West governors urge win in cold war and boost highway rules
Foreign Recovery Chief Paul G Hoffman told the 42nd annual governors conference in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia that the West must win the cold war or civilization could die. He warned of Kremlin tactics and called the struggle the most titanic in history while governors debated uniform motor vehicle codes and federal aid for water projects.
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West
Paul Hoffman
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
U.P
Paul G. Hoffman
Kremlin
Hitler
Germany
Driscoll
Washington
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
Earl Warren
California
Fred G. Andah
North Dakota
John Bonner
Montana
Walter Maery
New Mexico
Allen Shivers
Dtexas
Supreme Court
Texas
Louisiana
Harlowton Flood Paralyzes Town In Deadly Washout
Harlowton remains cut off after a flash flood that killed a 62 year old woman Mrs Ed Bacon and damaged more than 20 homes. A 12 foot wall of water swept through the town ripping out a highway bridge and long stretches of Milwaukee railroad track. Damages may reach 250000 dollars as transport and communication stay disrupted with detours around a damaged viaduct.
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Harlowton
Milwaukee Railroad
Milwaukee
Lewistown
Great Falls
Harold Stearns
Ed Bacon
Here
No. 6
Sugar Company Officials Visit Butte Sightseeing Trip
Officials of Utah Idaho Sugar Company will visit Butte today for several hours and join a sight-seeing tour of Butte Hill. They arrive from Salt Lake City and depart for Yakima Washington. Attending are George A. Smith president and LDS Church leader, Douglas Sculley vice president and GM, J Reuben Clark Jr. vice president and former ambassador, and D D Moffat retired vice president and GM of Utah Copper.
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Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Butte
Butte Hill
Salt Lake City
Yakima
Wash
George A. Smith
Church of Latter-day Saints
Douglas Sculley
J. Reuben Clark, Jr
Mexico
D. D. Moffat
Utah Copper Company
Van Peterson urged in Virginia on Nebraska matter
Gov. Van Peterson of Nebraska urged on Monday for action on a matter linked to Nebraska. The report notes continuation on Page 9, Column 2, signaling ongoing coverage of political moves and regional implications.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
van Peterson
Nebraska
Circus Aerialist Dies In Fall At State Fair
Franz Heinzmann known as The Great Francisco died during a balancing act on a 110 foot pole at the Colorado state fairgrounds before thousands. The pole snapped mid performance injuring him fatally as his wife and three children watched. The Al Kaly Shrine Polack Brothers circus continued with other acts and scheduled performances in Colorado Springs and Grand Junction. Heinzmann, from New York City, had six years with the circus.
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Pueblo
Franz Heinzmann
State Fair Grounds
Heinzmann
Francisco
Colorado Springs
Grand Junction
Hinzmann
New York City
Circus
Hungary Seeks Reparations for Vogeler Release Terms
Vienna reports say the United States tentatively agrees to Hungary’s ransom for ITT official Robert Vogeler. The price includes release of wartime operations, restoration of consulates in New York and Cleveland, and lifting of the U.S. travel ban, with Vogeler awaiting possible release this week amid sensitive Budapest London talks.
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Vienna
Austria
U.P
United States
Lommunist
Hungary
Robert A. Vogeler
Vogeler
Tre International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
Budapest
London
Armany
St. Stephen
New York
Cleve
Land
State Department
T. Edgar Sanders
Sanders
Bases in Japan Okinawa urged to be kept
Defense chiefs told U S leaders that retaining bases in Japan and Okinawa is vital as China’s fall to communists could give Russia access to Asia’s largest air base network. Johnson Bradley and MacArthur spoke at a Far East defense chiefs conference as 12 000 occupation force members were reviewed. Inspections begin with Air Force bases under Lt Gen George Stratemeyer.
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Tokyo
U.S
Louis Johnson
United States
Japan
Okinawa
China
Russia
Asia
Far East
Johnson
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Force
Earle E. Partridge
Formosa
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Bradley
Southeast Asia
MacArthur
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
George Stratemeyer
Far Eastern Air Forces
Farmer Drowns While Forcing State River
Don ald Bonnett a 21 year old farmhand drowned Monday while fording swollen Cut Bank creek about 15 miles west of Cut Bank Montana. He was crossing with employer Art Hall and Walter McGown when Bonnett s horse overturned and McGown failed to lasso him. The sheriff reported the body not yet found and noted a wire netting barrier stretched below the crossing to recover the body. Bonnett leaves parents in the Hawaiian islands and a sister.
