Stalin wall of bases to fortify Baltic coast
Hamburg reports Russians are building a vast Stalin wall of military and naval bases along the Baltic coast from Luepeck to Pillau. The plan includes fortifications underground batteries and air bases with a strong anti aircraft network. The Baltic navy is being reinforced and joint air and sea maneuvers are under way. Two Swedish planes were shot down in nine days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Doane
Berlin
Hamburg
Baltic Sea
Germany
West Am Sonntag
Luepeck
Pillau
East Prussia
Russia
Bonn
Hitler
East Germany
Otto Grotewohl
West Germany
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Jakob Kaiser
Hannover
Prominent Dillon Attorney Passes in Butte
W G Gilbert of Dillon Beaverhead county lawyer and stockman died Sunday morning in a Butte hospital after a brief illness. Born July 3 1887 in Wickes he was son of John R and Jane Ann Gilbert. He practiced law in Dillon with H G Rogers then with his brother Thomas E Gilbert and later with his sons W G Gilbert Jr and R B Gilbert. He served ten years as vice president of First National Bank of Dillon before returning to law practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Gilbert
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Butte
Mr. Gilbert
Wickes
John R
Jane Ann Gilbert
Helena Mining and Reduction Company
Beaverhead Valley
Montana State Normal College
Western Montana College of Education
University of Michigan
Flora Haire
Boyne City
Mich
Clark Haire
Haire
Gilbert
H. G. Rogers
Thomas E. Gilbert
First National Bank of
W. G. Gilbert, Jr
R. B. Gilbert
Beaverhead
Three Laurel Men Fatally Hurt in Car Crash Near Laurel
BILLINGS June 22 Two Laurel men were killed instantly and a third died en route to a hospital after a head on crash with an oil tanker near the Farmers Union refinery south of Billings. Jimmy Frank 19 driver of the car survived with unknown injuries. The four were returning from a fishing trip.
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Billings
Laurel
Billy Fox
Albert Schreiner
George Schreiner
Albert
Jimmy Frank
Farmers Union
F E. A. Martin
Alton Buster Cain
Miles City
DeFrance Transportation Company
Ceilings Lifted on Whiskey and Hides Under OPS Action
Price ceilings were suspended Sunday night for package and bulk whiskey, wine, cotton dry goods, hides and leather, bur lap and cotton bags. The OPS said prices sagged well below ceilings and may not recover soon. Decontrol covers distiller to consumer sales except bars. controls could return if prices rise within 20 percent of distillery ceilings.
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Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Ellis Arnall
Manhattan Girl Fatally Hurt In Montana Crash
Betty Stevens 19 of Manhattan died at a local hospital after her car left the road four miles south of Manhattan. Sheriff Don Kerritt said she was alone. The accident happened about 3 p m Sunday. Stevens had just returned home after finishing her freshman year at Park College in Parkville Missouri. This marked the 77th Montana highway fatality for the year, compared with the same tally in 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Betty Stevens
Manhattan
Don Kerritt
Miss Stevens
Melvin Stevens
Park College
Parkville
Rhee Wins Assembly Victory to Remain President in Korea
President Syngman Rhee won a key vote in the Korean National Assembly on Monday, 60 to 0, with 37 abstentions among 97 members present. The outcome keeps him in office until the next presidential election, which under the constitution is set for 30 days before the end of his first four-year term amid a boycott by anti-Rhee lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Korean National Assembly
Congress
Funeral yet shadows over Anaconda crash victims kin
ANACONDA June 22 Albert Schreiner son in law of Mr and Mrs LaVern Bruner 719 East Park Anaconda died in Laurel Sunday crash Surviving wife Margie Bruner and two young children Also killed George Schreiner Alberts brother played Laurel high school football in 1951
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Anaconda
Albert Schreiner
Laurel Sunday
LaVern Bruner
East Park
Margie Bruner
George Schreiner
Albert
Laurel
Stars Visit During Band Concert In Butte
Butte high school band week events culminate tonight at the Civic Center with a concert at 8 p.m. featuring the Butte band and majorettes and two movie stars Donna Reed and Robert Wagner touring for Movie time Tour USA. Proceeds fund the band’s trip to Los Angeles for the VFW encampment. Gov Bonner and state commander John W. Mahan Jr. planned to attend.
