Jinxed Tudor Planes May Be Grounded
At LLANDOW Wales the air ministry considered grounding the Tudor airliners after a disaster that killed 80, the worst air crash to date. Witnesses describe a sudden ascent and crash. Welsh mining families identified the dead as mostly men on a Dublin rugby trip. An inquest reported 10 of 12 bodies identified.
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U.P
Air Ministry
Atlantic Ocean
Britain
Llandon
Donald Bennett
RAF
Dublin
Llantaram
States Vie for Lady Burglar
In Oakland California on March 13 authorities from Kansas and California argued over custody of Lucy Elizabeth Worthington a 73 year old thief known as a lady burglar. Long Beach police also charged her with grand theft from a clothing shop last June. Deputy DA David Dutton said he would seek Long Beach's extradition interest and a final sheriff office meeting would decide Tuesday.
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Oakland
Calif
U.P
Kansas
California
Lucy Elizabeth Worthington
Alameda County
Olga Hatcher
Kansas State Industrial Farm
Worthington
Edward J. Tyrrell
David Dutton
Long Beach
Earl Warren
Navy to show power over Indo China in two day display
In Manila March 15 Vice Admiral Russell S. Berkey said planes from the carrier Boxer will conduct a two day strength demonstration over Communist threatened French Indo China this month.
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Manila
U.P
United States
Boxer
Indo-China
Adm
Russel S. Berkey
Fresh Battles Loom Over Streamlining of Federal Government
President Truman urged Congress to approve 21 plans to streamline the executive departments. Key measures include abolishing the General Counsel position at the NLRB, strengthening the Labor Department, and transferring the Maritime Commission to Commerce. Plans would take effect in 60 days unless voted down.
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Truman
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Hoover Commission
Hoover Group
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
House
Senate
Maritime Commission
Commerce Department
Labor Department
Bureau of Employes
Federal Security Agency
Treasury, Justice, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce and Labor Departments
Glasgow Court Rules Slot Machine Tax Unlawful
District Judge James T. Shea ruled state law licensing slot machines unconstitutional and void. He ordered abatement of Bert Nelson's Glasgow club and warned others to stop machines until the Montana Supreme Court rules. Willis Jones said cases are appealed. the state will pursue a decision.
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James T. Shea
Bert Nelson
Shea
State Supreme Court
State Department
Willis Jones
Montana
Supreme Court
Weather Forecast for Butte and Regions
Partly cloudy to cloudy with occasional snow flurries and warmer Tuesday. Temperatures: Tuesday high around 35 and low near 12. Period totals from Sunday midnight to Monday 5:30 am show varied readings at local stations with trace precipitation. West of divide expecting cloudiness and snow flurries. east of divide forecast similar but warmer south and possible 40 in Yellowstone valley.
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School of Mines
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Yellowstone Valley
Leopold Victory Deepens Belgian Political Split
Belgian leaders from Social Christians and Liberals split over King Leopold and the advisory plebiscite. Premier Eyskens travels to Leopold to urge abdication while Leopoldists push opposite advice to Geneva. The 57.6 percent vote favors Leopold nationally but excludes the French-speaking south, highlighting a nation divided by region and party.
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Leopold
Switzerland
Gaston Eyskens
Eyskens
Franz Leemans
Paul van Zeeland
Geneva
Jacques Vierenne
Flanders
Walloons
Brabant
Prospect of War Between Pakistan and India Grows Sharper
In Dacca Pakistan on March 13 a neutral source says India and Pakistan are near conflagration. Nehru warned other methods if talks fail. banners in Calcutta urged armed intervention to save East Bengal Hindus. Premises of war are condemned by responsible leaders in both nations.
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India
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East Bengal
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
East
West Bengal
Calcutta
Sons of
Man Who Snatched Baby's Purse Given Six Months
Doyle Bean alias Lonnie Wicker a 37 year old ex convict was sentenced to six months in Silver Bow county jail after pleading guilty to petty larceny He was accused of snatching a 398 purse containing 210 in cash from a baby carriage on a Butte street The complaint was filed by Ethel Cardwell of 112 South Oklahoma
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Lonnie Wicker
Silver Bow
Bean
Montana State Penitentiary
Townsend
Justice of the
Steve Tahira
Butte
Ethel Cardwell
South
Oklahoma
Reunion Held in Hoboken Collision Scene
In Hoboken on March 13 a half ton pickup struck a passenger car as it moved from a curb. Radio squad officers helped drivers Mario Ceragioli and Nicholas Canzona exchange licenses. Ten minutes later the same car driver backed into the same truck in another city section.
