Truman ousts Johnson names Marshall as defense chief
President Truman removes Louis A. Johnson from the cabinet and asks General George C. Marshall to become secretary of defense. Marshall, 69, accepts from his Leesburg home. Lawmakers move to erase the ten year military service ban to allow Marshall to serve. Johnson praises Marshall as an inspiration while Truman notes his resignation is patriotic.
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Truman
Louis A. Johnson
Gen
George C. Marshall
Defense
Leesburg
Marshall
Wherry
Nebraska
Capehart
Indiana
Acheson
Johnson
James V. Forrestal
United States
Sou
White House
Capitol Hill
Freedom Crusade to Be Outlined in Butte Tonight
A large crowd is expected at 8 tonight at the Butte Chamber of Commerce as the Crusade for Freedom is outlined for local participation. Co chairmen Robert E. Heckman and Floyd Stewart will lead, with 180 organizations invited to attend to boost awareness of Communism threats and support for a Berlin monument.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Crusade For Freedom
Robert E. Heckman
Floyd Stewart
Butte
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Berlin
Butte Census May Gain 3200 Names
An estimated 3200 names may be added to Butte's census rolls after a week long check up drive. Volunteers collected forms and will forward data to the Seattle census office for duplication checks. The leaders praised volunteers and Mrs. John J. Cunningham for coordinating the effort.
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Butte
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Census District
Seattle
John J. Cunningham
Pedestrian Killed by Cab in Indianapolis
A pedestrian was killed when a taxicab rolled from a standing position and struck him on a downtown sidewalk. The driver, Claude McClain, 51, of Indianapolis, had collapsed at the wheel during the incident. Franklin Hughes, about 50, also of Indianapolis, was the victim. Patrolman Chester Sturgeon noted the driver’s head hung from the open window after he collapsed.
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Indianapolis
Franklin Hughes
Claude McClain
Chester Sturgeon
McClain
North Korea Claims All Industry Destroyed by Bombs
North Korea charged the United Nations that American bombing had completely destroyed all heavy industry and most medium and light industry in Korea. The demand called for an immediate stop to such alleged crimes by the interventionists.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.R
United Nations
Korea
Red
Acheson Urges Speed in Defense Plans
Secretary of State Acheson urged Britain and France to accelerate plans to strengthen western Europe against the Soviet threat. He favored integrating German manpower into a unified defense while avoiding a rebuilt German army, as the Big Three discussed strategy in New York.
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Acheson
Britain
France
Europe
Russia
United States
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Western Europe
Soviet Union
Bevin
Schuman
Butte Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy Cool With Frost
Partly cloudy and cool Wednesday with light frost in the early morning. Wednesday readings around 28 to 64 F. Through Tuesday at the Airport 62/27 and School of Mines 61/30. West of Divide is 60 to 70 F, East of Divide shows 55 to 65 with some showers.
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School of Mines
Divide
Genzberger Speaks at Pythian Banquet Addresses Subversion Fears
Supreme Chancellor Earle N. Genzberger urged Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters to defend sovereignty and American ideals at the Montana state convention banquet. He warned against subversives and world government proposals while highlighting US loyalty and civic duty.
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Earle N. Genzberger
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Finlen Hotel
H. O. Schilling
Butte
Pythians
America
Geneva
Switzerland
Genzberger
Schilling
Cal Tech scientist jailed four years for perjury fraud
Former Cal Tech physicist Dr. Sidney Weinbaum received a four year federal prison term after a jury found him guilty on three counts of perjury and one of fraud for denying he had ever been a Communist. He admitted not fully disavowing the party.
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Los Angeles
U.P
California Institute of Technology
Sidney Weinbaum
Army
Communist Party
Weinbaum
Sydney Empson
Ben Harrison
Montana youngster drowns in irrigation ditch
Kenneth McKinley Jr., 15 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. K M McKinley, drowned in an irrigation ditch near their Ravalli home Tuesday. Parents found him after a search. resuscitation efforts from St Ignatius failed. The family had moved from Kalispell three weeks earlier. funeral services planned in Kalispell.
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Ravalli
Kenneth McKinley, Jr
K. M. McKinley
St. Ignatius
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Kalispell
Fashion Displays Highlight Butte Fall Premiere Thursday Night
Fashion displays unfold in Butte with merchants staging shows through the week. Miss Magicland, tied to Penney's, was portrayed by Betty Aiken and five winners identified her correctly. Two winners earned merchandise certificates at Penney's Tuesday. Burr's backs a ramp top marquee event at 8 15 Thursday night with floodlit models promoting latest fall fashions.
