MacArthur warns China war could trigger World War III
General Douglas MacArthur told U.S. senators that without all-out air attacks, a Chinese victory could spark a third world war in Korea. He urged air power, a naval blockade of the China coast, and Nationalist troops, accusing the Truman administration of appeasement and criticizing plans to limit the conflict to Korea. He warned thousands of American lives would be lost monthly if Red China is not strangled by air and sea power and questioned administration policy.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
China
Truman
Korea
MacArthur
Russia
Asia
High Court Asked to Rule on Punch Boards
Montana’s Supreme Court was petitioned to rule on the legality of punch boards after District Judge James T. Shea of Glasgow found them to be a lottery. The case involves Sam Deniff, Horace H. Mann, and Kenneth Thompson of the Stockman at Malta, challenging the state license stance and citing the nonprofit club statute.
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Helena
Montana
Supreme Court
High Court
Sam Deniff
Horace H. Mann
Kenneth Thompson
Stockman
Malta
James T. Shea
Glasgow
Shea
George C Marshall to Attend Custer Battlefield Ceremony
Defense Secretary George C Marshall and Lt Gen Albert Wedemeyer will attend the June 25 ceremony at Custer Battlefield National Monument near Hardin. Gov Bonner announced the event honoring Gen George Custer and 225 cavalrymen who died in 1876. More than 50 000 people are expected for one of the monument’s largest gatherings.
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George C. Marshall
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Sixth Army
Custer Battlefield National Monument
Hardin
John W. Bonner
George Custer
Bonner
the Little Big Horn
Marshall
Wedemeyer
Strict Construction Controls Expected
Washington dispatch reports the government plans to impose strict new controls on the construction industry likely by Friday. The National Production Authority will require explicit NPA authority to build large apartment and luxury residences and major industrial plants, with only commercial construction previously under permit.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
American MP killed by Russian soldiers in Vienna
In Vienna on Friday May 4 an American military police Corporal Paul Gresens was killed and Corporal Jack Morgan wounded when two Russian soldiers opened fire in the international zone near Cafe Oriental. Gresens died at an Army hospital after being shot in the stomach. an Austrian civilian was also wounded. The Russians reportedly fled toward the Soviet sector as American authorities prepared a protest.
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Jack Morgan
Cafe Oriental
Morgan
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International Police Patrol
United States
President Truman names wage stabilization board members
President Truman on May 3 announced the 18 members of the new Wage Stabilization Board. Six will represent the public, six for labor, and six for management. The board gains authority to rule on labor disputes and wage issues within the mobilization program amid previous labor protests.
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Washington
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Father Kills His Eight Children in Mountain Home Tragedy
In Collettsville, North Carolina, jobless Ralph Gragg, 36, killed his eight children aged 3 to 16 and then killed himself after setting their frame house ablaze. Neighbors heard screams and a fire while the mother Ruth Story Gragg had fled, saying he had threatened to harm them. Coroner said no inquest. Police found evidence of kerosene saturation.
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Blue Ridge Mountain
Collettsville
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Marshall Kincaid
Ruth Story Gragg
Situation Tense as Floods Grip Midwestern Rivers
Associated Press reports clear weather helped flood crews along the Mississippi while danger of levee breaks lingered along the Iowa Missouri Illinois stretch. The Missouri River reached bankful levels in Lexington Boonville and Waverly Missouri. The Grand River was seen cresting at 28 feet at Chillicothe Missouri, signaling renewed flooding risk.
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Boonville
Waverly
Chillicothe
Tank Raiders Smash Red Units North of Seoul
Tokyo may 4 American tank raiders pushed into Red lines 11 miles north of Seoul on patrols that scattered or destroyed small outposts around the capital. Eighth Army estimates Thursday Korean front casualties at about 1 740 killed or wounded and 75 prisoners. A tank infantry team entered Uijongbu at the 11 mile milestone the deepest penetration since the spring Red offensive. Reds at Uijongbu fired small arms and fled when tanks opened fire. Raiders later withdrew to Seoul defenses. A patrol east northeast of Seoul killed about 200 Chinese troops in a two hour clash and took 21 prisoners.
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Tokyo
Seoul
Eighth Army
Uijongbu
Border clash pits Israeli Syrian artillery over demilitarized zone
Israeli and Syrian forces exchanged heavy artillery and mortar fire along the Palestine border north of the Sea of Galilee. UN observers, unable to enter the zone, feared the fighting would derail peace talks as Syrian troops attempted to retake a height inside Israel after sundown.
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Palestine
Sea of Galilee
United Nations Palestine Commission
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Sea of
Community survey ad from Wilson-Sims Realty Co
A newspaper ad urges readers to participate in a community survey, noting the diverse audience of thousands of readers. It emphasizes the ad as a way to reach all readers efficiently and mentions Wilson-Sims Realty Co. Left out of Classified Ads Friday Standard.
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Beery’s
U.S. Tire Co
Bertoglio’s Home Appliance Co
Bolever, Realtor
Butte Motor Co
Butte Truck & Motor Gribben's
Montgomery Ward & Co
Murray Motor Co
Oechsli Furniture Co
Parker-Morelli Motor Co
Price Motor Co
Wellman Motors
Wilson-Sims Realty Co
MacArthur Backed Truman Says Whitney
An aide to Gen. Douglas MacArthur said that up to the day MacArthur received his dismissal notice he supported the President and tried to carry out his policies. Maj Gen. Courtney Whitney called the claim that MacArthur planned a war on Truman untrue and said MacArthur’s sole effort was backing the President’s decisions.
