Testimony Links U S Communists to Wallace Party Tactics
FBI undercover agent Matthew Cvetic testified before the House un American Activities Committee that American Communists copied Eastern European tactics to take over Progressive party operations in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He named party leaders and described fund drives and ticket sales orchestrated by alleged Communists. the investigation cites envelopes and franking material tied to Rep. George Sadowski.
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Washington
U.P
FBI
Europe
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Pennsylvania
House un-American Activities Committee
Matthew Cvetic
Nicholas Lazari
Stanley Loney
Tom Fitzpatrick
Virginia Seymour
Pittsburgh
Alexander Wright
Georgie Wuchinich
Cvetic
George G. Sadowski
D-Mich
Wuchinich
Ec Aan
Sadowski
New York Times
Congressional Record
George S. Wuchinich
DSC
OSS
Miss Seymour
National Committee On Atomic Information
Gubitchev May Refuse to Leave Country
Valentin A. Gubitchev may refuse to depart the United States next Monday to preserve his right to appeal spy conspiracy convictions. His attorney Abram L. Pomerantz said plans changed after government demand to drop all appeal rights if he leaves the country. United States Attorney Irving H. Saypol confirmed he must forfeit appeal to leave, while Judge Sylvester J. Ryan may re sentence him after two weeks if he stays. Judith Coplon, a former Justice Department employee, was convicted with Gubitchev.
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New York
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Abraham L. Pomerantz
Pomerantz
Gubitchev
Russia
Gydnia-America
United States
Irving H. Saypol
Saypol
Gubitchevy
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Sylvester J. Ryan
Ryan
Planes to Make Rain for New York City Water Shortage
New York moves fast on a rainmaking plan with a $50,000 appropriation to Dr. Wallace E. Howell and a team of scientists. Police planes and ground units will disperse chemicals to cloudbanks over upstate watersheds, aiming to trigger artificial rainfall within a week.
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New York
U.P
William O'Dwyer
Wallace E. Howell
Howell
Mt. Washington Observatory
Catskills
New York City
Upstate
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
Unidentified Woman Pays Record Income Tax in Chicago
Chicago reporters say an unmarried woman paid a federal income tax of 1.14 million on 1.653 million earned, the largest return filed in the city this year. She claimed 140 thousand in deductions and ended the year 349,637 in the red after deductions.
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Chicago
John T. Jarecki
Czechoslovakia replaces top diplomat Clementis with Siroky
Prague reports Vlado Clementis, foreign minister for two years, is replaced by Vilian Siroky a Kremlin trained underground fighter. Gottwald accepted the resignation and gave the post to Siroky amid a party purge and anti western campaign. Several officials connected to Clementis’ circle have disappeared.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vlado Clementis
Kremlin
Gottwald
Vilian Siroky
Moscow
Communist Training Center
Clementis
United Nations Assembly
New York
Antiwest
Communist Party
Central Communist Party Committee
Laszlo Rajk
Hungary
Traicho Kostov
Bulgaria
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Vilem Novy
Rude Pravo
London
United Nations
Siroky
Foreign Ministry
Ess
Eyrzen Klinger
Education Bill Is Killed in Committee
The House labor committee voted 13 to 12 to kill the Senate approved federal aid to education bill backed by President Truman. Chairman Lesinski said no acceptable bill can be drafted and urged school construction funds as a substitute. debate over aid for parochial and private schools sparked constitutional questions about church and state.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Truman
John Lesinski
D-Mich
Congress
Senate
Committee of the Senate
Graham A. Barden
D-N. C
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Wingate H. Lucas
Texas
D-Ky
Charles R. Howell
D-N. J
Hugo S. Sims
D-S. C
Andrew Jacobs
D-Ind
Roy W. Wier
D-Minn
Walter E. Brehm
R-Ohio
Thurston Ballard Morton
R-Ky
Lesinski
Dental Aid Drive Opens March 26 in Butte
A March 26 to April 9 campaign in Butte aims to raise 8000 to fund a dental hygienist, office space, equipment and supplies for underserved Butte children. The effort is backed by labor groups, schools and medical units with a dental committee led by Dr. J R Morari and includes Drs Bowden Renouard Rafish Lohman and Farrell. details to follow.
