Czech Bishops Target of New Drive
Communist authorities in Slovakia intensify police actions against Roman Catholic bishops and priests. Archbishop Beran is held incommunicado, accused of leading clerical opposition to state control. Government pledges measures to safeguard the republic while warning saboteurs and fomenters.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
Josef Beran
Antonin Zapotocky
Beran
Bratislava
Board of Commissioners
Interior
Drama in Lansing as boy slain near capitol
In Lansing on June 24 a four year old boy known as Peewee Eaton was found slain near the state capitol. A broken beer bottle killed him in a dark lot, triggering a state wide manhunt and questioning of several suspects. The narrative centers on two families the Jones and Eatons and an adoption arrangement that ended in tragedy.
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Lansing
Mich
State Capitol
Walter Eaton
Peewee
Alfred Jones
Joneses
Leslie Eaton
Eatons
Jones
Emily Eaton
Mrs. Eaton
Blockade proposal by West Berlin rail strikers
West Berlin railway workers propose a blockade of Russians in the eastern occupation zone as a response to the Berlin crisis. Russians refuse to send a locomotive to haul an American military train from the strikebound West Berlin rail yard. The same day the House passed a $127,032,243 deficiency appropriation bill.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Hig
Bremerhaven
Washington
House
Senate
State Druggists to Elect Officers Today
The 59th annual Montana State Pharmaceutical association convention closes Saturday with officer elections and five nominees for the Board of Pharmacy. Banquet and ball Saturday night at Anaconda feature toastmaster Heber Porter of Bozeman and keynote by Dr. Robert P. Fischelis on The New Challenge to American Pharmacy.
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Board of Pharmacy
Montana State Pharmaceutical Association
Anaconda
Heber Porter
Bozeman
Robert P. Fischelis
Washington, D. C
National Pharmaceutical Association
Anaconda Country Club
Farmacy
Montana
Art Merkle
Butte
Montana Traffic Breaks Records Across Primary Highways
Montana highway officials report 1949 traffic on primary roads up 7.5 percent over 1948 and 12 percent above the four weeks ending June 18. The four week total near Billings on US 10 and 12 reached 131,531 vehicles, vs 124,381 a year earlier, with many towns showing higher counts on key routes.
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Helena
Montana
State Highway Department
United States
Billings
Vaughn
U. S
Tarah
Havre
Miles City
Ravalli
Lewistown
Wolf Creek
Wolf Point
Bonner
Mont
Brooks
Dilton
County Road
Wibaux
Montana Druggist Revered Leader Heads Montana Convention
J A Reidel of Boulder long time Montana pharmacist and secretary of the Montana Pharmaceutical association is lauded as a dean of the field. He has served 63 years as a pharmacist and 39 years as association secretary while remaining active in the state board of pharmacy.
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Boulder
J. A. Riedel
Montana State Pharmaceutical Association
L. S. Pusey
Butte
Riedel
Treasure State
Montana
Montana Pharmaceutical Association
Montana Association
State Board of Pharmacy
Reidel
Illinois
Parden Drug Company
Helena
Missoula
Hickman Lindsley Drug Company
Veteran Druggists Association
Farmers Warned by Republicans at Young Federation meet
National Chairman Hugh D. Scott Jr warned farmers that the Brannan plan would raise taxes and hit them hard if enacted. He said Democratic subsidies would burden farmers while Republicans claim to boost take home pay by tax cuts. He urged labor support and criticized tariffs under reciprocal trade.
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Salt Lake City
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Brannan
Scott
Young Republican National Federation
Secretary of Agriculture
Truman
GOP
80Th Congress
Truman Seeks Postmaster Reforms and Higher Postal Rates
President Truman urged Congress to pass a law separating postmaster appointments from politics and to run the Postal Service on a businesslike basis with streamlined budgeting. He also pressed for higher postage rates to cover a projected $400 million deficit next year as postmaster appointments move under civil service with Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Post Office Department
Senate
Civil Service
Coplon's fiery courtroom outburst challenges espionage case
Judith Coplon lobbed a 10 minute tirade in federal court calling the espionage case against her fishy and smelling of high heaven. She proclaimed innocence, claimed entrapment, and assailed prosecutors and officials as she accused herself of nothing.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Miss Coplon
John M. Kelley, Jr
Judy Coplon
Miss
Voting on Labor Bill Sets High Stakes Next Week
The Senate divides into near even camps over next Tuesday's vote on continuing Taft-Hartley act emergency strike injunctions. A veto could stall the labor bill, with implications for closed shop, mass picketing, and foremen bargaining rights.
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Washington
Senate
Ives
R-N. Y
House
Truman
Congress
Montana Standard to Start Telephoto Service Next Week
The Montana Standard joins Acme Newspictures Telephoto network to send and receive world news pictures within seven minutes. An Acme Transceiver in the office will transmit over leased wires or radio to deliver photos within an hour from distant points.
