Senate-House group urges relentless economy policy
A Senate-House economic subcommittee urged continued frugality in government while backing Marriner Eccles in warning the treasury leans easy money. The report calls for a Federal Reserve primacy in credit and tighter alignment with monetary policy, plus commissions to study broad financial controls and bank deposit insurance limits.
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Texas
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R-Vt
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Walcott
R-Mich
National Monetary and Credit Council
Two Mothers and Three Children Die in Gas Explosion
In Vincennes Indiana on January 12 a fatal blast at Bowman Terrace federal housing killed two young mothers Wanda M Cooper 23 and Rose Overfelt 21 and five victims including their children Charles Wayne Cooper 5 Barbara Jo Cooper 3 Vickie June 18 months and one more. Fort Knox soldiers aided recovery as investigators blamed gas buildup in a basementless duplex unit with a faulty water heater and gas ranges.
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Vincennes
Ind
Bowman Terrace
Wanda M. Cooper
Granville F. Cooper
Charles Wayne Cooper
Barbara Jo Cooper
Rose Overfelt
William H. Overfelt
Vickie June
Fort Knox
Cooper
James Compton
Paul Keene
James F. Harlow
Paul Strate
Dewey Shepherd
Overfelt
Pomjeroy Manufacturing Company
Bringwald
Terre Haute
Robert Brown
Brown
Mabel Miley
Arraignments Set for 14 in Helena
Fourteen defendants are docketed for arraignment Saturday on 53 charges including conspiracy to operate slot machines and extortion under threat to expose gambling in Lewis and Clark county barrooms. Indicted by the county grand jury in session since July, arraignments will be at 10 am before District Judges Horsky and Padbury. Names include Roger Porter and Sheriff E R Unger among others. Potter faces criminal conspiracy.
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Helena
Lewis and Clark County
A. J. Horsky
George W. Padbury, Jr
Potter
Porter
Drivers Boycott Silver Bow Plate Sales Amid Delays
In Silver Bow county the treasurer and county commissioners faced a boycott as drivers avoided the single window for license plates and driving permits. Phemia McPhail demanded three extra deputies before selling driving permits, sparking plans for mediation talks as motorists complained of the delays.
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Court House
Phemia McPhail
Emmett O’brien
Joe H. Sullivan
Loretta L. Sullivan
Miss McPhail
Silver Bow County
Anaconda
Butte
Deer Lodge County
Deer Lodge
Dramatic leukemia recoveries linked to hormone ACTH
New York physicians report dramatic recoveries from acute leukemia in three children and two adults after 24 to 30 days of ACTH hormone treatment. One child relapsed three weeks later, others remained well for up to five weeks with signs of near normal blood work.
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New York
Acheson charges Russia seizes large China regions
Secretary of State Acheson accused Moscow of taking four vast areas in north China including Manchuria. He framed this as a chance to shape U S Far East policy by promoting Asian independence while warning China and Asia would resent imperialist moves. He named Manchuria Outer Mongolia Inner Mongolia and Sinkiang as areas of concern. The speech at the National Press Club marked the first public Western challenge to Soviet moves in the region.
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Washington
Acheson
Russia
China
Manchuria
United States
Far East
Soviet Union
Asia
Outer Mongolia
Inner Mongolia
Sinkiang
America
Woman Admits Setting Fire That Killed 41 in Ward
A 23 year old patient described as schizophrenic admitted to setting a fire in the St Elizabeth Ward of Mercy hospital causing 41 deaths. Mrs Elnora Epperly of Rock Island faces murder charges in arson. Authorities note she escaped through a transom after lighting curtains.
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Davenport
Iowa
Scott County
Clark O. Filseth
Elnora Epperly
Rock Island
Mississippi River
St. Elizabeth's
Mercy Hospital
Epperly
Ill
Bernard Moran
Werner M. Hollander
Moran
Harry Weinbrandt
Soviet Bombers Hit Shanghai In Two Waves
Tass reports from Shanghai say two waves of bombers attacked the city on January 11, killing or injuring 21 people. The report is carried by UPI through the Soviet Tass agency.
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London
U.P
Tass
Shanghai
Montana Cold Mass Extends Icy Reach Across State
Arctic mass drives sub zero readings statewide with colder temps forecast in the southwest and north of the divide. West of the divide highs reach 15 to 26 while many eastern towns stay well below zero. Snow is limited to a few points as roads stay open but hazardous.
