List of Congress Members in Red Probe Lost
A missing file from the House Un-American Activities Committee contains a list of Congress members who contributed to or corresponded with the American Slav Congress. Matthew Cvetic testified that the document, described as letters and papers from congressmen and political leaders, is now unaccounted for. Chairman Wood suggested misplacement rather than theft.
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Washington
Congress
House
Matthew Cvetic
Pittsburgh
Cvetic
FBI
Wood
D-Ga
American Slav Congress
Montana public school operating costs rise in 1948 49
The Montana Taxpayers association reports 1948-49 average operating cost per pupil at 223 dollars, up 17 from 1947-48. Total operating costs reach 21,114,639 with a 13 increase, while total school expenses total 27,120,372, up 22 from 1947-48. Capital outlay surges, five counties dominate, instructional costs lead, and plant maintenance rises.
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Helena
Montana Taxpayers Association
Montana
Cascade
Flathead
Lewis and Clark
Park and Silver Bow
Smallpox Epidemic Spreads to Java
A smallpox epidemic, which killed 79 on Madura, spread to Java with 62 cases and three deaths reported in Soerabaya in northwest Java. More than 1,100 people were struck on Madura.
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Jakarta
Madura
Java
Soerabaya
Elective 12 Member State Highway Commission Proposed
Helena March 24. Montana interim highway committee heard a proposal for an elected 12 member state highway commission to replace the five man appointive board. The plan would base fund allocation on precise calculations of traffic, tonnage, and revenue, with engineers and statisticians to develop the formula. The group urged upgrading Highway 10 to meet modern standards and cited potential annual savings of about 2.5 million in maintenance.
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State Highway Commission
Helena
Montana Interim Highway Committee
Kendall Steeves
Livingston
Ashley Roberts
State Highway 10 Association
Steeves and Roberts
Mass Czech refugee flight lands in American zone
Three unauthorized Czech DC-3 planes carrying about 85 refugees landed at Erding air base near Munich, the largest mass escape from behind the iron curtain. US authorities said the refugees are in custody for investigation, with results to follow. Rumors of Fierlinger’s assassination were denied by Prague officials.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States Army
United States Air Force
Wiesbaden
Erding Air Base
Czechoslovakia
United States
Munich
Zdenek Fierlinger
Montana PTA discusses funding for school foundation program
C R Anderson outlined the Montana foundation program and possible legislation at a PTA session in Helena. He did not specify how to raise funds, but noted a study is underway. D D Cooper urged increasing the program and broadening the tax system to boost county school funds.
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John W. Bonner
Montana School Foundation
C. R. Anderson
Helena
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Board of Managers
Montana Congress of Parents and Teachers
Anderson
Finlen
PTA Board
D. D. Cooper
Townsend
Board
Montana
Cooper
Carrier Bataan Shifts to Pacific Fleet Strength
The light aircraft carrier Bataan will transfer from the Atlantic to the Pacific in June, increasing Pacific Fleet carriers to six. The move, announced in Washington, places Bataan with Carrier Division 15 at San Diego, joining Sicily and Bandoeng Strait as a hunter killer anti-submarine trio.
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Pearl Harbor
Bataan
Pacific
Navy
Washington
Atlantic
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Southeast Asia
Mediterranean
Greece
Forrest P. Sherman
Carrier Division 15
San Diego
Sicily
Bandoeng Strait
Mrs. Michel Acquitted In Child Punishment Case
Beverly Hills jury acquitted Mrs Lorraine Michel on Friday night of charges that she unjustifiably punished her 9 year old adopted daughter child actress Lora Lee Michel.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Lorraine Michel
Justice Court
Lora Lee Michel
Senate Finishes Action on Farm Price Measure
Senate action on the farm price measure is followed by warnings on national defense. Eisenhower urges Congress to seek his advice on spending for military needs, while Adm. Sherman and Gen. Vandenberg push for stronger forces. House committee adds $187 million for high priority public works linked to defense.
