Civilian steel supplies cut to about sixty five percent
The U S government announced a cut in civilian steel supplies for autos and other hard goods to about 65 percent of prewar levels with deeper cuts possible. Orders will be issued soon to take effect July 1 as Truman administration officials push for broader controls amid inflation concerns.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
Congress
Agriculture Brannan
Brannan
House Agriculture Committee
House Committee
Cooley
D-N. C
Capitol
Wilbur la Roe, Jr
National Independent Meat Packers Association
Senate Banking Committee
Butte Weather Forecast prompts light showers and cooler night
Partly cloudy to cloudy with few scattered showers and little change in temperature. Clearing and slightly cooler Friday night. Friday temperatures range from a low around 34 to a high near 69. Weather details for the Airport and Mines provide multiple daily min max readings. West and east of Divide show scattered showers with highs 60 to 80 and cooler northwest areas.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Truman Defends Policies Against MacArthur and Taft
President Truman challenged Gen Douglas MacArthur and Senator Taft over advocacy of policies he said would force the United States into an all-out war in China. He warned one week of such war would cost 10 to 20 times the new 60 billion defense budget. He noted World War I cost 450 billion and a second global conflict could reach 600 billion. He urged forming friends worldwide and paused his prepared remarks at a national citizenship conference.
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Taft
United States
China
Truman
Red China
New Controversy Flares in M'Arthur Probe
Senate panels vote 18 to 8 upholding Gen Omar Bradley's refusal to disclose what was said at the White House meeting of April 6 that preceded General MacArthur's dismissal. President Truman described weighing firing MacArthur and noted Acheson urged caution before restating the ultimatum.
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Washington
Senate
Omar N. Bradley
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Russell
D-Ga
Bradley
MacArthur
White House
Korea
Acheson
Money Orders To Be Issued In Card Form
The postal note ended April 1 as the Post Office shifts to card issued money orders. After June 30 money orders will be issued on pre punched cards, cashable at any post office or bank. Purchases up to $100 with a sliding fee. Postal note limited to $10 since 1945 with eight cent fee.
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Washington
United States
Post Office Department
Still a Bargain The wedding ring larceny case in Seattle
Robert W. Asplund 32 was fined 50 dollars for petit larceny after admitting he charged a 205 dollar wedding ring to Richard E. Monaghan best man at Asplund's wedding.
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Seattle
U.P
Robert W. Asplund
Richard E. Monaghan
Asplund
Western floods kill two and leave four missing in drought plains
Heavy rain and swollen streams across Texas Oklahoma and Kansas caused two deaths and four missing persons. A bus with 11 students was rescued after floodwaters stranded it near Clinton Oklahoma while a farmer and a college student Gale Simpkins were listed as missing. Ulysses Kansas faced isolation as Arkansas river crest threatened Garden City with a dike kept intact by volunteers.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Ulysses
Kan
Plainview
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Clinton
Okla
Oklahoma Patrol
Weatherford
Southwestern State College
Gale Simpkins
Simpkins
Cimarron
Garden City
Arkansas River
World Arms Embargo Supported Against Red China
The UN political committee urged a worldwide embargo on arms and war supplies to Red China despite Soviet objections. The 60 nation General Assembly was set to vote, with 45 to 0 in favor and nine abstentions.
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New York
China
General Assembly
Luxembourg
Afghanistan
Burma
Ecuador
Egypt
India
Indonesia
Pakistan
Sweden
Syria
Jacob A. Malik
United States
Malik
People’s Government
People’s Republic of China
Communist World Gets Millions in War Supplies
West German merchants are said to export millions of dollars in war materials monthly to Russia and its allies. Officials promise action to close iron curtain loopholes as reports from Frankfurt, Bonn, and Hamburg surface detailing legal and illegal trading.
