Bids on 10 Road Jobs to Be Opened Sept. 21
Montana highway officials announced contractors' notices for ten road and bridge projects. Bids due 9:30 a.m. Sept. 21, with work including grade and gravel segments from Conrad to Reed Point, and the Great Falls to Fort Benton route, plus bridge construction and a large salt of gravel stockpiles across several counties.
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Helena
Montana
Highway Commission
Conrad North
Conrad-Shelby
Pondera County
Reed Point
Columbus
Stillwater County
Great Falls
Fort Benton
Cascade
Chouteau
Harlem-Dodson Road
Phillips County
Three Forks
Madison River
Madison County
Malta- Loring
Joplin-North Road
Liberty County
Big Horn
Carbon
Sweet Grass
Yellowstone
Missoula
Dewey Opponent Drafted as Lynch Secures Dem Nomination
In Albany on September 7, Walter A. Lynch won the Democratic nomination to oppose Thomas E. Dewey for New York governor. Lynch, 56, has served in Congress since 1940 and backed Truman's Fair Deal. Dewey was nominated by the Republicans for a third term with Joe R. Hanley named as Senate candidate.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Walter A. Lynch
The
Bronx
Lynch
Congress
Truman
Rochester
Dewey
Saratoga Springs
Joe R. Hanley
United States Senate
Hanley
Herbert H. Lehman
Great Hurricane Virtually Stalled Near Bermuda
A great Atlantic hurricane, with winds 130 to 140 mph, was nearly stationary about 200 miles southwest of Bermuda as Florida cleaned up from a smaller tropical storm that caused three to four deaths and about 3 million dollars in damage. The advisory warned of dangerous gales in Bermuda.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Bruswick
Florida
Bermuda
Scientist Guilty of Lying About Communist Ties
Federal jury in Los Angeles found Dr. Sidney Weinbaum a jet propulsion scientist guilty on three counts of perjury and one count of fraud for denying Communist party membership before an Army board and concealing party ties at Caltech from 1937 to 1939. He faces up to ten years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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Los Angeles
Sidney Weinbaum
Jet Propulsion
Communist Party
Weinbaum
California Institute of Technology
Caltech
Montanan couple tragedy shocks Lewistown area
Victor Rellich 24, a gypsum plant worker and World War II veteran, shot his 19-year-old wife three times during a quarrel and then killed himself with a carbine brought from the Pacific. Their year-old son slept through the incident. Rellich leaves parents and three sisters.
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Lewistown
Victor Rellich
O. Louise Replogle
Pacific
Rellich
Joe Rellich
Air Guard Units To Be Called Up For Duty
The Air Force announced that four fighter bomber groups and one tactical reconnaissance group of the Air National Guard will be called to duty soon. Security prohibits disclosing units. Report within 30 days of order. Total affected: 5,000 to 7,500 men and about 350 planes.
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Washington
Air Force
Air National Guard
Air Guard
Five Schofield Children Listed as Polio Patients
Newark report says five of six Schofield children are poliomyelitis patients. George 12, David 7, Mary Josephine 9, Robert 11, and Andrew 14 are in Monmouth Memorial Hospital Long Branch.
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Newark
N. J
Andrew Schofield
George
David
Mary Josephine
Robert
Andrew
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Long Branch
French Round Up 266 Foreign Reds
French police rounded up 266 foreign communists in a nationwide drive to expel perceived fifth columnists. Spaniards accounted for more than half, with Russians Poles Czechs Bulgarians and Yugoslavs also included. Suspects face deportation to a frontier of their choosing or to Corsica. leaders and native card holders largely spared.
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Paris
Corsica
Mediterranean
France
French Communist Party
Louis- Philippe
Ex-wives seek to keep ex-husbands drafted in Illinois
Illinois selective service officials report divorcees are writing draft boards to ensure their former husbands are not listed as married. A divorce automatically places a man in 1-A if he is 19 to 25 years old, affecting draft eligibility.
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Chicago
Illinois Selective Service
Canada Raises Taxes to Boost Defense Program
Canada announced a five percent increase in corporate income taxes effective September 1 and added luxury levies on items including chewing gum and automobiles to finance the new defense program.
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Ottawa
U.P
Canada
Control Setup to Be Under Civilian Head
President Truman assured the nation that the home front economic mobilization program will be under civilian direction from start to finish. He said there will be no military dictator and announced a radio address to outline the hard work and sacrifice needed to back up U.S. fighting forces in Korea.
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Washington
Truman
Korea
White House
Congress
Bernard Baruch
Baltimore Evening Sun
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Symington
Senate Appropriations Committee
President Signs Highway Aid Bill for Two Years
President Truman signed legislation authorizing 500 million dollars in federal aid to highways over two years beginning next July 1. The bill allocates 225 million for the primary system 150 million for the secondary system and 125 million for the urban system, with actual funding to be supplied by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Butte and Divide Area Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy and cooler Friday with scattered showers. Friday lows around 36 and highs near 72. Earlier readings show 37 at the airport to 70 elsewhere. West of Divide expect high 70 to 80 with little change, east of Divide 65 to 75. The table.
