Telephoto Net Links Standard to Major U.S. Cities
Acme Telephoto network will wire direct picture coverage from scores of cities across the United States Canada and Mexico to the Montana Standard starting Tuesday. The system links newspapers from Birmingham to Sheboygan with hubs in New York and Toronto and includes transceivers in Butte.
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Acme
United States
Canada
Mexico
Butte
Europe
South America
Australia
Hawaii
Orient
New York
San Francisco
Seattle
Miami
Montana Standard
Birmingham Post
Hollywood Citizen News
Los Angeles News
San Francisco News
Denver Rocky Mountain News
Hartford Times
Newark News
Trenton Times
Albany
Knickerbocker News
Binghamton Press
Buffalo Evening News
Elmira
Elmira Star Gazette
Newburgh
NBC
New York Daily News
New York Herald-Tribune
New York World- Telegram
Rochester Democrat
New York City
Scott Appears to Have Been Given Spanking
Young Republicans at a Salt Lake City convention ousted GOP National Chairman Hugh D. Scott Jr. In a turbulent session the group installed John Tope of Detroit as national chairman for two years. Reports suggest Scott opposed the result while earlier in Omaha he survived a committee test by four votes.
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Salt Lake City
GOP
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
John Tope
Detroit
Mich
Scott
Federation
Omaha
Neb
Frank C. P. McGlinn
Philadelphia
McGlin
Twenty Four Hurt as C 47 Plunges From Runway
A C 47 transport plane carrying National Guard bandsmen overshot a runway in Portland and plunged into Fore River, injuring all 24 aboard. Crew and 22 bandsmen were rescued and hospitalized. one reported in critical condition. The craft was en route from Dowfield Bangor to Portland Municipal Airport for an American Legion parade.
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Portland
U.P
National Guard
Fore River
American Legion
Old Archard
Harold Burrill, Jr
Bangor
Maine General Hospital
United States Marine Hospital
Dowfield
Portland Municipal
FBI Enters Case Of Man Who Claimed He Made Millions
FBI joined the investigation into Sigmund Engel a 73 year old Chicago man who boasted a half century of marrying and swindling wealthy widows. Agents sought warrants to detain him if he posts the 10000 bond on the Chicago charge of swindling Mrs. Reseda Corrigan 39 and to pursue flight and other federal offenses including mail fraud and stolen property violations. Engel described himself as cool and unruffled at the police showup while denying any case against him.
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FBI
Chicago
U.P
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sigmund Engel
Engel
Reseda Corrigan
Detective Bureau
Joseph Devery
Kim Koo Slain by Follower in Seoul Bed Room
Police report Kim Koo prominent rightist leader and potential Korea unifier was shot four times in his Seoul bedroom by a fellow member of his Korean Independence party, later beaten by four officers who found the attacker with a .45 pistol. The motive cited involved a dispute over plans to use part of the army for personal ends.
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Seoul
Korea
Kim Koo
George Washington
Kim
Korean Independence Party
Kim Jong
Ahn
Poice
Body of Infant Returned to Butte for Funeral
The body of Chester Carlos Mero Jr two months old son of Chester C Mero and Mrs Mero of Cornville Arizona returns to Butte for funeral services after being fatally injured Saturday when a car skidded on gravel and overturned near Idaho Falls. Surviving relatives include parents grandparents a brother sister and numerous aunts uncles and cousins. The Sherman and Reed funeral home handles arrangements.
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Chester Carlos Mero, Jr
Chester C
Jack) Mero
Cornville
Ariz
Richard Heath
Walnut
Idaho
Butte
Mero
Heath
Charles
Jackie
George Gilbert
Big Fork
Eliza Hoffman
Kellogg
Ray Morgan
Garrison
Homer Hoffman
Clyde Hoffman
Kelogg
Howard Lang
Hamilton
Janis and
Terry Lang
Sherman and Reed Funeral Home
German Rail Strike Ends Tuesday After Western Demand
The anti- Communist UGO union bowed to British American and French commanders in Berlin and ordered strikers back to work by Tuesday morning. Strikers will receive full wages in west marks, with assurances of no reprisals, but no legal recognition of UGO as bargaining agent. The strike was blamed for economic damage in Berlin and hindering four power talks and the airlift.
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Daniel de Luce
Berlin
Anti- Communist Railway Union
UGO
Reischbahn
West Berlin
Paris
Efforts Underway to Identify Motor Crash Victim
A fatal Saturday night crash near Mining City left behind few clues. Coroner Sayatovic believes the victim is Benjamin Frank Kerr of Watson Louisiana, about 35 to 38. A Baton Rouge telegram to Butte police seeks kin and Carey McDonald of Watson for notification. Max Helman of Great Falls, driver and car owner, was treated and released from St James hospital.
