Commerce Dept Names 27 as Bad Security Risks
Washington March 19 The Commerce department branded 27 of its employees as bad security risks and barred them from secret data despite prior disloyalty clearance. Six more under investigation are restricted to non critical jobs. The loyalty check program drew fire from a House subcommittee amid broader claims of Communist infiltration across agencies.
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Washington
U.P
Commerce Department
House Appropriations
State Department
McCarthy
R-Wis
Subcommittee
Rooney
D-N. Y
House
FBI
Truman
Die Hard Winter Gives Way to Spring Tonight
Chicago reports that a wintry mix of rain snow and cold persisted as winter yields to spring at 9 36 p m Monday Forecasters warned of continuing unsettled weather with rain in the east snow and cold in the midwest and west Sunday snow across Nebraska Kansas northern Missouri and central Illinois and near zero readings in northern Minnesota compared with last year’s blizzards and a milder season overall.
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Chicago
U.P
Midwest
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Rockies
Mercury
AWOL Soldier Held at Helena Admits Slaying Aged Woman
A 17-year-old AWOL soldier tearfully confessed to stabbing 85-year-old Flora Bryan of Des Moines to death for $4 or $5. Sheriff Howard Reppert said Ellis signed a statement detailing the killing on February 4 and that he planned to be sent back to Des Moines to face indictment.
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Helena
Des Moines
Iowa
Howard Reppert
Thomas Williams Ellis
Flora Bryan
Reppert
Ellis
Three Erie Boys Found in Pittsburgh With 9000 Cash
Three missing Erie youths aged 11 12 and 14 were found in downtown Pittsburgh after a police hunt lasting from Saturday. The boys had been traveling from Erie about 140 miles away and had more than 9000 dollars in mostly 50 100 and 500 bills. The Palermo boy Nick was identified by officers and his parents reported the family savings vanished from a closet.
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Pittsburgh
Erie
David Cappolanno
Steve Radack
Nick Palermo
Capoolanno
Nick
Michael Palermo
Roy Mong
Paul Youclan
Chum
Palermo
Michael Manning
Lumbermen's convention opens in Butte with 400 delegates
About 400 visitors arrive in the mining city for the Montana Retail Lumbermen's Association 13th annual convention at Hotel Finlen. Program runs 9 am to evening with lectures by Fred Gillette and sessions on minutes treasurer report and committee appointments, plus a 30 minute demonstration of sales programs. A jeans and calico hoedown caps Monday night at the Butte Country Club.
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Mining
Montana Retail Lumbermen’s Association
Hotel
Finlen
Bill Aldrich
Billings
Earl A. Clute
Missoula
George Brosch
O. W. Nelson
W. J. Howard
Helena
Fred Gillette
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Butte Country Club
Unlucky pickpocket in Tokyo discovers cop credentials
Beg Hon. Pardon TOKYO March 19. Ha jime Takahashi lifts a wallet from a shopper in a Tokyo store only to find it holds a detective's credentials. He is jailed for the incident.
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Tokyo
Hajime Takahashi
Japan
Takahashi
Butte Weather Forecast Monday Through Sunday
Partly cloudy to cloudy from Monday to Monday night with scattered light snow showers. Monday temperatures range from a low near 25 to a high around 35. Readings cover Saturday night to Sunday evening with various city and district forecasts.
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School of Mines
Divide
Pilot Vanishes in Montana Snow Near Border
A pilot Sam Hollist disappeared after reporting a dropping ceiling during a 90 minute flight from Belgrade Montana to Idaho Falls. He radioed his location near Ennis Madison valley and Island Park before the last transmission. Search efforts coordinated by Montana and Idaho authorities faced bad weather and low ceilings.
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Helena
Montana-Idaho
Frank Wiley
Sam Hollist
Belgrade
Mont
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Wiley
Hollist
Belgrade Field
Rexburg
Ennis
Montana Madison Valley
Island Park Reservoir
St. Anthony
Idaho Aeronautics Commission
Ranger
West Yellowstone
Lynch Flying Service
Charles Lynch
Montana
Idaho Aeronautics
Chet Moulton
Boise
Henry Lake
Nationalists bomb island rebels in Hainan drive
Chinese Nationalists press campaign against Hainan island guerrillas using fire bombs and flame throwers. Sungmen coastal city seized with landings reported March 15, 200 miles south of Shanghai. 10,000 Communists reportedly encircled and threatened by a forest fire ring. Official notes puzzled by landing date mixup due to similar characters.
