Russians Lift Blockade of Berlin Road
Russian forces ended a three day blockade on the Berlin highway after Gen. Vassily Chuikov ordered the closure lifted. U S High Commissioner Donnelly, visiting Berlin, had condemned the interference as he pressed for a firm stand against Soviet harassment. The move followed detentions and incidents involving U S personnel and British soldiers amid the tense border activity.
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Berlin
U. S
Walter J. Donnelly
Vassily I. Chuikov
Germany
West Germany
Chuikov
Donnelly
Chiukov
Elmer L. Babb
Lebanon
Maine
East Berlin
Chest Leaders Meet Today In Community Chest Drive
Group and division leaders in the 1952 Community Chest campaign will lunch at 12:15 today in the Rose Room of the Hotel Finlen to organize and plan the city wide appeal. Edward P. Shea announces 700 volunteers will recruit business firms clubs unions and professionals with division leaders and regiment leaders to guide firm by firm solicitations beginning September 25. Campaign chairman is W. H. Mott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finlen
Edward P. Shea
Shea
John Hazen
Butte Water Company
William C. Sweet
Montana Hardware Company
Frank Lynch
Montana Power Company
W. H. Mott
Bradley Finletter Leave for Europe
Gen Omar Bradley and Secretary of the Air Finletter departed Thursday for visits with Allied and American forces in Europe. Bradley as joint chiefs chairman will confer with West European defense commanders and observe troop maneuvers. Finletter will inspect U S Air Force bases starting with Britain.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Air
Finletter
Europe
Bradley
Joint Chiefs
U. S
Britain
Butte Man Electrocuted in Flash Hailstorm Tragedy
A flash hailstorm in Butte kills Louis Zoani when his leg touches a downed high tension wire. August L Johnson survives a fall from a three story roof after slipping on a wet slope. Montana Power crews cut power as resuscitation attempts proceed. coroner says no inquest.
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Butte
Louis Zoani
Leatherwood
Zoani
St. James Hospital
L. Johnson
Colorado
Johnson
Leonard Fire Fill
William R
Cally) Calvert
Meaderville
Calvert
Montana Power Company
Italy
Earl Zoani
Caroline Zoani
Armida Revostine
Alice Ghezzi
Eliseo Salvagni
Whitehall
Julius Casagranda
Ellen Driscoll
Olimpo Rodoni
Mario Salvagni
Arthur Salvagni
Emilio Salvagni
Walkerville
Rudy E. Sagatovic
Daly- Shea Mortuary
Donors Sought For Butte Bloodmobile Visit
The American Red Cross mobile unit will be in Butte on Sept 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Masonic Temple ballroom to collect 300 pints for armed forces. Lt. Comdr. L J Hubble and Capt. D R Jones lead recruitment with 10 staff and 40 volunteers. Call 9291 or 5233 for appointments or to volunteer.
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American Red Cross
Butte
Clarence A. Champ
Red Cross
Great Falls
Masonic Temple Ballroom
L. J. Hubble
Naval Reserve
D. R. Jones
Marine Reserve Detachment
Capt. Jones
Comdr. Hubble
R. F. Peterson
Texas Flood Death Toll Rises as Areas Struggle
Five people are dead with two missing and hundreds homeless after floods in south central Texas. Rescue crews used helicopters, rowboats, and trains to evacuate residents. The worst damage hit an eight to nine county Hill Country area including San Saba and Llano with up to 23 inches of rain. Beeville near the Gulf Coast also saw flooding with 10 inches of rain. The Pedernales and Blanco rivers reached record levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Selms
New Braunfels
Austin
National Guard
San Saba
Llano
Fredericksburg
Blanco
Seguin
Johnson City
Marble Falls
Boerne
Beeville
Gulf Coast
Colorado River Administration
Pedernales River
Blanco River
Taft to Confer With Eisenhower in Harmony Talk
Gen. Robert A. Taft arrives in New York and will meet Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower at LaGuardia for a breakfast conference aimed at unifying Republican ranks after Eisenhower defeated Taft for the nomination. Taft smiled and declined comment while Eisenhower’s camp said a news conference would follow. Taft plans to speak for the party ticket at Springfield, Ohio, on Sept. 17.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Cincinnati
Eisenhower
la Guardia Field
Ohio
Springfield
House Probers to Get Vote Scandal Files
Washington investigators report Attorney General James P. Mce Granery will open Justice Department files on the 1946 Kansas City vote fraud probe tied to Missouri politics and possible murder. The inquiry follows the May 1947 courthouse safe burglary, ballot theft, and the later murder of Mary Bono after she offered evidence.
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Washington
House
James P. Mce Granery
Justice Department
Kansas City
Missouri
Truman
Roger C. Slaughter
D-Mo
Enos Axtell
Axtell
Slaughter
Kansas City Star
Mary Bono
Truman Says Eisenhower Backers Promote Isolationist Congress
President Truman denounces Eisenhower allies for seeking a Republican Congress he calls isolationist and says peace remains the top goal for the nation. He criticizes a one party press, defends his view of public mood, and denies White House pressure in the Caudle case.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Congress
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Allan Shivers
Texas
William E. Jenner
Indiana
White House
T. Lamar Caudle
Caudle
Justice Department
House
Keating
R-N. Y
U N Asks for Gets Another Recess in Korean Talks
In Panmunjom the UN and insurgent negotiators ended a 32 minute session with a seventh consecutive week long recess. A Sept 20 meeting date was set. No POW exchange progress was shown. Mexico proposed a solution to move refusing captives to neutral countries. South Korea rejects shifting prisoners to other nations.
