West German appeal for 25,000 police force studied
Washington reports United States Britain and France studying Adenauer appeal for a federal police force of 25,000. US likely to reject fearing German rearmament. may instead back strengthening state controlled police units to counter East German arming and Russian propaganda. Negotiations pass to Frankfort high commissioners.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
State Department
Adenauer
Michael A. McDermott
Frankfort
Acheson
Schuman
Bevin
London
Moscow
McCarthy Attacks Truman in Senate Speech
Senator McCarthy assailed President Truman, accusing him of defending Communist vested interests in the State Department and demanding full disclosure of federal files on pro Communists. He also alleged Hal Dorn Hanson was in a joint venture with a top Soviet spy, a claim Hanson denies.
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Washington
McCarthy
Truman
Senate
State Department
Wisconsin
Haldore Hanson
Hanson
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
GOP
Mr. Truman
One Person Killed Three Injured in Montana Collision
A Friday afternoon crash near Big Timber killed Marvin J. Moog age 26 of Lead South Dakota and injured three others. Samuel P. Stornelli 24 Kellogg Idaho and Mr Mrs H G Knudtson of New London Wisconsin were involved and taken to a Livingston hospital. Moog was the 57th Montana traffic fatality this year, up from 49 the previous year.
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BIG Timber
Marvin J. Moog
Lead
S. D
Mullan
Idaho
Walter Osborne
Moog
Samuel P. Stornelli
Kellogg
Osborne
Stornelli
H. G. Knudtson
New London
Wis
Here
U. S. Highway 10
Knudtsons
Livingston
State Highway Patrol
Montana
Ex Czech Officer Admits Treason in Prague Trial
In Prague on June 2 a former Czech security officer Jan Buchal, 37, pleaded guilty at treason proceedings against 13 Czechs. He testified he sought armed Western intervention and admitted high treason and espionage. Fellow witnesses Frantisek Preucil, 43, and Frantiska Semanova, 68, also pleaded guilty.
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Prague
U.P
United States
Great Britain
France
Jan Buchal
Montanan Fatally Hurt by Auto
Edward L. Williams 77 of Forsyth Mont died Friday night after being struck on Garden Springs road near Spokane. He suffered a skull fracture and facial injuries when he walked into the car path while checking road signs en route to the coast. He died at a Spokane hospital.
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Spokane
Edward L. Williams
Forsyth
Mont
Garden Springs
Williams
William Todd
Milwaukee Tuna Clipper Sinks in Gulf of Panama
The tuna clipper Milwaukee radioed Friday night that it was sinking in the Gulf of Panama near San Francisco on June 2, as crews reported the vessel going down after heavy weather.
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San Francisco
Milwaukee
Gulf of Panama
Man Held in Anaconda Death Inquest Recommends Slayings Charge
Anaconda jury recommends that Stanley Fitzgerald be held for manslaughter in the death of Steve L. Huff. Coroner Leo Scalise presided as autopsy findings by Dr. R. F. Peterson tied Huff’s death to multiple bruises and a cerebral hemorrhage from blows and a kick. Police and sheriff testified Huff lay on a Main Street sidewalk before Fitzgerald was taken into custody.
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Anaconda
Steve L. Huff
Stanley Fitzgerald
Leo Scalise
Scalise
Horace Dwyer
Huff
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Dwyer
T. C. Malee
Fitzgerald
R. F. Peterson
Butte
Michael Ruane
Peterson
John T. Kelly
George Hartsell
211 Main
Thompson
Main
Yugoslav Officer Admits Spying for Russia
Belgrade June 2 A Yugoslav colonel Vlada Dapchevic 33 brother of Col Gen Peko Dapchevic confessed to supplying Russia with army information. On trial for treason espionage and desertion he pleaded not guilty saying his loyalty as a Communist was to Moscow and that he has long considered himself a man of the USSR.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U.P
Vlada Dapchevic
Russia
Marshal Tito
Dapchevic
Peko Dapchevic
Moscow
Ussr
Communist Party of Yugoslavia
US European Super State Plan Advocated
Dr. Harold Urey and William L. Clayton urged a United States European federal union as the only workable peace formula. Speaking to the Atlantic Union Committee, they argued a single political economic unit is needed to counter Russia and its satellites. They warned national sovereignty could cost freedom and sovereignty itself. The conference aimed to build support for Kefauver’s resolution urging Truman to invite Atlantic pact powers to explore a trans Atlantic federal union.
