Senator George urges pausing House tax cut to study Treasury solvency
Sen. Walter F. George, a veteran tax expert, urged shelving the House approved 4 billion dollar income tax cut until June 10 to assess Treasury capacity. He warned the net impact could be smaller than promised and favored waiting for house appropriations on departmental spending to gauge surplus for next year.
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Washington
U.P
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Senate
Congress
Treasury
Finance Committee
Truman
House
George
House Appropriations Committee
Slain Brooklyn mother of two tied to rival in divorce case
In Brooklyn, Mrs. Margaret Jannazzo, 31, was shot five times by neighbor Mrs. Philomina Scavone, 41, who admitted the killing after a heated street confrontation near a corner. Scavone, a mother of three, claimed jealousy over her husband, Rocco Scavone, 38, who had been named in a divorce suit. Police charged Scavone with homicide and illegal weapon possession.
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New York
Philomina Scavone
Margaret Jannazzo
Philippine plane missing with officials sought by search
Manila officials report a fire scarred wreckage sighted in Mindanao where Lily Marlene, the government transport missing since Sunday, carried 12 to 15 officials and a crew. President Roxas ordered a major air search across the archipelago for the missing plane and its passengers.
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Manila
P. I
U.P
Philippines
Lili Marlene
del Monte
Malaybalay
Mindanao
Roxas
Lily Marlene
Cotabato
Army
Navy
Russia wins minor moral victory in UN atomic talks
In Lake Success on May 21 the UN Atomic Energy Commission in principle backed a World Atomic Control agency within the Security Council framework. The accord leaves Russia’s demand for a veto over atomic punishment unresolved and does not resolve broader disputes with Western powers. Gromyko secured a notable wording change, signaling a shift in the stalled negotiations.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
Russia
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
World Atomic Control Agency
United Nations Security Council
Andrei Gromyko
Atomic Commission
United Nations
United States
Gromyko
Fire wrecks Eastport waterfront causing $1.25 million loss
A large blaze swept Eastport on the waterfront damaging sardine plants including Quoddy Village and Home Packing facilities. Coast Guard aid arrived as 10 ambulances ferried injured firefighters away. Officials estimate machinery losses could top 1.5 million with multiple homes and vessels destroyed.
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Eastport. Me
U.P
United States
Quoddy Village
John Roche
Coast Guard
Lubec
Warves
St. Stephens
New Brunswick
Lester Wass
Machiasport Canning Company
Eastport Hospital
Wass
Mears Corporation
Homes Packing Corporation
Campobello Island
Roosevelt
Roche
Foreign Relief Bill Approved by Congress
The administration’s $350 million foreign relief program won final congressional approval after House and Senate action. The bill funds relief in Italy Greece Hungary Austria Poland China and Trieste with at least 15 million for Unicef. A separate $400 million plan for Greece and Turkey is distinct from this program.
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Washington
House
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Red Cross
Richard F. Allen
House-Senate
Italy
Greece
Hungary
Austria
Poland
China
Trieste
United Nations Children’s
Turkey
Stockgrowers Open Conclave Here This Morning
Montana Stockgrowers Association opens its annual convention at the Finlen hotel with registration at 10:30 and sessions at 1:30 led by President William P. Sullivan. Secretary E A Phillips notes youth in cattle raising while older members warn of possible drought and lower profits ahead. speakers include Al Davies of the American Meat Institute and Dr Hadleigh Marsh of Bozeman.
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Montana Stockgrowers Association
Ing
William P. Sullivan
Square Butte
E. A. Phillips
Helena
Montana
Finlen Hotel
Sullivan
John E. Corette
Thomas Ashworth
J. S. Brenner
Grant
Phillips
al Davies
Chicago
Hadleigh Marsh
Bozeman
Davies
American Meat Institute
Dr. Marsh
Seven Bodies Found After B 25 Bomber Crash in Storm
The wreckage of a B 25 bomber in a cornfield during a violent thunderstorm yielded seven corpses including Col Raymond FE O Neill and Col George A Whatley. The plane en route from the Pacific coast to Chanute field vanished in darkness near Burlington Iowa. Remaining victims were Lt Alfred Wallace Lt Charles E Thomas Lt Steve Rock Lt E R Young and Master Seth Howard Kahler.
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Champaign
Ill
Army
Raymond FE. O'Neill
George A. Whatley
Chanute Field
Pacific Coast
Burlington
Iowa
Cols. O'Neill
Whatley
Chanutefield
Cheyenne
Wyo
Alfred Wallace
Fayette
Ala
Charles E. Thomas
Abilene
Texas
Steve Rock
Philadelphia
Free Defendants in Lynch Trial Acquitted in South Carolina
In Greenville South Carolina on May 21 the nations largest lynch trial ended in full acquittal for all 28 defendants charged with the Willie Earle lynching. The nine textile workers two salesmen and a farmer served as jurors delivered not guilty on all four counts after five hours and 15 minutes of deliberation. The clerk read 98 sections of the indictment but all were acquitted. Defendants and relatives celebrated as Judge Robert Martin Jr ordered release.
