Theft of Fortune Parallels Story Book Tale
The Army says it has arrested WAC Captain Kathleen Mash Durant and her colonel husband J W Durant in a $1.5 million jewel theft from Kronberg Castle near Frankfurt. They allegedly hid diamonds and royal heirlooms in a lead lined casket, with much of the treasure claimed by the colonel. Authorities seek two other suspects and say they know where the rest is hidden.
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Washington
Army
WAC
War Department
J. W. Durant
Kathleen B. Mash Durant
Durant
Cameron Street
Falls Church
Hudson
Wis
A. C. Miller
J. S. Myers
Kronberg
Frankfurt-on- Main
Third Army
G. L's
Fire Drives Guests From Senator Hotel In Atlantic City
Atlantic City firemen battled a three alarm blaze at the 235 room Senator hotel near the Boardwalk. About 150 guests fled to the street with no injuries reported. Elevator operator Ernest Bailey said the fire began in the housekeepers' department on the third floor and the alarm was sounded at 8 20 p m. The hotel said 200 Rotary International delegates had checked out after the convention closed.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Senator Hotel
Boardwalk
Midtown
Ernest Bailey
E. S
Resourcefulness urged to lick peace problems at Montana Mines
Secretary Julius A. Krug told 10 graduates at Montana School of Mines that resourcefulness must match wartime effort to solve peace challenges. He warned that bonanza discoveries are unlikely and urged improved technology on known mineral deposits, stockpiling scarce materials, and using surplus metals.
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Krug
Butte
Montana
Julius A. Krug
Francis A. Thomson
Montana School of Mines
C. E. Erdman
Great Falls
U. S. Geological Survey
George Bennett
Helena
Secretary of the Interior
School of Mines
America
United Nations
United States
Interior Department
War Production Board
Favorable Turns in Maritime Crisis Amid Talks
Washington reports progress in West Coast labor talks with A F L and C I O unions as Pacific Marshall negotiations begin in San Francisco. The C I O dominated groups plan a June 15 strike while East Coast talks stall and government conciliators see narrow progress. Page 3.
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Washington
San Francisco
Pacific- American Shipowners Association
A. F. L. Sailors Union of the Pacific
J. B. Bryan
Gregory Harrison
C. I. O. National Maritime Union
Truman
House
Mines Alumni Banquet Officers to Elect Speaker from Army
Montana School of Mines alumni plan their annual banquet with elections for officers. Elliott Coldwater, Anaconda, a former Army Air Forces captain and Mines graduate, will deliver the principal address. The stag dinner starts at 7 p.m. in the Hotel Finlen Roundup room, with alumni from across the state expected.
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Montana School of Mines
Rayworth F. Howe
Butte
Chester H. Steele
Ray Gallant
Robert Gale, Jr
Howe
A. E. Adams
Robert W. Lawson
August Grunert
Elliott
Doc) Coldwater
Army Air Forces
Mines
Finlen
Montana
Revised Bid Made for Steel Plant in Utah
The Colorado Fuel and Iron corporation has reportedly submitted a revised bid of 40 million dollars for the Geneva steel plant in Utah. A down payment of 2 million dollars is planned with the rest to be paid over several years, according to sources in Washington cited by the Denver Post.
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Denv.r
Geneva
Utah
Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation
Denver Post
Washington
Eighteen-Year-Old Wins License to Wed 79-Year-Old Neighbor
In Louisa Kentucky Delbert Sprouse 18 finally secured a marriage license to wed 79 year old widow Mattie Lyons Large grandmother of 49. He borrowed funds to cover the license and faced delays over parental consent and minister arrangements. The couple plans to marry at Mrs Large's home and begin housekeeping on a farm adjoining the Sprouse family.
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Louisa
Delbert (Shorty) Sprouse
Mattie Lyons Large
Sprouse
Mrs. Large
Coroner Jury Finds Holling Responsible in Guidoni Shooting
A coroner's jury in Butte ruled James Guidoni died from a gunshot fired from a .22 rifle owned by the late Arthur Holling. Holling died May 14 and the verdict named him responsible in the death of 15 year old James Guidoni after 19 witnesses testified in a four and a half hour inquest.
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James C. Guidoni
Lewis A. Guidoni
Maple
Arthur Holling
Guidoni
James Grant
Rudy Sayatovic
William Donald Tomich
Hazel
East Mercury
Holling
FBI Laboratory
Washington, D. C
Anti-Fascist Group Is Branded Red by HUAC report
The House committee on un-American activities labeled the joint anti-Fascist refugee committee of New York a Communist Front and urged registration of foreign agents. The 35,000 word 1945 activity report cites 34 sponsors linked to a Spanish Refugee Appeal and ties to the American committee for Spanish freedom.
