Professor Named Head of Nation's Shriners
The Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine elected Latin professor Hubert M. Poteat of Wake Forest North Carolina as imperial potentate at its 76th annual convention in Los Angeles. He succeeds Harold Lloyd and will be installed Thursday, with 750 imperial council members selecting him. A six hour parade of about 15 000 Shriners accompanied the event as the convention opened.
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Los Angeles
Order of Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine
Hubert M. Poteat
Wake Forest
N. C
University
Imperial Council
Harold Lloyd
Poteat
Sudan Shrine
New Bern
Imperial Outer Guard
Clayton F. Andrews
Lincoln
Neb
George A. Mattison, Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Andrew
Sesostris Temple
Mayo Hospitals
Shriners
Memorial Coliseum
Positive Action in Far East Seen
John Foster Dulles met General MacArthur in Tokyo to discuss Communist threats in Asia and foresees United States action to preserve peace. He said decisions will be pooled with Defense Secretary Johnson and General Bradley after returning to Washington. Dulles emphasized a united foreign policy and nonmilitary economic and political measures along with potential discussions of defense commitments.
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Tokyo
John Foster Dulles
Gen
MacArthur
Asia
United States
Far East
State Department
Washington
Defense
Johnson
Gen. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dulles
Japan
Acheson
Bradley
Bank bandit kills two motorists after stalled getaway
In Frogmore Ontario on June 21 a bank robber whose car overturned in a ditch shot two Canadian motorists who stopped to help. The killer fled into the bush, leaving behind $2,500 in loot. Authorities described the incident as a brutal daylight crime with no immediate arrests reported.
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Frogmore
Ontario
U.P
France Proposes European Federal Parliament for Coal and Steel
Paris proposes a European federal parliament to supervise coal and steel across six nations. Jean Monnet outlined a plan for a high authority independent of national parliaments, answerable to a common parliament elected by national legislatures. Britain refused to participate, fearing loss of sovereignty.
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France
European Federal Parliament
Paris
Europe
Jean Monnet
Schuman
Monnet
Robert Schuman
European Consultative Assembly
Britain
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Strasbourg
Florida visitor loses $450 in Butte coin game
James G. Phillips of Fort Pierce Florida met two men at the Butte bus depot in a gambling coin match. The trio started with a quarter then escalated to 500 dollars as the Florida men teamed against a Canadian with a ranch windfall claim. Phillips was left short by the scheme.
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Florida
Butte
James G. Phillips
Fort Pierce
Fla
William Whipple
Sunshine
Canada
Butte Weather Forecast Decreasing Clouds and Thundershowers
Metropolitan forecast for Butte calls for decreasing clouds and cooler temperatures on Thursday with afternoon thundershowers. Expected high 66 near town, low around 40 Thursday morning. Readings for period show School of Mines max 70 min 47 and Airport max 73 min 45. West of Divide partly cloudy with showers and little change. East of Divide partly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms and cooler. high 70 to 80.
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School of Mines
Divide
Lausche Chosen Ohio Governor Group Chair at West Virginia Meet
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche was named chairman of the national governors group for the coming year at the White Sulphur Springs conference. The nomination stirred talk of his political stance as he weighs supporting Taft in November and potential friction with Democratic allies over the Ohio Senate race. Acheson urged Western Europe rearmament and defense of the State Department against McCarthy charges while the group avoided a clash on foreign policy.
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Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
Taft
Truman
Washington
Joe Ferguson
State Department
Acheson
Europe
Department
McCarthy
Convicted Communists Begin Appeal in New York
Attorneys for the leaders argue their appeal in New York on June 21, aiming to take the conspiracy case to the Supreme Court. They contend the conviction for conspiring to teach and advocate an American revolution violates the Constitution.
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New York
U.P
Supreme Court
Newsman Sees Czech Resentment Under Communist Rule
New York Times correspondent Danna Adams Schmidt reports from Vienna that although most Czechs hate Communism in private, open resistance is rare and fear sustains the regime. He details the police state, forced labor camps, and show trials as scholars note a pervasive though muted discontent.
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New York
New York Times
Czechoslovakia
Vienna
Danna Adams Schmidt
Schmidt
STB
Czechoslovak Secret Police
Would Take Marshall Plan Funds to Help Rearm Europe
Senator Lodge filed an amendment to dip into Marshall plan funds for a share of rearming western Europe as committees prepare to report a 1.22 billion foreign arms authorization. Debate date looms as Connally hopes to bring the measure to a vote. Republicans consider an ECA amendment pressuring Britain to join a western European coal and steel pool.
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Washington
Western
Europe
Senate
Lodge
R-Mass
Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Connally
D-Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Man Converts Room Into Gas Chamber
Canon City Colorado reports an 80 year old man Charles W Mueller sealed a room in his house and poured two cans of insect poison into a sheet placed over his head. He stuffed rags in cracks of doors and windows to trap fumes and died. Undersheriff John Calhoun says he created a gas chamber in his Lincoln Park home.
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Canon City
Colo
John Calhoun
Charles W. Mueller
Lincoln Park
Here
70 Group Air Force Plan Favored In Conference
Washington report notes backers of a 70 group air force won a conference agreement to authorize that top strength. Both houses expected to approve though final size depends on funding for planes equipment and manpower. The House demanded 70 groups 22 squadrons and 61 reserve groups with supporting units.
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Washington
Senate House
Congress
Army
Air Force
National Guard
United States Air Force
Senate
Congress Passes New Rent Bill
Congress approved a compromise to extend federal rent controls to December 31 and allow local areas to extend them another six months if desired. The bill, sent to President Truman for signature, falls short of a full year extension. The present law expires July 1.
