Nationalists accuse Russia of aiding Chinese Communists
Lake Success N Y April 10 Nationalist China charged that Russia supplied the Chinese Communists with many military aircraft and personnel and urged the United Nations to send a naval and air observation group to monitor Soviet aid to Mao Tze tung's army. Dr Tingfu F Tsiang claimed Soviet technicians run the air force signal corps. The note to Lie did not press for an early meeting of the little assembly which rejected Tsiang's resolution Feb 7.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.R
China
Russia
United Nations
Soviet Union
Mao Tze-tung
Tingfu F. Tsiang
Trygve Lie
Tsiang
Joao Carlos Muniz
Brazil
Little Assembly
George Yeh
Yellow Sea
Yeh
Taipei
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Security Council
Muinz
Anaconda Vehicle Crash Injures Three Men
Three Anaconda men were injured in a late afternoon crash on the Fourth street bypass to the Butte Anaconda highway. Richard Sperry 32 seriously injured with skull fracture. Roy McCabe 26 serious with possible spinal injuries. Howard Cosgriff 39 less seriously hurt but to recover. Police listed condition and arranged transport to St Ann hospital after the wrecked sedan was towed away.
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Anaconda
Fourth Street
Butte-Anaconda
Michael T. Morris
Thomas Connolly
John Lucich
Richard Sperry
East Sixth
East Anaconda
St. Ann Hospital
Roy McCabe
West Third
Howard Cosgriffe
East Park
Sperry
McCabe
Cosgriff
State Officers Speak at Party Meeting in Butte Rally
Gov John W Bonner Lt Gov Paul Cannon and party officials addressed about 200 attendees at the South Side Democratic club rally in IOOF hall Butte launching the 1950 election campaign. Bonner praised precinct workers and unity while urging continued work to win again as the opposition held meetings.
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John W. Bonner
Paul Cannon
South Side Democratic Club
Butte
IOOF
Front Street
William Curran
Gov. Bonner
Cannon
Dick Watson
William Walsh
Bonner
Democratic Party
Montana
Atlantic Gulf Coast Ship Strike Called
The AFL Masters Mates and Pilots union says talks with the government are broken and it will strike Atlantic and Gulf coast shipping at midnight Saturday. General president Capt Charles F May told reporters about 4000 members to walk out for lack of a contract after negotiations since last August and four postponed strikes at the mediation service's request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots Union
New York
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Charles F. May
May
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Enthusiasm Builds for Week-Long Butte July 4 Celebration
Leaders plan a seven day observance July 2 to 8 in Butte with a homecoming week. Mayor Thomas R. Morgan opened the meeting and urged community-wide support. Over 40 civic and business leaders attended as Tim J. Sullivan of the Butte Development Association proposed the idea.
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Butte
Thomas R. Morgan
Morgan
Tim J. Sullivan
Butte Development Association
Sullivan
Col. U
Question of First Degree Murder Withdrawn
The jurors will consider only involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Roy Barr, a 50 year old Butte trucker, as Evelyn Thomas faces trial. The court allowed withdrawal of the first degree murder option but kept second degree and voluntary manslaughter for jury debate.
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Roy Barr
Evelyn Thomas
M. K. Doepker
Thomas
T. E. Downey
Butte and Anaconda Unions Sign Wage Agreement
A pact signed Monday between Butte Miners union Anaconda Mill and Smeltermen union and Anaconda Copper Mining Co includes a five cent hourly wage rise retroactive to March 1 1950, higher company hospital and medical contributions, and adjusted holiday pay qualifications. The contract runs to June 30 1951 with Great Falls Mill and Smeltermen union expected to sign next.
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Butte Miners’ Union
Anaconda Mill and Smeltermen’s Union
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Great Falls Mill and Smeltermen’s
Butte Stationary Engineers’ Union
Great Falls Mill and Smeltermen’s Union
Anaconda Company
Oscar Hills
John McLeod
Miners Union
H. J. Rahilly
Anaconda
H. C. Farlin
Coffee Roasters Cut Price by Two Cents a Pound
Major roasters Monday reduced vacuum packed coffee prices by two cents per pound citing high costs. General Foods lowered Maxwell House to 72 cents, Standard Brands cut Chase and Sanborn to 74 cents, while Hills Brothers and Ehlers also trimmed two cents.
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New York
General Foods Corporation
Maxwell House Coffee
Standard Brands
Chase and Sanborn Coffee
Hills Brothers and Ehlers
Navy Plane Disappearance Leaves Three Officers Missing
The Navy released the names of three officers and seven enlisted men missing after a plane vanished Saturday on a flight from Wiesbaden Germany to Copenhagen Denmark. Among those aboard is Joe Henry Danens Jr whose mother Mrs Bessie Hale Danens of Cut Bank Montana is listed as next of kin.
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Montana
Navy
Washington
Wiesbaden
Germany
Copenhagen
Denmark
Joe Henry Danens, Jr
Bessie Hale Danens
P. O
Cut Bank
Mont
Rumor puts Louis Budenz as witness in Lattimore probe
Senator McCarthy named a mystery witness in the Lattimore case and demanded cross examination. Sources say the ex Communist editor Louis Budenz, now Fordham professor, may testify publicly Thursday. Lattimore welcomed full facts and cross examination, while Budenz’s identity remains withheld pending subcommittee plans.
