Montana Highway Commission Shakeup Reorganizes Posts
Six new posts at the Montana Highway Commission reshuffle the lineup with Harry Soderberg John R. Graham and Nels N. Bach as new commissioners. Troy Carmichael named state highway engineer full time attorney Harry H. Jones and Al Greiner take key roles. Carmichael veteran engineer and Helena city engineer 1922 27.
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Helena
Montana
Highway Department
Harry Soderberg
Havre
John R. Graham
Red Lodge
Nels N. Bach
Sidney
Lee M. Ford
Great Falls
A. W. Heidel
Broadus
H. H. Kincaid
Walter Balkovatz
Anaconda
T. W. Elliott
Kali
Troy Carmichael
Harry H. Jones
Butte
al Greiner
Carmichael
C. E. Stahl
Harmony
Jones
Myles J. Thomas
Greiner
W. O. Whipps
Ford
Heidel
Kincaid
Thomas
Whipps
State Examiners Board
John W. Bonner
Bonner
Augusta
J. H. Carmichael
Missouri
Washington University
Phone Companies Accused of Aiding Gamblers
Senator Tobey charged the telephone companies with aiding and abetting gamblers by supplying service to bookmakers like Frank Erickson. Witnesses from AT&T and the United States Independent Telephone Association defended public obligations and cooperation with authorities while denying private lines to gamblers. Senators Kefauver and McFarland pressed for stronger cooperation and oversight.
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Washington
Tobey
Frank Erickson
New Hampshire
Clyde
Bailey
United States Independent Telephone Association
S. Whitney Landon
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Senate Commerce
Landon
ATT
Kefauver
D-Tenn
McFarland
D-Ariz
Nationalists Claim Russian Jets Fighting for Reds
A China nationalist air force communique says late model jets of Russia's Far East air force have joined the Chinese Communist air force in operations against the Chinese government. Independent reports in Hong Kong note Russia may have supplied fighters, but no reliable confirmation that Russians are manning them.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Russia
Far East
Hong Kong
Red
State Sees Montana Tax Take Rise in April
Montana’s monthly report from the state equalization board shows total state tax receipts reaching 2,542,013 for April, up 493,979 from 1949. Income tax led at 1,168,356, with gasoline, corporation, and cigarette taxes each surpassing 100,000.
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Helena
Montana
State Equalization Board
Ex Montanan Wins Pulitzer Prizes in Drama and Fiction
The Broadway hit South Pacific won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for drama, while A B Guthrie's The Way West received the prize for fiction. The journalism letters and music awards were also announced in New York.
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New York
South Pacific
A. B. Guthrie
Guthrie Learns of Pulitzer Win for The Way West
Lexington journalist Bud Guthrie Jr. learned by phone of his Pulitzer prize award for The Way West hours after the announcement. Guthrie, a Montana native and former staffer at the Lexington Leader, has written freelance for three years since leaving the newspaper. He previously published The Big Sky.
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Lexington
A. B
Bud) Guthrie, Jr
Lexington Leader
Guthrie
Big Sky
Chateau, Mont
Montana State University
Missoula
Pulitzer Prizes Awarded for 1950 Journalism Excellence
President Eisenhower announces 1950 Pulitzer winners including disinterested public service awards to Chicago Daily News and St. Louis Post-Dispatch for exposing 51 Illinois newspapermen on the rate payroll. Meyer Berger of the New York Times wins distinguished local reporting for Camden neighborhood slayings. Other honors go to Edwin Guthman, Edmund Stevens, Carl Saunders, James Berryman, and Bill Crouch for various reports and cartoons. Awards total $500 per prize.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Chicago Daily News
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Illinois
George Thiem
Roy J. Harris
Meyer Berger
New York Times
Howard Unruh
Camden
N. J
Edwin O. Guthman
Seattle
Wash
Times
Melvin Rader
University of Washington
Edmund Stevens
The
Christian Science Monitor
Russia
Stevens
Associated Press
Carl M. Saunders
Jackson, Mich
Citizen-Patriot
James T. Berryman
Washington Star
Washington
Berryman
Clifford K. Berryman
Bill Crouch
Oakland
Calif
Tribune
Joseph Pulitzer
Witness Says Lattimore Served Reds
Ex Communist Freda Utley testified she has no proof Owen Lattimore joined the Communist party but said his writings since 1938 showed subservience to Communist discipline. She claimed Lattimore and his wife were indistinguishable from Communists and had joined the Communist totalitarians by 1940.
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Washington
Freda Utley
Owen Lattimore
Communist Party
Senate
Lattimore
Miss Utley
United States
Utley
Reds
Chrysler Strike Nearing End
The 97 day Chrysler strike appears near settlement as unions and management hold nonstop bargaining sessions. Weckler says only technical wording blocks a contract while the union cites unresolved issues. About 89,000 workers are on strike amid broader United Press teletype worker walkout.
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Chrysler
Herman Weckler
United Press Associations
United Press
Commerce Chiefs Urge Pro Growth Drive For Prosperity
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer urged the U S Chamber of Commerce to lead a campaign showing Americans that prosperity rests on a profitable growing business community. Harold Stassen backed the call as the Chamber’s Herman Steinkraus warned 600000 new jobs yearly are needed to avert unemployment. Senator Taft warned the Chamber to resist socialist policies threatening democracy.
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Washington
Sawyer
United States Chamber of Commerce
Harold E. Stassen
Chambers
Chamber
Herman Steinkraus
Steinkraus
Taft
Ohio
Butte Weather Forecast Tuesday Snow Flurries Expected
Cloudy and cool with snow flurries on Tuesday. Highs near 45 and lows around 26 to 30. West of Divide mostly cloudy with rain at lower elevations and snow above 5 000 feet. high 45 to 55. East of Divide partly cloudy with scattered showers and snow above 5 000 feet. 48 to 58.
