Ex Bootlegger Clams Up in Crime Inquiry
Ex bootlegger Abner Zwillman refused to provide details of his rum running and current money making schemes to the Senate crime probing committee. He cited fear of incriminating himself and said he faces income tax trouble. The session revealed gains from graft by New York police and estimates of gamblers’ protection payments, with other lines of inquiry involving O'Dwyer, Moran, and Murder Inc. links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Abner
Longie
Zwillman
Senate
Murder, Inc
New York
William O'Dwyer
O’dwyer
James J. Moran
Senate Committee
New York City
FBI
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
Crime Committee
Brooklyn
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Leibowitz
Vincent Impelliteri
Thomas Murphy
Newark
N. J
Kefauver
D- Tenn
Sen. Tobey
RN. H
O'Dwyer
Mexico
Tehran Plot Thwarted Against Military Governor
Police said Fedayan Islam planned to assassinate Tehran’s military governor. The authorities announced the thwarting of the plot on Monday night as part of the crackdown on the extremist group.
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Tehran
Fedayan Islam
Butte Weather Forecast Tuesday Night Cooler With Showers
Partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday night with a low around 20 and a high near 48. Montana areas west of Divide expect occasional rain or snow showers and a cool day, while east of Divide sees scattered precipitation, wind and highs about 40 to 50.
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School of Mines
Divide
Truman Opens Hemisphere Conference With Call to Join Defense Buildup
President Truman opened a meeting of 20 Latin American republics urging a western hemisphere defense buildup against Soviet expansion. He called for stronger UN support, increased strategic-material production, and possible $80 million hemisphere defense aid. conference aims to finish by April 6 with agendas on security, internal measures, and economic cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Hemisphere
Washington
United Nations
Prise
Europe
Asia
United States
Constitution Hall
Vincent Auriol
France
Auriol
Dean Acheson
Mr. Truman
Draft Will Take 36 Men to Colors This Week
Silver Bow county residents called to the colors in the March draft contingent were announced Monday by the selective service board. The 36 men must report for final processing and induction Thursday morning after physicals and service record compilation, then may return to their activities.
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Silver Bow County
April Call Halved for Silver Bow County in 26 to 13 Draft
Silver Bow county reduced the April draft call from 26 to 13 men. The contingent must report at the Butte main station for induction on April 26. The cut aligns with a policy announced by national selective service headquarters last week.
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Silver Bow County
Selective Service Board
Butte
National Selective Service
Induction lineup for local draftees headed to Fort Lewis
Thursday evening they report at Butte airport for charter planes to Fort Lewis Washington. Names listed include Wedye Driscoll Maki Tomich Tomich Rask Mattson Foley Holland Howe Boyle etc. Romero Manuel moved from Raton New Mexico to Silver Bow board for induction Thursday.
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Butte
Fort Lewis
Wash
Charles E. Wedye
Gallatin
Charles D. Driscoll
West Park
LeRoy J. Maki
Maryland
John J. Tomich
North Excelsior
William D. Tomich
Hazel
Pete J. Rask
Harvard
Leo H. Mattson
Florence
Timothy F. Foley
South Gaylord
William E. Holland
Highland
Phillip M. Howe
Oregon
Thomas J. Boyle
Lewisohn
Harold O. Bires
West Copper
John J. Hackett
Nevada
William E. Fogarty
Elm
William R. Hopwood
Gaylord
William D. Murphy
Caledonia
David J. Oxley
Floral
Albert J. Horda
California
John T. Holmes
Tommy E. Thompkins
Arizona
Dean H. Neary
Idaho
Eugene E. Brue
East
Galena
William L. Brothers
Georgia
Albert E. Smyth
Robert L. McMillan
Zarelda
Donald F. Holmes
Gladstone Terrace
Charles J. Smith, Jr
South
Lawrence G. Danville
Rocker
Leonards. Tresidder
South Oklahoma
Edward J. Murphy
East Mercury
Donald L. Bertrand
Florida
Timothy L. Clifford
East Broadway
Peter Griffin
John V. Paul
Johns
Hugh T. Quinn
Romero Manuel
Raton
N.M
Silver Bow Board
Motorists Must Have Plates as of Today
Helena dispatch reports state highway patrols will begin issuing tickets to drivers without 1951 license plates and valid licenses. Patrol Chief E H England announced the grace period ended, adding any vehicle operated without current plates after Tuesday will be summoned to court.
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Helena
E. H. England
Red Cross Drive Nears Closure This Saturday
Butte reports $19 848 18 raised toward a $24 000 goal in the American Red Cross campaign as the drive closes Saturday. Envelopes should be returned by Friday to 62 West Broadway to finalize local results for national headquarters.
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Butte
American Red Cross
West Broadway
Robert Crangle
Walter Barnard
Tana Keith
W. A. Rohel
Red Cross
Short Senate Session Sets 10-Second Record
Washington March 26 five senators tied a record for the shortest session in recent history at just 10 seconds. President pro tempore Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee reminded the four others of the no business agreement during Easter recess and closed without the chaplain’s prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate
Kenneth McKellar
Dtenn
Officials Seek Curbs on MacArthur Authority
The State department urged Washington defense and White House leaders to restrict General Douglas MacArthur to military duties, dropping diplomacy from his remit after his cease fire offer to China. Critics warn the move could anger Congress as U.N. talks with the Chinese Reds loom and a new Korea policy may emerge in London and Washington.
