Montana Storm Blocks Roads and Closes Schools
A severe post winter blizzard grips Montana with 30 to 40 mph winds, closing 10 rural Flathead Valley schools and blocking several roads. Snow accumulations reach ten inches at St Mary while closures affect airports, rail and bus services intermittently. Weather Officials expect 24 to 36 more hours of snow as Arctic air collides with Pacific moisture.
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Helena
Montana
Flathead Valley
Glacier National Park
West Glacier
St. Mary
Polebridge
Many Glacier
Weather Bureau
Missoula
Kalispell
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Continental Divide
Great Falls
A. Dightman
Dightman
Consolidated Freightways
Greyhound
Mis
Baruch Urges Strong National Security to Preserve Credit
Bernard M. Baruch testified to the Senate Banking Committee urging an effective shield of defense and stable finances. He said stock prices’ rise is not predictable, but national defense, tax policy, and a balanced budget are essential to confidence. He argued against tax cuts until defenses are secure and warned the inquiry into the stock boom aims to embarrass the Eisenhower administration.
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
Senate Banking Committee
Baruch
Wall Street
Fulbright
D-Ark
Sen
Capehart
Indiana
Baruchi
Eisenhower
Butte Teachers Set Friday Business Education Day
Butte will host its first Business Education Day sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce to connect 370 educators from city schools and the Butte Business College with local industry. Teachers meet at the Montana Theater by 9 am, then tour shops and plants with five teachers per host, followed by a luncheon.
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Butte
Chamber of Commerce
Butte Business College
Montana
George B. Schotte
Edgar T. Henderson
James B. Glover
George Haney
Eisenhower Acknowledges No Gain From Yalta Post Mortem
President Eisenhower said there is nothing to gain by revisiting the Yalta decisions years later and cautioned against damaging reputations. He noted no motive to question FDR and Stalins actions while Republicans push to review the Yalta papers. He called for exploratory talks for future peace conferences and possible summit steps after Paris ratification.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Yalta
Roosevelt
Stalin
Russia
Churchill
Britain
State Department
Bridges
Senate Republican Police Committee
Germany
United States
France
SEC Chief Delivers Positive Broker Report to Senate
SEC Chairman Ralph H. Demmler testifies before the Senate Banking Committee and says brokers and dealers show no widespread illegal practices. He notes ongoing work to close loopholes and craft rules to curb misuse in the markets.
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Washington
Ralph H. Demmler
Security and Exchange Commission
Senate Banking Committee
SEC
Attlee Offers Bevan Olive Branch to End Labour Rift
Prime Minister Clement Attlee proposed an olive branch to Aneurin Bevan amid a Labour party split. Bevan, a 57 year old former Welsh coal miner, faced possible expulsion as Bevanism tensions and policy disputes over defense and the hydrogen bomb dominated a long national executive meeting.
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London
Labor Party
Clement Attlee
Aneurin Bevan
Attlee
Bevan
Britain
Weather outlook with occasional snow through Thursday night
State forecasts for Montana show occasional snow in the east and west zones with cold highs. Thursday to Friday will be partly cloudy in parts with temperatures ranging from single digits to mid twenties and snow in southern regions Friday.
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Montana
No Agreement Reached on Tax Cut Plan
Washington reports a one hour House Senate conference failed to agree on the $20 per person income tax cut. Senate opposition and lack of compromise suggested likely House capitulation, with continued rates for corporate taxes and auto, fuel, liquor and beer excises.
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Washington
House-Senate
House
Senate
Rep. Cooper
D-Tenn
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Jacob Reuther Found Innocent by Helena Jury
A Lewis and Clark County District Court jury acquitted 46 year old Jacob Reuther of the March 25 1946 shooting at the Mint Bar in Helena. The verdict was delivered at 1124 PM after the jury deliberated since 447 PM with eight women and four men on the panel. Reuther expressed thanks to the court and issued an apology as he departed the county jail.
