Convicts Apprehended After Five Day Arkansas Hunt
In North Little Rock police captured the last three escapees after a gun battle left two wounded. State police identified the wounded as James Perry Williams and Jack Rhenark. Earlier, David Dyer surrendered without resistance. Odus Eaton was arrested near Scott, Arkansas, after a separate pursuit.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
North Little Rock
James Perry Williams
Jack Rhenark
David Dyer
Odus Eaton
Scott
Government orders railroads to cut passenger service
The Interstate Commerce Commission directs coal burning railroads to reduce passenger service by one third to conserve coal stocks dwindling after the three day work week. The order, effective Sunday night, targets lines with under 25 days coal supply and could affect 36 to 40 railroads mainly in the east and south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
ICC
Lewis
Illinois
UMW
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Baby Dies in Accidental Suffocation at Havre
Eight month old Margaret Marie King, daughter of Donald and Mrs. King, died at home in Havre from accidental suffocation after pulling bed clothing over her head. Mrs. King found the infant unconscious shortly before 10 a.m. Wednesday. police firemen and a physician failed to revive her.
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Havre
U.P
Margaret Marie King
Donald King
Government Expels 158 Lawyers in Prague During Christmas Week
The government expelled 158 non Communist lawyers from the legal profession during Christmas week, liquidated their offices and drafted some for unskilled labor, diplomatic and legal sources said Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
U.P
Kennard Named Chief Engineer for Anaconda Montana Idaho
Rollin J. Kennard, former mechanical superintendent at Great Falls reduction works, is appointed chief engineer of the electrical and mechanical departments for Anaconda Copper Mining Company in Montana and Idaho. He succeeds the late C. D. Woodward.
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Rollin J. Kennard
Great Falls
Montana and
Idaho
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
C. D. Woodward
E. S. McGlone
Anaconda Company
Kennard
Butte
Anaconda
Montana
University of Missouri
Montana Power Company
Montana Liquor Board Cleared by State Committee
A Montana House committee in Helena reported the liquor control board has a clean bill of health. The five member 1949 liquor investigation panel chaired by J. E. McKenna said records of purchases sales licenses inventories were kept properly and licensing followed the law. It noted liquor was purchased only during sessions from distillers or importers and stored properly on licensed premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana House of Representatives
Montana
Liquor Control Board
Legislature
J. E. McKenna
Lewistown
D-Fergus
Arnold H. Olsen
Legislative Committee
Britain to Recognize Mao Regime Amid China Policy Shift
Britain plans to recognize Mao Tze-tung's Peiping regime within days, signaling a major postwar policy shift. The move aims to protect about $1 billion in British investments and maintain trade, with formal notes to Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists and a likely break in ties with Nanking. Sir Ralph Stevenson is not expected to be posted to Peiping.
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India
Burma
Pakistan
Mao Tze-tung
Peiping
Britain
Ernest Bevin
London
Conference of Commonwealth
Colombo
Ceylon
China
Washington
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Mao
Chiang
Cheng Tienhsi
Nanking
Ralph Stevenson
Dr. Sander May Face Medical License Revocation
In Manchester New Hampshire Dr. Hermann N. Sander may lose his license to practice medicine following an indictment as a mercy killer. A meeting between Attorney General William L. Phinney and Dr. John S. Wheeler clarified whether the board could revoke a license under state law. Wheeler did not comment on a possible board session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
U.P
Hermann N. Sander
New Hampshire
William L. Phinney
John S. Wheeler
State Board of Registration In Medicine
Wheeler
Phinney
Sander
Board of Registration
Gambling in Butte Down as Result of Court Decision
District Judge John B. McClernan abated a punchboard game at Crown Cigar store calling it an old fashioned lottery. The order shut down games in Crown and other places and targeted Crown Cigar store Copper Kings club 106 110 East Park Street Joseph E Lyden John C Cox George D Curtis Old National Bank of Spokane and others. The memorandum outlined Montana gambling history from territorial days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
John B. McClernan
Crown Cigar Store
Crown
Arnold H. Olsen
Copper Kings Club
Butte Faces Severe Cold as Canadian Wave Drops Temps
Butte endures a brutal cold front from Canada with temperatures plunging to near -30 expected Thursday. Forecasters warn relief is unlikely for two to three days as a stationary front over Seattle drags the cold into Montana. Thursday’s high may reach eight above with temps lingering well below zero tonight.
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Butte
Canada
Seattle
Montana
Acheson to Reply to GOP Criticism on Formosa Policy
Secretary of State Dean Acheson prepares to answer Republican critics over Formosa defense. He will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday at 10 30 a m EST, warning that defending Formosa could trigger a shooting war. GOP leaders including Herbert Hoover push for U S military action to save Formosa as the Nationalist island makes a last stand.
