United States Orders Czechoslovakia to Close New York Consulate
Washington announced a two week deadline for closing the Czechoslovak consulate in New York amid a broader tit for tat diplomatic downsizing. The note delivered in Prague also cited a reduced American staff in Prague and hinted at closing the U S consulate in Bratislava within two weeks.
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Washington
United States
Czechoslovakia
New York
State Department
Ellis Briggs
Prague
Wiliam Siroky
Bratislava
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Chicago
Senators seek perjury probe into Erickson and Costello
Senators investigating crime and gambling reported new fronts in the probe on May 27. Senator McFarland asked the U S District Attorney to assess filing perjury charges against Frank Erickson and Frank Costello who testified before his commerce subcommittee. Senator Kefauver leads the ongoing inquiry into gambling and related pressures.
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Washington
McFarland
D-Ariz
United States
Morris Fay
Frank Erickson
Frank Costello
New York
Senate Commerce
Erickson and Costello
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Graham Leads in North Carolina Democratic Primary
Liberal Sen Frank P Graham carried Truman administration colors in North Carolina as he led Willis Smith in unofficial returns from 1 064 of 1 990 precincts 143603 to 120424 Reynolds trailed with 27249 and hog rancher Olla Ray Boyd had 2716. Graham opposed compulsory FEPC socialized medicine and the Brannan farm plan.
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Raleigh
N. C
Frank P. Graham
Willis Smith
Senate
North Carolina
Graham
Smith
Robert R. Reynolds
Olla Ray Boyd
University of North Carolina
Brannan
Anaconda Man Dies After Altercation
Steve L. Huff, 53, of 112 North Main, Anaconda, died from a cerebral hemorrhage after a blow or struck object between the right eye and temple. Coroner Leo Scalise announced after Saturday autopsy. Huff died during an uptown Anaconda altercation at Thompson's confectioners, 213 Main. Body to be forwarded Monday.
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Anaconda
Steve L. Huff
North Main
Uptown
Leo Scalise
Huff
Thompson
Main
Deer Lodge Leader Elected Montana Stock Growers Head
C C Warren of Deer Lodge was elected president of the Montana Stock Growers association at the 66th annual convention. G R Milburn moved to first vice president, E A Phillips was re elected secretary, and Dan Fulton named second vice president. Leslie A Miller urged voters to question lawmakers on pork barrel spending and federal waste.
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Billings
Mont
Cc. K. Warren
Deer Lodge
Montana Stock Growers Association
Warren
G. R. Milburn
Grassrange
E. A. Phillips
Helena
Dan Fulton
Ismay
Wesley A. O’ewart
Wilsall
R-Mont
Len McDonald
Geyser
F. J. Browne
Polson
Leslie A. Miller
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Congress
Miller
Butte Association Announces Two Home-Building Programs
The Butte Development association unveiled two new home-building programs totaling 325000, augmenting an existing 850000 program and bringing total local housing projects to 1175000. Planned are 56 two and three bedroom Elm street apartments and 22 units on East Broadway beside the Florence hotel site, plus 100 new sales homes in the Butte Development addition.
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Butte Development Association
Tim J. Sullivan
Development Association
Kenwood Realty Company
Building Oper
Elm Street
Florence
East Broadway
Butte
St. Ann
Butte Hill
Sullivan
The
Braund
1300 Block
East Mercury
St John Parish to Launch Building Program in Butte
St John the Evangelist Catholic parish in Butte announces a building program costing over 200000 dollars. Plans include a new rectory and sisters con vent, plus enlargement of the church and school. A financial drive begins next Wednesday with district chairmen named.
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St. John the Evangelist Catholic
Butte
St. John
George Murphy
Charles St. John
Neal Sullivan
Ed Buckwardt
Ed Deane
Tom Laird
Ted Pacheco
M. J. Leonard
Oregon
Lowell
Whitman
Holiday Highway Accidents Mount
The Associated Press reports Memorial day weekend saw rising highway deaths across the nation despite chilly weather. By 6 p.m. Friday total violent deaths reached 90 with 70 traffic, 10 drownings and 10 other fatalities, National Safety Council predicting 290 highway deaths by Tuesday midnight.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Illinois
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Misssissippi
Missouri
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
District of Columbia
Upside Down Corpse Found Near Visalia
Police search for clues in a murder mystery after a body buried head down in a three foot grave beneath an oak in a Visalia cow pasture. A small man in khaki trousers and plaid shirt was found by two cattlemen Garland Hullett and Vernon Spray who spotted two black shoes protruding from the ground.