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Arctic
Montana
Divide
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Belgrade
Missoula
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Mercury
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Great Falls
Havre
Billings
Custer
Glasgow
Miles City
Weather Bureau
Livingston
Broadus
State Highway Department
Butte Weather Forecast Prefers Cold Snow Flurries
Partly cloudy to cloudy with occasional light snow flurries and much colder conditions expected Friday. Forecast highs range from 0 to 25 depending on location, with various readings at the airport and mining school showing subzero to low teens.
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School of Mines
President Sees No Coal Emergency
President Truman said there is no emergency warranting use of the Taft Hartley law in the soft coal dispute. He reiterated he will act only if coal supplies threaten national health or safety, and he expects Congress to repeal the law. He noted the three day work week in coal fields remains in effect.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
John L. Lewis
Congress
Motorist Pays City Overparking Fine for Plate Hunt
Police praised a Butte motorist who paid a $1 overparking ticket after explaining he waited three hours in a county treasurer line to obtain a 1950 license plate. He preferred the ticket to extra time in the parking meter line.
Montanan Dies After Auto Collision Near Sidney
Carl Cottrell 54 of Fairview died in a Sidney hospital from injuries after a car struck his group while they helped unload hay eight miles north of Sidney. John Worley 63 remained hospitalized in critical condition with head and chest injuries. William Walworth and Mrs Thorson escaped serious harm.
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Sidney
Carl Cottrell
Fairview
Here
Cottrell
John Worley
William Walworth
T. J. Thorson
Worley
Walworth
Truman Seeks Economic Union Across Western Europe
President Truman urged Congress to back a long range plan for a united Western European economic area of about 270 million people. The ECA report calls for relaxed trade rules, tariff cuts, fiscal stability, and increased production, arguing devaluations align prices with hard currency areas and pave the way for broader integration. It envisions a single market with fewer movement and monetary barriers, aided by Marshall Plan funds.
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Truman
Congress
Europe
Economic Co-operation Administration
ECA
Western
Jap Communists Defy Cominform
Tokyo reports the Japanese Communist party elevates Sanzo Nozaka as top strategist amid questions if the move is genuine or a staged tactic. Pravda echoed Cominform criticism, while the party issued a bold defense praising Nozaka and warning against outside criticism.
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Tokyo
Japanese Communist Party
Sanzo Nozaka
The
Orient
Tito
Nozaka
Japan
Pravda
Moscow
Cominform
Book on prison life tied to alleged robbery
Los Angeles officers arrested 30 year old Rudolph M. Nelson on suspicion of robbery after store detectives accused him of shoplifting a book titled Alcatraz Island Prison and the Men Who Live There from a downtown department store.
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Los Angeles
Rudolph M. Nelson
Alcatraz Island
Truculent Submarine Sunk After Collision Off Thames
The 1090 ton submarine Truculent was rammed by the freighter Divina in fog off the Kent coast near the Thames. Seventy six aboard. fifteen survived, two killed, fifty nine feared trapped as divers search the wreck. Divina and Almdijk rescued several crew members. Continued on page 6.
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London
U.P
Thames River
Kent County
Admiralty
Divina
Almdijk
Southend
Examiners Report on Affairs of Silver Bow County
State examiners critique Silver Bow county offices citing inadequate records and undermanned staff. They urge action on delinquent tax records, unremitted fees, and illegal claims including over ten thousand dollars for dual chauffeurs, urging prompt corrective measures and better revenue collection.
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Silver Bow County
State Examiner
Pat A. Kelly
E. J. Beckett
Silver Bow
Citizens to Pay 19 986 195 for Education in Montana
Montana taxpayers will contribute 19 986 195 in direct school taxes for the 1949 50 school year to educate children, up from 18 127 948 the year before. C R Anderson, administrative assistant to State School Superintendent Mary M Condon, announced at the Montana Association of School Administrators convention opening. The gathering of nearly 200 educators was led by President W L Emmert of Polson with Charles D Haynes of Hamilton named president and Merle Gallagher of Billings named vice president for the coming year.
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Montana
C. R. Anderson
Mary M. Condon
Anderson
Montana Association of School Administrators
W. L. Emmert
Polson
Charles D. Haynes
Hamilton
Merle Gallagher
Billings
John D. Shively
Bozeman
D. D. Cooper
Townsend
W. W. Wetzel
Glendive
Haynes
Gallagher
Harry M. Ross
Butte
Butte craftsman urges eight hour day in world leadership
A Butte Building mechanic writes to a column urging a return to the eight hour work day. He notes the six hour day arose from scarce jobs in 1934 and warns that cutting both time and pay by 25 percent would harm the nation. He argues competition drives progress and rejects communism as unsafe.
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Butte
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