Reeves ordered the fines after Palmer questioned FBI agent T Scott Miller Jr and sought access to papers barred as security material in the Judith Coplon espionage trial.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
Albert L. Reeves
Archibald Palmer
New York
Palmer
FBI
Reeves
John M. Kelley, Jr
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
T. Scott Miller, Jr
Miss Coplon
Kelley
United States
Miller
Justice Department
Zinc Price Trimmed by Quarter Cent in New York
A custom smelter in East St. Louis cut zinc price by a quarter cent to 10 1 2 cents per pound. This leaves total postwar zinc reductions at 6 1 2 cents since March 23 peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East St. Louis
Helena Man Denies Murder Charge
Francis McCarty a 44 year old Helena area rancher pleaded innocent to a murder charge in the death of Woodruff D Wilson 46 following a dance hall scuffle. Bond was set at 1500 and he was released after the hearing. Wilson a East Helena smelterman died from a brain hemorrhage after the Sunday incident 12 miles east of Helena.
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Boulder
Francis McCarty
Woodruff D. Wilson
McCarty
McClellan Creek
Helena
Wilson
East Helena
United States Presses Berlin Reform Toward Free City Rule
Secretary Acheson proposes a new governing framework for Berlin with free city elections and reduced four power control. The plan would curtail the allied kommandatura and place greater administrative power in German hands under secret discussions with the Soviet and Western powers in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kommandatura
Paris
United States
Foreign Ministers Conference
Berlin
Forecasts Unrest in Moslem World Sparks North Africa Talk
Cirenaica's bid for independence prompts warnings of unrest across the Moslem world. Messaggero foresees immediate repercussions in North Africa. Azzam Pasha in Cairo calls for Libya's complete freedom while Washington officials deem the move internal and not undermining UN rights.
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Rome
Messaggero
North
Africa
Arab League
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Cairo
Libya
Cirenaica
Italy
United Nations
Washington
United States
Butte Weather Forecast Cloudy with rain or snow Friday
Considerable cloudiness and cool with occasional rain or snow Friday. Expected minimum temperatures next 24 hours 32 and maximum 50. Locations report similar ranges with Western districts partly cloudy Friday and scattered showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon. East of divide highs 60 to 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Mines
Divide
Senators Clash Over North Atlantic Pact Report
Senator George of Georgia voiced strong objections to a Senate foreign relations committee draft on the North Atlantic pact. He urged clear limits on presidential power to deploy armed forces without Congress consent and shape on colonial matters. Chairman Connally aims for full committee approval and a report ready for the Senate vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Conress
Senate
Connally
D-Texas
United States
Senate Approves Montana Funds Deficiency Bill
Helena June 2 Opposition reports indicate the Montana Senate approved a deficiency appropriation totaling 1 579 648 dollars. Funds include 280 000 for Montana Indian education 750 000 for an Indians wing at Galen TB hospital and 549 648 for conference payments to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes. The measure moves to a House Senate conference for final settlement. Mary M Condon says funds reimburse 64 districts in 14 counties at 1 10 dollars per Indian pupil per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Senate
James E. Murray
D-Mont
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Flathead Reservation
House
Mary M. Condon
Washington
Miss Condon
Automatic Controls Flying Plane
Pilot Bill Watt landed his telecommunication laboratory DC-3 in Salt Lake City at 9 28 p m MST without touching the controls. The plane, flying from San Francisco, reached here after a 4 15 p m PST takeoff for Minneapolis and New York with Watt stating the landing was perfect and uneventful. He planned a stop in Cheyenne at about 1 a m MST before continuing tests eastward to New York via Minneapolis.
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Salt Lake City
Bill Watt
Telecommunication Laboratory
San Francisco
Minneapolis
New York
Watt
Cheyenne
Wyo
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Coplon Attorney
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Dean Acheson
Britain
France
Vishinsky
Associated Press
Max. Min. Prec
Billings Saneeenerresesess
Belgrade
Lf Broadus
Custer Bb
T Cut Bank
Dillon Drummond
Havre
Helena Op Kalispell
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