Butte Schools Open With Eight Thousand Students Returning
Parish and public schools in Butte prepare for the new term as about 8,000 pupils resume classes. First graders must be six by November 15, with birth certificates urged at registration. Enrollment projections show slight increases across elementary and high schools, with detailed start dates for each class at Boys Central and Girls Central high schools and parochial elementary schools.
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Butte
Boys Central High School
Girls Central High School
Father Burns
Boys Central
Girls Catholic
Rossan
Trains Collide in Milwaukee Outing Kills Nine
Nine members of the National Model Railroad Association were killed and 46 injured when two interurban trains collided head on on a single track between Milwaukee and Hales Corners during a holiday outing. Firefighters freed victims as investigators probed possible negligence. The crash left wreckage strewn and priests administered last rites at the scene.
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Milwaukee
U.P
National Model Railroad Association
Association
Hales Corners
J. E. Maeder
Maeder
Aladin de Brozo
James McSwain
Frank Cornell
Quiet Labor Day Observed as Butte Enjoys Holiday
A quiet Labor Day is forecast for Butte with residents traveling to highways, fishing streams and golf courses. No formal observance is planned Monday. Clocks fall back at midnight. Parochial schools reopen Tuesday public schools Wednesday. Most stores banks and offices close except law enforcement. Families plan camping picnics and outings.
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Butte
Killed While Sitting on Porch Near Denver Home
Walter Warner Clark aged 76 died instantly when a stray bullet struck him on his porch while he sat with his wife in Denver. David Allan Tyler, 18, was arrested after admitting to firing four guns during target practice in his basement a block away. Autopsy results awaited to identify the bullet caliber.
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Denver
Walter Warner Clark
David Allan Tyler
Clark
C Day Activity Begins Tuesday In Butte Census Checkup
Preliminary efforts start Tuesday with blanks distributed in public and parochial schools for those possibly overlooked in the 1950 census. Monday Sept 11 is set as C Day to enumerate residents not counted, with the theme Make sure you and your neighbors count in Butte's future. Women’s groups will staff downtown desks Sept 9 to distribute blanks, aided by school authorities and families.
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Butte
Chamber of Commerce
Silver Bow County
Kilgore Pushes Internment Camp Plan for Reds
Sen Kilgore proposes nationwide emergency internment camps for Communists as an alternative to a registration system. He notes a group of senators is weighing legal aspects and would raise the idea with anti subversion legislation as the Senate debates Tuesday. The plan requires a presidential and congressional declaration of emergency.
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Washington
Kilgore
D-W. Va
Senate
Congress
Capitol Hill
McCarran
Senate Judiciary Committee
Truman
House
Mundt
R-S. C
Ferguson
Rmich
Johnson
D-S. C
Senate House
Hurricanes Keep Florida on Alert
Two tropical hurricanes dominated Florida's Labor Day weekend. One storm near Antigua Island unleashed 144 mph winds and, after landfall, intensified into a 160 mph monster with a broad eye. A second system in the Caribbean remained weaker at 75 mph with gusts to 90 mph, located about 190 miles southwest of Havana as storms churned in the Atlantic.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Antigua Island
Caribbean Sea
Havana
Cuba
Census Check Form to Be Distributed Apt No
Local census authorities announce distribution of new check forms for apartment residents. Officials urge tenants to complete and return forms promptly to ensure accurate demographic data collection.
Buddies in Korea Back Together in Service Again
Military authorities in Butte faced a manpower shortage as they expanded pre-induction exams under the 1948 Selective Service Act. Melvin A. Batchelor, 57 West Platinum, an experienced supply and transportation officer and inactive Army reserve member, volunteered for extended active duty. He shifted from civilian to sergeant first class and reported to work in full uniform, greeted by M/Sgt. Fred M. Erriscon, acting chief clerk of the station.
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Melvin A. Batchelor
West Platinum
Paddy
Korea
Batchelor
Fred M. Eriicson
Montana Main Army and Recruiting Center
West Park
Butte
Fred M. Erriscon
Batchelor and
Ericscon
Attlee brands Churchill a dictator over Russia arms row
Prime Minister Clement Attlee denounces Winston Churchill as a prima donna and a dictator in a radio address. He confirms shipments of dies for tank tools to the Soviet Union under a two year old trade deal with Conservative knowledge, limiting Russian access to secret weapons while inspectors may review goods.
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London
U.P
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Britain
Attlee
Churchill
Russia
Soviet Union
Youngster Falls Nine Floors in NYC Apartment
Four year old Karan Weiler plunged from a ninth floor bedroom while playing with another child. A policeman found her on a grassy plot behind the Stuyvesant Town apartments. Bellevue Hospital reported she had severe multiple injuries.
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New York
Karan Weiler
Stuyvesant Town
Bellevue Hospital
American Likely to Head Atlantic Defense
The North Atlantic pact nations may appoint an American peacetime commander in chief to organize western defenses against Communism. Directors in London plan a World War II style supreme command with an American overall lead and a Frenchman in charge of land forces.
