President Invokes Taft-Hartley in Copper Dispute
President Truman invoked Taft-Hartley Act emergency provisions to end a national copper strike by 58,000 Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. An inquiry board was appointed with Ralph Seward as chair to report by Sept. 4, potentially enabling an injunction for 80 days if needed. The action followed urgent defense production concerns amid talks at Kennecott Copper and other non ferrous firms.
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Washington
Truman
Ralph Seward
Washinon
Joseph L. Miller
Allan Dash
Philadelphia
Dash
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO Steel
Garfield
Utah
American Smelting and Refining Company
Kennecott Copper Company
Salt Lake City
CIO
Kennecott
American Smelting and Refining
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
International Smelting and Refining Company
H. B. Douglas
AFL
Douglas
Denver
John Clark
United States
Executive statement on copper strike and new inquiry board
White House outlines president's actions on the copper strike and announces an executive order creating a three member board of inquiry to report by Sept. 4 under the Labor-Management Relations act. The Wage Stabilization Board urged immediate resumption of work.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
U S and Philippines sign mutual defense pact
The United States and the Philippines signed a mutual defense treaty witnessed by President Truman and President Quirino. The agreement commits each to aid the other if attacked in the Pacific while preserving the constitutional power of Congress to declare war. An identical treaty will follow with Australia and New Zealand in San Francisco.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Philippines
Truman
Pacific
Elpidio Quirino
Congress
Australia
New Zealand
San Francisco
Japan
Three Montanans Die in Wyoming Car Crashes
Five people were killed in two separate wrecks in northern Wyoming. Nick J. Kikkert and Gertrude Kornelis from Columbus Montana perished when their northbound car collided with another near Meeteetse. Ruth Polhill of Denver and W R Admidin of Cody died in a second crash after a tire failure on U S Route 14 northeast of Cody. Mrs Polhill’s husband George 43 survived with serious injuries. Admidin’s four children were unhurt.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
Wyoming
Nick J. Kikkert
Columbus
Mont
Nellie
Gertrude Kornelis
Ruth Polhill
Denver
W. R. Admidin
Cody
Kikkerts
Kornelis
Polhill
George
Meeteetse
Admidin
U. S. 14
Senators Seek Huge Cut in Foreign Aid
In a 12 hour Senate session nine Republicans and two Democrats pressed to cut 500 million from the 8.5 billion foreign aid bill. Dirksen led the move against the President's request while Fulbright urged full funding. A showdown vote was expected Friday with three amendments on restoring full aid, deeper cuts, and a St Lawrence seaway linkage.
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Washington
Senate
Dirksen
Ill
Truman
Fulbright
D-Ark
Aiken
R-Vt
Moody
D-Mich
St. Lawrence Seaway
Byrd
Dva
McClellan
Welker
R-Idaho
Wherry
R-Neb
Malone
R-Nev
Case
R-S.d
Williams
R-Del
Dworshak
R-Ida
Mundt
Schoeppel
Rkan
Sen. H. Alexander Smith
R. J
Thye
R-Minn
United States
Smith
New Jersey
America
Europe
Robertson
D-Va
Montana highway commission awards 431 994 in road contracts
Montana highway commission awarded contracts totaling 431 994 for road and bridge work, rejected one low bid as too high, and announced bids for five more projects to open September 13. Awards include Inland Construction for a Miles City street paving segment and multiple firms for gravel and drainage on county roads.
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Helena
Montana’s Highway Commission
Naranche
Konda
Butte
Drummond - Helmville
Powell County
Inland Construction Company
Miles City
Public Roads Bureau
Forsyth-Miles City Road
Custer County
L. P. Anderson
Garland-Miles City Road
Thomas Staunton
Great Falls
Clearwater-Seeley Lake
Clearwater
Big Fork Road
Missoula County
Staunton
Arrow Creek
Brooks Road
Fergus County
Popeys Pillar-Hysham Road
Yellowstone County
Glendive-Richey
Dawson County
Glendive-Richey Road
Russians Lease Suburban Estate During Peace Treaty Talks
The Russian delegation to the Japanese peace treaty conference rented a luxurious suburban estate in San Francisco for about three weeks, longer than the conference set to run from September 4 to 8. The lease duration is viewed as a potential stall tactic to delay signing.
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REDS
San Francisco
Suspect in Fatal Beating Taken to Dillon
A Dillon assault case centers on the fatal beating of George Wiggins about 60. A transient suspect was brought back to Beaverhead County for questioning as four other suspects and witnesses are held in the county jail. Wiggins was found unconscious in a cattle car near the stockyards and died hours later after severe head injuries.
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Butte
George Wiggins
Dillon
Beaverhead
Beaverhead County
Paul Temple
Dan Mooney
Carl Davis
Temple
Mooney
Wiggins
Spokane
Hobo
Three Die in Bus Crash Near Kenosha Wis
A Greyhound bus and a northbound semi collided on Highway 41 eight miles northwest of Kenosha Wisconsin. Three bus passengers were confirmed dead and another person remained missing after the Thursday night crash.
