37 Aboard Plane Rescued. Six Bodies Found, 22 Missing
Miami reports 37 survivors aboard the Navy destroyer Saufley after a twin engine plane crashed 275 miles east northeast of Miami. Six bodies recovered, 22 missing. Pilot Joseph Halsey of Seattle and co pilot William Holleran among those saved. One man died from a shark bite after rescue.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Joseph Halsey
Seattle
Wash
William Holleran
Westair Company
Saufley
Halsey
Pedro Gugman
Cape Ann
Gugman
Windward
Leeward
Charleston
S. C
McCarthy’s New Blast Is Branded False
Senator McCarthy launched a new attack on the State Department and was quickly rebuked as the claim that the FBI listed 124 Red agents was called absolutely false. The State Department said no FBI chart existed and that the chart was a preliminary internal document used for investigations.
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Washington
McCarthy
State Department
Senate
FBI
Department
Department of State
Department of Justice
Norsons
Gram
Michael McDermott
Drag Waters for Missing Woman
Anaconda search for Mrs. Catherine Keeney focused on Meyers dam after bloodhounds traced a trail to Warm Springs creek. Sheriff Hartzell and a rescue unit dragged the dam and a 12 foot pond while volunteers used an aluminum boat as the search moved toward West Valley amid reports of a woman matching Keeney’s description seen near the spillway.
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Anaconda
Meyers’ Dam
Catherine Keeney
Gerald Brannon
East Commercial
George Talbot
The
Missing Persons Foundation
Hamilton
West Valley
Keeney
Lie presents 10 points of 20 year peace program
Secretary General Trygve Lie outlined ten points of his twenty year program for enduring peace before all United Nations members on Tuesday night. He indicated he might submit the plan to either the Security Council or the General Assembly.
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Lie
Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Security Council
General Assembly
Fire destroys U Michigan classroom building
A $3,000,000 fire in Ann Arbor Michigan leveled a University of Michigan classroom building on Tuesday. Professors and students escaped without injuries as the blaze swept through the structure. Fire crews battled the flames for hours before gaining control.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
U.P
University of Michigan
Support Proposed Phone Rate Hike
Helena June 6 Opponents of a Montana telephone rate increase to be heard at the state public service commission hearing Wednesday. Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph backs its request, seeking higher one party business rates by 1 to 1.50 and residence rates 1.75 a month. Rural station rates would rise to 2 for business and 1 for residence. The company says more private capital is needed to keep improving Montana service. Tuesday, J. R. Spangler of Denver reported a downward earnings trend this year, with net Montana gains of 150,000 in the first three months versus 190,000 in the prior year. Continued on page 7.
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Helena
Montana
State Public Service Commission
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Mountain States
Kalispell
J. R. Spangler
Denver
Roosevelt Leads Democratic Nomination for California Governor
Los Angeles June 6 With under a tenth of precincts reporting James Roosevelt claimed the Democratic nomination for governor. Returns show Roosevelt leading Warren 54961 to 41704, Warren holding the Republican race lead by a wide margin.
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Los Angeles
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Earl Warren
Roosevelt trails Warren for California governor nomination
James Roosevelt led Earl Warren by about 13 000 votes in California Democratic primary returns from 1 661 of 18 022 precincts, while Warren stayed ahead on the Republican ticket. Total Democrat registration neared 2 862 063 to 1 826 350 Republicans. long ballots slowed counts and delayed results across the state. In South Dakota, Francis Case defeated Chan Gurney in the Republican primary, with two thirds of votes tallied.
