British Indian Policy Is Announced
Britain outlined a plan to transfer power to Indians this year under dominion status offering a choice of partition or unity. Leaders urged calm as Hindu Muslim Sikh factions called for peace while Parliament prepares legislation to form one or two self governing states within the British commonwealth by 1948.
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London
Britain
India
Subcontinent
Winston Churchill
Hindustan
Pakistan
Churchill
Clement R. Attlee
House of Commons
New Delhi
M. A. Jinnah
Jawaharlal Nehru
Baldev Singh
British Commonwealth of Nations
Canada
Attlee
Hungarian Chief May Be Ousted
Budapest reports say Hungary's new Communist dominated government plans to force President Zoltan Tildy to resign and recall diplomats abroad. Exiled Nagy aides and pro-Western officials like Paul Auer and Ferenc Gordon may be brought home as leftists tighten control after the recent coup.
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Budapest
Hungary
Zoldan Tildy
Ferenc Nagy
Tildy
Nagy
Aladar Szegedy-Maszak
Washington
Paul Auer
Paris
Ferenc Gordon
Bern
Ramadier accuses Communists of fueling strikes to threaten cabinet
Paris June 3 Premier Paul Ramadier charged the Communist bloc with fomenting France’s strike wave to precipitate a cabinet crisis. He warned the strikes resembled an invisible orchestra directing events and said attempts to destabilize democratic authority could endanger the regime.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
France
National Assembly
Braden to Arrive in Butte for Montana Mines Commencement
Spruille Braden assistant secretary of state for Latin American affairs will arrive in Butte Friday at 1 38 p m for the Montana School of Mines commencement Saturday evening He is a Montana native from the Braden family of Helena and Marysville born at Elkhorn Jefferson county He will be guest of Butte Helena Marysville and Great Falls during six days in the state Mrs Braden accompanies him and social events are planned by Mrs F A Thomson Mines president's wife.
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Spruille Braden
Butte
Milwaukee
Montana School of Mines
Braden
Montana
Helena
Marysville
Elkhorn
Jefferson County
Boulder
Great Falls
F. A. Thomson
Mines
Francis A. Thomson
Dr. Thomson
House Will Pass Labor Bill Today
Washington report notes Senator Hatch says threat of a coal strike raises odds Truman signs the union restricting labor bill. The measure is expected to clear the House Wednesday and head to the Senate, with Democrats seeking a veto or override and urging that it would ruin 15 years of labor gains.
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Washington
Hatch
D-N. M
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
House Labor Committee
Lesinski
D-Mich
Madden
D-Ind
Labor Committee
White House
Senators push for federal funds to aid aviation safety
Senators Saltonstall and McKellar urged Congress to restore funds for federal aviation work after last week's two air tragedies that killed 95 people in Maryland and New York. Senator Ball warned that full funding could push all weather flying and raise accidents, as CA A officials pressed to restore most of the $65 million operating budget cut by the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Saltonstall
R-Mass
McKellar
D-Tenn
Congress
Maryland
New York
Ball
R-Minn
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Senate Appropriations
House
Europe Ends Heat Wave Record Shattered in London Paris
Western Europe endured a seventh day of extreme heat with London reaching 92 degrees, breaking a 73 year record, while Paris temperature matched the heat. Officials warned conditions would persist as cities urged precautions for health and safety.
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Europe
London
U.P
Western
Paris
Mines commencement open to public with 7 o'clock doors
The Mines commencement will be open to the public with doors at 7. A few reserved seats exist for faculty and families. Anaconda Copper Mining officials will conduct an underground mine trip Friday afternoon. A private dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Braden is planned at 7 Friday evening with a small group of old friends, where they will be introduced to Meaderville residents.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Braden
Meaderville
Anglo American Oil Treaty Is Blasted Before Senate
Three Texans vocally opposed the Anglo American oil treaty during a Senate foreign relations committee hearing calling it dangerous and unnecessary. Independent Houston producer Glenn H. McCarthy and Texas Railroad Commission members Olin Culberson and William J. Murray from Austen argued the London 1944 pact intrudes on state powers despite assurances from Charles Fahy that it does not enlarge federal authority.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Texas Railroad Commission
Houston
Texas
London
Glenn H. McCarthy
Independent
Olin, Culberson
William J. Murray
Austen
Charles Fahy
State Department
Congressional Study of Universal Training Is Ordered
The House armed services committee will begin public hearings on universal military training within 1 to 2 weeks. Karl Compton, head of a presidential commission, warns current safeguards against international force-backed intrigue are insufficient. The action follows his telegram to Chairman Andrews calling the situation too serious to delay.
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Washington
Karl Compton
House Armed Services Committee
Compton
Andrews
R-N. Y
Warns Against Delay in Peace Pacts
Senator Vandenberg says Hungary conquest by Communists may require a United Nations trial and urges prompt ratification of Italian Balkan peace treaties. He predicts rigged elections may follow and entertains a separate peace with Germany and Austria if Russia delays. He argues ratification sustains democracy and Hungary’s sovereignty as a Soviet satellite.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Rmich
Senate
Hungary
United Nations
America
Germany
Austria
Michigan Republican
Europe
Russia
State Department
Lajos Dinnyes
Ferenc Nagy
Hundreds Flee As Rutland Dam Breaks Flood Rains Sweep Northeast
A dam failure near Rutland Vermont triggers evacuations of 500 families as flood waters rise 15 feet on the Rutland Burlington highway. Heavy rains sweep through Ohio Pennsylvania New York Vermont and New Hampshire with multiple towns facing rising rivers and threatened lines of travel.
