Britain’s Labor Party halts nationalization plan amid wage drive
London March 2. The Labor government faces a party crisis as the cabinet abandons further nationalization while unions press for higher pay. Attlee vows to stop nationalization despite left-wing opposition. strikes loom among Amalgamated Engineering union 1,000,000 members and 35,000 London bus workers seeking one pound weekly raises. Two dockers and De Havilland workers strike. controversy over War Minister John Strachey accusations as a Communist.
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London
U.P
Clement R. Attlee
Labor Party
House of Commons
Amalgamated Engineering Union
London Busmen
Hatfield
John Strachey
Russia
Winston Churchill
Strachey
Attlee
Taxpayers Split Over Butte School Bond Plan
Butte parents from most elementary districts gathered at the administration building to discuss Superintendent Harry M. Ross's proposed 3 277 341 rebuilding program. Despite widespread disgust with the civic center bond campaign they backed the need for school reorganization and improvement, saying education warrants public support though education requires further voter education.
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Butte
Harry M. Ross
Ross
PTA
Civic Center
Montana Brothers Die in Plane Crash
Two Seattle brothers, Earl W. Sutherland aged 36 and Eugene Sutherland aged 22, were killed when their private plane crashed into Puget Sound near Bainbridge Island while en route from Seattle to Port Angeles. Coast guard crews recovered the bodies. their parents Mr and Mrs Sumner E Sutherland of Great Falls and a brother Herbert D Sutherland survive. Earl left a wife and three children and Eugene also left a wife.
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Great Falls
Seattle
Puget Sound
Sumner E. Sutherland
Earl W. Sutherland
Eugene Sutherland
Port Angeles
Wash
Bainbridge Island
Coast Guard
Herbert D. Sutherland
Earl
Eugene
Captured Gunman Hangs Himself in Jail
Andrew Cecil McCauley, 23, the gunman captured after a five hour chase on icy mountain roads west of Denver, was found dead in his cell in Golden Colorado. He was discovered hanging by a belt tied to the cell bars, the sheriff said.
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Golden
Colo
Andrew Cecil McCauley
Arsenal Toting
Denver
Jefferson County
Carl Enlow
McCauley
Commissioners Publish Stand on Butte Civic Center Plan
Silver Bow county commissioners issued a public letter outlining their position on Butte's proposed civic and recreational center. The note details site considerations near Monroe school and Harrison avenue, dispute over East Harrison site, and prior bond history with Halsey-Stuart. An injunction hearing before Judge John B McClernan is set for March 13.
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Silver Bow
Butte
John B McClernan
Emmett P O'Brien
Joe H. Sullivan
Loretta L. Sullivan
Halsey-Stuart Company of
Chicago
Civic Center
Monroe
First Street
Arizona
Oregon
Harrison Avenue
Harrison
Jack Healy
The
Anaconda
Truman Rules Out Moscow Trip as President
President Truman stated he will never travel to Moscow on a peace mission while in office. He kept options open for international moves to end the cold war and welcomed UN efforts. He described the coal crisis as serious, pledged to enforce the law, and defended U S security against charges of weakness. He offered cooperation with the loyalty probe but would not confirm surrender of confidential files.
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Washington
Truman
Moscow
McMahon
D-Conn
United Nations
United States
Senate
Colored Chicks Are Produced in Rainbow Hatch
VINELAND N J March 2 More than two dozen chicks hatched Thursday showing rainbow colors Most are black or light yellow but several carried red green and deep yellow coats The colored hatch marks a success for Mrs Aya Mary Kiss of Cleveland Ohio who continued dye experiments begun by her father eighteen years ago From 50 eggs hatch 27 yielded non normal color chicks
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Vineland
N. J
Aya Mary Kiss
Cleveland
Ohio
Romania Calls On U S and Britain to Close Info Offices
Bucharest on March 2 asked the United States and Britain to close information offices in the Romanian capital. The move followed Hungary’s demand to reduce legation staff and amid espionage trial fallout involving Robert Vogeler and Edgar Sanders.
