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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1950
Page
5
Montana tobacco dealers were alerted the cigarette tax rises from 2 to 4 cents per pack this Thursday to fund a $22,000,000 WWII veteran bonus approved by voters. Governor Bonner will issue a proclamation and veterans groups plan a legal challenge to smooth bond sales.
Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault, former Flying Tigers leader, says he could mobilize 400 million Chinese to battle the Reds if armed. He warns the United States faces its most dangerous era and opposes fighting the Chinese, urging arming and training anti-Communist Nationalists to draw U.S. troops out quickly.
President Truman asked Congress for an additional 17.85 billion dollars to fund rapid arms buildup and atomic weapons. He cited the gravity of the world situation and United Nations Korea actions, detailing 16.8 billion for the armed forces and 1.05 billion for accelerating the atomic energy program.
Senator O Conor of Maryland reports that about 10.5 million pounds of scrap rubber have been shipped from the United States to red China since the Korean War began and calls for an immediate halt to the shipments amid rising totals after the outbreak.
The statement suggests that even if the material is used solely to make sandals, its deployment could serve a strategic wartime purpose by aiding large scale movement of Chinese forces or their supply lines.
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