Butte and Silver Bow County Verify 1950 Census Figures
An outline for Butte's census check up campaign was released. Civic groups, business leaders, and schools back the effort as preliminary 1950 census figures show county and city totals. They argue undercounting may have occurred and cite four reasons including business, power, banking, and housing growth, stressing per capita funds rely on accurate counts.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
Silver Bow
Walkerville
Department of Commerce
Yellowstone County
Cascade County
Montana Power Company
Federal Reserve Bank
Yellowstone
Cascade
McQueen
Security Council Votes to Air Formosa Problem
The United Nations Security Council voted 7 to 2 to debate American policy toward Formosa also called Taiwan with the United States in support. A Soviet bid to invite Chinese Communists to attend failed, though some delegates favored letting them participate in the debate when it starts. The measure lists the issue as a complaint of armed invasion of Taiwan.
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Lake Success
N. Y
W.P
United Nations Security Council
United States
Formosa
Truman
United Nations
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
Taiwan
India
Democrats Hear Chairman in Billings Rally Ahead of Convention
Hjalmar Landoe urged party members in Billings that Democratic governance offers security against Communism and called for unity behind the national administration. The Yellowstone Democratic club luncheon preceded the state convention as 75 attendees heard plans for a platform, officers, and a banquet with Smith Ey, the state attorney general, as keynote.
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Billings
Democratic Party
Hjalmar Landoe
Landoe
State Democratic Central Committee
Yellowstone Democratic Club
Smithey
Washington
Yellowstone County Socratic Women’s Club
Mike Ansfield
Ontana
Mel Sullivan
Wallace Kingsbury
Walier
Frank Murray
Elena
Jack Toole
Elby
Montanan Killed by Train Near Bonners Ferry Station
Theodore Fleming, 43, of Whitefish Montana, was struck by a passenger train approaching the Bonners Ferry station in Idaho early Tuesday. He reportedly sat on the back of a car and did not hear the engineer whistle. Fleming had traveled from Whitefish to Bonners Ferry the previous day. His only known survivor is his mother, Nellie May Fleming, believed resident of Iowa.
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Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Theodore Fleming
Whitefish
Mont
Roy Boehm
Fleming
Gineer
Bonners Ry
Nellie May Fleming
Ia. TL
Senate conference ends deadlock on wage and price controls
A Senate House conference committee agreed to give President Truman authority to apply wage and price controls selectively. Senator Maybank announced the agreement after hours of wrangling over freedom to invoke controls. Details remain to be worked out but speed is expected. final approval by both houses is still required.
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Washington
Senate House
Truman
Maybank
D-S.c
House
Senate
White House
Hurricane Threatens Louisiana Coastline
The New Orleans weather bureau warned the middle southern coast for a hurricane strike in the Gulf of Mexico. Chief Forecaster W R Stevens said winds up to 95 mph could hit the middle gulf area, noting the storm rivals the 1947 gulf hurricane in size though not intensity.
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New Orleans
Middle Southern
Gulf of Mexico
W. R. Stevens
Middle Gulf
Stevens
Gulf Coast
North Korean Push Near Pohang Faces Stiff UN Resistance
North Korean forces launched two major thrusts along a 40 mile arc defending Taegu and the Pohang complex. A 20 000 man eastern assault neared Pohang while gains forced Koreans from Kigye, as U S Eighth Army reports noted heavy air support and continued seesaw fighting around Pohang with mortars and artillery.
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Tokyo
Taegu
Pohang
United Nations
Kigye
MacArthur
Taegu-Pohang
Uihung
Associated Press
Don Huth
Red
United States Eighth Army
Impor
House Passes Sweeping Anti-Red Bill
The House approved a broad Communist control bill requiring registration of every party member and front group. It advances to the Senate where parallel legislation is expected soon. The final roll call was 354 to 20 with a failed substitute 153 to 64.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Representative Celler
D-N.y
Celler
Mining Congress Seeks Abolition of Labor Department
The Western division of the American Mining conference urged abolishing the U S Department of Labor and replacing it with a Department of Employer-Employee Relations. They call for work week extension, employment stabilization, and defense of essential miners while tightening anti trust and anti violence provisions. Dan H Harrington praised mine safety but criticized a proposed coal mine inspection act.
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Salt Lake City
American Mining Conference
United States Department of Labor
Congress
Department
Labor Department
Labor
Dan H. Harrington
United States Bureau of Mines
Harrington
Weather Forecast For Butte And Surrounding Area
Butte forecast shows continued fair conditions Wednesday with a minimum around 37 and a maximum near 78. School of Mines reports a 79 high and 43 low, Airport records 81 high and 36 low, Divide regions vary from fair to scattered storms with cooler north and east and highs 70 to 80.