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Bucharest
Romania
U.P
United States
Britain
Foreign Ministry
United States Legation
Legation
Hungary
Budapest
Robert A. Vogeler
Edgar Sanders
Vogeler
Sanders
New York
Cleveland
Flights Shrink As Ground Crew Strike Hits American
American Airlines flights fell to a trickle as a coast to coast walkout by ground crews began after contract talks with the CIO Transport Workers Union collapsed. The strikes started Wednesday and reduced service across the system.
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New York
American Airlines
CIO Transport Workers Union
Millions of Young Germans Regimented for Totalitarianism
Berlin reports that millions of East German youths are enrolled in the Freie Deutsche Jugend under Moscow influence, with two more million under FDJ sway. Deputy Prime Minister Walter Ulbricht leads a Communist controlled youth mass, shaping future police power and political loyalty.
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Berlin
Hitler Jugend
Russia
Germany
Freie Deutsche Jugend
FDJ
Ach
Gott
Unter den Linden
East German
Moscow
Walter Ulbricht
Lenin
Soviet
West Germany
Socialist-Unity (Communist) Party
Free German Trade Union Federation
Junge Welt
West Berlin
Stalin
Junge Pioniere
Three Irrigation Projects Opened in Montana
Helena March 2. The Montana water board approved three irrigation projects costing over 500000 to supply water to 12500 acres in Petroleum Madison and Powell counties. Projects include Petrolia beach 5300 acres in Petroleum Nevada creek canal 2200 acres in Powell extension of Ruby canals 5000 acres in Madison. Contract bids expected in June and plans to be completed immediately for Petrolia beach. Board members include Gov John W Bonner O S Warden John David and R T Raymond.
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Helena
Montana Water Board
Petroleum
Madison
Powell Counties
Petrolia Beach
Petroleum County
Nevada’ Creek
Powell County
Madison County
John W. Bonner
Water Board
Petrolia
State Water Board
Montana
Lower Musselshell Canals
Musselshell County
Bonner
O. S. Warden
Great Falls
John David
Vandalia
R. T. Raymond
Hamilton
Stenographer Freed of Murder Charge
Laura Miller a 24 year old Minneapolis stenographer was freed of a murder charge in the death of Gordon Jones a Hutchinson lawyer. District Judge Joseph J Moriarity dismissed the first degree murder charge finding premeditation not proven. Miller testified to an affair with Jones and a pregnancy and said she struggled for a gun in Jones office before Jones was shot.
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Glencoe
Minn
Laura Miller
Minneapolis
Gordon Jones
Hutchinson
Brunet
University of Minnesota
Joseph J. Moriarity
Jones
Miss Miller
Girl Dies as Fireman Rescues Baby Doll by Mistake
Oklahoma City reports a two year old girl suffocated in a house fire while fireman Bob Coley, searching for a sleeping infant, rescued a large crying baby doll wrapped in a blanket. The child, Carolyn Thompson, was found deceased after Coley misidentified the doll for a real baby.
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Oklahoma City
Carolyn Thompson
Charles W. Thompson
Bob Coley
Whitehall Ennis and Boulder Sheridan Reach District 16 C Semis
Whitehall defeated Harrison 59 to 24 while Boulder upset Twin Bridges 45 to 39 in the opening day card. Sheridan beat Lima 49 to 17 and Ennis routed Virginia City 57 to 9. Semifinals set with Ennis vs Sheridan and Whitehall vs Boulder at Montana Mines gym tonight.
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Ennis
Sheridan
Whitehall
Boulder
Montana Mines
Mines Court
Virginia City
Lima
Harrison
Twin Bridges
Butte High
Montana High Court Asked to Close 30 Club in Butte
Assistant Montana attorney general urged the state Supreme Court to shut the 30 club in downtown Butte as a nuisance. He contends gamblers evade laws by renaming games like bordo and keno, and seeks an injunction to ban these lottery style games until legality is settled.
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Helena
Montana
Butte
Phil O'Donnell
State Supreme Court
High Court
O'Donnell
Supreme Court
Nervy Maybrook bank cashier fends off holdup
Charles A. Crist, a 59 year old Maybrook National Bank cashier, faced two pistols during a robbers attack. He released tear gas as flames spat from pistols, the holdup failed, a $40,000 payroll was saved, and the bandits fled with a waiting car.