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Taipei
Formosa
Hainan Island
Shanghai
Sungmen
Hong Kong
China
Five Finger Mountain
Western Zone Opens Fair at Frankfurt
Frankfurt Germany March 19 Western Germany opened a spring fair with no Soviet style political propaganda. The event drew 4154 exhibitors including 1139 from abroad with Italy leading foreign displays at 303 exhibits. United States High Commissioner McCloy and Federal President Heuss attended as crowds found postwar inventions including former U S Army jeeps converted for passenger and light truck use.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Leipzig
Joseph Stalin
Federal Republic
Exposition Hall
United States
John J. McCloy
Theodor Heuss
Russia
Italy
Yugoslavia
France
Switzerland
Belgium
Netherlands
Sweden
Denmark
England
Austria
Saarland
United States Army
Dynamite Blast Hits Foligno Neo Fascist HQ
A heavy charge of dynamite wrecked and blew the roof off the Italian Neo Fascist MSI party headquarters in Foligno. No injuries were reported as police reported no public rallies occurred and oil and gasoline were spread but did not ignite. Riot squads dispersed communists in Modena.
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Rome
U.P
MSI
Foligno
Italy
Ministry of the Interior
Modena
Five Nation Investigation Accuses Cuba Guatemala and Dominican Republic
A five nation committee found Cuba Guatemala and the Dominican Republic involved in conspiracies and plot to invade Caribbean nations. The report urged sanctions under the Rio Hemispheric Mutual Defense treaty and was sent to the OAS Council for public release.
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Washington
Cuba
Guatemala
Dominican Republic
Caribbean
Haiti
Council
Jose More
Uruguay
Paul C. Daniels
United States
Guillermo Gutierrez
Bolivia
Alfonso Moscoso
Ecuador
Eduardo Zuleta Angel
Colombia
Anselmo Paulino
Ican
Rafael Trujillo
Riots Endanger U S Destroyers in Saigon Harbor
In Saigon on Sunday about 4 000 protesters attacked the U S destroyers Stickell and Anderson amid anti American and pro Ho Chi Minh demonstrations. French police used tear gas as they dispersed rioters after fires and barricades. Eighty reported injuries with six arrests, and the destroyers prepared to depart Monday.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Stickell
Anderson
United States Seventh Fleet
Indo-China
Bao Dai
Ho Chi Hinh
Tarzan Creator Edgar Rice Burroughs Dies at 74
Edgar Rice Burroughs creator of Tarzan died quietly at 74 in Tarzana California as he read the Sunday comics at his ranch his death attributed to heart disease and arterial hardening after years of heart trouble He had been wheelchair bound yet found joy seeing Tarzan swing through cinema jungles and his works were translated widely with sales rivaling the Bible
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Tarzana
Calif
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan
Burroughs
Monarchists and Foes Clash Twice in Belgium Turmoil
In Brussels on March 19 clashes erupted between monarchist and anti monarchist factions in Leyden and Brosque causing police to intervene after exchanges of rifle and pistol fire. The Socialist party threatened waves of strikes to push Leopold to abdicate as Belgium faces a government breakdown and a caretaker cabinet led by Gaston Eyskens. A hidden arms depot was found in a garage amid the crisis.
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Brussels
Belgium
Socialists
Leopold
Leyden
Bros-Que
Gaston Eyskens
Eyskens
pro-Leopold Social Christian Catholic Party
Prince Charles
Defense chief aims to trim fat and boost combat power
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson said he will press to cut waste in the military budget while maintaining a defense total of 13 billion dollars for the new fiscal year. He noted the services agree on 13 billion as the cap and that current spending runs near 15 billion, with improvements in readiness.
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Washington
U. Defense
Louis Johnson
James V. Forrestal
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense
Skipper Apologizes For Missing Distress Signs At Sea
The Gen A W Brewster’s captain apologized to the Elder’s skipper for failing to spot distress signals during a south Pacific passage. The Elder crew spent seven days on life rafts after an engine room explosion and fire near Eniwetok, with 26 men rescued by a pair of Privateer patrol bombers.
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Pearl Harbor
A. W. Brewster
Elder
Brewster
Louis Brunehow
Adm
Charles H. McMorris
Pacific Rescue Operations
William F. Adams
Honolulu
McMorris
F. C. Denerbrink
Services Forces
Pacific Fleet
Navy
Comstock
Eniwetok Island Proving Grounds
Swallows Return On St Josephs Day At Mission
caretakers of the San Juan Capistrano mission reported the annual punctual arrival of swallows on St. Josephs day with about 300 spectators on mission grounds. The legend says swallows winter in South America and depart on Oct 23, St Johns day.
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San Juan Capistrano
Calif
San Juan Capistrano Mission
St. Joseph's Day
St. Joseph’s
South America
St. John’s Day
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