Subcommittee Warns of Global Revolt
Washington, Feb 29 A House foreign affairs subcommittee urged the United States to lead in isolating Communist Russia or face a violent global revolution. The report titled the strategy and tactics of world Communism warned of Soviet aims, claimed Communists seek world revolution, and that violent conflict would follow. It also warned against ultra-Democratic groups used by Communists and noted infiltration of labor and civil rights organizations. The panel led by Rep. Frances Bolton urged a strong non Communist bloc headed by the United States and Western Europe as part of a broader strategy ahead of Senate debate on the Marshall plan era E I P program.
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John L. Steele
Washington
U.P
House
United States
Russia
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
Europe
China
Near East
Western Hemisphere
Southern Senator Pledges Civil Rights Filibuster
Senator Ellender of Louisiana promised a Southern filibuster against civil rights legislation in a radio debate on Truman’s program. Senator Ferguson of Michigan said Republicans will break the filibuster, with Stennis calling the FEBC bill the most un American ever considered.
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Washington
Ellender
D-La
Ferguson
R-Mich
Truman
Congress
Senator Stennis
D-Miss
Paasikivi Favours Russian Pact Said in Helsinki
Well informed circles in Helsinki say Finnish President Juho Paasikivi supports signing a friendship pact with Russia. He is believed to want favorable terms for Finland's continued independence and to avoid aggravating Russian Finnish relations. Negotiations are expected to occur in Helsinki with Moscow delegation talks viewed as likely. Stalin’s confidence in Paasikivi is noted due to past peace discussions.
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Anne Snelleian
Helsinki
Juho Paasikivi
Russia
Finland
Stalin
Paasikivi
Moscow
Soviet Union
Cripps Praises Marshall Plan as Democracy Preserver
Sir Stafford Cripps lauded the Marshall plan as a means to save the democracy Western Europe now enjoys. He told a suburban Labour audience that sustained American aid and cooperative growth are essential to Britain's economic future and global freedom.
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London
Stafford Cripps
Western Europe
America
Vandenberg Open to Nebraska Primary Entry by Friends
Washington dispatch reports Senator Vandenberg Michigan has quit trying to keep his name off the April 18 Nebraska Presidential primary. Friends advise court action would be needed to remove him. he may permit petitions listing his name alongside Dewey Taft Stassen Martin MacArthur Saltonstall Warren.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Nebraska
Michigan
Thomas E Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold HE. Stassen
Minnesota
Joeph Martin
Massachusetts
Douglas MacArthur
Leverett Saltonstall
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Dewey
Taft
Slassen
Leap Year Twins Born In Rochester At St Marys Hospital
Twin Leap Year day babies were born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Lee Sirotis at St Marys hospital Rochester. Alice weighed six pounds eleven ounces and Diane seven pounds eight ounces. Their family also includes Marguerite born New Years Day 1947.
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Rochester
N. Y
Lee
Sidotl
Alice
Diane
Nat St. Mary's Hospital
Sirotis
Marguerite
Missing Melrose Man Is Sought
Melrose rancher Fred Clugy, 50, has been missing since Saturday. An 80-person posse aided by two pilots and rivermen searched the area from his ranch near the Big Hole River before darkness halted the effort. Clugy left on horseback to find stray cattle. his hat and mud-covered horse were found, suggesting a possible accident in the slough or river. The search will resume Monday with renewed ground and air reconnaissance.
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Melrose
Fred Clugy
Here
Clagg
Paul Temple
Dillon
Clugy
Temple
Big Hole Rive
Clugy Ranch
Vic
Pete Westergaard
Herman Peterson
Garry Johnson
Butte
Sheriff Temple
Fassler Place
Red Cross Campaign Aims to Raise 75 Million
President Truman urged Americans to back the Red Cross drive to raise 75,000,000 dollars. He spoke from the submarine base in Key West where he is vacationing. The campaign runs from Monday through March and emphasizes unity under the Red Cross flag.
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Red Cross
Key West
Fla
Truman
The
Butte Man Killed in Highway 10 Crash
Richard Mark Smith a 49 year old Butte salesman died in an automobile accident on Highway No 10 seven miles west of Drummond. Investigators say he apparently fell asleep at the wheel, his car left the highway and plunged into a 30 foot gulch after crossing a curve. His body was found hours later. He lived at 626 South Idaho with his wife and family. The coroner and deputy sheriff led the inquiry and listed a broken neck and crushed chest as the cause of death. The wreckage was not visible from the road.
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Richard Mark Smith
Butte
Drummond
Mr. Smith
South
Idaho
R. R. Wilson
Philipsburg
Joseph Clausen
Smith
Clausen
Leo Cummings
Wilson
Philips
Midwest Snow Buries North Central States
North central states dug out after the heaviest winter snowfall with Duluth reporting as much as 35 inches. Flood waters receded across Illinois Wisconsin Indiana Nebraska Iowa and Ohio while subfreezing conditions spread toward the Ohio valley. Roads and rail lines faced lingering disruptions though many highways reopened.
