Senate Approves Major Farm Price Support Increase
The Senate passed by one vote a bill raising the Agriculture Department’s Commodity Credit Corporation limit from 4.85 billion to 6.85 billion dollars. The measure, backed by Vice President Barkley, moves to President Truman for signature to fund supports for cotton, wheat, corn, rice, tobacco, peanuts and other commodities. Republicans largely opposed it amid debates over curbing imports and trade agreement language.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
White House
Truman
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Frear
Delaware
Magnuson
McFarland
Arizona
United States
Senate House
Morse
State Department
Murray
Montana
Ecton
Rail Strike Halts Major Western Rail Lines
In Chicago on June 26, four AFL switchmen unions halted operations on major western railroads causing widespread traffic delays. The strike by 4,000 workers seeks a 40 hour week with 48 hours pay, rejecting an 18 cent raise offered by a mediation board. Leading figures including Arthur J. Glover remain in negotiations but progress is limited.
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Chicago
AFL
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago Great Western
Western Pacific
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Great Northern Railroad
National (Railway
Glover
Butte Weather Outlook With Tstorms And Warmer Temps
Increasing cloudiness with afternoon thundershowers and warmer Tuesday. Forecast high around 75 and low near 40 Tuesday morning. Montan a readings note School of Mines 70/40 and Airport 71/35. Precipitation 0.02 inches. West of divide partly cloudy 70-75 Tuesday. east of divide fair 75-85. Table by Associated Press.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Scouts from Vigilante to attend Philmont training in New Mexico
Six outstanding Explorer Scouts of the Vigilante council are chosen for a 40-day training course at Philmont Scout Ranch near Cimarron New Mexico. Edgar Icenoggle joins the group with Ted Potter assisting in final days. The trip departs Wednesday by road from Butte.
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Philmont
Cimarron
N. M
Eugene Hamilton
Duane Pickle
Don Scott
Don Spring
Frank Gardner
Melvin Mattingly
Edgar Icenoggle
Ennis
Ted Potter
Butte
Eden Demands Accord on Korean Crisis
Former Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden urged free nations to unite on plans to counter the Communist threat from Korea. In the House of Commons debate on foreign policy, Attlee praised the UN cease fire while Eden warned of a calamity if the Schuman plan fails. Churchill prepared to close the debate, signaling a tight vote.
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London
U.P
Anthony Eden
Korea
Eden
House of Commons
Westurope
Clement Attlee
Peter Roberts
Attlee
Security Council
Britain
United Nations
United Nations Commission
Schuman
Robert Schuman
Stafford Cripps
Paris
Winston Churchill
Churchill
City Lines Bus Struck by Rifle Bullets
Butte police and sheriff's deputies investigated a late Monday shooting on City Lines bus No. 2 at the end of Kennedy street near Rowe road. Two .22 caliber bullets pierced the bus, one lodging along the length and a second breaking a rear light. driver Bill Turner was aboard.
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City Lines
Butte
Kennedy Street
Rowe Road
Bill Turner
War Fright Grips Traders as Stocks Plunge on Monday
War jitters push $4 billion off market value on the New York Stock Exchange while trading volume hits 3.91 million shares, the largest in a decade. Commodities rise with grains and raw materials, but cotton and Coca-Cola slip late. bonds and rails also fall amid broad declines.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
London
Four Die In Anaconda Auto Crash On Butte Anaconda Road
Four Anaconda Diem Auto workers returning home from a trip died in a high speed crash on the Butte Anaconda highway. The 1946 Dodge sedan left the road, struck a concrete bridge abutment, and burred two occupants in the water. Names listed: Patrick Doohan 19 Patrick J. McMahon 22 Peter Murray 21 Lowell Hogenson 29. Cy Perkins helped rush Murray to St Ann hospital where he died. Scene nine miles east of Anaconda. Time between 1:15 and 1:30 a m daylight.
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Anaconda
Butte-Anaconda
State Highay
Herbert Slack
Butte
Patrick Doohan
Patrick J. McMahon
Peter Murray
Lowell Hogenson
Felleher
Leo Scalise
John Lucich
Eric Dredson
Slack
Doohan
Hogenson
McMahon
Cy Perkins
Murray
St. Ann Hospital
Butte Road
Schools to Cost Over Million In Butte district 1950 51 budget set
Butte Montana trustees approve a 1950 51 budget totaling 1 185 266 09 for the Mining City schools with a 41 826 39 rise from 1949 50. A 808 627 92 foundation program is planned versus 783 293 99 last year. Elementary schooling will cost 835 876 72, up from 810 093 99, while the high school fund is noted.
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Butte
West Nations May Act Outside UN
West Nations may pursue a course beyond the United Nations to respond to Communists in Korea. Senator Connally floated the idea while debating the Korean invasion, suggesting actions beyond UN sanction to enforce a ceasefire. The Senate debated intelligence warnings and approved a $653.8 million aid bill for South Korea.
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Washington
Connally
West
United Nations
South Korea
Texas Democrat
Russia
Korea
Senate
House
Truman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Roscoe H. Hillengoetter
Central Intelligence Agency
North Korea
CIA
Senate House conferees fail to extend peace time draft
Washington reports Senate and House conferees did not reach a bill agreement to extend the peace time draft law beyond the July 9 expiration. They set another session for Tuesday to continue negotiations.
