UN to Study Crisis in Secret Today
United Nations Security Council members meet in Lake Success to discuss the Korean stalemate. Russia’s Jacob A Malik tentatively agrees to attend a secret session followed by an open meeting. US and Britain decide against ejecting Malik. debate centers on legality and necessity.
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Lake Success
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
United Nations Security Council
Council
Security Council
Malik
United States
Britain
Ernest A. Gross
John C. Ross
James N. Hyde
Gladwyn Jebb
Tax Delinquency Debate Signals Budget Pressures
Silver Bow county officials and Montana Taxpayers association representatives examined delinquent property tax reentries to the tax rolls during budget talks. They questioned $38,645.16 in warrants against the general fund and near ten percent emergency spending, urging officeholders to adhere to approved budgets and restrict emergencies.
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Silver Bow County
Board of County Commissioners
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
House Votes Truman Standby Powers to Curb Pay, Prices
The House approved standby price wage and rationing powers for President Truman as part of economic control bills. The vote favored discretionary authority over inflation with limited credit powers, while newsprint prices were targeted and a simultaneous wage and price controls approach was urged. The Senate planned further action on the same economic controls issue.
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Washington
House
Truman
Banking Committee
Senate
Soviet Fleet Builds Up At Vladivostok On Korea's Doorstep
A study by the American Merchant Marine Institute reports extensive Soviet ship movements from Baltic and Black Sea ports to Vladivostok. Russian tankers with full cargoes head to the Far East surfacing drydock transfers from Latvia and Odessa. grain and general cargo fill many ships while East German yards speed repair work on Russian vessels.
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New York
Russia
Vladivostok
Korea
Baltic
Black Sea
Siberian
American Merchant Marine Institute
Contanza
Batum
Latvia
Odessa
Far East
Pacific
Germany
Butte Montana Weather Forecast Disturbances and Temps
Partly cloudy to cloudy Thursday with scattered thunder showers. Thursday expected low 44 and high 80. Earlier readings show Airport max 72 min 42 and School of Mines max 75 min 35. West of Divide thunderstorms with little temp change high 70 to 80. East of Divide thunderstorms mostly west with high 70 to 80. The table notes maximums cover 12 hours and minimums 18 hours to 5:30 p m Wednesday.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Butte Budget Protests Fail to Move Final Approval
Butte city council hears protests to a 1950 51 budget of 1 089 948 47 adopted July 25 with no written or vocal protests. Police seek 30 monthly raises and Teen Square group requests 6000 to start youth center, but no funds authorized. Firemen also asked 30 increases. council to meet again Monday to finalize the budget.
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Butte
Butte Police Department
Teen Square
Karl Holman
Ray O'Connor
Defective Wiring Blamed for Fatal Fire at Park Hotel
A Yellowstone park blaze in Gardiner Idaho killed two and injured four among about 25 guests and staff. Fire Marshal Art Parsons said defective wiring started the attic fire that trapped guests while they fled in nightclothes.
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Gardiner
U.P
Park
Yellowstone Park
Art Parsons
Charles Ray
Troy
N. Y
al Derochie
Betty Beers
Los Angeles
Paul Spradlin
Charles
Mammoth
Otho Mack
Ray Dufrasne
Coos
National Park Service
Yellowstone Park Company
Cecil O’ewart
Dufrasne
Blood donors set peacetime record at Portland center
Seventy five men and women donated a pint of blood at the Portland regional blood center to set a new peacetime record, Red Cross officials announced.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
Red Cross
Idaho and Nebraska Primary Dramas Shape 1950 Slate
In Idaho Clark builds small lead over Taylor as returns trickle in from 839 precincts and Oklahoma, Nebraska and Idaho races tilt. Clark leads Taylor by about 1 000 with 26 164 to 25 146. White trails. Also recounts in Oklahoma and Nebraska nominate governors and lawmakers for 1950. Dworshak tops McGregor Goff in Idaho GOP Senate race.
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Associated Press
D. Worth Clark
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Clark
Taylor
Compton S. White
Oklahoma
Johnston Murray
William O. Coe
Coe
Nebraska
Walter R. Raecke
Terry Carpenter
Raecke
Val Petersen
Henry C. Dworshak
Abe McGregor Goff
Fentress Kuhn
Boise
Claude J. Burtenshaw
Ricks College
Mystery Pilot Jumps Country Aboard Polish Liner Batory
The Polish liner Batory took aboard a seaplane pilot who landed near the ship over 100 miles offshore. Identified as William Jesse Newton of New York, he carried a U S passport issued in 1947. The Coast Guard declined to remove him as the liner headed to Southampton, while Lambros of Ridgefield Park said he would sue to recover the rented Piper Cub seaplane.
