Attorney Claims Liquor Probe Was Whitewash
Government attorney Branham told a House subcommittee the 1949 anti trust probe of the liquor industry was a whitewash and he faced intimidation after refusing to approve the memo. He testified amid denials from Herbert Bergson and countercharges from Edward Hodges who sought to respond next.
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Washington
Justice Department
Ernest L. Branham
House Judiciary
Branham
Herbert A. Bergson
Edward P. Hodges
Anti-Trust
Hodges
Atomic Offensive Possible by 1954
E. V. Huggins assistant secretary of the Air Force told a House appropriations subcommittee on June 10 that Russia could launch a sustained atomic offensive on the United States in 1954. The testimony supports a 12 billion dollar air base construction budget and was made public on Monday.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Congress
E. V. Huggins
Air Force
House
Butte Weather Forecast Tuesday Outlook
Partly cloudy to cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night with occasional showers Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures range from 43 to 69 for the day. Airport 30 to 68, School of Mines 38 to 63. West of Divide clear to partly cloudy with scattered showers. high 70 to 80. East of Divide partly cloudy Tuesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the extreme south. highs 65 to 75, locally 80 southeast.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Eisenhower Warns Isolationism Will Leave America Gaunt
Denver June 23 General Dwight D. Eisenhower warned that retreat into isolationism will produce a gaunt and naked America encircled by a savage wolf pack of Communism. He urged Americans to heed his four point program for security and peace in a broadcast that also framed a clash with Sen. Robert A. Taft over foreign policy.
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Eisenhower
America
Don Whitehead
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Carlson
Illinois Hands Taft 10 Votes
Illinois Republicans voted to give Sen. Robert A. Taft ten more delegates to the Republican national convention in Chicago. The state slate totals 1,206 delegates overall with Taft securing nine of ten alternate slots and Eisenhower one.
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Springfield
U.P
Illinois
Robert A. Taft
Chicago
Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Politicians Gather Across States for Delegation Activities
Tuesday features Sen. Taft with Pennsylvania delegates at Hershey. Eisenhower meets Louisiana delegation in Denver. Stassen speaks to National Press Club in Washington. Kefauver chats with radio analysts in New York. Russell appears in Phoenix. Harriman meets Seattle labor leaders. Kerr in Washington as Indiana Democrats finish 26 vote delegation. North Dakota nominates candidates for Senate House and governor in primary.
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Robert A. Taft
Pennsylvania
Hershey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Louisiana
Denver
Harold E. Stassen
National Press Club
Washington
Estes Kefauver
New York
Richard B. Russell
Phoenix
Ariz
Averell Harriman
Seattle
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Indiana
North Dakota
Truman protests plan to cut overseas air base bill
President Truman told the Senate Monday a reported 50 percent cut in a 2.758 billion defense bill for secret overseas bomber bases and other facilities would be a terrible disaster. He urged Chairman Russell to guard against the reduction and said the air bases are vital to national defense.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Russel
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Russell
Air Force
U. S
Middle East
Soviet Russia
Congress
Loss of Fargo city minute book stirs audit office mystery
City auditor’s office reels after the minute book vanishes from the vault over the weekend. Efforts to locate it fail until a stenographer is found using the book to raise her elevation while typing, revealing the missing document beneath her desk.
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Fargo
N. D
U.P
City Commission
Air strike cripples Suiho hydro plant in Korea war raid
Allied air forces struck the Suiho hydroelectric plant in North Korea along with four other installations. The Suiho plant was described as a pile of junk after the raid, cutting power to North Korea and parts of Manchuria. None of the attackers were lost. one Navy plane was downed with four others damaged. The operation targeted Asia's largest hydroelectric system, disrupting power to Pyongyang and Mukden.
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Seoul
Asia
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
U. S
Suiho
Suiho Hydroelectric Plant
Suiho Power Plant
Red China
Manchuria
Mukden
Air Force
Navy
Antung
Pyongyang
China
Port Arthur
Get Tough Policy Seen For Korean War
Washington reports a major Allied air strike on Yalu river power plants marks a new hard line in Korea. Officials say the blow by about 500 planes follows stalled truce talks and reflects directives from Gen. Mark Clark. Earlier dates for the assault were postponed for military and political reasons.
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Washington
Yalu River
Yalu
Air Force
Mark Clark
John Stankovic Dies in Korea
Pfc. John R. Stankovic 23 died in Korea June 6 from injuries from a May 21 truck accident. He is the 11th Butte man to die in Korea. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. John Stankovic of 2212 Oak and siblings Eu gene Zampano Betty Jean Stankovic, in Butte. He attended local schools and worked before entering the Army February 1951. He trained at Fort Bragg and served with the 623rd field artillery battalion. A Slovenian Sons member and American Fraternal Union man. Burial arrangements pending official notice.
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John R. Stankovic
Korea
John Stankovic
Oak
United States
Pfc
Stankovic
Butte
Holy Savior
Boys Central High School
Butte Business College
A. C. M. Company
Fire Fill
Butte Water Company
Miners Bank
Douglas Aircraft Company
California
Slovenian Sons
American Fraternal Union
McQueen Athletic Club
Fort Bragg
N. C
623Rd Field Artillery
Eugene Zampano
Betty Jean Stankovic
Malik Again Uses UN Presidency to Stall Korean War Probe
Soviet delegate Jacob Malik, chairing the United Nations Security Council, demanded that Chinese and North Korean Reds be invited to debate the American Red Cross germ warfare inquiry and warned he might block the proposal. U.S. Ernest Gross recalled Malik’s 1950 tactics when he used council power to halt Korea actions for a month. The push to probe UN troops for germ warfare faces Moscow veto and delay until Malik's term ends July 1.