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Washington
Senate
House
History of Events Leading Up to Shooting War Is Outlined
The United States and Russia backed rival Korean regimes after World War II, splitting Korea at the 38th parallel. Northern Korea under Communist rule and backed by Russia challenged the South, led by Syngman Rhee, with U.S. sponsorship creating competing democracies.
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Korea
United States
Earnest Hoberecht
United Press
U. P
Tokyo
U.P
Russia
Yalta
Manchuria
Korean Peninsula
Syngman Rhee
United
Tito Accuses Soviet Russia of Grabbing Influence Spheres
Belgrade, Yugoslavia premier Marshal Tito charged Moscow with practicing a function of an imperialist state machine fighting for spheres of influence during a speech to Yugoslavia's parliament. He denounced Russia's foreign policy amid ongoing Cominform tensions.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Russia
Chinese Warships Kill 300 Reds
In Formosa the Nationalist navy reported shellfire killed 300 Communists building defenses on the Chekiang coast and sunk 10 junks. The Nationalist air force bombed Swatow area targets with good results and an airfield north of Swatow was 70 percent destroyed. Coastal patrols were strengthened around the clock amid North Korea tensions.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chekiang
Swatow
South Korea
Chiang Kaishek
No U S Troops Says GOP But Urges Sending of Arms Aid
Gen MacArthur's HQ said loading of war materiel for South Korea has begun and Korean pilots will take delivery of 10 American fighter planes. The U S authorized transfer of 10 F 51 Mustang fighters. air and naval escort will ensure safe arrival of aid to South Korea. President Truman backs UN effort but opponents question sending troops while supporting military supplies.
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U.S
Gop
Tokyo
Francis J. Kelly
Washington
Truman
United States
United Nations
Korea
Republic of South Korea
Louis Johnson
Wherry
Nebraska
Pearl Harbor
Missouri
Pacific
Senate probes John Service over Amerasia secrets spying
Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee led by Tydings questioned John S Service for two and a half hours behind closed doors about an FBI recorded conversation with Amerasia editor Philip Jaffe in wartime 1945. Service denied knowingly passing military secrets to Jaffe as Republicans claimed FBI testimony cited a hidden mic in Jaffe's room. The transcript remains to be released until the Amerasia inquiry ends, part of a larger probe into Communists in government.
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Washington
Senate
John S. Service
Service
Amerasia
Philip Jaffe
Senate Foreign Relations
Tydings
United States
Jaffe
FBI
Robert Morris
McCarthy
R-Wis
Attorney General Seeks Writs in Walker's Case
Montana Attorney General Arnold H. Olsen asked the state Supreme Court to intervene in the Walker's Social club gambling case. He argues the Butte district court erred in dissolving an injunction and should be ordered to close the club as a public nuisance. He contends slot machines and Bordo constitute unlawful lotteries and gambling despite any low court holdings.
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Helena
Arnold H. Olsen
Montana
Supreme Court
Butte
High Court
Olsen
Silver Bow
Walker's
T. E. Downey
Downey
U.S. Seeks More and Better Atomic Weapons Says AMA Delegates
At the AMA convention in San Francisco Atomic Energy Commissioner Gordon Dean said the United States is emphasizing the manufacture of more and better atomic weapons while noting no evidence of a pursuit of lasting peace from abroad. He cited plans to repurpose fissionable stock for peace and urged affirmative action toward real peace.
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San Francisco
U.P
United States
American Medical Association
Atomic Energy
Gordon Dean
AMA
Dean
Selec
Tion
Evarts A. Graham
St. Louis
Shields Warren
AEC
Warren
South Korea Officials Flee in Face of North Korean Invasion
North Korean Communist troops entered Seoul as South Korea’s government fled toward Suwon. A US fighter shot down a Russian built plane over Kimpo airport while MacArthur's headquarters reported uncertain conditions and ongoing air attacks. Ambassador Muccio and military leaders were preparing for southern evacuation.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
Seoul
South Korea
South
United States
Kimpo
Gen. MacArthur
John Muccio
Suwon
Muccio
Col. W. H. 8
Wright
Korea
MacArthur
Japan
Great Falls Man Heads Ahepans District 18
Thomas J. Bastas of Great Falls elected district governor of District 18 of the Order of Ahepa at the convention. Gus Marinos of Butte installs him as officers include Andrew George Missoula lieutenant governor and Charles Sakellaris Butte secretary treasurer. Daughters of Penelope officers named include Mrs. George Pappas Butte district governor and others. Convention ends with banquet and dance as joint session with the Daughters of Penelope Maids of Athens and Sons of Pericles opens with national anthems.
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Thomas J. Bastas
Great Falls
Order of Ahepa
Gus Marinos
Butte
Andrew George
Missoula
Charles Sakellaris
B. G. Poulas
Daughters of Penelope
Maxom
George Pappas
George Famos
Roy Gianoulias
George Kordas
United States
Silver Bow
Achepans
Penelope
Athens
Pericles
Greece
Floyd G
Thomas Morgan
Los Angeles
George Hindis
Man Falls From Ladder Through Window Unharmed
Dan Shea, service manager at a Broadway equipment firm, fell from a stepladder Monday afternoon and crashed through a large plate glass window. About 96 by inches window shattered, but Shea escaped with only surprise and possible minor scrapes.
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Dan Shea
Mr. Shea
of Equipment
Broadway
Equi Company
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New Mexico
Anaconda Diem Auto
Senate Republicans
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John J. Muccio
State Acheson
Johnson
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Tito
Soviet Russia
John Service
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Walker
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