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Chicago
U.P
North Central States
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Nebraska
Iowa
Ohio
Minnesota
Dakotas
Duluth
Minn
Midwestern
Ohio Valley
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Chicago and Northwestern
Park Falls
Wis
Butte Area Weather Mixed Clouds and Snow Flurries
Cloudy with snow flurries in the afternoon little change in temperature. Expected maximum 35. Temperatures last 24 hours School of Mines maximum 29 minimum 13. Airport maximum 29 minimum 9. Montana west of divide mostly cloudy Monday occasional light rain or snow high 30 to 40. East of divide partly cloudy snow mostly mountains warmer north Monday night 25 north east 30 to 40 south and west.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Premier Promises Land Reform to Czech Farmers
Premier Klement Gottwald pledged ownership of up to 120 acres for Czech farmers while rejecting Soviet style collective farms. At a Wenceslas Square rally, Duris outlined a 10 point program including farm subsidies funded by profitable industries and large loans for mechanization. The plan envisions church land seizure with compensation and notes vast state and private parcels across Czechoslovakia.
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Prague
Klement Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Julius Duris
Wenceslas Square
Duris
Gottwald
Capital of Yemen Besieged in Civil War Clash
Cairo dispatch reports Prince Ahmed’s warriors besieging San a capital of Yemen as a civil war erupts. Sayed Ali Al Muayed says the prince claims Ban a is surrounded with regia army joining, while Imam Yehia’s son Ahmed proclaims himself ruler against Al Wazir forces occupying Sana a.
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Cairo
Ahmed
San'a
Yemen
Sayed Ali al Muayed
Ban‘a
Regia
San’a
Yehia
Imam al Wazir
al Wazir
Chinese 100 Dollar Bills Bought as Waste
Junkmen buy hundreds of yuan bills by weight as waste paper at about 2000 dollars per pound according to a report in the Independent Hsin Min Pao. At the black market rate, more than 300000-to-one against the dollar makes the per-pound value about two thirds of a US cent. Payments are made in high denominations to ease handling. Meanwhile Argentina plans to formally take over railroads purchased from British owners on Monday.
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Hsin Min Pao
United States
Democratic Senator Johnson Backs Major Tax Cut Effort
Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado, a Democrat, joins Republicans in backing a $6.5 billion income tax reduction. He serves on the tax-writing Finance Committee as hearings begin, with House-passed bill ready for Senate action within two weeks. Johnson says trimming the House measure much would lessen real benefits, and notes proposals to raise exemptions and allow income splitting.
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Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Colo
Senate
Johnson
House
Barkley
D-Ky
George
D-Ga
Knutson
Rminn
Jews Blamed for Train Blast Near Rehovot in Palestine
Three mines exploded under three railroad sleeper cars carrying British troops near Rehovot, killing 28 and injuring 33. British authorities blamed Jews for the attack, claimed by the Stern gang in retaliation for a Jerusalem bombing that killed 54 Jews. The Haganah reported unsconfirmed arrests of 24 Jews at Mikve Israel, said to have been handed to Arab mobs.
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Jerusalem
Rehovot
Tel Aviv
Stern Gang
Lask
Ben Yehuda
Haganah
Mikeve Israel
Mikve Israel
Jaffa
Cairo
Haifa
Elec
Russia Reaches Edge of Expansion Clash With U S Rise
Washington Feb 29 Russia has extended control over European nations but not beyond the threshold that would trigger direct United States interests. The piece analyzes why the United States Britain and France protest rather than intervene and outlines American policies like the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine as tools to counter Soviet influence.
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Joun M. Hightowe
Washington
Russia
United States
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Britain
France
Crechoslovakia
Europe
Germany
Aus Via
Trieste
Italy
Yugoslavia
Jtuly
Greece
Turkey
United
Anacondan Dies in Gun Mishap
Anaconda shoe repair shop owner Matt Schalk was found dead at his East Park business with a shotgun wound while cleaning a firearm. Coroner Len Scalise ruled the death accidental after investigation. Family said he left home earlier to clean the gun and return. Continued on Page 3.
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Anaconda
Matt Schalk
East Park
Len Scalise
Jaime
Schaik
Jet Fighter Sets Air Speed Mark on Pacific Coast
Navy Commander Aurand flies a jet from Seattle to Los Angeles to set a new air speed record of 1,028 miles in 1 hour 48 minutes 7 seconds. The previous record was 2 hours 14 minutes set by Captain Mack A. Mitchell in 1946. Two other Navy jets completed Seattle to San Francisco in 1 hour 24 minutes and Seattle to San Diego in 2 hours 12 minutes 54 seconds. The Seattle to Los Angeles route measured about 1,025 miles.
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Los Angeles
Seattle
Navy Conmido
BE. P. Aurand
Army
Mack A. Mitchell
Comdr
Aurand
Navy
Robert Rider Oying
San Francisco
John Magda
San Diego
H. Comdr. Elder
North Ameriogg Fation
Saudi Arabia to Cancel American Oil Concessions
Emir Feisal of Saudi Arabia told Al Misri he would implement a joint Arab decision to cancel American oil concessions in their countries and order Americans to leave at once if such action is agreed. He stated Saudi oil deposits would still protect Americans and aid repatriation, while criticizing U.S. UN Palestine proposals as supporting forceful partition.
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Cairo
Emir Feisal
al Misri
Yon Saud
Tony Smith
Gannett
Saudi Arabia
Palestine
Mir Feisal
Jidda
Red Sea
United States
United Nations Security Council
German police crack down on heavy water bootleggers
Munich reports say German police broke a ring bootlegging heavy water used in atomic experiments. Eight aluminum flasks were recovered from Norway via a university purchase and a garden sale led to arrests after an undercover sting. Authorities note United States nuclear work is not dependent on heavy water.
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Munich
United States Public Safety
Nis
Norway
Munich University
Ter
Genene
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
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