Allies edge front line in Korea as clashes occur
Allied forces gained a shallow foothold north of Seoul along the Pukhan river while patrols pressed against Reds near Inje and Kapyong. U.S. Eighth Army reported 755 Communist casualties and 37 prisoners as Ridgway returned to Tokyo confident the Communists cannot win the war. Acheson predicted a solid United States position after foreign policy strife.
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Tokyo
Korea
John Randolph
Pukhan
Uijongbu
Seoul
United States Eighth Army
Chunchon
38Th Parallel
Kapyong
Inje
Eighth Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
Army Sets Record Low Draft Call for June at 20000
Washington May 4 The Army announced a new low draft call for June at 20000 as volunteers help reduce reliance on conscripts. The Air Force meanwhile plans to add more than 40000 women by mid 1952, raise officer count to about 4000, and commission 200 women per month starting next month.
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Washington
Army
Air Force
WAF
Montana Supreme Court Hears Veterans Bonus Case
Montana Supreme Court heard afternoon arguments on whether the state veterans bonus is constitutional after a prior ruling found it unconstitutional. The case challenges a 1941 45 bonus paying $10 monthly stateside and $15 overseas, funded by a two cent cigarette tax.
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Helena
Montana
Supreme Court
High
Charles FE. Pew
James R. Coyle
East Helena
William F. Wilford
District Court
Pew
George A. Reitz
Lewis and Clark County
Montana State University
State Examiners Board
Rietz
State Supreme Court
R. McQueen Mills
House Votes Cut in Independent Offices Fund Bill
The House reduced the independent offices appropriation by 693 million dollars and limited new public housing starts to 5900 units then passed the 6.14 billion dollar bill by voice vote sending it to the Senate for action next week on the 720 million dollar Agriculture appropriation. The move followed a 12 percent cut to the farm bill and included an amendment to curb government personnel in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Independent Offices
Truman
Senate
Agriculture Department
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
MacArthur Calls UN Veto Power a Grave Mistake
General Douglas MacArthur labels the United Nations veto power a very grave mistake in a Washington briefing. Senator Long of Louisiana outlined MacArthur's views during the Senate probe into the general's removal from duty, tying the veto to Russian Communist influence.
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MacArthur
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Long
D-La
Russia
Senate
General Election Called in Ireland
Dublin reports Premier Costello dissolves the Dail Eireann amid cabinet bickering and sets a May 30 general election. Fianna Fail led by De Valera seeks to regain the premiership as independents threaten coalition shifts. a new Dail meets June 13.
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Dublin
Ireland
John Costello
Dail Eireann
Eamon de Valera
Sean T. O'Kelly
Costello
de Valera
Soldiers of Destiny
Fianna Fail
United States
United Ireland
Fine Gae
Labor
Farmers
Republican
River Cities Brace for Crucial Mississippi Flood Bout
Missouri towns prepare for a Mississippi crest forecast at 22.5 feet by the Weather Bureau. The flood threatens levees protecting about 180000 acres of farmland as the river rose at Hannibal and Canton while Muscatine, Iowa levees held upstream.
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Missouri
Iowa
Hannibal
United States Weather Bureau
Canton
Muscatine
U S and Britain End Jap Peace Talks With Open Issues
American and British officials wrapped ten days of talks on Japanese peace terms in Washington. They reported real progress but left open Formosa status and Red China relations. Dulles may travel to London for further talks. no commitment on Formosa or Red China in treaty.
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Washington
State Department
Formosa
Red China
John Foster Dulles
London
United States
China
Belgium to send 225 volunteers to Korea in June
United Nations headquarters reports Belgium will add 225 volunteers in June to its 650 men already fighting in Korea. The move comes as Belgium participates in the UN military effort, expanding its support on the peninsula.
