U S Planning Network for Research
The State department disclosed plans to build a worldwide network of American scientist diplomats to gather and share non secret research information. Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner directed the study and urged greater international scientific exchange including Soviet contacts. He urged freer entry of foreign scientists and continued U S access to Soviet research, warning against isolating from Moscow in a new era of scientific conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
State Department
Lloyd V. Berkner
State Acheson
America
Russia
Department
Berkner
High Command
Moscow
United States
Acheson
Formosa in Reds Hands Seen as U S Danger
Admiral Arthur W. Radford warned that if Russia held Formosa it could threaten American bases in the Pacific. He said U S possession would offer an advantage in an emergency, and noted Washington decides policy while commanders act on orders. He affirmed U S naval strength was adequate for foreseeable threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U.P
Arthur W. Radford
United States
Pacific Fleet
Russia
Formosa
Radford
Washington
Louis Johnson
Pacific
Japan
Pro-American Liberal Party Maintains Lead in Japan
Tokyo reports Liberal party ahead in Upper House returns from Sundays election. Liberal gains expected to grant Yoshida a majority and push toward outlawing the Communist party. Communists heavily defeated as voter turnout neared 70 percent amid rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest Hoberecht
Tokyo
U.P
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Ryokufukai
Labor-Farmer
Douglas MacArthur
Courtney Whitney
MacArthur
House of Concillors
Ryokusukin
Communist Party
Japan
Leopold Wins as Party Takes Control
Belgium's Social Christians claimed a great victory in parliamentary elections and appear set to form a one party cabinet. unofficial returns showed them with 70 to 75 seats and the Social Christians around 108, edging past the anti Leopold bloc. King Leopold III could return from exile in Switzerland, possibly by July.
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Joseph E. Dynan
Brussels
Leopold III
House of Representatives
Belgium
Social Christian Party
Social Christians
Leopold
Switzerland
Victor Larock
176 to Attend Girls State Mock Montana Government
In Billings a nine day Girls State program on the Rocky Mountain College campus will host 176 junior high girls from across Montana. Sponsored by the Montana American Legion Auxiliary, the mock state named Ora and Plata counties with four cities and a daily newspaper. Speakers include Gov. John W Bonner and Chief Justice Hugh Adair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Rocky Mountain College
Montana
Montana Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
G. E. Chambers
Cut Bank
Ora and
Plata
Copper
Granite
Sapphire and Agate
John W. Bonner
Hugh Adair
Montana Supreme Court
Warren Roosevelt Gubernatorial Fight Will Be Settled Tuesday
California voters face a pivotal primary with Governor Earl Warren seeking a third term against Roosevelt Lanky James Roosevelt and a Democratic New Deal push. Rival claims of progress and inaction, plus party tickets and direct primary rules, shape the race as each side camps on unemployment, crime, and state growth.
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San Francisco
California
Earl Warren
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Warren
Fdr
Sheridan Downey
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Los Angeles
Manchester Boddy
Douglas
Melvyn Douglas
Eleanor Roosevelt
Boddy
Downey
Mauna Loa erupts again with new lava flows
Honolulu dispatch reports Mauna Loa belched fresh lava streams with a main channel reaching toward the sea 25 miles away while a new river moved down the southeast slope toward Kau Naalehu and Waichinu. Park official Frank Oberhansley said the flow remained about 10 miles from the coast with no immediate danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Ray H. Finch
Hawaii Observatory
Kau
Naalehu
Waichinu
Frank Oberhansley
Hawaii National Park
Oberhansley
Ernest Morton
James Glover
Kahuku Ranch
Weather Forecast for Monday and Nearby Areas
Partly cloudy to cloudy on Monday with a cooler spell and occasional light showers or thunderstorms. Monday highs range from the mid 60s to mid 70s and morning lows in the 30s. Weather readings include School of Mines high 74 low 40 and Airport high 76 low 32 with regional variations west and east of Divide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Mines
Divide
Senator Pushes J. Edgar Hoover Testimony on Amerasia Case
A Senate group behind the scenes discusses trimming Truman’s next year budget. Senator Bridges says polls show majority support for economy. House cut $2.07 billion from the request. debates focus on timing and which programs to exempt from cuts. The plan aims to unite Republicans and Democrats in a sweeping budget reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Defense
Anaconda Youths Burned in Park Street Crash
Two 19 year old Anaconda youths suffered extensive third degree burns when their car crashed into two parked vehicles in the 900 block of East Park just after 2 30 AM. The gasoline tanks exploded enveloping the cars in flames. One driver Walter Rossum escaped injury and was charged with reckless driving.
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Anaconda
St. Ann Hospital
East Park
Duane LeRoy Helmick
Cherry
Seattle
John T. Kelly
Frank Hilgers
Helmick
Arne Bello
Strathcona
Minn
Richard Johnson
Walter Rossum
Rossum
Jack Wensley
Wensley
Bieto
Wealthy man buried forty thousand in coins at Wisconsin farm
Rich retired businessman R C Bennett hid nearly 40 000 in nickels dimes and quarters from 1936 until his death in June. His wife found a death note directing her to dig up the coins from about 60 tin boxes buried in the basement fruit closet. Two teens aided the bank in cleaning and counting the coins as they prepared to deposit them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle River
Wis
R. C. Bennett
First National Bank
Keith Heal
Larry Guth
Master civil defense plan expected by September
Washington June 4 Civilian Mobilization Director Paul Larsen said he expects to complete a master civil defense plan against atomic warfare about September 1. He added there is no immediate danger of attack.