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San Francisco
James Roosevelt
Earl Warren
Warren
Roosevelt
California
Los Angeles
Helen Gahagan Douglas
New Deal
Manchester Boddy
Richard Nixon
United States Senate
Boddy
Nixon
Douglas
Sioux Falls
S. D
Francis Case
Congress
United States
Chan Gurney
South Dakota
Senate
South Dakota precinct results for Senate and governor races
Partial SD precinct report shows Republican Francis Case with 47 011 votes and Chan Gurney 37 233 for U S Senate, Democratic John S Tschetter 9 007 and John A Engel 14 534, plus GOP Governor race results Joe Foss 27 835 Boyd Leedom 13 536 Sigurd Anderson 30 814 Irwin R Erickson 3 331 C J Calthorp 7 010, and second district 292 of 619 precincts Bottum 6 083 Berry 6 450.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
United States Senate
Francis Case
United States
Chan Gurney
John S. Tschetter
John A. Engel
Joe Foss
Boyd Leedom
Sigurd Anderson
Irwin R. Erickson
C. J. Calthorp
Congress
Joe N. Bottum
E. Y. Berry
Voting divisions continued in Albuquerque report
Albuquerque New Mexico, June 6. In a lengthy dispatch the article notes that 276 of 910 voting divisions were tallied at this point, with further results continued on page 2, column 4.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Congress May Not Get to Tax Legislation This Year
Washington June 6 The House ways and means committee approved an 1.1 billion excise tax cut but administration leaders warn there may be no tax legislation this year Senate Democratic Leader Lucas said Congress will adjourn before a tax bill is finished Republican Wherry calls the excise cut a must President Truman would veto a bill in its present form The committee seeks revenue to cover the cuts while considering a 650 million increase in corporate taxes but doubt remains on approval of higher rates.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Democratic Policy Committee
Congress
Wherry
Neb
Truman
Ways and Means
Yugoslavia accuses Russia of blocking Danube shipping
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia charges Russia is blocking Danube commerce with naval maneuvers. Borba asserts Soviet moves violate the 1948 Danube convention guaranteeing free navigation. Movements began May 16 and continued weekly through June.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Danube
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Europe
Borba
Voice
Marshal Tito
Bradley Urges More Arms for Western Europe
General Omar Bradley urged expanded U S arms aid to western Europe as 11 Congress members opened a push for a world disarmament conference. Harriman testified for industrial support to Western Europe while the sponsors urged UN General Assembly action to curb conventional and atomic arms and redirect savings to global economic development.
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Washington
U.P
Omar N. Bradley
United States
Western
Europe
Congress
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
ECA
W. Averell Harriman
Southeast Asia
Russia
Brien McMahon
D-Conn
United Nations General Assembly
General Assembly
McMahon
Bradley
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Western Europe
Sens
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Wayne L. Morse
R-Ore
John J. Sparkman
Dala
Guy M. Gillette
D-Iowa
Robert C. Hendrickson
Rn.j
Melvin Price
Dill
Henry Jackson
Charles A. Eaton
R-N.j
W. Sterling Cole
R-N. Y
Witness Defies Lobby Probers in Contempt Threat
Washington June 6. Edward A. Rumely executive secretary of the Committee for Constitutional Government refused to hand over all data demanded by House lobby investigators citing rights over book sales and loans for promoting sales. Kamp and Hart also appeared with limited cooperation amid contempt citation warnings from Chairman Buchanan.
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Washington
Committee For Constitutional Government
Congressional Lobby
Edward A. Rumely
Special House Lobby
Rumely
Joseph P. Kamp
Constitutional Educational League
Merwin K. Hart
National Economic Council
Kamp
Representative Buchanan
Dpa
House
Hart
Buchanan
Truman Defends Action to Aid Free Enterprise
President Truman defended government action to support private enterprise at a Better Business bureaus dinner. He accused reactionaries of waging propaganda against the administration and urged passage of his proposals to channel private capital into smaller firms and new investments. He noted social security insurance boosted private life insurance and that private power companies had expanded.
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Washington
Truman
Better Business Bureaus
Motorists Arm Nearly Severed In Montana Crash
A 45 year old Seattle woman Mrs E H Buss was hospitalized in St James after her left arm was nearly severed in a 1940 Cadillac rollover about 17 miles west of Butte during a rainstorm. Her husband Ervin Buss was treated for shock and bruises and discharged. A passing motorist Mrs Lucille Fitzpatrick and her son rushed the couple to Butte for medical care. The Busses were enroute to Minneapolis from Seattle and the car was a total wreck. Highway Patrolman Al Boehme led the investigation with assistance from Patrolman Ray Olsen.
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Seattle
St. James Hospital
Butte
E. H. Buss
California
Ervin Buss
Manhunt for Butte suspect in third child abuse case
Butte police sought a Butte man early Wednesday over a statutory offense involving a Mining City girl, the third such report in three days. The 9 year old and her mother gave a full description, and officers hoped to arrest him soon.