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Cut Bank
A. E. Armstrong
Donald Bonnett
Cut Bank Creek
Here
Bonnett
Art Hall
Walter McGown
Bennett
McGown
Pilot Dies in C-47 Crash Over Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City June 19. The pilot of a two engine C-47 transport plane was killed and the co pilot critically injured when the aircraft crashed on takeoff. First Lieut. Verl L. Vick 30 of Sherill Arkansas died as the craft dived to the ground from about fifty feet after lifting off.
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Oklahoma City
Verl L. Vick
Sherill
Ark
Cuba as core of Communist activity says McCarran
Senator Pat McCarran charged on Monday that Cuba has become a focal point for Communist operations in the western hemisphere and that Cuban Reds are entering the United States with practically no check. He spoke in Washington amid concerns over Communist influence and border control.
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Washington
U.P
Pat McCarran
D-Nev
Cuba
Western Hemisphere
Arms aid bill approved by Senate committee
The Combined Senate armed services and foreign relations committees formally approved a 1.2225 billion dollar second installment of American arms aid to nations fighting communism. The measure funds 1 billion for 11 NATO nations plus 131.5 million for Greece, Turkey, and Iran, 16 million for the Philippines and Korea, and 75 million for the China area. President Truman would be allowed limited use of funds in Europe and to sell equipment to nations vital to the United Nations. Some sources note Spain potential recipients. the bill requires public accounting for parts of China aid.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Armed Services - Foreign Relations Committees
Tom Connally
D.tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Harry P. Cain
R.-Wash
Connally
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Philippines
Korea
China
Truman
Europe
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R.-Mich
United Nations
Spain
China Area
Congress
Formosa
Democratic Leader Lucas Delays Senate Action On Draft Bill
Democratic Leader Scott W. Lucas postponed Senate action on the draft bill until Wednesday amid military pressure to push the measure through before the current law expires.
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Washington
U.P
Scott W. Lucas
Senate
Congress
Weather Forecast Indicates Mild, Showers Possible Tuesday
Forecast calls for fair and mild conditions Tuesday with afternoon thundershowers. Highs expected near 80 and a Tuesday morning low around 42, with temperatures through the period from Sunday night to Monday afternoon showing mid to upper 60s to 70s at local stations. West of the divide expect partly cloudy Tuesday with scattered thundershowers in the south and little change in temperature, highs 75 to 85. East of the divide forecast favors fair Tuesday morning, partly cloudy afternoon, with a few local thundershowers south and little temperature change, highs 75 to 85.
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Divide
Europe Gets Schuman Plan Today
Paris dateline reports a full outline of Robert Schuman's plan to pool coal and steel across six nations for peace and economic progress. The conference aims to abolish frontiers in two key industries and merge output to boost Western Europe, with Britain kept informed though not a participant.
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Paris
France
Robert Schuman
Britain
Europe
Schuman
Germany
Bismarck
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxem
Death linked to Pittsburgh milk strike grips city
A six month old twin, Ronald Reese Hummel, died of an intestinal infection after reportedly drinking milk from a friend amid Pittsburgh area disruptions from an 11 day milk strike. Doctors offered no definite cause, while a twin remained in serious condition with diarrhea. Officials held talks as violence flared. Two dairy store windows were damaged by bullets and debris.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Jacob S. Hummell
Ronald Reese Hummel
Donald Joseph
Children’s Hospital
AFL
Harry A. Trevis
East End
Cupboards on Coast Bare as 3,100 Bakers Strike
Bread shelves dwindled in Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle as 3,100 wholesale bakers went on strike. The AFL unions demand a five day 35 hour week with current pay for a 40 hour week, while bakery operators sue for damages over contract termination notices. Portland officials report tentative concessions in exchange for wage and benefit improvements.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Robert S. Callender
Baking Industry Council
AFL
Bakers
Albert Kalla
House Group Approves Higher Corporation Tax Plan
The House ways and means committee voted to raise the corporate tax by 433 million dollars annually to offset excise tax cuts and avoid a veto. The panel also cut luxury excise taxes by 1.01 billion and closed legal loopholes to yield about 465 million in new revenue, totaling roughly 898 million in new federal funds.
