Plans to End Censorship Are Offered
At the United Nations sub commission meeting in Lake Success on May 19, experts from the United States Britain and France proposed far reaching steps to end censorship and to promote free news exchange globally. The sub commission aims to arrange a world conference on freedom of information possibly next year with Dr G J Van Heuven Goedhart named president.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
Britain
France
United Nations Sub -Commission On Freedom of Information
G. J. van Heuven Goedhart
Netherlands
Het Parool
Amsterdam
Soviet Russia
China
Henry Laugier
United Nations
Economic and Social Council
Russia
Y. M. Lomakin
New York
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sane
Highway Board Hears Appeals On Secondary Highways
Montana Highway Commission heard four delegations urging early construction of key secondary routes. Glacier county pushed a border area link to Canada, Dagmar asked for 19.4 miles of Reserve North Dakota road, Bozeman urged Dillon to Twin Bridges link, and towns urged gravel and oiling from Deep Creek canyon to U S Highway 89. The commission also accepted an invitation to attend Senator Bovey's Virginia City hotel reopening May 26.
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Helena
Montana Highway Commission
Glacier County
Commission
Dagmar
Bozeman
Dillon
Madison County
Beaverhead River
Townsend
White Sulphur Springs
Three Forks
Totson
Deep Creek Canyon
Charles Bovey
Great Falls
Virginia City
Tornado Breaks Up Near Texas Town
Panhandle Texas reports a funnel cloud breaking up seven or eight miles north of Panhandle around 5 p m. No damage reported. heavy rain and hail followed as the cloud dispersed amid earlier sightings near Borger and White Deer. A related April tornado along the AT&SF line caused extensive casualties and damage in Texas and Oklahoma.
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Panhandle
Texas
R. A. Gilkerson
Gilkerson
Carson County
Amarillo
Borger
White
Army plane crashes near Livingston Montana Mount Livingston site and pilots safe
Reports say an Army twin engined transport plane crashed on Mount Livingston hillside southeast of Livingston Montana. Highway patrols say the pilot and co pilot parachuted to safety. Sheriff's officials confirmed the crash location near mountainous terrain along a main Yellowstone Park route.
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Livingston
Mount Livingston
Here
Bozeman
C. E. Rice
Gallatin County
Gallatin Field
Rice
Mount Baldy
Montana
Yellowstone River
Yellowstone Park
Mammoth Hote Springs
Conferees Study Labor Measure Abandon Ban on Funds
Washington May 19 Conferees forecast dropping the outright ban on union health and welfare funds. House Hartley said leadership wants a tough stance and some House provisions may join the bill. Taft reported no final decisions. The plan would replace the ban with a rule barring funds run solely by unions while allowing jointly run funds, including the soft coal industry fund sought by John L. Lewis. A general policy declaration likely to be accepted.
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Washington
Senate
House
Hartley
R-N. J
Conference
Taft
Ohio
John L. Lewis
Missoula Boy Killed by Tractor On Local Ranch
Missoula on May 19 reports 3 year old Joey Waldbillig son of Leonard Waldbillig was killed when a tractor ran over him at the Cleve Bradshaw ranch 17 miles south of Missoula. Sheriff R D McLean said no inquest will be held as coroner.
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Missoula
Joey Waldbillig
Leonard Waldbillig
Cleve Bradshaw Ranch
Here
R. D. McClean
Joe
Oliver Waldbillig
Joey
McLean
Battle Rears North of Asuncion In Paraguay War
Planes and heavy artillery are used by government and rebel troops along a broad front about 100 miles north of Asuncion reporting Monday. The clash intensifies as both sides fight for strategic positions.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
U.P
Here
Truman's Mother Reported Better
Grandview Missouri May 19 President Truman's 94 year old mother died gravely ill at her home. She was reported somewhat better after a visit from Margaret Truman who flew in earlier in the day. Presidential Press Secretary Ross said her temperature was near normal and pulse regular though officials stressed the grave condition. Margaret arrived from Pittsburgh to be with her grandmother and the President planned a long night at his mother's bedside.