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Senate
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate Appropriations
Military Department
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
London
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Appropriations
Truman
House Armed Services Committee
Columbia University
New York
Johnson
Europe
Air
Symington
United States
House Appropriations Committee
Son of Assassinated President Garfield Is Dead
James Rudolph Garfield, 84, former secretary of interior and son of President James A. Garfield, died in Cleveland on Friday from pneumonia. He helped Theodore Roosevelt as a trust busting aide and advised Herbert Hoover. Garfield entered public life in 1896 as an Ohio state senator.
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Cleveland
James Rudolph Garfield
Interior
James A. Garfield
Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Garfield
Charles Guiteau
James R. Garfield
Williamstown
Mass
Ohio Senate
Dynamite Laden Trailer Explodes Near Nashville Killing Two
A trailer truck carrying 20,000 pounds of dynamite caught fire on United States Highway 4-A north of Nashville and exploded, killing two men and injuring others. The Hercules Powder Co. truck from Bessemer Alabama was en route to Clarksville when the blaze started on a hill, the blast creating a large crater in the highway. One victim, identified as J. L. Gwinn of Nashville, died in the burning car with another man.
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Nashville
Tenn
United States Highway 4
Here
Hercules Powder Company
Bessemer
Ala
Clarksville
J. L. Gwinn
Finance Campaign Starts Sunday for Dental Clinic
A drive to raise eight thousand dollars to equip a basic dental clinic for Butte children in need will run from Sunday through April 9. The Silver Bow Council on Dental Health for Children leads the effort with a seven member central council including E. H. Mester as treasurer and representatives from local civic groups and schools. A dentists council will supervise clinic operations.
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Butte
Mining City
Silver Bow Council On Dental Health For
Dentists
Third District Dental Society
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council
PTA Council
Dental Society
Welfare Board
E. H. Mester
First National Bank
J. W. Lohman
Grant Lindsay
Mary Quigley
C. R. Haser
Frank Kall
William Youlden
H. G. Martinell
Harry Ross
Council On Dental Health For Children
C. S. Renouard
J. R. Moran
S. M. Rafish
P. H. Bowden
U S Officers in Hungary Removed over Spying Claims
The United States ended the assignments of three officers attached to the U S legation in Hungary after the Hungarian Communist government demanded their removal. The State department rejected spying charges linked to the men, raised during the trial of Robert A Vogeler, the American businessman convicted of spying.
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Washington
United States
Hungary
State Department
Budapest
Robert A. Vogeler
FBI Delivers Confidential Russian Spy Report to Senate Probers
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover gave Senate investigators a complete analysis of the bureau s secret files on the alleged Russian spy linked by Senator McCarthy to the State department The report was presented at Attorney General McGrath s office with four members of the foreign relations subcommittee Hoover and McGrath will testify Monday to explain why records won t be opened to the panel McCarthy pledged to name the unidentified top espionage agent and seek loyalty files on 89 so called bad security risks
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Washington
U.P
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
State Department
Hoover
J. Howard McGrath
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthy
Department
McGrath
Subcommittee
Millard E. Tydings
D-Md
Red
Tydings
Truman
Civil Service Commission
Key West
Fla
White House
Charles Ross
Riots in Brussels as police clash with Leopoldists
Belgian authorities deploy mounted police with sabers to break up anti Leopoldist demonstrations during a general strike. About 1,000 strikers and students clash with officers near Porte De Namur, three trampled, nine injured, as pro Leopold Christian Workers’ union streetcars run amid chaos. A Gent power plant explosion is ruled accidental. Regent Charles seeks solution with Franz Van Cauwelaert, possible all Social Christian cabinet to restore Leopold from Switzerland. Parliament meets Tuesday.