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BOM
Germany
U.P
West Germany
Socialist Party
Russia
Frankfort
Nurse Saves Life of Two Year Old Boy
In Spokane Washington on May 17 a retired nurse Margaret Primmer revived 2 year old Tim Gibbs by mouth to mouth breathing after he fell unconscious and turned blue Hospital steward H Z Sharp said she kept the child alive until firemen and hospital staff arrived with a respirator Attendants reported the boy’s condition very good hours later and he was taken from an oxygen tent after two hours to recover said Mr and Mrs Forest Gibbs the child’s parents
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Spokane
Wash
H. Z. Sharp
Margaret Primmer
Tim M. Gibbs
Deaconess Hospital
Forest Gibbs
Hollywood Strife Red Inspired Claims by Union Official
Roy M. Brewer testified before the House Un American Activities Committee that in 1945 to 1947 Communists sought to gain control of Hollywood through the Confederation of Studio Unions and by influencing cartoonists publicists and other workers. He said the motive was to spread Red propaganda and dominate film content using unions as a weapon and that anti communist dissenters faced character assassination and work hardship.
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Washington
Hollywood
Roy M. Brewer
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employer
AFL
House un-American Activities Committee
John Howard Lawson
CSU
Council of Hollywood Guilds and Unions
Brewer
Lloyd Gough
Petain Sinking Gradually In French Hospital
Paris reports physicians say Marshal Henri Philippe Petain aged 95 is sinking gradually after a long illness. Former head of the Vichy regime recently rallied but remains in frail condition while serving a life sentence for treason on the Île d’Yeu off western France.
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Paris
Henri Philippe Petain
Isle d’Yeu
France
Community Survey Ad Prompts Input for Local Readership
A community survey invites readers to share what they want in local ads and notes that value comes from clear information. The notice lists several local businesses including Baby Bunting, Bakerite Bakery, Finlen Hotel, Fox Theaters, and Daniels Automotive as examples.
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Small Ads
Baby Bunting & Junior Shop
Bakerite Bakery
Butte Business College
Butte Bottler Supply Co
Daniels Automotive Repair
Finlen Hotel
Fox Theaters
Fox-Montana-Rialto Gribben’s
Hechtmans Home Supply Co
Howards Jayson's Fur Shop
Linoleum Shop
Lloyds of Butte
Britain Warned Not to Land Troops in Iran
Tehran dispatch reports Iran's National Front MPs condemn any British landing in Abadan oil fields. They warn fires will ignite the oil region and call a troop landing a start of World War II. Front leaders pledge tribesmen will resist any occupation.
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Tehran
Iran
U.P
Great Britain
National Front
Abol Hassan Haemzadeh
Haemzadeh
Korea
Nasser Sadri
Douglas MacArthur
Atesh
Abadan
Seyed Abolghassem Kashani
Britain
House trims Agriculture budget including Forest Service cut
The House voted a 12.5 percent reduction in the Agriculture Department’s 1952 budget, choosing 717,295,233 for the year starting July 1 instead of 820,005,546. Major cuts hit the Forest Service lowering funding from 70,462,000 to 58,997,325 and soil conservation from 288,000,000 to 256,500,000, with 251,250,000 in loan authorizations also approved.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Senate
Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Appropriations Committee
Forest Service
Soil
Soil Conservation Service
Traffic Deaths Rise In Montana After Thursday Crash
The ninth Montana highway fatality in as many days occurred when 18 year old Siebrechtje Devries of Sidney died in a crash eight miles west of Culbertson on US 2. Driver Ella Espeland, also 18 of Sidney, was treated for injuries. Coroner Jerry Cloyd said no inquest will be held. Devries is the 60th traffic death this year, contrasted with 48 by the same point last year. Other victims listed include Ronnie Oberosler Cut Bank Sgt Reno D Russell Great Falls air base and Butte Mrs Lawrence Granger Fort Benton Bill McNary High River Alberta Mrs William Lamere Rocky Boy Agency Clifford Gren Jr Lodge Grass Mickey Earl Mellett Chinook Henry Joseph Dionne Anaconda.