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Butte
Butte Civic Center
Butte High
Civic Center
Donna Reed
Robert Wagner
Reed
Wagner
Butte High Band
Butte Band
Los Angeles
John W. Bonner
Veterans’ Convention Plan
John W. Mahan, Jr
Helena
VFW
94 Convicts Missing After Brazil Island Escape
Ninety four of nearly three hundred prisoners who escaped An chieta island after a bloody battle with police remain at large Sunday night, said Elpidio Reali, state secretary for security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Anchieta Island
Elpidio Reali
GOP Completes Delegate Selections Today
The Associated Press reports Republicans finalize their 1,206 delegate slate ahead of the Chicago convention. Sen. Robert Taft predicts a first ballot win with just over 600 votes as Eisenhower backers dispute the claim. current AP tally shows Taft at 467, Eisenhower 392, 205 unknown, with Puerto Rico scheduled to name three delegates Sunday.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Washington
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Puerto Rico
Illinois
Republican convention names ten at large delegates in Illinois
Indiana Democrats hold district caucuses to choose twenty delegates for the national convention. Sen Robert A Taft holds a Washington news conference at seven a m MST then meets Maryland delegates in Baltimore. Eisenhower delivers a fifteen minute radio and television address from Denver at eight p m MST. Kefauver meets Indiana party officials in Indianapolis and appears on a Washington radio program at 3 35 p m MST. Russell meets with Salt Lake City delegates. Harriman confers with delegates in Spokane Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Indiana
Robert A. Taft
Washington
Maryland
Baltimore
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Denver
Estes Kefauver
Indianapolis
Richard B. Russell
Salt Lake City
Averell Harriman
Spokane
Wash
Fitness of Churchill to Continue as Premier Questioned
London reports a growing storm of controversy surrounding Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Demands for resignation or reduced powers to Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden spread, even from Conservative allies. The Sun Pictorial urged Churchill to retire from active politics addressing peacetime leadership questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
London
U.P
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Sunday Pictorial
Ralph Wilberforce
No. 10 Downing Street
Harriman Attacks Tax Cut Talkers at Helena Banquet
W Averell Harriman campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination accused leading Republican candidates of bartering security for votes. He called on Americans to demand action on soil, rivers, farmers incomes, and racial equality, saying the GOP lacks confidence and must eliminate discrimination at home to boost prestige abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
W. Averell Harriman
New Yorker
America
GOP
Harriman
Former MacArthur Aide Backslke Raps Old Chief
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, once MacArthur’s aide in Japan, endorses Gen. Eisenhower for the Republican nomination from Asheville North Carolina and criticizes MacArthur’s political role. He recalls MacArthur’s 1947 wish that Eisenhower back then support him in 1948.
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MacArthur
Backslke
Asheville
N. C
Robert L. Eichelberger
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Pacific
Eicchelberger
Eisenhower
Kefauver Denounces Bar-Fight Slugfest Among GOP Rivals
Senator Estes Kefauver condemned the Republican presidential slugfest as besmirching American honor at a $25 dinner in Chicago. He accused Eisenhower of accusing Taft of stealing Texas delegates and warned the clash could be exploited by Soviet propaganda. He urged the nation toward the Democratic path of progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Estes Kefauver
Sherman Hotel
Eisenhower
Taft
Texas
Gen
Murray Confident of Winning Strike in Gary Rally
Philip Murray told 7,500 steel workers in Gary that the nationwide strike will be won regardless of suppressive measures. He attacked Taft-Hartley usage, condemned major producers for a conspiracy to prolong the walkout, and criticized Eisenhower for commenting before facts were known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Philip Murray
Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers Union
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
U. S. Steel
Memorial Auditorium
Gary Works
Diplomats Watch Malik Move on Korean War Anniversary
UNITED NATIONS June 22 Western diplomats eye Malik for a possible new move around two anniversaries: the start of the Korean War in 1950 and Malik’s cease-fire bid in 1951. Talks at Panmunjom continue with hope for terms, amid disputes over germ warfare disarmament and reductions, and a veto anticipated on an ICRC inquiry proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N. Y
Jacob A. Malik
Malik
San Francisco
Panmunjom
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Russia
Security Council
U. S
International Red Cross
Korea
Fierce Fighting Rages in Korea
United Nations forces push into Chinese positions on the western Korean front inflicting heavy casualties. The U S Eighth Army calls it the largest assault since the front's establishment last November. Hand to hand fighting with the 45th division precedes a tank infantry thrust as patrols probe enemy lines. The Sixth division faces tank supported Chinese attacks to the south with Reds withdrawing by dusk. Night bombing by B26s destroys trucks aiding supply lines toward the combat zones.
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Seoul
United Nations
U. S. Eighth Army
Milo Farnetti
Thunderbirds
Kamsong
Fifth Air Force
Butte And Montana Weather Forecast Summary
Partly cloudy and warmer Monday and Monday night. Monday minimum 41, maximum 64. Period temperatures show 34 to 60 at airports. West of Divide fair in forenoon Monday with showers and thundershowers in afternoon, high 60 to 70. East of Divide fair forenoon, thundershowers after noon, high 70 to 80. Fair Monday night with little temperature change.
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Montana
Divide
Max. Min
Billings Ae
Belgrade
Broadus Onee
Butte Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow Ee Eeneeree
Great Falls Eeeererereeeres
Havre
Helena Sete Ree
Kalispell
Lewistown
Communists Kidnap 40 Free Germans at West German border
In Schoeningen Germany a platoon of East German police led by Russian soldiers invaded West German territory and abducted 40 West German workers in the Braunschweig coal mine rail yards. They fired on 10 others who escaped unharmed as authorities vow protest and seek immediate release. British and West German officials imposed security around the escaped workers and demanded action from Soviet Berlin headquarters.
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Schoeningen
Germany
U.P
People's Police
Braunschweig
Berlin
Russians Charge US Train Fire In Soviet Zone Incident
Berlin dispatch reports Maj. Gen. N M Trussov alleging U S soldiers on a Berlin to West Germany military train fired on a Soviet police officer and a stationmaster at Babelsberg. American officials dismissed the protest as groundless and warned Soviets may seek to disrupt Allied rail traffic.
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Berlin
U.P
U. S
West Germany
N. M. Trussov
U.S
Babelsberg
Strong quake felt near Chile after long distance reading
Weston Massachusetts reports a Boston college seismograph on Sunday recorded a strong earthquake about 5,700 miles south of Boston near the southwest coast of Chile. Officials said the quake lasted about an hour and a half.
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Weston
Mass
Boston College Seismograph
Boston
Chile
South America
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