Smaller Nations Seek Voice at Paris Peace Talks
As the Paris peace conference opens, smaller nations press for influence over treaties for former Axis satellites. Proposals cover Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Finland with limited change to borders and reparations ranging from 300 million to 1 billion dollars. OPA moves to raise production margins and relax controls boosting prices and widening items under oversight while CAA prepares new safety rules for non scheduled air carriers amid a large fleet in use.
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Europe
Paris
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
U. S
Britain
Russia
France
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Dodecanese
Greece
Transylvania
Petsamo
OPA
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAA
Government relaxed rules for new rental housing costs
Government housing authorities allow landlords to set rents based on construction cost plus management, operation, maintenance and taxes. Old limits tied new building rents to 26 percent of existing ceilings. Despite liberalization, the veterans housing program caps new units at 80 dollars monthly.
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Wilson Wyatt
Veterans’ Housing Program
Slaying of Marines Highlights U S Involvement in China
Ambush east of Peiping kills three US Marines and wounds twelve as Communist forces oppose Nationalist aid. Mme Sun Yat-sen warns against U S involvement while Washington says troops protect vital interests. Chinese factions clash over a unified central government with ongoing Nationalist support.
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U. S
China
Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
Mme
Sun Yat-sen
Nationalist Party
Atomic Control Bill Wins Congressional Approval
The administration secured passage of a civilian supervision bill for atomic energy. The five member control board licenses nuclear devices and may seize fissionable materials. Severe penalties up to life imprisonment or death apply for leaking atomic secrets.
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U. S
House
Eisenhower
Thomason
Dem
Texas
Carelessness at Crossings Tied to 28% of 1945 Accidents
Interstate Commerce Commission report cites 28 percent of highway railroad grade crossing crashes caused by motor vehicles hitting trains. More than 971 such collisions were recorded in 1945 due to daydreaming and loose driving habits.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Britain and United States back inter zonal plan for Germany
Britain and the United States back a German inter zonal cooperation plan to speed recovery through material and service exchange. Russia opposes economic unification and Pravda calls the proposal anti Soviet. The United States argues revival would stabilize Germany and reduce American relief costs.
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Britain
U. S
Germany
Russia
Pravda
Red
Reich
End of Mitsui Combine Ends Japan's Historic House
The Mitsui family, Japan's historic business dynasty dating to the 17th century, dissolves its formal combine after Allied directives. From a wartime fortune exceeding 20 billion dollars in 1940, holdings shrink to about 30 million dollars by 1946 due to war damage and debts, leaving roughly 20 million for 11 Mitsui lines.
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Japan
House of Mitsui
Mitsui
Baseball union talks set minimum salary and pension plan
American and National league player representatives meet owners in New York to press for a minimum salary, a pension plan and spring training allowances. NL proposals include 60 day severance pay and waiver rule changes. MLB players also seek contract completion after trades or demotions and a permanent issues committee. London crime hits 30 year peak in 1945 with high youth arrests and rising total indictables. Many farmers in the corn belt hold cautious about land buying as values stay high.
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Baseball Union
New York
Ameri
Can
National League
London
Harold R. Scott
Corn Belt
Department of Agriculture
May Still Hiding Behind Doctor in Senate Inquiry
Representative Andrew J. May of Kentucky remains incommunicado at his Prestonburg home as doctors dispute his fitness to testify before the senate war investigating committee. Washington physician Dr Henry Lowden cites unspecified reasons for May’s departure from the capital. Prestonburg physician Dr John Archer says May is in critical condition and may never return to Washington. Committee Chairman James Mead will decide on issuing another subpoena based on medical testimony as May’s immunity expired with Congress adjournment.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Prestonburg
Senate War Investigating Committee
Henry M. Lowden
May
Garsson Munitions Combine
John Archer
Archer
James M. Mead
N. Y
Warren Magee
Yellowstone Park Travel Breaks Records
Yellowstone Park reports record tourism with over a quarter million visitors in July and an average of 8622 daily tourists. Through the year the park saw 466,686 entrants across Montana and Wyoming gateways, led by the West entrance with 171,290 and the East with 113,994. Rail travel to the park is noted in the report.
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Yellowstone Park
Union
Scenic Yellowstone National Park
Edmund B. Rogers
Montana
Wyoming
Rogers
Yellowstone
Dusting Off the Old Ones From Pioneer Files
Aug 8 1918 notices list Nellie Pound awaiting Northern Pacific assignment after telegraphy training in Livingston. Community belles and gentry travel and visit including Egeland Roecher Solberg Boddy Foreman Mijelde plus births and arrivals from Big Timber Bozeman and Clarion.
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Nellie Pound
Livingston
Northern Pacific
Pete Egeland
L. O. Onerheim
Hans Tjaaland
Prof
Egeland
Northfield
Minn
Yellowstone Park
R. A. Macridan
Bruffey
Baker
Park Visitors Shift Toward Trailers and Public Transit
July park entries by public conveyance totaled 6 661, down from 7 633 in 1941. Rail travel for the season reached 8 014 versus 9 785 in 1941. House trailers rose in 1946 to 2 537 by late July, compared with 1 479 in 1941 and 1 711 in 1940.
Boy Dies After Accidental Rifle Wound Near Butte
Thearle Ches ley, 13, of Butte, died Saturday night eleven hours after a small caliber rifle discharged in his hands. Sheriff Al McLeod said he carried the rifle butt down from a gopher-hunting trip when a bullet entered his head.
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Butte
Thearle Chesley
al McLeod
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