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Wis Mcalester
Okla
Ben T. Galbraith
McAlester
Jere
Frank
Sarah Ann
Mary Katherine
James Whyte
Galbraith
Norman
Oklo
Helena
Mont
Lewis and Clark County District Court
Jacob Reuther
August P. Zoeller
Reuther
Zoeller
Mint
Joe Guffey
Peo
Gruenther says US air power can defeat Soviets now
General Alfred M. Gruenther supreme NATO commander told the Advertising Council that American air atomic power could defeat the Soviets now. He warned German military buildup could aid Allies in preventing a Red drive into Western Europe in a few years.
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Washington
Alfred M. Gruenther
NATO
Europe
Advertising Council
De Gaullist Appeals to Senate on German Treaties
Paris report says the French Senate opened debate on West German rearmament pacts with a De Gaullist appeal for approval as the least evil option. Premier Faure urged unity in backing the treaties as ratification nears. Debre acknowledged doubts but urged adoption noting France seeks negotiation yet cannot delay.
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de Gaullist
Senate
Paris
Council of the Republic
Edgar Faure
National Assembly
Faure
Michel Debre
Charles de Gaulle
West Germany
France
Debre
Foreign Affairs Committee
Social Republicans
MacArthur Opposes Soviet Entry at Yalta Cones
Gen. Douglas MacArthur stated he would have advised against inviting Soviet Russia into the Pacific war at Yalta and did not know the conference was held. He urged the move would have been fantastic and noted he warned Secretary Stimson in 1941. The Yalta papers show Soviet concessions and Chiefs of Staff urging Soviet entry.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Russia
MacArthur
Far East
Japan
Yalta
Philippines
Pacific
Soviet Russia
Pearl Harbor
Stimson
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Germany
Hiroshima
State Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen
George ©. Marshall
Sen
Herbert Lehman
D-Lib- NY
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Lehman
Underground atomic test at Yucca Flat yields dirty plume
The Army and AEC fired a small underground A device at Yucca Flat in Nevada with 26 Air Force planes observing. The 12:30 p.m. blast sent a brownish dust cloud 11,000 feet high and 55 miles away, with no audible shock in Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
Yucca
Army
Corps of Engineers
Department of Defense
Los Alamos
N. M
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Air Force
Nevada
Senate confirms Ellis Briggs to Peru and Lacy to Korea
The Senate confirmed Ellis Briggs as U S ambassador to Peru and William S B Lacy as U S ambassador to Korea. A lengthy slate of routine diplomatic and foreign service promotions and appointments was also approved.
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Washington
Senate
Ellis
Briggs
U. S
Peru
William S. B. Lacy
Korea
Eisenhower Urges Good Faith Talks With Soviets
President Eisenhower called for exploratory talks with the Soviet Union on peace issues within months after European rearmament treaties are ratified. He urged demonstrable Soviet good faith and suggested a Big Four summit if evidence aids negotiations to ease world tensions. Senator George supported talks, while Knowland warned of dangers in a divided Western alliance. George’s cooperation is essential.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Germany
Sen. George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Britain
France
Senate
Knowland
California
George
U. S
America
Dulles
Election Canvass Changes Minor in Butte City Results
Unofficial city primary results showed no mayoral change and only a one vote shift in 19 alderman precincts after a Wednesday canvass led by Mayor Tim J. Sullivan. Voting machines, in use for the first time since 1941, likely caused minor errors, corrected in the tally.
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Butte
Tim J. Sullivan
Sullivan
Thomas R. Morgan
Bery Wilson
R. J. Klune
Kluner
Bernard FE. Holland
John Seton
Holland
Seton
Wilson
John Lindquist
Alex McDonald
D. J. Kinsella
W. B. Renouard
Louis Lienemann
Pete J. Sodja
William Carroll
Arthur Mehrens
Third Ward
R. E F. Jones
Larry McAllister
Seventh Ward
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