Blood drive marks Armed Forces week in Butte
On day two of a two day Red Cross blood gathering in Butte 194 pints were collected at the Civic Center for the Armed Forces week. The total for two days 374 pints was well short of the 600 pint goal. Donors Kendrick Smith and Ray Osborn led the line as blood was flown to Travis Field California for processing and eventual use in Korea.
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Red Cross
Civic Center
Great Falls
Butte
Armed Forces
Kendrick Smith
West Broadway
Ray Osborn
West Silver
Butte Brewery
Red Cross Armed Forces
Travis Field
Calif
Korea
J. E. Leithieser
Army
Air Force
D. R. Jones
Marine Reserve
E. B. Richardson
Navy
Clarence A. Champ
Red Cross Blood
R. F. Peterson
Emmett Dolan
A. R. Seivers
R. G. Farris
James Kitto
Kay Spoor
Roy Quinton
John McCarthy
Leona Bailey
D. C. McAuliffe
Jack Newman
Roger Clapp
Rudy Sayatovic
William Barnicoat
Fred Mitchell
J. V. Plett
Clarence Matteucci
al Burke
Frank Hooper
Louis Buettner
Measles Victims Ride in Special Parade Float
In McPherson Kansas a school parade features a measles special float carrying about 20 children not yet fully recovered. Mothers Mrs Carl D Johnson and Mrs Don Kenney arranged with school nurse Mrs Vera Clawson for the float decorated with red dots so the youngsters would not miss the event.
Reclamation Bureau to Cut 1,322 Jobs Across Regions
Interior Department orders a reduction of 1,322 from the 12,000 to 13,000 staff of the Reclamation Bureau by June 30. Fred Randahl cites workload and potential next year funding as reasons, with cuts spread across seven regional offices, Denver Chief Engineer’s Office, and Washington Headquarters. Names of locations and exact figures listed.
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Washington
Reclamation Bureau
Interior Department
Fred G. Randahl
McKay
Bureau
House
Senate
Randahly
Denver
Randahl
Boise
Idaho
Sacramento
Calif
Boulder City
Nev
Salt Lake City
Amarillo
Tex
Billings
Mont
Avery A. Batson
Planes and ships rain blows on Red targets near Korea port areas
U S Navy aircraft from the Valley Forge and carrier task groups bombed troops and supply zones north and south of Hungnam and near Wonsan. Battleships cruisers and destroyers hit gun batteries at Wonsan and shelled Communist positions as carrier planes bombed Hamhung and surrounding hills.
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Seoul
U. S. Navy
Korea
Corsair
Skyraider
Panther
U. S
Valley Forge
Hamhung
Navy
New Jersey
Bremerton
Colahan
Wonsan Harbor
Sphe
Wonsan
Herb Fichman
New Orleans
Hungnam
St. Paul
Nicholas
Henderson
Chodo
Brush
Tanchon
Glory
Haeju Peninsula
U.S. First Marine Aircraft Wing
Chinnampo
Pyongyang
Porkchop Hill
Vacation Preps Warn Readers To Curb Burglary Risks
A notice advises homeowners to pause milk and newspaper deliveries before trips to avoid signaling absence. It also suggests notifying a want ad writer to trade unused items for vacation cash, and mentions a for sale ad example with an umbrella tent and a folding camp bed priced at 15 dollars and a twin roll away bed at 10 dollars.
Movie Director Robert Rossen Admits Communist Ties
New York rosen, a top Hollywood producer and director, testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities that he was a Communist from 1937 to 1947 and donated about 40000 to the party. He named many Hollywood figures as members, though most big names were not new.
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New York
Robert Rossen
Hollywood
House Brothers
House Un-American Activities Committee
Rossen
Rep
Velde
R-Ill
Communist Party
League
House Committee
Knoxville man seeks divorce after 28 year effort
J. W. McNeal, 72, testified in domestic relations court that after 28 years of trying to reconcile he believes it is time to obtain a divorce from his wife Mary, 67, in Knoxville Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
J. W. McNeal
Mary
Geologists Hear History of Richest Hill in America
About 300 geologists and visitors heard F A Linforth of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company describe Butte as the Richest Hill on Earth. He traced placer mining, silver and zinc discovery, the decline of silver, copper mining rise, and the Anaconda story with Marcus Daly and the reduction works at Anaconda.
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Butte
F. A. Linforth
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Linforth
Rocky Mountain
Geological Society of America
Finlen Hotel
Anaconda Company
Henry R
J. R. van Pelt
Montana School of Mines
Silver Bow
Anaconda
Marcus Daly
Impor
Child Drowns After Fell Into Water Hole near Grandparents
Marguerite Wirt aged two and a half drowned Wednesday night after slipping into a water-filled ditch dug for a water main near her grandparents' home in Superior. A neighbor spotted her feet protruding from the hole and summoned help. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Wirt.
