Senate Demands GOP Votes to Block War Probe Continuations
The Democratic organization in the Senate opened a drive to recruit insurgent Republican votes to block extensions for two special committees the war investigating unit and the small business committee. A pivotal vote is set for Wednesday as Tobey backs the effort and Morse hints at a compromise amidst party-line splits.
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Washington
Jan
Senate
Congress
Special War Investigating Committee
Senate Small Business Committee
Morse
Oregon
Tobey
N. H
Brewster
R-Me
Wherry
Butte to Host 1947 Montana Contractors Convention
Butte will host the Montana Contractors association convention with about 250 contractors and associates attending. Harry W. Morrison of Morrison Knudsen will speak at the Wednesday session. The program includes a mixer, separate contractor and associate meetings, a joint session with several Montana highway department engineers, a women’s luncheon, and a grand banquet in the Silver Bow ballroom.
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Butte
Montana Contractors Association
Harry W. Morrison
Boise
Idaho
Morrison- Knudsen
L. M. Sheridan
D. J. Mooney
Rex Fuller
Hotel
Finlen
Contractors and Associates
Mr. Morrison
Howard W. Holmes
P. G.poore
Ray Percy
Montana Highway Department
Helena
W. J. Kiely
James T. Finlen, Jr
Silver Bow Ballroom
Army Plane Operated by Remote Control Demonstrated
A Flying Fortress operated by remote control took off from Elgin Field Florida and landed in Washington amid a test to prove air raids could be conducted without risking pilots. The drone B 17 was to return to Florida but bad weather forced an emergency stop.
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Washington
Elgin Field
Fla
Virginia
Florida
Portal-to-Portal Suits Challenged by A F L Group
The A F L metal trades department condemned portal-to-portal pay lawsuits as a breach of faith by unions as Congress considers bills to outlaw the claims. Senate action assigns hearings to the judiciary committee. A Supreme Court decision cited supports the wage claims, potentially totaling billions.
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Washington
A. F. L. Metal Trades Department
Congress
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Portal
Judiciary Committee
Wiley
Wis
Labor Committee
Taft
Ohio
Judiciary
Hoffman
Mich
House
Supreme Court
Michigan Pottery Workers
John P. Frey
Italian Assembly President Quits Amid Government Crisis
Guiseppe Saracat resigned as president of Italy's constituent assembly, announced by his secretary. The move follows Foreign Minister Pietro Nenni declaring the Socialist party split pact with the Communist party a concrete fact, signaling mounting government tensions.
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Rome
Guiseppe Saracat
Socialist Party
Italy
Constituent Assembly
Pietro Nenni
Italian Communist Party
Montana Soldier Killed in Japan Accident
Pvt. William G. Cruikshank 18 of Malta Montana was accidentally killed in Osaka Japan last Thursday when he fell from the back of a truck he and two companions rode in He served in the Fourth Regiment of the 25th Infantry Division U S Army.
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Tokyo
U.P
William G. Cruikshank
Malta
Mont
Osaka
United States Infantry Division
Democrats Map Senate Setup to Counter GOP
Senate Democratic leaders plan a seven member policy committee under the reorganiza tion act to push Truman programs and counter GOP proposals. Reported picks include Tydings Russell Hatch Hill O Mahoney and Green with Lucas and McMahon possible nonvoting observers. The group aims to energize the minority's response in the Senate.
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Barkley
Tydings
Maryland
Russell
Georgia
Hatch
New Mexico
Hill
Alabama
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Green
Rhode Island
New England
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
McMahon
Connecticut
Calm disciplined captain saves six from Antarctic crash
Aboard the U S S Pine Island Captain Henry H Caldwell is credited with saving six Navy men after a PBM Mariner crash in Antarctic ice. The survivors were returned to the Pine Island by air, with five slightly injured and the pilot Lt. (jg) Ralph Paul LeBlanc severely hurt. Ensign Maxwell A Lopez and Radioman Wendell K Henderson provided accounts before rest.
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Navy
Antarctic
U. S. S. MT. Olympus
Antarctics
Pine Island
PBM Mariner
Henry H. Caldwell
Ralph Paul LeBlanc
St. Martinsville
Maxwell A. Lopez
Newport, R. I
Wendell K. Henderson
Early Accord Expected on Austrian Peace Terms
An American informant said the deputy foreign ministers conference could soon agree on Austrian peace terms and draft recommendations for the four power talks in Moscow. The goal is Austria as an independent state with limited reparations, while German treaty remains unresolved and likely stringent to ensure payment for war of aggression.
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London
Foreign Ministers
Foreign Ministers Council
Moscow
United States
Austria
France
Britain
Russia
Sievers Funeral Set Wednesday
Dr. J. R. E. Sievers a prominent Butte physician died after a cerebral hemorrhage at St James hospital. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday at 2 pm at Whites funeral home with Rev Thomas Ashworth officiating. Burial will be in Mount Moriah cemetery.
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J. R. E. Sievers
Pioneer Butte
St. James Hospital
Whites’ Funeral Home
Thomas Ashworth
St. John Episcopal Church
Mount Moriah
Sievers
J. L. Templeman
West Park
A. R. Sievers
Butte Teachers Union Demands Higher Pay and New Schedule
The Butte Teachers union presented demands for a $400 raise this year and a new salary schedule for 1947-48, plus supplementary contracts for after hour work. Mary Elizabeth Miller signed the communication and Sarah McNelis urged written board replies by Jan 22.