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Munsan
Panmunjom
United Nations Command
Mexico
Peiping Radio
South Korea
Former IRS official Bolich indicted for tax evasion
Daniel A. Bolich, 52, longtime Internal Revenue Bureau official and former assistant revenue commissioner, faces a five count federal indictment charging income tax evasion. He allegedly concealed earnings from 1946 to 1950, paying far less tax than owed, while previously resisting questions from a congressional subcommittee.
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New York
Federal Internal Revenue Bureau
Daniel A. Bolich
Bolich
House
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue Bureau
Brooklyn
C. L. Routzahn
Cleveland
Bureau
Stevenson Says Democrats Drove Out Reds
Gov Adlai E Stevenson told a Shrine Auditorium audience that Communists have been driven from positions of responsibility and will not be allowed to return He argued fear of Communists is real but that loyal Americans know Communism is incompatible with American life He condemned witch hunts and said Democrats lead in eradicating government rascality and warned against political smog and fear tactics.
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Los Angeles
Adlai E. Stevenson
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Shrine Auditorium
Illinois
Town Hall
Stevenson
Suspected Kidnapper Heads Toward Montana With Missing Girl
Police in Helena pursue a suspect believed to be heading into Montana with 11 year old Joan Pond after allegedly kidnapping two girls near Custer South Dakota. Sherwood Strouser 36 is charged with kidnapping and was released from Deer Lodge prison last month.
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Strauser
Montana
Deer Lodge
Boise
Idaho
U.S. Heads Into Strained Ties With Europe over Korea
The United States faces a period of strained relations with Europe as it prepares for UN Korea policy discussions and a NATO review. Officials warn of a potential deep fissure unless American purchases of foreign goods rise and trade barriers fall amid eurozone economic pressures. Britain and the UN chief aim to break the Panmunjom deadlock in coordination with the United States and other members.
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Associated Press
United States
Korea
World Treasury
U. S
United Nations
U. N
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
William H. Draper Jr
Europe
Draper
London
U.S
Anthony Eden
Trygve Lie
Panmunjom
Eden
Lie
U. N. General Assembly
Acheson Denounces Forceful Liberation Policy
Secretary of State Acheson warned at a trade union gathering that freeing Communist-enslaved countries by force would be a positive prescription for disaster. He defended the Democratic foreign policy, urging patience and realism while challenging critics to face the facts.
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Kansas City
State Acheson
Acheson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Europe
Eisenhower
American Legion
New York
Philadelphia
GOP
Truman- Acheson
AFL International Association of Machinists
Police Commissioner Faces Series of Small Thefts
MISSOULA Missoula police commissioner John T Vance endured a rough stretch starting Wednesday with three stolen golf balls at a golf course. Later that night someone siphoned gas from his car and Thursday morning six shirts were taken from a clothesline.
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Missoula
U.P
John T. Vance
Vance
Britain presses Iran oil dispute with Mossadegh call
The British envoy in Tehran made an urgent call on Premier Mohammed Mossadegh on Thursday amid speculation of a forthcoming proposal to resolve Britain and Iran over oil.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Indications Are Foe Planned Major Assault
UN artillery pounded a Communist assault in Capitol Hill area as Chinese forces tried to breach the UN frontline. Forward observers reported a Red group of about 800 men forming and attacking at 8 p m, with shells driving them back and leaving the valley north of Capitol Hill littered with enemy dead. Finger Ridge stayed in Communist hands while UN fire exacted heavy toll, signaling a potential major attack plan that was halted by Allied counterfire.
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Tokyo
Capitol Hill
United Nations
Finger Ridge
Contracts Awarded for Montana Road Jobs Total 526,556
The State Highway Commission awarded contracts totaling 526,556 to S. Birch and Sons of Great Falls for three road projects and Walling Construction Co of Lewistown for one project. Birch will grade gravel oil and drain 8.427 miles of the Harlowton Ryegate road and gravel a 12.661 mile section of the Alzada Ekalaka road and crush 20,000 cubic yards of gravel. Walling will grade gravel and build a timber bridge on the Hilger Winifred road. Additional bids due September 25 include bridge work and office construction in Havre.
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Helena
State Highway Commission
S. Birch and Sons of
Great Falls
Walling Construction Company of
Lewistown
Birch
Harlowton-Ryegate
Wheatland
Shawmut
Alzada-Ekalaka
Carter County
Gallatin
Walling
Fergus County
Miles City-Jordan
Garfield County
Sidney Circle Road
Richland County
Geraldine-Fort Benton
Chouteau County
Highway Department
Havre
Butte Weather Forecast Predicts Mild Change
Partly cloudy with little temperature change Friday and cooler Friday night. Friday high near 72, low around 40. Airport Minnimum 50 to 70, School of Mines 50 to 69 with .03 inches precipitation. West of Divide showers possible, high 65 to 75. East of Divide similar clouds with warmest 60 to 80 and cooler west night.
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School of Mines
Divide
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U.N
Adlai Stevenson
San Francisco
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Belgrade
Livingston
Setaeeneenee
Miles City
Superior
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