Highest Plane Battle in History Occurs
In Korea a massive air duel between United States Sabres and Soviet bloc MIG15s soared at 40 000 feet above northwest Korea. The clash left two MIG15s damaged, 15 US jets returned safely, and one F84 was shot down with the pilot rescued at sea. Ground actions included bombing raids and convoy strikes near Wonsan and Pyongyang fronts.
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Seoul
Korea
Air Force
Wonsan
Korangpo
Pyongyang
Eighth Army
Republic of Korea
ROK
Chiri
Dedication of Butte Hospital Draws City Leaders
The Butte Community Memorial Hospital dedication set for Sunday December 16 will attract government and medical leaders along with thousands of residents. The six story all fireproof building is funded by Anaconda Copper Mining Company with cornerstone ceremony at 2 pm and public tours after. Dr F Kelley chairman of the board will deliver the dedicatory address with Mr Kelley and R H Glover arriving December 14.
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Butte
Community Memorial Hospital
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Samuel Barker, Jr
Butte Community Memorial Hospital Association
Majestic
F. Kelley
Kelley
R. H. Glover
Anaconda Company
Glover
New York
W. H. Hoover
Barker
Hoover
E. S. McGlone
Mr. Glover
William Gage Brady, Jr
Robert E. Dwyer
E. Roland Harriman
Clark S. Judd
Maurice Newton
William C. Potter
Clyde E. Weed
McGlone
Good Progress Reported in Butte Chamber Campaign
Workers in the Butte Chamber of Commerce annual membership drive report strong early results with over 140 volunteers aiming to finish by next Friday. Led by Tom Kelly and vice presidents John J. Burke Roy Murray, the effort includes R D Corette and directs by Sam Parker John Cloke with staff Lloyd Crippen Richard R. Miller Sidney Duffy Patti Pennock and Janet Aho and lists team captains and members across seven groups.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Tom Kelly
John J. Burke
Roy Murray
Sam Parker
John Cloke
Chamber of Commerce
Lloyd Crippen
Richard R. Miller
Sidney Duffy
Patti Pennock
Janet Aho
O. R. Ashford
A. P Kimmel
Francis Lieneman
John Haggarty
Bill Frender
R. F. Dugdale
R. L. Casebeer
John Bork
Don McLaughlin
J. E. Corette
J. R. Thomas
Kenneth Christie
Dr. W. B. Talbot
Louis Bugni
Gene Savage
Ralph Evans
Wallie Bradford
A. F. Rice
Larry Smith
Dick Bentley
Orrin Gunnell
Erwin Becker
Bob Erickson
Bob Anderson
A. L. Strom
Frank Lester
Fritz Lenz
O. A. Perkins
Ward Fanning
W. W. German
Frank Holloway
Emerson Evans
John Mulligan
Duncan Campbell
Emmet Buckley
Richard Shaw
Dr. H. H. James
A. J. Knievel
Verne Burgess
Elmer Carkeek
J. D. Ford
W. A. Drummond
D. L. Gillespie
William Beery
John Cooney
L. E. Stevenson
J. H. Johnson
Fred Mass
Lou Carmody
Rayworth Howe
Clarence Boam
Frank Lenz
George Chance
Horst Burgman
Kenneth Coughlin
Harold McGrath
J. D. Newman
Hal Gribble
Harry Ross
Walter Cox
Corky
Naster Quizzed in House Tax Shake Down Probe
Bert K. Naster, a Hollywood promoter linked to a $500,000 tax shake down, was questioned by House Ways and Means investigators in private. He is expected to testify publicly next week, with Henry Grunewald also to be questioned. Teitelbaum tied the case to alleged Washington officials with threats of prison.
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Washington
Bert K. Naster
House
Hollywood
Fla
Aldrian W. DeWind
Naster
DeWind
Henry Grunewald
Grunewald
Georgetown Hospital
Abraham Teitelbaum
Chicago
al Capone
Frank Nathan
Pittsburgh
Miami
Teitelbaum
Nathan
Florida
McGhee Named Ambassador to Turkey in Truman Shift
President Truman named George C. McGhee as the next ambassador to Turkey with a recess appointment pending Senate confirmation. Burton Berry will serve as acting assistant secretary for Near Eastern and related affairs. George Wadsworth will return to Washington for reassignment after 35 years in the Middle East.