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Grandview
Truman
Kansas City
Charles G. Ross
Wallace H. Graham
E.S.T
Martha E. Truman
Margaret
Ross
Margaret Truman
Pittsburgh
Graham
Mrs. Truman
Mr. Truman
Unions Vote on New Contract in Multiple Cities
Anaconda Mill and Smeltermen and Butte Stationary Engineers unions accepted the proposed contract with Anaconda Copper Mining, while Butte Miners and Great Falls Mill and Smeltermen opposed it. The accord includes 11.5 cents hourly raise, five holidays, and other features. Anaconda SM vote 871 716. Butte engineers 154 101. Butte miners 1238 1402. Great Falls 170 650.
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Anaconda Mill and Smeltermen’s Union
Butte Stationary Engineers’ Union
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte Miners’ Union
Great Falls Mill and Smeltermen's Union
Anaconda
Butte Engineers
Butte
Great Falls
Army Pilot Forced to Bail Out Over Ocean
Army pilot traveling from Maxwell Field Alabama to Mitchell Field New York faced fog and rain that prevented landing and forced a bailout over the ocean off Long Island. Coast Guard units conducted a broad sea and air search for the unidentified flyer.
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Ocean
New York
U.P
Maxwell Field
Ala
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Coast Guard
Easing of Tax Load Seen Deferred To 1948
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder told Congress a period of tax reduction is approaching and the administration will likely ease the tax load later, possibly in 1948. He declined to forecast a veto on the current 4 billion dollar income tax cut and urged revenue adequacy to balance the budget. Knutson pressed for immediate cuts, while a separate streamlining bill is planned for 1948 to further reduce taxes.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Congress
Truman
House
Ways and Means
Knutson
R-Minn
Senate
Chinese Students Defy Chiang Kai Shek Demands
Thousands of university students in Nanking, Peiping, and Shanghai defied Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek by marching and striking. They demand an immediate end to the civil war and a general strike June 2.
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Nanking
Chiang Kaishek
Changchun
Manchuria
Martial Aw
Chiang
State Council
Peiping
Shanghai
Youth Army
Tientsin
China
Butte Morning Clear Then Clouds and Showers
Weather forecast notes a clear Tuesday morning in Butte turning cloudy with showers in the afternoon and cool conditions. The next 24 hours expect a high near 58, with recent highs reaching 55 at the School of Mines and 57 at the airport. Montana area sees scattered showers Tuesday and cool highs from 55 to 65.
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School of Mines
May 19 Weather Chart from U S Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau report through 6 30 p m May 19 records rainfall temperature and barometric pressure across stations. Data covers highs and lows for today and remarks on prevailing wind and atmospheric conditions.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Britain plans shift of Middle East bases to East Africa
British informants say London will move Middle East military bases to East Africa within two to three years. The shift makes the United States assume first defense of the Mediterranean and Suez, while Britain keeps economic and political interests in the region. The move follows Britain's Indian withdrawal and Palestine troubles, with Kenya and Rhodesia as focus.
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London
Britain
East Africa
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
United States
Middle East
Russia
Morocco
Black Sea
Kenya
Rhodesias
India
Palestine
Sudan
Africa
France
Belgium
Balkan Situation to be aired by UN Balkan Commission
Geneva May 19. A British American joint report to be submitted to the UN Balkan investigation commission Tuesday charges that Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Albania are supplying and supporting Greek guerrillas. The report also alleges Yugoslavia and Bulgaria seek to stir Greek Macedonia discontent. The Russian report clears Greece's neighbors of interference and accuses some witnesses of being criminal elements. The U S delegation had considered a UN supervised general amnesty for Greece but opposition blocked it. The committee meets Tuesday to hear the two reports from Anglo American and Russian delegations.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United Nations Balkan Investigation Commission
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Macedonia
Greece
United States
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
Texas City Firemen Put Out Blaze
Coast Guard and Texas City fire crews battled a gasoline fire aboard a 10,000 ton tanker in the harbor. Fireboats sprayed water for four hours while the local department used 25 tons of foamite to smother the flames, preventing a broader disaster in the explosion scarred harbor.
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Texas City
Texas
U.P
Coast Guard
Texas City Fire Department
Austrians appeal to allies over Austrian prisoners held by Russia
Vienna reports Chancellor Figl to appeal to the Allied Control Council at its May 29 meeting for help repatriating Austrian war prisoners held by Russia. He noted his September petition to Stalin went unanswered as two protests marched to chanceries and Soviet headquarters over detentions and home evictions.
