Economic indicators rise but jobless rate still climbs
The 1950 first quarter shows higher industrial output and income with a March jobless drop, yet Leon Keyserling warns growth is not fast enough to halt a gradual rise in unemployment. Consumer spending hits a new peak while GI life refund funds largely remain unspent.
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Washington
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Leon Keyserling
Keyserling
Council
Joint Economic Committee of Congress
Montana Power Slashes Rate for REA Co-ops
Montana Power filed a new rate with the state public service commission cutting power cost from 8.7 to 5.5 mills per kilowatt hour for REA co-operatives. The move, signed by Chairman Austin Middleton, will save about 136000 dollars annually and align with Bureau of Reclamation pricing to aid rural service expansion across 12 REA co-ops with 37 points east of the Continental Divide.
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Helena
REA
Montana Power Company
State Public Service Commission
J. E. Corette, Jr
Austin B. Middleton
Bureau of Reclamation
Missouri River Basin Power
Mr. Corette
Montana
Corette
Continental Divide
Light and Power
Bureau
Butte High Bohunkus Day Set April 21
Butte High School plans Bohunkus Day on April 21 featuring the traditional street parade and two senior show performances. Proceeds fund the senior banquet with direction from class advisers Miss Muriel Ralph Miss Gertrude Gilmore and faculty members Miss Helen McGregor Mr H J Schiesser Miss Margaret Mullen and Ray Simms.
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Butte High School
George Haney
Muriel Ralph
Gertrude Gilmore
Helen McGregor
H. J. Schiesser
Margaret Mullen
Ray Simms
Exiles From Shanghai Despair Over Communist Rule
Eighty-eight foreigners including four Americans left Shanghai by train to Tientsin amid widespread disillusion. They reported 2,000 more foreigners seeking exit, harsh travel visas, and mounting taxes plus strict penalties in Shanghai. They warned both foreigners and Chinese face tighteningRed rule and rising underground resistance. Russians in Shanghai unseen but felt at about five thousand, mostly civilian staff and political workers.
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Hong Kong
Shanghai
China
Tientsin
Reds
Census Troubles in Dallas as Taker Finds Occupant at Home
Dallas census takers faced a week of repeated refusals before finally locating the resident at a Dallas house. Mrs. Nell R. Short had called nightly without success until meeting Mrs. Hazel E. Hansen, another census taker, at last.
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Dallas
Nell R. Short
Hazel E. Hansen
Havre Man Drowns When Auto Leaves Highway
John H. Richmond a 40 year old Havre motor equipment salesman drowned when his car left U S Highway 2 about two miles west of Saco and overturned into a water filled ditch. Body taken to Malta and then to Chinook for funeral services. Survived by widow and daughter Mrs John Wieneke of Glasgow.
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Havre
John H. Richmond
U. S. Highway 2
Saco
Malta
Chinook
John Wieneke
Glasgow
Setup for Crime Probe Is Opposed by GOP
The Senate Republican policy committee voted to oppose handing the crime investigation to a five man panel. Taft said Democrats aimed to sideline key knowledgeable senators. Republicans cited the Kansas City killings linking politics and the underworld as justification for renewed inquiry.
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Washington
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Taft
Ohio
Ferguson
R-Mich
Donnell
R-Mo
Judiciary Committee
Policy Committee
Charles Binaggio
Kansas City
Charles Gargotta
Kem
North Side
Brewster
Maine
Truman
Republican
Butte Weather Forecast Thursday Mild and Fair
Fair to partly cloudy and continued mild Thursday in Butte. Highs near 58 Thursday afternoon and 32 low Thursday morning. Period temps span Tuesday midnight to Wednesday 5 30 pm with readings at School of Mines 61/30 and Airport 61/26. West of Divide expects partly cloudy to cloudy with showers and highs 50 to 60. East of Divide similar with showers and highs 50 to 60, 65 in the southeast.
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Ralph Anderson
School of Mines
John E. Upston
Fourth Air Force
Butte Municipal
Sylfest L. Olson
Air Force
Montana
Divide
Max. Min Billings
Byrd Directs Attack On Truman Over Socialism
Senator Byrd of Virginia challenged President Truman to prove his opposition to socialism. Speaking at the Southwest Electric Exchange in White Sulphur Springs he warned that Congress adopting the fair deal would push the nation toward a socialist state. He pressed three questions on socialized medicine Brannan plan and housing and urged clear answers.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Byrd
D-Va
Truman
Congress
Southwest Electric Exchange
Nebulous clues in hunt for missing US plane
Danish searchers spotted yellow objects and an oil slick in the Baltic but yielded only a fish storage box as a false lead. A four-engine Privateer with a 10 man crew vanished on a Wiesbaden to Copenhagen flight, prompting multi-ship searches and tense Soviet protests.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Baltic Sea
Wiesbaden
Germany
Banta M. York
Raleigh
N. C
Bornholm Island
York
Soviet Russia
United States
Latvia
Baltic
Wiesbaden-Copenhagen
United States Air Force
Boy Confesses to Four Arson Fires in Helena
State Fire Marshal Arthur Parsons and Butte Fire Chief John O'Donnell questioned a 16 year old arson suspect who admitted starting four East Helena fires. He blamed being bawled out for starting fires and said a brother angered him over fishing tackle and a deck of cards. Case to be heard in juvenile court. parole history noted.