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Washington
U.P
Dean Acheson
China
United States
Formosa
Tom Connally
Texas
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
GOP
Herbert Hoover
Charles A. Batonga
Japan
Philippines
Mr. Hoover
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Butte Area Weather Forecast With Varying Temps
Partly cloudy Thursday across Butte with temperatures in the 8 to 15 degree range. Maximums reach 10 to 15 west of Divide and 5 to 15 east of Divide with some areas near 0 to -5 in the northeast and extreme east. Snow flurries expected west and scattered snow flurries east. Precipitation around 0.02 inches. At School of Mines and Airport the record shows near 7 to -8 and 9 to -18 respectively for max and min.
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School of Mines
Divide
New Action Filed by Roger Porter
Roger Porter of Helena filed a new action seeking to restrain Lewis and Clark county officials from drawing or paying any warrants from tax funds for use by the grand jury. Porter, facing 16 indictments, argues the grand jury is illegal and the 57 indictments returned since July are void. He had sought a temporary injunction from the Montana Supreme Court previously but the court dismissed the original suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Roger Porter
Porter
High Court
Lewis and Clark County
William Manning
Florence Thiesen
Stanley M. Doyle
Doyle
Witness testifies Bridges attended closed Communist meetings
Lawrence Ross, a former Communist party functionary and current Memphis editor, testified he saw Harry Bridges at three closed Communist meetings and again at party headquarters in San Francisco in 1936, stating he was shocked to see Bridges there while Bridges faces perjury charges over his 1945 naturalization.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
Bridges
CIO Longshoremen’s Union
Lawrence Ross
Memphis
Tenn
Ross
President to Seek Budget Just Over Forty-Two Billion
President Truman will ask for a little above 42 billion dollars to run the United States next year, Rayburn said. Current year spending stands at about 43.5 billion, with income near 38 billion. The speaker noted the proposed total may be smaller by about 1.8 billion, as Congress weighs tax questions and potential cuts ahead of the State of the Union address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
United States
House
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
White House
Congress
Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Court Renovation Bills Refused by County Officials
Sheriff Al McLeod filed an affidavit in district court alleging the Silver Bow County Commissioners wilfully neglected to sign warrants for bills arising from renovating the department one court chambers as ordered by Judge John B. McClernan. The affidavit says the cleaning painting and furnishing were done under a court order of August 24 1949 and bills were submitted and approved.
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al McLeod
District Court
Board of
Silver Bow County Commissioners
Department One Court
John B. McClernan
McClernan
Manganese Mill Razed by Blaze Near Philipsburg
Trout Mining company's manganese mill near Philipsburg was destroyed by a blaze Wednesday night. Four workers on shift escaped unharmed as firefighters in bitter cold battled the flames. the boiler room is cited as the likely source. The mill employs 12 to 16 workers and had burned previously in October 1947. Loss figures were not available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philipsburg
Trout Mining Company
Here
L. B. Manning
State of Socialism sparks Republican branding in Union address
President Truman urged Congress to raise taxes modestly and push a fair deal with a goal of a trillion dollar economy in fifty years. He outlined a bipartisan foreign policy praise and a campaign frame for welfare measures, drawing skepticism from Republicans and cautious support from Democrats. The speech was delivered before a joint session with wide media coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
Russia
A W. Martin, Jr
Mass
Democrats React Cautiously to Truman Program
Washington dispatch reports mixed reactions to President Truman's state of the union message. Republicans decry taxation and socialization while Democrats praise leadership and civil rights cautions loom amid calls to cut spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Sweeping Victory for Wafdists in Egypt Election
Cairo reports a large Wafdist sweep as returns from over half of 319 districts show 110 seats won. Saadists gained seven seats, Liberal Constitutionalists seven, Nationalists four, Independents 14, and Socialists one as Egypt’s first postwar election neared completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Mustafa el Nahas Pasha
Chamber of Deputies
Interior Ministry
Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha
Constitutionalists
Butte Delays Slot Machine Levy Hearing
Butte city council postponed action on a proposed 50 dollar annual operating fee for slot machines to Jan 18 after a parliamentary move. Mayor Thomas R. Morgan led 15 aldermen in a session with Alderman J D Flynn absent sick. The issue arose from judiciary committee reports seeking more study before proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Thomas R. Morgan
J. D. Flynn
Judiciary Committee
Gene W. Daly
Joe A. Kissock
Roth Pleads Guilty to Murder Charge
Valery T. Roth, 22, charged with first degree murder in the Dec 13 1948 slaying of Billings cab driver Carl E. Norstrom, pleaded guilty before District Judge Ben Harwood. Sentence to be pronounced Jan 1. Roth had stood mute at arraignment and a prior plea of innocent was entered. Trial had been set for next Monday.
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Billings
Valery T. Roth
Carl E. Norstrom
Ben Harwood
Roth
Builders Face Eight Hour Debate at Butte Dinner
About 85 attendees from crafts, contractor employers and trades will gather at Finlen hotel at 6:30 p m for a dinner meeting called by Build Butte. They will discuss construction industry problems and whether building trades now working six hours a day would accept an eight hour schedule.
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Butte
Finlen Hotel
Build Butte
Greater Butte
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Associated Press
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Whitehall
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Martin
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America
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