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Montana
Siebregje Devries
Sidney
Joe Laci
Jerry Cloyd
Miss Devries
Culbertson
Ella Espeland
Culbertson Hospital
Cloyd
Ronnie Oberosler
Cut Bank
Reno D. Russell
Great Falls Air Base
Butte
Lawrence Granger
Fort Benton
Bill McNary
High River
Alberta
William Lamere
Rocky Boy Agency
Clifford Gren, Jr
Lodge Grass
Mickey Earl Mellett
Henry Joseph Dionne
Anaconda
Army sergeant earns Medal of Honor for grenade sacrifice
Sgt. John A. Pittman 22 of Tallula Mississippi threw himself on an exploding enemy grenade to save comrades. He survived his wounds and was released from hospital becoming the 12th Korean War hero to receive the Medal of Honor.
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Washington
Army
John A. Pittman
Tallula
Miss
Pittman
Reds Launch Spring Offensive In Korea With Heavy Losses
Allied reports say about 768 000 Red troops breached South Korean lines in east central Korea but were driven back by Allied forces with heavy casualties. Intelligence estimates peg Chinese at 557 000 and North Koreans at 211 000, with a total potential force of 1 141 000 in Korea and Manchuria. Senior officers credit Allied ships planes and artillery for inflicting major losses as the Reds penetrated near Inje and pressed toward Seoul’s environs.
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Korea
Manchuria
Tokyo
Patrick Welch
General Headquarters
United Nations
Col. Welsh
Yalu River
Welsh
Seoul
Earl E. Partridge
United States Fifth Air Force
United Eighth Army
Associated Press
Nate Polowetzky
Inje
Dowager Empress Sadako Dies in Tokyo Quietly
Dowager Empress Sadako of Japan, age 66, died of a heart ailment after 25 years in seclusion in Tokyo. Government officials debate an appropriate funeral as Japan shifts from imperial to democratic norms. She ascended the throne in 1912 and retired from public life after the emperor’s death.
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Tokyo
Sadako
Japan
MacArthur says he was astonished by Truman firing decision
Gen Douglas MacArthur told reporters he was astonished to learn President Truman considered removing him from Far Eastern duties. Truman said he dismissed MacArthur after the general issued an ultimatum to Red Chinese leaders and bypassed higher authority.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
United Nations Command
MacArthur
Waledorf-Astoria
Courtney Whitney
Korea
MaceArthur
Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Second Armored Division to sail for Europe in June
The Second Armored "Hell on Wheels" division will sail for Europe in June and July to bolster Eisenhower's Atlantic pact forces. It will follow the Fourth Infantry division, which is due to embark for Europe from New York next week.
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Washington
U.P
Second Armored
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Ohio Legislature Passes Alimony Suit Bill
Columbus reports the Ohio legislature approved a bill allowing husbands to sue wives for alimony. The measure, sent to the governor, would change marital support rights and obligations in Ohio law.
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Columbus
Ohio
Beef Price Regulations Could Spur Cattle Rustling in Montana
The Montana OPS office cites a unnamed state official warning beef price controls could boost rustling if enforcement falters. Montana price stabilization director says controls will hinder rustlers with field agents and strict prosecutions. In Hamilton area, Sheriff Burrell notes rustling in Florence region after calf butchered. $50 reward offered for tips. officials urge early branding of calves along highways.
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Treasure
Montana
H. S. O’keefe
Hamilton
PF. O. Burrell
Edward Martin
Florence
Martin
Burrell
Claude Lay
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N. Y
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Ethel
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Community Survey
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Hennessy Co.—Shirts
J.C. Penney Co
United Grocers
Main Drug Co
Meaderville Mercantile Co
Petersen's Standard Market Pioneer Fuel & Lumber Co
Prudential Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Shamrock Bar
S & S Jewelers
Jimmy Shea
Your Locker Market
Beery's
U.S
Bertoglio Home Appliance Co
Butte Motor Co
Copper City Motor Sales
Gribben's
Montgomery Ward Oechsli Furniture Co
Parker-Morelli Motor Co
Len Waters Music Co
Wakley
Pontiac Wellman Motor Co
Wilson Motor Co
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