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New York
Batory
Europe
Atlantic
Justice and State Department
William Jesse Newton
Jan Cwiklinski
Newton
United States
Mexico
Coast Guard
Southampton
England
Poland
George Lambros, Jr
Lambros
Ridgefield Park
N. J
Senate Rejects Four Truman Nominations in Major Rebuke
The Senate blocked four federal appointments to top posts on an anti Truman rebound. Carroll O Switzer would have been a southern Iowa federal judge M Neil Andrews a northern Georgia federal judge Martin A Hutchinson of Virginia sought federal trade commissioner and Frank E Hook a former Michigan congressman sought a seat on the motor carrier claims commission. The votes reflect mounting Senate opposition to the president's job filling efforts.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Carroll O. Switzer
Iowa
M. Neil Andrews
Georgia
Martin A. Hutchinson
Virginia
Frank E. Hook
Michigan
Motor Carrier Claims Commission
Senate tightens U S borders to curb subversives
Washington Aug 9 Congress moved to block spies and subversives with three anti subversion bills. One would bar entry to suspected subversives including diplomats. another would allow firing of security risk government workers. a third would expand immigration exclusions and enable deportation. The President gains power to regulate foreign diplomats. The day also saw a port defense bill signed authorizing measures against atomic attack and port protection.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
United States
House un-American Activities Committee
Truman
House
Belgian Deputies Vote New King Baudouin Regent Transfer
The Belgian Chamber of Deputies approved transferring King Leopold III's constitutional powers to his 19 year old son Prince Baudouin by a 165 to 27 vote with seven abstentions. The move, first step in the power transfer, followed a seven and a half hour session marked by clashes and protests. Baudouin is expected to take the regent oath Friday after Senate and joint assembly votes.
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Brussels
Belgium
Chamber of Deputies
Leopold
Prince Baudouin
Leopold III
Senate
Baudouin
Prince Royal
Smog Bill Proposed by Representative Douglas
Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas of California introduced a bill to create a federal program funded at 500000 dollars to investigate and remedy air pollution and smog. The measure aims to establish national authority and research into pollution causes and control methods.
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Washington
U.P
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Dcalif
North Koreans described as retreating near Chinju
American infantrymen probed five miles from Chinju as Gen. MacArthur reported a Communist retreat matching a southward offensive. Eighth Army and First Cavalry units pressed the North Koreans back across the Naktong, routing their lines while Yongdok fell to UN forces and Taegu faced renewed pressure.
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Tokyo
Chinju
MacArthur
United States
Marc Arthur
United States Eighth Army
25Th Infantry Division
Pusan
United Nations
Naktong
Taegu
Changnyong
Eighth Army
Waegwan
Yongdok
Clay Blueprints Atom Bomb Effects in U S
Gen. Lucius D. Clay issued a civil defense blueprint for New York state assuming atomic attack. He warns tens of thousands could die and details air burst effects, radioactive rays, and rapid fireball heat. The plan calls for stockpiling medical supplies, mass feeding, sheltering, evacuation, and mobilizing responders to cope with an atomic disaster.
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New York
U.P
Lucius D. Clay
New York State
United States
Berlin
New York State Civil Defense Commission
Clay
Civil Defense
Gasoline War Forces 3,000 Stations to Close in Jersey
Gasoline shortages sparked a price war in New Jersey as about 3,000 stations closed voluntarily and another 1,000 reportedly shut after blockades by pickets in cars. Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll ordered an investigation to determine if public welfare was in jeopardy, urging responsible conduct amid sporadic outbursts and one arrest.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Staton
Alfred E. Driscoll
Four Youngsters Killed in Maine Wreck
MATTAWAMKEAG Maine Aug 9 Four of 41 children riding home from a picnic died when a truck overturned near here Wednesday night. The group from East Millinocket 15 miles northwest of here included Norma Malone 13 Leonard Gallant eight Judy Osgood 13 Eva Page age undetermined. Eva’s father drove the stake truck which swerved left the road climbed an embankment and tipped. most children were pinned beneath the vehicle.
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Mattawamkeag
Maine
Here
East Millinocket
Norma G. Malone
Norman Malone
Leonard Gallant
Alfred Gallant
Judy Osgood
John Osgood
Bangor
Eva Page
Joseph Page
Eva
Tucker Files Suit Chicago Libel Case Against Reader's Digest
Preston Tucker, renowned rear engine auto promoter, filed a 5 million dollar libel suit Wednesday against Reader's Digest, alleging publication of a malicious article about him in 1949.
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Tucker
Chicago
Preston Tucker
Reader's Digest
Harriman defends Formosa policy after Korea trip
Presidential adviser Harriman said the United States will not change its Formosa policy despite MacArthur’s visit to Chiang Kai shek and warned against any relaxation of the ban on Nationalist attacks on the mainland. He reported to Truman on his Korea trip and emphasized no shift in overall policy.
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W. Averell Harriman
Formosa
United States
Chiang Kaishek
Gen. MacArthur
South Korea
Harriman
Korea
MacArthur
Tokyo
Truman
White House
Chiang
Europe
Asia
Congress
Dean Acheson
Louis Johnson
Montanan Wounded in Korean War Area
Washington August 10 defense department confirms Army Pvt. George J. Chesmore son of Lemuel S. Chesmore Box 143 Roberts Montana was wounded in the Korean theater in the latest military update.
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Washington
U.R
Defense Department
Army
George J. Chesmore
Lemuel S. Chesmore
Roberts, Mont
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Francis W. Carpenter
North Korea
Glen Taylor
Morse
R-Ore
U.S
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Jersey
China
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