High Officers May Face Charges In Tokyo Scandal
In Tokyo, Gen. MacArthur's HQ officers face possible charges over accepting lavish gifts from Akira Ando, a prominent contractor, in exchange for contract favors. Ando, held in protective custody, allegedly hosted geisha parties to influence top officers. Ando led major Tokyo taxi firm and directed war era industry connections.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Akira Ando
Japan
Ando
Col. M. Logie
Kamakura
Keio
Greater East Asia Co
Last-Minute Settlement Halts Maritime Strike
A last-minute agreement ended a looming maritime strike after long wage and hour disputes with ship operators. Union leaders urged ratification while thousands awaited the vote, with port confusion as seamen and dock workers debated the pact.
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Washington
New York City
Union
Pacific Coast
Jet Planes Set New East West Speed Record
Three jet propelled P 80 fighters set an unofficial east west speed record of 6 hours 45 minutes with westbound 6 hours 1 minute from March Field California to Midland Texas and Andrews Field Maryland. They refueled eastbound once and westbound twice. one aircraft dropped tanks at Tinkerfield Oklahoma.
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March Field
Calif
Maryland
Andrews Field
Tinkerfield
Oklahoma
Midland
Tex
Marine Recruiter To Be Here Friday
The Marine Corps recruiting office in Billings announces Set. Howard Solheim will visit Big Timber at the post office between 1 and 2 p.m. Friday June 21. He seeks applicants for the aviation program for duty in aviation units only. Enlistments target men aged 17 to 23 for pilots navigators radiomen aerial gunners and mechanics. General line branch enlistments remain open for ships fleet or foreign shore assignments including China Panama Philippines Hawaii Alaska and embassy duty in Europe.
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Billings
Howard ‘W. Solheim
Big Timber
Marine Air Corps
General Line
China
Panama
Philippines
Hawaii
Alaska
Europe
Comedian Charles Butterworth Dies in LA Crash
Film comedian Charles Butterworth, 46, died in Los Angeles after his car skidded 50 feet and struck an electric light pole. He died in an ambulance en route to General Hospital. no others were in the car and the vehicle was wrecked.
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Los Angeles
Charles Butterworth
General Hospital
New Hay Fever Drug Promises Relief Across Nation
A pill form hay fever treatment reported by the New York Academy of Medicine shows 37 percent complete recovery, 41 percent 70 to 99 percent improvement, and 11 percent 25 to 69 percent improvement. Studies by Dr. Alexander D. Chiselin Jr. and John D. Kernan of Vanderbilt Clinic note the drug targets the cause, not just symptoms.
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New York
Bulletin of the
New York Academy of Medicine
Anthatian
Alexander D. Chiselin Jr
John D. Kernan
Vanderbilt Clinic
Western Parade in Billings Largest in History
Billings marks the eighth annual western parade, the longest yet, with a four mile route and a record crowd. Twelve hundred horses pull stage coaches, wagons and historic floats as Indians in war paint ride past. eight city bands join units from eastern Montana and northern Wyoming.
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Billings
Montana
Wyoming
Sen John H Bankhead Dies After Stroke at 73
Sen. John H. Bankhead of Alabama, a leader of the cotton bloc and uncle of actress Tallulah Bankhead, died at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a stroke suffered May 24 during a Senate Banking Committee hearing. Born July 8, 1872 in Moscow, Alabama, he was elected to the Senate in 1930 and was in his third term.
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Washington
John H. Bankhead
Ala
Senate
William B. Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Senate Banking Committee
Office of Price Administration
Moscow
Bankhead
Farragut Naval Base Sought as Educational Center
Governor Sam C. Ford and Idaho Governor Arnold Williams propose Farragut naval base be kept from surplus while they study converting it into a cooperative university for Northwest veterans. They request Navy delay action to allow investigation of feasibility and need for expanded veteran education facilities.
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Sam C. Ford
Arnold Williams
Idaho
Farragut Naval Base
Northwest States
Ford
Governor Williams
Secretary of the Navy
Idaho Naval Base
Local Fishers Prove No Contest With FFA Crew
The FFA group led by instructor Scott Hoskinson posted a full limit at Glasston lakes while rival locals struggled. Louis Thomas injured his back but joked about being skunked, and Oscar Fallang and Red Burke fared well on perch. Boulder reports show seven fish caught by Ceryl O Leary with two near four pounds.
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FFA
Scott Hoskinson
Louis Thomas
Red” Burke
Oscar Fallang
Glasston Lakes
Oscar
Ceryl O’leary
Big Timber
Ernest Nelson Tops Montana Trout With Four Rainbows
Ernest Nelson scored big on Sunday landing four Montana rainbows, each near two and a half pounds, all on a fly. The successful outing capped a season of tough fishing battles.
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Ernest Nelson
Ernest
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