Hope Dims for Man Lost in Snow-Swept Highlands
Emil F. Nitchie, 71, of 1730 C street, vanished Thursday during a rabbit hunt in the Highlands south of Butte. After 24 hours of searching in sub-freezing conditions, officials fear an accident in heavy jack pines. About 25 square miles were scoured Friday with no trace found. Authorities urged Boy Scouts and experienced hikers to join Saturday’s effort, assembling at the courthouse at 9:30 a.m. with guardians’ permission.
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Emil F. Nitchie
C Street
Butte
Nitchie
Boy Scouts
Lex Templin
Truman Bids to Face Congress Over Tax and Spending Clash
President Truman readies for a budget battle with the economy bloc as Budget Director Pace cites the need for higher taxes to balance the 1951 program. The plan nears 45 billion dollars with potential corporate tax hikes, sparking cross party debate on spending cuts and revenue. Pace’s remarks set the stage for decisions on defense, foreign aid, and reclamation funds.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Frank Pace
Pace
Congress
Butte Weather Outlook With Snow Flurries And Cold
Cloudy conditions prevail in Butte with occasional snow flurries and a colder Saturday night. Highs range from 0 to 25 across regions, with very cold lows and a cold wave expected Saturday night.
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School of Mines
Montana Rejects UMW Demands in Coal Talks
The Montana Coal Operators Association unanimously declined entering into a single contract with the United Mine Workers of America. They argue union demands would harm all parties in Montana’s competitive coal market. UMW officials note wage talks run to Sept. 1, 1951 and seek industry wide terms.
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Billings
Montana Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers of America
D. F. Buckingham
Montana
R. J. Boyle
UMW
Buckingham
Train Collision Injures 18 on Transcontinental Route
A head on collision eight miles east of Toronto between the Vancouver Toronto passenger train and a freight train derailed four of 15 cars. Twelve passengers and six railway workers were injured, with one in serious condition. Most injuries were scratches and abrasions.
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Toronto
Here
Transcontinental Limited
Canadian National Railways
Russians Use German Communists to Attack Tito
Berlin dispatch reports Soviet aligned German Communists targeted Marshal Tito, expelling Yugoslav military mission members from the Soviet sector and moving offices to the British sector after a police round up. Sibinovich said the expulsions followed sustained Communist pressure with some orders reversed, no protest planned.
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Berlin
Soviet
Russia
Marshal Tito
Germany
Bonn
East Zone
Interior Ministry
Momchilo Sibinovich
West Berlin
Sibinovich
Col
Bridges Linked to Communist Meeting Testimony
A former Communist official testified that Harry Bridges presided at a May 1936 Communist party meeting in Long Beach California. The witness, Kermit C Krolek, said Bridges attended and presided, part of prosecutors attempts to show Bridges lied at a 1945 naturalization hearing.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Long Beach
Calif
Bridges
Communist Party
Kermit C. Krolek
Belmont
CIO
Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Henry Schmidt
J. R. Robertson
Krolek
American Radio Telegraphers’ Association
Portland
Ore
Venetian Square
Maritime Federation
James Eng
Bruce G. Barber
United States Immigration
Montanan Guilty of Manslaughter
A district court jury convicted W. P. Bosch of manslaughter for the death of Lewis G. Voeltz after Bosch's car overturned on the Laurel highway. Judge Ben Harwood will sentence Bosch Monday with no sentencing recommendation. Another passenger, Henry H. Kroh, was fatally injured in the same crash. The state alleged driving under the influence, speeding in a 45 mile zone, and reckless driving.
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Billings
W. P. Bosch
Laurel
Ben Harwood
Bosch
Lewis G. Voeltz
Henry H. Kroh
Immediate Hike in Taxes Urged by Bankers Life Official
Robert B. Patrick vice president of Bankers Life Des Moines Iowa urged an immediate federal tax increase to fund new public programs only if essential to national economic stability. He testified to a congressional subcommittee arguing for stable budgets and tax rates to aid private investment.
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Washington
U.P
Robert B. Patrick
Bankers Life Company
Despines
Iowa
Insurance Company
Congressional Economic Sub Committee
Patrick
Oliver M. Whippel
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Whippel
Joseph P. O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
O’mahoney
Congress
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Chiang Kai-shek seeks to organize guerrilla units in Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek arrives in the provisional capital of China and plans to organize guerrilla units as Communist forces near Chengtu threaten the interior. Formosa faces strain from a population boom and economic challenges after influx of Nationalist forces.