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Washington
U.P
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Owen Lattimore
Louis Budenz
Fordham University
New York
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
McCarthy
Lattimore
State Department
Subcommittee
Budenz
Senator Lodge
Rmass
Tydings
D-Md
FBI
Cattle in Rough Shape After Severe Montana Winter
Montana cattle bore the harsh winter and March storms with the worst condition in 13 years, the federal range-livestock report says. April 1 condition is the lowest since 1937, with weakened cattle and lighter weight, plus calf losses from March storms and feed shortages. Breeding ewes weathered the season well and early lambs look set for a heavy crop.
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Helena
Montana
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bae
Aged Prospector Joins Census Trek From Montana Hills
A -year-old Montana prospector hiked eight miles on snowshoes from his cabin on Pikes Peak Creek to enroll in the 1950 census. Edwin E. Graupner delivered his details to Census Crew Leader William Corbett in Butte, saying he wintered in the mine and feared missing the count.
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Montana
Edwin E. Graupner
Butte
William Corbett
Pikes’ Peak Creek
Gold Creek
Powell County
Graupner
Hue Ansaha Raacnhead
Mr. Corbett
Miceaula Aictwiné
Dust storms sweep Southwest grain belt as forecasts trim output
Blowing April winds racing across New Mexico Colorado Texas Oklahoma and Kansas push topsoil into blinding dust clouds. Agronomist A F Swanson warns this could worsen erosion and threaten the national winter wheat crop forecast of 764 million bushels versus the December estimate. Continuous dust storms raise fears of severe damage, recalling the dirty thirties.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
A. F. Swanson
Fort Hays
Kan
Hays
Trial of Women Delayed in Bridges Perjury Case
Two women Betty Green Teixeira and Jean Simons Murray had their trial postponed to May 1 on charges of attempting to intimidate a Bridges trial witness Mervyn Rathborne. They allegedly warned his wife he had relations with them unless he revised his testimony.
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San Francisco
U.P
Harry Bridges
Betty Green Teixiera
Jean Simons Murray
Louis Goodman
Mervyn Rathborne
Bridges
Goodman
James MacInnis
United States
Joseph Karesh
Strange submarine sighted off coast near Farallons
A military air transport plane crew sighted an unidentified submarine on the surface 32 miles west of the Farallon islands. Vice Adm. George D. Murray ordered the 12th naval district commandant to investigate and interrogate. No other details were released.
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San Francisco
Military Air Transport Service
Farallon Islands
12Th Naval District
George D. Murray
Farallons
Pacific
Golden Gate
Ship Afire at Sea Near Newfoundland
The United States Lines freighter American producer with about 50 crew aboard was afire 540 miles southeast of St Johns Newfoundland. U S Lines reported neither ship nor crew were in immediate danger.
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New York
United States Lines
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Regions
Partly cloudy to cloudy and warmer Tuesday with afternoon showers. Highs reach 52 Tuesday afternoon and 28 for Tuesday morning. Montana forecasts show varied conditions west of Divide with highs 48 to 56 and east of Divide 30 to 35, extreme north 48 to 58, colder periods near mines and airports with mid 40s.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus Butte Eoetereerseseneees
Custer Seneersseseneee
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond Eceneeeees
Glasgow
Great Falls Ecersseece
Havre
T. Helena Seeeenenesaneneeres
Kalispell
Lewistown Eenanneneene
Livingston Eneeeneenees
Miles
Winter wheat crop forecast trimmed by drought and pests
Government April 1 forecast places winter wheat at 764 million bushels, down 121 million from December, with last year at 901 million. Dry weather and insect damage could raise use of surplus stocks, while spring wheat adds to total production near one billion bushels, officials say.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Great Plains
Labor Leader May Lose Citizenship
San Francisco April 10. Harry Bridges CIO long shore boss was sentenced to five years for perjury and two years for conspiracy in a naturalization case. Bridges, Australian born, faces automatic loss of citizenship if a ruling declares him an alien resident. The judge denounced Bridges for lying about Communist Party membership amid port strike history.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
CIO Longshore
George B. Harris
Bridges
F. Joseph Donohue
Harris
Communist Party
Butte Schools Face Financial Crisis And Possible Consolidation
Supt. Harry M. Ross warned the Butte district faces a serious financial situation that may force consolidating several elementary schools and cutting teaching positions. Trustees noted no changes from the April 1 election official vote. Rene Rouleau and Dr. John Bertoglio were elected to succeed retiring members William Dolan and David Reese. Special mill levies were defeated. Bertoglio and Rouleau will join the board at the Saturday reorganization.
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Butte
Rene Rouleau
Independent Party
John Bertoglio
People's Party
William Dolan
David Reese
Bertoglio
Rouleau
Harry M. Ross
Ross
Business Outlook Promising Despite Unemployment Worries
Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer said the year’s outlook is excellent while warning against fixed unemployment targets. He noted job creation for new graduates remains the main challenge and that no specific plan is planned to fight joblessness. The report shows unemployment easing from a February peak of 4.68 million, with mixed views on the spring employment rise and farm hiring.
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Washington
U.P
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Commerce Department
Truman
Congress
Chrysler
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Vance Smith, Jr
W. P. Jackson
Dorothea Wilson
Covina
Calif
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Arthur I. Heem
Torgus Oaas
Ervin West
George Green
Dewey Burns
Robert T. Whissiel
Rosalia Anderson
James Severinski
Thomas Monahan
Stanley J. Chebul
Lyle Downs
Barr
Lie
Associated Press
Mrs. Murray
Labor
Supt. Ross
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