Conferees Cut Interior Branch Funds
Washington reports that a Senate House conference panel reduced the Interior department appropriation by 75 to 100 million dollars from the Senate total of 341.89 million. Details were withheld until the bill is reported to the House. If agreed, the measure heads to final congressional action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Interior Department
House
Senate House
Department
Rep
Johnson
D-Okla
House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee
Wisconsin Flood Claims One Life
Flood waters from the White and Bad rivers, driven by heavy rain, swept northern Wisconsin, killing Arvid Maki and leaving hundreds homeless. Mellen and Ashland faced severe damage with bridges washed out and Ashland isolated. Odanah planned slow evacuation while residents watched for rising waters. Gas service was shut off to prevent further trouble.
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Ashland
Wis
Wisconsin
Mellen
Odanah
Arvid Maki
Oulu
Port Wing
Iron River
Maki
Earl Morrison
Federal Workers Loyalty Probe Proposed by Rep Rees
Representative Rees of Kansas urged a House civil service subcommittee to audit the Civil Service Commission records on federal workers loyalty after the commission denied claims that Communists and their followers were approved for federal jobs. He cited wartime instances where a special board overturned investigators’ findings.
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Washington
Rees
R-Kan
Civil Service Commission
House Civil Service Subcommittee
Coal strike orders revoked by Civilian Production admin
Washington reports that emergency power orders imposed during the coal strike to conserve soft coal supplies have been revoked by the Civilian Production Administration. The move ends mandatory conservation measures, restoring normal power allocation and operations.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
Final A-Day rehearsal for Bikini atom bomb test
A daytime dress rehearsal at Bikini lagoon proved successful though the real A-bomb was not used. A practice drop from a Superfortress at 3 14 p m targeted the Nevada battleship and Independence light carrier, with officials praising the flight and noting final judgment rests on photographs and reports. Clouds hindered earlier runs but the third pass succeeded, though observers could not see the bomb through the sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WU. S. S. Mount Mckinley
Bikini Lagoon
Nevada
Independence
William H. P. Blandy
Atomic Test Force
Roger Ramey
Denton
Texas
Woodrow P. Swancutt
Missing Montana Rancher Hunted
Great Falls dispatch reports an extensive search for James Hanson, 67, a Monarch rancher missing since a fishing trip near Tenderfoot country, 80 miles from Great Falls. Heavy rain and wind hampered efforts, with searchers using jeeps and horses after two companions returned.
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Great Falls
James Hanson
Monarch
Tenderfoot
Andy Loberg
Hanson
Soberg
Tenderfoot Creek
Loberg
Hamilton Pioneer Taken by Death
William Andrew Strange 74 retired farmer in Hamilton died Monday. He came to Butler County as a child with pioneer parents Mr and Mrs B F Strange. Survived by wife Fay two sons George in the Army and William of Houston Texas two brothers Luke and James Oregon and sister Mrs M L Kelly Hamilton. Burial Wednesday in Corvallis.
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Hamilton
William Andrew Strange
Buter Root Valley
B. F., Strange
Fay
George
William
Houston
Texas
Luke
James
Oregon
M. L. Kelly
Corvallis
Big Four Ministers Fail to Agree on Frontier Issues
A twister struck Fort Frances Ontario at 3 20 pm CDT injuring eleven people including ten children of Dan Mainville. Homes were blown from foundations trees uprooted and lines snapped in a three block area along the town’s main street. International Falls Minnesota also saw damage with no severe reports initially. No warning preceded the storm and no funnel cloud was seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Mainville
Fort Frances
International Falls
Rainy River
Minnesota
Windsor
Ont
Foreign ministers council opens talks on Trieste and Danube
Paris reports the Big Four foreign ministers council rejects Austrian claims to South Tyrol and debates Franco Italian frontier, Danube navigation, and Italian naval disposal. Byrnes and Molotov held a half hour meeting at the American delegation HQ. Officials say US may back internationalization of Trieste but not the entire area. Bevin to dine with Byrnes. push for Danube free navigation gains but Molotov insists Danube nations must participate.
