Western Powers Seek Steady Policy on Germany Across West Europe
Western allies America Britain and France maintain troops in Germany and refuse a peace treaty while Russian policy divides the country. They outline a plan for western Germany to join Western Europe and be gradually freed from controls under the occupation regime. The declaration, issued after three days of talks by Acheson Bevin and Schuman, emphasizes defense against Russia and calls western Germany simply Germany while rejecting East German Communist rule.
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London
America
Britain
France
Germany
Europe
United States
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Russia
Polish purge widens as Nowak joins politburo crowd
Warsaw May 14 widespread purge of leading Polish Communist party members begins after a three day Central Committee meeting. Zenon Nowak moves into the politburo as Rokossovsky also joins, signaling higher turnover and intensified anti west political campaigns.
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Ormonde Godfrey
Warsaw
Poland
Arty
Tral
Olish United Workers Party
Zenon Nowak
Nowak
Arshal Konstantin Rokossovsky
Jet fighter crashes into Aurora homes killing pilot
A jet fighter crashed in suburban Aurora injuring an insuranceman and killing its pilot, First Paul E Darling, 29, of Esther Isle Iowa. The craft toppled roofs, sparked fires, and exploded near four homes as witnesses described a rapid loss of control after takeoff from Lowry.
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Denver
Aurora
Joe Aidys
Williams Air Force Base
Paul E. Darling
Estherile
Iowa
Williams Afb
Lowry
John A. Miller
Miller
William Febrys
Alex Stenzel
Windsor
Colo
Earl Hart
Harrells
Oldest Woman in Montana Reaches 105
In Hamilton on May 14 a 104?year?old local woman Mary Jane Patterson Hayden, known as Grand and Grandmother, says she plans to live to August 13 when she turns 105. Friends in Bitter Root say she may be Montana’s oldest resident and perhaps in the Northwest. She attributes her strength to self-reliance and memories of Mother's Day on the Steensville farm where she lives with four children and their families.
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Hamilton
Mary Jane Patterson Haydenoesn
Granda
Montana
Northwest
Stensville Farm
Truman Charges Russia With Obstructionism
President Truman assailed Russia for using every means short of war to weaken the world’s free nations. En route to Chicago for a political speech he paused in Madison to attend church and dedicate the Credit Union National Association’s headquarters. He urged cooperation through credit unions and rejected isolationism as a path to avoid another war.
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Truman
Russia
Chicago
Madison
Wis
Credit Union National Association
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Atomic Weapons Use Studied by U S Abroad
Informal U S discussions on sending atomic weapons to Atlantic alliance partners focus on their use against advancing troops rather than strategic raids. The approach represents a new dimension of warfare with potentially major impact on western Europe defense if ground invasion from the East occurs.
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Washington
Western Europe
United States
Electric Power Conclave Sees Selling and Venture Capital Topics
Delegates at the Northwest Electric Light and Power association confluence will examine selling and venture capital as key drivers of business growth. About 306 visitors from six Northwest states and British Columbia will attend three days of sessions at the Finlen hotel in Butte.
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Northwest Electric Light and Power Association
Northwest States
British Columbia
Finlen Hotel
T. L. Doran
Montana Power Company
T. E. Roach
Idaho Power Company
Howard N. Walters
Vancouver
B. C
Northwest Association
Earl A. Olson
Boise
Idaho
Association
Estimate Places 100 Communists in Hollywood Movies
The Motion Picture alliance for the preservation of American ideals says about 100 hard bitten subversive Communists are in Hollywood among 30 000 workers. It vows a complete delousing and includes actors actresses directors writers and union leaders. The count excludes mistaken liberals opportunists and popularity seekers who aligned with the Reds when fashionable.
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Hollywood
U.P
Motion Picture Alliance For the
America
Alliance
Thousands Flee Flood at Winnipeg as Red River Rises
Winnipeg residents flee as the Red River’s crest is expected Tuesday, with 175000 people evacuated from the city. Officials warn the crest will stay high for up to a week and could worsen if heavy rains hit the watershed.
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Winnipeg
Red River
Manitoba
D. M. Stephens
Stephens
R. E. A. Morton
Train crashes kill two in Mildred Montana
A Milwaukee streamliner struck a 1949 Nash sedan at a railroad crossing near Mildred 60 miles east of Miles City. Ranchers Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Leidholt, located 15 miles south of Mildred, died instantly.
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Miles City
U.P
Mildred
Mont
Here
Oscar Leidholt
Butte Weather: showers and mild temperatures forecast
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with widely scattered light afternoon showers. Monday highs around 65 to 75 with morning lows near 38 to 41. Areas west of Divide expect a few thundershowers and little temperature change. east of Divide mixed showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon.
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School of Mines
Divide
Snyder to Ring U S Liberty Bell for Independence Drive
The Liberty Bell in Independence Hall will be tapped Monday by Treasury Secretary John W. Snyder. Replica bells will echo nationwide as the 1950s savings bonds independence drive aims to sell 653.95 million dollars by July 4. Thirteen descendants of Declaration signers attend the event.
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Philadelphia
Voice of American Independence
Liberty Bell
United States Treasury
Independence Hall
Miners Lead Dedication of Liberty Bell for Savings Bond Drive
Butte miners, who helped craft the Liberty Bell replica, led a Sunday dedication amid parade spectators as the Independence Savings Bond campaign opened nationwide May 15. Gov. Bonner, Leon Markham, Capt. W. R. Burn, and E. P. Frizelle spoke at Clark Park and the Copper League season opener before 3,240 attendees at the baseball park.
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Clark Park
John W. Bonner
Montana
America
Butte
Butte Copper
Butteng
President Truman
Savings Bond
Butte Miners Union
Baseball
Copper League
Leon Markham
Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
W. R. Burn
Armed Forces Week
E. P. Frizelle
Silver Bow County Savings Bonds Committee
J. J. O'Connor
St. Ann Parish
Frizelle
Markham
Independence Savings
Liberty Bell
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte High Band
Anaconda Catholic Drive Reaches Over Two Hundred Thousand
Anaconda Catholic Central high school building fund drive reports 979 pledges totaling 202 409 90 with 178 683 90 plus 23 726 in advance gifts from 500 workers across St Paul and St Peter parishes. First report set for Thursday at the Montana hotel and second for Sunday at Center theater. Drive runs May 7 through May 28.
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Anaconda
Catholic Central High School Building Fund
Center Theater
Joseph Schulte
St. Paul Church
Bond Sale Chief Lauds Butte Purchase Record
Leon Markham, director of savings bond sales for the Treasury, praised Butte for its wartime bond purchases and liberty bell dedication. He cited Butte as a major copper producer and honored the local Miners union for contributing copper to the replica Liberty bell.
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Butte
Mother's Day Brings 7th Child for Parnell Family
In Los Angeles on May 14, Mrs. Eldora Parnell 26 woke husband James to announce a seventh pregnancy. Rushing to hospital, he ran a red light and was halted by two officers. Officer Charley Beckham delivered the baby in the street. an eight pound nine ounce girl named Charlotte.
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Los Angeles
Eldora Parnell
James
Parnell
Charley Beckham
Mrs. Parnell
Charlotte
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