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Washington
Harold Urey
William L. Clayton
Atlantic Union Committee, Incorporated
Clayton
Russia
State Department
Urey
United States
Truman
Hundreds flee to West Berlin as refugee wave grows
Berlin reported a fresh flood of refugees from the Soviet east pouring into West Berlin and western Germany amid the Whitsun Communist youth march. An American official said the region is near capacity but expected Germans to try housing them while German officials cited several thousand new arrivals. Among asylum seekers were 270 blue shirt deserters and 38 members of the Soviet sector police.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Western Germany
Red
Joseph Stalin
People’s Police
Central Welfare Board
NLRBB probes threats against ousted UMW official
The National Labor Relations Board opened an inquiry into alleged threats against Lloyd H. Sidener, former president of UMW Local 7455 in Canton. Sidener says a woman telephoned claiming his body would be found in a ditch, while UMW officials deny knowledge of such calls and say they intend to honor a recent settlement. Robert Denham of the NLRB directed Chicago investigators to determine the facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ill
Lloyd H. Sidener
John L. Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
United Mine Workers
Sidener
UMW
NLRB
Bernard Beasley
UMW Subdistrict
Washington
Robert M. Denham
Chicago
Granddaddy of AWOL Stories Shocks Shenandoah
The FBI reports the granddaddy of AWOL cases with John E. Gavenas 28 Shenandoah who vanished from Japan on January 3 after re-enlisting in the Army. He hitchhiked by plane to Seattle and drove across the country to Shenandoah where he is now jailed while attending GI Bill training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John E. Gavenas
FBI
Gavenas
Japan
Seattle
Wash
Acheson Urges Billion Plus for Arms Aid
Secretary of State Acheson urged the Senate to approve a second $1,222,500,000 installment of foreign arms aid for the 1951 fiscal year. He testified before a joint Senate armed services and foreign relations panel, noting the future outlay may rise and that some members questioned the need to maintain large sums for arming friendly nations.
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Washington
Acheson
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
H. Alexander Smith
R-N.j
Senate Approves Basing Point Price Measure
The Senate approved a basing point pricing bill 43 to 27, allowing firms to absorb freight and sell at uniform delivered prices and to discriminate in good faith to meet competition. It ends a two year dispute, sending the measure to the White House despite mixed Senate views on its anti trust impact.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Truman
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Douglas
D-Ill
Long
D-La
Hill
D-Ala
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Wherry
Rneb
June Temperatures Expected Below Normal In Some Regions
The Weather Bureau reports a 30 day outlook for June with temperatures above normal in most areas, especially the northeast and southwest, but below normal in the north Rocky Mountain states and northern Plains. Rainfall should be heavy in the north and central Plains and Lake region, light in the Southwest and Northeast, with normal amounts elsewhere.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain States
Northern Plains
Central Plains
Lake Region
Train terror suspect declared insane in Arizona
H P Huff of Polkville Mississippi was found insane after a sanity hearing in Phoenix. Psychiatrists said Huff believed train porters planned to kill him during a Southern Pacific ride on Wednesday night. Judge Renz L Jennings presided.
