Solons Approve 3 Billion Dollar Income Tax Hike Plan
The House ways and means committee tentatively voted a 3 billion dollar increase in individual income taxes to raise rates across all surtax brackets by three percentage points. The plan would raise actual tax by about 15 percent for low earners and about 3 percent for those with half million dollar incomes, with detailed increases for various brackets and example impacts.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Treasury
Snyder
Truman Warns Relaxation Tops Enemy List In Talks
President Truman told 600 industry leaders that relaxation is the country’s worst threat and urged extended price and wage controls for two to three years. He warned inflation is a home-made problem and pressed Congress for higher taxes while maintaining controls. He linked Korea to broader world danger and called for stronger military readiness to deter the Kremlin.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Kremlin
State's Engineers to Meet in Butte
The 64th annual Montana Society of Engineers meeting will be in Butte on Saturday May 12. Election of officers and a 2 PM business session precede a 7 PM banquet at the Butte Country Club with toastmaster A B Martin and Yellowstone chief ranger Dave Congdon as speaker.
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Montana Society of Engineers
Butte
Oscar A. Dingman
Butte Country Club
A. B. Martin
Dave Congdon
Yellowstone National Park
J. R. Batte
Great Falls
R. D. Piper
P. K. Ramsey
J. B. Hazen
W. H Meyers
Virginia City
F. C. Homann
Bozeman
D. C. Shevalier
Anaconda
Missoula
Helena
Commie Sanctuary Instills Disdain in U S Airmen
United States Air Base Korea May 10. Fighter pilots in the 312 plane raid on Sinuiju report growing anger at the Yalu boundary. They lament UN limits preventing attacks on anti air guns and Communist planes across the river, noting 50 Red planes rose but only 13 attacked.
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United States Air Base
Korea
Sinuiju
Yalu River
Manchuria
MacArthur
Yalu
Father Leonard Funeral to Be Monday Morning
The Most Rev Joseph M Gilmore will celebrate a solemn pontifical requiem high mass at St John the Evangelist church Monday at 11 for Rev Father M J Leonard 62 pastor of St John parish who died Wednesday afternoon at 130 The body will be moved from Daly Shea funeral home to St John church Sunday afternoon Catholic clergy will recite the divine office for the dead that night Interment will be in the priest s plot at St Patrick cemetery He had been in ill health but served his parishioners until hospital admission He died with many clergy and nuns at his bedside A priest for 36 years he spent his life in Helena diocese and Butte born in Ballyhaunis County Mayo Ireland Continues on Page 16 Col 1
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Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
M. J. Leonard
St. John Parish
Montana
Portland
James P. O'Shea
St. Joseph Parish
Butte
Daly-Shea
St. John Church
St. Patrick Cemetery
Leonard
St. James Hospital
St. John School
Father Leonard
M. M. English
Santa Monica Bride-to-Be Changes Name After Wedding
Santa Monica resident Kamilia Trzygocki will change her name to Mrs. Jerome Przybylowicz after May 19, the wedding announcement stated on Wednesday.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Kamilia Trzygocki
Jerome Przybylowicz
Marshall Claims MacArthur's Policy Threat to Allied Unity
Allied forces killed or routed about 6,000 Korean Reds as they attempted a western flank on Seoul. ROK troops with artillery and planes repelled two Red regiments between the Han River and the Seoul Munsan road, 20 to 25 miles northwest of Seoul. UN patrols faced little resistance elsewhere as Reds pulled back from a spring offensive while a major air strike on Sinuiju damaged bases and supplies.
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Tokyo
Seoul
Eighth Army
Republic of Korea
ROK
Han River
Seoul- Munsan
Sinuiju
Red Northwest
Korea
United States Fifth Air Force
United States
Robert Bunson
Bunson
Seoul-Munsan Road
Price Is Named Student Leader At Montana School Of Mines
Eugene W Price of Hershey Nebraska was elected president of the Montana School of Mines student body during the annual M day events. Other officers include Vice President Will Thie man Secretary Stanley Fong and two delegates Daniel Petoit and Thomas Melrose. The day featured blasting of Big Butte Mine M and campus cleanups with a kangaroo court softball games fireworks and a dance in the gym.
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Eugene W. Price O. Hershey
Neb
Montana School of Mines
Price
David Hendra
Butte
Robert P Toshoff
Klein
Theta Tau
Frank A. Darlaque
Anaconda
Sigma Rho
William 8. Thieman
Lewistown
Richard N
Carl M. Canfield
Davenport
Wash
George T. Krempasy
Peckville
Thielman
Fong
Petoit
Melrose
Associated Students of the
School of Mines
Howard Rice
Macedonia, Ill
John Griswold
Robert Bernstein
Newark
N. J
Big Butte
Mine-Mill Union Wins East Helena Election
East Helena voters backed the Mine-Mill union by 186 to 67 over CIO United Steelworkers at the AS and R smelter. The margin followed similar victories at Tacoma and Great Falls as TSUMMSW urged unity against raid and disruption of labor functions.