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London
Alliance
Supreme Allied Command
Charles Spofford
United States
Washington
Truman
Dean Acheson
Council of Deputies
MacArthur urges rapid buildup of UN ground forces for Korea
Gen Douglas MacArthur urged a swift expansion of United Nations ground forces in Korea in a report to the UN. He cited strong naval and air power but warned ground troops remain outnumbered and need timely contributions from member nations. He noted forces from Greece and other allies offered about 5,000 men, with total asks around 30,000.
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United Nations
Republic of Korea
Pusan
MacArthur
Hong Kong
Greece
Philippines
Britain
Australia
Turkey
Thailand
Nicaragua
Red China
McClellan Calls for Peace War Showdown With Russia
Senator McClellan urged a final showdown with Russia as Congress backed President Truman's plan to raise U S military manpower to 3,000,000 or more. He proposed full mobilization, international disarmament talks under UN inspection, and warned of firing the first shot if Russia balked. His stance echoed calls for a stronger U S posture and possible escalation.
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Washington
McClellan
Russia
Truman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
United States
United Nations
New War Records Set by Flyers
Tokyo dispatch reports United Nations air power setting two records on Saturday during ground support in Korea. The Fifth Air Force Navy Marine and Royal Australian air arms flew 717 sorties, with 449 close support missions for American and South Korean ground forces.
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Tokyo
United Nations Air Power
Air Force
United States Fifth Air Force
United States Navy
Marine Air Arms
Royal Australian Air Force
United States Fifth
RAAF
Navy
Marine
Far East Air Force
United Nations
George C. Stratemeyer
Far East Air Forces
Montana Weather Forecast for Butte and Mines Area
Forecast calls for fair and warm conditions in Montana on Sunday with highs of 88 to 98 degrees and a low near 42. Overnight and early morning readings expected around 42 Sunday, with Saturday airport high near 90 and School of Mines lower minimum around 49.
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School of Mines
Montana
Old Sol
Mercury
New Heights
Butte
Furious Red assault narrows Taegu front in Korean war
Tokyo dispatch reports Koreans Reds pushing toward Taegu within 12 miles as U N forces hold. Reds gained heights south of Kigye and advanced toward Taegu while pressuring Waegwan and Pohang sectors. U N line remains generally firm with prolonged clashes around Masan Pusan and the 25th division area.
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Tokyo
Taegu
United Nations
Waegwan
Pohang
Reds
Kigye
Masan
Pusan
United States Second Infantry Division
Jap American Hero Of Korean War In 25th Division
A Japanese American marked as the hero of Company G in the 25th Division for defending a hogback ridge near the Nam and Naktong rivers in September. He sat out World War II in a Washington internment camp as Reds attacked at dawn seeking high ground. For 38 hours the unit fought to hold ground against encirclement and cut supply lines.
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United States
Korea
Washington
George Company
George
Nam
Naktong
Pusan
Nam River
Heat Records Fall Across Montana Cities
The weather bureau reports Montana had several hot readings on Saturday with highs reaching the 90s. Butte airport hit 90 and Missoula tied 95, Helena 93, while West Yellowstone cooled to 90 with a 32 degree low. No rain reported and Sunday skies to stay fair with slightly cooler highs around 88.
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Associated Press
Billings Sennce Neese Consnesecssessees As
Belgrade
Broadus Butte Aseneree Vensenessress Seneenets
Cut Bank
Dillon Seneenee
Drummond Seseeeneees
Glasgow
Eneeneeeees
Helena
Weather Bureau
Montana
Surchor
Missoula
Yellowstone
Holiday Death Toll Tops Early Reports Across Nation
Holiday traffic deaths were running behind forecasts but remained heavy with at least 86 fatalities, including 71 on highways. Alabama led with 11 deaths. Clayton, Alabama saw four killed as a bus shed its side after a trailer sideswiped it. Other deaths included a Michigan drowning and a Pennsylvania airplane crash, plus a Milwaukee train collision injuring about 50. Forecast total 435 for the period 6 p m Friday to midnight Tuesday.
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Alabama
Clayton
Ala
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Milwaukee
Bozeman Lieutenant Aids 300 Stranded Infantrymen to Safety
Lt F Reid of Bozeman leads a six man patrol through Yong san with AGI aid to shepherd about 300 North Korean refugees and infantry to safety. Corporal Vernon Johnson of Alma Center Wisconsin and other soldiers describe fighting near a road junction and in a rice paddy.
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Agi
F. Reid
Bozeman
Mont
Yongsan
Reid
Vernon Johnson
Alma Center
Wis
Buddy
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Harry M. Ross
Maybelle Hogan
Apt
Butte Chamber OF Commerce
Buttemont
McLellan
BEM Price
Koner
Gi’s
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