Chinese Reds Crack Lines In Changchun
Chinese Communist troops breached Changchun outer defense, sweeping into the Manchurian capital and shelling the center as U S envoy Marshall canceled a Shanghai trip to head to Peiping. government forces reportedly fought back around the airfield and main command HQ while U S planes may ferry troops to help.
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Chungking
Changchun
Tokyo
Marshall
Shanghai
Chinese Truce Committee
Peiping
U. S
China
Washington
Mukden
Fourteenth Area Air Command
Northeast China
Szepingkai
Nanking
Sixth Army
Associated Press
Spencer Davis
G. O. P. Bids to Shrink OPA Life and Tighten Rules
Republicans press to cut OPA life to nine months and insert far reaching price controls revisions. Patman warns amendments could scuttle OPA while Bowles argues subsidies keep costs down. Wolcott outlines four key measures including tighter decontrol and subsidy reductions, which face House floor battles after banking committee defeat.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Senate Banking Committee
House
Wolcott
Truman
Banking Committee
House Banking Committee
Draft Extension Demand Rapped
Senator Johnson of Colorado condemned the War Department for an extended draft, urging a six week extension beyond May 15 to cover needed personnel and replacements. He criticized House measures proposing delays and strict limits, calling the move chaotic and urging simple six week relief.
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Washington
Johnson
D-Colo
War Department
Patterson
House
Congress
Opening Day Delivers Postwar Baseball Glory Across Parks
New York April 16 A U P opening day record turnout of 236730 fans filled eight parks and two AL cities Detroit and Philadelphia. Hank Greenberg Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio homered as Bobby Feller pitched a three hit shutout against the White Sox 1 0 in Chicago. Greenbergs 4th inning homer pushed Detroit past St Louis Browns 2 1 ending two skid records while Williams homered before President Truman at Comiskey Park.
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New York
U.P
Detroit
Philadelphia
Tigers
Chicago
Briggs Stadium
Athletics
Shibe Park
New York Yankees
Hank Greenberg
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Joe DiMaggio
Yankees
Bobby Feller
Cleveland Indians
White Sox
Comiskey Park
Fireball Feller
Bill Dietrich
Dietrich
Greenberg
St. Louis Browns
Browns
Williams
President Truman
Contrasting Views On Co operative Tax Exemption Debate
Two tax experts argued Tuesday at a Montana conference on whether cooperative profits should remain tax exempt. R Wayne Newton urged keeping the exemption to avoid unequal taxation, while Dr Howard Berolzheimer labeled it unfair and inequitable, warning of harm to farmers and competition.
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Montana Taxpayers Association
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Finlen Hotel
J. J. Burke
Butte
R. Wayne Newton
Chicago
National Association of Co-operatives
Howard Berolzheimer
National Tax Equality Association
OPA Blamed for Black Market in Meat Sales
Washington reports the OPA blamed for a nationwide meat black market described as a national scandal by Senate Agriculture Committee voices. Lawmakers, trade spokesmen, and Rep. Wadsworth warned price controls fueled lawlessness, with 72 to 90 percent of meat sold at black market prices. Agriculture warns of about 9 percent lower meat intake this quarter versus early 1946.
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Washington
OPA
Senate Agricultural Committee
James W. Wadsworth
R-N.y
Wadsworth
Agriculture Department
Perfect Traffic Accident Report In Spokane
Spokane police reported a so called perfect traffic accident on Tuesday when two taxicabs collided. Both cabs appeared undamaged, drivers uninjured and sober, visibility and streets were good, there was no sign of speed and no charges were filed.
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Spokane
Wash
U.P
Diver dead after lake rescue near Hamilton
Fred C. Donovan, 48, of Forestport, was pulled from Lake Moraine after three hours of underwater rescue efforts by state police and naval students. He expired before divers could complete extraction and oxygen supply was maintained until the body was brought to a rowboat.
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Hamilton
N. Y
Lake Moraine
Fred C. Donovan
Forestport
Obituary: Eugene L. Alford Lewiston Publisher Dies
Eugene L. Alford 81 co founder and publisher of the Lewiston Morning Tribune died Tuesday in a Lewiston hospital. He had appeared at his desk daily until last Saturday, marking a long involvement with the paper and Lewiston journalism.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Eugene L. Alford
Woman Who Wed Another Woman Arrested
In Tacoma a 29 year old woman who married another woman and posed as an Army Air Forces hero fled a trail of bad checks from Tacoma to Kelso. The supposed groom is Margaret Hurst alias Jerome Hurst, a WAC dishonorably discharged. The 18 year old Sunday school teacher learned the "husband" was the same person, facing a 15 year suspended sentence for grand larceny by check.
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Tacoma
Wash
U.P
Army Air Forces
Washington
Kelso
Margaret
Jerome” Hurst
WAC
Margaret Hurst
Soldiers Sentenced to Life Terms
Two U S soldiers were sentenced to life imprisonment by a Fifth Air Force court martial in Tokyo. They were convicted after drinking sake with women, entering a house, threatening two Japanese men, demanding money, and killing them. The defendants are T/5 John W Hull 20 of Springfield Illinois and Pvt Arthur L Hymer 19 of Sarepta Louisiana.