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Richard
United Nations
N. Y
U.P
Jacob A. Malik
Security Council
Malik
Council
Red Cross
Ernest A. Gross
Korea
Grose
U. S
Far East
Russia
Butte School Board Seeks 1 476 000 For 1952 53 Budget
The Silver Bow County School District No 1 board adopted a 1 476 105 22 dollar budget for 1952 53, up 141 392 03 from last year, to be delivered to the county superintendent for review. The high school total rises to 418 787 33, elementary to 1 057 317 89, with major maintenance increases in both sectors and a larger high school instructional budget. The levy was approved by voters in the recent school election, with trustees Evans Gerry Connolly Dunstan and Lehwalder voting. Absent were Rouleau and Fall Jr. The budget will be reviewed by the county commission and superintendent in July.
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Silver Bow County
Board of Trustees
Butte
Newell Evans
Willis Gerry
Thomas Connolly
Thomas Dunstan
Arthur Lehwalder
Maybelle Hogan
Rene O. Rouleau
Paul Fall
Commies Protest Koje Screening
Communist armistice negotiators at Panmunjom warned the United Nations that resuming screening of Red prisoners on Koje island was dangerous. General Nam II opened the talks with a protest against the screening, citing Geneva convention violations and UN delays in prisoner exchanges.
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Tokyo
U.P
United Nations Command
Koje Island
Nam II
Panmunjom
Nam
Charles F. Colson
Francis T. Dodd
Kose
San Diego Tattoo Artists Under Fire
Felix Lynch 43 operated a tattoo parlor in San Diego and was arrested for tattooing a flag on a 20 year old recruit. City ordinance bans tattooing under 21 and Lynch was freed on $50 bail. The incident marked the second such case in a week.
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San Diego
Calif
Felix Lynch
Lynch
JCs Convene Today in Dallas for 32nd Annual Convention
About 4 000 junior chamber of commerce members arrive in Dallas for the start of their 32nd annual convention to be held Tuesday. Organizers expect wide attendance and a program of meetings speakers and events. The gathering marks a major nationwide professional and civic event for young businessmen.
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Jcs
Dallas
Texas
U.P
U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Harry Ross Quits Butte School Post
The Butte school district accepted Harry Ross resignation as superintendent effective July 1. A successor will be appointed at a future board meeting. Ross also released the district from salary payments July 1 to Nov 1 under his expiring contract. The five trustees approved the resignation.
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Harry Ross
Butte
Ross
Newell Evans
Willis Gerry
Thomas Dunstan
Arthur Lehwalder
Thomas Connolly
British troops move into disputed belt near Soviet zone
In Schoeningen Germany on June 23 British forces expanded patrols 600 yards behind the East West border after 43 West German workers were freed by Red troops. The incident followed a border kidnaping near Hohnsleben as German frontier guards reassured locals amid renewed tension.
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Schoeningen
Germany
U.P
11Th Armored Division
East Germany
Gerhard Stetebeck
West Germany
U. S. Army
Stetebeck
Red Army
Volkspoliezei
People's Police
Hohnsleben
Helmstedt
Saxon-Anhalt
Volkspolizei
Marienborn
Senators Reject Showdown on Seizure Powers
The Senate rejected a move to bar presidential seizures of private property without congressional consent. The 42 to 32 vote largely split along party lines as Democrats stalled, while Republicans largely favored consideration of McCarran's constitutional amendment limiting executive takings. The measure would require two-thirds approval in both Houses and three-fourths of states.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
White House
Bridges
New Hampshire
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Morse
Oregon
McCarran
D-Nev
Truman
Supreme Court
CIO
United States
Butte High Band Sparkles At Civic Center with Movietime Tour
The Butte High School band and its majorettes showcased a lively performance at the Butte Civic Center featuring Donna Reed and Robert Wagner as part of a Movietime Tour fundraiser. The event drew nearly 2,000 attendees as the group aims for a Los Angeles trip to be the Montana official band at the VFW encampment August 3 to 8. Governor Bonner attended, praising the band from the stage.
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Butte
Butte Civic Center
Mining City
Donna Reed
Columbia Studios
Robert Wagner
20Th Century-Fox
U.S. A
Civic Center
H. J. Schiesser
Jean
John W. Bonner
Helena
Young Sailor's Bigamy Sentence Shocks San Diego
A 26 year old Navy sailor Howard C. Gaskin of Fort Mill South Carolina was jailed nine months for bigamy after admitting three marriages. He wed Yvonne McCall in Yuma Arizona 1947 Elizabeth Daimian in Oakland California 1950 and Dorothea O Connor in Las Cruces New Mexico 1951.
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San Diego
Calif
Howard C. Gaskin
Fort Mill
S. C
Yvonne McCall
Yuma
Ariz
Elizabeth May Daimian
Oakland
Dorothea O
Allied patrols barred from Berlin West Autobahn e ban upheld
Western high commissioners protested to Gen. Chuikov that the Soviet ban on the Berlin West German trunk highway violated the 1949 blockade lifting accord. American and British patrols were turned back by Soviet sentries, extending a May 8 restriction despite 1945 assurances of Allied patrol rights.
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Berlin
U.P
West Germany
Vassily Chikov
Chuikov
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