U.S. Savings Bonds Raise Rates and Introduce H Bonds
The Treasury boosts savings bond yields in a sweeping revision effective May 1. New H bonds will pay regular interest, while existing F and G bonds are phased out. E bonds keep the same value with nine years ten months to maturity, and early-year rates rise sharply for E bonds, reaching 1.67 percent at six months and 2.5 percent at five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
America
Butte Memorial Day Plans Made
Ray E. Schilling was re elected chairman of the Butte Memorial day committee Tuesday night at the Legion club on East Broadway. Other officers are William Daley vice chairman and Margaret La Forest secretary treasurer. Memorial day planners forego the school visitation program this year due to late start. Committee members include Anna M. Quinn and Frances Mareli. Women's Relief corps Ray Schilling and the Rev. Continued on Page 2 Col. 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray E. Schilling
Legion Club
East Broadway
William Daley
Margaret la Forest
Anna M. Quinn
Frances Mareli
Women’s Relief Corps
Ray Schilling
Salt Lake Flood Pressure Eases
Salt Lake City experienced eased flood pressure on Tuesday as cooler weather slowed water rise. Mountain streams continued to push families from homes in Utah, with about 70 families fleeing Ogden and Spanish Fork canyons, over 50 evacuated on Salt Lake City’s west side, and 30 homeless in Coalville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ogden
Spanish Fork
Coalville
Governor urges parole commission at wardens conference
Gov John W Bonner told the North Central States Wardens conference that Montana parole needs reform. He urged a parole commission to study matters with care and stressed security as the first prison principle. He called for rehabilitation programs led by seasoned wardens. Continued on Page 8, Col. 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
John W. Bonner
North Central States
Governor Bonner
Finlen
UN Reports 419,456 Casualties in Korea
United Nations casualties in Korea reach an unofficial 419,456 as of mid April. Enemy losses through April 16 are estimated at 1,666,069 by the U S Army, up 17,613 in two weeks. The United States bears the heaviest toll outside the Republic of Korea, with the next casualty totals due to be released midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N. Y
Korea
U. S
Republic of Korea
United States
Saturday Evening Post endorses Eisenhower for president
The Saturday Evening Post, in an editorial by editor Ben Hibbs from New York, endorses Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for president. It says it is weary of the muddle in Washington and of mediocrity in the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Saturday Evening Post
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ben Hibbs
Washington
White House
Presumed Down in Wilderness
Rio de Janeiro April 29 darkness forced all but one night search plane to abandon the hunt for a Pan American luxury Strato cruiser believed down in the northern Brazilian jungle with 50 persons aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Luxury Clipper Good Hope Missing Over Brazilian Jungle
A Pan American Good Hope double-decker Stratocruiser with 50 aboard vanished Tuesday over northern Brazil en route from Buenos Aires to New York. The plane reportedly had only enough fuel to last past 1 p.m. EST and was last heard near Barreiras Bahia. Searchers from US Navy Air Force and Brazilian forces scoured a 1900 mile route between Barreira and Port of Spain, focusing on three rivers with long sandbars as crews hunted the missing luxury liner and its 41 passengers and nine crew members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Buenos Aires
New York
Pan American World Airways
Trinidad
Barreiras
Bahia State
Pan American
Jorge Goddey
Luiz Felipe Damorim Antony
Washington
Airlines
U. S
U. S. Navy
Air Force
Frank Briggs
Panair Do Brasil
Barrieras
Carolina
San Francisco
Uraguaya
Tocantins
Nation Wide Oil Strike Launched
Eastern United States refineries began a national strike by Union Oil workers at 12 01 EST. A CIO Oil Workers spokesman did not name plants or locations. Workers in East Chicago and Whiting Indiana halted work but will not begin picketing for 72 hours to allow an orderly shutdown. The Indiana action touches 11 000 union members and 4 000 electrical workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
United States
Oil Workers International
CIO
East Chicago
Whiting
Ind
Indiana
Two Soviet Jets Attack French Airliner over Berlin
In Berlin on Tuesday two MiG-15 fighters attacked an Air France four engine airliner en route from Frankfurt to Berlin, wounding four of 17 aboard. The jet fire punctured the cabin and fuselage, grounding the plane for days. eight Germans, two Swiss and one Dutch passenger list given, no Americans aboard. Western Allies protested. Russia countered, citing off course flight. U.S. Air Force police plan full report to General Chuikov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Air France
Germany
East Germany
Leipzig
Andre Francois-Poncet
Eisenhower
Coblenz
U.S. Air Force
Man Dies Trying to Assist Wife in Heated Pool Plunge
Hardin Montana April 29 Raymond F Hjort 30 of Billings died after being pulled from a Warren hot water plunge five west of Hardin early Tuesday He was pronounced dead at Hardin hospital at 8 am after rescuers spent more than two hours attempting revival A swimming companion James Hill of Billings pulled Hjort from the pool after Hjort re entered the plunge to help his wife Mrs Hjort who had tumbled from an inflated inner tube managed to exit Unclear details show Mrs Hjort and others left Billings around 3 30 am to Hardin and entered the plunge about 5 am The group urged Hjort and his wife to exit and Mrs Hjort slipped from the tube Hjort dove back in to aid her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vassily Chuikov
Soviet Control Commission
Berlin
Elbe
Frankfurt
Gilbert Schwallinger
Paris
Koethen
Dessau
Schwallinger
U. S
Templehof
West Berlin
Irmgard Nebel
Walter Kurth
Bad Homberg