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Key West
Fra
George C. McGhee
Truman
Turkey
Middle East
McGhee
Congress
Senate
Burton Y. Berry
Berry
George Wadsworth
Ankara
Washington
Ten Americans Die In C47 Plane Crash In France
MARSEILLES France Dec 8 All 10 Americans aboard a United States Air Force C47 perished when the plane crashed and exploded on Eagle's Yoke peak near Marignano Air Force base. Five officers four enlisted men and one civilian were killed. Identification of remains was pending next of kin notification.
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Marseilles
France
U.P
United States Air Force
Air Force
Marignano Air Force Base
Marseille
Tripoli
United States
Lagos Air Force Base
Azores
Japan
Wallace H. Brannon
Atlanta
United States Navy
Death summons Mrs. Monahan widow of Dr. Monahan
Marie Monahan died suddenly Saturday night at 1051 West Mercury. Born in Ogden Utah she taught in Butte public schools for over 40 years and married Dr. R. C. Monahan in 1908. Surviving are her husband son and daughter in-law Eve lyn Monahan of Oxnard Calif daughter granddaughter and many relatives. Body at Sherman and Reed funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Monahan
R. C. Monahan
West Mercury
Monahan
Ogden
Utah
Sacred Heart Academy
Butte
Immaculate Conception Church
J. R. Monahan
Oxnard
Calif
Evelyn
Alice Maguire
Nell Maguire
Fred W. Burn
Los Angeles
J. C. Maguire
Byrd
J. C. Murphy
Salt Lake City
Montana
California
Sherman and Reed Funeral Home
Truman Calls Meeting with Joint Chiefs of Staff
President Truman cut short his Florida vacation to fly to Washington for a Monday conference with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and State Department officials on stalled Korean armistice talks. He will depart Sunday afternoon from Boca Chica for Washington aboard his DC6 Independence.
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Key West
Fla
U.P
President Truman
Florida
Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
State Department
Korea
Truman
White House
Boca Chica Naval Air Station
Helena crew honors Terry Wayne Ellis with holiday gift
The heavy cruiser Helena crew in Long Beach presented a $6,500 recreation fund check to 10-year-old Terry Wayne Ellis of Helena Montana as a Christmas gift. Fourteen crewmen escorted Terry to receive the check after a homecoming from Korea eight months at sea. Gov. John W Bonner and Helena Mayor Jacob R Kaiser attended. The ceremony followed tours of the ship and the tug Kennesaw voyage.
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Long Beach
Calif
U.P
Helena
Korea
Terry Wayne Fills
Mont
Bryce C. Robertson
Ellis Youngster
Terry
Kennesaw
Lawrence H. Martin
Montana
John W. Bonner
Jacob R. Kaiserman
Republic of Korea
Syngman Rive
Robertson
Gov
Bonner
Kaiserman
Butte Cold Snap to Persist Across Region
Butte’s cold spell is set to continue for 2 or 3 days with lows between -15 and -10 and a high near 19 expected Sunday. A maritime high pressure from the Pacific and clear skies drive the cold, with Friday night’s windless air pushing Butte to a new winter low. Snow-free blue skies Saturday raised temps to 18 above, while West Yellowstone hit 28 below zero and other readings ranged from -14 in Butte to -3 in Dillon and Glasgow.
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Butte
Weather Bureau
Pacific Ocean
School of Mines
Helena
West Yellowstone
Montana
Belgrade
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Italy asks rivals to revise peace treaty for rearmament
Italy formally requests the United States, Russia and 20 other nations revise the peace treaty so Italy can rearm and rejoin the freedom loving nations. Ambassador Alberto Tarchiani delivered the note to the State Department and similar notes were sent to the defeated powers. Most free nations are expected to agree, while Communist Russia Poland Albania and Czechoslovakia will likely object.
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Washington
Italy
United States
Russia
Alberto Tarchiani
State Department
Poland
Albania
Czechoslovakia
Armed Services to Release Reservists Under New Law
The armed services will release many reservists called to active duty without consent. The exact number is unknown and not publicly disclosed. Enlistee and officer releases hinge on 17 and 16 month limits, with Navy enlistees kept to maximum time and Army plans targeting December 20 release.
