Missing Army Plane Sought as Weather Hinders Search
In Montana, four Northwest air search and rescue units hunted an Army transport missing since Sunday with six aboard. Col. Phillip R. Hawes said the effort would continue until the plane is found. Sergeant Frank Avry, who bailed out near Wilsall, described a rough descent and a near-ground escape.
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Helena
Northwestern Army Air Search and Rescue
Phillip R. Hawes
Great Falls Army Air Base
66Th Air Force Air Search and Rescue Service
Great Falls
Crazy Mountains
Montana
Walla Walla
Wash
San Francisco
Calif
Ogden
Utah
Billings
Seattle
Spokane
Frank Avry
Youngstown
Ohio
Air Force
Wilsall
Avry
Livingston
Mont
Army Air Force
King Ibn Saud backs Arab stand against Palestine report
King Ibn Saud denounces the British American inquiry commission's Palestine report as an injustice without precedent and pledges full Arab backing in the fight against the report's recommendations. Telegrams from Syrian, Lebanese, Egyptian and other Arab leaders show united support for opposing the plan to permit 100000 Jewish immigrants.
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Jerusalem
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Britain
League of Nations
Higher Committee
Inquiry Commission
Syria
Lebanon
Mustapha Nahas Pasha
Egypt
Iraq
Transjordan
Relief Setup Officer in Trieste Resigns
An administrative officer of U N R R A in Trieste submitted his resignation in protest of mishandling by Yugoslavs of U N R R A goods. Reports say goods earmarked for the agency’s rehabilitation program in Yugoslavia were diverted across the Morgan line into the Allied military zone and distributed to supporters of Marshal Tito's regime in Trieste and Venezia Giulia.
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Trieste
World Agency
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Venegia Giulia
Truman Urges Full Military Help to Sister Nations
President Truman asked Congress to authorize inter American military cooperation to train and equip armed forces of sister republics and possibly Canada. He also sought a War Department budget of 7.246 billion dollars for the coming year and outlined limits to armament expansion.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
United States
Canada
Chapultepec
War Department
Atomic Service
Food Emergency Is Explained
The article explains America faces a food emergency due to insufficient production for both domestic needs and foreign aid. It notes flour restrictions, mills closed for wheat, and delayed exports, with prior warnings to the Agriculture Department and policy criticisms that led to Clinton P. Anderson becoming secretary.
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Associated Press Farm
Washington
America
United States
Department of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
House
New Mexico
Anderson
Wartime Shoes Regulation Suspended Amid Production Boom
The civilian production administration suspended a wartime rule on shoe prices and quality as shoe production nears half a billion pairs for the year. The Office of Price Administration plans a price rise for low cost shoes to boost supply.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
Office of Price Administration
Scientific Experts Depart for Bikini Test Mission
Three shiploads of Operation Crossroads personnel sailed from California ports for Bikini to join the atomic bomb test. Among the aboard were scientific and technical experts who will measure the bomb’s extreme heat pressures and intense radiation.
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San Francisco
U.P
California
Bikini
British Loan Vote May Be Delayed
Washington May 6 A move to force strike control legislation risks delaying any test vote on the 3.75 billion dollar British loan. Senator Lucas seeks to advance a bill to curb disruptions to health and utilities, while administration aides weigh a strike settlement to move ahead.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
D-Ill
McFarland
D-Ariz
Atlantic
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcoro
United States
Britain
Russia
France
China
Turkey
Poland
Colorado
Johnson
England
Missoula Resident Leaps Into River
Martin Schultz a 79 year old county pensioner leaped into the swollen Missoula river Monday afternoon in what sheriffs say appears to be a suicide attempt. Railroad workers saw him jump and authorities searched the river overnight using police firemen and sheriff’s deputies. No trace had been found of Anton Johnson missing from his home two miles west of the city since early last week and neighbors suspect he may have fallen from a trestle en route to town.
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Missoula
Martin Schultz
R. D. MacLean
Schultz
Anton Johnson
MacLean Johnson
Grand Junction Woman Dies After Home Fire Burns
Mrs. Sarah Grace Ogden Nichols aged 40, longtime Georgia Mesa resident near Grand Junction, died around noon Monday from burns suffered in a fire that destroyed her home the previous day.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Sarah Grace Ogden- Nichols
Georgia Mesa
Reports of Soviet Troops Leaving Azerbaijan Area in Iran Not Verified
Secretary of the Interior Krug said the soft coal strike will likely require wartime coal rationing next winter even if miners return soon. He warned of a multi month deficit and 80 percent deliveries to dealers under rationing. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach declined comment after a White House briefing with President Truman.