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Hoboken
N. J
Mario Ceragioli
Nicholas Canzona
House Group Axes GOP Tax Cut Bill
House Democrats rejected a Republican quickie excise tax cut, voting 15 to 10 to shelve the proposal. They favor a one package plan funded by closing loopholes and enforcing tax laws, with potential cut of about 1 billion dollars offset by other taxes. President Truman warned he will veto any cut without offsetting revenue.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Treasury
Glands Grown In Glass Houses Aid Cancer Fight
New York report details rat pituitary glands grown in glass flasks to produce humanlike hormones. Hormones include ACTH for arthritis and growth, and sex-hormone stimulants. Dr. Leonard Scheele presented the research linked to cancer causes and cures.
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New York
Leonard Scheele
United States Public Health Service
Scheele
Labor Wins Second Confidence Vote in Britain
In London the Labor government secured a 314 to 289 victory over a Conservative no confidence motion over housing policy. Liberals abstained or voted with government, while expected votes on finance and defense follow in upcoming days.
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Labor
London
U.P
House of Commons
Clement Attlee
National Defense
Liberal Party
McCarthy Attacks State Aides as Communist Suspects
Senator Joseph McCarthy charged three State Department aides with Communist sympathies during a crowded Senate hearing. He named Haldore Hanson and Owen J. Lattimore as examples and urged investigation of Navy civilian scientist John Peurifoy criticized Acheson for deflecting blame.
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Wisconsin
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Peurifoy
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Haldore Hanson
Truman
Associated Press 2
Owen J. Lattimore
Walter Hines Page
Johns Hopkins University
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Harvard
Lattimore
Montana School of Mines Funds Sought in Court
Montana officials move to release the Mines share of 5 million dollars for university buildings. The Montana School of Mines in Butte would receive 325 thousand dollars, with both education and examiners boards eyeing a compromise to speed construction amid jobless labor. The case to decide fund allocation rests with district court and may go to the state Supreme Court.
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Montana School of Mines
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Butte
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George W. Padbury
California
Ed C. Vawter
School of Mines
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Paul Cannon
Examiners and Education Boards
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Missoula
Bozeman
Dillon
Billings
Havre
Grant Lindsay
Lindsay
Clouse Overturf
State Supreme Court
French Navy and Army Launch Measure in Indo China Delta
French forces press a joint amphibious operation in the Bassac river area to chase Viet Minh rebels from Indochina’s rice bowl. Navy patrol boats LCI craft and reconnaissance aircraft support a pincer attack as Capt. Case nave commands the effort from Daingai aboard a patrol boat.
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Delta
Mekong River
U.P
Bassac River
Navy Rive
J. M. B. Casenave
Paris
Daingai
Louisiana Bayou
Mekong
Mississippi
Ens. V. de Gervillier
LCI
F. du Boucheron
Madison Pioneer Dies at 85 in Twin Bridges
Margaret G. Reid aged 85, longtime rancher near Twin Bridges and one of Montana’s oldest natives, died Monday after years of ill health. Born February 26, 1865 in Virginia City, she taught school in Laurin, married Frank Reid in Butte, later ran a Dillon highway ranch with her sons after his 1930 death, and was active in Daisy chapter No. 20 CBS and Madison County Pioneers. Survived by three sons Alvin Almon and George, five grandchildren, and siblings. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Twin Bridges
Margaret G. Reid
Montana
Reid
Virginia City
Henry G. Gilbert
Laurin
Frank Reid
New Scotland
N. Y
Butte
Dillon Highway
Madison County Pioneers Club
Alvin
Almon
George
Helena Lund
Mobile
Ala
Charles and
Dale Reid
Norma Reid
Phoenix
Ariz
Dolores Reid
Sheridan
Louis Gilbert
Ennis
Lynn Gilbert
Bessie Timmerman
San Francisco
Helen Gilbert
Los Angeles
Mae Linenweber
Florida
Raper Funeral Home
Thompson Falls
Seymour Hurlburt
Hurlburt
New Diamond Field in Africa Showcases Phenomenal Yield
ACCORA March 13. Tarkwa chamber of mines secretary says a newly found diamond field in Gold Coast yields are phenomenal. An African prospector ignored a local taboo to locate the field about 50 miles inland from Takorad between Tarkwa and Abosso. Local legend says the region is haunted as news attracts scores of prospectors seeking fortune.
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Gold Coast
Africa
Chamber of Mines At
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Takorad
Abosso
Acheson Rejects Direct Talks With Russia This Week
Secretary of State Acheson is expected to insist on no direct talks with Russia this week and to advocate total diplomacy. He will outline his stance in two speeches at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco and at Berkeley, emphasizing unity and peacetime total diplomacy amid shifting views on a possible global understanding.
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Acheson
Russia
Commonwealth Club
San Francisco
University of California At Berkeley
Moscow
Europe
Asia
United States
West
China
No Speech Is Made by Premier Stalin
Soviet Premier Stalin did not give a public address before Sunday ballots in Russia. State department officials said they expected a major pronouncement to clarify Soviet cold war intentions, noting his 1946 election eve speech set the program for four years.
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Stalin
Russia
State Department
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