Violence erupts in Jerusalem as British zones hit
Nineteen killed in a wave of Holy Land violence. A British officers club in Jerusalem is demolished, an army camp attacked, and naval installations blown up. A curfew is imposed on Jewish quarters as an emergency conference is suspected. Irgun Zvai Leumi claims responsibility for the club bombing.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Nathanya
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Palestine
N. G. H. A. MacMillan
Alan Cunningham
Eas
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Irgun
Crewmen Quizzed on Crash Cause in Alaska Rescue
Fourteen Army Superfortress crew members quizzed after B-29 crash near Naknek Bristol Bay. Plane searched for missing bomber, engines reportedly flaming before impact. Survivors hospitalized. Army to interview staff as weather aids search.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Alaska Peninsula
Far North
Naknek
Bristol Bay
Mount Katmai
Greenland
Air Transport Command
Bikini
Kanakanak
Iowa
F. C. Oliver
Sandpoint
Idaho
All-Out War in China to Settle Communist Question Likely
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek became premier in Nanking and moved toward a full scale war to settle the Communist question. His rise followed T. V. Soong's resignation amid criticism of inflationary policies as rival factions prepared decisive battles from central China to Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
T. V. Soong
Legislative Yuan
Manchuria
Supreme National Defense Council
Soong
Chang Chun
Chang
Sun Fo
Japan
Shanghai
Conferees Agree on Revised Luxury Tax Bill
Washington lawmakers reach a revised wartime luxury tax agreement extending taxes on liquor furs jewelry and other items. The plan keeps high excise taxes beyond July 1 while removing extra charges on certain coats and travel tickets abroad. Treasury revenue tops 1.3 billion annually.
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Washington
House
Senate
North America
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
State Department
Montana Senate Passes Taxes on Cigarettes Liquor and Punchboards
The Montana Senate approved bills taxing retail liquor at 6 percent, punchboards at 3 percent, and cigarette packs at 2 cents, while killing a bill to license and tax slot machines. The liquor tax moves to general funds, with debate over state versus local benefit and no revenue estimate.
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Helena
Montana Senate
George O'Connor
R-Carbon
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Ten Are Killed in Korea Riots
Riots on Korea's 28th anniversary of an aborted revolt left at least ten dead in scattered clashes. Reports say five killed and seven wounded in Pusan, two women and a child killed on Chejudo, and two killed with two injured in Seoul amid rallies by leftists and rightists totaling about 350,000 participants.
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Seoul
Korea
Japan
Pusan
Chejudo Island
Shanghai
Formosan
Taipei
United Nations
China
Chejudo
South Mountain
Seoul Stadium
Weather Outlook for Butte and Surrounding Montana Areas
Butte mostly cloudy and warmer with light snow flurries possible Sunday and Sunday night. Highs around 20 next 24 hours with trace precipitation. West of divide partly cloudy Sunday with light snow flurries and highs 20 to 35. East of divide increasing clouds and light snow possible east and south Sunday with highs 10 to 15.
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Butte
School of Mines
Trace
Montana
Divide
Butte Country Club Committee Appointments and Course Upgrades
President J. D. Murphy announces the club committees for the new year and outlines planned improvements to the grounds and golf course. Work includes expanding the course to about 6,100 yards after upgrades to holes five eight nine ten and thirteen, with bronze yardage markers donated by Anaconda Copper Mining.
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Butte Country Club
Murphy
J. D. Murphy
W. A. O'Kelly
Greens
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda
Montana State College
Locals Split From Mine Union Over Leadership Split
Joseph Verdu, international representative for district 3 of the International Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union, says 25 locals with about 5500 members seceded citing Communist-led leadership. He asserts the district 3 membership comprises roughly 90 percent, covering Illinois Nebraska Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin Indiana Michigan and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Louis
Joseph Verdu
International Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers’ Union
International
Verdu
District 3
Illinois
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Montana Senator Promises Balanced Budget Despite Deficit
Helena March 1 Senate finance chair G F Mundy pledged a balanced budget for Montana amid a projected $4 million deficit for the coming biennium. He noted the general fund balance near $960,000 and estimated revenue of about $17 million for the two years, with planned expenditures exceeding $21 million. Mundy said the gap will be pared to fit revenue, excluding slot tax revenue and counting the two mill property tax at $1.45 million annually.