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Washington
U.P
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Robert L. Coughton
D-N. C
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Rayburn
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
Lucas
Shriners Arrive as LA Transit Strike Binds City
Los Angeles faced a downtown traffic jam and a citywide transit strike as 1,000,000 commuters were stranded while 200,000 visiting Shriners arrived for their convention. City officials rejected two proposed fixes as illegal, and talks between transit unions and operators paused after a federal conciliator’s proposal. The AFL union demands a 20 cent raise were already turned down despite a four cent offer.
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Los Angeles
Shriners
Butte Shriners
Col
Charles Bean
Board of Public Utilities
Los Angeles Transit Lines
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach
Shrine opens 76th annual convention in Los Angeles
The Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine began its 76th annual convention in Los Angeles on Monday with ceremonies and plans for gatherings, reflecting fraternal activities and regional chapters.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Order of the Mystic Shrine
Potato Bugs Captured in Bacteriological Warfare Claim
London report quotes Radio Moscow stating East German agents captured 377,596 potato bugs dropped by American planes during bacteriological warfare practice. The assertion reflects Cold War era propaganda and lacks independent verification.
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London
U.P
Radio Moscow
Impeachment Hint Shakes Amerasia Affair Debate
Vice President Barkley suggested a Senate probe into public officials could lead to impeachment in the 1945 Amerasia case. Patrick J. Hurley blasted the State Department, accusing officials of concealing theft of top secret documents sold to Communists. He linked John S. Service to secret data shared with Maoist leaders in 1944, while Service prepares to testify before the Senate inquiry.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate
Amerasia
China
Service
India
Hurley
Foreign Service
Mao Tse-tung
Red
United States
State Department
Atom Driven Sub Is Authorized By Senate Panel
A Senate armed services subcommittee approved a bill to fund an atomic powered submarine and related vessels totaling 350 million dollars. Funds are to be provided later, with construction linked to a project in Arco Idaho. The measure also allows converting three subs for anti submarine defense and upgrading surface craft including a cruiser and aircraft carrier.
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Washington
Navy
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
House
Atomic Energy Commission
Arco
Idaho
Police Slay Kidnaper of two Boys in Ohio Shootout
In Mingo Junction Ohio authorities killed Joseph Pacific a 32 year old Pennsylvania electrical contractor after a gun battle when he attempted to shoot two officers during a kidnapping of two teen boys Nick Crusi 18 and Joseph Zomerchick 19 from Cokeport Pennsylvania. The boys were locked in the trunk of Pacifics car for about 40 hours without food or water before being freed and treated by a local doctor.
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Mingo Junction
Ohio
U.P
Pennsylvania
Joseph Pacific
Canonsburg
Matilda Pacific
West Virginia
Pacific
Nick Cruss
Joseph Zomerchick
Cokeport
Crusi
Zolnerchick
Ohio-Pennsylvania
Sam Baker
Steubenville
Edward Bell
Horticulturist outlines landscaping design at Montana meeting
Prof. F M Harrington of Montana State College urged precise use of garden specialties in home landscaping at the Montana Federation of Garden Clubs convention. He warned against faulty rock gardens and window boxes, stressing correct materials, maintenance, and support. Leonard Yager aided with a landscape plan on a felt board while Mrs. Dorothy Biddle spoke on flower show practice and color. Committee recommendations urged separating major city clubs for national judging, with smaller shows to gain better representation.
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F. M. Harrington
Montana State College
Bozeman
Montana Federation of Garden Clubs
Harrington
Prof. Harrington
Leonard Yager
The
State College
Dorothy Biddle
Garden Club
Popular Gardening Magazine
Flower Growers
Montana Federation
Butte
Great Falls
Billings
South
Cyril Kohn
C. A. Day
Stanley Antrim
Stevensville
Ray Fretz
Louis Harmon
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Belgrade
Carter L. Davidson
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