Governors and House Seats Draw Broad Primary Interest
The Associated Press reports Michigan and Massachusetts primaries with Kim Sigler leading the Michigan GOP race by about 8,000 votes and Muray D. Van Wagoner trailing in the Democratic race. Massachusetts shows Gov. Tobin renominated with Harrigan as rival and John F. Kennedy rallying for the Democratic House bid in the 11th district. Local votes were light as several seats drew no contest.
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Associated Press
Kim Sigler
Michigan
Sigler
Vernor J. Brown
Edward Jeffries
Detroit
Raymond J. Kelly
American Legion
Murray D. van Wagoner
William J. Cody
Massachusetts
Maurice J. Tobin
Francis D. Harrigan
Boston
Robert F. Bradford
Tobin
John F. Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
Britain
United States House
James M. Curley
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Foreign Ministers
Paris
James H. Lee
Senate
David I. Walsh
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
14 Die in Wind Storm Near Detroit and Windsor
Authorities battled wreckage after a Monday night tornado near Detroit and Windsor Ontario killed 14 people and injured more than 200. All deaths occurred in Canada with two Detroit-area fatalities, one drowning in Rochester Michigan, and a lineman electrocuted. Hospitals reported many critical patients and a relief committee organized.
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Detroit
Windsor
Ontario
Canada
Rochester
Mich
Red Cross
Chetnik Commander Pleads Guilty to Treason Charges
Belgrade reports Slavoljub Vranjesic a Chetnik commander under Gen. Draja Mihailovic pleaded guilty to treason and collaboration charges. He testified Mihailovic approved cooperation with the Germans and implicated his superior Radoslav Radic while stating he acted without initial directives.
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Belgrade
Draja Mihailovic
Slavoljnv Vranjesic
Tnik
Radoslav Rade Radic
Vranjesic
Bosnia
Mihailovic
Supreme Command
War Assets Agency proposes sale of 28 plants
Washington report states on June 18 the War Assets Administration proposed to Congress the prompt sale to private operators of 28 plants forming the nation's wartime synthetic rubber program.
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Washington
Congress
War Assets Administration
Plan to Induct 18-Year-Olds Faces Approval
From a ship bound for the atomic test, Rep. Andrews of New York cast a decisive proxy vote in a conference committee, supporting a plan to resume inducting 18-year-olds after October 1 if needed. The committee is expected to back the compromise and move toward final agreement on the draft extension bill.
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Washington
mid-Pacific
Andrews
R-N. Y
U.S.S
Senate
House
Bikini Atoll
Von Papen Links Von Ketteler Death To Gestapo
Franz von Papen testified at his war crimes trial that Gestapo agents killed Baron Wilhelm von Ketteler and dumped his body in the Danube after the anschluss. He said Ketteler had helped compile and ship records to Switzerland and Geneva, and cited a Goering dossier on the disposal. He did not detail how he avoided charges.
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Hitler
Austria
Switzerland
Ketteler
Geneva
von Papen
Hermann Goering
Goering
Clipper Bound for Europe Downed In Emergency Landing
A Pan American Clipper bound for Europe with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh aboard lost a motor and made a belly landing at Willimantic airfield. All 42 on board uninjured. Passengers included Cornelius Curtin of Sidney and Reverend Thomas Hennesey of Miles City.
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Willimantic
Conn
U.P
Europe
Laurence Olivier
Vivien Leigh
Frederick R. Larmie
Officials Plead Cause of OPA
Housing Administrator Wilson Wyatt warned that a breakdown of price controls would wreck the housing program and endanger grain export for famine relief. Dean Acheson said removing grain controls would strip federal agencies of export supplies. lawmakers met to finalize the OPA bill as June 30 closes.
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Washington
Wilson Wyatt
Dean Acheson
Barkley
D-Ky
Senate
House Conference Committee
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
House
Congress
Wyatt
Acheson
Russia vetoes majority action by council in Spanish case
London dispatch reports Russia blocked a U N action in a Spanish case as Palestine faces mounting violence. In Tel Aviv five British officers were kidnapped by armed men and held as tensions flare across the region. Curfews, armored patrols, and street clashes mark a two day toll of 18 dead and many injured.
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Russia
Council
Palestine
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Holy Land
Jordan
Haifa
Damaging Storms Strike in East
Storms battered the Midwest and East after a heat wave. In Baltimore 0.5 inch of rain fell in 13 minutes as winds disrupted traffic and windows. two women were cut by flying glass. In Philadelphia temperatures dropped 16 degrees to 70 in 15 minutes, interrupting electric service and transit. Lightning struck homes and a trolley. no injuries reported.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Washington
Naval Research
Patterson Backs Army Navy Merger Plan
President Truman won a pledge of wholehearted support for the Army Navy merger from Secretary Patterson on Tuesday. A similar pledge from Secretary Forrestal had not been received, White House press secretary Charles G. Ross said. Navy officials offered no comment after the President's recommendations, though Truman stated he was assured of support from both service heads.
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Washington
Truman
Patterson
Weather Forecast for Butte and Surroundings
Partly cloudy with increasing afternoon clouds and scattered showers. Clearing near dark and warmer with highs near 68 to 70. School of Mines record shows 64/43, airport 60/46, 0.11 inch precipitation. West of divide expect clear to partly cloudy, highs 70 to 80. East of divide Wednesday.
