Senate Extends Federal Rent Controls to 1950
The Senate voted 86 to 28 to continue federal rent controls through 1950 and allow communities to extend for six more months. The bill moves to the House as debate is expected to sharpen, with mixed party support and pending provisions for the District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Rayburn
Texas
George
Georgia
Democratic Party
Neely
D-W. Va
District of Columbia
Jaffe Refuses Senate Questions In Amerasia Case
Philip J. Jaffe declined to answer Senate questions on the Amerasia thefts case and faced possible contempt. The New York maker of greeting cards cited self incrimination risk and refused to discuss his previous grand jury appearance or whether he was a Communist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Philip J. Jaffe
Amerasia
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations
State Department
Theodore F. Green
D-R.i
Edward P. Morgan
Jaffe
Subcommittee
Morgan
New York
A. John Rogge
Justice Department
Herbert J. Fabricant
Rogge
Green
Owen J. Lattimore
Baltimore
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Amerasia Magazine
Lattimore
Butte Pays Tribute Today to the Men on the Hill
Butte honors the miners with a 72nd Miners Union day at Columbia Gardens. Workers will join in traditional activities while city business largely halts, post offices close, and banks shut. Anaconda Copper Mining co sponsors a first aid contest starting 11 AM, rain or shine, at Columbia Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Miners Union
Columbia Gardens
Miners Union
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Columbia
Chinese cabinet imposes death penalties for Formosa battle
Taipei Formosa June 12 The executive yuan decreed death for regimental commanders who retreat without orders and for subordinates if the commander dies. Gen Chiang-Kuo urged fighting spirit as nationalist guerrillas reportedly push Communist forces in Hunan and Kwangsi.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Executive Yuan
Chiang-Kuo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Russia
Hunan
Kwangsi
Gilman Town Sold For 81 Dollars In Montana
Gilman a former railroad town in Lewis and Clark county near Augusta sold for 81 dollars. Weston W. Howard of Augusta paid the tax title land price for the township, with streets and alleys slated for possible condemnation and pasture fencing. The commissioners expect the land to return to tax rolls.
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Helena
Gilman
Lewis and Clark County
Augusta
Great Northern
Great Falls
Weston W. Howard
Gilman Township
Auto Plants Set New Production Records Across Nation
Detroit reports ongoing record output as Monday start shows weekly auto assembly nearing 192,000 vehicles. Experts forecast June totals surpass 800,000 units, with 1950 projections above 6.75 million. GM Ford and Chrysler together produced about 155,500 of last week's total.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
How to Cop a Bet
Rob ert Stahowiak 19 earned a $100 bet by punching Patrolman Alfred Manthei during a door check in Ripon Wisconsin. He surrendered when cuffed and is held on $500 bond pending assault charge decision.
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Ripon
Wis
Robert Stahowiak
Stahowiak
Alfred Manthei
Menthei
Connecticut Republicans set two Senate seats at stake
In a two day convention Connecticut Republicans name a slate of candidates for a race that could decide control of the Senate in the 82nd Congress. The nominating battle centers on whether John Davis Lodge or J Kenneth Bradley can face Bowles in November while Bowles seeks renomination for governor.
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Connecticut
Senate
Chester Bowles
Naugatuck
House
McMahon
Prescott S. Bush
Greenwich
United Service Organizations
Benton
Japan Willing to Retain Yank Troops After Peace Treaty
Gen. MacArthur is seen telling US defense chiefs that Japan agrees to keep American troops on after a peace accord. Johnson and Bradley tour the Pacific to assess crisis readiness as Yoshida’s Liberal party gains strength in the June 4 elections.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
United States Defense Chiefs
Japan
Defense
Louis Johnson
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Honolulu
Johnson
Pacific
Bradley
United States
Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal Party
British Reporter Declared Persona Non Grata by MacArthur HQ
London Times correspondent Frank Hawley says MacArthur's headquarters labeled him persona non grata for critical dispatches though he remains in Japan with filing privileges intact. Hawley relays meetings with Maj. Gen. Almond, who reportedly indicated expulsion could occur for stories interfering with occupation aims.
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Tokyo
London Times
MacArthur
Frank Hawley
Japan
Times
London
Hawley
E. M. Almond
Almond
Alvary Gasciogne
Alberta Water Shares Fight at International Joint Commission
United States witnesses pressed for equitable water division of the Waterton and Belly rivers as the 1909 treaty claims Montana ownership of every acre-foot crossing the border. Montana officials warned of a tunnel plan to divert flow to the Belly and St. Mary basins if no mutual agreement is reached, with hearings moving to Canada and concluding in Havre.
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Shelby
United States
Waterton
Belly Rivers
International Joint Commission
John W. Bonner
Canada
Belly River
Waterton River
Montana
Arnold H. Olsen
Wesley A
Congress
W. J. Burke
Billings
Reclamation Bureau
Burke
Lethbridge
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Alta
Havre
Bonner
Commis
Fortune teller held after attack with wooden club
Juliette Platat, a Paris fortune teller, told a judge she foresaw a serious head injury to her husband and admitted striking him with a wooden club. She was ordered held for examination.