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Phoenix
Ariz
H. P. Huff
Polkville
Miss
Southern Pacific
Renz L. Jennings
Huff
Mauna Loa Eruption Forces Hundreds From Homes
Mauna Loa on Hawaii erupted spectacularly driving 60 to 80 families from villages and plantations as a mile wide lava river split the coast into a 25 mile arc before entering the Pacific. The lava flow severed highways and communications, with no casualties reported and several sightseers cut off.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Pacific Ocean
Milolui
George Martin
Hilo
Hawaii
Car Crash Traces Alleged Tahiti Swindler James Van Fleet
San Francisco reports an auto crash near Gilroy linked James Van Fleet of Los Angeles to a Tahiti swindle. His wife died, he was injured, and a district attorney had issued a grand theft warrant. Investigators say he collected about $20,000 from investors in multiple cities.
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San Francisco
Gilroy
James van Fleet
Los Angeles
van Fleet
William Hanson
David Morse
George M. Gardner
Seattle
Hanson
Gardner
Tahiti
Donald Pearce
State Corporation
Pearce
New York
Weather forecast fair and warmer Saturday across regions
The bulletin calls for a fair and warmer Saturday with Saturday morning low around 29 and Saturday afternoon high near 64. It covers Thursday night through Friday afternoon readings from the School of Mines and Airport with highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s plus 0.03 inches of precipitation. West of Divide mainly partly cloudy and warmer 60 to 70, East of Divide partly cloudy and warmer 65 to 75.
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School of Mines
Divide
Compromise Rent Control Bill Favored by Senate Panel
The Senate banking committee approved a compromise to extend federal rent controls to end of 1950 with a six month local option to mid-1951. The 8 to 5 vote neared party lines as leaders expect a Senate vote before the June 20 expiry. The measure lets cities keep controls for early 1951 if their governments vote to retain them.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Banking Committee
Maybank
D-S. C
Truman
House
Sparkman
Frear
Douglas
D-Ill
Fulbright
D-Ark
Taylor
D-Idaho
Long
D-La
Ives
R-N. Y
Tobey
R-N. H
Capehart
R-Ind
Flanders
Bricker
Ohio
Robertson
Government spending outpaces income by billions in June
Washington reports the government's outgo surpasses income by 3.23 billion dollars at the start of June, with potential to reach 5.53 billion by month end. May deficit was 641.8 million. First eleven months show income 32.64 billion versus outgo 35.87 billion, national debt 256.37 billion.
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Washington
Truman
Treasury
Icop ter Proves Success In Helicopter Troop Transport
Washington June 3 The Marine Corps reports that trials of transporting combat troops by helicopter have been very successful as part of ongoing studies of amphibious assault methods.
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Washington
U.P
Marine Corps
Tokyo March Becomes Just Shuffle In Tokyo Protest
Tokyo on Saturday saw a mass rally called by Communists and labor leaders dissolve into a peaceful shuffle under heavy police presence. About 25 000 to 27 000 officers enforced a no demonstration ban ahead of Sundays council elections while a large but orderly crowd listened and urged nonviolence. The Red general strike fizzled with roughly 100 000 workers idle nationwide.
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Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
Labor Ministry
Red
Japan
Charles A. Willoughby
MacArthur
United States
Osaka
Montana Farm Prices Rise to Highest Since 1948
In Helena on June 2, the Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics reported May 15 Montana price indexes at 269 versus 1909-14 base, up eight points from April and 12 from a year ago. Wheat $1.95, corn $1.58, oats 68c, rye 98c, barley 96c. beef cattle 22.60 per 100 lb, veal 22.60, lambs 23.50, hogs 18.50, sheep 11. Milk products mixed. wholesale milk 3.70, butterfat 60c, retail milk 18.7c/quart, butter 63c/lb. Continuous gains for chickens 27.8c, eggs 26c, turkeys 30c/lb. Other items: flaxseed 3.36, potatoes 1.65, alfalfa seed 27, sweet clover 10, hay 21.80, wool 59c, milk cows 210 per head, dry beans 5.50 per cwt.
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Helena
Montana
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
BAE
Baes
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NLRBB
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