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Butte
Mining City
Jap Communists denounce MacArthur ban in Akahata
Tokyo June 7. The Japanese Communist Party denounced Gen. Douglas MacArthur's ban on its central committee and urged workers to strike. Akahata published the defiant statement asserting the party's indestructibility, calling for immediate labor action by 65 Tokyo unions and a general strike as ultimate goal. Secret papers burned ahead of possible outlawing.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Central Committee
Communist Party
Akahata
Red Flag
Sup
MacArthur
Communist Party Central Committee
Japan
Henderson Named Head of Vigilante Scout Council
Edgar T. Henderson was elected president of the Vigilante Boy Scout council at its 32nd annual meeting in the Hotel Finlen, succeeding Rex F. Henningsen. Enrollment now exceeds 2,000 with 1,614 youth members and about 2,024 with adult Scouters. New officers include Arnold Jacobsen, James Manion, James Anderson as vice presidents. Guy D. Pratt as treasurer. Eugene W. Savage as finance chairman.
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Edgar T. Henderson
Vigilante Boy Scout Council
Rex F. Henningsen
Finlen
Vigilante Council
Arnold Jacobsen
Butte
James Manion
Anaconda
James Anderson
Whitehall
Guy D. Pratt
Eugene W. Savage
H. F. Burton
R. S. Bentley
George Haney
George Schotte
Bill Mott
R. J. Stephan
William Malloy
Fred Strandberg
Tom Nelson
Carl Sullenburger
Charles Stack
Gil Lembke
Lewis Porter
Bob Gibson
Rex Henningsen
Harry M. Ross
Leo Musburger
Bob Henningsen
R. A. Bucholz
Lowery Kunkel
Earl Watts
Twin Bridges
F. L. Riley
Frank Stupen
Ward Thompson
William A. O'Kelly
August Grunert
Oscar Hills
Richard Lungren
Earle Genzberger
Tom J. Davis
Father Peter
Japanese Communist leaders purged from public life
TOKYO June 6 The Japanese government purged the brains of Japan's Communist party. General MacArthur ordered the ban of the 24 leaders in a letter to Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. Yoshida summoned his cabinet in extraordinary session as Allied occupation moves continue.
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Tokyo
Japan
Communist Party
Gen. MacArthur
Rel
Shigeru Yoshida Yoshida
Weather Forecast for Butte and Surrounding Areas
Mostly cloudy with occasional rain or snow showers and cooler conditions. Wednesday’s high around 58 and low near 33, with temperatures across the period from midnight Monday to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday varying by location. West of divide expect clouds and snow showers above 5500 feet, little change, high 50 to 60. east of divide expect showers and cooler western mountains, high 60 to 70, southeast around 55 to 65.
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School of Mines
Divide
Senate votes $2 billion boost to farm price supports
The Senate approved a $2 billion increase in farm price supports, raising the Commodity Credit Corporation lending authority to $6.75 billion after 12 hours of debate. The measure, sent back to the House for action on amendments, faced Republican opposition over accounting methods and calls to audit CCC finances for 1948 and 1949. The vote was 46 to 5 with the drive continuing into late hours.
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Washington
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
House
John J. Williams
R-Del
Ccc
Williams
Senate Agriculture Committee
Harry P. Cain
R-Wash
Silver Bow County population tops 47,000 in census preview
Preliminary census figures released Tuesday by Russell E. Westberg show Silver Bow County with 47,992 residents, most in the Butte area. Butte city limits hold 32,904, Walkerville 1,629, with notable growth on the south side and declines elsewhere. Final counts will adjust for non-residents and other checks in Washington. City zone population around four miles from center is estimated near 47,000.
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Silver Bow County
Butte
Russell E. Westberg
Bureau
Walkerville
Westberg
South Side
Bureau of Census Supervision
Washington, D. C
Embarks on Total War Against Reds in Indo-China
In Saigon on June 6 a failed assassination of a cabinet member pushed Bao Dai’s regime toward total war against Ho Chi Minh’s Moscow backed guerrillas. Education minister Vuong Quang Nhuong was wounded with three bullets and is in critical condition after Monday attack. Lucien Bazin, a French police official, was killed on April 28. The crackdown includes imprisonment without trial for suspected underground terrorists and a push to form a national Vietnamese army to combat Ho’s forces alongside the French and foreign legion.
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Saigon
Bao Dai
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Vuong Quang Nhuong
Indo- China
Vuong
Lucien Bazin
French and Foreign Legion
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Mr. Truman
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Island of
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E. T. Henderson
Scout Council
Associated Press
Max Min
Neteewe Wee
Belgrade Broadus
Cut Bank
Senntetennenes
Dillon
Drummond Een
Ellender
D-La
Delaware
Indo-China
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