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Washington
Senate House
House
Senate
Tighe E. Woods
Red Romania Expels U S Military Attache Amid Protests
The State Department said Romania expelled Capt. Herschel Hutsinpiller, alleging he planned to arm anti communist fighters. Washington calls it part of a broader eastern European campaign to press US diplomats from the region and signals possible rupture in relations.
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Washington
U.P
State Department
Romania
Herschel Hutsinpiller
United States
Bucharest
Foreign Office
Department
Europe
Russia
Red
Michael J. McDermott
Bulgaria
Hungary
Robert A. Vogeler
Hutsinpiller
Indiana Judge Harris Sentenced to 60 Days at Penal Farm
Indiana Supreme Court on Wednesday sent Sullivan county circuit judge Norval K. Harris to the penal farm for 60 days. The court refused to allow time to settle affairs and fined him 300 dollars. Harris faced conflicts with county prosecutor John K. Purcell over a fraudulent check, a drunkenness charge, and a grand jury dispute. Harris had previously served seven months in a federal reformatory for forging a veterans bonus certificate. he was pardoned by President Roosevelt.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Norval K. Harris
Sullivan County
Putnaville
Cochairman
Paul Robeson
Committee For the Defense
New Waals
Tuiar
John K. Purcell
Purcell
Harris
Sullivan
James E. Emmert
High Court
Emmert
United States Supreme Court
Indiana
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
Roosevelt
Red Paper Manager Threatened With Contempt of Congress Prosecution
Philip Bart general manager of the Communist Daily Worker refused to answer House un American activities committee questions about a alleged Communist operated fake passport ring. Marcel Scherer also declined to testify after counsel advised legal right to ignore self incriminatory questions. The hearing ended in a storm with Bart warning he would not aid in violating the Constitution as police were summoned and the chairmen indicated possible contempt charges.
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Washington
U.P
Philip Bart
Communist Daily Worker
House un-American Activities Committee
Congress
Marcel Scherer
United Furniture Workers Union
Earl Browder
Gerhart Eisler
Scherer
Bart
Emanuel Bloch
Moscow
France
England
Germany
Francis Walter
D-Pa
Farm Land Flooded by Flathead River Near Kalispell
The Flathead river flooded farm land four miles southeast of Kalispell, covering a 500 foot county road and blocking auto traffic. Water stood four feet on the road as volunteers rushed dikes at Foy's bend and the river rose to 15.5 feet at Columbia Falls, 1.5 feet above flood stage. Sheriff Walsh reported communication was limited and rescue boats from the Flathead Life Saving Association were prepared to evacuate stranded families.
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Kalispell
Flathead
Here
Foy’s Bend
Columbia Falls
Dick Walsh
Flathead Life Saving Association
Demand for New Amerasia Inquiry Shelved
Washington June 21 Republican Senator Ferguson denounced Democrats for pigeon-holing the GOP call for a new inquiry into the Justice department role in the 1945 Amerasia case. The Senate judiciary committee voted to delay action pending another probe by the Tydings led subcommittee. Ferguson led the drive for a separate probe, criticizing a whitewash while six were arrested and only two fined. Eastland said the resolution was referred to a subcommittee to await Tydings findings. FBI survey reportedly disapproved charges that State files were raped before transfer to investigators.
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Washington
Ferguson
Justice Department
Amerasia
Michigan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations
Tydings
D-Md
Eastland
D-Miss
Newsman
Judiciary Committee
GOP
FBI
State Department
Truman
McCarthy
R-Wis
Summer Begins With Reading of 94 at Glasgow
Helena June 21. Summer began in Montana with the highest temperature of the year 94 at Glasgow. Other readings: Kalispell 68, Miles City 90, Havre 88, Billings 87, Livingston 84, Lewistown 81, Great Falls 80. Helena 78, Butte and Missoula 73. Early low 34 at West Yellowstone.
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Helena
Montana
Glasgow
Kalispell
Miles City
Havre
Billings
Livingston
Lewistown
Great Falls
Butte
Missoula
West Yellowstone
Chinese Nationalists Strafe British Ships in Hong Kong
Nationalist forces bombed and strafed three British ships at Hong Kong on Wednesday as they intensified actions against foreign vessels trading with Communist controlled ports. Earlier, a Panamanian and a Greek freighter were sunk by blockade mines near Shanghai.
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Hong Kong
U.P
Shanghai
Speedy Action on Extension of Law Urged
In Washington on June 21, Republicans and northern Democrats removed a racial segregation clause from a proposed three year renewal of selective service. Final passage appeared possible Thursday as Majority Leader Lucas sought to speed the vote, warning the deadline could shift to Friday. The move would avert legal tangles from a lapse while a stopgap extension was discussed if needed.
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Washington
Lucas
D-Il
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services
Olsen Says He Shared Gambling Data With Officials
Attorney General Arnold H. Olsen told a Butte Baptist Men’s club dinner that within two weeks he wrote the sheriff of Silver Bow County the police chief and the mayor with names and addresses of gambling venues and the games conducted. He said no action had been reported to halt the illegal gambling and outlined state efforts begun by the 1949 legislature to force a comprehensive approach as Supreme Court rulings come.
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Arnold H. Olsen
Butte Baptist Men's Club
Silver Bow County
Butte
First Baptist Church
Olsen
Supreme Court
Montana
T. J. Davis
Lois Scott
Children to Get Free Rides for Day at Columbia Gardens
Today marks the third children’s day of the season at Columbia Gardens if weather permits. Children 14 and under ride free from Anaconda Copper Mining Co. A first bus departs Park and Main at 9:40 a.m. with buses every 20 minutes, the last at 4:30 p.m.
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Columbia Gardens
Ted Beech
Anaconda
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