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Montana Standard
Acme
The
Telephone Company
Acme Telectronix Laboratories
San Francisco
London
New York City
Standard Office
Army
Navy
Pacific
Bikini
South Pole
Montana
Noted Swindler Caught in Trap In Chicago
Sigmund B. Engel, longtime con artist known for defrauding women, was captured in a Chicago luggage shop trap set by a woman posing as a potential victim. He faced Mrs. Reseda Corrigan who had been bilked of 8700 dollars and attempted to strike him as police moved in.
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Chicago
U.P
Sigmund B. Engel
Reseda Corrigan
Engel
Timothy Lyon
Michigan Boulevard
Genevieve Perro
Perry
Richard
Paul Marshal
Marian Hagen
Installment Buying Controls to Lapse This Month
Senate banking subcommittee chair Robertson said government controls over installment buying will die at month end. The wartime measures, liberalized over time, faced no further action as hearings concluded. President Truman had requested an extension as an anti inflation standby.
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Washington
Robertson
D-Va
Senate Banking
Maybank
D-S. C
Truman
Greek Premier Sophoulis Dead After Stroke at 88
Athens reports Themis tokles Sophoulis the durable Greek premier died Friday at his summer home after a stroke. He had just turned 88 last November 24 and led efforts against Communist incursions with Western support. Tsaldaris to form new government as Parliament adjourns.
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Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Albania
Sophoulis
Washington
Hassani
Fredrika
Constantin Tsaldaris
Tsaldaris
Sophocles Venizelos
Liberal Party
Regents Require Loyalty Oath For University Faculty
In Los Angeles on June 24 the Regents of the University of California declared membership in the Communist party incompatible with scholarly truth and announced a revised loyalty oath for faculty and employees. They ruled for the oath despite faculty pleas that it was unnecessary.
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Los Angeles
University of California
Communist Party
Butte Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy to cloudy with occasional showers Saturday. Max forecast 60 in 24 hours. School of Mines 70 high 46 low. Airport 72 high 41 low. West of divide: cloudy with scattered showers and cooler. East of divide: increasing cloudiness with showers and possible storms, cooler north and west. Strong west to northwest winds west. Highs 55 to 65 west of divide, 65 to 75 east of divide, 55 to 65 extreme northwest near divide.
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School of Mines
Divide
Truman seeks 45 million aid to lift backward areas
President Truman urged Congress to fund a worldwide program to develop economies in under developed regions. He sought 45 million dollars for technical assistance and a government backed guarantee plan to entice private investment with exports. The aim is to improve health and education and curb appeal of false ideologies by boosting freedom and prosperity.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United Nations
Educa
Senators Demand Stand Against Chinese Red Rule
A group of 21 senators urged President Truman to refuse recognition of the Chinese Communist regime and support the constitutional government and anti Communist forces in China. They warned that recognizing Beijing would end open door trade and threaten U S security. The letter follows a clash between Sen Connally and Sen Vandenberg over Far East policy and the Butterworth appointment.
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Washington
Truman
United States
China
Sens
Tom Connally
Texas
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Far East
Wedemeyer
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Middle East
State Department
Connally-Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Owen Brewster
Maine
W. Walton Butterworth
Former Fighter Loses Decision to Police Court Judge
Tiger Bob Williams, once a boxing title contender, pleaded guilty to a state vagrancy charge and was sentenced to 60 days in county jail. Judge John Seton granted a two hour stay of execution and Williams agreed to leave the city, then began road work immediately.
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Bob” Williams
John Seton
Williams
Coal Miners Begin 10 Day Vacation Amid Possible Nationwide Strike
White Sulphur Springs Va June 24 U P John L Lewis 480000 coal miners will start a 10 day vacation as a precursor to a potential nationwide strike under the no contract no work policy. Negotiations for a new soft coal contract, due next Thursday, remain far from success as weekend recesses are observed. Lewis served notice that the United Mine Workers will not sign a new pact without wage and hour improvements welfare fund changes and a plan to stabilize employment.
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White Sulphur Springs
U.P
John L. Lewis
Bluefield
W. Va
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Hiss Denials Stand Firm In Spy Trial Defense
In New York on June 24 1940 former State Department official Alger Hiss denied charges of perjury and secret transfers to Chambers amid claims of a China town deal. He stated he never handed secrets to Chambers or met Col Bykov and rejected meeting with Chambers as George Crossley. He and Priscilla Hiss disputed any link to the Chambers party.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Chinatown
Russia
Whittaker Chambers
Boris Bykov
Hiss
State Department
Chambers
Lloyd Paul Stryker
George Crossley
Colonel Bykov
Brooklyn
Priscilla
Peterborough
N. H
Mayor Announces Butte Fourth of July Celebration
Mayor Thomas R. Morgan denies rumors of canceling the three day July Fourth observance. He states the event will be held despite strikes affecting local restaurants and cafes and other conditions.
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Thomas R. Morgan
Butte
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