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School of Mines
Associated Press
Divide
Senators seek limit on Supreme Court appointments
A constitutional amendment proposed by Sen. James Eastland and Sen. Styles Bridges would remove four late Roosevelt appointees from the Supreme Court and bar future presidents from packing the court. It would cap appointments at three per president, with interim justices from lower courts and retirement pay for justices.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
High Court
Senate
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Styles Bridges
R-N. H
Robert H. Jackson
Hugo Black
Congress
Jackson
William O. Douglas
Frank Murphy
Wiley Rutledge
House of Representatives
Disposal of Surplus Property Probe Demanded by Senator
Senator Alexander Wiley condemned the War Assets Administration for surplus property disposal as a national disgrace and called for a full daylight investigation. At a Senate small business subcommittee hearing, Wiley alleged flagrant law violations on veteran and educational priorities, as seven WAA officials defended their policies. Brigadier General G E Textor warned of unscrupulous veterans acting as brokers for private interests.
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Washington
U.P
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
War Assets Administration
Teapot Dome
Wiley
Senate
WAA
G. E. Textor
Office of Plans and Policies
Floods Force Iowa Woman to Swap Chickens for Ducks
Augusta Iowa on June 18 reports Skunk River floodwaters inundating yards. Mrs Delbert Hemmie, calmer amid rising waters, explains she sold her chickens and took up raising ducks to cope with repeated floods.
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Augusta
Iowa
Delbert Hemmie
Jury Terms Death of Rancher Premeditated Murder
The inquest verdict brands the 50 year old rancher Walter J Hettick death as premeditated murder and recommends that neighbor Julius Otonichar age 25 be held in custody pending county attorney action. Witnesses say a week long quarrel over a horse led to the shooting near the old Butte and London mine. Otonichar claims self defense after grabbing a shotgun and firing twice at Hettick.
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Walter J. Hettick
Julius Otonichar
Hettick
Ted
Otonichar
Butte
London
Maurice Barry
David D. O'Connor
Shorty
Elizabeth M. Hettick
Lewis M. Hettick
Blanket Security Plan Approved
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to blanket all World War II veterans' families under Social Security old age and survivors insurance for three years at no cost to veterans. A bill overhauling the Social Security law was ordered, with a 50 percent tax increase planned come January and coverage extending to over 20 million more workers, plus 200000 maritime workers already slated for unemployment benefits.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-N. C
Congress
Four Parachute From Bomber To Safety In Crash
Four crewmen parachuted to safety Tuesday before their four motor bomber from Hutchinson naval air station crashed near Dixon Nebraska. Capt. L L Hunt reported the pilot Lt Commander Joe W King and co pilot Ens G R Frost bailed out after two enlisted men jumped first. The plane was on a routine training flight during stormy weather.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Hutchinson Naval Air Station
Dixon
Neb
L. L. Hunt
Joe W. King
Ens
G. R. Frost
AMM 3
Norman Wilson
ACRM
Robert Thacker
Bulldozer Stolen From Dixon Construction Site
Frederickson Bros. constructors offer a $1000 reward for the return of a 29 ton Caterpillar bulldozer stolen from a road project three miles south of Dixon California. The theft occurred near San Francisco on June 18.
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San Francisco
Frederickson Bros. Constructors
Dixon
Calif
Burglar Breaks In Through Fence To Loot Seattle Salon
A burglar forced two doors, crawled through a wire fence hole, and climbed a trap door to steal seven pairs of nylon hose and $100 in cash from a Seattle beauty salon on Tuesday.
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Seattle
Soviets veto plan on Spanish issue at UN
Soviet Russia vetoed a compromise UN Security Council plan to send the Spanish question to the General Assembly for wider decision. Nine members supported the plan, USSR abstained from confirming the veto as the second in UN history, with Netherlands abstaining and Poland pressing for a break with Franco Spain.
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New York
Russia
United Nations Security Council
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations
Lonedon
Levant
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Herschel V. Johnson
United States
Andrei A. Gromyko
Netherlands
Poland
Spain
B.C. T
Security Council
General Assembly
Assembly
Gromyko
Evatt
Optimism at Paris Meet Over European Peace Conference
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov signaled willingness to refer smaller nations' reparations claims against Italy to the 21 nation peace conference while resisting submitting Russia's demands. The four power talks ended in deadlock, but Molotov’s note of optimism aimed at a forthcoming general conference. He insisted reparations decisions lie with the foreign ministers since Russia is present. He rejected Bevin's proposal to drop major power reparations to aid Italy's new government, while seeking $100 million plus $200 million for Yugoslavia Greece and Albania.
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Paris
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Russia
Amercan
Molotov
United States
James F. Byrnes
Deformant
Ernest Bevin
Italy
Yugoslavia
Greece
Albania
17 Prisoners of War Hurt in Accident Near Miles City
Miles City reports 17 prisoners of war were injured in a highway crash Monday night when a POW truck returning from beet field work veered off a guard rail and plunged down a 12 foot embankment. One man suffered a broken back and paralysis and another a skull fracture. Guards monitored the scene as inspectors from Rupert Idaho prepared to investigate.
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Miles City
Here
Ruepert
Idaho
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Margaret Earl Smith
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Ore
George P. Smith
Leadore
Carl L. Smith
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