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Divide
Associated Press
Max
Billings
Drive Stopped Within Sight of Taegu
United States Eighth Army reports the five day Red offensive on the north Korea front halted within sight of Taegu. First Cavalry launches counterattack on a hill north of Taegu as UN forces hold Yongchon Kyongju and Pohang areas amid ongoing seesaw fighting and regrouping of South Korean divisions.
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Tokyo
United States
Eighth Army
Korea
Taegu
United States First Cavalry
Associated Press
Jack MacBeth
Yongchon
Kyongju
Pohang
Pyongcang Radio
United Nations
United States Eighth Army
Angang
Anyang
Korean Front
Battle Mountain
Lake Success
Security Council
North Korea
Russia
Government Jails Chinese Scientist
Chinese aeronautical researcher Dr. Hsue-shen Tsien was arrested as an Alien Communist by Immigration Service agents in Los Angeles. Packing cases of papers bound for Shanghai were seized two weeks earlier, examined for classified content, while Tsien claimed the items were his personal papers and data from experiments at Caltech. He was ordered held without bail on Terminal Island, with possible criminal charges in Washington tied to his prior political group membership.
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Los Angeles
U.R
Hsue-shen Tsien
Immigration Service
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Tsien
Jet Propulsion Center
California Institute of Technology
Immigration Service Protection
Terminal Island
Washington
Albert del Guercio
United States
Canada
del Guercio
Fire alarms sound during visiting chiefs in Butte
A delegation of 135 fire chiefs and their ladies visiting Butte witnessed a string of false alarms. Firemen responded to alarms on Maryland Second streets and Park Dakota streets around 10 PM and near midnight. Sirens drew curious local residents calling police, the station, and newspapers for details.
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United States
Canada
Butte
Quartz Street
Maryland
Second Streets
Park
Dakota Streets
Fighter Planes Shield UN Troops In Korea Action
American fighters and light bombers from Japan supported ground troops in Korea at dawn. Bad weather limited missions to 550 sorties, while B26 raids hit North Korean targets. preliminary damage claims included tanks trucks and gun emplacements.
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Tokyo
Japan
United Nations
Korea
Far East Air Force
United States Fifth Air Force
Visiting Firemen Entertained Here
A delegation of 135 fire chiefs and guests from U S and Canada toured Butte on a six hour visit en route to San Francisco for the International Association of Fire Chiefs convention. Mayor Morgan Fire Chief O Donnell Frank Sullivan and Jack Duggan led a reception committee. The party viewed Copper Key trail and rode in a Butte fire truck to Quartz street station for a buffet lunch and entertainment by Pete Malyevac and visiting musicians. A fire alarm greeted the group before they continued to Seattle and Portland.
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United States
Canada
San Francisco
International Fire Chief Association
Butte
Butte Firemen
Thomas R. Morgan
John O'Donnell
Frank Sullivan
Board of Fire Underwriters
Montana Rating Board
Jack Duggan
Copper Key Trail
Pete Malyevac
Quartz Street
Seattle
Portland
UN Security Council rejects Soviet Korea bombing condemnation
The United Nations Security Council voted 9 to 1 with Yugoslavia abstaining to reject a Soviet demand to condemn U.S. bombing in Korea. Only Malik supported the measure, which called for an end to bombing towns and civilians. The council then moved on to a Chinese Manchuria issue as India and Egypt abstained.
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Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
Korea
United States
Russia
Jakob A. Malik
Ernest A. Gross
Gross
Malik
Yugoslavia
Council
Britain
Gladwyn Jebb
Red
Bonner Calls International Civil Defense Conference
Gov. John W. Bonner called a meeting in Helena at 10 a m September 21 to plan joint civil defense in case of enemy action. Attendees include Sixth Army officials and governors of six western states and Alaska plus premiers of three Canadian provinces. Montana’s disaster council finalized a plan to protect Montanans and productive power in emergencies.
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Helena
John W. Bonner
Sixth Army
Alaska
Ernest Gruening
Bryan I. Johnson
British Columbia
Ernest C. Manning
Alberta
T. C. Douglas
Saskatchewan
A. B. Langlie
Washington
Douglas McKay
Oregon
C. A. Robins
Idaho
A. G. Crane
Wyoming
G. Randahl
North Dakota
George T. Mickelson
South Dakota
Bonner
Montana
14 Children Killed as Truck Slides Off Mountain Road
A runaway truck and trailer plunged 80 schoolchildren down an embankment on a mountain road near Undine Italy killing 14 and injuring 56, many critically. The youths aged 6 to 12 were en route to a summer camp when brakes failed on a steep downgrade.
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Undine
Italy
Here
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C.F. Kelley
Anaconda Company
Greater Butte
Cornelius F. Kelley
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Kelley
Butte Community Hospital
America
Silver Bow
Finlen Hotel
Espe
Mr. Kelley
Ciaily
William Meyer
Development Association
Montana Power Company
Chamber of Commerce
James R. Hobbins
Sheet Metal Workers Union
T. J. Sullivan
Sullivan Valve and Engineering Company
C. J. Burns
John Cole
J. J. O’connor
St. Ann Parish
Edgar Price
Price Motor Company
John K. Claxton
Rep. Lynch
FBI
UN Council
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