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Greenville
S. C
Willie Earle
Robert Martin, Jr
War brides bills sail through House subcommittee
Washington May 21 A judiciary subcommittee approved four measures to bring a few hundred more war brides and fianc es to the United States. The full committee and both chambers must still pass the bills.
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Washington
America
House
Senate
Butte Weather Forecast and Montana Divide Conditions
Butte: clear to partly cloudy with little temperature change. high near 65 for today. School of Mines: 63/49. Airport: 62/48. West of divide: Thursday fair and cool, 55 to 60. East: Thursday clear to partly cloudy, cool, 55 to 65. north winds 15 to 25 mph.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Oregon Cricket Infestation Expands Across 500-Square Miles
A Mormon cricket swarm spreads over 500 square miles in Oregon as Army weapons carriers and residents fight to halt the invasion. Summers of the Grasshopper Control Service notes the outbreak covers Sherman Gilliam and Morrow counties and threatens Umatilla. Under Victor Johnson and Leroy Puller, bait spreaders cover the eight mile front with sodium silicate bait deployed by blower spreaders, targeting about 10 to 20 pounds per acre.
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Pendleton
Ore
Oregon
Umatilla
Harvey
Summers
Washington
Grasshopper
United States Department of Agriculture
Sherman
Gilliam
Morrow
Columbia River
Victor Johnson
Hermiston
Leroy Puller
65 Girls Central Graduates Receive Diplomas
65 senior girls at Girls Central high school received diplomas at the Fox theater commencement. Father James P. O'Shea urged graduates to pursue true learning and culture linking secular knowledge with eternal truths and personal responsibility. He warned against trends predicting civilization’s end.
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James P. O'Shea
Girls Central High School
Fox Theater
Father O'Shea
St. Joseph Catholic
Fireman Rescued After Locomotive Overturns in Chicago
Rescuers using acetylene torches freed locomotive fireman Sherman E. Horricks, 31, after he was pinned 20 minutes against the hot firebox when the engine overturned near Chicago. He suffered a broken left leg and severe burns while engineer Edward Baseda, 55, escaped with minor burns after attempting a rescue.
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Chicago
Sherman E. Horricks
Edward Baseda
Body Found After B 29 Fire Over Texas
ABILENE Texas May 21 One person aboard a B 29 which caught fire forcing the 20 aboard to parachute was found dead Wednesday the other 19 were found safe though several suffered injuries Name of the dead man was withheld
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Abilene
Texas
Anaconda Copper Mine Stockholders Vote at Annual Meeting
The Anaconda Copper Mining Company held its regular annual meeting in Anaconda. E S McGlone presided, E B Frazer acted as secretary, and Maurice Newton William D Thornton and Clarke Judd were elected directors for three years. The 1946 chairman’s report was accepted. 5,218,041 shares were represented, with 122,649 stockholders of record as of December 31 1946.
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Anaconda
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
E. S. McGlone
E. B. Frazer
Maurice Newton
William D. Thornton
Clarke Judd
Haganah Claims Responsibility for Major Tel Aviv Attacks
The Haganah defense army acknowledged conducting the three heavy raids near Tel Aviv near Feja Petah Tikvah and El Yehudiye. Reports say 6 to 13 Arabs were killed while one Jew died accidentally. The operation targeted Arab communities with Mine and gunfire.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
U.P
Tel Aviv
Haganah
Shlomo Miller
Feja
Petah Tikvah
el Yehudive
United Press
Peja
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Stern
City to Purchase New Equipment for Streets
City council voted to buy a motor grader for 9472.90 from Industrial Equipment of Billings and a street flusher for 3564.30 from Western Construction and Equipment, plus an International truck chassis from Wilson Motor of Butte for 4078.48. Total approx 17115.68 with F O B Butte terms.
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Industrial Equipment Company of
Billings
Adams
Western Construction and Equipment Company
Wilson Motor Company
Butte
F. O. B. Butte
Farmers Union Central Exchange
Independent Refining Company
Restoration of Funds Forecast by Governor
Governor Sam C. Ford in Helena says after a Washington hearing the Senate will likely restore reclamation appropriations cut by the House. He and Western governors urged higher Interior department funding for reclamation and related work, praising Congress for its hard work and interest in continued sound reclamation.
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Helena
Sam C. Ford
United States
Senate
House
Ford
Washington
Interior Department
Congress
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