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Brussels
Belgium
Interior Ministry
Leopold III
pro-Leopold Christian Workers’ Union
Porte de Namur
Station Plaza
Gent
Prince Charles
Franz van Cauwelaert
van Cauwelaert
Leopold
Switzerland
Laski Political Scientist Dies at 56 in London
Professor Harold J. Laski 56 noted political scientist and former Labor party chairman died of pneumonia after a bout with bronchitis. He had resumed lectures at the London School of Economics, with a long association to London University and a career as a prolific author and lecturer.
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London
Harold J. Laski
Labor Party
London School of Economics
London University
Laski
Britain
United States
Labor
Western Hemisphere
Harvard
Yale
Amherst
McGill University
Montreal
Canada
Britain strengthened by defeat of Reds declared
Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison said Britain's world authority is strengthened by the Communist defeat in the February 23 general election. He called the rout potentially historic, arguing that in a mature democracy communism cannot withstand active social democracy.
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London
Herbert Morrison
Britain
Production controls placed on 1951 spud crop
The Senate approved a farm bill to curb potato production for 1951 while restoring part of cotton and peanut acreage cuts. The measure would disqualify potato growers from price supports unless they sign marketing agreements, set larger cotton and peanut allotments, and face stricter future quotas. The vote followed party lines with Republicans and Democrats shaping the final outcome, as critics warned of increasing farm costs.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Truman
House
Treasury
Tew
Prin
Voorhees resigns as Undersecretary of the Army in June
President Truman accepts Tracy Voorhees’s resignation as undersecretary of the Army effective by June 30. Gordon Gray also leaves as secretary to become UNC president in September. White House notes ongoing searches for AEC and NSRB chairs and a new economic advisory council member. Roosevelt remains at the Florida winter White House until April 10. Voorhees cited family, health, and a wish to allow a new team to form.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Tracy
Vorhees
Army
Voorhees
Gordon Gray
University of North Carolina
Atomic Energy Commission
National Security Resources Board
Economic Advisory Council
White House
Washington
Florida
Naval Submarine Station
Tydings
D-Md
State Department
McCarthy
R-Wis
Charles G. Ross
Army Department
Gray
Johnson
Butte Weather Forecast Shows Light Snow And Warm Spikes
Mostly cloudy with occasional light snow Saturday and a high near 43. Saturday morning low around 20. Period temps from Thursday 12 midnight to Friday 5 30 pm include School of Mines high 39 low 24 and Airport high 37 low 24 with .05 inches precipitation. West of Divide expects clouds and light snow with little change. high 35 to 45. East of Divide similar snow with cooler south and highs 30 to 40.
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School of Mines
Divide
Billings Seaceesnereneenneee
Belgrade
S Broadus
Lewistown
Livingston Wees
Miles City
Missoula
T. Superior
W. Yellowstone
Iw Whitehall En Reennenereeeee
27 Students Named to Butte High Honor Society
The Butte high school announces 27 seniors 18 girls and nine boys earned National Honor Society membership for the 1950 scholastic year. A faculty committee selected the members from 48 candidates with 2.2 or better averages, meeting the 10 percent limit.
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Butte High School
George Haney
National Honor Society
Irene Actis
Nadell Baker
Martha Bertoglio
Donna Bork
Leone Brown
Ida Burger
Dave Canty
Chris Demos
Winifred Dunn
Edwin Duncan
Theodore Eyde
Ruth Finlen
Adele Fogarty
Erma Gill
Protest Farm Clause in Foreign Aid Bill
House debates next year’s foreign aid with farm state members seeking to strip a farm clause. The clause would require 1 billion dollars of aid as surplus government owned farm products, risking charges of subsidy and disrupting private food trade, says Chairman Cooley.
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Washington
House
Economic Co-Operation Administration
Cooley
D-N. C
The
Agriculture Committee
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Milan
Italian Confederation of Labor
San Severo
Ottawa
Frantisec Nemec
Ottawa Evening Citizen
Fierlinger
Rudolf Slansky
Communist Party
Prague
PTA
U. S
Associated Press
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