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Maybrook
N. Y
Charles A. Crist
Maybrook National Bank
Russia says 38 Americans not held in USSR
Moscow reported that 38 so called American citizens were not detained in the Soviet Union. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko stated in a note to the US that 37 of the 38 listed persons were Russians, citizens of other nations, or stateless.
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Moscow
U.P
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Andrei A. Gromyko
Public emergency declared as coal strike widens
Pittsburgh March 2 The Pennsylvania governor says a serious public emergency looms as the coal strike deepens. Miners cheer a federal court ruling freeing the United Mine Workers from contempt, hoping it speeds a contract. Experts warn government seizure may follow.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
James H. Duff
Washington
John Ghizzoni
Homer City
UMW
Ralph E. Jamison, Jr
Jamison Coal and Coke Company
Huntington
W. Va
FBI
John L. Lewis
John Reay
Windber
Iun
Butte Weather Forecast Friday Mostly Cloudy with Light Showers
Partly cloudy to cloudy Friday with occasional light showers and mild temperatures. Maximum around 44 Friday afternoon and minimum near 25 Friday morning. Local readings include School of Mines 46/25 and Airport 45/18 with regional variations west and east of the divide.
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School of Mines
Divide
Judge Rules Union Innocent of Contempt of Court
Government seeks coal mine seizure as Morse introduces legislation after Federal Judge Keech clears the United Mine Workers of contempt in the 372,000 miner strike. Truman silent on next steps as Congress weighs quick passage of seizure power and a path to resuming operations.
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Washington
Senator Morse
R-Ore
Senate Labor Committee
Morse
Richmond B. Keech
United Mine Workers Union
Truman
Lewis
McGrath
Senate
Keech
Congress
Lucas
D-Ill
Spy Confession and Purge Highlight Titoist Crackdown in Prague
Prague reports reveal a top Communist suspect died by his own action while under investigation and former Rude Pravo editor Willy Novy confessed to spying for the West. The party central committee admitted Titoist agents were present, amid links to Noel Field’s disappearance and Rajk’s Budapest trial.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Tito Clique
Wilem Novy
Noel Field
United States State Department
Communist Party Central Committee
Communist Party
Marshal Tito
Milan Reiman
Antonin Zapotocky
Novy
Rude Pravo
Field
Erzev Klinger
Czech Foreign Ministry
Oskar Kosta
Ministry of Information and Enlightenment
Klinger
Kosta
Budapest
Laszlo Rajk
Hungary
American Intelligence Service
Rajk
Four Fires Kill 22 in Noblesville and Monson
A Noblesville, Indiana fire killed a 36 year old mother Helen McCarty and four of her ten children, ages 10 months to four. A neighbor helped some escape, but flames blocked reentry. Four other children survived with one minor burn. In Monson, Maine eight family members died when a one and a half story home burned, with a ninth member hospitalized in critical condition.
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Noblesville
Ind
Helen McCarty
George
Susan
Cecil Lee
Richard Allan
George Castor
McCarty
John Ralph
Navy
Boston
Jack
Davis
John McCarty
State Farm
Monson
U.P
Teamster
Elwood Smith
Harriet Smith
Earl Jackson
Inquest Today in Barr Slaying
The inquest into Roy Barr's death, a 50 year old Butte truck driver, is set for 2 p.m. The案 murder charge against 42 year old Evelyn Thomas alleges premeditated killing of her common law husband. Police notes describe a confrontation over marriage with a .22 Colt and a discharged gun.
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Roy Barr
Butte
Rudy &E. Sayatovic
Evelyn Thomas
T. E. Downey
Barr
Brannan Urges Trial Run of Farm Plan Cost
Secretary Brannan told the House banking committee that Congress should test the Brannan farm plan on one commodity to gauge cost instead of guessing. He refused to give a price estimate while backing a bill to raise the Commodity Credit Corporation borrowing limit from 4.75 billion to 6.75 billion dollars. He cited a claim the plan could cost 28 billion and urged empirical testing to prevent overstatement.
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Washington
Brannan
Congress
Representative McMillen
R-Nl
House Banking Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
McMillen
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