Britain Opens Economic Clinic in Washington to Scrutinize Welfare Links
A high level conference in Washington opens to tackle Britain’s economic illness. British and Allied leaders including Bevin and Acheson will argue welfare programs aid recovery, while Marshall Plan funds fund only a small share. Britain faces dollar shortages, with reserves near 1.6 billion dollars.
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Washington
Britain
Treasury
Snyder
Acheson
Bevin
Stafford Crips
Douglas Abbott
Navy flier admits peddling gossip about Air Force
Comdr. Thomas D. Davies testified before a naval court of inquiry that he spread rank gossip about the Air Force but denied intent to damage the B 36 program. He also described seeking access to Symington’s Constellation log for a curiosity project tied to Cedric Worth’s memo.
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Washington
Navy
Air Force
Comdr
Thomas D. Davies
Pacific
Naval Court of
Davies
W. Stuart Symington
Cedric R. Worth
Dan A. Kimball
Worth
Capitol Hill
House
Naval Court
Truman
Symington
Russia to Send Britain Grain in Massive Trade Deal
London reports Russia agreed to ship Britain 1,000,000 tons of corn barley and oats starting at once with Britain paying in pounds for 400 000 tons of corn 500 000 tons barley and 100 000 tons oats. Diplomats see it as a sign no shooting war is foreseen amid cold war tensions and Tito disputes. Negotiations continue for broader British Russian trade terms.
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London
U.P
Russia
Great Britain
Britain
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Break in Drought Comes Too Late for This Year
Montana faces a late break in drought with scattered rain and a forecast of .25 to .5 inch moisture later this week though crops and pastures suffer. The weekly crop report notes soil moisture remains critically short, winter wheat seeding delayed, hay supplies reduced, and livestock marketing up as harvests proceed across drylands and irrigated areas.
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Helena
Montana
Weather Bureau
Continental Divide
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Wibaux
Teachers blamed for child maladjustment in new A P A report
Denver Sept 6 a report to the American Psychological Association says school teachers are a serious cause of child maladjustment. Dr Dougald S Arbuckle of Boston University identifies four classes of teachers who harm development disciplinarians moralists bench judges and avoidant types. He notes parents share blame and urges awareness of students as individuals rather than mere brains.
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Denver
American Psychological Association
Dugald S. Arbuckle
Boston University
This Is Season's Best Bear Story
Loyale Babbitt of Idaho Falls recounts a vacation bear tale from Riverside camp on the Snake River north fork. A two year old 175 pound black bear swam across the stream and approached him. He struck it with a rock then clubbed it to death with a dead tree branch.
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Ashton
Idaho
Loyale Babbitt
Idaho Falls
Babbitt
Riverside Camp
North Fork
Snake River
Bruin
Trade Treaty Battle Starts Today
The Senate opens a major fight over extending the reciprocal trade treaty program with Democrats and Republicans split over keeping the peril point provision. Senator Lucas and Senator Millikin lead lines, aiming to force inclusion of the peril point and curb use of the most favored nation clause.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
80Th Congress
Tariff Commission
United States
Congress
Millikin
Colorado
Senate Finance Committee
Girl Bicyclist Camps in Cemeteries During 1900s Tour
Margaret Gall of Glendale California rode 1 900 miles seeking cemetery camps on her English lightweight bicycle. She travels with a tent and sleeping bag and has averaged 80 miles per day with a peak 117 miles in one day. Her route includes Yellowstone Park via the coast and a stop in Butte where she praised Montana roads and hospitality.
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Margaret Gall
Glendale
Calif
Butte
Miss Gall
Yellowstone Park
Leonard Mine
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Seattle
Park
Los Angeles
Huge Hurricane Moves Away From Mainland
A hurricane with winds up to 130 mph drifted northeast away from Bermuda and the U S mainland. At 11 p m the center lay about 390 miles south of Bermuda and 500 miles east of Fort Lauderdale Florida as the storm moved further offshore.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Bermuda
United States
Fort Lauderdale
Cleveland Air Races Under Fire After Fatal Crash
Angered Cleveland residents threaten to halt high speed closed course events after Bill Odom dies in a house crash. Officials weigh moving races to Los Angeles, Detroit or Chicago as pilots approve a $40,000 speed race layout and Berea residents push for stricter laws. Mayor Burke vows to address the crisis.