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Rutland
Vermont
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
New Hampshire
Rutland-Burlington
McKeever
N. Y
Lyons Falls
Passumpsic
St. Johnsbury
Chittenden
Green Mountains
Miami River
Dayton
Snyderville
Columbus
Garfield Heights
Cleveland
Springville
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana Regions
Mostly cloudy and cool with occasional showers and thunderstorms in Butte Wednesday and Wednesday night. Next 24 hours high around 60 degrees with temperatures from 39 to 57 at School of Mines and 38 to 59 at the airport. In Montana, partly cloudy with afternoon and evening showers and storms, warmer in west and central parts, cooler in the extreme east. highs 65 to 75.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
United States and Argentina Move Toward Inter American Pact
Washington and Buenos Aires end a five year dispute at a White House conference. President Truman signals willingness to renew talks on an inter American defense conference with Argentina in Rio de Janeiro. Argentina reports steps under Chapultepec Act to curb Axis influence including arrests and deportations.
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Washington
United States
Argentina
White House
Spruille Braden
George Messersmith
Buenos Aires
Truman
Marshall
Oscar Ivanissevich
Acheson
Ivanissevich
Chapultepec
Juan D. Peron
Rio de Janiero
Brazil
Mexico City
Montana frost damage across central regions hits crops
A Montana extension service summary shows killing frosts last week causing heavy crop damage in north central and central areas. Frost, coupled with dry weather and western cutworms, damaged flax potatoes and beets, with Blaine Pondera Hill and Toole counties hit hardest. Some sugar beets were plowed under due to weed choking before irrigation.
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Helena
U.P
Northcentral
Montana
Extension Service
Montana State College
Forst
Blaine
Pondera
Hill and Toole
Food Situation Improves in Occupation Zones
Gen Lucius D Clay said the food situation was improving in the British and American zones and that the United States had more than kept its promise to pour 300000 tons of grain into Germany in May.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
United States
New Montana Marriage Law Requires Medical Test
Montana will require a doctor’s examination and standard serological blood test for all marriage license applicants effective July 1. Clerks cannot issue licenses after June 30 without a physician’s certificate showing the test and that results have been shown to both parties. The law keeps test results confidential between health authorities and the engaged couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Elmer Shea
District Court
State Board of Health
Butte
Impasse in UN disarmament talks over atomic control
United Nations delegates wrangled for eight hours over disarmament and atomic control. Russia pressed to destroy US bombs without enforcement machinery while Western powers opposed. A subcommittee linked atomic control to general disarmament, sparking further dispute and an American call to report disagreement.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
United Nations
Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
United States
United Nations Disarmament Commission
Ralph A. Bard
Andrei Gromyko
Bard
Alexander Cadogan
Great Britain
Gromyko
Disarmament Commission
Britain approves service bill for one year compulsory service
The House of Lords on Tuesday approved on second reading the national service bill authorizing one year of compulsory military service for Britain's youths. With Commons approval already in place, final passage is expected to be a formality.
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London
House of Lords
Britain
House of Commons
Aged Man Keeps Pet Cat in Final Hours on Homestake Road
Dan Kennedy, 87, longtime Moose Creek sawmill worker, died Tuesday at his isolated Homestake road cabin with his dead cat in his arms. He refused hospital care after two ranch boys found him exhausted nursing the cat. coroner cites natural causes and no inquest. Remains at Duggan's Merrill mortuary.
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Dan Kennedy
Homestake Road
Silver Bow
Mr. Kennedy
Moose Creek
Rudy E. Sayatovic
Duggan
Merrill Mortuary
Four Die as Army Amphibian Plane Crashes in California
An Army amphibious patrol plane crashed near the SAN BERNARDINO air field killing four men, including two officers and two civilian flight test mechanics. Bertram C. Callis of Riverside survived with minor injuries after being thrown clear. identities of the dead were withheld pending relatives.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Army
Army Air Field
Bertram C. Callis
Riverside
White House Silent on Measure
Congress sent the 4 billion dollar annual income tax cut to President Truman as debate swirled over a potential veto. The Senate approved 48 to 28 and the House 220 to 90, with party splits noted and Taft suggesting a veto might be unaffordable.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Capitol
Senate
House
Cooper
Kentucky
Morse
Oregon
White House
Taft
Ohio
U N Delegation Threatened Near Bulgarian Border
In Athens a Bulgarian army NCO threatened a United Nations investigating group with shooting if they crossed the border. The attack occurred as the mission prepared to probe the Lipa border clash where guerrillas and Greek troops fought for three days.
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Athens
United Nations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Salonika
United States
Lipa
Anaconda Woman Dies After Highway Crash Injuries
Mrs Betty Solan 29 wife of Anthony Solan died at St Ann hospital Anaconda from injuries suffered May 24 in a highway collision three and a half miles east of Anaconda The crash involved a car driven by Pat Connors and another by Albert Chase. 12 residents of Anaconda and Butte were injured Leo Scalise coroner said an inquest is planned.
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Anaconda
Betty Solan
Anthony Solan
St. Ann Hospital
Butte-Anaconda
Baby Bounces From Window. Child Survives Fall
In Baltimore on a Tuesday a toddler named Allan bounced on a bed and fell fifteen feet from a second floor window into a concrete alley. Doctors say the only injury is a scratched elbow. The incident was reported by his mother Mrs Thelma Crosby.
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Baltimore
Allan
Thelma Crosby
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Billings
Belgrade
Douglas Chandler
Boston
U. S
Michael Barry
Chandler
Paul Revere
U. N
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