Pentagon doubles efforts to verify POW list in Korea
Pentagon officials pressed to check and clarify the Communist list of Americans labeled as alive in Korean POW camps. The Army reported 2,724 soldiers to kin, 2,001 names publicly released, and work to resolve mistaken identities among many families. Navy and Marine names were few but processed, while Defense moves aim to detail the roster with hometowns. President Truman warns the list is unverified due to no Red Cross access.
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Pentagon
Korea
Army
United States Army
Navy
Tokyo
Defense Department
Reds
United States
Truman
Red Cross
White House
Joseph Short
Vishinsky Calls Yanks Held by Reds Spies in Tirade
In a bitter UN speech in Paris Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky charged four U.S. flyers held in Hungary were spies and urged repeal of the mutual security act. He refused to confirm if they would face a military trial and said they received due attention from border authorities.
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Paris
Andrei Vishinsky
United States
Hungary
Vishinsky
Moscow
Moldavia
Romania
Dean Acheson
Washington
United Nations
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Former Senator Capper Dies At 86 In Kansas
TOPEKA Kan Dec 19 Arthur Capper longtime Kansas governor and U S senator died Wednesday night of pneumonia aged 86 He was a major midwest farm publisher owner of Topeka Capital and Kansan and eight farm magazines He chaired the Senate agricultural committee and helped craft the Capper Volstead and Capper Tindher acts His survivor is a sister Mrs A L Austice of Evanston Illinois
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Topeka
Kan
Arthur Capper
Kansas
United States
Capper
Senate
A. L. Austice
Evanston
Kansas City
United States Senate
Capper-Tindher
Rural Electrification Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Senate Agricultural Committee
Rough Treatment In Law Case In New York
Police charged David Ritchie 35 with grand larceny after he knocked down his mother in law during a quarrel sat on her and took her dental plates then left with them. The plates were later returned to Mrs. Mary Wood mother of Ritchie’s estranged wife.
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New York
David Ritchie
Ritchie
Mary Wood
Eight Montanans named on Reds POW list
The list names eight Montanans reported as prisoners by the Communists. New additions include Pfc. Robert Riddle Jr. of Anaconda and Lt. William P. Keenan of Forsyth, with addresses and family ties given for each. Other listed are Pfc. Lyle W. Jacobson of Butte, Pfc. Burton E. Marry of Anaconda, Sgt. John T. Brockes of Great Falls, Pfc. Leland K. Slavens of Helena, Corp. George L. Blackbird of Harlem, and Pfc. Richard Meckler of Clinton.
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Pyokdong
Jacob A. Jacobson
Chicago
Butte
Burton Elroy Marry
Chiang-Song
Tony Marry
Anaconda
John T. Brockes
Frances L. Brockes
South Great Falls
Leland K. Slavens
Kenneth P. Slavens
Helena
Corp
George L. Blackbird
Army
Dorothy M. Blackbird
Harlem
Richard Meckler
Nicholas I. Meckler
Clinton
William P. Keenan
Forsyth
Retroactive Pay Distribution Notice at Butte Office
The Butte pay office will be open Thursday December 20 from 9 30 a m to 6 p m to distribute retroactive pay to July 1 1951 to daily employees who qualify under the union contract approved by the Wage Stabilization Board on December 7 1951. Checks prepared for those on payroll or on their day off as of that date. Anaconda Copper Mining Company.
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Butte Pay
Wage Stabilization Board
Western Proposals Win Approval at UN Session
Western powers win broad support in UN committees for disarmament and a possible unified German elections plan. The 12-nation disarmament commission would include Security Council members plus Canada and oversee a treaty to regulate armaments and atomic energy. A separate vote backed a neutral commission to study free secret elections in Germany despite East German objections.
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United States
Burma
Russia
Assembly
Germany
East Germany
Poland
Truman
Dean Acheson
General Assembly
Security Council
Canada
European Unity Strides Praised By Acheson Outlook for Western Europe
Secretary of State Acheson praised European progress toward unity at a Washington news conference. He cited the six nation army program and the Schumann plan as major steps and expressed hope they would be ready for final acceptance next month. He noted France ratified the Schumann plan, while Britain hesitated to provide troops for continental defense.
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Washington
Acheson
Europe
Chamber of Deputies
Britain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United Nations
Congress
Rearmament to Take Bigger Share of Steel
Washington reports that over the next three months more steel will go into arms production than into automobiles refrigerators washing machines and all other civilian goods combined marking the first time since the drive began last year that weapons have a larger share of U S steel than civilian goods officials call this a concrete sign the guns and butter economy will tilt toward guns in 1952.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Wheat production forecast may be third largest in history
The Agriculture Department sees the 1952 winter wheat crop at 918.305 million bushels, up 42 percent from last year’s weak 645.469 million. A spring crop near 325 million is possible, bringing total winter and spring wheat to about 1.243 billion bushels, only exceeded in 1947 and 1948, assuming normal weather.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Lewis backs CIO steel workers in wage dispute
John L. Lewis offered UMW backing to CIO Steelworkers amid wage talks in Washington. The potential strike hinges on price increases to offset higher wages as defense production pressures mount, with decisions likely by Capehart price adjustments and the Wage Stabilization Board.