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School of Mines
Divide
White House asserts control of U S foreign policy in MacArthur clash
President Truman tells General MacArthur the administration will run U S foreign policy and reinforces White House policy after ordering withdrawal of a Formosa statement. Republican critics say military coordination on foreign policy is lacking while House Speaker Rayburn backs Truman and urges MacArthur to focus on military duties.
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MacArthur
White House
U. S
Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Ferguson
R-Mich
Navy
Matthews
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Senate Appropriations Committee
State Department
House
Rayburn
Dtexas
United States
United Nations
Austin
Warren Austin
Seventh Fleet
Trial of Helena Cases Is Sought
Helena news reports County Attorney Melvin E. Magnuson will move to set 74 indictments for trial at the next district court term. He notes 75 indictments exist, one dismissed, and says the others remain on file pending action. He also plans to testify on motions to dismiss illegal gambling charges against Saginaw and Mc Rae.
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Helena
Melvin E. Magnuson
District Court
Magnuson
State Supreme Court
Roger Porter
George W. Padbury, Jr
Lewis M. Saginaw
Duncan McRae
Sherman W. Smith
Boys Central Sees Record Enrollment for 1950 51
Enrollment at Boys Central high school is expected to be the largest in history for 1950 51 with freshman numbers already over 100. Brother W P Donnelly urges re registration for eighth grade registrants to finalize freshman classes. Classes begin September 5 for freshmen 6 for sophomores 7 for juniors and 8 for seniors. Principal Brother J D O Dwyer to return from Ireland later this week.
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Boys Central High School
W. P. Donnelly
Brother Donnelly
J. D. O'Dwyer
Butte
Ireland
Senate Approves Doctor Draft For Armed Services
The Senate voted to allow President Truman to draft physicians dentists and allied specialists for military service. The plan aims to enlist about 10 000 doctors and dentists educated at government expense by offering officer commissions and a 100 monthly bonus for volunteers who join or are drafted.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Armed Services
House
U.P
House Armed Services Committee
Frost Threat Grows as Montana Harvest Delayed
The threat of frost damage increases as cool damp weather slows Montana grain harvest. About 41 percent of winter wheat, 23 percent of spring wheat, and 45 percent of oats and barley have been gathered, with alfalfa cut only half. Frost-damaged corn is being silaged. much may not mature.
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Helena
Montana
Federal Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Bae
Weather Bureau
Divide
14 More Local Men Ordered Up for Physicals
A second call for 14 Silver Bow county men to report for pre induction examinations at the Army and Air Force induction station in Butte is issued for Sept 11. Earlier an order for 20 men to report Sept 5 was announced. Montana plans 185 men in four September draft calls.
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Silver Bow County
Army and Air Force
West Park
Selective Service
Armed Services
Butte
Montana
Truman delays universal military training action this year
President Truman rejected a Senate push to pass universal military training this session. He reaffirmed support but will wait until next year, saying Korea’s need and current military demands prevent immediate nationwide training. Vinson and Tydings view the letter as closing UMT for now.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Senate
Congress
Millard E. Tydings
House
Tydings
Defense Department
Vinson
Korea
Defends Defense Department at VFW Meeting
Assistant Secretary Marx Leva defended the Defense Department before the Veterans of Foreign Wars at its annual encampment in Chicago. He credited unification with unprecedented mobilization speed for the Korean War and countered criticism fueling a resolution calling for Defense Secretary Louis Johnson's ouster. Delegates planned to vote on the resolution Wednesday.
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Chicago
U.P
Marx Leva
Defense Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Leva
VFW
Defense
Louis Johnson
Doe Hunter Fined for Killing Doe in Closed Season
Warren Ormsby was fined $200 by Justice of the Peace Steve Tahira after pleading guilty to killing and taking a doe deer during the closed season in a no hunting area. Deputy Warden Stuart Marle signed the complaint. Lodged in county jail, he faces $2 per day until the fine is paid.
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Warren Ormsby
Justice of the Peace
Steve Tahira
Ormsby
Stuart Marle
Thompson Park
Mitchell urges Asian commission to curb Communism
Representative Hugh B. Mitchell of Washington calls for creating an Asian commission funded by free nations to spend billions to halt the spread of Communism in the Far East. He warns that without Asian allies, the U.S. faces protracted costly wars and indecision.
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Asia
Washington
U.R
Hugh B. Mitchell
D-Wash
Asian Commission From
Free Nations
Far East
House of Representatives
Mitchell
Two Fresh British Battalions Leave for Field Camp in Korea
Two 1500-man British battalions from the Middlesex Regiment and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders left by train for a field camp in Korea, becoming the first UN ground reinforcements for South Korea. They arrived aboard the Unicorn and Ceylon from Hong Kong, drawing a notable morale display as American and South Korean troops welcomed them with music and ceremony.
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Korea
U.P
United Nations
South Korea
British Light Brigade
Middlesex Regiment
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Hell
Unicorn
Ceylon
Hong Kong
China Coast
Chicago Tribune
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