County seeks state aid on delinquent tax work
Silver Bow county commissioners will ask the state examiner to provide an accountant to assist in delinquent tax work aimed at correcting a false assessment. Six deputies are at work, with four more to prepare lists. 127 properties on the 1945 list will be ready for tax deed by month end as part of the drive.
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Board of
Silver Bow
Emmett P. O’brien
Joe H. Sullivan
Loretta L. Sullivan
Phemia McPhail
J. Frank Sullivan
Russia Reported Receiving Atomic Research Devices in 1947
An FBI report disclosed that Russia received a 1947 shipment of atomic research equipment from the United States and that two later shipments were blocked in 1948 and 1949. It notes Amtorg knew what to request and matched U S atomic energy commission purchases.
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Washington
FBI
Russia
United States
Amtorg
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Squire divorce sought over 1917 disappearance
Mrs. Caroline Squire, 78, asked for a divorce from Charles J. Squire in Cincinnati, alleging he left July 4 1917 to get a glass of beer and did not return.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
U.P
Caroline Squire
Charles J. Squire
Butte High Band Delights Seattle With Parade and Game
The Butte high school band wowed 60,000 Seattleites with a downtown parade and a 25 minute field and stadium performance at Sicks Stadium. In the evening 8,500 fans roared approval as the band played and majorettes performed ahead of a Seattle Rainiers game.
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Butte High School
Seattle
America
Sicks Stadium
Seattle Rainiers
Earl Sheeley
White
Butte
Speedy Senate Action Urged on Atlantic Pact Treaty
The Senate foreign relations committee urged swift ratification of the 12 nation mutual aid treaty calling it the world’s best insurance against war. It warned of disastrous consequences abroad if the Senate delays and noted Britain has ratified, with Canada already approved and France Belgium The Netherlands outstanding.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Europe
Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Dtexas
Great Britain
State Department
Alliance
Canada
France
Belgium
the Nether
New AMA Leader Attacks Federal Sickness Insurance Plan
Dr. Ernest E. Irons during the AMA 98th annual meeting in Atlantic City denounced compulsory sickness insurance as socialized medicine and warned it would lead to government ownership of businesses and loss of workers gains. Labor leaders he said are realizing that free medical care is not as advertised.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Truman
All America
American Medical Association
Ernest E. Irons
Chicago
AMA
Butte Welcomes Dr. Boyd for Montana Mines Graduation
Dr James Boyd 44 year old head of the United States Bureau of Mines arrives by auto in Butte for the Montana School of Mines commencement. He will deliver the address at 8 pm Wednesday and receive an honorary Doctor of Engineering. Governor Bonner will present the degree. Fifty one grads receive degrees. Boyd reports a vacation in Yellowstone and plans to cut western trip short for Senate appropriations hearings in Washington.
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James Boyd
United States Bureau of Mines
Butte
Montana School of Mines
Yellowstone National Park
Interior Department
Rockies
Boyd
Colorado School of Mines
Golden
Montana Mines
Colorado Mines
John W. Bonner
Francis A. Thomson
Mines
Washington, D. C
Senate Appropriations Committee
Missoula
Hailey
Idaho
Chamber of Commerce
Appropriations Committee
Washington
Montana
Interior
Julius A. Krug
Northwest
Carleton Shuge
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
Hanford
Shugge
Shugg
Capitol Hill
AEC
Congressional
Defense
Johnson
McMahon
Dconn
Graham
D-N. C
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Com
Cabinet Official John Snyder to Arrive Today
Treasury Secretary John Snyder arrives in Butte with his party for a western business tour and vacation. They tour the Leonard mine, dine at Finlen hotel, tour the Anaconda smelter, and depart for West Yellowstone by plane. Governor Bonner attends. William Meyer presides at lunch.
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Treasury
John Snyder
Butte
William J. Bray
Sun Valley
Butte Hill
Leonard Mine
Finlen Hotel
Snyder
John W. Bonner
William Meyer
Anaconda
Butte Country Club
West Yellowstone
East
Tragedy At Sea After Puerto Rico Plane Crash
A chartered transport with 81 aboard including 75 passengers and six crew dived into the sea near San Juan in a rainstorm. Fifty four were dead or missing, 27 rescued, as the plane bound for Miami and Newark sank in shark infested waters. Continued on Page 14.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Miami
Newark
N. J
Argentina
Santa Caterina
Athens
TAE
United States
Fla
Jobless Figures Hit High Mark
U S unemployment rose to 3,289,000 in May, a postwar high. The Commerce Department data show more people employed but openings did not keep pace, lifting jobless by 270,000 from April. May employment reached 58,694,000 with a civilian labor force of 61,983,000.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Laborites Indorse Austerity Program
In Blackpool on June 7 the Labour party conference endorsed the government's austerity program despite a warning from Lord Strabolgi of an impending economic blizzard. The gathering then held a top secret session to map its election campaign strategy.
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Blackpool
England
Britain
Labor Party
Lord Strabolgi
Safety Council States Meeting Organizes Drive for New Members
The Silver Bow Safety Council meets at the Butte Chamber of Commerce asking all interested in accident prevention to attend. Affiliated with the National Safety Council, it aims to reduce accidents via education, talks, mail and media distribution, and school safety courses.
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Silver Bow Safety Council
Butte Chamber of Commerce
National Safety Council
Berlin Crisis Grows Over Berlin Control Deadlock
The Big Four foreign ministers reach a crisis point in Berlin talks as Western Allies reject a Russian veto over city government. Russia seeks veto power, half the magistrate seats, and control over political and civic groups. Vishinsky to reply, possible early end if unfavorable.
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Paris
Big Four Foreign Ministers
Berlin
Vishinsky
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
West
Gordon Gray Nominated as Army Secretary by President Truman
President Truman names Gordon Gray to be secretary of the Army after Gray has served as Undersecretary since April and as acting secretary following Kenneth C. Royall’s resignation. Gray is a noncombat veteran, publisher, and former Army captain with the 12th Army Group in Europe.
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Washington
Truman
Gordon Gray
North Carolina
Kenneth C. Royall
Gray
Baltimore
12Th Army Group
Europe
Senate
White House
Defense Johnson
Curtis E. Calder
New York
Piedmont Publishing Company
Winston- Salem
Winston-Salem Journal
Twin City
2 500 Longshoremen Clash in New York Riot
About 2 500 longshoremen clashed outside the union hall in New York in a riot over a Jim Crow issue. Nineteen ships were idled as fists, clubs, and signs flew. mounted and foot police intervened and banned picketing the union headquarters.
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New York
Joseph P. Ryan
Airlift to Carry Berlin Mail Starts Amid Strike
Western Allied kommandatura ordered the airlift to haul eight tons of mail daily to west Berlin. Brig. Gen. Frank Howley said the move counters Soviet censorship after a rail strike disrupted mail, with 14 000 non Communist railway workers demanding union recognition and west mark pay.
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Berlin
Kommandatura
Frank Howley
United States
West Berlin
East Berlin
Butte Weather: Partly cloudy and cooler Wednesday
Weather forecast for Butte indicates partly cloudy to fair skies with a cooler Wednesday. Maximums in the low to mid 70s are expected in the next 24 hours, with regional variations including 70 to 80 degrees west of the divide and scattered thundershowers in the southeast portion.
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School of Mines
Divide
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