McMahon seeks Ike recall to testify on foreign aid bill
Sen McMahon calls General Eisenhower back from Europe to testify on the 7.9 billion dollar aid bill. Sen Smith warns against politicizing Ike and urges confidential consultation. Rep Mansfield plans a House recall while Republicans see potential aid in Ike's presence. McMahon says aim is expert testimony, not politics.
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Washington
Brien McMahon
D-Conn
Truman
Capitol Bill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
H. Alexander Smith
Eisenhower
Ike
McMahon
Smith
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connecticut
Capitol
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Methodist Bishop Here for Survey in Butte
Bishop Glenn R. Phillips of Denver leads a Methodist survey in Butte with delegates from seven city churches. Sessions at Mountain View and Grace churches cover Women's Societies, church strengths, and population trends with reports by Rev. Richard Lungren and talks by Phillips, Magee, and Ricketts.
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Butte
Glenn R. Phillips
Denver
Methodist Church
L. E. Cooke
Billings
Kansas
J. Homer Magee
Great Falls
Mountain View
Women’s Societies of Christian Service
William Shifty
Martha Circle
Silver Bow Park
Thornton
Grand
Bishop Phillips
Grace Methodist Church
H. B. Ricketts
Montana
Richard Lungren
Taft Opposes Alaska Statehood While Supporting Hawaii
Sen. Robert A. Taft declared in San Antonio that Alaska is not ready for statehood now, while he believes Hawaii is prepared for admission. The remark came as Taft campaigns for the GOP presidential nomination, outlining his territorial policy during the airport speech.
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Dallas
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Alaska
Hawaii
Taft
San Antonio
Coroners Jury Clears Connors Cassidy in Barger Death
A coroner's jury absolved John Connors and Francis Cassidy of blame for Mrs. Margaret Barger's death at the Montana and Gold intersection on February 13. Walter Rush is named the driver of the car that struck the elderly woman, with testimony detailing prior arrests and competing charges. The inquest lasting four and a half hours heard witnesses as officials pursued two separate driver claims before the verdict.
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Margaret Barger
John Connors
Francis Cassidy
Walter Rush
Montana and Gold
Rudy E. Sagatovic
Connors
Bush
J. Frank Sullivan
J. J. McCaffery, Jr
W. B. Freebourn
Cassidy
M. J. Doepker
M. F Hennessy
Rush
Red Cross First Aid Training Highlights in Butte
The Butte Red Cross shows strong volunteer work with 489 trainees in the standard First Aid course under Mrs. Edward P. Shea. An additional 46 hours earned two instructors certificates for James Patrick and Emmet Keyser. Volunteers logged 3,346 training hours and $1,239.78 bought new materials for civil defense and safety programs.
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Red Cross
Butte
Edward P. Shea
James Patrick
Emmet Keyser
Butte Police and Fire Departments
Butte Ski Patrol
American Red Cross
Bevan Defeats Censure Motion In Parliament
Aneurin Bevan, leader hopeful, defeats a censure motion led by Clement Attlee 172 to 62 in the British Labour Party meeting in the House of Commons. The motion objected to Bevan and the left for backing Britain's 13 billion dollar rearmament program. Attlee was booed but remains party leader.
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London
Aneurin Bevan
Labor Party
Clement Atlee
House of Commons
Britain
Attlee
British Socialist Movement
Bevan
Attler
Forrest Anderson Seeks Court Post
Helena attorney Forrest H. Anderson announced he will seek the Montana Supreme Court associate justice seat on the non partisan ballot at the July primary. A native of Montana, he is admitted before the U S Supreme Court and Montana courts and has served as Lewis and Clark county attorney and legislator.
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Helena
Forrest H. Anderson
Montana Supreme Court
Anderson
Montana
Supreme Court of the United States
Lewis and Clark County
Batista Proclaims Himself New Ruler of Cuba
Fulgencio Batista declared himself undisputed ruler of Cuba suspending government processes for 45 days by decree. The 51 year old former president led a bloodless revolution that toppled President Carlos Prio Socarras, who fled to Mexico.
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Batista
Cuba
Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Carlos Prio Socarras
Prio
Railroader Battlefronts And North Korea Air War Updates
A sharp aerial clash over North Korea sees U. S. Sabres downing several MIGs as 930 flights mark a heavy day of combat near Sinmak. Allied forces unleash a massive jellied gasoline bombardment on a Red base near Panmunjom while ground fighting along the 155 mile front remains quiet. In Cleveland area reports, New York Central workers resume or continue strikes with unions seeking wage hikes and a 40 hour week. Toledo and other towns show mixed compliance with a back to work order amid injunctions and union splits.
