Mongolian Air Assault Reported in Sinkiang Clash
Outer Mongolian troops backed by Soviet planes reportedly invaded Sinkiang province town Pietashan and nearby areas beginning June 5, with four Soviet airstrikes and heavy fighting against Sinkiang forces as China hesitates to confirm details.
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Nanking
Sinkiang Province
Pietashan
Central
Outer Mongolia
Sinkiang
Central News Agency
Tihwa
Nanking Long
Dairen
Port Arthur
Manchuria
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chang Chih-Chung
Chang
Masud Wa-teh
Shanghai
Foreign Office
British policemen freed by Jewish underground in Tel Aviv area
Two British policemen Sgt E E Hackett and Constable P C Ward were rescued after being kidnapped and held in a room with nooses at Kiriat Shaul near Tel Aviv. They described being bound blindfolded and transported in a wardrobe to a house, with captors threatening hanging if their men were not condemned to die in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
Jewish Underground
E E. P. Hackett
P. C. Ward
Kiriat Shaul
Tel Aviv
J. M. Flanagan
Flanagan
Hackett
Truman Receives Warm Ovation From Canadians
Ottawa crowds greet President Truman during a three day goodwill visit. He attends a ceremony honoring W. L. Mackenzie King on his 20th anniversary as prime minister and is honored by Parliament with cheers and a display of both God Save the King and the Star Spangled Banner.
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Ottawa
Truman
Confederation Hall
W. L. Mackenzie King
Robert Borden
Government House
Parliament Building
Washington
King
United States
Senate
J. H. King
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Barkley Cards Succession Bill as Useless
In Washington on June 10 Democratic Leader Barkley of Kentucky called the pending presidential succession bill useless. Senator Wherry of Nebraska rebutted calling it necessary as urged by President Truman three times since 1945. The bill would place the Speaker of the House ahead of the Secretary of State in the presidential line of succession. The current speaker is Representative Martin of Massachusetts.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate
Truman
Wherry
United States
House of Representatives
Representative Martin
Mass
Eye injury after artificial eye explodes in Ohio
Mary Novack aged 37 was treated and released from Youngstown City hospital after her artificial eye exploded causing injuries to her right eye socket. Official temperature at the time was 94 degrees.
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Youngstown
Ohio
U.P
Mary Novack
Youngstown City Hospital
Youth Loses Fight for Death Penalty
Gerald Snow Welch aged 19 died not, as he sought, by the death penalty. A Los Angeles judge sentenced him to life imprisonment for the murder of 16 year old Dolores Fewkes. Welch pleaded guilty to shooting and clubbing her to death and received San Quentin confinement with a recommendation for lifelong incarceration.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Gerald Snow Welch
Dolores Fewkes
San Quentin
Levees Crumbled as Missouri River Floods Ravage North Central Region
The Missouri river breached levees flooding about 1,000,000 acres in north central Missouri. About 5,700 people are homeless in Missouri and Illinois as 500 workers rush to save a 60 mile levee in Pike county across the Mississippi from Hannibal. The Glasgow Boonville area has 500,000 flooded acres with five levees largely failing and four at risk of collapse. The Mississippi crest nearby levels off while lowlands near Alton face renewed threat.
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Hannibal
Missouri
Mississippi
Here
W. E. Potter
Kansas City
Glasgow
Mont
American Red Cross
Illinois
Alton
Col. Potter
Boonville
Pike County
Montana Highway Projects Listed
Montana highway commission announced bids for eight construction jobs costing over 1.1 million dollars, to be funded by federal funds when available. Most work occurs in eastern and central Montana and includes new bridges, grading, and surfacing on routes from the Musselshell River to Lavina, totaling several hundred thousand dollars per project.
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Helena
Montana Highway Commission
Montana
South Fork
Musselshell River
Martinsdale
Ringling
Glasgow-Opheim
Chateau-Dutton
North Dakota Line
Jackson East
North
Senate approves five nominations to postwar foreign posts
The Senate fast tracked five presidential nominations on June 10 covering U S diplomatic and relief roles. Dwight B Griswold will head the Greek phase of the 400 million Greek Turkish aid program. Norman Armour named assistant secretary of State to unify political affairs worldwide. Richard F Allen becomes field director of the 350 million foreign relief program. Emmett O Neal named ambassador to the Philippine republic. Mennett B Davis named US representative to the economic council on Asia and the Far East.
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Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dwight B. Griswold
Nebraska
Norman Armour
State Department
Richard F. Allen
American Red Cross
Emmett O'Neal
Kentucky
United States
New
Philippine Republic
Paul V. McNutt
Mennett B. Davis
Shanghai
Economic Council On
Asia
Far East
Griswold
Mediterranean-Balkan
Greece
Turkey
Harold E. Stassen
Armour
Princeton
Truman
Spruille Braden
Europe
Near East
Africa
Spain
Argentina
Chile
Canada
Global Police Force Debate at United Nations
Britain and China urged restraint on a proposed world police force while aligning with the United States on key issues. The Security Council debated police units under UN control as atomic talks moved forward with Soviet proposals to curb atomic energy. Brazil’s Muniz warned the veto power limits force use to aggression in a continuing deadlock on atomic energy.