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East Helena
American Smelting and Refining Company
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Independent
Mine-Mill Union
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
Mine-Mill
AS and R
Tacoma
Wash
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Great Falls
William Mason
Tsummsw
Northeast
Hints Big Four Parley May Fall Through
Secretary of State Acheson said the United States is near the end of its role in negotiating terms for a Big Four foreign ministers meeting. He noted Soviet demands for its own arms reduction formula threaten the conference and warned the West cannot pay that price.
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Washington
Acheson
United States
Paris
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Rioting Mobs Demand Overthrow of Panamanian President
Rioters in Panama City clashed in Santa Ana Plaza demanding the overthrow of Arnulfo Arias. At least 111 were wounded and 90 treated at Santo Tomas hospital with 21 hospitalized. Four opposition deputies sought refuge in embassies as the assembly moved to impeach Arias.
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Panama
Arias
Panama City
Arnulfo Arias
Santo Tomas
Joe Ehrman
Assembly
Supreme Court
Jose Antonio Remon
Panama City’s Main Street Became A No-Man’s Land
Santa Ana Plaza
Butte Area Expect Warmer With Partly Cloudy Skies
Weather outlook shows partly cloudy skies and a rise in temperatures for Thursday. Butte readings forecast a minimum near 36 and a high around 68 Thursday afternoon. Airport and School of Mines data show modest daily ranges with midweek cooling possible west of the divide.
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School of Mines
Divide
Marshall denies foreign powers dictated MacArthur ouster
Secretary of Defense Marshall testified before senators that Gen Douglas MacArthur's public opposition to Korea policy risked splitting the United Nations and forcing the U S to fight alone but he denied foreign governments pressured President Truman to remove MacArthur. He rejected claims the U S is already going it alone, noting troop estimates and urging caution in judging allied support.
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Washington
Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
United States
Korea
Truman
MacArthur
Wiley
R-Wis
Red China
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
MacArthur Morale Boost Seen By Aide Despite Policy Split
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's aide says his Far East views lifted morale among U S troops in Korea. Whitney claims MacArthur sought a definitive policy to fill a vacuum after China's entry and did not oppose existing administration aims.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Defense
Marshall
Senate
MacArthur
Courtney Whitney
Whitney
Far East
China
Truman
Strike clashes in Pamplona wound five and injure others
In Pamplona on May 9 a general strike of about 30,000 workers portra yed heavy clashes with police. Five persons were wounded by gunfire and nearly 50 more were injured by clubs as authorities warned of grave sanctions if workers did not return to work.
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Pamplona
Spain
Luis Valero Bermejo
Marshall Hearing Highlights Defense Secretary Marshall Testimony
Highlights of Defense Secretary Marshall's testimony before Senate armed services and foreign relations committees reveal policies on Korea operations UN relations and presidential responsibility. The censored record shows questions, answers, and references to Gen. MacArthur's role and authority.
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Washington
Korea
United Nations
Gen. MacArthur
Wiley
Butte Child Rescued From Madison River Drowning
Patty Dunbar age three nearly drowned when she slipped into the Madison river near Three Forks during a family picnic. Neighbor Donald Miller, 34, jumped in fully clothed and swam 15 to 20 feet to reach her. He battled strong currents with the unconscious child, then her father applied artificial respiration. Patty recovered and played again by Wednesday.
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Patty Dunbar
Charles Dunbar
Almira Apartments
West Galena
Montana
Three Forks
Missouri River
Donald Miller
Dunbars
Little Miss
Patty
Madison
Miller
St. Lawrence
Jefferson
Butte
Charlene
Nikki
Mrs. Miller
Edward
Gallatin
Missouri
Little Patty
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Coca Cola Bottling Co
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Weinberg's
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Butte Business College
Butte Floral Co
Christie Furniture Co
Finlen Hotel
Food Bank Savings Center
Fritz Flower House
Gamer's Confectionery
Green's Cafe
Interstate Lumber Co
Lawlor & Rowe
Len's
Lloyd's of Butte Main Drug Co
McKee Printing Co
New Method Laundry & Dry Cleaning
Petersen's Standard Market
Spillum's Terminal Food & Drug Center
Trazzolino Food Products Co
Zenith Hearing Aids
J. E. Kelley
Beery’s
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