Dump Explodes in Korea Killing Yank and Wounding Many
An explosion at the Eighth Army ammunition dump in Haeunde Korea killed one American, injured 31 Americans and Koreans, and forced 20 000 to 30 000 Koreans to evacuate. Two American soldiers were missing. The blaze and secondary blasts lasted hours with fires reaching into nearby areas. Brig Gen Henry Kellogg praised the volunteers for bravery.
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Warren Franklin Haeunde
Korea
U.P
Eighth Army
Pusan
James A. van Fleet
Haeunde
Henry K. Kellogg
Los Angeles
Deer Lodge News Circulation G A Meehan 810 Main
Frances Hale Jerabek correspondent reports on the town news. The article notes a new fire department chief may receive autonomy in organizing his division. It also mentions Philadelphia? Boston as the first city to adopt an electric fire alarm system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
G. A. Meehan
Boston
Senate panel backs California flood control funding
Washington on June 16 the Senate appropriations committee recommended 49 million 454 thousand dollars for California flood control projects. This eclipses the 39 million 912 thousand dollars approved by the House in April.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
California
House
Ridgway Arrives in Rome Under Heavy Guard
General Matthew B. Ridgway landed at Ciampino airport with 50,000 troops and police guarding Rome to deter Communist demonstrations. Police seized five men planning dynamite attacks near a bridge, two of whom were identified as Communists. Ridgway was welcomed by Defense Minister Pacciardi, ambassador Bunker, and others from NATO nations.
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Rome
U.P
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ciampino
Paris
Ridgway
Palmiro Togliatti
Defense
Randolfo Pacciardi
Ellsworth Bunker
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mrs H F Nelson Visits Deer Lodge Friends
Mrs H F Nelson Burke Idaho visited with Mr and Mrs Eric Williams and other old time friends this week in Deer Lodge. She is the daughter of the late Sheriff Thomas Mullin who served Powell county over two decades ago. Nelson says her mother and sister Miss Edna Mullin now live in San Francisco.
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Deer Lodge
H. F. Nelson
Burke
Idaho
Eric Williams
Nelson
Thomas Mullin
Powell County
Edna Mullin
San Francisco
Return From Meet in Helena Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mr. and Mrs. Noel H. Boyer have returned from the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Helena. Attending were Mrs. I. S. Speck auxiliary president, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hoskyns, and Mrs. Clinton Perkins. Mrs. May Welch of Harlowton joined them, visiting relatives in Deer Lodge while in the region.
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Deer Lodge
Noel H. Boyer
Helena
I. S. Speck
Wilbur Hoskyns
Clinton Perkins
May Welch
Harlowton
Prisoner Is Flogged in Delaware First Public Whipping in Years
John P. Barbieri, 30, flinched at each stroke as he received 20 lashes on his bare back in Delaware's first public flogging in three years. Convicted for beating Mrs. Belle Davis, 59, he endured 45 seconds of punishment, then moved to the prison infirmary for treatment before starting a six month jail term.
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Wilmington
Del
U.P
John P. Barbieri
Delaware
Barbieri
Belle Davis
Progressive party resurgence linked to ALP leaders in New York
In Washington on June 16, a Communist backed Progressive movement resumes national activity without Henry A Wallace. New York ALP figures Vito Marcantonio and Beanie Baldwin steer the ticket with Vincent Hallinan for president and Charlotte Bass for vice president. Hallinan, serving a contempt sentence, plans autumn campaigning while Bridges faces perjury charges.
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Washington
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
FDR
Truman
New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Communist Party
C. B. (Beanie) Baldwin
Robert M. Lovett
Illinois
Lovett
Soviet Union
Vincent W. Hallinan
Charlotte A. Bass
Hallinan
Harry Bridges
Polish noblewoman spy slain in London hotel
Countess Krystyne Skarbek, 37, a Polish noblewoman who served as a wartime British spy, was found stabbed in a Kensington hotel. Porter Dennis G. Muldowney was charged with murder after confessing and was ordered held for a July 1 hearing. Scotland Yard disclosed details as the case proceeded.
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London
Craci
Kensington
Scotland Yard
Krystyne Skarbek
France
Dennis G. Muldowney
Heat Wave Toll Rises Across Nation
A four day AP survey reports 89 deaths linked to a countrywide heat wave. Seven directly from heat effects and 82 from drowning. The hot spell stretched from Texas to the Atlantic coast, chilling records across cities such as Chicago, New York, and St. Louis with temperatures hitting 101 in St. Louis and 90s elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Red Cross Bloodmobile Visits Deer Lodge Next Week
Red Cross bloodmobile comes to Deer Lodge city hall on Wednesday June 25 to collect about 200 pints. Elks Lodge No 1737 sponsors the day, but donors need not be Elks. aim for 250 volunteers. Kermit Wells chairs recruitment, assisted by L. J. Burley, with Howard Denton guiding the drive. Glenn Osika to assist on June 19.
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Deer Lodge
The
Red Cross
City Hall
Elks Lodge
Elks
Kermit Wells
L. J. Burley
Howard Denton
Glenn Osika
Meeting Set Saturday by Masonic Supper Club
The Masonic Supper club schedules a final season gathering Saturday at 6:30 PM in the Masonic temple. Members should reserve by Thursday or Friday with Alfrey Hansen C N Holt or H F Dell. The event marks the season finale before summer recess.
Reorganization of DOJ Seems Certain
Washington June 16 A broad reorganization of the Justice Department appears underway after three top officials resigned, half of the six assistant attorneys general leaving office. Harold I Baynton head of the Alien Property Office, H Graham Morison anti trust division chief, and William A Underhill lands division chief departed as James P McGranery announced their resignations were accepted. McGranery had succeeded J Howard McGrath amid a government wide uproar over corruption cases.
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Washington
Justice Department
Harold I. Baynton
Nevadian
Office of
Alien Property
H. Graham Morison
Johnson City
Truman
James P. McGranery
Philadelphia
McGranery
J. Howard McGrath
T. Lamar Caudle
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