Lemplehof
West Germany
Hardin
Billings
Raymond FE. Hiort
Warren
Tuesay
Hardin Hospital
James Hill
Hjort
Illa Hjort
Allied Negotiators Await Reaction in Korea Truce Talks
Allied truce delegates in Munsan on Wednesday waited for Communist reaction to a new secret proposal to complete the Korea armistice. The plan reportedly seeks a four nation neutral supervision, exchange of prisoners, neutral inspectors, and airfield ban during a truce with Allies trimming one seat and Reds dropping Russia from their list. Peiping broadcasts offered no timing for a reply and accused the UN command of bad faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
Washington
Russia
Peiping
San Francisco
Eisenhower leads Massachusetts presidential primary runoff
General Dwight D. Eisenhower piled up a runaway majority in the Massachusetts presidential primary. With more than half the vote counted he had 135,015 write-in votes on both Republican and Democratic ballots and 125,997 on the Republican ticket alone. By 12:30 a.m. twelve delegates in six districts favored Eisenhower, while Taft supporters led in five districts. Democratic voters showed a strong Eisenhower tide, though Estes Kefauver led the field. The write-in is nonbinding. the real stake is the 28 convention votes from Massachusetts GOP district delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Ihe
Taft
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
GOP
Crowd at Montana hobby show draws standing room crowd
A standing room only audience gathered at the Montana Power auditorium Tuesday for the Montana Society of Engineers Fourth Annual Model Gadget and Hobby show. Exhibitors discussed items and attendees could view demos firsthand. Officers were nominated in a brief session and will be voted at the annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Montana Power
Montana Society of Engineers
Ane
D. C. Shevalier
Great Falls
F. L. Cole
Hamilton
T. B Bogg
Helena
D E. Kampschror
E. W. Becker
T. A. Dolan
Billings
R. G. Bowman
Anaconda
G. H. Clapp
Senator Says Tax Breaks Fueled Democratic Campaigns
Senator Williams charged that tax concessions to three wealthy individuals indirectly financed the Democratic party. He cited loans written off as non business bad debts totaling about 410000, noting the deductions could reduce Treasury revenue while aiding party campaigns. Field, Reynolds, and Schulte disputed the interpretations, with Field calling the loan a bona fide debt not a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Williams
R-Del
Democratic Party
Treasury
Senate
Richard J. Reynolds
Winston, Salem, N. CC
Marshall Field
Chicago
David A. Schulte
New York
New York State Democratic Committee
Field
Rancho Santa Fe
Calif
Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue Bureau
Reynolds, Field and
Delaware
Reynolds
Democratic State Committee of
Allies and Reds Fight With Grenades Near Korean Front
Allied and Communist troops engaged in hand grenade battles along the eastern Korean battleline in pre dawn darkness. Small but fierce clashes east of the Pukhan river and west of Mundung valley left no reported casualties, as heavy weather limited air activity and hazy skies persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
North Korea
Pukhan River
Mundung
Punchbowl
U. S. Eighth Army
CIO Steelworkers Strike Widens After Court Ruling
A federal judge voided Truman’s steel seizure order as unconstitutional prompting 650,000 CIO steelworkers to begin an immediate strike. Judge David A. Pine called the seizure authority unsupported by law or the Constitution, warning such power would erode public trust in government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
U.S
David A. Pine
Thousands Leave Steel Plants on Chief's Orders
Pittsburgh April 29 workers poured from the nation's steel mills in swift obedience to cease work orders from President Philip Murray of the CIO United Steelworkers. The strike followed a judge ruling against government seizure and showed orderly walkouts across districts, with stand-by crews safeguarding furnaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
Murray
America
Truman
Chicago
Gary
Ind
U. S. Steel Corporation
Cleveland
USW
William J. Donovan
Buffalo
Youngstown
Lackawanna
N. Y
Steel Mills
United
Pine
Weather Forecast BLUE Wednesday warms with clouds
Partly cloudy and warmer Wednesday with windy notes. Expected low 32 and high 60. Temperatures for Monday night through Tuesday afternoon show varied readings across locations including Airport-Minimum 33, maximum 52 and School of Mines 30 to 51. West and East of Divide expect increasing cloudiness and mild warmth with nights not very cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Mines
Divide
Court ruling condemns Truman steel seizure as constitutional issue
Washington reports Congress reacts to a court ruling declaring President Truman's steel seizure illegal. Senators Morse Lehman Humphrey Ferguson Bridges Maybank Bricker comment on constitutional liberties and separation of powers, noting impeachment paths and dangers if inherent powers were sustained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Truman
Morse
Rore
Lehman
D-Lib.n. Y
Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
House
Forruson
David A. Pine
Bridges
New Hampshire
America
Bricker
Ohio
Pine
Government Clamps Embargo on Steel Shipments
Washington April 29 The government imposed an embargo on shipments of steel from warehouses to civilian type goods producers and to foreign countries. The National Production Authority moved within two hours of a court ruling nullifying seizure of steel plants as steelworkers began strike actions. The freeze aims to determine if warehoused steel should be diverted from civilian use to military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NPA
Also Mentioned on This Page
Judge Vords Trumans Beizt
13Th South Street
Jordan River
Salt Lake
Indorses Ike
Max Min
Billings Belgrade
Broadus
At Butte
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Havre Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula Superior
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!