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Butte
Frank Livingston
State Board of Health
Frank J. Burns
T. J. Sivalon
Department of Child Welfare
Inga Heem
Don Knievel
Paul Cannon
Edward Courtney
PTA
Harry Ross
J. R. Morari
Butte Dental Association
P. H. Bowden
C. S. Renouard
S. M. Rafish
John W. Lohman
Harry Farrell
Mail Rate Increase Sought by Railroads Rejected
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to grant railroads any further emergency increase in government mail transport pay. Carriers had sought a 95 percent hike over prewar levels, arguing higher operation costs in recent years.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Democrats Ride Into 1950 Elections With 419000 Surplus
Washington reports a 419000 surplus from Jefferson-Jackson dinners boosting the Democratic party's 1950 election finances. Republicans posted no 100-a-plate dinners but their national committee showed about 26000 operating profit in the first two months. Finances filed with House Clerk under election law.
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Washington
House
Conferees Agree on Compromise Farm Price Bill
The conference committee approves a farm price bill with tighter potato controls to cut surpluses and expands cotton and peanut acreage eligibility. It excludes a western wheat expansion, tightens marketing rules, and awaits House and Senate approval before going to President Truman.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senators Clash Over Middle Income Housing Measure
Senators sparred over a government housing aid plan for middle income families. Senator Bricker called the 1 billion dollar proposal inflationary and discriminatory and urged ending government involvement. Senator Lehman argued the measure is not more inflationary than other housing bill aspects and would aid those priced out of the market as the Senate prepared to vote on the housing bill.
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Senate
Truman
House
Lucas
D-Ni
Aiken
R-Vt
Brannan
Millikin
Rcolo
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Washington
Bricker
Ohio
Lehman
D-Lib
Coal Prices Boosted Across Pittsburgh Market
Pittsburgh report notes a soft coal strike lifted prices for the first time in two years. Consumers face about 25 cents more per ton on most soft coal grades while hard coal prices climbed as much as 75 cents per ton due to ongoing supply pressures.
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Pittsburgh
Attlee Labor Party Survives Conservative Challenge
In London on March 14 the Labour government narrowly defeated a Conservative bid to censure Attlee’s cabinet over spending. The 308 to 289 vote keeps Labour in power with a slim 6 seat Commons majority, marking the third challenge in six days.
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London
Attlee
Socialist Labor Party
Laborites
House of Commons
Labor
Britain
Sir Stafford
Murder of Sheriff Morrow Sparks Cross Border Search
Texas officers and Mexican authorities coordinate to locate the handcuffed killer of Sheriff O. W. Morrow after he was shot on a remote mountain road near Shafter. A U S Border Patrol plane and Texas rangers join the search with a $1,000 reward posted in Presidio County.
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Marfa
Texas
O. W. (Blackie) Morrow
Mexico
United States
Marpa
O. W
Blackie) Morrow
Big Bend
Rio Grande
Shafter
Morrow
Texas Rangers
United States Border Patrol
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Presidio County
Income Tax Returns Due Today In Butte Office
Deputy collectors warn federal returns must be filed by 5 pm. Office hours run 8 am to 5 pm Wednesday with five deputies to help. No evening service planned though Saturday openings aided filing in recent weeks.
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Butte
Special Measures Set for Butte School Ballot
Trustees of the Butte school district adopted resolutions at a special meeting to place two mill levy proposals on the April 1 school election ballot. One would fund adult education at one mill, the other about 86,000 dollars or roughly four mills for elementary school maintenance and operation beyond the foundation program. The board also named election judges.