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Washington
U.P
House Committee On un-American Activities
Refugee Committee
New York
House
Edward Barsky
American Committee For Spanish Freedom
Bartley Crum
California
United States
Samuel J. Novick
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Activians Convene in Butte for District 5 OfficersElection
More than 300 Activians and wives gather in Butte for the first full-scale district convention since before the war. Duthie J. Brockway will preside with Wendell Evavold as convention secretary. The schedule includes registration at Finlen hotel, officer elections, banquet, and a series of musical entertainments.
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Butte
Montana
Finlen Hotel
Paul Golden
N. C. Hoff
Immaculate Conception Parish
Noreen Lonam
Fred Harvey
F. O. Jackson
Weather Outlook for Butte Through Saturday
Clear to partly cloudy and warmer conditions expected in Butte on Saturday with scattered showers possible Saturday night. Maximums near 70 for School of Mines and Airport, while west of the divide warms to 65 to 75 and east of the divide to 65 to 75 with partial cloudiness. Temperatures range from 28 to 63 across locations in the past 24 hours.
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School of Mines
Miners and Operators Strike End With New Anthracite Contract
United Mine Workers and anthracite operators reached a new contract offering an 18 cents per hour wage increase and a health and welfare fund costing operators about 50,000 60 million annually. 75,000 miners will return to work Monday. The fund is financed by a five cents per ton royalty and will be administered by three trustees two named by UMW President John L. Lewis and one by the operators.
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New York
John L. Lewis
A. F. L. United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Thomas J. Kennedy
Health and Welfare Fund
Kennedy
Washington
Price Control in Curtailed Form Handed Senate
Senate receives a curtailed price control bill from Majority Leader Barkley and plans a Monday vote. The measure extends OPA controls for a year with changes, ending meat and dairy ceilings this month and phasing out food subsidies by May 1947. Labor leaders warn of wage demands and national disaster amid inflation concerns.
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Washington
Barkley
D-Ky
Banking Committee
Senate
Wagner
CN. Y
OPA
Philip Murray
Secretary of Agriculture
Laundrymen Hear National Leaders at Montana Convention
More than 80 delegates at the Montana Laundry Owners and Dry Cleaners annual convention heard discussions by three national officers on association activities expansion wage incentive plans and Washington legislation. The two day event will close with a business session and election of officers followed by a banquet.
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Montana Laundry Owners and Dry Cleaners Association
William L. Skahen
Silver Springs
National Association of Dyers and Cleaners
E. J. Tuckerman
National Association
J. M. Matson
Washington
Wallace rejects third party bid over Truman labor policy
Washington June 7 Henry A Wallace stressed he is not available to lead any third party movement by groups dissatisfied with President Truman’s labor policies.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Butte Meat Shortage Prompts Telegram Protest
Telegrams protesting the meat shortage in Butte and the resulting confusion for dealers and consumers were sent to the Office of Price Administration and Montana senators after meetings with local dealers. The messages urge prompt action to relieve Critically low quotas and ceilings that hinder meat supplies for workers.
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Butte
Office of Price Administration
Montana
Congress
Butte Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
West Coast
Chamber
L. M. A. Wass
OPA
Helena
Violent Protests Erupt Overthrown Humbert in Italy
In Naples and two other Italian cities rioters clash with police in monarchist demonstrations against the overthrow of King Humbert and the House of Savoy. Four are dead and 35 wounded in daylong fighting. In Naples mobs storm barracks and a radio station while attacks target priests and churches. Carabinieri and troops intervene as Interior Minister Romita orders a hard crackdown.
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Rome
U.P
Naples
Humbert
House of Savoy
Italy
Carabinieri
Guisseppe Romita
Vote Blocked on Terminal Pay
Washington June 71 P A gentlemen's agreement blocked House action Friday on legislation to pay billions of dollars to past and present enlisted men for fur lough time they didn't get while in service. Rep Brooks pressed for a roll call, defying the no roll call pact, and the House adjourned leaving the bill unfinished business for next Tuesday.
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Washington
House
Rep
Brooks
D-La
Rayburn
Tornado destroys Montana farm buildings killing one man
John Stahl 66 describes from a Williston hospital how a northeastern Montana tornado wrecked the Charles Ehry farm near Froid. Riley Tunison 64 died under debris while Stahl escaped with minor injuries. Debris scattered within a mile, damage about 10000 dollars.
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Montana
Williston
N. D
John Stahl
Charles Ehry
Froid
Riley Tunison
Stahl
Riley
Tunison
Ehry
Richard Nyquist
Ehry Farm
Nyquist
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Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Havre
Kalispell
Lewistown Ocseenese
Livingston
Miles City Missoula
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
U. S. Weather Bureau
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