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Paris
Big Four
Foreign Ministers Council
South
Tyrol
Danube
United States
James F. Byrnes
Vu. M. Molotov
Molotov
Trieste
Italy
Balkans
Andrei Vishinsky
Byrnes
United Nation
Ernest Bevin
Police Hold Browder Under Guard Near London
In a security measure at Heathrow airport, Earl Browder former head of the Communist party of America was kept in communicado and guarded around the clock by blue clad civilian security police. He faced removal to New York on a plane as part of his return journey from Russia amid restricted communication until boarding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Earl Browder
Communist Party of America
Heathrow
New York
Russia
Browder
American Overseas Airlines
British Home Office
Soviet Naval Officer Gets 24 Hour Delay in Espionage Trial
In Seattle on June 24 Lt. Nicolai G Redin a Russian naval officer in full dress uniform and flanked by Soviet consular officials received a 24 hour postponement in federal court delaying the start of his espionage trial.
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Seattle
Nicolai G. Redin
Increase in Coffee Prices Expected
Washington June 24 An expected retail coffee price rise of three to five cents a pound will be announced this week by the office of economic stabilization. The increase offsets producer subsidy losses when the current coffee subsidy ends June 30, following a Monday meeting of Bowles office state and agriculture departments, the office of price administration, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Office of Economic Stabilization
OES
Chester Bowles
State and Agriculture Departments
Office of Price Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Weather Forecast for Butte and Surrounding Areas
Mostly cloudy Tuesday with light rain and cool conditions. Tuesday night remains partly cloudy with little temperature change. Maximums expected around 65 at the School of Mines and the airport, with 60s elsewhere. 24 hour precipitation 0.32 inches ending Monday evening. West of divide shows showers 40 to 50 degrees low and 60 to 70 high, while east of divide stays mainly cloudy and drier with 40 to 50 degrees low. East winds shift as temperatures rise westward forTuesday.
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Butte
School of Mines
Divide
Associated Press Max. Min. Proc
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Custer
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Tr. Glasgow
Great Falls
Tr. Havre
Helena Sneeweneeenee
Kalispellee
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
W. Yellowstone
Whitehalls
Conferees Vote Full Year Price Control Extension
Poland loses bid to break with Franco Spain in UN Security Council. Dr. Oscar Lange suffers a 7 to 4 defeat but keeps Spain in debate until Wednesday as council members refuse to call for immediate rupture of diplomatic relations with Generalissimo Francisco Franco.
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New York
Oscar Lange
Poland
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
Franco
Spain
Security Council
Russia
France
Mexico
Lange
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
O Conor Leads Maryland Senate Nomination Race
Maryland returns from over a quarter of polling places show O Conor leading Radcliffe by more than 13000 votes for the Democratic U S Senate nomination. Lane leads Tawes for governor while McKeldin tops Mills in the GOP contest. Markey heads a three way GOP Senate race as Republicans glimpse a November contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Maryland
Herbert R. O’conor
George L. Radcliffe
U. S
William Preston Lane, Jr
J. Millard Tawes
North Dakota
Gerald P. Nye
Roosevelt
William Langer
Senate
United Nations
Nye
John Moses
Milton R. Young
P. W. Lanier, Jr
Robbery Foiled by Elk City Teller at Bank
In Elk City Kansas on Monday June 24 a lone gunman tried to rob the First National Bank. Teller Maude Osburn refused to surrender money and told the bandit to leave. The robber fled in a nearby car as bank employees and a customer watched.