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Washington
America
CIO
John L. Lewis
Wage Stabilization Board
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
Michael V. DiSalle
Lewis
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
White House
State Retirement System Finances City With $1000 Claim
The public employes retirement system filed a nearly $1,000 claim against Butte for four city workers’ supposed due contributions. Council referred the issue to the committee of the whole with state law compliance debated. William Allen, Otto Bender, Paul Barick, and Herbert Albright are named with specific amounts.
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Butte
Thomas R. Morgan
John F. Sasek
Sasek
William Allen
Otto Bender
Paul G. Barick
Herbert Albright
George Richardson
Richardson
Montana Insurance Agency
Fire Department Relief Association
Indictments in Perjury Case Involving RFC Probe
Merl Young husband of a former White House stenographer faces perjury charges in connection with the Senate inquiry into influence peddling at the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Three others tied to the probe also indicted for perjury including Herschel Young and Joseph H. Rosenbaum. The case centers on testimony about a mink coat alleged as a loan and possible quid pro quo for RFC lending influence.
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Washington
Merl Young
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Young
Herschel Young
Joseph H. Rosenbaum
Robert W. Dudley
Dudley
Joseph Casey
D-Mass
Rosenbaum
Mer
United States accuses Russia of Middle East threats
Washington reports the United States formally accuses the Soviet Union of threatening Middle East security and cites Molotov's 1940 plan with Nazi Germany. State Department notes rejected Russia’s claim that a proposed Middle East command is aggressive, while Acheson warns in a press conference that Middle East conditions have grown more serious. Turkey Britain France and Egypt respond with similar notes.
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United States
Russia
Middle East
Moscow
State Department
France
Britain
Turkey
Acheson
Egypt
Ussr
Molotov
Schulenberg
Baer
Batum
Baku
Persian Gulf
Soviet Union
Weather Forecast for Butte and Surroundings
Partly cloudy and cold Thursday with a shift to mostly cloudy and less cold Thursday night. Readings show Thursday morning lows around minus 20 and Thursday afternoon highs near minus 5. Northern and eastern Montana expect clouds and continuing cold with wind and drifting snow, while highs range from minus 10 to minus 20 north and minus 5 to minus 15 south.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Truce Talks Extend as Allies Seek Fuller POW List
In Panmunjom on Thursday the Allies told the Communists they need more time to study the Red prisoner of war list before resuming subcommittee talks on prisoner exchange. A second subcommittee pursued truce supervision while the first faced gaps in the roster and missing names amid calls for tighter supervision and curb on buildup.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
Buttes Mercury Faces -20 Degree Cold Snap In Butte
Frigid conditions grip Butte with subzero highs and overnight lows near -20. Snow totals reach about four inches as city crews plan snow removal Thursday. Departments warn drivers to use chains and winter tires amid tough, hilly streets.
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Butte
School of Mines
Santa Claus
Santa
Montana
Uptown
Bus Problem Is Still Unsolved In Butte
Butte city bus service faces possible halt after Jan 31 as Butte City Lines cannot run on a break even basis. The Chamber of Commerce transportation committee subcommittee has explored options with J L Haugh but has yet to find a funding plan requiring about $50,000 yearly. Committee members invite any viable solutions and note similar transit struggles in other cities under a Birmingham formula approach.
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Butte City Lines
Tom Murray
Butte Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee
Chamber
J. L. Haugh
Murray
Business Week
National City Transit Company
National City
Birmingham
Freezing Weather Curtails War Front in Korea
Fog and freezing conditions slowed the Korean front as air strikes diminished. Allied pilots reported limited daylight missions, while ground forces repelled a Chinese probing force and smaller skirmishes continued around Chorwon and Yonchon.
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Korea
United States Eighth Army
Eighth Army
Far East Air Forces
Chongju
FPEAP
Pyongyang
Yangdok
Red Air Force
North Korea
Central Korea
Chorwon
Yonchon
Cardinal Spellman Heads to Korea on Christmas Visit
Cardinal Francis Spellman leaves New York by plane to join American troops in Korea. He journeys at the invitation of General James Van Fleet, commander of the Eighth Army, and will reach Tokyo at 2 30 p m Saturday Tokyo time.
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New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Korea
Cardinal Spellman
James van Fleet
Eighth Army
Tokyo
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