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Chiang
Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Sichang
Sikang
Chengtu
Japan
Tses
Guilty Pleas Narrow Titoist Treason Trial in Bulgaria
The Sofia trial ends with pleas of guilty from most of the 11 defendants accused of spying for Yugoslavia. Witnesses describe postwar Yugoslav intelligence activity in Bulgaria, recruitment of industrialists for sabotage, and Titoist propaganda among Macedonians. The group faces charges including treason and espionage with possible death by hanging.
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Softa
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Sofia
Blagoi Hadjipanzov
Ivan Gevrenov
Vassil Ivanovsky
Macedonian Federative Republic
Macedonia
Greece
Ilia Bayaltseliev
Sofia Urban Council
Traicho Kostov
Blind Salesman Convicted of Mistreating Dog
In Long Beach California a blind salesman, Frank W. Herring, was found guilty of cruelty for mistreating his Seeing Eye dog Nick. He received three months without a dog and a three year probation by Municipal Judge Charles D. Wallace. His wife Pat Tricia accompanied him during the rounds. The dog was given to a dog food salesman.
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Long Beach
Calif
Frank W. Herring
Pat Tricia
Herring
Charles D. Wallace
Nick
Meyers Denied Parole for Former General
The District of Columbia parole board denied former Air Force Maj. Gen. Bennett F. E. Meyers parole. The decision allowed resubmission after Nov. 1, 1950. Meyers, 53, completed a minimum sentence for inducing an associate to lie to a congressional committee about his wartime airplane parts plant connection.
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Washington
District of Columbia Parole Board
Air Force
Bennett FE. E. Meyers
Meyers
Arctic Cold Wave to Grip Montana This Weekend
Forecasters warn of an Arctic cold front pushing Montana temperatures down to about five below zero in places and five above is a possible range. Northerly to northwesterly winds of 20 to 30 mph may whip light snow, with widespread freezing readings across principal cities.
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Helena
Montana
Continental Divide
Havre
Billings
Belgrade
Butte
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Great Falls
Kalispell
Lewistown
Missoula
Superior
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
UN approves Jerusalem rule despite Israel and Jordan protest
The United Nations General Assembly voted 38 to 14 with 7 abstentions to reaffirm permanent UN control of Jerusalem. Israel and Jordan warned the plan cannot be carried out, with Moshe Sharett calling it a dark day and King Abdullah threatening to oppose it “over my dead body.” The session featured a bid to delay the decision and an unusual bloc in support.
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Flushing
N. Y
United Nations
Jerusalem
Israel
Jordan
Nicaragua
General Assembly
Holy
Moshe Sharett
United Nations Authority
Assembly
Abdullah
Sharett
Kingdom of
Soviet Bulletin Barred From School Libraries
Washington officials barred the Soviet embassy Information Bulletin from high school libraries, part of a broader push to curb Russian propaganda in U S schools. The glossy magazine extols life in the Soviet Union and prints official statements. embassy staff questioned why literature selection is a school concern while noting circulation to journalists and officials.
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Washington
Russia
Alden H. Blankenship
Springfield
Mass
Soviet Union
Norman J. Nelson
California
Valentine A. Sorokin
Parade of Freak Accidents Sparks 1949 Daffy Doings
National Safety council highlights a string of odd mishaps across the United States. A Sacramento man loses his wallet to a runaway car, a Connecticut rider tumbles with a deer on handlebars, and a University of Cincinnati game ends with a broken nose and a broken bat. A groom slips at the threshold, a gin rummy win leads to a broken wrist, and a Berlin father fits a toy boxing glove on his infant.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
W. T. Taylor
Sacramento
Calif
Taylor
Connecticut
Clark Pounell
Unionville
Pounell
Akers
Sity
Cincinnati
Bob
James Inman
Kampsville
Ill
Warren Oakes
Ralph Peloquin
Berlin
Montanans Seek limits on elk slaughter and line bids
Montana officials met with Interior Secretary Chapman in Washington to press for a 500 elk slaughter limit in Yellowstone and to curb northern park removals. They urged copper wire use and Montana-based construction on the Havre Shelby transmission line, arguing the project be awarded to a Montana contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Haugland
Washington
Interior
Chapman
Montana
Yellowstone National Park
Park
John Bonner
Mansfield
D-Mont
O. S. Warden
Great Falls
William H. Coburn
Murray
National Park Service
Newmore Drury
Michael Straus
Havre-Shelby
Tennessee
Straus
Build Butte committee weighs work day amid booming construction
William Meyer denied labor rumors at a Build Butte meeting with Mining City contractors. Discussion centered on restoring an eight hour day to boost pay and economic momentum as Butte enjoys a 7 to 8 million dollar building boom and cites up to 25 percent cost rise with a six hour day.
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Build Butte Committee
William Meyer
Build
Butte
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