Army to Add 240,000 Men to Reach 834,000 Strength
The U S Army plans a rapid expansion to 834,000 troops, an increase of 240,000, and will spend about 1.65 billion dollars for top tier weapons. Chairman Carl Vinson and Army Chief of Staff Gen J Lawton Collins disclosed the plan after a four hour closed committee session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Vinson
Collins
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Truman
Russians May Be Planning New Peace Move
United Nations delegates at Lake Success speculated Russia will push a new peace initiative as the Soviet Union may reclaim a Security Council seat next Tuesday. Officials noted the Stockholm petition failed and referenced North Korea's latest offensive as a broader backdrop to posturing during August. Senate action meanwhile funded a broad national defense package for fiscal 1951 totaling over 14.6 billion dollars, signaling further manpower expansion and weapon development while the Army eyes higher draft calls and a 837,000 ceiling awaiting final action.
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Francis W. Carpenter Lake
United Nations
Soviet Union
Security Council
Stockholm
Russia
Korean
Jakob A. Malik
Council
Arne Sunde
Norway
Sunde
Manhattan
Senate
National Defense Section
Army
Navy
Air Force
Highway plan would fund Montana road program overhaul
Government advisory panel approved a program to raise 5 732 000 dollars annually for road construction and reorganize the Montana highway department. Governor Bonner will present the plan to the 1951 legislature. The reorganization aims to form a 12 member highway commission tenured eight years each with a full time administrator earning 10 000 dollars yearly to oversee all highway work.
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Helena
John W. Bonner
Highway Advisory Committee
Highway Department
Bonner
Montana
C. M. Wall
George Schotte
Butte
Commission
Planes Plaster Red Targets on Battlefront
United States Superforts light bombers and allied carrier planes attacked Communist targets across Korea including bridges and supply lines. One B26 crashed near Chongju. Big aerial offensive reported by Gen. MacArthur with 200 sorties and 200 tons dropped on eight bridges. Hwachang and Pyongyang yards hit. Hwanggan remained in American hands amid counterattacks by U S forces and South Korean units.
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Tokyo
United States
Okinawa
MacArthur
Korea
North Korea
Pyongyang
Hwachang
Ichon
Seoul
South Korea
Chongju
Pusan
Hwanggan
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Alerted to Change in Soviet Policy
Washington dispatch notes Moscow’s hinted shift on Korea and Malik’s August presidency of the Security Council. A possible return to UN debate may signal a new Soviet stance, with Acheon advisors guarding against surprises as Moscow weighs China seating and UN legality.
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Washington
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Moscow
Jakob A. Malik
Security Council
Malik
United Nations
Korea
Acheson
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Kremlin
Stalin
Nehru
Southern California Rocked by Quakes
EL CENTRO Calif July 28 U P The lower portion of southern California near the Mexican border was shaken by a series of sharp earthquakes Friday The shocks were felt in Yuma and Parker Ariz with minor quakes lasting 14 to 19 seconds plaster fell from buildings and glassware was smashed in Westmorland Imperial Valley One tremor shook San Diego hard enough to rattle windows
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EL Centro
Calif
U.P
California
Arizona
Yuma
Parker
Ariz
Westmoreland
Imperial Valley
San Diego
Brazilian airliner crash kills 49 near Porto Alegre
A Panair do Brazil Constellation crashed near Porto Alegre on Friday killing all 49 aboard. Among the dead was Ralph Motley, 48, an American sales manager for Atlantic Refining from Richmond Indiana. The crew numbered six and it was Brazil's worst air disaster.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Porto Alegre
Ralph Motley
Atlantic Refining Company
Richmond
Ind
Brazil
Panair Do Brazil
Atlantic Ocean
Butte Weather Forecast Across Regions Saturday Outlook
Butte remains cloudy and cooler with scattered thundershowers on Saturday. Saturday highs range from 55 to 75 degrees, with lower readings near 44 early morning. Montana regions west of Divide stay cool and overcast, east of Divide expect showers or thunderstorms, cooler with highs 65 to 75 and locally near 80 in extreme east.
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School of Mines
Divide
Predict Buying Surge Subside In Defense Plan Debate
Washington reports a Baruch standby price and rationing plan faces Senate vote as the White House argues the current buying wave is only a speculative flurry likely to subside without major inflation. Baruch advocates price rollback to pre invasion levels and broader controls, while Taft opposes both plan and expanded powers amid a 30 to 35 billion defense budget.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Bernard Baruch
Senate Banking Committee
Baruch
Korea
Maybank
D-S.c
Banking Committee
Russia
Taft
Ohio
Anti Leopolds Continue Riots In Brussels
Rioting anti Leopoldists attacked streetcars taxis and stores in Brussels defying a strike as troops occupied the city to protect vital installations. Premier Duvieusart warned of energetic measures while socialists warned of chaos until Leopold abdicates.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold III
Jean Duvieusart
Germany
Laeken
Leopold
Social Christian
Less Polio Cases Noted This Year
Nationwide polio cases are running below 1949 levels despite outbreaks in isolated cities. Wythe county Virginia reports 81 cases and 11 deaths in 24 days, boosting the state total to 168. National Polio Foundation cites 5151 cases by July 22, versus 6323 last year.
