Porter of Helena Found Guilty in Grand Jury Case
Helena June 9 Roger Porter a Helena garageman was found guilty by a district court jury of attempting to corrupt a member of the county grand jury investigating gambling and rackets since last July. The jury recommended the maximum 5000 fine and Porter faces sentencing Tuesday morning.
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Helena
Roger Porter
Helena Garageman
Porter
Matthew Vook
Lewis and Clark County Grand Jury
Floyd Small
Small
Remington Quits Federal Post
William W. Remington, 32, a Commerce Department official, resigns from his $10,000-a-year post after being indicted by a New York federal grand jury for perjury. He denies Communist ties and says he will fight the charges in court. the resignation is effective Monday.
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Washington
U.P
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
New York
Remington
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Michael Lee
Department
Lee
Graduation Speaker Predicts Higher Butte Mineral Output Ahead
Dr. Donald H. McLaughlin told Golden Commencement exercises at Montana School of Mines that Butte will exceed last half century in minerals output over the next 50 years. He noted Reno H. Sales’s industry contributions and received an honorary Doctor of Engineering. Dr. Francis A. Thomson, president of Montana Mines, accepted Colorado School of Mines’ Distinguished Achievement medal.
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Butte
Golden
Montana School of Mines
Donald H. McLaughlin
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Homestake Mining Company
Reno H. Sales
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Sales
New York City
Engineering leader urges bold initiative for future experts
Selke of the University of Montana presented on behalf of the Colorado College board of trustees as Dr. McLaughlin warned engineers face a violent age yet predicted continued mineral growth for Butte. The 58 year old ex educator and current executive received a third honorary engineering doctorate and praised geologists for extending operations. He noted lack of instruction in economics history or literature in engineering schools may not hinder progress if one can complete liberal studies.
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Butte
Harvard
California
School of Mines
Michigan
South Dakota
McLaughlin
Engineer advocate dismisses college as sole path to education
Dr McLaughlin argues self-education via reading and observation can rival or exceed liberal arts training. He condemns security pleas and calls for opposition to a tightly planned economy, asserting engineers can succeed without conventional curricula.
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Liberal
McLaughlin
Pullen Wins Three Mines School Awards At Golden Commencement
Robert W. Pullen a Butte graduate and father of two led Golden Commencement honors at Montana School of Mines. He won the Montana Society of Engineers outstanding graduate award the AIME Montana section first prize for a mining paper and a $500 American Smelting and Refining Company prize. The selection was by A. B. Martin Frank Cliff and Robert W. Lawson based on scholarship integrity and engineering promise. Anto nioli placed second. Judges from Butte Anaconda and Butte vetted the entries. Pullen spoke on belt conveyors in underground metal mines.
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Robert W. Pullen
Montana School of Mines
Butte
Montana Society of Engineers
School of Mines
Montana
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
American Smelting and Refining Company
MSE
F. C. Gilbert
Helena
Mines
Pullen
A. B. Martin
Frank Cliff
Robert W. Lawson
Martin
AIME
Frank M
Charles T. Wise
Charles S. Matthews
Hugh J. Maguire
C. F. Milkwick
Anaconda
Edward P. Shea
Charles Goddard
Antonioli
Sen Vandenberg's Wife Succumbs
Mrs. Arthur Vandenberg, wife of Michigan Senator Arthur Vandenberg, died Saturday after a long illness. She endured spells of serious illness since two major operations in 1947 and was well known in Washington for over twenty years.
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Washington
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Gold and Two Others Indicted in Atom Spy Case
A federal grand jury indicted Harry Gold and two unnamed men for feeding atomic secrets to the Russians. Gold acted as intermediary between Klaus Fuchs and a wartime Soviet spy ring, with one defendant named John Doe and another Richard Roe. Gold, held on $100,000 bail, faces possible death if convicted.
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New York
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
Gold
Klaus Fuchs
John Doe
John
Richard Roe
Switzerland
James E. McGranery
Russia
United States
Fuchs
FBI
Britain
Military Chiefs Urge Congress for More Arms
Four top generals told a Senate subcommittee that the United States is unprepared for a major war and urged faster arms production. General Hoyt S. Vandenberg warned air defenses must be on a 24 hour alert as Soviet capability grows. Also testifying were General Omar N. Bradley, W. Stuart Symington and General J. Lawton Collins.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
United States
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Russia
Vandenberg
Omar N
Bradley
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
W. Stuart Symington
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Senate
London
Senate pressure over Forrestal diary in Amerasia case
Republican Senator Knowland urged the White House to release the sealed Forrestal diary to seek light on who ordered delays in arrests in the 1945 Amerasia secret documents case. The diary, kept since Forrestal’s 1949 death, is tied to possible top secret references and to questions about Justice Clark and James Vardaman’s roles. Clark reportedly cannot recall directing FBI delays, while McInerney supposedly said Clark recalls no go slow order.
