MacArthur Urges U S Lead in War Abolishment
General Douglas MacArthur, speaking at an American Legion banquet in Los Angeles on his 75th birthday, urged the United States to lead in abolishing war. He warned that war is unwinnable, calls for breaking past constraints, and proposes reducing armed forces to handle internal order and international policing while remaining prepared. He criticized world leaders for lacking a peace plan and noted his stance does not call for total disarmament.
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Los Angeles
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Far East
American Legion
Chicago Communist Guilty Sets Legal Precedent
Claude Lightfoot a 44 year old Illinois Communist Party executive secretary was convicted of informed membership in the Communist party under the Smith Act. The verdict tests that knowledge of an organization seeks violent overthrow and carries up to 10 years in prison and $10 000 fine. Lightfoot remains free on bond as defense motions await rulings and an appeal.
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Chicago
Claude Lightfoot
Communist Party
U. S
Lightfoot
Illinois
Philip L. Sullivan
U. S. District Court
Sullivan
Red Cross Meet Is Held Here
Red Cross chapter officers from four counties met at the Chamber of Commerce for a workshop session to prepare the March financial campaign. Pacific area official Sheldon Williamson and Missoula representative Charles Strate outlined the scope of Red Cross work and funding needs, citing hourly aid costs, disaster needs, blood drives, and training rates. Attendees included county and chapter leaders from Deer Lodge Silver Bow Jefferson Powell and others.
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American Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
Powell
Deer Lodge
Jefferson
Silver Bow
Sheldon C. Williamson
Pacific Area
San Francisco
Charles L. Strate
Missoula
Montana
Williamson
E. Roland Harriman
National Red Cross
Butte
Boise
Idaho
E. J. Nordgaard
Anaconda
Deer Lodge County
Sells Swim Suits on Frigid Day
INTERNATIONAL FALLS Minn A Minneapolis salesman sold swim suits and shorts briskly on a 12 below zero day in this Canadian border city Wednesday to retail clothiers. He chose winter’s coldest day to take orders for heat wave sportswear and reported lively sales.
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International Falls
Minn
Minneapolis
Wilson Calls Red Threat a Ripple Then Calls It Inept
Secretary of Defense Wilson told the House Armed Services Committee that his remark calling the Red Chinese threat to Formosa “just a little ripple” was inept not dismissive. He insisted the threat is important but does not alter military needs and that Formosa is a factor in long term defense planning.
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Washington
Wilson
Formosa
House Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower
Russia Urged to Prove Sincerity in Peace Move
Bonn demanded Moscow show real effort to end the state of war with a united Germany by accepting a peace treaty for all of Germany and by freeing all German prisoners. London officials called the move a propaganda gesture aimed at blocking West German rearmament. Paris echoed caution while Adenauer’s government welcomed any step toward genuine peace.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
Moscow
London
Paris
West
Foreign Office
United States
Britain
France
Potsdam
Yalta
Adenauer
Black Forest
Franz Bluecher
Soviet Union
Eight Airmen Survive Storm At Sea After Ditching
In a perilous mid Atlantic maneuver a crippled four engine bomber covered hundreds of miles before ditching near a Coast Guard cutter. All eight aboard were rescued with no injuries reported as the cutter relayed. The tense incident spanned about two hours as rescue crews worked.
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New York
Coast Guard
Weather sketch Montana and ocean rescue at sea
Mild through Thursday with mostly cloudy skies in Montana. West half sees more clouds and possible mountain snow with high in the 35 to 42 range. East portions warmer at times. In a separate sea rescue, a plane ditched near a Coast Guard cutter Coos Bay after fuel loss. survival crewed lifeboats reached safety as radio linked the plane to Bermuda.
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Montana
Coast Guard
Coos Bay
Azores
Bermuda
U. S. Air Force Base
Senate Passes Durum Measure for Wheat Boost
The Senate sent to the House a bill to spur 1955 durum wheat production by allowing farmers in North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota and Montana to plant durum outside regular allotments in counties where it has been grown in the last decade. Support comes from eight sponsors along with endorsements from the Agriculture Department farm groups and milling firms due to a rust plague and a drop in U.S. output from about 35 million to 5.6 million bushels last year.
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Washington
Senate
House
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Montana
United States
Agriculture Department
Senate Critics Open Battle Against Ike's Defense Plan
FE A F reports jets airlift to Formosa to deter communists as Eisenhower pushes a defense outline. Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations back a resolution authorizing the president to use forces to keep Formosa and nearby areas out of Red hands. Critics warn of preventive war and clash over related positions clause.
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Washington
U.S
Asia
Capitol
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
America
Formosa
Pescadores Islands
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Richard Russell
Armed Services Committee
Matthew B. Ridgway
Army Chief of Staff
Senate
Ike
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Bill to Modernize Traffic Codes Filed in Senate
An 83 page bill to modernize Montana highway and traffic codes was introduced in the Senate as the Uniform Highway Act. Sponsors Sens Donald Nutter Robert G Dwyer and W B Spear say it covers most traffic and vehicle safety rules with provisions for electric turn signals new high powered headlights and other modern improvements. The measure also harmonizes city ordinances with state codes and aims to tell motorists what they can do rather than what they cannot. The bill is among 12 measures presented on the Senate's 24th day.