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Korea
United Nations
N. Y
Belgium
Renewed fighting erupts on Israeli Syrian border near Sea of Galilee
Even after a UN sponsored ceasefire, Israeli and Syrian forces clash north of the Sea of Galilee. Israel says Syrians attacked border territory at 5 p.m. Greenwich time and suffered heavy losses. Damascus reports Israeli heavy artillery and a border incursion. Front lines remain active as UN observers oversee a demilitarized zone.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
The
Jordan
Sea of Galilee
Damascus
Syria
Tel al Muteila
Mixed Armistice Commission
Palestine
Chaul Ramat
Fl Kudsi
Bennette Ridder
United Nations
Weather Forecast for Butte and Western Montana
Scattered showers and cooler conditions expected Saturday across Butte and western Montana. Saturday highs 55 to 65 west, 65 to 75 east with cooler nights. temperatures for Thursday night to Friday afternoon show 39 to 65 ranges across locations including School of Mines and Airport.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
NPA imposes residential and large-structure building controls
The National Production Authority ordered immediate controls on building new luxury homes over 35000 dollars and on apartment houses over three stories plus all large projects. Federal approval is required for any single family home over 35000 dollars and for steel- using structures above 25 tons regardless of other NPA rules.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Manly Fleischmann
Marine Corps Bill Passes Senate to Double Strength
The Senate unanimously approved a bill to raise the Marine Corps ceiling to 400000 officers and men and to appoint the commandant as a consultant to the joint chiefs of staff. It would allow four full strength combat divisions and four air wings, up from current levels, with House approval pending.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Marine Corps
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Russia Signals Wary Acceptance of Big Four Plan
At Paris on May 4 Soviet Deputy Andrei Gromyko said Russia would accept the Western trio’s agenda if the wording used reflected Russian terms on arms. He noted agreement depends on Western attitudes toward reducing arms and armed forces, while Paris and London officials dismissed his amendment as no real advance.
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Paris
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Kremlin
Gromyko
Britain
France
United States
Alexandre Parodi
Ernest Davies
Koreas Plea for Arms to Strengthen ROK Forces
The Korean embassy urged the United States to supply arms to outfit 20 more divisions. The aim is a strengthened ROK army capable of defending the Manchurian border without U.S. troops.
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Washington
U.P
Republic of Korea
United States
Marshall open to Formosa talks with Reds on Korea peace
General Marshall expressed willingness to discuss Formosa's future and Red China's UN entry as a basis for a Korean peace treaty during a Senate briefing on Asia policy. He made the remark near the end of his second day of testimony to the committee.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Marshall
Formosa
China
United Nations
Par East
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar N. Bradley
Truman
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
New York
Pacific
Russia
Red China
North Korea
South Korea
Democrats Kill GOP Attempt to Open Hearings
Senate Democrats voted 41 to 37 to keep the MacArthur hearings closed to the public, a move praised as a national security triumph by Senator Russell and criticized as an iron curtain by Senator Wherry. The private hearings continue under censoring with a press transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Wherry
R-Neb
McCarran
Nevada
Arthur C. Davis
State Department
Adrian Fisher
Knowland
R-Calif
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Korea
Armed Services
Pet
MacArthur Talks Strategy and Allies in Senate Session
Highlights from a May hearing show General MacArthur contrasting his theater command role with the joint chiefs, defending his right to state views, noting allied contributions, and addressing China, the Kremlin, and the possibility of war. He cautions on Soviet influence in Manchuria and sees interlocked interests with Communist China.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Frida
Senate
McMahon
D-Conn
Joint Chiefs
Staff
Gen. MacArthur
MacArthur
Fulbright
D-Ark
Kremlin
China
Death of Yank in Vienna under joint Soviet American probe
United States Army MPs Paul Gresens and Jack Morgan were on duty in Vienna when two Russian soldiers opened fire. Gresens was killed by nine bullets. Morgan wounded but the Russians escaped into the Soviet sector. Soviet authorities agreed to a joint investigation with American officials.
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Vienna
Austria
United States
Paul Gresens
Rochester
N. Y
Corp
Jack Morgan
Keokuk
Iowa
Walter J. Donnelly
Gresens
Morgan
Oriental Cafe
United States Army
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Nancy Nagel
Marcia File
Katherine Mitchell
Joan Burns
Donna Flint
Diane Smith
Joyce Freseman
Helen Trimble
Community Survey
Hennessy Co
Hennessy Co.—Dress of Week Terminal Food & Drug Center
Fox Theaters
Fox-Montana-Rialto
Maynard's Superette, Inc
Safeway Stores Inc
Butte Bottlers Supply Co
Butte Business College
Butte Floral Co
Christie Furniture Mart
Finlen Hotel
Food Bank Saving Center
Green's Cafe Home Supply
Jensen Drug Co
Ley's Jewelry Co
Linoleum Shop
Lloyd's of Butte Monarch Lumber Co
Oechsli Furniture Co
Raymond's Fireside Lounge
Red Rooster
Rocky Mountain Beer Shamrock Bar
Terminal Food & Drug Center
Thrifts Mart
Trazzolino Food Products Co
Zenith Hearing Aids
Dr. J. E. Kelley
Beery's
U.S. Tire Co
Bender Realty Co
Bertoglio’s Home Appliance Co
Butte Motor Co
Gribben's Montgomery Ward & Co
Murray Motor Co
Price Motor Co
Wilson Motor Co
Associated Press
U. S
Butte
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Giiving
Gop
Republic of China
Manchuria
Far East
Port Arthur
Darien
Pulbright
Yank
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