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Butte
Penney’s
Betty Aiken
Penney's
Harriette Kane
West Broadway
Paul McGinnis
West Aluminum
Burr's
Burr’s
Tobey Wins New Hampshire GOP Senate Primary Narrowly
Early returns show Sen. Charles W. Tobey leading Wesley Powell 38 401 to 37 270 with two precincts outstanding in New Hampshire. Tobey, 70, surged after midnight in a tight race as Powell, backed by the Conservative faction, had led in industrial districts. Seven states held primaries Monday including Arizona and Vermont with other results reported.
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Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
Senate
Tobey
Wesley Powell
Powell
Arizona
Carl Hayden
Anna Frohmiller
Vermont
Winston L. Prouty
Lumberman
Harold J. Arthur
Senate approves stricter anti red bill with internment plan
The Senate passed a strengthened McCarran bill by 170 to 7 adding registration for Communists and internment if invasion or rebellion occurs. The measure tightens espionage penalties, extends prosecution windows, and targets saboteurs while urging House action. President Truman offered cautious remarks, questioning the camp plan’s civil rights impact.
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Senate
McCarran
Lucas
D-Ill
Truman
House
White House
Kilgore DW
Ferguson
R-Mich
Ellender
D-La
Billings Man Dies of Auto Injuries
Howard P. Hudson 43 of Billings died in a local hospital from injuries after his car struck a bridge abutment 15 miles south of Grass Range. He was alone and driving toward Lewistown when the accident occurred. Death attributed to shock with head chest injuries and a fractured thigh. Survived by widow, a son and a daughter.
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Billings
Howard P. Hudson
Grassrange
Lewistown
Yanks Capture Hill North of Taegu in Korea War
United States First Cavalry division troops opened an assault Wednesday against Korean Reds on Hill 314, eight miles north of Taegu, after seizing a height Tuesday night at heavy cost. The Eighth Army said a strong defensive line was forming on the north front as North Korean forces regroup for another push. Lt. Gen. Walker declared the worst was over and the UN could stop him.
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Tokyo
United States First Cavalry Division
Taegu
United States Eighth Army
Korea
Yongchon
United Nations
Redheld Pohang
Pohang
Walton H. Walker
Eighth Army
Walker
Rocky Hill 314
Associated Press
Jack McBeth
UN Manchurian Probe Killed by Russian Veto
Russia used its 45th veto to block a United Nations Security Council inquiry into Chinese charges of American air attacks on Manchuria. The vote on the American proposal was 7 to 1 with the Soviet veto. India Yugoslavia abstained and Nationalist China did not participate.
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Lake Success
Russia
United Nations Security Council
United States
Manchuria
Jacob A. Malik
Red China
India
Yugoslavia
China
Malik
Britain
France
Norway
Cuba
Ecuador
Egypt
Bombers Hit North Korean Arsenal in Coordinated Airstrike
United States Air Force said about 500 sorties were flown against North Korean targets Tuesday as B 29s and Superfortresses attacked a large arsenal near Pyongyang. Navy carrier aircraft also hit military targets from Pyongyang to Taejon with 197 sorties.
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Tokyo
U.P
United States Air Force
Douglas MacArthur
Pyongyang
Taejon
United Nations
Navy
Fifth Air Force
Japan
Korea
Mustang
Kan-ni
Russia Trains Thousands of Koreans for Four Years
Chang Taik Sang, vice chairman of South Korea’s national assembly, accuses Russia of training thousands of Korean youths in tank and artillery operations for at least four years. He says 3,000 Koreans were taken in 1946 and vows to present evidence to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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Korea
Russia
Republic of Korea
Chang Taik Sang
South Korea National Assembly
United Nations General Assembly
Chang
Seoul
Lake Success
Ben C. Limb
United States
Canada
Australia
Philippines
Syngman Rhee
Assembly
United Nation
Americans Lose Beer Ration Protest At Front Lines
From Korea troops protest the Army ban on free beer. Going forward only to those with funds or escorts, the policy sparks backlash. Maj Woodbridge defends the move while chaplains and privates lament the loss of a morale booster in a gruelling campaign.
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Korea
United States
J. R. Woodbridge
Lynchburg
W. A. Zlogar
Harrisburg
America
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Corp
Raymond Croteau
Fitchburg
Mass
Southern
W. Lawson
Baltimore
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