Soviet Officer Noted Amid UN Patrol Incident Off Korea
Lake Success September 5. The United States charged a Soviet plane with attacking a UN air patrol and being shot down off Korea’s west coast. Warren Austin urged the Security Council to localize Korea’s conflict while Soviet Deputy FM Malik dismissed the report as provocative and said it aims to expand the war.
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Lake Success
Russia
United States
Korea
United Nations Air Patrol
Security Council
Warren R. Austin
Jakob A. Malik
Austin
Malik
Gen
MacArthur
War Department
Truman
United Nations
Red China
Manchuria
North Korea
Chapman Accused of Alliance With Red Cause
Senator Schoeppel charged Secretary Oscar L. Chapman with an alliance with the Russian cause. He cited Communist front links and suggested Chapman may have resigned abroad to keep his job. An interior committee inquiry was promised with Chapman willing to testify.
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Washington
Schoeppel
Senate Interior Committee
Chapman
O’mahoney
Violence Closes Large GE Plant
Violence at the Syracuse electronics plant halted operations as pickets clashed with drivers. The CIO IUE strike expanded to six GE factories, with about 26,300 idle workers across 12 plants. Mediation was postponed to Thursday as talks resume in Washington.
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New York
General Electric Company
CIO
Atomic Power Laboratory
Schenectady
N. Y
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Washington
Syracuse
W. R. G. Baker
Holiday Deaths Set New Record
The Labor Day weekend saw a new all-time holiday toll with 559 deaths from accidents. Vehicle deaths totaled 383, below forecasts, while drownings reached 80 and miscellaneous incidents 96. Montana led with 211 traffic and drowning deaths during the period.
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National Safety Council
Utica
N. Y
Milwaukee
Ned H. Dearborn
The
Safety Council
Montana
Butte Soldier Wounded in Korea in Army's 24th Division
James L. Harris Jr. of Butte, 19, was wounded while serving in the 24th Infantry Division in Korea. He has been in the Army 2 1/2 years and has been in Korea since last March. the wound described as slight. Pvt. Jack L. Friend, whose mother Jeanette Friend lives in Butte, has been returned to action after prior wounding.
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James L. Harris, Jr
East Mercury
Army
Department of Defense
Washington
Harris
Korea
Butte
Philipsburg
Defense Department
Pvt
Jack L. Friend
Jeannette Friend
Friend
Missoula
Florida Rushes Supplies to Storm Victims
A hurricane with 125 mph winds struck Cedar Key causing severe damage. A relief convoy from Gainesville ferrying food milk and water moved toward the fishing village as guardsmen and Red Cross workers joined the effort. Water and debris hampered access along the coast.
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Gainesville
Fla
Florida Gulf Coast Plain
Here
Cedar Key
Gulf of Mexico
Highway Patrol
Olin Hill
Government May Have Budget Surplus for 1951
Washington reports a potential budget surplus for fiscal 1951 amid Korea war costs and mobilization. July to August deficits totaled 787.711 million, far below 1949 and 1950 levels, suggesting optimism about the year’s overall balance despite recent shortfalls.
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Washington
Treasury
Butte Weather Forecast Shows Mild Warmth and Thunderstorms
Weather readings for Butte predict clear to partly cloudy conditions Wednesday with a low around 40 and a high near 79. Airport to School of Mines readings range from 48 to 80, West of Divide shows little change, East of Divide expects thunderstorms and warming trends northwest to southeast.
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School of Mines
Divide
Plans Completed for Kelley Dinner Thursday
Final arrangements have been made for a community dinner at the Finlen hotel Thursday night at 6 30 honoring C F Kelley chairman of the board of Anaconda Copper Mining company The dinner is sponsored by the Butte Development association in appreciation of Mr Kelley s interest in the mining city and its people The event will also include a report on progress of the Greater Butte Project by the mining executive who spoke in 1947. Tickets are sold out and toastmaster William Meyer will preside with invocations by Rev Father J J O Connor and benediction by Rev Thomas Ashworth Community singing will be led by Eddie Price and Virginia City Players provide music
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C. F. Kelley
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte Development Association
Kelley
Butte
Butte Mining
Development Association
William Meyer
Development Association Board of
Father J. J. O'Connor
St. Ann Parish
Thomas Ashworth
St. John Episcopal Church
Eddie Price
Butte Businessman and Development Association
Virginia City Players Quartet
Larry Barnsness
James Walters
Paul Love
Ben Tone
Margaret Mullen
Helen Mae Hubbard
Virginia City Players
Youth 17 Confesses to Killing Girl in Ravenna
A 17 year old Ravenna High School student admitted choking 7 year old Linda Hickman to death over anger at her feeding his dog grapes. Police say the body was found hidden in a closet after a search. He was taken to Youngstown for a mental examination with no charges filed yet.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Youngstown
Chunky
Donald Overholt
Linda Hickman
John W Brown
Body of Unidentified Woman Recovered From Yellowstone River
The body of an unidentified woman was pulled from the Yellowstone river two hours after witnesses said she jumped or fell from an east Bil lings bridge. The body was found near the bridge as Yellow Stone county authorities continue an investigation.
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Billings
Yellowstone River
East Bridge
Yellow Stone County
Enrollment Gains Expected as Butte Public Schools Open
Butte public schools opened for the 1950 51 term with anticipated enrollment gains matching parochial schools. Catholic grade and high schools reported 3051 students in new classes. The opening followed a faculty meeting at Webster Garfield with talks by Father Burns and state education leaders.