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Paris
U.P
Juliette Platat
Luciano Linked With Mafia in U S Crime
Washington reports Harry Anslinger tied Charles Lucky Luciano to a nationwide crime ring linked to vice and narcotics. Senate investigators and Col. Garland Williams corroborated a Mafia network across the United States, centered in Florida New York and California, with Luciano long linked to the underworld and deported to Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry J. Anslinger
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Senate
Special Crime Investigating Committee
Anslinger
Mafia
Kefauver
Florida
New York
California
Col
Garland Williams
Narcotics Bureau
United States
Mafta
Unione Siciliano
Luciano
Miami Vice
Italy
Cuba
Atomic workers fired in Ottawa security purge
Justice Minister Stuart Garson said Monday that an unspecified number of employees have been dismissed for security reasons from the Canadian National Research Council which administers Canada's atomic energy program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
U.P
Canadian National Research Council
Dominion
Stuart Garson
Butte Weather Forecast Tuesday Warm Temperatures Rise
Mostly cloudy and warmer Tuesday with a high near 75 and a low around 33. Sunday midnight to Monday 5:30 pm readings include School of Mines max 55 min 44 and Airport max 55 min 45 with 0.44 inch precipitation. West of Divide showers and thunderstorms 65 to 75. East of Divide 70 to 80 with little change.
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School of Mines
Divide
Pittsburgh Milk Shortage Triggers Picket Violence
State police ordered pickets who dump milk treated as criminals as an emergency system struggles to deliver to hardship cases. Anxious parents contact the Allegheny medical society while doctors push patients onto certified lists. Violent incidents include a milk dump and a kidnapping as Gov Duff condemns the acts.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County Medical Society
AFL
James H. Duff
Washington
University Appoints Acting Presidents in Missoula and Havre
Montana University System names interim leaders as of July 1. R H Jesse becomes Missoula State University president pending board choice, while E A Morgan will act at Northern Montana College in Havre. Education board meets July 10 11.
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Helena
G. A. Selke
Montana
University System
Missoula
Havre
State Education Board
R. H. Jesse
State University
E. A. Morgan
Northern Montana College
Education Board
James A. McCain
University
Kansas State College
G. H. Vande Bogart
Labor party outlines Western Europe unity limits
London report says the Labor party rejects the Schuman plan without nationalizing steel and iron. It opposes supra national executive powers and a neutral third force, urging continued U S cooperation and veto rights to ensure solidarity against Soviet expansion.
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London
U.P
Labor Party
Western
Europe
Council of Europe Assembly
Western Europe
United States
Russia
Laborites
Kremlin
Free World
Asia
Britain
Commonwealth
Ten new teachers engaged by Butte school board
The Butte school district No. 1 trustees hired ten new teachers for the 1950-51 year on Monday night after a two hour meeting. Nine graduates will be paid 2600 annually, Miss Renouard earns 2800, band director H J Schiesser is promoted to principal with a 4300 salary, and the district moves to bid for an arc-type projector costing about 1800. The high school band will join Butte’s Fourth of July events, and the stadium will host the annual sports program with parade trophy awards. Permissions were granted for restrooms use on July 4 and facility use for city events July 5.
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Butte
Harry M. Ross
John Evans
Phil Jones
Sam Kinville
Shirley Ann Renouard
Joe Powers
Edward Dennehy
Joe Crowley
Kenneth Nagel
Ned Hatton
William Jolly
Miss Renouard
H. J. Schiesser
Butte Teachers Union
Schiesser
Butte High School
Webster-Garfield
Helena Grand Jury Term Questioned by Montana Supreme Court
Montana Supreme Court heard arguments on whether to end the Lewis and Clark county grand jury after 16 indictments in Helena. The case questioned if a grand jury can be perpetual while noting costs of over 24 thousand dollars and questions about the special prosecutor’s oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Supreme Court
Lewis and Clark County Grand Jury
Roger Porter
High Court
Harry Adams
District Court
Wellington D. Rankin
Adams
A. J. Horsky
George W. Padbury, Jr
Horsky
Rankin
Leif Erickson
Great Falls Aviator Escapes in Idaho Crash
An F-51 fighter from the 186th squadron Air National Guard based in Great Falls Montana crash landed ten miles south of the Mountain Home Gunnery range Idaho. The pilot First Lt. R H Debree Gore Field Montana escaped injury. The aircraft will be salvaged after summer training maneuvers.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Air National Guard
Great Falls
Mont
Mountain Home
Idaho
R. H. Debree
Gore Field
CBS Hit by Strike Paralyzes New York Broadcasts
Technicians for CBS in New York began a strike at 6 p m Monday. CBS said it plans to keep regular broadcasts by using supervisory employees. The action follows unresolved labor disputes at the nation’s major network.
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CBS
New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Officers Named at WRC Meet in Montana Convention
Jennie Tiffany of Kalispell was elected president of the Woman's Relief corps Department of Montana at the 57th annual convention held in the Montana Power auditorium. Gussie Eggers of Hamilton became senior vice president and Louise Hewitt of Missoula was named junior vice president.
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Jennie Tiffany
Kalispell
Woman's Relief Corps
Department of Montana
Montana Power Company
Gussie Eggers
Hamilton
Louise Hewitt
Missoula
Pauline Hanson
Esther Harris
Mable Greenfield
Billie Engerson
Great Falls
Della Koch
Edna Johnson
Butte
Frances Kimmerly
Josephine Staffel
Helen Peterson
Elva Yeager
Josephine Stuffel
Leta Threlkeld
Cora B. Glidden
Department of
Texan Admits He Is 128 and Wants to Live Longer
Pancho Camacho, 128, told a census taker at his Champion ranch hut near the Rio Grande that he desires a few more years of life. He said he crossed the Rio Grande as an orphan with an older brother, rode a palomino until a hip break, and now enjoys a strong appetite and his full natural teeth.
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Brownsville
Texas
Pancho” Camacho
Pancho
Champion Ranch
Rio Grande River
Senor
Francisco Camacho
Rio Grande
United States
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Greece
Nicholas Plastiras
Plastiras
France
European Council
Associated Press
Defense Chiefs
Fortune In Clubs
Jan H. van Royen
Netherlands
van Royen
U. S
Schuman
Lester Loble
WRC
Texan
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