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Kenosha
Wis
Greyhound
Here
Definite Pacific Defense Line Urged by Dewey
Governor Thomas E. Dewey urged the free world to draw a definite Pacific defense line from the Arctic to New Zealand. He warned against piecemeal policy and called for a total, united effort to stop Communism with sacrifice and “bloody noses” for aggressors. Dewey recalled his Far East trip and advocated supporting internal resistance within China.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Free World
Pacific
Korea
Dewey
Korean
Arctic
New Zealand
United States
China
Far East
CrippledGirl Crowned Queen Aboard USS Princeton at Sea
17 year old Jane Taylor crowned queen of the USS Princeton after a two day celebration by the crew of 2,027 men. She is wheelchair bound and crippled since birth from Sunshine School for Crippled Girls. A $5000 education trust fund was donated by shipmates.
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San Diego
Calif
Jane Taylor
Princeton
Miss Taylor
Sunshine School
The
Paul D. Stroop
Adm
T. L. Sprague
Pacific Fleet Air Force
Anaconda Copper Shifts Payroll Slips to Pay Office
To facilitate regular payment, Anaconda Copper Mining Company issues Sept 1 pay slips for all Mines and Shops at the Pay Office on East Quartz street. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and employees may collect slips and checks during those hours.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
East Quartz Street
Truman says UN forces in Korea stronger if war renews
President Truman asserted that United Nations forces in Korea are stronger than ever and he backs Gen. Ridgway’s plan for renewed talks with the Communists. He dismissed Soviet accusations, commented on foreign aid cuts, and avoided confirming 1952 political ambitions while noting Oatis’s continued imprisonment and delaying copper strike commentary.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
Ridgway
Congress
William N. Oatis
Czechoslovakia
United States
Vladimir Prochazka
Moscow
Wage Stabilization Board
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
News and Observer
Daniels
Phantom Gunman Hunted by Police
Police hunted a ghostly sniper after three nights of shootings in a 20 mile radius near Los Angeles. Nina Marie Rice, 25, was killed at a roadside hotdog stand, and Lois Kreutzer, 21, was wounded in an outside booth. a third hit a home window but wounded no one.
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Los Angeles
Nina Marie Rice
Lloyd M. Walter
Norwalk
Lois Kreutzer
Rivera
Woodsman Samuel Mackaman Killed in Freak Woods Accident
Coroner Harry Campbell will not hold an inquest into the death of Samuel Mackaman a 27 year old American Paper company lawyer. He was found crushed when the roots of two trees toppled after being blown part way to the ground by wind. Survivors include his parents his wife and two children all of Olney.
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Columbia Falls
Harry Campbell
Samuel Mackaman
American Paper Company
Olney
UN Forces Repel Red Assaults in Korea
News from Panmunjom reports North Korea accuses Allied planes of a flare over Kaesong and warrants punishment. UN says Communist attacks near Yanggu were repelled by force, with 10 000 fresh troops dug in and a new 8 000 man division observed northeast of Yanggu. Air Force notes Rashin rail lines cut to Vladivostok. Armistice talks show no permanent breakdown.
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United States Fighth
Korea
United Nations
Reds
Yanggu
Yangegu
Red
Washington
Rashin
Red Korea
Vladivostok
Air Force
Man Held After Shooting Spree in Helena
Helena police report 28 year old Robert Lindeman, a hospital orderly, went on a shooting spree using a pistol and scoped rifle, firing at homes cars and a box car. None of the targets were injured. Lindeman surrendered to officers and was jailed.
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Helena
Robert Lindeman
Fort Harrison Veterans Administration Hospital
Lindeman
Russell Williams
Mike Koich
Koich
Williams
Weather Forecast ELTITE
Partly cloudy and warmer Friday then clear and cooler Friday night. Friday minimum around 32 and maximum near 64. West of Divide scattered showers with high 58 to 68. east of Divide showers with little temperature change and highs 65 to 75.
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School of Mines
Divide
Armistice Talks Tense After Reported Neutral Zone Attack
A report says armed personnel from one side attacked a neutral zone in the Chongdam area near Kaesong, prompting an investigation and a formal protest. No Allied confirmation of flare drops was given, and earlier charges of threats to bomb Kaesong were reported as talks stalled by the Communists on August 23.
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Tokyo
Kaesong
Panmunjom
Peiping
Nam 1
Adm
C. Turner Joy
United Nations
Red
Col. Chun-shan
Nam
Pyongyang
Pane
Munion
Chongdam
Delee Gate
Boost in Excise Taxes Approved
The Senate finance committee tentatively voted to raise excise taxes by about 1.045 billion dollars annually by adopting major House increases on distilled liquor beer cigarettes gasoline diesel fuel motor vehicles appliances and more The panel added about 55 million from vaccum cleaners washing machines and garbage disposal units and net gains of about 36 million over the House bill while continuing work on the excises Friday.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
House
Senate Committee
Finance
Hungry Horse dam worker found dead in camp cabin
Lae vern Johnson an 18 year old Hungry Horse dam worker was found dead in his Columbia Falls camp cabin. Authorities believe gas fumes from a small heater caused the death as the cabin was tightly closed. A nurse failed to revive him and coroner Harry Campbell said there would likely be no inquest.
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Kalispell
U.R
Laevern Johnson
Columbia Falls
Don Heaton
Johnson
Leslie Johnson
Beaudette
Minn
Harry Campbell
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Kranyak
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Capt
R. A
Richard) Kranyak
Louis Kranyak
Crippled Girl
U. S
Woodsman
Truce City
Munsan
United Nations Command
Montana
Associated Press
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