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Cleveland
Tuesady
Bill Odom
Odom
Los Angeles
Detroit
Chicago
Ben Franklin
Air Races
Franklin
Berea
Citizens Progressive League
Thomas Burke
Burke
Gardner Used Mental Hospital Commitment to Escape Charges
Gardner 27 year old confessed killer and prime suspect in a strangulation death was discharged from Warm Springs Montana state mental hospital on March 31 for recovery from psychosis and to avoid charges. Dr. Freeman wrote that Gardner had been committed since 1943 and had repeatedly escaped, returned to the hospital, and used the commitment to dodge criminal charges. An autopsy and inquest into the Madison county murder are planned after Coroner Brundage notified Silver Bow authorities. Miss Horn’s body was brought to Dillon for identification and funeral plans proceed.
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Ray Dempsey Gardner
Montana State
Warm Springs
George H. Freeman
Gardner
Silver Bow
Sue Horn
Dr. Freeman
Pondora County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
State Hospital
North Madison
Ind
Jamestown
N. D
Montana
Silver Bow County
Lee Brundage
Dillon
Madison County
Miss Horn
Brundage
Body of Chicago Bride Found Lashed to Boat
The half naked body of Laura Neitzel, 22, was found lashed to the rigging of a disabled sailboat on Lake Michigan. Coast Guard vessels searched for her missing husband Carl Neitzel, 29, and two companions after winds and waves likely swept them overboard. The bride had been recently married to Neitzel and wore only a striped sweater.
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Chicago
U.P
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Laura Neitzel
Carl Neitzel
Neitzels
Coast
Butte Area Weather Outlook Wednesday
Partly cloudy and clear conditions across Butte with a slight warm-up. Airport high near 62 today and 44 low. precipitation around .10 inches. West of divide expect clear to partly cloudy with highs 70 to 75. east of divide with cloudy to par y conditions and highs 60 to 70.
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Divide
Associated Press
Max. Min. Pep. Opecseceses
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Custer
Dillon
Drummond Glasgow
Great Falls
OL Havre
Helena
Y Kalispell
Lewistown
Ecarceeseesees
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
Slaver Not Too Busy to Answer Phone in Shootout
Camden, Sept 6. Howard B Unruh, the marked killer, spoke on the telephone during the ongoing gun battle at his River Avenue home. Police say he killed 16 people, wounding many in a spree sparked by resentment against neighbors including a druggist and a shoemaker. He surrendered under heavy guard after a mob threatened the hospital.
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Camden
N. J
Howard
Unruh
River Avenue
Camden Evening Courier
Cooper Hospital
Camden County
Mitchell H. Cohen
Montana Sheriff Says Man Admitted Shooting Son-in-Law
Oswald Braaton admitted shooting his son-in-law Richard A. Cole 22, a physician, in Kalispell. Braaton, ex Flathead welfare administrator, said Cole forced entry after warning not to, as Braaton hunted for his pistol. No charge filed yet. Braaton claimed he only meant to injure Cole.
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Kalispell
R. P. Walsh
Oswald Braaton
Inlaw
Richard A. Cole
Cole
Braaton
Flathead
Crippled Mars lands safely after engine tears from wing
The Philippine Mars, carrying 54 aboard, landed safely in Honolulu three hours after an engine failure tore free from the wing and ignited fuel. Pilot Lt. W. L. Garrett described a violent vibration before flames spread across the wing and rescue convoys guided the plane to safety.
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Honolulu
Philippine
Mars
Pacific
Alameda Naval Air Station
San Francisco Bay
W. L. Garrett
Garrett
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Killer Sets New High in Infamy
Howard Unruh killed 12 persons in about 15 minutes in Camden New Jersey in a case described as a high in homicidal infamy. News dispatches recount similar mass killings and note Unruh’s background as a World War II veteran and ammunition handler.
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Camden
N. J
U.P
Howard Unruh
Unruh
Killer
New York
New York Public Library
Moscow
Henri Desire Landru
Bluebeard
Versailles
France
Earle Nelson
Jean Baptiste Troppman
Fritz Haarman
Hannover
Germany
Portland
Ore
Norman E. Koehn
Howard
Kummel
Paris
Nice
Rheims
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Flyer
Beverly Hills
Ellis White
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
Dreuth
By Howard W. Blakeslee
New Jersey
Meek
Acme
Harold Unruh
Center
Ohio
Philip W. Buxton
Montanan
Howard B. Unruh
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