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Butte
Edith M. Abbott
Silver Bow Homes
Bessie Albright
Carolina
Mary Atkin
Montgomery
Harriet Attfield
West Daly
Ida L. Aultman
West Copper
Eldon Alden
Massachusetts
Ellen Bennetts
Pennsylvania
Elmer Binder
South Wyoming
Laura F. Brown
West Quartz
Eva Braman
Dewey
Nora Cannon
Phillips
Thelma Carrig
Oregon
J. G. Cooney
East Quartz
Elizabeth Courtney
North Alabama
Annie Carpenter
West Granite
Butte Weather Outlook with Snow Flurries Likely
Mostly cloudy in Butte with occasional snow flurries and little temperature change. Tuesday highs near 35 and lows around 16 at the airport and 15 at the School of Mines. West of divide brief rain or snow showers with high 30 to 40, east of divide high 35 to 45 with some 15 to 25 NE.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Carefully Planned Murder In Colmar Gas Sleep Pill Suicide
In Colmar France on Monday night Jean Mattern a 33 year old electrician removed a bulb connected it to a 5 am alarm clock turned on the gas and took sleeping pills. The alarm triggered a filament explosion that released gas killing Mattern and his four children. His wife escaped by being sent to stay with a sister.
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Colmar
France
Jean Mattern
Mattern
Vinge Brothers Sentenced After Jail Escape
Alvin and Harold Vinge received long prison terms after pleading guilty to first degree burglary and jail break. Alvin 32 drew 15 years, Harold 27 one 10 year term. The brothers escaped from the county jail on March 3 after shots near Boettcher Hardware and were captured at Luke Smith ranch. Police still seek Omar A. Pinson and Elmer Lee Payton.
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Polson
Alvin
Harold Vinge
Harold
Vinges
Superior
Boettcher Hardware
Wes Taylor
Luke Smith Ranch
Here
Omar A. Pinson
Elmer Lee Payton
Seasick Truman to Fly on Next Vacation
President Truman enjoyed a smoother calm at sea but plans future trips to Key West by plane. Naval escort aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg saw him out on deck as seas moderated. secretary Ross hinted the next trip will avoid sea travel.
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Truman
William C. Lawe
Key West
U. S. S. Williamsburg
Williamsburg
Charles G. Ross
American papal delegate in Romania faced espionage arrest
The American Broadcasting Company reports Monsignor Gerald O'Hara of Atlanta Georgia, papal delegate in Romania, is expected to be arrested on espionage charges by the Communist Romanian government.
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New York
U.P
American Broadcasting Company
Rome
Monsgr
Gerald O'Hara
Atlanta
Romania
Four New Names Named in Senate Red Influence Probe
Senator McCarthy added four new names to his charge of Communist influence in the State Department during a Senate hearing. Dorothy Kenyon, a former UN official, testified she has never been a Communist or fellow traveler and denounced the charges as outrageous. The named individuals include Harlow Shapley, an Harvard astronomer-lecturer, and Frederick L. Schuman of Williams College, both denying McCarthy’s accusations.
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Washington
McCarthy
State Department
Dorothy Kenyon
Wisconsin
Miss Kenyon
New York
Senate Foreign Relations
United Nations
Harlow Shapley
Harvard
United Nations Commission
Shapley
Cambridge
Mass
Frederick L. Schuman
Williams College
United States
Russia
Schuman
America
Jets Collide Over Sandia Base Three Airmen Jump
Three jet airmen parachuted safely Tuesday after a mid air collision two miles above Sandia base near Albuquerque New Mexico Two crew members suffered minor injuries while a third escaped unharmed The lead ship T 33 was flown by Lt H M Chapman with cadet W S Vance as passenger The second ship F 80 piloted by Eaton circling for landing also had cadet G R Eaton in the co pilots seat The wreckage fell in restricted areas and the two other ships in the four plane group were piloted by M J Uzelac and H A Francis The incident occurred as the planes traveled about 350 miles per hour Air Force hospital observation planned for the injured cadets
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Albuquerque
N. M
Sandia Base
Williams Air Force Base
Phoenix
Ariz
el Paen
Texas
Manzano Mountains
H. M. Chapman
Mesa
W. S. Vance
Fort Worth
G. R. Eaton
Lawrenceville
Ill
Air Force
Frank Chapman
el Paso
Chapman
Vance
Eaton
Kirtland Air Force Base
Sandia
Kirtland
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
Special Weapons Division
M. J. Uzelac
Say
H. A. Francis
Auburn
Calif
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N. Y
Sen. McCarthy
Democratic Party
Moulton B. Taylor
Longview
Wash
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Taylor
Associated Press
Vinge Brothers
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