Eisenhower Seeks Total Clear Unwavering Foreign Policy
President Eisenhower urged a total clear and consistent American foreign policy during two New York dinners. He argued for military strength and self reliance, saying policy must not be a reaction to others and should aim for victory in 1954 amid Korea truce talks.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
New York
Eisenhower
Astor Hotel
Waldorf-Astoria
Waldorf
Washington
Korea
Father Is Charged in Child's Death
A warrant charging Russell Tongay with second degree murder was issued after his daughter Kathy Tongay, a swimming star, died. Tongay had been released on a writ of habeas corpus to face a noon Friday hearing, with Justice Edwin Mason and Judge Marshall Wisehart involved in the custody arrangements.
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Miami
Fla
Russell Tongay
Kathy
Tongay
Edwin Lee Mason
Marshall C. Wisehart
Coast
Montana Weather Summary for Friday and Weekend
Considerable cloudiness with intermittent rain showers and a few thunderstorms Friday afternoon and evening, cooler Friday and night. Highs 50 to 60, west 50 to 60 and east 60 to 70, with snow above 6000 feet in western mountains. Saturday largely cloudy with scattered showers and continued cool.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Red plan raises fears on prisoner repatriation at Panmunjom
Allied truce negotiators and policy makers studied a new Communist armistice proposal in Korea that would retain 48 500 prisoners who refuse to return, and create a five nation caretaker panel. The plan risks returning all captives or indefinite captivity. U N Command insists on no involuntary repatriation and tight guards as talks resume.
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Robert B. Tuckman Munsan
Korea
Washington
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
India
United Nations Command
U. N. Command
Panmunjom
U. N
William K. Harrison
Harrison
General Twining Named Air Force Chief of Staff
President Eisenhower named Gen. Nathan Twining as Air Force chief of staff succeeding Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg who asked to retire at the end of next month. Twining, 54, has served as vice chief and will be joined by Lt. Gen. Thomas D. Whites as the new deputy chief. The move avoids a shakeup and shapes future defense planning as Gen. Omar Bradley and Gen. J. Lawton Collins approach term limits.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Nathan Twining
Air Force
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Truman
Twining
Thomas D. Whites
Sen. Taft
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Taft
Joint Chiefs
Omar N. Bradley
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Adm
William M. Fechteler
Harold E. Talbott
Curtis LeMay
Strategic Air Command
Thomas Finletter
LeMay
Lauris Norstad
Europe
Wilson Signals Rapid Arms Aid to Allies
Secretary of Defense Wilson said the United States will sharply step up shipments of guns tanks planes and other military equipment to Allied nations in coming months. General Bradley added that Russia’s atomic capability is rapidly improving and finds no reason to ease preparedness. The administration aims to deliver five billion dollars worth of aid.
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Washington
Wilson
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House
Russia
Bradley
Soviet Union
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Seven Gables Inn Razed by Blaze
Fire destroyed the Seven Gables Inn near Georgetown Lake 19 miles west of Anaconda after a storm and possible wiring fault. Sam Parr blamed an electric sign for the blaze which started on the roof around 4 PM as residents and volunteers fought the fire and saved some personal effects. Fire units faced water access issues and power lines were shut off for safety. Local officers included Montana Highway Patrol and Deputy Sheriff personnel.
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Anaconda
Seven Gables Inn
Georgetown Lake
Montana Highway Patrol
Sam Parr
Philipsburg
Thomas Connolly
John Heatherington
Paul Hartsell
May Put Crimp in Air Force Buildup Plans
The Eisenhower administration sent a defense budget to Capitol Hill proposing about 2.4 billion dollars in reductions for the Defense Department in the next fiscal year. The plan could slow the Air Force plan to grow from 100 to 143 wings, prompting protest from Senator Maybank and debate over national defense versus budget cuts.
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Washington
Eisenhowever
Capitol Hill
Defense Department
Truman
Rep
Wigglesworth
R-Mass
House Appropriations
Army
Navy
Air Force
Office of the Defense Secretary
Maybank
D-S. C
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Wilson
White House
Budget Bureau
Rebels Pull Back in Laos Invasion
Vietminh forces in Laos retreat under monsoon rain as French and Laotian troops fortify Luang Prabang and await possible assault. Western observers weigh whether withdrawals reflect military factors or orders from Peiping amid Red China supplied aggression charges.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Laos
Peiping
Red China
Luang Prabang
Sisavang Vong
Pakseng
Viet Nam
Vientiane
Vietminh High Command
Hubby Misplaces Coat at Cleaners In Orange
A man named Howard Anew took his wife’s green coat to the cleaners by mistake while she had saved $500 in the coat. The aquamarine coat remained, and the wife revealed she never used the green coat. the money has not been recovered.
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Orange
N. J
Howard Anew
Anew
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Rotary Club
James A. Stuart
Marine Corps
Air Corps
Navy and Marine Training Center
Clark Park
Sargey MacDonald
Howard Merhar
Carl Koeneman
Stanley Babcock
Dave Reese
Rudy Hussein
M. J. Sherline
E. Leitheiser
Joseph O. Eastham
Clarence Champ
W. H. Lewis
L. T. Hubbel
J. B. McClernan
Bill Hocking
Lloyd Crippen
Fred Hildebrand
Adolph Knopf
Ike
Belgrade
Broadus
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Havre
Helena
General Twining
Hubby
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