Senate approves life insurance tax and debates irrigation bill
The Senate passed a tax on life insurance company investment income for 1949 and 1950, estimated to raise 112 million dollars. It also tentatively agreed to vote on an irrigation and Columbia River basin waterways measure adding 413 million for projects. The Chilean president visited Washington and criticized anti democratic groups as committees sparred over civilian atomic attack planning amid China policy tensions.
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House
Senate
Columbia River
Treasury
Lucas
United States
Mount Vernon
Gonzalez Videla
Chile
Communist Party
McMahon
D-Conn
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Kefauver
Dtenn
Cain
R-Wash
Senate Armed Services
Connally
D-Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Butte Weather Summary And Mountain Forecast
Partly cloudy to cloudy Friday with occasional light showers and cooler air. Butte: Friday minimum around 20 and Friday afternoon maximum near 53. School of Mines readings show 61/35 and Airport 62/28. West of Divide shows 45 to 55 with snow in mountains near 5000 feet and possible thunderstorms. East of Divide 50 to 60 east and 40 to 50 west with showers and cooler western areas.
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School of Mines
Associated Press
Divide
Truman Says United States Prosperous and World Improved
President Truman reported during a news conference that the United States is prosperous and the world situation improved after five years in the White House. He teased the cross country trip, touted the Brannan plan, and urged action on a fair employment practices bill while noting pressures on the Marshall plan and grand juries to probe crime rings.
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Truman
United States
Washington
White House
McCarthy
Wisconsin
State Department
Kremlin
Taft
Ohio
Brannan
Maine
Kansas City
St. Louis
Senate
Mooney
House
High School Boy Wipes Out His Family
Huntington West Virginia April 13 Billy Blanks an 18 year old high school student killed his father mother and 10 year old sister with a hammer and a butcher knife then set fires in their two story home. He died in hospital after a personal crisis. Police found him two hours later in the garage. A passerby reported a house fire and alarm. The girl Valinda Brent survived with injuries. The father was found dead on the floor. Billy had prior car theft arrests and a prior parole after mental evaluation.
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Huntington
W. Va
Billy Blanks
Moody
Azel Bryant
Billy
William A. Blanks
Valinda Brent
Federal Reformatory
Ashland
Bryant
Lindsey C. Yost
Truman to Visit Montana in May Schedule
President Truman will stop in Montana May 12 and 13 on his return from Grand Coulee. Gov. Bonner, advised by Sen. Murray, said the schedule is tentative with Missoula at 6 12 a.m. and Butte at 9 a.m. on May 12 and Glasgow and Fort Peck around 10 a.m. on May 13.
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Helena
Truman
Montana
John W. Bonner
Grand Coulee
Wash
Washington, D. C
Bonner
James E. Murray
D-Mont
Missoula
Butte
Great Falls
Havre
Glasgow
Fort Peck
Shooting War May Start in Indonesia
East Indonesia faced a shooting war threat as President Soekarno ordered U I armed forces to crush the Makassar rebels led by Captain Andi Abdul Aziz. Revolt spread with armored patrols across Makassar and clashes returning a rebel fatality amid tension and reports of Aziz refusing to surrender.
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Indonesia
Jakarta
East Indonesia
Soekarno
Makassar
Celebes
Andi Abdul Aziz
Aziz
KNIL
Royal Netherlands Indonesian
Islands
U. S. S. Army
Sultan Hamengku Buowono
Antara
Missoula Man's Death Probed
Missoula coroner said an investigation is under way into the death of 65 year old William Beaulieu found dead in his room by a friend Thursday night. Beaulieu had complained of neck pains after an alleged chocking by a pickpocket Monday night and death apparently occurred Wednesday morning.
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Missoula
William Beaulieu
Ralph M. Simmons
Beaulieu
Simmons
Two Czech U S Office workers in Prague found guilty of spying
Prague court convicts Dagmar Kacerovska and Lubomir Elsner of espionage for the United States and action against Czechoslovakia. Kacerovska faces 15 years, Elsner 18, plus fines and loss of rights. Evidence ties them to the American embassy press attache Kolarek and to insubordination of allied powers.
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U. S
Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States Information Service
United States
Dagmar Kacerovska
Lubomir Elsner
Joseph C. Kolarek
Republic
Miss Kacerovska
Elsner
Vezska
Kolarek
Poland Says U. S. Will Cut Its Staff in Warsaw
In Warsaw on April 13 the Polish government announced the United States agreed to reduce by 10 members the military and staff personnel at the U S embassy. Poland had demanded the cut in a note dated March 15. The move reflects a broader pattern of Western reductions in Soviet bloc capitals following U S diplomatic break with Bulgaria.
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Warsaw
Poland
United States
Washington
Bulgaria
Hungary
Fire Devastates Atami City Japan Damages 7.5 Million
A Thursday night blaze in Atami, 80 miles southwest of Tokyo, wiped out the business district, destroying 1,015 structures including 47 hotels. Police report a youth sparked the fire by tossing a cigarette into gasoline, leaving 4,817 people homeless and injuring over 100 as crowds fled the cherry blossom season.