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Arthur Parsons
Helena
John O’donnell
East Broadway
East
East Park Park
East Park Street
John T. Sheehan
Butte
Parsons
O'Donnell
Kalispell Girl 4 Killed by Log
Four year old Katherine Newgard died when a saw log rolled on her as she played on a log pile across from her Kalispell home. Coroner Harry Campbell said the neck was broken. The child was dead on arrival at the hospital. no inquest planned.
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Kalispell
Katherine Newgard
Harry Campbell
John Newgard
Campbell
Katherine
Voluntary Social Security Plan Urged in Senate
Washington April 12. A plan for voluntary participation in the social security program for old age insurance was urged by several senators. Senator Martin of Pennsylvania said the idea was under discussion by the Senate finance committee and noted suggestions for voluntary coverage for lawyers and small business men.
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Washington
Martin
R-Pa
Senate Finance Committee
Senate probe sparks row over Ayer appointment
In Washington on April 12 a dispute erupted in the Senate inquiry into Communist influence at the State Department after Senator Tydings blocked Frederick Ayer Jr from serving as assistant counsel citing political ambitions. Senator Lodge defended Ayer, noting broad committee support and praising his FBI record and wartime service.
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Washington
State Department
Senate
Senator Tydings
D-Md
Tydings
Frederick Ayer
Ayer
Massachusetts
Committee
Lodger
R-Mass
Lodge
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Cincinnati
Boston
Europe
Associates
George Polk
Greece
George Patton
Senator Taft
Ohio
Conrad Farmers Charged With Holden of Bank
Two Conrad farmers, arrested 12 hours after two gunmen robbed the Walier bank, were charged with armed robbery. Maurice Holm and Lewis Peters confessed, with $14,241.96 found in a garbage can on the Holm farm. Bail set at $10,000 each. case bound for federal grand jury. max penalty 20 years and $5,000 fine.
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Great Falls
Conrad
Walier
W. Guy Banister
Butte
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Maurice Arthur Holm
Lewis Andrew Peters
Banister
Holm Farm
United States
E. B. Parsons
Holm
Parsons
Holme
Federal Grand Jury
Nels Swanson
Lloyd Eppe
Ed Hostetter
Swanson
C. R. Monson
Valier
National Guard
End of Chrysler Strike Viewed
Detroit observers forecast an end to the 178 day Chrysler strike with a top level settlement by Saturday. A union ratification vote is planned for Sunday and a resumption of work Monday. The dispute centers on financing of $100 monthly pensions affecting 89,000 workers. 50,000 supplier workers idle.
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Detroit
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
New Hybrid Beast Roams Adirondack Wilds
Albany reports a new hybrid wild beast roaming the Adirondack mountains preying on deer livestock and poultry. The cross between a coyote and a wild dog has resisted bounties with increasing sightings mainly in northern New York and scattered areas nationwide. Conservation officials note breeding over generations with uncertain numbers at large.
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Albany
N. Y
Adirondack Mountains
New York State
Maine
New York
Conservation Department
Fish and Wildlife Service
Washington
Adirondacks
Dewey Urges Bipartisan Foreign Policy at Princeton
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey urged President Truman to establish a genuine bipartisan foreign policy and asked Republicans to stop rocking the boat. Speaking at Princeton University, he pressed for a supreme unified effort to defend freedom and warned against isolationism and partisan divsion fueling a weaker State Department.
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Princeton
N. J
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Truman
Princeton University
Dewey
Republican Party
Department of State
GOP
Unknown Soldier to Be Selected for World War II Honor
The Defense Department announced the unidentified World War II serviceman will be chosen May 26 1951 in Independence Hall Philadelphia from six overseas death unidentifieds. The chosen body will lie in state at the Capitol rotunda before burial at Arlington on Memorial Day.
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Washington
U.R
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Defense Department
Arlington National Cemetery
United States
Alaskan
Coast Guard
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Naval Gun Factory
Capitol Rotunda
Arlington Cemetery
Memorial
Pacific
Europe
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Norman Hardt
Gen. Upston
John Baker
Maj
Olson
Paul Vandeveer
Merle Emmert
David Hendra
Harvey Oberg
Donald Percival
Butte High
Associated Press
Hunt
Baltic Waters
Log
Conrad Farmers
Holden
Bank
Hubby
Rosalie Bruce
Edward Lee Bruce
Norwalk
Calif
Bruce
Raldiv
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