Laborites Survive Challenge to Its Existence
London April 26 The Labor government won two parliamentary victories by five votes on gasoline and truck taxes in the budget. If losses had occurred Atlee might have resigned and asked the king for new elections. Steele won Dumbartonshire West, giving Labor a 5 vote majority. Labor still faces a 14,500 longshoremen strike crippling London and rising union pressure for wage hikes. Cripps will press union leaders to back the wage freeze.
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London
U.P
House of Commons
Clement Attlee
George VI
Thomas Steele
Dumbartonshire West
R. A. Allan
Steele
Labor
Allan
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Trades Union Congress
Telephone Workers to Get Offer Today
Ten thousand striking installation workers will receive the company wage proposal Thursday, a CIO union spokesman said. The union added there will be no picketing Thursday while awaiting the offer, avoiding cross lines that could disrupt exchanges nationwide. The strike began Monday and talks yielded no progress on the dispute with Bell system.
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New York
CIO Communications Workers of America
General Clay Heads Freedom Crusade Initiative
Gen. Lucius D. Clay has accepted the chairmanship of a crusade for freedom to be launched by the National Committee for a Free world. The committee says the effort will spread freedom and friendship to the oppressed overseas and counter Kremlin propaganda about world domination and war.
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New York
Ucius D. Clay
Feedom
National Committee For A Free Rope, Incorporated
Kremlin
Congress Moves to Boost Defense Funds and Extend Draft
Congress leaders moved to add 350 million dollars to United States defense funds for air and naval defenses and to extend the selective service act for two years. House appropriations approved the extra money after Johnson and the joint chiefs urged swift action. Vinson reversed his stance and backed the draft extension citing current word conditions. Johnson called the cold war a sad but real scenario amid China’s fall and Southeast Asian tensions, with NATO allies re-evaluating defense plans after the Russian A bomb.
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Washington
Defense Chiefs
Congress
United States Defense
House Appropriations Committee
Secretary of Defense
Vinson
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Force
Navy
Johnson
House
Senate
United States
Hague
Joint Chiefs
Russia
China
Southeast Asia
Bulgaria
Poland
Germany
Fairless Defends U S Steel From Anti Monopoly Critics
United States Steel President Benjamin F. Fairless told a House judiciary subcommittee that theorists seek to punish success by breaking up big corporations. He argued U S Steel is profitable and efficient, owns substantial ore, and through Geneva Steel has created a cheaper integrated operation supplying about 1.5 million tons annually to eleven western states.
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Washington
United States Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
America
Fairless
Europe
United States Steel Executive
House Judiciary
Lake Superior
Geneva Steel
Utah
Four of Family of Seven Killed in Gas Tragedy
Montreal reports four members of the Bernier family killed by coal gas from a defective furnace. Arthur Bernier found the scene on returning home. Victims include Guy 14, Mariette 8, Bernard 5, Norman 3. Two more sons and Mrs. Bernier, 42, were unconscious. boys listed in serious condition and mother resting comfortably.
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Montreal
Arthur Bernier
Guy
Mariette
Bernard
Norman
Bernier
Czechs propose peace pact plan to end Cold War
The Czechoslovak government sent a note to Britain proposing a peace treaty among the great powers to end the Cold War. It urged arms reductions and stopped short of disarming Communist states, and seeks inclusion of the UN in restoring world tension.
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Britain
London
U.P
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Lords and Commons
United States
United Nations
Russia Pressures Iran Over US Embassy Bulletin
Tehran reports that the Soviet Union is mounting strong diplomatic pressure on Iran to order the United States embassy to halt circulating its American news bulletin. Moscow radio and the free Azerbaijan radio are escalating attacks on what they call American intervention and on the Iranian government.
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Tehran
Iran
Soviet Union
United States
Moscow
Free Azerbaijan Radio
Ussr
France
Americans to Leave China as Shanghai Exit Clears
Hong Kong reports the last 50 U S State Department staffers in Red China will depart Saturday with 800 plus foreigners. They board the American President liner W H Gordon at Taku Bar, part of a Shanghai exodus that may reach 2,000 foreigners as Reds ease travel limits.
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Hong Kong
United States State Department
Red China
United States
W. H. Gordon
Taku Bar
Shanghai
Gordon
Orient
Tientsin
Settlement of Rail Strike Becomes Mediation Goal
Government mediators push for a settlement as a general telephone walkout ends indefinitely. The national mediation board will meet in Chicago on Thursday to avert a planned May 10 walkout by railroad firemen against four major systems. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and representatives of the railways will attend.
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National (Railway) Mediation Board
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Relief Workers Battle Snow and Cold in North Dakota Flood Aid
Relief crews toiled through snow and freezing temperatures to help flood victims along the Red River in North Dakota and Minnesota. The Red and Red Lake rivers rose in areas near Pembina and Crookston, while Grand Forks officials forecast no further rises. The flood affected more than 25,000 people across 6,000 families, with Red Cross extending funding and disaster area coverage across 20 North Dakota counties and five in Minnesota.
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North Dakota
Grand Forks
N. D
Red River
Minnesota
Red Lake River
Crookston
Minn
Pembina
Noyes
J. A. Christopher
Emerson
Manitoba
Col
G. L. Yoder
St. Paul
Red
Red Lake
Robert Brumett
Red Cross
Brumett
National Red Cross
Winnipeg
Arguments Heard in State Slot Machine Actions
In Helena on April 26 lawyers debated if slot machines are lotteries. Cascade County Attorney Nelson argued they are lotteries, while Phil Greenan contended they are not, during Montana Supreme Court proceedings over Harvey Read of a Great Falls kennel club.
