Tax Increase Bill Sent to President
Congress passed a broad tax package to fund Korean War rearmament, lifting income and corporate rates. The plan, retroactive to 1950 half, targets $4.5 to $4.7 billion yearly in revenue, with a 10 percent excise on television receivers and higher withholding starting Oct. 1. House approval was 328 to 7. Senate approved by voice vote, with an excess profits tax planned for late November. President Truman asked to sign promptly as part of a pay as we go effort.
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Washington
U.R
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
Herman P. Eberharter
D-Pa
Ways and Means
The
Treasury
White House
Congress Votes to Adjourn Today for Long Break
The election minded Congress approved adjournment until November 27 to mend fences and allow speeches. The Senate and House cleared most work, with a 12:01 a.m. Saturday convening to follow the adjournment. Some members preferred a recess over adjournment due to Korean War pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Congress
Senate
House
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
Truman
Mount Asama Erupts Violently Near Tokyo
Mount Asama erupted with loud rumbling near Tokyo at 4 37 a m causing shattered windows and stopped clocks at Karuizawa resort. Smoke rose above 30000 feet. earthquakes were felt as far as Tokyo with no further damage reported immediately.
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Tokyo
Mount Asama
Central Meteorolocal Observatory
Karuizawa
Jet Spans Atlantic in Non-Stop Flight
The U S Air Force completed a nonstop 3,300 mile Atlantic crossing from England in 10 hours 1 minute. Col David C Schilling led the flight with Lt Col William D Ritchie accompanying. Ritchie parachuted into Labrador after fuel exhaustion and was rescued.
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Limestone Air Force Base
Atlantic Ocean
England
United States Air Force
Labrador
Atlantic
David C. Schilling
William D. Ritchie
Air Force
Russia to Air Charges Against U S in UN Assembly
The 14 nation steering committee approved adding Russia's accusation of American aggression against China to the UN General Assembly agenda. Only Nationalist China voted no, while U S representative Warren R Austin urged fairness and full hearings. Likely instruction arrivals from Beijing may prompt opposition from China and Russia on Formosa matters.
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New York
Russia
China
United Nations General Assembly
Assembly
Peiping
United States
Warren R. Austin
Austin
T. G. Tsiang
Tsiang
Kai - Shek
United Nations
Formosa
Rigid Ban Scrapped in Aid Bill for Korea War Help
Congress pass an emergency $17 billion deficiency bill after rejecting a strict ban on Marshall Plan aid to nations shipping war materiel to the Soviet bloc. The measure, sent to Truman, lets the national security council decide on aid withholding and funds most to armed services and rearmament of free nations abroad.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Russia
Truman
National Security Council
United States
Senate
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
Armed Services
House
Europe
Woman Facing Death Attends Last Party
Detroit woman Harriet Hardy 28 plans a final party in a downtown hotel grand ballroom before dying of cancer within 60 days. Her husband says no tears but laughter and dancing, though doctors limit her to a few minutes. If she passes, she will donate her eyes and study her body to aid cancer research.
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Detroit
U.P
Harriet Hardy
Philip
Mrs. Hardy
Truman Veto Overridden By House Vote
News from Washington reports the House voted to override President Truman's veto of the Communist control bill while Senate debate stretched for hours. Key figures Ferguson and McCarran defend or challenge the measure as opposition warns it would weaken liberties and aid enemies.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
Ferguson
R-Mich
McCarran
D-Nev
Jack Duggan to Lead Butte Civil Defense Program
Mayor Morgan announces Jack Duggan retired assistant chief of police and prominent Butte business leader as director of the city civil defense program. Advisors include Eugene Savage Walter Barnard and Dave Reese, all with World War II and statewide defense experience. They will meet to map action and appoint area leaders.
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Jack Duggan
Butte
Thomas R. Morgan
Duggan
Eugene Savage
John W. Bonner
Walter Barnard
Dave Reese
Barnard
Reese
Morgan
Silver Bow County
Savage
Bonner
Montana
Nimitz Predicts No Russian Intervention in Korea
Retired Adm. Chester W. Nimitz told a Toledo audience that Russia is unlikely to intervene in Korea. He urged U N forces to cross the 38th parallel and unite Korea. He spoke at the dedication of Toledo’s new Union Terminal, noting his view as his own.
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Toledo
Ohio
U.P
Chester W. Nimitz
Russia
United Nation
Union Terminal
Navy
United Nations
Youngsters Display Livestock in Judging Ring Here
Fourth annual 4 H club show and sale draws crowds at Montana Livestock Auction yards. Judges tally results for fat calves Herefords Angus and hogs with blue and purple ribbons awarded to 4 H and FFA participants including Wallace Rennie Sharon Stanchfield John Holden Stanley Armstrong Harold Schultz and Dick Powell. Final results to be published after Saturday noon compilation.
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Montana Livestock Auction Company
Wallace H. Rennie
Ringling
Sharon Stanchfield
Wise River
John Holden
Townsend
Nancy Jean Sellick
Manhattan
Darrel Cogdill
Whitehall
Stanley Armstrong
Jefferson Island
Madison County
Harold Schultz
Belgrade
Jackie Giles
Dillon
Donna Ogan
Cardwell
Carole Coconaugher
Big Three Discuss North Atlantic Defense Build Up
In New York the United States Britain and France held a closed session at the Waldorf Astoria to consider an integrated North Atlantic defense against possible Soviet aggression. Attendees included Acheson Marshall Bevin Shinwell Schuman Moch with a plan to include West German units under review and a follow up session set for Saturday. A communique may be issued after the council meeting of nine NATO members next Tuesday.