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Washington
Knowland
Senate
White House
Forrestal
Amerasia
James V. Forrestal
United States Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Truman
Congress
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
James K. Vardaman
Vardaman
Justice Clark
FBI
Clark
Justice Department
United States
James M. McInerney
McInerney
Passenger in Death Auto Is Missing
An unidentified passenger remains missing after a car veered into an irrigation ditch north of Hardin Montana. Ernest Thompson, 20, of Hardin, died in the crash. Five Indian companions escaped with minor injuries and could not identify the other Negro aboard the vehicle. Water was turned off in the irrigation canal to aid the search.
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Billings
State Patrol
Hardin
Ernest Thompson
Thompson
Custer-Hardin
MacArthur Blasted by Chinese Reds in Peiping Radio
Peiping radio accused Gen. MacArthur of purging Japan's top Reds and violating Potsdam and Far East policy. The attack likened him to Tojo as Tokyo readies a special cabinet session amid talk of outlawing the Communist party and new police actions.
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Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
Japan
Peiping Radio
Communist Party
MacArthur
Far Eastern Commission
Peiping Peoples’ Daily
United States
McCarthy calls for Acheson firing at once in Wisconsin
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy wowed Wisconsin Republicans at the state convention by launching a fierce attack on Secretary of State Dean Acheson. He accused Acheson of aiding a world strategy with Red China and Red Poland and urged President Truman to remove him immediately. McCarthy warned of incompetence and treachery within the State Department and claimed a Moscow-centered plan threatens global freedom.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Joseph R. McCarthy
Rwis
Dean Acheson
McCarthy
Wisconsin Gop
State Department
Acheson
China
Poland
Truman
Moscow
Three Young Airmen Are Killed at Sea
A Navy torpedo bomber crashed 70 miles off Cape Henry during anti-submarine training, killing three young airmen. A combined air and surface search was stopped at 12:30 p.m. MST after 14 hours with no survivors. None of the dead came from the Rocky Mountain area.
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Norfolk
Cape Henry
Rocky Mountain
Truman Urges Continued Aid to Europe Against Communism
President Truman told a rain-soaked crowd at the University of Missouri that it would be disastrous to cut foreign spending now. He argued economic and military aid to Western Europe must continue after the Marshall plan ends to maintain a healthy world economy and resist Communist influence, noting Europe is still far from self sufficiency but has made progress under aid.
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Columbia
U.P
Truman
University of Missouri
Western Europe
University
Memorial Stadium
Europe
Phi Beta Kappa
National Scholastic Society
Western
Liv
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Regions
Butte forecast shows partly cloudy and warmer conditions Saturday with a low near 31 and a high around 65. Airport readings report a max 53 and min 36, School of Mines max 52 min 35, with 0.05 inches precipitation. West of Divide mostly partly cloudy to cloudy and warmer with highs 60 to 70. east of Divide variable high clouds and warmer with highs 65 to 75.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Billings
Lucas Demands Action on Rent Controls
The Senate rejected a Republican adjournment motion 33 to 13 after Cain ended a 12 hour filibuster opposing rent control extension. Democratic leader Lucas urged action, as the chamber failed to reach a quorum during the delay, with Knowland’s adjournment bid falling short.
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Washington
Senate
Cain
Knowland
Barkley
Lucas
Crop Production May Hit High 10-Year Average
The June crop report from the Agriculture Department shows a weather-delayed start but forecasts total crop production near the 10-year high including bumper war years. Winter and spring wheat total 945 million bushels, spring wheat 234 million, corn and soybeans prospects improved with warmer weather, and regional variations range from above average in Atlantic states to below average in north central and western regions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
North
South Atlantic
South Central
North Central
Mine Found On Train Triggers Evacuation in New Jersey
An anti-personnel mine from the South Amboy blast area was found Friday in the coal pile of a Pennsylvania railroad train carrying 350 passengers. All aboard were evacuated as a precaution. Army officials warned fire heat or agitation could have set off the device known as a Betty. Locomotive fireman Raymond C. Clayton spotted it. He was injured May 19 in the South Amboy station when the explosion killed 31 people.
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Red Bank
N. J
South Amboy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Raymond C. Clayton
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Joseph W. Tripp
Donn S. Gorsline
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Robert L. Ritchey
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Flushing
Thomas P. Liss
Richard R. Douglas
Huntington Park
Claude R. Barnes
Coeur d'Alene
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Arthur G. Moore
Arcadia
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Havre
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Dale F. Kittel
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