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Washington
U.P
State Department
White House
Defense Department
Douglas MacArthur
Department
United States
MacArthur
Truman
Formosa
Korea
London
United Nations
38Th Parallel
South
North Korea
Murder Suspect Wanted in Texas Is Jailed
A Texas murder suspect, impersonating Mitchell Jones, 23, is jailed in Butte after federal arrest on unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for the killing of Army corporal Dennis E. Miller near Toyah, Texas. Welch, arrested with his wife and a man named Thomas Ralph, faces possible Texas transfer and further questioning.
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Toyah
Texas
Mitchell Jones
John Edward Welch
Butte
Lars Larsen
Robert Russell
Jones
Welch
United States
T. F. Kiely
Silver Bow
Kiely
United States District Court
Bart J. Riley
el Paso
Dennis E. Miller
East St. Louis
Associated Press
Montana Standard
Miller
Ishal
Treasure State
Riley
Thomas Ralph
Ralph
Edward Malthen
Flash Flood Hits Sidney Montana After Ice Jam Breaks
A Lone Tree creek ice jam caused a flood in Sidney Montana on March 26. Damage exceeded 500000 dollars with livestock losses and destruction of a 50 foot bridge. No fatalities occurred as residents evacuated and utilities went out during the rapid rise and fall of floodwaters.
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Sidney
Lone Tree Creek
Montana
Ralph Osborn
Associated Press
Fairgrounds
Here
Osborn
Army Reclaims Surplus Gear from German Agency
The United States Army disclosed it recovered 75 to 100 million dollars worth of surplus equipment sold to the German STEG agency after the war. The take-back, mainly from September and October, covered vehicles, parts, tools, and medical gear bought for about 15 million. The sale price was 21 percent of original cost with settlement negotiations pending.
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Heidelberg
Germany
United States Army
United States
STEG
Reds Jam Supply Roads as UN Push Intensifies in Korea
Chinese Reds move reinforcements north of the 38th parallel while Allied forces close in on Seoul and western Korea. Traffic along North Korean supply arteries reaches a two week high as UN units link up north of Munsan. Reds suffer heavy losses and retreat in central front while air and ground forces press the offensive.
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Tokyo
38Th Parallel
United Nations
North Korea
South Korea
Korea
Seoul
26Th Army
Reds
Kumhwa
Pyongyang
United States Eighth Army
Munsan
Imjin
Associated Press
Jim Becker
Ong
Sabotage Talk Circles Missing Globemaster Airliner
Reports swirl that the missing United States Army Air Force Globemaster, carrying 7,000 pounds of cargo, may have been sabotaged as search teams scoured 25,000 square miles of Atlantic waters southwest of Ireland. Brig. Gen Paul T. Cullen was aboard with 52 others when the 200,000 pound four engine plane vanished near Limestone Maine to Mildenhall.
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London
U.P
United States Army Air Force
North Atlantic
England
Paul T. Cullen
Ireland
Shannon
Limestone Maine
Mildenhall England
Prestwick
Scotland
Hugh Dundas
London Daily Express
Globemaster
Dundas
L'Humanite
Special Rescue Headquarters
United States Third Air Force
Control Center
Carol Telling Wins District Oratorical Contest
Carol Rhae Telling of Girls Central High School won the district elimination for the American Legion oratorical contest and will represent Mining district No 6 in the zone contest at Missoula Wednesday. The event was chaired by Rev Father Frank L Harrington with judge panel including William Taylor J L Scott and Earl N Genzberger. The zone contest in Missoula starts at 8 p m in the American Legion hall.
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Carol Rhae Telling
Girls Central High School
American Legion
Missoula
Frank L. Harrington
Silver Bow
Charles Everhard
Philipsburg
Fred Higgenbottom
Anaconda High School
John Acher
Cathedral High School
Helena
Harry Norton
Alder
Boys Central High School
William Taylor
Anaconda
J. L. Scott
Butte Business College
Earl N. Genzberger
American Legion Hall
Chinese Students Said Poor Security Risks
In Chicago on March 26 a government official said 31 Chinese university students in the area will not have their visas extended as they are not considered good security risks. Their cases are being re examined. Marcus T. Neelly, chief district enforcement officer of the Department of Immigration and Naturalization, stated all 31 were notified their one year visas will not be extended.
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Chicago
Marcus T. Neelly
Department of Immigration and Naturalization
School Election Judges Named For Butte District
Trustees appointed 96 election judges for the April 7 school election at $6 each after a roll call vote. The board approved superintendant Harry M. Ross's recommendations including teachers for 1951, and allowed Laura Laird to continue tutoring 16 shut‑ins in June.
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Butte
Harry M. Ross
Butte Publiqoe
Laura Laird
Marie Clifford
Montana Committee
White House
Great Palls
Newell Evans
Butte High School
Margaret A. Leary
Webster-Garfield School
Harold Burgess
Mary Thompson
Butte Public Schools
Montana Legislative Assembly
Helena
Butte Teachers Union
Edith M. Abbott
Harriet Attifield
Daly
Ida L. Aultman
Althea M. Bartlett
Senator Vandenberg in Grand Rapids in serious condition
Grand Rapids March 26 Sen Arthur H Vandenberg seriously ill at home with no change reported by family physician Dr A B Smith late Monday.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
A. B. Smith
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Miles City
Superior
Steenseees
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
Han River
Washinon
Delaware
Red Cross Drive
Community Survey
Burrs Department Store
Eddy Bakery Co
Fox
Rialto
Butte Floral Co
Finlen Hotel
Greens Cafe
Len's Superette, Inc
Lloyds of Butte
Petersen's Standard Market Radio Engineering & Service
Red Rooster Terminal Food & Drug Center
Trazzolino Food Products Co
Zenith Hearing Aids
J. E. Kelley
Orton Bros
Mac
Talking Department
Gen. MacArthur
Robert Eunson
Carol Telling
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