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Seoul
Panmunjom
Sinmak
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
U. S
Cleveland
New York Central
Buffalo
Toledo
Elkhart
Ind
Niles
Mich
Chicago
Canada
Here
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Collinwood
Nyc
National Rail Brotherhood
R. L. Johnson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Model Railroad Club
Niles and
UN negotiators reject Reds inspection plan
At Panmunjom the UN team rejected North Korean calls for neutral inspection forces to collect military intelligence and for prisoners to be exchanged by their lists. UN officers maintained distrust of Soviet neutral observers and declined halting the Seventh Fleet withdrawal.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
Chang Chun San
Russia
Andrew J. Kinney
Kinney
Red China
Formosa
Col
Chang
Reds
Soviet
R. E. Libby
Dicker
Libby
Lee Sang Cho
Plans for Steel Strike Made
The CIO United Steelworkers announce a possible nationwide strike by about 650,000 workers if the Wage Stabilization Board does not present an acceptable settlement by March 23. Mass meetings in steel centers brief international and district leaders on strike procedures, signaling seriousness while allowing a quick halt if a settlement is reached.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
International
City Enforces Punchboard Tax After Board Violations
Four Butte establishments faced police court action for tax stamp violations on punchboard stimulators. Judge John Seton fined $15 for each case, suspended after warning that city taxes will be collected and the ordinance enforced until a higher court ruling clarifies legality.
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Butte
John Seton
E. E. Bruno
Board of Trade
Clarence DeDuyker
North Main
Elmer Powell
James Combe
Peter Paul
J. J. Sheehan
Rex Buffet
South Main
Seton
Sheehan
State Supreme Court
Page Will Seek Congress Seat
Winfield E Page 47 of Missoula announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress from Montana First District. He served five terms in the state house and authored the state controller bill and higher education revenue measures.
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Missoula
Winfield E. Page
Montana
Missoula County
Congress
Page
State Reorganization Commission
Young Republican Organization
Greater University
Deaf teen steals locomotive and races it in reverse
A 16 year old deaf mute stole a freight locomotive in Wausau Wisconsin and drove it in reverse at a mile a minute on the Northwestern railroad until it ran out of steam. He was trapped in the cab by railroad employees and held for sheriff's deputies with no charges filed yet.
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Wausau
Wis
Northwestern Railroad
Man Critically Hurt As Car Drops 00 Feet
A Navy veteran from Billings, Robert Zebley 21, was critically injured Tuesday night when his 1942 car plunged 700 feet down Harding Way 13 miles east of Butte. Zebley, discharged March 6 after serving in Korean and China theater and Japan occupation forces, was thrown from the wreck and rushed to St James hospital in heavy shock with severe head and arm injuries.
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Navy
Billings
Hardingway
Butte
Robert Zebley
Alderson
Japan
Zebley
St. James Hospital
Maurice Barry
John Bukovitz
al Boehme
Donald C. Bowman
Whitehall
Bowman
Nine Mile Inn
Johnny Stevens
R. F E. Sayatovic
Boehme
Clifford Moyle
Butte Weather Forecast Indicates Snow Showers and Cold
Variable cloudiness with occasional snow showers Wednesday and night. Continued cold with Wednesday minimum minus ten and a high near 26. Period temperatures noted from Monday midnight to Tuesday 5:30 pm. Airport minimum 10, maximum 22. Mines minimum 9, maximum 23. Montana outlook calls for occasional snow Wednesday and a high 20 to 30. Table notes explain 12 hour maximums and 18 hour minimums ending 5:30 pm Tuesday.
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School of Mines
Associated Press
Kefauver Outpolls Truman in Popularity Contest
In New Hampshire Kefauver leads Truman in the first presidential primary with Kefauver ahead in both at large and district Democratic delegate races. Eisenhower tops Taft early in the Republican contest as Kefauver wins Manchester and Nashua and polishes a rural edge.
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Manchester
N. H
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Ohio
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Truman
Eisenhower
Democratic State Organization
Tennessee
Concord
Nashua
Ex-Convict Held in Reno Burglary Case
Milwaukee man Andrew Robert Young 46, once jailed for murder, is held on a 50000 bond for interstate transportation of stolen property tied to a Reno mansion burglary. FBI traced two casino passes to him. Reno charged him there. authorities withheld further comment. Local hearing adjourned awaiting Reno warrant arrival. $100 bills found on Young.
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Milwaukee
FBI
Reno, New
Andrew Robert Young
U. S
Floyd E. Jenkins
Redfield
Young
Nevada
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Reno
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Minn
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North Korea
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