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Baton Rouge
Butte
Benjamin F. Kerr
W. S. Kerr
Ernett Sullivan
R. E. Sayatovic
Benjamin Frank Kerr
Watson
Carey McDonald
Kerr
Max Helman
Great Falls
St. James Hospital
Hoover proposes curbs on federal aid for education
Former President Hoover urged Congress to limit federal education aid to genuinely needy states and strip pork barrel features from grants. He called for strict education standards, non discrimination, and prioritizing education over highways while warning that grants in aid would expand a federal dictatorship over local schools.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Rep
McConnell
R-Pa
House Education and Labor Committee
McConnel
Senate
Stanford University Forges Legacy as Wilbur Dies at 74
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, educator physician and former Interior secretary under Hoover, died at 74 in his Stanford home. He led Stanford from 1916 to 1943, served as chancellor until his death, and signed Hoover Dam contracts during his Interior tenure.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Stanford University
Wilbur
Stanford
New York
Herbert Hoover
Dr. Wilbur
Interior
Hoover Dam
Boulder
New
University
Communists Criticize Truman Talk from Moscow Editorial
Pravda denounces President Truman for self praise over the Big Four ministers conference in Paris. It says the Western abandonment of earlier policy shows the weakness of American foreign policy and calls the president’s remarks immodest bragging. The piece marks rare direct criticism of the President by Moscow papers.
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Moscow
U.P
Pravda
Communist Party
Truman
Paris
Seven Die in Head-On Crash Near Madera
An overcrowded car struck a produce truck on highway 99 near Madera Saturday night. Seven passengers from Stockton were killed outright and two were badly injured, with fears additional deaths.
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Madera
Calif
Stockton
Airlift ends year with boxcar flight to Berlin
A C 82 Flying Boxcar delivered five tons of steel wool and textiles to Tempelhof on a Sunday anniversary of the Allied airlift. Pilot Michael B Seeley reported brief radio contact loss but returned to route, marking the 235 314th lift of 365 days and bringing total tonnage to 1 943 655 9 tons feeding Berlin during the blockade.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Berlin
Platz der Luftbruecke
Bakersfied
Calif
Seeley
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Divides
Partly cloudy to cloudy with occasional thunderstorms on Monday. Highs range from 35 to 70 across Montana regions, with 58F in Butte area. Airport readings show a maximum 58 and minimum 42, while School of Mines records 58 and 41. West of Divide expects 35 to 65, east of Divide 55 to 65 with possible showers or thunderstorms.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Crisis Expected in Hiss Trial
In New York on June 26, prosecutors plan cross-examination of Alger Hiss in the perjury trial to show he lied. Court observers anticipate a new, startling line of evidence emerging during the cross-examination.
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New York
U.P
Alger Hiss
State Department
Economy Drive Could Give Truman Political Windfall
Senator Aiken warned that bipartisan economy measures could create a two billion dollar campaign fund for President Truman in the 1950 elections. Aiken noted 56 senators backed a plan to cut federal operating appropriations to balance the budget, risking cuts to agencies and local projects for political gain.
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Aiken
R-Vt
Truman
Lucas
Ilinois
Senate
Taxi Collision Shocks City as Ice Slick Causes Crash
In New York on Sunday the temperature reached 93 degrees when a taxi skidded on ice under the Third Avenue elevated and struck another taxi. Police said a truck had dumped ice, creating the hazardous condition that led to the crash.
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New York
U.P
Third Avenue
White House decision on European arms program looming
Washington reports expect a Monday White House decision on Europe arms aid strategy. The action aims to secure Senate ratification and congressional authorization without undermining NATO. The $1.13 billion Western Europe aid and $320 million for Greece and Turkey await formal submission.
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White House
Washington
Congress
Truman
Richards
D-S. C
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rayburn
House
McCormack
Mass
Barkley
Senate
Lucas Jr
State Acheson
Russia
Portance
America
Greece
Turkey
Church Leaders Cry Out in Prague Hour of Trial Declared
Archbishop Josef Beran and Czech bishops denounce the Communist regime in a pastoral letter. They warn that a failed church state accord could trigger a struggle of extermination and call Catholics worldwide to stand with the Church during this Hour of Trial.
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Josef Beran
Vatican
Prague
Red
Church of Christ
Czechoslovakia
St. Vitus
Bevan
Carnival Shooting Affray Leaves Three Wounded
In Anaconda on June 26 three people were wounded after a carnival hold up turned into a gunfight. Helmuth Schramm 23 was in grave condition while bystanders George and Mrs. Hanson were treated for leg and groin wounds. County Attorney Ruane said witnesses support Schramm aimed at the officer Walter Derzay who was shot at but uninjured.
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Ruane
Schramm
Carnival
Walter Derzay
Derzay
Peserk
Hanson
Mr. Hanson
Mrs. Hanson
Forsyth Attorney R Bailey Stortz Dies After Car Crash
Forsyth attorney and former Wheeler secretary R Bailey Stortz died in a local hospital after head and chest injuries from a car collision near Forsyth. His wife, seriously injured, suffered facial lacerations and a fractured foot. Stortz, a Navy veteran and VFW post commander, had practiced law in Montana since 1947 and leaves a widow, parents, a sister, and two brothers.
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Forsyth
R. Bailey Stortz
B. K. Wheeler
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Red Government
R. L. Wilbur
Ray L. Wilbur
Tempelhof
Associated Press
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Aeescreensee
Belgrade Broadus
Custer Sreeeceseerenes
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Neta
Glasgow Great Falls
Missoula Escareesnersace
W. Yellow Stone
Whitehall
Hiss
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