Governor Denounces Draft Board Action as Mutiny
Helena report says Governor Joan W Bonner demanded Roosevelt County Selective Service Board resign after it refused to draft more men until the atomic bomb is used in Korea. Board chair B R Taylor defended appointments, while Gen Spencer H Mitchell backed the board but cautioned adherence to Washington directives. Public comments branded such moves as mutinous and harmful to democracy.
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Helena
Mont
Joan W. Bonner
Roosevelt County Selective Service Board
Wolf Point
B. R. Taylor
Truman
Louis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Montana
Soldiers and airmen pay 61 million in taxes in 1950
U S Army and Air Force personnel paid $61,994,543 in income taxes for the first six months of 1950. The Army Finance Center in St Louis handed a tax cover check to the St Louis IRS office. Taxes apply to pay of all soldiers except those in Korea. Congress exempted combat zone enlisted pay and the first $200 of combat officers pay.
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ST. Louis
U. 8
Army
Air Force
Army Finance Center
Serviers
St. Louis Internal Revenue Office
Korea
Congress
City College Blonde Wins Pair of Crowns
City College announces sophomore Jean Riggs as Fylke Day queen and Junior Hose Bowl Queen. Attendants Dot Bisnar and Kathy Hardin join as they travel for rally and campus events marking Friday ceremony and Boise Idaho game eve.
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City College
Jean Riggs
Lakewood
Miss Riggs
Wils
Ane
Nual
City College Vikings
Boise
Idaho
Dot Bisnar
Kathy Hardin
Honest With Ourselves On Korea Crisis Debate
The piece notes public inconsistency over the Korea action, criticizing those who praised General MacArthur at Inchon yet now oppose the decision. It cites voices who once backed stopping short of the north border but later question the move. Continued on Page 24A.
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Korea
MacArthur
Inchon
China
Russia
Martial Law Declared in South Korea
President Syngman Rhee announced emergency martial law across South Korea effective at midnight. General C. B. Cates warned Americans the situation in Korea could lead to a great war, calling the news not a pretty picture in a speech to the American Ordnance Association.
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Seoul
Koreas
Syngmin Rhee
South Korea
New York
C. B. Cates
U.S. Marine Corps
Peneral
American Ordnance Assn
Korea
Generals Confer Secret Meetings About Korea Situation
Gen Lawton Colting and chief of staff held secret talks with Douglas MacArthur on the Korean military situation. Cal Tins returned Wednesday night from a visit to Korea.
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Sunyd
Wes
Thurgiay
Lawton Colting
Douglas MacArthur
Cal- Tins
Korea
High Official Linked to Foe in Milwaukee Column
Fulton Lewis Jr. demanded a top to bottom housecleaning in the State Department and charged a high administration figure with links to the Communist Party. He refused to name the official at a Milwaukee meeting but said the House Armed Services Committee has affidavits to prove the claim and urged removal of State Secretary Dean Acheson while praising Senator Joseph McCarthy.
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Milwaukee
INS
Fulton Lewis Jr
Today
State Department
Communist Party
Lewis
Wisconsin Implement Dealers Assn
House Armed Services Committee
Sec
Dean Acheson
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Troops Join For March To the Sea
Tokyo dispatch reports 15000 US Marines and Army infantrymen breaking from Hagaru and marching 10 miles south to link with another Marine force at Koto. The first phase of the retreat was said to be successful with minimal loss as Chinese forces counter on the northeast front.
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Tokyo
United States
Hagarw
Koto
10Th Corps
Hagarou
Eighth Army
Mansegyo
Seoul
38Th Parallel
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Mitchell
Montana National Guard
United Press
Roosevelt Draft Board
Washington
Amusements Sra
Drew Pearson
Sha Ray Tucker
Rts
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