Army probes McCarthy aide Schine favoritism claims
The Army opened an inquiry into allegations that G David Schine, aide to Senator McCarthy, received preferential treatment during basic training at Ft Dix. Schine, 26, reportedly enjoyed weekends off, a chauffeured Cadillac, and other perks, while fellow soldiers faced standard duties. The investigation, expected to conclude in about a week, will determine if the claims hold and whether higher officers were aware.
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FT. DIX
N. J
Army
G. David Schine
Pvt. Schine
Joseph R. Mearthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Europe
Schine
Basic
Stern Aining
Hine
Washington
Camp Ordon
Criminal Investigation Division
Investigaon
Harry H. Lapham
Lapham
New York Post
Post
Veterans groups seek Montana Korean War bonus on ballot
Four veterans organizations in Helena propose a $15 monthly state bonus for Korean War service, up to $600 for service from June 1950 to October 1952. They aim to place the measure via petition, needing about 18 000 signatures, and would use a surplus from a cigarette tax to fund it.
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Helena
Mont
Fourajor
American Legion
American Vterans
Veterans of
Korea
Petsion
Charles Pew
John W. Mahan
Kelena
Legion
DAV
VFW
Pew
Montana
Assemly
Legion - Amvets- Av-Vfw
Ade
James Neely
AIMME President Targets Taft Policy At Colorado Meet
Andrew Fletcher president of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers challenged Taft statements at the National Western Mining Conference in Denver. He cited rising lead imports from 220000 tons in 1951 to 630000 tons in 1952 and warned price swings hurt consumers and miners.
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Denver
United States
Andrew Fletcher
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
National Western Mining Conference
Colorado Mining Assn
Fletcher
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Committee For
St. Joseph
Defense of Tank Contract Award Draws Senate Question
John Slezak defended the 200 million dollar award to General Motors Fisher Body as sound policy. Senator Kefauver warned the move concentrates defense work and risks loss of know-how and production vulnerability. Chrysler submitted the only rival bid, about 18 million higher, raising questions of long term economy.
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Washington (P
John Slezak
General Motors
Slezak
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen. Kefauver
Dtenn
Kefauver
Fisher Body
Army
United States
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Weight and ads tease for health and home needs
An old ad urges keeping weight normal for heart and feet and notes home help wants ads for selling buying renting or hiring. It touts a simple phone line 5451 to reach an ad writer. A sample seller boasts two very good carpets cheap with phone 0000.
Mexico Ends Border Push for Braceros
Mexico will allow Mexican migrant workers to cross into the United States with minimal checks. Interior Ministry instructs immigration officials to record only name occupation and age, amid reports of violence in Baja California and a trampling death of a bracero during a border rush.
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United States
Calexico
Calif
Mexico City
U.P
Mexico
Interior Ministry
California
Texas
Baja
Tijuana
Beeson Nomination to NLRB Faces Further Questioning
President Eisenhower's choice Albert C. Beeson to the National Labor Relations Board ran into trouble as Republican senators recalled him for more questioning. Senator H Alexander Smith and Senator Barry Goldwater will interview Beeson after Beeson was summoned back from a weekend in Pennsylvania. The hearing aims to address Beeson's past statements about returning to his private sector job, which Democrats claim show potential conflicts of interest with NLRB duties.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Albert C. Beeson
National Labor Relations Board
Beeson
H. Alexander Smith
Senate Labor Committee
Pennsylvania
Smith
Sen. Goldwater
Ariz
San Jose
Calif
Mercury
Food, Machinery and Chemical Corp
NLRB
Sen. Murray
D-Mont
Labor Committee
Rhee Calls Japan Aggressor Despite Dulles Efforts
President Syngman Rhee in Seoul declares Japan remains an aggressor nation and has only temporarily postponed ambitions. He condemns Secretary of State Dulles for trying to smooth relations with the former empire.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S
Syngman Rhee
Japan
ROK
John Foster Dulles
Bricker Amendment Struggles Hit New Compromise Push
Senate debate on the Bricker amendment to curb presidential treaty powers shifts as Sen. McCarran offers a substitute dropping the which clause. A bipartisan compromise draft, with President Eisenhower against the measure, was hinted to be ready soon, while Knowland says its intro is delayed for weekend talks and broader support.
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Washington
Bricker
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Senate
McCarran
Congress
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Sen
Knowland
California
GOP
Eisenhower
United States
U S Joblessness Reaches Three Year High As Jobs Drop
Unemployment rose by 509000 from December to January to 2359000, a three year high. Total civilian employment fell below 60 million for the first time since March 1952, signaling a broad downturn alongside a 30 million employment decline over five months.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Census Bureau
Man Arrested After Brandishing Gun in East Butte
A man identified as John Rolcke, 37, was held in the county jail after allegedly brandishing an automatic pistol at a resident in East Butte. The same night Francis Picard, 34, was detained nearby after a neighbor reported a man loitering. Deputies recovered a loaded .380 pistol from Rolcke during a search after he agreed to be searched. Both men were held without charge.