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Azerbaijan
Iran
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Krug
Schwellenbach
Truman
Jonh W. Snyder
John R. Steelman
White House
Lucas
Lucas (D-Ill
Senate
Maybank
D-S8. C
Butte Hail Storm Strikes City Late Monday Night
Hail fell for over 30 minutes after 6 pm causing sidewalks to be covered with an inch of stones and run-off water in uptown streets. Pedestrians hurried home as thunder rolled. Forecasters predicted mild to partly cloudy weather for Tuesday with continued moisture after a late winter drought.
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Uptown
Federal Weather Bureau
Woman in Plane Wounded by Boy
Puirot Alva Atkins flew near Cut Bank Montana when a .22 caliber bullet tore through the plane fabric injuring his wife in the arm. He landed and retrieved rifles from two boys aged 12 and 13 who had been shooting at the plane. Mrs Atkins was treated. boys face juvenile court action.
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Cat Bank
Puirot
Alva Atkins
Montana
Cut Bank
Soviet Plan to Hand Trieste to Yugoslavia Faces Opposition
Paris dispatch reports US Britain and France firmly oppose ceding Trieste to Yugoslavia. Molotov proposed the swap, but Byrnes Bevin and Bidault rejected it as Balkan talks shift to Romania Hungary Bulgaria treaties. Danube control and Bulgarian recognition emerge as pivotal issues in stalled conference.
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Paris
U.P
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Viacheslav Molotov
Trieste
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Molotov
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Finland
Transylvania
Germany
Prontier
Danube
Black Sea
Byrnes
Philip Dragoumis
Washington
Cimon P. Diamantopoulos
Alcide de Gasperi
Support of OPA Urged by Small
Washington May 6 Production Administrator John D Small told congress that industry has failed to back the OPA against black markets and that consumers worsen shortages by hogging. Stabilization Director Chester Bowles warned against a second wage-price rise. Small urged extending the agency as is while Bowles defended dairy policies before a House panel. He tied labor unrest to inflation and referenced John L Lewis and Pat Petrello in a wary exchange.
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Washington
John D. Small
OPA
Chester Bowles
Small
Senate Banking Committee
Bowles
House
Tobey
R-N. H
John L. Lewis
Lewis
James C. Petrillo
A. F. L. American Federation of Musicians
Weather Outlook for Butte and Surrounding Areas
Clear to partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night with mild temperatures. Highs near 65 at the School of Mines and Airport. West of Divide remains partly cloudy with little change. East of Divide to be fair and slightly warmer with highs 55 to 65.
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School of Mines
Divide
Interference Charged by Hussein Ala at UN Council
Iranian Ambassador Hussein Ala told the Security Council that unverified reports claim Soviet forces may evacuate Azerbaijan by May 7. He noted complete Soviet withdrawals from Khorassan, Gorgan, Mazanderan, and Gilan, but said interferences prevent confirmation. He stressed Iran has had no authority to verify conditions in Azerbaijan since November 7, 1945, and future developments remain uncertain. The briefing accompanied Spain inquiry recess as US and Tehran dispatches on Spain’s Franco regime continued.
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New York
Hussein Ala
United Nations Security Council
Azerbaijan
Ala
Tehran
Khorassan
Gorgan
Mazanderan
Gilan
United States
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Tabriz
Mozaffar Firouz
Iran
Council
Spain
United States State Department
Madrid
Poland
Ford Addresses Tourist Group in Helena
Governor Sam Ford warned 18 state tourist centers that Montana could face a serious accommodation shortage this year. He urged proactive planning to avoid embarrassment or unmet visitor needs and suggested listing spare rooms with the Chamber of Commerce for emergencies.
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Helena
Sam Ford
Chamber of Commerce
Montana
William Ferguson
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
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A. P
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Hollywood
U. S
Moscow
Senator Johnson
Bill
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Capitol Hill
Navy
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Walsh
Armed Services
Butte
Associad
Belgrade
Broadus
Custer
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Havre
Kalispell
Lewistown
Miles City
W. Yellowstone
Whitehall
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ford
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