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Board of Trustees
Butte School District No
Butte Teachers Union
Mary Elizabeth Miller
Sarah McNelis
Miss McNells
Education Committee
Arthur Lehwalder
O. A. Dingman
British Move to Stop London Strike Amid Food Shortage
London reporters and the British labor ministry rushed talks with employers and union leaders as truck drivers strike extended for a week and a sympathy walkout hit the city. Some 7 000 market workers joined the stoppage as troops were deployed to secure essential food distribution, and Coldstream Guards ferried meat and blocks to market.
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London
Ministry of Labor
R. M. Gould
Labor Ministry
Labor
George Isaacs
Coldstream Guards
Greater London
Central Wages Board
Union Chief Admits Taking Money From Contractors
Joseph S. Fay a leading A F L construction union official confessed in federal court to accepting payments totaling 70 000 from two contractors to oppose union action delaying a New York city water supply project. He admitted receiving 40 000 from William J Brewster of Bogota New Jersey and 30 000 from John S McDonald Walsh Construction vice president.
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Newark
N. J
U.P
Joseph S. Fay
A. F. L. Construction
New York City
John W. McGeehan
Fay
William J. Brewster
Bogota
Johns. McDonald
Walsh Construction Company
Executed Murderer's Fluid Restores Sight to Priest
In Reno on January 13 a 31 year old Catholic priest Father Edmond Boyle formerly of Pawtucket Rhode Island regained sight in a blinded eye after a rare vitreous transplant using a murderer's eyes. Surgeon Dr S T Clarke performed the operation late Saturday night and said results would be known in two to three weeks though the priest saw fingers on a doctor's hand less than 36 hours later.
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Reno
Edmond Boyle
Pawtucket
R. I
Nevada
Sugar Ring in Four-State Area Foiled by U S Officials
Federal officials say they smashed the largest sugar black market ring in U S history linking New Mexico Texas Kansas and Colorado. Kingpin A M Bartlett of Hobbs New Mexico faces wartime sugar rationing charges after a bond set at 155000. A warrant is out for Trudy Edwards for allegedly falsifying Bartletts ration account.
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Albuquerque
N. M
United States
Everett M. Grantham
New Mexico
Texas
Kansas
Colorado
A. M. Bartlett
Hobbs
Bartlett
Trudy Edwards
Lea County State Bank
Grantham
Coronado
Calif
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana Regions
Mostly cloudy with snow flurries expected Tuesday morning in Butte, decreasing by Tuesday evening. Highs around 5 to 15 degrees in regions west of the divide, with colder conditions and scattered snow flurries across eastern Montana. City observations show Mines 20 and 7, airport 18 and 4 as recent highs and lows.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Southwest
Montana Legislature Opens Busy 30th Session in Helena
In a highly active start to Montana's 30th legislature, 23 House measures were sent to committees. The Senate disbanded its old public morals panel, creating a nine-member business administration committee to handle liquor and state administration matters. A three-member education study committee was authorized, with floor and committee actions guiding the new session.
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Helena
Montana
House
Senate
Public Morals
Senate Business Administration
E. A. Blenkner
Rstillwater
House Judiciary Committee
Leo Graybill
D-Cascade
House Committee On
W. E. Keeley
R-Powell
Senate Committee On Public Morals
Business Administration
Keeley
G. M. Moss
Flathead
G. F. Mundy
Leon C. Olmstead
R-Sweetgrass
Nephew of Late W. A. Clark Taken by Death
Clark Joaquin Bonner Sr., 57, nephew of Senator William A. Clark and J. Ross Clark, died Monday in Los Angeles. He developed LA and suburban residential projects, led the Montana Land Company, and was a former insurance executive. Survived by widow Violet and two sons Clark Jr. and William Ross Bonner, both of Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Clark Joaquin Bonner, Sr
U. S
William A. Clark
Montana
J. Ross Clark
Salt Lake City
Bonner
Montana Land Company
Rochester
Violet
Clark Jr
William Ross Bonner
Requests In Congress Demand Aviation Safety Probes
Lawmakers voiced fear over recent air crashes as Congress prepared for a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on airline safety. Representative Rivers urged a separate House probe after citing an Eastern Airlines crash near Galax Virginia that killed 18. Senator Brewster and Senator McCarran noted public fear and questioned alarms, while airline officials acknowledged declines in fatalities.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
House
Rivers
D-S. C
Eastern Airlines
Galax
Long Island
N. Y. Beach
Brewster
Maine
McCarran
D-Nev
United States Airlines
Advisory Board Urges 20 Percent Tax Cut and Fair Labor Laws
Washington report states the Commerce Department's 18 man small business advisory committee called for a 20 percent personal income tax cut and tax relief for business. It urged equal treatment of labor and management by law and proposed broader exemptions for corporate dividends from the top tax rate. The panel pressed Congress to ease taxation and to ensure law and order with fair enforcement for employees and employers.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Truman
Secretary of Commerce
Henry A. W Harriman
William C. Poster
Harriman
Congress
Man Kills Wife With Stocking in San Diego
In San Diego on Monday 48 year old Charles Vincent Fraher employed by the state employment bureau confessed to killing his wife Yvonne F Praher with a stocking. Police found Mrs Praher dead on a bed with a stocking wrapped around her neck and Fraher with a blood soaked towel on his arm claiming he attempted suicide but then reconsidered.
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San Diego
U.P
State Employment Bureau
Charles Vincent Fraher
Yvonne F Praher
Praher
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Harry Jacoby
Otto
Jacoby
A. F.L
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Japan
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Paul Maynard Skaug
Nevada State Prison
Bert Deady
Nev
Velma McCarthy
Deady
Skaug
A. P
Associated Press
Max
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus Sesepecen
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond - Glasgow
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Havre
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston Miles City
Missoula
Yellowstone
Whitehall
W. A. Clark
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