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Butte
Francis J. Burns
Helena
Webster-Garfield
Harry M. Ross
Rush Jordan
Western Montana College of Education
Dillon
J. K. Colman
F. I. Livingston
Dental Division
State Board of Health
Epidemic of Fires Hits California
A wave of forest and brush fires across California plus a deep mine blaze in Grass Valley prompted pleas for firefighting experts from Washington and several western states. About 1,000 firefighters fought a northern San Diego blaze in rugged terrain. the Idaho Maryland mine fire threatened the workings and risked oxygen depletion. The causes cited include an exposed power line and dry winds driven by high heat. Fires raged in Shasta Humboldt Siskiyou Modoc Lake Sonoma and Colusa counties.
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San Francisco
California
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Arizona
New Mexico
San Diego
Idaho
Maryland
Grass Valley
California- Nevada
Shasta
Humboldt
Siskiyou
Modoc
Lake
Sonoma
Colusa
Quakes Rock Central Italy Injure Dozens Across Region
More than 20 earth tremors shook central Italy for 11 hours killing two people and injuring 35. Homes were destroyed in 21 villages from Florence to Rome, with epicenter about 53 miles north of Rome near Mount Terminillo.
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Rome
U.P
Italy
Florence
Mount
Terminillo
Truman Draws Protests From Marines
President Truman sparked outrage among Marine veterans groups and senators by saying the Marine corps has a propaganda machine almost equal to Stalin's. The Marine Corps league called it an insult and demanded a public apology, while others called it misguided. The controversy followed a letter from Rep McDonough asking to place a Marine on the joint chiefs of staff and Truman's Aug 29 reply affirming the Marines as the Navy's police force.
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Washington
Truman
Marine Veterans
Marine Corps
Stalin
Marine Corps League
Marine Corps Reserve Officers Association
Thye
R-Minn
Aiken
R-Vt
Representative McDonough
R-Calif
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Air Corps
Congressman McDonough
Naval Operations
Marines
Harry S. Truman
Vishinsky to Lead Soviet Delegation at UN Assembly
Russia will be represented by top diplomats including Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky at the United Nations Assembly opening in New York on September 19. Moscow has sought a U.S. visa for Vishinsky to head the delegation, continuing Russia’s practice of using its top diplomats for the opening session. Other leading ministers attending include Dean Acheson Ernest Bevin Robert Schuman and George Yeh.
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Lake Success
Russia
United Nations Assembly
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Moscow
United States
Vishinsky
New York
V. M. Molotov
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Robert Schuman
George Yeh
China
UN Defenses Crushed as Reds Push Toward Taegu
Fifty thousand Korean Communists thrust with tanks toward Taegu after breaking the right wing of the United Nations defense line. Taegu and Pohang fell under Red control or threat, with key routes cut and Yongchon reported in Red hands. American forces fought to hold Kyongju and block the eastern push amid rains that hampered air power.
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Tokyo
Taegu
United Nations
Pohang
Pusan
Yongchon
Hayang
United States Eighth Army
Tabu
United States First Cavalry Division
Changnyong
Kigye
Angang
Kyongju
November Draft Call Set by Army at 70 000
The Army announced a 70 000 draft call for November, a 40 percent increase from the prior month. Selective Service Director Hershey is authorized to draft 185 000 in the last four months of 1950, with September and October totaling 100 000. The move supports a Korean war buildup and aims for Army strength of 834 000 by next June, lifting the draft age toward 35. Local boards target single men 19 to 25 without World War II service.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Army
Congress
Korea
Census Check Up Campaign Launched in Silver Bow County
Silver Bow county residents urged to verify 1950 census figures by cross checking with household members. Some names may have been turned in to enumerators. the campaign distributes check-up forms through schools and stores with a Monday return deadline.
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Silver Bow County
Chamber of Commerce
Woman's Organizations
Four Red Tank Crews Die in Pohang Staging Clash
North Korean tank crews drove into Pohang and were destroyed by American and allied forces. US Navy destroyer, shore artillery, F-80 rockets, and Mustang fighters engaged the four tanks, killing all crew as they retreated toward Hunghae.
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United Nations
Kyongju
Pohang
United States Navy
Hunghae
British Troops See Action in Korea
British ground units, the First battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Middlesex Regiment, fought their way out of a Red encirclement and faced heavy artillery as they assumed front line positions in Korea. An American officer suggested first British casualties occurred in the engagement. Location undisclosed.
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Korea
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Middlesex Regiment
McCarran Leads in Nevada Democratic Primary Early
Veteran senator Pat McCarran led Nevada’s Democratic senatorial primary with 3,639 votes to Las Vegas attorney George Franklin Jr.’s 1,309 after a quarter of precincts reported. In Utah, Wallace Bennett held a strong lead for the Republican nomination with 10,809 votes as Rue Clegg trailed. The Nevada winner aims to unseat Democratic Sen. Thomas who had no primary opponent.
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Associated Press
United States
Pat McCarran
Nevada
McCarran
George Franklin, Jr
Las Vegas
Utah
Wallace P. Bennett
Salt Lake City
Bennett
Rue L. Clegg
Lake City
Thomas
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Livingston
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Charles Jones
Washington, D. C
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