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John Rolcke
Montana
East Butte
Robert Lee
Plum
Rolcke
Lee
Buddy
Bill Dalling
Carl Hastie
Maurice Barry
Hastie
Barry
Francis Picard
Picard
156 Club
E. Cherry
Order to Destroy Subversive Files In War Time
Senate investigators were told of a 1944 order to destroy records on subversive individuals in the Army and a separate White House order to destroy naval intelligence files on Communist activities in New York. No official report was issued due to wartime secrecy.
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Washington
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Senate
Bridges
Sen
Jenner
Rind
Senate Internal Security Committee
White House
Naval
New York
Senate Set to Fast Vote on CCC Funds Bill
Senate schedules a Monday hurry up vote on a bill to wipe out 741 million dollars in CCC losses and restore lending power for price support crop loans. Leader Knowland says stay in session if needed, with hour long debate limits and one hour for motions.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
Knowland
Calif
House
Coffee Prices Rise as Supply Drought Hits Market
A New York banker told Senate investigators that production cuts and frosts in Brazil plus rising demand push prices higher. He noted Latin American sellers and roasters shaping the market while Congress weighs a boycott plan and the FTC probes trading practices.
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Washington
New York
Senate
Brazil
Chester Dewey
Grace National Bank
Senate Banking Committee
Dewey's
Latin America
Dewey
House
Capitol
Rep
Hosmer
Californian
Federal Trade Commission
Rotering Denies Olsen Gas Tax Case Charges Delay
Rotering questions venue and what occurred in the county as he defends against Attorney General Olsen. He says witnesses have not been questioned and forms lack certifications while noting Olsen released his letter to press before his office received it.
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Arnold H. Olsen
George W. Padbury Jr
Silver Bow
Atty. N. A
Rotering
Olsen
Padbury
J. Frank Sullivan
George Woadbury Jr
United Press
Associated Press
Mitchell to Meet With Montana Democrats in Helena
DNC chairman Stephen A. Mitchell will meet Montana Democratic leaders in Helena February 12 and 13. Joe B. Reber head of the Young Democratic Clubs of Montana will organize a February 12 dinner, and Mitchell will confer with Democratic workers from all counties on February 13.
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Mitchell
Helena
Stephen A. Mitchell
Democratic National Committee
Montana
Joe B. Reber
Young Democratic Clubs of
Berlin conference drama over German unification and arms
At the Berlin session the West proposed Eden plan uniting 68 million Germans in a free election while Molotov clashed over German representation and world disarmament talks, with Dulles urging progress and a secret session planned for next week.
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Berlin
Russia
Germany
Europe
Britain
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Molotov
Red China
Georges Bidault
United Nations
Dulles and Molotov to Discuss Atomic Pool Talks
Secretary of State Dulles and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov planned first talks on international atomic energy negotiations in Berlin after the Big Four session. They would meet Saturday night to discuss how to proceed under President Eisenhower's UN proposal and Russia's counter ideas, focusing on process rather than substance.
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Berlin
Dulles
Molotov
Washington
Eisenhower
United Nations
United States
Russia
Weather summary for Friday into Sunday with varied temperatures
Partly cloudy conditions with no significant temperature change. Saturday high 30 to 40, low 18 Saturday night, Sunday high 38. Period temps show 12 midnight Thursday to 5:30 p.m. Friday max 40 min 26 with trace precipitation. Northwest warmer Saturday, eastern portions warmer Sunday, and table notes explain max and min timing.
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Divide
Montana
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Butte
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispells
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
West Yellowstone
Whitehall Reitiessey
Tito to Continue Yugoslavia Rule
Marshal Tito was unanimously reelected president of Communist Yugoslavia and will take a four year term after an oath in Parliament. He stated Yugoslavia would trade with both sides of the Iron Curtain but would not return to the Soviet camp. He delivered a 70,000 word state of the union with a tone softened by illness, and defended independence from Moscow.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Socialistic Alliance
Executive Council
Montana Boy Believed Drowned in Missouri River
A 13 year old boy Andrew Maide Helm of Trident Montana is believed drowned after a fishing trip with two companions. The search by local workers and Sheriff C E Rice focused on ice covered Missouri River near Trident with tracks leading to a hole in the ice. The rescue party suspended work at 5 pm but plans to resume the search Saturday for the body.
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Trident
U.P
Montana
Missouri
Andrew Maide
Helm
E. R. Helm
Gallatin County
C. E. Rice
Bozeman
Rice
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Rhee
Eden
Bricker Amendment
East Butte House
Soviet
Anthony Eden
Konrad Adenauer
East Zone
Otto Grotewohl
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