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Washington
Armed Services
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Army
Air Force
Navy
West Stands Firm on Atomic Plan
Paris reports the United States Britain and France insisting on effective control of atomic energy before any ban on the atomic bomb. A Big Four disarmament sub committee discussed differing positions, with Russians pushing for immediate prohibition and the West seeking staged arms limits and inspections.
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Paris
United States
Britain
France
United States Assembly
Luis Padilla Nervo
Big Four Disarmament Subcommittee
Padilla
UN Assembly
Senator Kerr to Speak at Democratic Banquet in Montana
United States Senator Robert Kerr, a leading Democratic voice, will address a Montana Democratic leaders’ banquet at 6 PM in the Finlen hotel Silver Bow ballroom. Kerr, keynote at Chicago 1944, arrives Sunday. Montana party leaders meet Monday at 2 PM to elect a national committeeman, with only county committeemen voting and proxies disallowed.
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United States
Robert S. Kerr
Congress
Montana
Finlen Hotel
Silver Bow
Senator Kerr
Washington
Chicago
Roosevelt
Kerr
Oklahoma
Senate
Montana Democratic State Central Committee
Montana Power
O. S. Warden
Great Falls
H. B. Landoe
Bozeman
Helena
Leo C. Graybill
Cascade
House
Lucky Mistake Triggers Fire At Shaker Heights Store
A motorist mistook a fire alarm box for a parking meter in Shaker Heights and dropped a nickel to pull the handle. Minutes later a fire started near the Howard L. Pim furniture store, and the 17 man Shaker Heights department battled a sizable blaze causing about $10,000 in damages.
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Cleveland
Shaker Heights
Howard L. Pim, Inc
Shaker
February Draft Call Sets 56000 Manpower Target
The Defense department issued a February draft call for 56,000 men with 41,000 to the Army and 14,000 to the Marines. This is 4,650 fewer than January and brings total draftees since September 1950 to 849,330, including 782,000 to the Army and 67,330 to the Marines. Navy and Air Force have not drafted yet, relying on volunteers. The Marine Corps’ February call is the largest since it began drafting in August.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Navy
Air Corps
Marine Corps
Selective Service
Policing Armistice Talks Hit Deadlock in Korea
MUNSAN Korea December negotiators remained deadlocked over policing a Korean armistice on Saturday. Key issues include rear area inspections troop rotation and control of North Korean islands. Allied observers see potential compromise but no immediate breakthrough before the December 27 deadline.
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Munsan
Korea
Alfred
Red
Panemunjom
North Korea
Peiping Radio
Alan Winnington
London Daily Worker
Howard M. Turner
Turner
Evacuation Expands For Camiguin Island Volcano Risk
Officials discuss mass evacuation as Hibok Hibok erupts sending lava toward the southwest coast. Gov. Ysalina says 15,000 already moved while rescue work on the north ends winds down amid ash. Refugees flood southeast coast as typhoon threatens, and fears of epidemics rise.
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Manila
Camiguin Island
Paciencio Ysalina
Misamis
Camiguin
Nambajao
Arturo Alcaraz
Philippines Weather Bureau
Alcaraz
Hibok Hibok
University of Philippines
Seismographical
Tucson
Ariz
Indian Ocean
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Regions
Partly cloudy with continued cold conditions Sunday and Sunday night. Butte expected low minus 12 and high 19 Sunday afternoon. For Friday night to Saturday 12:00 AM to 5:30 PM readings range from minus 114 at the Airport to 18, and minus 4 at the School of Mines to 19. West of Divide partly cloudy with little temperature change and highs 20 to 30. east of Divide partly cloudy with little change, highs 25 to 35, locally 35 to 40 in the northwest with winds southwest 15 to 25 mph. Sunday night partly cloudy over Yellowstone valley, Billings, and west/northwest portions.
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School of Mines
Divide
Yellowstone Valley
Billings
Air Force develops guided missile armament for bombers
Washington reports the Air Force has developed guided missile weapons for strategic bombers. The Defense Department semi annual report notes six major missiles completed or started this year to boost air defense and all weather operations.
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Washington
Air Force
Defense Department
USAF
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Mining City
F. L. McPhail
Montana State Medical Association
New Community Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Monahan
Joint Chiefs
Terry Wayne Ellis
West
Robert Kerr
Lester Loble
State Central Committee
Leif Erickson
Senator Robert 8. Kerr
Volcano Island
Ove Seoeseesne
Belgrade Broadus
Ratlott
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