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Washington
Paul Larsen
General Collins says Russia cannot yet build atomic missiles
General J Lawton Collins stated on NBC that the Soviet Union cannot develop atomic artillery or guided missiles for its army. He cited the United States as already achieving such weapons, though he avoided naming Russia and spoke from Notre Dame where he received the Laetare medal.
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Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Associated Press
Max Boyd
United States
Army
Russia
NBC
Collins
South Bend
Ind
University of Notre Dame Laetare
America
Boyd
Power Trust Attacks Government Control Of Utilities
Atlantic City June 4 private power leaders urged 5 500 000 stockholders and 30 000 000 customers to resist nationalization arguing their plan would raise 75 million in taxes for government coffers while promoting full resource development and lower costs. They said private power should run production and distribution via leases or water-right purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Edison Electric Institute
Elmer L. Lindseth
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company
Washington
Truman
Water Resources Policy Commission
The
Institute
Trade Organization
Unknown pool shot shatters window 200 feet away
In Louisville on June 4 an unnamed pool player attempted a 200 foot shot toward a corner pocket. The ball missed, jumped the rail, exited the pool hall, and smashed an appliance store window diagonally across the street, 200 feet distant. The window sustained about 75 dollars in damage, according to owner S. C. Glass.
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Louisville
S. C. Glass
Electrical Union to Talk With GE
The CIO ousted United Electrical Workers will meet General Electric on June 13 in New York to begin contract talks. UE seeks reinstatement of its national GE contract and maintains representation at about 40 GE plants including Schenectady and Erie. IUE victory is contested at Lynn Mass and wage and contract demands are reaffirmed.
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CJIO
United Electrical Workers
General Electric Company
National Labor Relations Board
Schenectady
N. Y
Erie
International Union of Electrical Workers
CIO
IUE
Lynn
Mass
NLRB
UE Conference Board
Senators Split Over Arms Abroad in Senate Vote
Four top Senate Republican leaders show a near even split on the administration's 1.2225 billion foreign arms plan. Millikin signals conditional support if a solid case is made by State and Defense, aligning with Vandenberg's stance to continue aid with relaxed rules. Taft and Wherry oppose, foreshadowing no unified GOP stand. Administration seeks swift action to wind up Congress and allow early campaigning.
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Senate
Millikin
Colorado
GOP
State Acheson
Europe
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Wherry
Nebraska
NP Expects Wheat Crop Will Be Smaller This Year
The Northern Pacific railroad forecasts a 15 to 20 percent drop in the wheat crop across Montana North Dakota and Minnesota due to a late season. Montana acreage is projected at 85 percent of last year, with winter wheat showing modest resilience despite winterkill east of Billings. Western Montana reports good stands while central Montana endures drought.
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Missoula
Northern Pacific Railroad
Montana-North Dakota-Minnesota
Nps
Montana
Billings
Atomic Energy Unit to Open Cancer Research Hospital
CHICAGO June 4 The Atomic Energy Commission announced it will begin this month constructing a 3,500,000 hospital for cancer research. Dr Walter H Zinn director of Argonne National Laboratory said the hospital is the first designed specifically for use of radioactive materials. Argonne is the Midwest agency of the AEC.
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Chicago
U.P
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Walter H. Zinn
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne
Midwest
AEC
Knowland urges public hearing to probe Amerasia spy case
Senator Knowland proposed that FBI Director J Edgar Hoover testify before the Senate to answer questions about the Amerasia case and other unexplained circumstances. Hoover replied he referred the queries to Attorney General McGrath for response, citing interpretation of laws and evidentiary issues.
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J. E. Hoover
Amerasia
FBI
Knowland
Washington
Rcalif
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate
Congress
State Acheson
California
Hoover
Amerasia Magazine
McGrath
Justice Department
UAW Board to Hear Charges Against Richard Gosser in Toledo
The CIO United Auto Workers executive board will meet in Toledo on Wednesday and Thursday to hear charges of labor dictatorship against International UAW Vice President Richard T. Gosser. President Walter Reuther will preside as Mazey’s committee reports that Toledo Local 12 funds were mishandled by factions.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Toledo
Ohio
International Uaw
Richard T. Gosser
UAW
Walter Ruther
Gosser
Toledo Local 12
Emil Mazey
Mazey
Reuther
Navy Revives Drive to Finish 1949 Scuttled Supercarrier
The Navy plans a new push to win approval for the USS United States, a 65 000 ton flush deck supercarrier scuttled in 1949. Cost estimates are being prepared as Adm. Sherman signals a fresh bid while Johnson has not changed his stance. The project faces political and strategic hurdles amid NATO defense duties and plans for larger patrol aircraft.
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Washington
Navy
Defense
Louis Johnson
United States
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
Senate Armed Services Committee
Missouri
Johnson
Britain
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