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Elk City
Kan
First National Bank of
Maude Osburn
School Trustees Adopt Budget for 1946-47
Trustees of school district No. 1 on Monday night adopted a preliminary budget of 776,928.61 for the 1946-47 year, reflecting a net decrease of 6,017.35. Savings stem from transferring teaching staff to the elementary system and not replacing retiring teachers, while elementary instruction costs rise and high school teacher costs fall by 13,114.63. Continued on Page 6, Col. 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trustees of
Pacific Northwest Earthquake Claims Two Lives
A Pacific Northwest earthquake Sunday caused two deaths and minor property damage. Daniel Fidler, 50, of Vancouver B C drowned when a cliff front collapsed into the sea near Vancouver Island. Jacob Kingston, 69, of Seattle died of a heart attack while watching swaying buildings on his way to church. Geologists place the epicenter off Vancouver Island with a No 5 intensity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Daniel Fidler
Vancouver
B. C
Vancouver Island
Robert Annal
L. W. Clay
Jacob L. Kingston
British Columbia
Bus Carrying Ball Team Crashes Near Snoqualmie Pass
SEATTLE June 4 A specially chartered cross state bus carrying Spokane's Western International league baseball team plunged off the Snoqualmie pass highway and burned Monday night. A nurse said six were reported killed. The bus ripped out 100 feet of guard railing and rolled about 500 feet down a steep embankment. Three were taken to Snoqualmie Falls hospital and four more were en route to Seattle. A motorist said 15 were aboard and the scene was described as gruesome with victims burned and injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Spokane
Snoqualmie Pass
Snoqualmie Falls
Cascade Mountains
Ellensburg
Declares Hitler's Moves Could Have Been Halted
MERNBERG June 24. Baron Constantin von Neurath said signers of the Munich pact could have halted Hitler's aggression with a stern diplomatic reproof after Czechoslovakia's absorption in 1938. He testified at the international tribunal of war crimes. He criticized Britain and France for only printing protests and not recalling ambassadors, arguing a firmer response might have deterred further Nazi actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Mihailovic accuses witness of selling partisans to Germans
Belgrade reports Mihailovic interrupts trial to charge witness Yovan Skarovic with selling partisan prisoners to the Germans. Skarovic says 365 partisans were delivered to Nazis in November 1941 and later shot. Mihailovic denies the accusation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Draja Mihailovic
Yovan Skarovic
Mihailovic
Skarovic
Troops Hunt in Vain for Missing Officers
Jerusalem June 24 British troops hunted in vain for one day for three officers still held by Jewish resistance elements while a secret Jewish radio charged that the Arab League plans to install the grand mufti of Jerusalem as head of a provisional Palestine government. The Hagana radio appealed to the British to stay death sentences of two Irgun members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Arab League
Grand Mufti of
Palestine
Haganah Defense Organization
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Powers Cut In Agreement On OPA Across Agencies
A Senate House conference approved a bill to vastly reduce OPA powers. The plan extends the current reduced authority for a full year but drops a clause to scrap controls on meat dairy poultry petroleum and tobacco by June 30. The measure moves to final votes and President Truman’s fate remains uncertain. It retains several “booby trap” provisions including ceilings tied to 1941 prices plus cost increases and peacetime markups for scarce goods, while transferring farm product controls to Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Senate
House
Truman
Chester Bowles
Secretary of Agriculture
Council Favors Naval Armory In Butte Montana
City council, in a special session, unanimously approved a naval reserve armory in Butte. Three sites would be leased to the Navy for about 118000 dollars. Armory to train 10 officers and 200 men in trades. planned as part of a statewide rollout with final Montana site decision pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Reserve
Butte
Navy Department
Barry O'Leary
Navy
Butte Naval Reserve Officers Corps
Butte Development Association
Miners Union, Trades and Labor Council
Chamber of Commerce
A. D. Ayrault
Seattle
Ayrault
Billings
Montana
E. H. Reeder
Thomas Murray
Sargey MacDonald
Stewart Stadler
Richard Donovan
Willard Thompeson
Butte Chamber of Commerce
John D. Crawford
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council
John McLeod
Butte Miners’ Union
George Tippett
John Lindquist
Ray Kunz
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Interior Branch
Interior
Conference Committee
Central Valley Project
California
Shasta Dam
Sacramento
Bikini
Task Force 1.5
Harold H. Wood
Bordertown
N. J
Rapid
Wood
Swancutt
Ontario
Winnipeg
Twister
Canada
U. N
O'Conor
William Lane, Jr
Alexander Cadogan
Francisco Castillo Najera
Burns
Council
Naval Armory
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