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Helena
Montana
Senate
Donald Nutter
Rrichland
Robert G. Dwyer
Dsilver Bow
W. B. Spear
Rbig Horn
State Highway Patrol
Montana Automobile Assn
Congress
State Insurance Department
Public Welfare Department
J. Hugo Aronson
State Forester
Gareth C. Moon
Missoula
Oil-Gas Conservation Commission
Ernest L. Anderson
Cut Bank
Joe H. Frerich
Poplar
D. E. Hageman
Billings
Glayde W. Yoder
Sidney
Ted Hawley
Conrad
Board of Health
R. J. Losleben
Malta
William F. Morrison
Public Welfare Board
Roy Nelson
Plentywood
Mother Loses 19 Pints of Blood
WHITEFISH Montana doctors halted the nose bleed of 19 year old Mrs James Roth of Eureka after a Saturday start. She had lost 19 pints of blood and remained in extremely critical condition despite whole blood transfusions and oxygen tent treatment. The couple expect a second child in about two months.
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Whitefish
Mont
James Roth
Eureka
Roth
Roth's
Commies Offer to Leave U.S.
Two of twelve jailed second string Communist leaders proposed leaving the United States if spared prison terms. Jacob Mindel, 74, US naturalized citizen since 1918, and Claudia Jones, 40, a British subject from the West Indies, asked Judge Dimock for clemency as they serve two years and a year and a day respectively. Their timing follows the Supreme Court denial of review and prior Russia exile offers by the court.
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New York
United States
Russia
Jacob Mindel
Claudia Jones
West Indies
Mindel
Miss Jones
U. S. Supreme Court
Edward J. Dimock
Dimock
Atty
Mary M. Kaufman
U. S
Montana House Revives Bill on Game Warden
The Montana House voted to revive a bill to rename the state game warden as state game director and deputies as wardens. The measure, once tied and killed, was re-referred to the Fish and Game Committee after lawmakers admitted unclear provisions.
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Montana House
Bill
Helena
Montana
House of Representatives
House Fish and Game Committee
Fritz Norby
R-Cascade
J. Miller Smith
R-Lewis and Clark
R. J. Phillips
R-Fergus
R. A. Grant
D-Custer
Sivert O. Mysse Jr
R-Rosebud
Smith
Phillips
Grant
Montana Fish and Game Department
Fish and Game Committee
Thread Cuts Hot Cake Trick Hits Homemaker
A playful note explains using thread to slice hot cake, with a hint that the same Want Ads system helps solve problems by selling or renting items, finding rooms, or hiring help. Call 5451 for an ad writer. The advertiser touts the ad as “takes the cake” for quick action.
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5451
Recruiting Service Here Open Till Midnight on Jan 31
Army and Navy recruiting stations at 41 W. Park will stay open until midnight January 31 to enlist eligible youths before the Korea GI Bill deadline. Cmdr. Hein and Capt. Murray announced that processing takes time and applications should be submitted early. staff will conduct tests and administer oaths before the deadline.
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Armed Forces
W. Park
Army
Navy
Cmdr
John A. Hein
USN
Roy Murray
Butte
Department of Defense
Korea
Formosa Air War Escalates With Sabre Jets Arriving
Chinese Nationalists renewed attacks on Yikiangshan island as an entire wing of F86 Sabre jets headed to Formosa for temporary duty. FEAF reports the Sabres already landed and the rest will be in place soon. The move accompanies broader redeployments, signaling closer US air involvement near Formosa.
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Tokyo
Formosa
Far East
Earle FE. Partridge
FEAF
Charles E. Wilson
Philippines
Okinawa
U. S
Partridge
U. S. Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Guam
Formosan
Japan
Taipeh
Yikiangshan Island
Far East Air Forces
Dr Gregg Heads Cancer Society At Montana Meeting
Dr Harold W Gregg of Butte was reelected president of the Montana Division American Cancer Society during a three day meeting in Helena. Mrs George Barwise of Wolf Point became division vice president, with Mrs S R Logan and C Glenn Rye reappointed secretary and treasurer. About 100 people from 40 counties attended the training and refresher course as delegates heard cancer experts and ACS officials. New directors named Ted Delaney Grant P Raitt Jane Crawford Norman J Holter with nine holdovers.
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Harold W. Gregg
Butte
Montana
American Cancer Society
George Barwise
Wolf Point
Leonard Young
Helena
S. R. Logan
Charlo
C. Glenn Rye
Billings
Hotel
Finlen
Ted Delaney
Missoula
Grant P. Raitt
Jane Crawford
Glasgow
Norman J. Holter
Formosa Defense Backed by Eden in Commons Clash
Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony Eden defended Eisenhower's Formosa stand in the House of Commons and rejected Clement Attlee's charge of U S interference in the Chinese civil war. He urged a cease fire in the Formosan Strait and hinted a new UN move is under consideration while noting ongoing discussions with the United States and New Zealand. In New York a Western source said cease-fire talks at the UN continue and no action is expected before early next week.
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London
Anthony Eden
Eisenhower
Formosa
Clement Attlee
United States
Formosan Strait
Eden
House of Commons
House
United Nations
New Zealand
Security Council
New York
U. N
Red China
President to Stay Close to Capital
Washington report that for the next two or three months President Eisenhower will stay within two hours by air of Washington. Hagerty said this is not an emergency measure and reflects a wish to stay in close touch with Congress as it has more work this year. He noted the Formosa situation may weigh but did not confirm a direct link.
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Sen
Flanders
R-Vi
Senate
Morse
Ind-ore
Knowland
California
Washington
White House
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Formosa
Hagerty
Congress
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Miles City
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
Formosa Island
Red
George Bailey
Dr. Gregg
Cancer Society
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