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Chicago
U.P
United States Public Health Service
United Press
Wythe County
Virginia
National
Montana Raises First Draft Quota to 185
HELENA July 28 Montana's draft quota rose from 74 to 185 per State Draft Director S H Mitchell Brig Gen Mitchell said orders go to 850 Montana men to report for physicals at the state induction center in Butte during August Those drafted must be ready for the Army by September 30 and 21 days are allowed to settle personal business before departure Earlier when the 20 000 man call was made Montana's quota was 74 with 300 men sent for physicals
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Helena
Montana
S. H. Mitchell
Mitchell
Butte
NLRB Rules UMW Violated Law In Sidener Case
The National Labor Relations Board ordered Lloyd H. Sidener of Canton Illinois reinstated after finding the United Mine Workers local 7455 and United Electric Coal violated Taft Hartley. The NLRB also mandated back wages and barred retaliation against employees for union activity. The dispute followed Sidener’s attempt to return to work under John L. Lewis’s coal strike directive and later threats after leaving.
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Washington
Illinois
John L. Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Lloyd H. Sidener
Canton
Ill
United Electric Coal Companies
Unon
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
Sidener
NLRB
United Electric
Reds Claim Crew of Plane Captured
Tokyo dispatch reports North Korea’s radio says an American plane was forced to land at Taejon airfield and its crew captured. The Pyongyang broadcast gave no plane specifics or crew size, attributing the landings to fierce anti-aircraft fire, and noted extensive bombing of Pyongyang with many homes destroyed and people injured.
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Tokyo
Taejon
Pyongyang
Atlantic Nations Reach Accord on Defense Setup
The civilian directors of the North Atlantic alliance reached a unanimous agreement to accelerate defense production in western Europe. The 12 deputy foreign ministers met in secret sessions in London under Charles Spofford of the United States, with details withheld. Decisions were sent to member governments.
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London
North Atlantic Alliance
Europe
Charles Spofford
United States
Spofford
West
Lightning Triggers 46 Forest Fires Across Region
MISSOULA July 28. With 46 new lightning caused fires reported Friday, forest officials ordered stricter safety rules on secondary roads in Lolo Bitterroot Flathead Cabinet and Kootenai forests. Shovels axes and water buckets must be in cars. main highways exempt. Violators face denial of forest access. Montana patrols enforce flipper law with fines from 10 to 100 dollars. Jumpers were deployed on a Bitter Root fire, while a Flathead call was canceled. Rain eased some danger though fire risk remains critical in parts of the region.
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Missoula
Region No. 1 Forest Service
Lolo
Bitter Root
Flathead
Cabinet
Kootenai National Forests
Montana
F. M. Fite
Maple
Moose Creeks
Bitter Root National Forest
Flathead Forest
Idaho
Washington
Montana Farmer Is Killed by His Own Whip
James M. Knell, 45, northeastern Montana farmer, died when a bull whip fractured by a wire fragment struck his right lung and spine as he tried to drive a bull into a stall. Coroner C. Koch said no inquest will be held. he is survived by a widow and four children.
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Bloomfield
C. Koch
James M. Knell
Montana
Knels
Koch
Truman orders rise in synthetic rubber output to 675000 tons
President Truman directed an increase in the government's synthetic rubber production to a rate of 675000 tons annually by January 1. The current rate stands at 408000 tons.
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Washington
Truman
Three-Day Ordeal of Cut-Off American Company
Weary members of a cut-off First Cavalry Fox company in Korea tell of a three-day 30-mile escape through North Korean lines to safety southwest of Yongdong. They describe two firefights eight mountains and five streams crossed, four dead four missing, 219 men surviving, and a lone arctic appendicitis case. Captain Terry Feild's bold leadership kept the unit intact as air-dropped food, plasma, and maps aided the trek amidst guerrilla fire.
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Hal Boyle
United States
Korea
Hongdong
Fox
First Cavalry Division
Yongdong
George Hartnell
Lincoln
Cub
Terry Feild
Little Rock
Ark
Feild
Young Corp
Wyatt Grimmett
Landsville
W. Va
Reservists Ordered to Active Duty by Air Force
Telegrams were sent to selected Air Force reservists ordering them to active duty. Four numbered air forces issued the orders including First Air Force at Mitchell Field New York and the Tenth at Suffridge Field Michigan the 14th at Warner Robins Georgia and the Fourth at Hamilton Field California. Reserve officers and airmen in critically needed specialties were called up.
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Washington
Air Force
Continental Air Command
First Air Force
Mitchell Air Force Base
N. Y
Suffridge Field
Mich
Warner Robins Air Field
Macon
Hamilton Field
San Rafael
Calif
Montana Marines Called to Duty
Shelby reports Company E of Montana's organized Marine corps reserve has been called to active duty and will leave around August 9. Lt. Ron Rice says the unit includes men from Shelby Cut Bank Sunburst Oilmont Kevin Chester and Great Falls with a steady stream of ex Marines enlisting.
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Shelby
Montana
Organized
Marine Corps Reserve
Ron Rice
Cut Bank
Sunburst
Oilmont
Kevin
Chester
Great Falls
Rice
Drive to Catch Spies Opened
Washington on July 28. The government opened a drive to catch and prosecute spies and saboteurs on the home front. FBI director J J Edgar Hoover urged citizens to report evidence of subversion. Attorney General McGrath said four federal grand juries will be kept on duty, with one dedicated to subversive activity. U S Attorney Saypol in New York noted some juries have heard espionage evidence. Congress acted to curb enemy ship threat and atomic attack.
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Washington
J. J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
McGrath
Justice Department
New York
United States
Irving H. Saypol
Congress
Senate
Army Confident of War Victory Despite Korea Drive
Washington July 28 The Communist push to seize Korea before U S reinforcements arrived failed to shake Army confidence. A Pentagon briefing stressed there is no despair and that optimism mirrors General MacArthur’s stance, affirming there is no question of ultimate victory on the peninsula.
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Washington
Korea
United States
Pentagon
Gen. MacArthur
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Edward E. Bomar
Reds
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