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Tokyo
U. S
Fifth Air Force
John W. Hull
Springfield
Ill
Arthur L. Hymer
Sarepta
James Stewart Surrenders After Bride’s Strangling Murder
In St. Clair Shores Michigan on April 16 James Stewart 43 surrendered to police after authorities found the body of his bride of one month strangled in their bedroom He was arraigned Tuesday on a first degree murder charge leading to a potential courtroom battle over the fatal crime case.
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ST. Clair Shores
Mich
James Stewart
Lehman Calls for Food Rationing
Washington April 16 Herbert H. Lehman accused the government of faulty planning and urged consumer rationing and immediate export grain set-aside to curb the world food crisis. He argued the U. N. A. R. A. must reassess needs for 1946 and criticized the 90 day crisis prognosis as dangerous.
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Washington
Herbert H. Lehman
Constitution Hall
Lehman
United States
Iranian peace move announced by Prime Minister Qavam
Tehran reports Prime Minister Ahmed Savan said he will send a government delegation to a Karaj conference to address the Azerbaijan issue and invite Azerbaijani leaders for talks. The plan was disclosed at a meeting with Iranian editors. foreign press was excluded.
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Tehran
Ahmed Savan
Karaj
Briz
Azerbaijan
Security Council to tackle Spain question next day
U N Security Council plans to address Poland's charge that Franco Spain threatens world peace after Secretary General Lie halted action on Russia's Iran case. The improvised move followed Stettinius hinting Moscow pressed Iran to drop its complaint, delaying a vote for two days.
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Lie
New York
United Nations Security Council
Trygve Lie
Russia
U. S
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Iran
Poland
Spain
Council
Quo Tai-chi
Witness Settles Hitler Dictatorship Question at Trial
MERNBERG April 16 Nazi philosopher Alfred Rosenberg testified at the international military tribunal defending his conduct in war crimes case He said the dictatorship in Germany was forced on Hitler by wartime emergencies and that power should be held by a directorate rather than a single ruler He claimed to remain loyal to Hitler and denied actively persecuting religion citing state support to churches and favorable church laws abroad
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Alfred Rosenberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Fuehrer
Rosenberg
International Military Tribunal
National Socialist
France
Russia
Evacuation of Foreign Troops Ends in Syria
Damascus April 16. All foreign troops have left Syrian soil, evacuation completed Monday midnight. Airports, barracks and military installations were handed to Syrians. Britain and France had arranged the withdrawal last month, leaving Syria free of foreign troops.
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Damascus
Britain
France
Syria
No Sign of Break in Coal Strike
The 16 day coal walkout by 400000 AFL United Mine Workers continued with no break amid predictions it could slow conversion. Officials noted 742000 idle nationwide. Akron Goodyear and Ottumwa beef department protests cited as minor actions.
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Associated Press
A.F.L. United Mine Workers
United States
Chester Bowles
Senate Banking Committee
Bankhead
D-Ala
Schwellenbach
National Coal Association
Akron
Ohio
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear Local 2
C. S. O.united Rubber Workers
C. S. O. Packinghouse
John Morrell & Co
Ottumwa
Iowa
Ed Filliman
Recourse Sought on Damaged Homes in Butte
Butte residents left homeless after weekend mobs consult attorneys on property recourse. City liability for riot damage cited from 1935 Montana codes and the Butte Miners union v city decision. Action for damages must be filed within one year.
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Butte
Montana
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Regions
Partly cloudy to cloudy Wednesday and Wednesday night with widely scattered showers and cooler temperatures. In Butte, highs near 65 with 67 at the School of Mines and 69 at the airport. West of divide partly cloudy cooler with scattered showers. east of divide cooler with light showers and variable highs from 50 to 70.
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School of Mines
Divide
Hospital Threat From Vandals Shocks Town
Sister Mary Celestine filed a report with the sheriff after a threatening call to St James hospital. A woman demanded the superintendent of nurses be told to remove certain staff or miners would riot at the hospital. A mob gathered outside the nurses home overnight, and a nurse returned to duty despite fear and fatigue.
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Butte
St. James Hospital
Mary Celestine
Celestine
Anaconda Company
Poles Still Hold Butte Soldier
Washington reports state department officials told Representative Mansfield that Pvt. Melvin Best of Butte Montana remained in Polish custody tied to the slaying of a Polish militiaman. Warsaw dispatches claimed Best was freed by U.S. jurisdiction but officials said the reports were mistaken. The department seeks his transfer to U.S. authorities in exchange for Polish nationals held in the American zone and expects a Polish reply soon.
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Washington
State Department
Mansfield
D-Mont
Melvin Best
Butte
Mont
Warsaw
United States
Best
Army of Occupation
Ex-Police Officer Kills Three Then Turns Gun on Self
In Winfield North, former officer Walter Fizer, 31, fatally shot his wife, her sister, and his mother-in-law Tuesday before killing himself with a shot to the head. First assistant Union County Prosecutor Edward Cohn identified Fizer and noted the couple had been estranged.
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Winfield, N
Winfield
Union County
Edward Cohn
Cohn
Walter Fizer
Fizer
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