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Helena
Montana
Supreme Court
Cascade County
R. J. Nelson
Phil G. Greenan
Great Falls
Nelson
Greenan
Harvey Read
Kennel Club
Green
Arrangements Made to Entertain Elks Grand Ruler Visit
Butteridge No. 240 Elks plan a Friday reception for Emmett T. Anderson grand exalted ruler from Tacoma. He will stop in Butte Thursday afternoon en route to Helena and Missoula after a Friday luncheon at the Finlen hotel. Reservations contact Tom Rogers. limited seating. Committee includes Finlen chairman James T. Finlen Jr and Karl I. Deshler with officers in charge.
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James T. Finlen, Jr
Butteridge No
BPOE
Emmett T. Anderson
of the Elks
Tacoma
Wash
Butte
Helena
Helena Lodge
Missoula
Finlen
Tom Rogers
Lodge
Elks
West Galena Street
Robert Anderson
Frank Venable
Leroy Schmid
Thomas Kelly
Karl I. Deshler
Further Cuts in Excise Levies Voted
Washington April 26. The House Ways and Means Committee voted to repeal half the excise tax on theater tickets and sports admissions, cutting the levy from 20 to 10 percent. If enacted the changes could save $190 million yearly, with total excise reductions reaching $575 million thus far and potential overall cuts of $1.06 billion depending on future actions.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Atomic Scientist Coming to Butte
Officers for the coming year were nominated and plans were made to hear Atomic Scientist Harold Urey speak here in June. Urey will address Montana State College in Bozeman June 26 and may also speak to MSE members in Helena on the same trip. The Montana Society of Engineers met at the Montana Power auditorium to review an outstanding 1950 show and elect officers.
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Harold Urey
Montana Society of Engineers
Montana Power Company
R. W. Lawson
Butte
Society
F. C. Gilbert
Helena
O. A. Dingman
John R. Batte
Great Falls
R. D. Piper
P. K. Ramsey
Walter H. Myers
Virginia City
Gilbert
Urey
Montana State University
MSE
Montana State College
Bozeman
Arthur Hoem
Demands Remington Case Be Reopened
Washington April 26. Chairman John S Wood says the House Un American Activities Committee has unearthed new evidence against William W Remington a Commerce Department official earning ten thousand dollars a year and demands his loyalty case be reopened Remington retorts that he is being persecuted and accuses the committee of pursuing politics and publicity.
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Washington
U.P
John S. Wood
D-Ga
House UN- American Activities Committee
William W. Remington
Remington
Commerce Department
Acheson Confident Western Allies Will Remain in Berlin
In London on April 26 an American spokesman urged that Russia delays the Austrian treaty by withholding Red troops. United States officials said Zarubin's denazification charges were untrue and hinted on pay disputes. In Washington Secretary Acheson predicted the allies will stay in Berlin after May’s Communist demonstrations and ordered Romania to close an unauthorized New York consulate branch within two weeks.
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Acheson
Berlin
London
Russia
Austria
United States
Britain
France
Georgi Zarubin
Allied Commission
Vienna
Zarubin
Washington
Romania
New York City
Missing Witness in Red Probe Goes Into Hiding
The missing witness in the Senate inquiry on alleged Communism in the State department telephoned his wife he would go away for a month after a New York appearance following a 20 hour search. John J. Huber, a former FBI informer, reportedly suffered a blackout and did not contact the subcommittee. The committee plans to question Earl Browder in open session as the search for Huber continues.
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Washington
Senate
State Department
New York
John J. Huber
FBI
Senate Subcommittee
Huber
Veronica
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Browder
New York Daily Compass
Louis F. Budenz
Embezzler Arrested In Columbus Forfts More Than 35 Dollars
Of All Places Columbus Ohio April 26 Roger A Frazelle 47 Marion Ohio was arrested Wednesday on a charge of embezzling more than 35 dollars from his employer the National Detective bureau.
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Columbus
Ohio
Roger A. Frazelle
Marion
The
National Detective Bureau
Butte Weather Forecast A mix of sun and rain slows Thursday
Partly cloudy to cloudy with occasional rain or snow Thursday. Highs around 40 to 50 and lows near 21 to 23. At the School of Mines and the Airport, highs reach mid 40s to 46 with lows 21 to 22. Cloudy and colder west of Divide, while east of Divide shows increasing cloudiness with scattered rain and mountain snow.
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School of Mines
Divide
Rivers and Harbors Measure Reaches Compromise Total
Senate and House conferees finalized a rivers and harbors and flood control bill totaling 1.73 billion dollars, down from the Senate’s earlier total. Cuts target Arkansas Georgia and the Columbia basin while preserving major authorizations for Willamette and Columbia basins and Missouri reclamation projects.
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Washington
Senate
House
Arkansas
Georgia
Columbia River
Northwest
White
Red
Army Engineers
Willamette
Missouri River Basin
Willamette River
Columbia Basin
Columbia River Basin
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
Idaho
Oregon
U S Officials Warn Over Loss of Oil Trade
A State Department official said the United States is seriously concerned about displacement of American oil on the world market. Robert Eakens noted progress in talks with Britain and that proposals should help meet British problems and U S objectives. He linked the issue to Britain's dollar shortage as Sterling oil displaced about 9 percent of overseas U S production last year.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Robert Eakens
Department
National Petroleum Council
Britain
Eakens
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Freedom Crusade
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