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Tokyo
U.P
Atami
Japan
Atlantic City
Dewey Critiques Direct Federal Controls in GOP Speech
Thomas E. Dewey depicted the Republican Party as championing individual freedom while condemning calls for direct government controls on prices wages and investments. He argued Republicans favor limited government with sound monetary and fiscal policy and warned against totalitarian style regulation. Dewey also defended free labor rights and noted Democrats bear faults but urged pragmatic paths to social goals.
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Princeton
N. J
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican Party
New York
Dewey
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Republcan
Abramham Lincoln
Herbert Hoover
Farm Prospects 'Very Favorable' for Montana Crops
A federal agricultural bureau reports generally very favorable farm crop prospects for Montana. Nearly everywhere in March saw well above normal precipitation, promising germination of spring sown crops and lush new grass as temperatures rise. Soil moisture is adequate with some shortages near North Dakota and central areas. a severe winter could force abandonment of some central Montana winter wheat acreage.
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Helena
Montana
Agricultural Economics Bureau
North Dakota
Montana Intermountain
U S Aims to Lower Tariffs on Thousands of Items
The United States will seek tariff reductions on about 2500 items as part of a push to boost foreign dollars. A U S delegation will negotiate with 17 countries at a 40 nation Torquay conference on Sept 28, in exchange urging cuts on American goods by those nations. The State department released a 78 page list of affected foreign products including wool fish clocks wines whiskey paper textiles toys china rayon and dairy products.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Torquay
England
Department
State Forensics Meet Opens at Mines Today
The Montana State Intercollegiate Forensics meet of 1950 starts at Montana School of Mines with about 35 students in debate oratory and extemporaneous events. Rounds run through Friday and Saturday in convocation hall under Prof. Walter T. Scott with teams from Carroll College MSU Montana State University and the School of Mines entered twice each.
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Montana School of Mines
Lloyd's Cafe
Walter T. Scott
School of Mines
Clifford Laity
Forbes Robertson
Perry Roys
William W. Chance
James Albertson
Carroll College of
Helena
Montana State University
Missoula
Ralph Y. McGinnis
Pacific Northwest
West Point
United States Military Academy
Scott
Carroll
Montana State College
Housewife Loses Wrestling Match With Bed
Seattle April 13 Mrs N C Bray a 56 year old housewife tried to repair a bed spring and was trapped when the folding bed collapsed around her Apartment manager Joseph Rousch heard her screams and firemen cut springs to free her from the mechanical monster
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Seattle
Four Crack Airmen Honored by Cabinet in Moscow
Soviet officials announced that four US Air Force officers received the order of the Red Banner for "excellence" after Moscow said a missing Navy plane was fired upon. The claim ties the incident to an unarmed aircraft on a Wiesbaden to Copenhagen flight, as search efforts continued over the Baltic.
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Howard W. Seechaf
Arlington
John Henry Fette
Connellsville
United States Navy
Baltic Sea
Wiesbaden
Germany
Copenhagen
Denmark
Soviet
Latvia
Air Force
U.P
Order of the Red Banner
Navy
Moscow
Pravda
Russian Communist Party
Presidium
Supreme Soviet
Guards” Corps
Kastrup Field
Baltic
Juno
Stockholm
Bernard Ervens
President Truman escalates clash with Sen McCarthy in press conference
President Truman accused McCarthy of libel at a news conference while Taft’s charge loomed. The piece notes McCarthy’s push on State Department communism and hints at new witnesses in the Lattimore case, with Barrett blasting McCarthy’s tactics and Tydings softening opposition to a Republican aide.
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Washington
Truman
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Taft
Rohio
Mr. Truman
State Department
Ohio
Senate
Edward Barrett
Acheson
Owen J. Lattimore
United States
Louis Budenz
Fordham University
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Tydings
Loyalty questioned for George S Wheeler in Congress records
Washington records reveal that in 1947 1948 Republican George A Dondero alleged George S Wheeler a former U S military government official was ineligible for AGM Germany post yet a loyalty board reversed due to leftist pressure Wheeler later led the AGM denazification unit and the labor supply group He was aided by William Treadwell Stone Voice of America and David Morse later State Department official Morse rose to muni tions board general counsel after the war
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Washington
Congress
George S. Wheeler
United States
Czechoslovakia
George A. Dondero
Michigan
House
Wheeler
Germany
Dondero
Civil Service Commission
Munitions Board
Sec
AAUW Conclave Opens In Anaconda With Delegates
Delegates to the 11th biennial state convention of the American Association of University Women arrive in Anaconda for a two day event starting Friday. About 100 are expected from 16 branches, with speakers from Washington DC Spokane Missoula Butte and Bozeman. Activities include a problems session and an executive board dinner. The conference closes Saturday afternoon with a tour of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company smelter.
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Anaconda
American Association of University Women
Walter Needham
AAUW
Bozeman
Phoebe Morrison
Washington, D. C
Eric Johnston
Spokane
J. A. McCain
Missoula
E. G. Koch
Butte
School of Mines
Esther Elderkin
Jessup Urges Early Jap Peace Treaty
Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup told a radio audience that the United States believes Japan deserves a peace treaty now. He cited Japan's progress and urged safeguards while noting goodwill in Southeast Asia and lingering suspicion of Western powers.
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Washington
U.P
Philip C. Jessup
United States
Japan
Jessup
Far East
Southeast Asia
America
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