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Lake Success
Britain
China
United Nations
Alexander Cadogan
C. L. Hsia
Security Council
United States
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Gromyko
Atomic Commission
Russia
Joao Carlos Muniz
Brazil
Communists Join Friends of the United States in Prestice
In Prestice Bohemia the entire Communist party membership joined the Friends of the United States society. A party spokesman said the move was due to not wanting to be left out of village activity.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U.P
Communist Party
Prestice
Bohemia
Friends of the United States” Society
Subsidy Proposed for Wool Industry by Government
Washington June 10 government should subsidize the wool industry if tariffs fail to protect domestic producers. Undersecretary Clayton testifies before Senate subcommittee. Genevan talks complicate decisions. Australia wary of price shifts. escape clauses planned for trade treaties. California juror panel exhaustion threats in Overell murder case.
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Washington
Clayton
Senate Public Lands Committee
Geneva
Australia
United States
United States Tariff Commission
Congress
House
Senate
Santa Ana
Calif
James Musick
Veniremen
Weather Forecast for Butte and Surrounding Areas
Partly to mostly cloudy conditions in Butte on Wednesday with occasional showers and a slight warmup. Highs near 60 to 65 across Montana with scattered afternoon showers and local thundershowers west of the divide and in central portions.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Sugar Rationing End Favored By House Committee
The House banking committee approved immediate end to home sugar rationing. The plan keeps price controls and inventories for industrial sugar, with Cuba Hawaii and Puerto Rico supplies cited as ample. End would allow housewives to can fruits and vegetables and cut waste.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Wolcott
R-Mich
Gamble
R-N. Y
Secretary of Agriculture
House
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Debt of Counties Hits Record Low in Montana
Bozeman Montana June 10 U P Montana county governments report higher cash balances and lower indebtedness than ever before per a Montana experiment station survey. The publication Trends in Montana County Finances by H G Halcrow urges counties to keep tax collections steady to build cash for future construction and to avoid indebtedness except for urgent capital improvements.
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Bozeman
U.p.-Montana
Montana Experiment Station
Experiment Station
Montana
H. G. Halcrow
Montana State College
Dewey Plans Low Profile Western Trip in July
Governor Dewey said on Tuesday he will not accept speaking invitations or meet party leaders during his four week western tour starting July 4. The trip aims to attend the Governors conference in Salt Lake City and visit relatives and sights. It will include Yellowstone Park the Grand Tetons Jackson Hole and other mountain state spots.
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Albany
N. Y
Dewey
Salt Lake City
Yellowstone Park
The
Grande Tetons
Jackson Hole Monument
Mountain States
Motorists Advised to Drive Carefully
Montana motorists should drive carefully on mountain highways to avoid rockslides from recent rains. Highway Engineer Howard Holmes urged caution, especially at night, as crews clear rocks but slides occur frequently during and after rain storms.
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Helena
Montana
Howard Holmes
Japanese Doctor Charged With Atrocities At Truk
The United States Navy accuses Capt Hiroshi Iwanami a former Japanese fleet surgeon of using captives as human guinea pigs in bacterial experiments and brutal torture on Truk He and about eighteen subordinates face charges of killing four Americans with injections strangling and bayonet or spear violence The case includes long tourniquet tortures to study shock and survival in wartime conditions
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Guam
United States Navy
Hiroshi Iwanami
Iwanami
Gorilla Attacks Keeper in Philadelphia Zoo Enclosure
A 400-pound gorilla named Bamboo grabbed attendant Samuel Giunta through the bars in Philadelphia on Tuesday and beat him against steel. Giunta suffered arm fractures and scalp injuries after a two minute attack, Bamboo’s second in six weeks following an April incident with Keeper Ralph Davis.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Giunta
Bamboo
Ralph Davis
Davis
Boy Slayer Found Criminally Insane
In St Joseph Missouri a circuit court jury ruled 16 year old Stuart B Allen criminally insane for the April 1 slaying of John B Prank the sexton of his foster fathers church He admitted using hammer and drill to satisfy an uncontrollable urge to kill and will be committed to a state mental hospital once the judge issues the order within days
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ST. Joseph
U.pa
Stuart B. Allen
John B. Prank
Duval Smith
Army Officers Escape From Country
Budapest dispatch reports Premier Lajos Dinnyes pledging to purge anti democratic elements from the Hungarian army, claims 80 percent of officers fled west, and vows friendship with the Soviet Union. He also indicates plans to nationalize banks and bauxite mines, amid Nagy related accusations and debate over Truman doctrine linkage.
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Budapest
Hungary
Lajos Dinnyes
Vv. P. Sviridov
National Assembly
Dinnyes
Assembly
Ferenc Nagy
United States
Truman
Greece
Turkey
James Reval
Szabadsag
Dean Acheson
Nagy
Guba
Soviet Union
May employment hits record high as economy brightens
Government analysts note May civilian employment rose to 58,330,000 and total paid jobs reached 59,800,000 with 1,470,000 in the armed forces. The gain, led by a 500,000 non farm rise, suggests a brighter overall economic picture despite earlier calls for a recession.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Record Winter Wheat Crop Is Forecast
The Agriculture Department reports this year's winter wheat crop at 1,093,071,000 bushels based on June 1 conditions, surpassing May projections of 1,025,789,000. Last year's winter wheat totaled 873,893,000 bushels, while spring wheat is seen at 316,822,000 bushels versus 281,822,000 last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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