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Visalia
Calif
U.P
Garland Hullett
Vernon Spray
Acheson Returns From Parley Encouraged By Progress
Secretary of State Dean Acheson returned from London talks to praise Western cooperation and NATO progress. He said he was encouraged by discussions with foreign ministers and NATO moves and will report to President Truman and Congress next week.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
London
Truman
Acheson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Congress
United States
Memorial Day Parade and Speaking Program set for Tuesday
Butte will observe Memorial Day with a parade from 9:30 to 10 a.m. and a memorial program at Soldiers Memorial on South Wyoming Street. Gov. John W. Bonner will speak at the monument, following the parade, with services at area cemeteries. Banks and offices close. residents anticipate summer vacation and travel.
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Butte
William Daley
Soldiers Memorial Monument
South
Wyoming Street
John W. Bonner
South Wyoming Memorial Day
Daley
Jack Duggan
M. D. O’connell, Jr
Silver Bow
The
American Legion
Floyd Stewart
VFW
al Ayers
Henry Lawton
United Spanish War Veterans
Main Street
Broadway
Washington
Park
Wyoming
Soldiers Memorial
Butte Weather Forecast Without City Info
Partly cloudy with occasional showers and thunderstorms and cooler Sunday. Expected Sunday morning low around 35 and Sunday afternoon high near 67. Period readings show varying highs and lows across locations including School of Mines and airports, with scattered showers and cooler conditions western and eastern divides.
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School of Mines
Divide
Commerce Officials in Loyalty Probe Face Ouster
Two Commerce Department officials with questioned loyalty must quit or face ouster per Secretary Sawyer in the interest of good administration. William W. Remington and Michael E. Lee are under pressure from the Senate committee, while both deny disloyalty and plan to fight. Lee, chief of the Far Eastern branch, says resignation would be cowardly and cites safe employment.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Department
William W. Remington
Michael E. Lee
Office of International Trade
Senate Commerce Committee
Lee
McCarthy
State Department
McGrath
Hitler
Justice Department
Remington
House un-American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Far Eastern
Malone
Rnev
Berlin Quiet and Alert on Eve of East Bloc Parade
Berlin showed a calm but tense mood on Sunday as 500000 East German youths prepared a Whitsuntide parade in the Russian sector. Ulbricht attacked Western proposals for German unification and demanded withdrawal of Allied forces.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
Ulbricht
Russia
Germany
West Berlin
West
Moscow-East Berlin
Nazi Reich
Hitler
Potsdamerplatz
Times Square
No-Man's-Land
Strike Against 10 Railroads Slated for June 1 Is Canceled
The Switchmen's Union of North America calls off a June 1 threat to strike 10 western railroads after progress in mediation. Chair Francis A. O'Neill Jr says negotiations justify continuing talks. Railroads named include Chicago Great Western and Denver and Rio Grande Western.
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Washington
Switchmen's Union
National Mediation Board
Francis A. O'Neill, Jr
O'Neill
Mediation Board
Switchmen's Union of North America
Chicago
Chicago Great Western
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Davenport, Rock Island and North Western
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Great Northern Railroad
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Northern Pacific Terminal Company
Oregon
St. Paul Union Depot Company
Sioux City Terminal Company
Western Pacific Railway Company
Atomic Bomb Spy Says He Must Have Been Insane
Harry Gold, 39, jailed on wartime espionage charges in Holmesburg, says he must have been insane to betray atomic bomb secrets to Russia. He represents himself as penitent while FBI agents question him daily, aiding their hunt for others in the Soviet spy ring.
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Philadelphia
Harry Gold
Russia
Sunday Bulletin
Bulletin
Gold
Holmesburg County
Klaus Fuchs
FBI
Butte Miner Confesses Fake Kidnap Story
Stanley Cor Jr a 21 year old miner from 529 South Wyoming admitted to officers that his Friday night tale of being kidnapped and forced to drive an armed captor into the hills was fabricated to cover the loss of $20 He expressed remorse and asked to face the consequences of his actions after an all night manhunt and police search.
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Butte
al McLeod
Stanley Cor, Jr
South
Wyoming
Helena
Silver Bow
Jefferson County
McLeod
Cor
Main
Galena
Bernice
Deer Lodge
Elk Park
Montana Highway Patrol
Stanley Cor
Wheels of Justice
Beaty asks court to bar wife from rock throwing
Lee Beaty filed a cross-complaint to his wife Delia Beaty's divorce suit in Delaware county superior court. He would accept no divorce, only an order to stop his wife from throwing rocks at his new car.
Greek radio operator sentenced to death in treason trial
Vassilios Constandinides, a newspaper radio operator, was sentenced to death on Saturday after a two day treason trial in Salonika for manufacturing a fictitious inter suspect.
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Salonika
Greece
A.P
Vassilios Constandinides
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Sen. Graham
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St. John Parish
Robert A. Lovett
North Atlantic Defense Alliance
NEA Telephoto
Montana
Phoney
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