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Helena
G. F. Mundy
Hill County
Senate Finance and Claims Committee
Mundy
Montana
Samy C. Ford
Woman in Indianapolis faces murder charge for hatchet death
A 20-year-old housewife was released on bond after admitting she hacked her drunken husband to death with a hatchet to protect her sister. She claimed the man had threatened her and attacked her sister, and she struck him multiple times as their child slept nearby. Hearing scheduled for March 5.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Joseph M. Howard
Fae Davis
Marian Eidson
James
Kidson
Frances
City Park Department
Britain Tries to Avoid Return to Crisis Says Official
A government spokesman warned Britain that the country could slip back into a crisis if non essential electricity users do not continue cutting consumption. Sir Guy Nott-Bower, deputy secretary of the fuel ministry, said power restoration for idle industries depends on ongoing savings by homes and other non industrial users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Guy Nott- Bower
Fuel Ministry
Two U.S. officers captured by Chinese Communists in China
Maj. Robert B. Rigg of Chicago and Capt. J. W. Collins of Evanston, serving as military attaches in China, were seized Friday at Chialunchieh near Changchun. No details were released. full report promised by U.S. military attache in Nanking. Collins, a West Point graduate and European veteran, was captured by Germans in 1944 and freed in 1945.
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Washington
U.P
U. S. Army
China
War Department
Chialunchieh
Changchun
Robert B. Rigg
Chicago
J. W. Collins
Evanston
Rigg
United States
South
Hamilton Avenue
Army
Collins
Forest Avenue
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Virginia
Gallion
Ala
U.S
Nanking
State Department
Open rebellion flares in Tapei amid clashes with police
Reports from Tapei say an open rebellion against Chinese rule broke out with police firing on mobs and many casualties. Unconfirmed dispatches blamed resentment over the government salt monopoly. estimates claim 3,000 to 4,000 killed. Refuge sought at the American consulate as the revolt’s spread remained unclear.
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Nanking
China
Tapei
Weather bulletin raises small craft warnings along West Coast
The United States weather bureau ordered small craft warnings from Fort Bragg California to Tatoosh Washington and through the straits to Port Townsend Washington. Fresh southeasterly winds are forecast for the next 24 hours.
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San Francisco
United States Weather Bureau
Fort Bragg
Calif
Tatoosh
Wash
Straits
Port Townsend
Retailers Clinic Bring Western Montana Leaders To Butte
Hundreds of Western Montanans will gather in Butte March 12 and 13 for a retailers clinic sponsored by the Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce. The program includes a dinner at Hotel Finlen, addresses by A J Knievel and Gov Sam C Ford, and a visit by Emmett Salisbury. The open house on March 13 offers tours, kibitzing with Butte merchants, and transportation.
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Butte Chamber
Finlen
A. J. Knievel
Chamber
W.S. Thomson
Sam C. Ford
Emmett Salisbury
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Butte
Ward
Minneapolis
Montana
C. C. Humphrey
Minnesota Apparel Industries
Munsingwear, Inc
T. G. Cook
Marshall Heads to Moscow for Lend-Lease Talks
Secretary of State Marshall departs Wednesday for Moscow with an 84 member U S delegation to discuss a broad set of issues tied to a lend-lease settlement. Key topics include Russia's 11.3 billion lend-lease account, wartime ships, German warship destruction and Italy's seized vessels.
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Washington
Marshall
Moscow
United States
Russia
Stettin
Italy
Far East
Pacis
United Nations
Stalin
Molotov
Korea
Labor abuses list targets union practices in hearings
Chairman Hartley released a compilation from committee witnesses detailing alleged union abuses. It names unions and locales such as A F L United Mine Workers and CIO Steelworkers, with charges including coercion by strike and monopolistic practices. officials slated for testimony include James Petrillo of the AFL musicians.
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Washington
Hartley
R-N. J
House Labor Committee
Congress
James C. Peetrillo
A. PF. L
A. FP. L
United Mine Workers
C. I. O. Steelworkers
Chicago
A. F. L. Teamsters
Detroit
International Brotherhood of Electric Workers
Truman Statement Expected Monday
White House aides indicated a presidential statement may be issued Saturday with a message to Congress likely Monday. The draft act extension or its end may be addressed as plans unfold. No draft calls have been issued for nearly six months.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
White House
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