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New York
North Atlantic
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
United States
Dean Acheson
Defense
George C. Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Emanuel Shinwell
Robert Schuman
Jules Moch
State Department
North Atlantic Council
New York City
Montana highway contracts total over ten million dollars
The Montana highway commission reports 10,932,336 in road and bridge projects under contract. Of this, 7,423,830 funds roads, 3,374,954 bridges, and 133,552 maintenance. Included are 1,233,052 in contracts awarded Thursday with plans for November lettings to secure materials for early spring delivery.
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Helena
Montana Highway Commission
Troy Carmichael
The
Highway Commission
Carmichael
War Bound Butte Men Wounded in Korea Report
Two Butte brothers, Pfc Donald D. Mayo 19 and Pfc Glenn Mayo 20, were wounded in Korea and Japan respectively while both serving as Marines. Their elder brother Stuart 23 is ordered to report to active duty in Idaho and their grandmother is Mrs. William Reel of Norris with relatives in Pony.
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Butte
Stuart Mayo
Nevada Street
Stuart
Pocatello
Idaho
Donald Mayo
Glenn
William Reel
Norris
Pony
Revival of Cold War Tactics Ties Berlin to Elections
Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor said the week’s harassing tactics by the Communists and Russians in Berlin were a deliberate plot aimed at shaking West German confidence and influencing East German voters for the Russian zone October 15 elections. Bonn’s Mayor Ernst Reuter agreed, calling it foul play as West Berlin faces barge disruptions, police safety concerns, power issues, and border tensions amid a broader anti western drive.
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Berlin
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Bonn
Ernst Reuter
West Berlin
Reuter
West Germany
Census Check-Up Favors Little Change in Butte Figures
Richard Mullikin of Seattle and Rob ert Maloney district supervisor told the Butte census committee that the check-up found 2 256 of 2 965 names reviewed, with 2 186 already listed. Duplication arose from instructions, while remaining names go to Washington for final verification and late year release.
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Butte
Silver Bow
Richard Mullikin
Seattle
Bureau of Census
Robert Maloney
Mullikin
Maloney
Partly cloudy with scattered rain showers forecast
Weather forecast for Butte and Montana notes partly cloudy conditions Saturday with widely scattered rain showers. Saturday morning low around 36 and Saturday afternoon high near 70. Additional regional highs near 70 to 80 and isolated thunderstorms in eastern areas.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
Associated Press
Divide
American Drive Cuts Route to Seoul Front
United States cavalry broke 35 miles beyond Korea’s southeast defense lines threatening mass entrapment of retreating Reds toward Seoul. Suwon airfield fell as Seventh Division moved along the highway. Marines fought on Seoul outskirts while Reds inside the city prepared for street battles.
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Tokyo
United States
Seoul
Suwon
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
Sangju
Taegu
South Korea
Boyle
Eighth Army
Naktong
First Corps
Seventh Division
Inchon- Seoul
Seventh
Red Radio
Pyongyang
Inchon
Flight Nurse Is Angel to Wounded Men
In a Tokyo to Korea air ambulance run, Lt. Stella A. Pizorka from Portage Pennsylvania acts as nurse to seventeen wounded soldiers. She and Sgt. Clifton Ed Adkins care for patients during a four hour flight, sharing a sixteen hour day with Capt. Stovall, Capt. Powell, and S/Sgt. Wells as crew.
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Tokyo
Korean Battlefront
Korea
Japan
United States
Stella A. Pizorka
Portage
C46 Air Ambulance
Pizorka
Clifton Ed Adkins
Garber
Okla
Buford E. Stovall
el Paso
Texas
Harvey W. Powell
Bellflower
Calif
Carl C. Wells
Sayre
Last Day 200 Register to Vote in November Election
More than 200 Silver Bow county residents registered on the last day before the general election rolls closed at 5 o'clock in the Clerk’s office. Through the afternoon many registered to establish voting eligibility. About 700 Butte residents had registered since the primary. A rolls tabulation will be finished in two weeks and the voters list may exceed 23,800 versus 23,051 eligible in the primary.
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Silver Bow County
Addis A. McGrath
Butte
Wanted farmer seeks tractor-owning woman in ad
A Carolina Progress ad asks for a 38-year-old farmer to meet a woman around 30 who owns a tractor, requesting a photo and to write Box 19 care of the Bowling Green Virginia paper. The item is noted as a humorous aside in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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Fredericksburg
Carolina Progress
Bowling Green
Senators Cite Browder Field and Jaffe for Contempt
The Senate adopted resolutions citing former Communist Leader Earl Browder Frederick Vanderbilt Field and Philip Jaffe for contempt of Congress The action stems from the McCarthy era inquiry into Communists in government The three witnesses refused to answer questions before a subcommittee led by Senator Tydings Jaffe edited Amerasia and faced prior charges. Field and Browder had ties to communist associations.
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Washington
Senate
Earl Browder
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Philip Jaffe
Congress
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Tydings
Browder
Field
Jaffe
Institute of Pacific Affairs
Louis Budeng
Amerasia
New York
United States
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