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Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Courtney Whitney
Whitney
Gen. MacArthur
Truman
Washington
Senate
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Waldorf-Astoria Towers
Gen. Whitney
Congress
Foes Move to Cut Acheson Pay in Congress
Washington May 3 Achesons foes in the House weigh a plan to stop his pay after June 30 by denying or delaying State Department funding. Republican whip Arends says such action could emerge with support from southern Democrats as hearings on 1951-52 appropriations lag. A subcommittee member cited fear the move would embarrass the administration.
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Washington
Acheson
State Department
Arends
Illinois
Subcommittee
Festival of Britain Opens With King Parade Across London
King George VI opened Britain's Festival of Britain in a brisk ceremony on May 3. The $33 million five month event aims to lift austerity, boost tourism, and showcase pageants concerts and exhibitions across about 1,700 communities. The royal procession featured Windsor greys pulling the state carriage from Buckingham Palace to St Paul’s Cathedral before the open speech.
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London
George VI
Britain
Windsor
Truman Says Facts Back Up His Stand Against MacArthur
President Truman bristles at questions about Gen. Douglas MacArthur firing. He asserts facts will prove he was right and claims MacArthur misled him on Chinese Communist involvement. Truman says CIA reports were daily and denies MacArthur’s control over intelligence. He notes Bedell Smith forced CIA access in Japan.
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General MacArthur
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Wake Island
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CIA
Walter Bedell Smith
Agenmy
Japan
Russia
United States seeks UN embargo on war materiel to Red China
United States urged all United Nations members to impose an embargo on shipments of war materials to Red China. Ambassador Ernest A. Gross presented the plan to a UN committee on punishments of Red China, with Britain and France seen as wary of a worldwide embargo timing. The move aims to aid Korea and show free nations’ resolve, arguing no U.S. soldier should be targeted by arms from the free world.
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United Nations
United States
Red China
United Nations Committee
China
Ernest A. Gross
Britain
France
Gross
Korea
Free World
Butte Weather Forecast Warns Of Warmer Friday
A forecast for Butte predicts variable high cloudiness Friday and warmer conditions with Friday morning low near 32 and Friday afternoon high around 64. Temperature range from 12 midnight Wednesday to 5:30 p.m. Thursday shows 19 to 60 at the Airport and 27 to 62 at the School of Mines, with Montana west of Divide showing highs near 70 in mild Friday, east of Divide mostly 65 to 75 and mostly clear to partly cloudy conditions overnight.
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Butte Fair
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Warning on Testimony May Break U S Secret Code
Gen Omar N Bradley warned Senate investigators that MacArthur testimony circulating publicly could enable enemies to crack secret military codes. The disclosure occurred amid a heated debate over open hearings into MacArthur's dismissal.
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Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Pentagon
Bradley
Richard B Russell
D-Ga
Russell
Joint Chiefs
China
General Deplores Far East Policy
General Douglas MacArthur told senators investigating his Far Eastern dismissal that the United States erred by allowing Communist power to grow in China. He blamed past Pacific policy architects and urged stronger aid to the conservative Chinese government to check communism, stating the mistake could cost a century.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Pacific
China
John Hays
Taft
Leonard Wood
Woodrow Wilson
Henry Stimson
Gen Whitney Slapped At Him by MacArthur Aide
New York May 3 An Associated Press reporter said he was shoved and slapped at by Maj Gen Courtney Whitney personal aide to Gen MacArthur. He said he was trying to question MacArthur about plans to return to Senate hearings in Washington. Whitney denied the claim saying he stood beside MacArthur and did not push anyone amid crowding at the airport.
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Associated Press
Gen. MacArthur
David Robinson
MacArthur
Senate
Washington
Courtney Whitney
Robinson
Whitney
Highlights of General MacArthur Testimony before Senate
General Douglas MacArthur testifies before the combined armed services and foreign relations committees in Washington. He says Far East integration of the three fighting services is as complete as possible and that most allied forces in Korea are token. He calls the Turkish brigade among the finest he has known.
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Washington
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Combined Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Senate
Far East
Korea
Far East Soviet Dependence on European Russia
The statement notes that Soviet support in the Far East relies almost entirely on European Russia, highlighting a regional dependency pattern in early economic or political backing.
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Far East
Russia
Soviet Strains Trans Siberian Line For Peace Keepers
The Soviet Union uses the Trans Siberian railway to sustain forces in Siberia for peace. Experts doubt Moscow can mass a major attack from Asia without sea air control. Red China weakness is tied to Soviet logistics and munition delivery constraints, while a full invasion of Japan hinges on gaining sea and air dominance. Col. 3 page note continues on page 20.
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Siberia
Red China
Attlee Denies Britain Aiding Red China Trade Limits
Prime Minister Attlee told the House of Commons that Britain is not sending strategic materials to Communist China. He said export licenses have been required since April 9 for raw rubber from British colonies to Red China to prevent large shipments, but not an absolute prohibition. He cited alignment with the United States to curb China trade.
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Attlee
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China
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