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Vienna
Austria
Allied Control Council
Russia
Leopold Fig
Figl
Josef Stalin
Allied Treaty Commission
Kommandatura
Wallace Attacks Truman Doctrine at Gilmore Stadium
Henry A. Wallace told a Hollywood audience that the world faces a choice between lasting peace under the United Nations or undeclared war under the Truman doctrine. He urged UN led economic reconstruction and atomic energy control, urging coexistence of Communism and Capitalism under the UN.
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Hollywood
Henry A. Wallace
United Nations
Truman
Progressive Citizens of America
Gilmore Stadium
Wallace
United Natons
Odom Sets Unofficial World Flight Mark in Bombshell
William P. Odom piloting the Reynolds Bombshell flew from Minneapolis to New York in two hours 55 minutes and 40 seconds claiming an unofficial world record. The A-26 bomber averaged 362 miles per hour on the 1,050 mile trip, surpassing Tommy Bartlett of Chicago who acted as co-pilot with a prior unofficial time of four hours 25 minutes.
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New York
William P. Odom
Reynolds
Minneapolis
Odom
Tommy Bartlett
Chicago
Five Die in Windsor Army Plane Crash
Five persons were reported killed when a twin engined Army C 45 plane crashed and burned in a field near Windsor Ontario during a driving rainstorm. Police said part of five bodies were recovered and the wreckage suggested no survivors. The plane was believed to be en route from Wright Field Ohio to Selfridge Field Michigan.
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Windsor
Ont
Here
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Selfridge Field
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Britain to Build Atomic Plant Near Drigg on Irish Sea
The Daily Express reports Britain will build its first atomic energy plant on the Drigg coast in West Cumberland. Several chain reaction uranium engines would start within five years at an estimated 7,000,000 pounds producing about 75,000 kilowatts. The site choice aims to minimize casualties and environmental impact, with potential expansion to Scotland and a total output exceeding 1,000,000 kilowatts for a quarter of Britain's electricity, saving coal.
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London
Britain
Irish Sea
West Cumberland
Drigg
Daily Express
Express
Liverpool
the Express
The
Atomic Energy Council
Chapman Pincher
Scotland
Italy seeks United Nations membership at U N headquarters
Italy files an application for U N membership dated May 1 in Rome. Ambassador Alberto Tarchiani delivered the documents to Secretary General Trygve Lie at Lake Success, signing by Foreign Minister Carlo Sforza. Italy follows Hungary as former Axis states seeking inclusion.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Italy
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Alberto Tarchiani
Washington
Tarchiani
U. N
Rome
Carlo Sforza
Hungary
Axis
Soviet Aide Gromyko Rejects Unlimited Atomic Inspection
Deputy Foreign Minister Anrei A Gromyko told the United Nations dinner that Russia cannot surrender veto power or endure unlimited international inspection of peaceful atomic energy. He warned that U S monopoly on the atomic bomb is illusory and urged outlawing the atom bomb as first step toward control.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Gromyko
United States
United Nations
Security Council
U.N
Defense Silent in Negro Case in Greenville Court
In Greenville county crime court the defense for 28 white men charged with the Willie Earle lynching offered no witnesses or evidence. Judge J. Robert Martin Jr directed acquittal for three defendants and qualified acquittals for others as final arguments were set for Tuesday. The case centers on the February beating and killing in reprisal for an alleged cab-driver stabbing.
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Greenville
South Carolina
Greenville County
Benjamin A. Bolt
J. Robert Martin, Jr
Willie Earle
Pickens County
Martin
Bolt
Food for Germans ration kept at 1550 calories
Berlin authorities announced that emergency food shipments from the United States would allow maintenance of the official German ration at 1550 calories per day.
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Berlin
U.P
United States
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Leonard Sosa
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Leonard
New York City
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Billings
Belgrade Broadus
Cut Bank
Drummond
Glasgow Great Falls
Havre
Delena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Miles City
Whitehall
Palestine Inquiry
Victor Hoo
United Nations Special Committee On
Alfonso Garcia Robles
Mexico
Probe Commission
U. S
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