26 Sep 1950
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1950
Page
1
A C54 troop transport with 51 aboard crashed on takeoff from a southern Japan airbase. One body recovered, 22 missing, 28 rescued. Survivors ferried by fishing boats to hospitals. cause to be investigated by U A Force board. Names withheld until families notified.
President Truman accepted Paul G. Hoffman’s resignation as administrator of the Economic Co-operation Administration and named William C. Foster to succeed him. Hoffman plans to leave Sept. 30 and may become director of the Ford Foundation, a Ford family funded group.
First Lt. Leon A. Gilbert of Chester Pennsylvania and Company A 24th Infantry faces death sentence after court martial for refusing to lead his men in Korea. The case, convicted July 30 under the 75th article of war, is under review by Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker and the President after Gilbert's wife appealed to Truman on September 22.
The United Nations Assembly in New York has been using a temporary 50-foot blue and white flag since 1945. The emblem centers on the Greenwich meridian, a change voted in 1946, but not yet implemented at Flushing Meadow.
NIH and Lederle Laboratories announce a commercial mumps vaccine developed from virus grown in eggs. Trials show a threefold reduction in cases among vaccinated people, with immunity lasting about one year and a need for revaccination. 1,600 people were immunized in preliminary NY tests.
On Monday 265 students, including freshmen, registered at Montana School of Mines to plan study and schedules. Registrar W M Brown said more registrations are coming by Tuesday morning. Freshmen took aptitude exams in the Museum Library building while other classes enrolled in the Main hall. A student from Norway and one from France were among the first-day registrants. Classes start today at 8 am.
Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson allowed 10 top Communist leaders convicted in New York to stay free on bail while the court prepares a final ruling. Bail ranges from 20 000 to 30 000 dollars each. The decision reversed the Second Circuit which had revoked bail.
The military medical services plan to handle a potential surge of war wounded to the United States, possibly 2000 weekly in two months. Casualties from Seoul will add, but air evacuation aims to relieve Japanese hospitals. Fairfield-Suisun AF hospital now about 450 beds. Mare Island Navy Yard hospital about 550. Other Bay Area hospitals stand by for overflow.
The Japanese vessel Eiroku Maru, a 10 000 ton freighter, arrived in San Francisco with 53 crew aboard. It will load 10 000 tons of barley and other grains for shipment to Japan, marking the first visit by a Japanese ship in nine years.
New York police Commissioner William P. O'Brien resigned amid a sweeping bookie racket scandal. Acting Mayor Vincent Impelliteri appointed Thomas F. Murphy to replace him, as investigations tie police to multi million dollar gambling rings and a $20 million raid. A high level shakeup follows with officers reassigned and a death linked to the probe.
Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey to New World Report opposes raising the draft age to 35. He favors using top age groups first and moving from 19 through 25 then 26 and 27, before any age rise. He criticizes veteran penalties and notes House committee plans to examine age adjustments.
A total lunar eclipse Monday night was largely obscured in the Northeast by smoke from Canadian forest fires. Viewers in Detroit and Milwaukee saw the eclipse clearly, while New Yorks skies were hazy. Hayden Planetarium offered a briefing to about 500 observers. The eclipse was expected to be fully visible again in late January 1953.
Miami police reveal at least 100000 in losses over two years to seven women workers who hid rolls of quarters in their brassieres. Seventeen relatives and friends were implicated as investigators tracked cash, suitcases, and a cedar chest haul. The case centers on Southern Bell Telephone in Miami.
The United States plans a twofold UN move to reassure Asia of peaceful Korea and Formosa solutions. Secretary of State Acheson may push for a united free Korea declaration and a UN commission to study Formosa’s disposition. Senator Connally supports the steps.
Joan Honka five daughter of Mr and Mrs William B Honka of 410 Silver Bow Homes was struck by a car on South Arizona early Monday night. She suffered a brain concussion possible skull fracture a fractured left thigh bone deep cuts and multiple bruises and scratches. Rae Gordon of 1039 Oregon drove the auto and remained at the scene until the ambulance took the girl to hospital where her condition was reported serious Monday night.
Decomposed male, about 60, 5 feet 9 inches, slender build, found Sunday by grouse hunters in Pattee Canyon south of Missoula. Coroner Ralph M. Simmons said authorities cannot identify him and no local missing records exist since last spring.
Partly cloudy to cloudy Tuesday with occasional light showers. Tuesday morning low around 40 and Tuesday afternoon high near 60. Extended period temperatures span 12 midnight Sunday to 5:30 p.m. Monday with airport readings from 34 to 70 and School of Mines readings from 44 to 64.
Gen. MacArthur announced the liberation of Seoul with United Nations forces including the 17th regiment of the ROK army and U.S. Seventh and First Marine divisions completing the envelopment. Marines fought in foxholes amid fires, tanks were destroyed, and mop up actions continued as forces moved to sever Red lines in southeast Korea.
Corporal Henry F. Reed, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Willard Reed of 412 Shields, was wounded slightly by enemy shrapnel on Sept 7 while serving with the Second Division in Korea. He is hospitalized at an undisclosed base after basic training at Fort Ord and Fort Lewis. Reed, a Grant grade school graduate, earlier worked as a pin setter at local bowling alleys and joined the Army in June 1949.
The Atlantic pact council will announce a plan to form an integrated armed force for Western Europe with a commander in chief and staff. Eisenhower is named as a public possibility, while no German unit decision will be made yet due to French opposition. The council will also streamline its work and delay German unit formation.
A Stockholm paper reports Russia rapidly constructing a Baltic defense line titled the Baltic Wall extending from Porkkala to Ruegan. The plan includes fortified islands like a Gibraltar of the Baltic and potential missile bases on Oesel, with an inland airfield and underground hangars. Evacuations and labor are described as part of the fortification effort.
William Drury former police detective who fought the underworld was shot in an ambush as he drove into his garage. Four bullets struck his head and he died at hospital. The killers fled in a dark sedan after the attack in Chicago.
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