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School of Mines
Divide
Navy to Build Atomic Sub and Convert Cruiser
Adm. Forrest P. Sherman won quick approval from a House committee for a 350 million Navy modernization program. It covers a guided missiles cruiser conversion costing 40 million and an atomic powered submarine slated to operate within about three years, around 1954. The plan also includes 112 ships and modernization of 30 others, with Essex class carriers to be updated.
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Washington
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
House
Sherman
Armed Services Committee
Naval Operations
Navy
Vinson
Representative Rivers
D-S. C
Connally sees no immediate war risk with Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Tom Connally warned of no immediate war danger with Russia but said a future conflict could come by accident or design. He also predicted Communist pressure would force United States to abandon South Korea as Japan, Okinawa, and the Philippines form the Pacific defense line.
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Connally
Washington
U.P
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
United States
South Korea
Japan
Okinawa
Philippines
United States News and World Report
Independent Weekly
United States Navy
Baltic
Berlin
Kremlin
West
Wichita
Kan
Air Force
George C. Kenney
Kenney
Allied Air Force
Pacific
Kennedy
Wichita Rotary Club
Violence Dims as Berlin May Day Demonstrations Spark Clash
In Berlin the May Day rallies saw up to a million protesters from rival sides across the border with police action keeping violence to a minimum. Across the globe, in Johannesburg 13 natives died as clashes with police occurred during attempts to reach work amid strike efforts. In Moscow Premier Stalin watched a massive parade with over a million spectators as military displays unfolded.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Johnnesburg
South Africa
Paris
Brandenburg Gate
Hitler
Unter den Linden
Moscow
Stalin
Vassily Stalin
Snow Storm Buries Butte in May Day Weather
May Day festivities meet a heavy storm as Butte records a large snow blanket. Forecasters warn of further flurries Tuesday with a cool high around 45 degrees after a chilly 26 degree low. Snow falls from morning through evening, with gutters overflowing to aid city cleanup.
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Butte
School of Mines
Butte Hill
Harmonica Star Adler Testifies on Milk Aid and Hospitals
Hartford May 1 Harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler told a federal court jury the chief concern behind his performances for a pro Communist group was securing milk for babies and funds for two hospitals He said he played for the anti Fascist refugee committee to raise money for charity and would not have supported it if he knew it was a Communist front Mrs McCullough accuses Adler of ties to eight or nine such groups and he acknowledged possible future performances for other listed groups.
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Hartford
Conn
U.P
Larry Adler
Paul Draper
Hester McCullough
Greenwich
Adler
Communist Party
McCullough
MacArthur Urges Japan to Outlaw Communism
In Tokyo on May 2 Gen. Douglas MacArthur asked the Japanese government to outlaw Communism, calling it a graver threat than prewar warlords. He contrasted democracy with Communism and praised Japan’s postwar progress while noting the need for political freedom.
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MacArthur
Tokyo
U.2
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Soviet
Russia
Communist Party
Bolivian Pilot Files Counterclaim in Eastern Crash Case
Bolivian pilot Erick Rios Bridoux countersued Eastern Airlines for 300000 dollars after a November 1 crash at National airport that killed 55 aboard an Eastern DC-4. He alleges Eastern was negligent and notes the DC-4 was owned by the Navy and leased to Eastern.
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Washington
U.P
Erick Rios Bridoux
Eastern Airlines
Rios
National Airport
Eastern
Federal District Court
United States Navy
Mayors Placed Under Mock Communist Rule In Mosinee
In Mosinee Wisconsin on May day 1941 citizens staged a 14 hour mock-Communist rule. Mayor Ralph Kronenwetter collapsed from excitement and a heart attack after being removed from bed. He was hospitalized in Wausau in critical condition.
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Mosinee
Wis
U.P
Ralph Kronenwetter
Dessert Park
Kronenwetter
St. Mary Hospital
Wausau
William H. Knoedler
Red Star of Russia
Charles L. Larson
American Legion
Teachers Back Board Over Northern Montana College Clash
Fifteen Northern Montana college faculty members defend the state board of education action dismissing president G H Vande Bogart. In an open letter to the Havre Chamber of Commerce they say the board acted in the college’s best interests and outline a basis for presenting detailed evidence if a formal hearing is held. The statement is signed by Ernest Bruffey and thirteen others.
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Havre
Northern Montana College
State Education Board
G. H. Vande Bogart
NMC
Havre Chamber of Commerce
People of
Northern
Montana
CwWe
State Board of Education
Board of Education
G. A. Selke
Selke
Vande Bogart
Ernest ‘’. Bruffey
Clara Kjerstad
Charles L. Langer
Merwin Moores
Vernon O. Sletten
Doris Capen
O. E. Kjos
William Lisenby
Un-Hibernated Bear Prefers Wild Life in Sticks
A non-roaring bear cub from Hell Roaring creek was recovered by Mel vin Felton near Bozeman after a nocturnal city stay. Felton, a former Japanese POW, hauled the cub from a tree to his car and tried a temporary pen before returning it to the wild. No serious harm occurred beyond a scratch.
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Bozeman
Hell Roaring Creek
Wilds
Melvin Felton
Here
Felton
Power failure darkens part of west Butte
A power outage hit part of west Butte around 12 15 Tuesday morning plunging homes into darkness. Montana Power company workers were sent to repair the fault and restore service.
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West Butte
Welock
Montana Power Company
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