Changchun Falls to Chinese Communists in Civil War
Changchun, the Manchurian capital, was claimed captured by Chinese Communist forces as Government armies move to Manchuria. Yenan said the city was cleared of Japanese and puppet troops amid reports of continued fighting and mobilizations by the Nationalist government. General Marshall sought mediation to halt the fighting.
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Chungking
Changchun
U.S
Marshall
China
Mukden
Manchuria
Communist New China
Yenan
Communist
United States
Szepingkai
Szepingkal
Nanking
Ho Ying-chin
Associated Press
Fred Hampson
Gen. Marshall
Washington
Butte Miners Reach Wage Agreement Ended Copper Strike
Butte Miners Union No 1 signed a contract with Anaconda Copper Mining Company granting an 1812 cent per hour raise, $1.48 daily increase, and retroactive pay from Oct 1 1945 to Apr 1 1946, ending the miners strike that closed Butte mines. Other unions signed similar deals. all increases await Office of Economic Stabilization approval.
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Butte Miners Union No. 1
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
Anaconda Mill and Smeltermen’s
Anaconda
W. E. Mitchell
Dan McKittrick
Great Falls
Anaconda Company
Butte Miners’ Union No
Montana
And
Butte Miners’ Union No. 1
International Union OF Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Union
Silver Bow County
Butte Mob Ransacks Home as Family Escapes to Sheriff
Emma R Annala recalls a cold merciless raid at 2424 Locust Race Track addition in Butte last Sunday night. A mob smashed front windows looted valuables and killed several pets as deputies ferried the family to safety. About 3 000 spectators watched the destruction as the attackers used axes stones and clubs. The An Aal a family includes a mining engineer husband and two sons. The dog a three month old puppy was savagely beaten and left for dead but survived to be treated by a veterinarian.
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Locust Street
Emma R. Annala
Amnala
Locust
Butte
Annala
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Wreckers Remain at Large in Butte County
County Attorney Roe said no evidence or suspects have been turned in for the weekend vandalism in Butte and Silver Bow. Sheriff’s office lists several suspects not in custody, while 50 juveniles are under suspicion and being pursued, with two adult men identified but not arrested. Probation Officer Sheehan reports a 20 member gang with two guiding adults and plans further interviews Monday. The case strains county budget and staffing as prosecutors handle murder and multiple justice court matters.
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Frank J. Roe
Butte
Silver Bow
John T. Sheehan
Sheehan
Roe
Justice Court
al McLeod
Negotiations to Reopen Over Soft Coal Strike
Government moves to settle the soft coal miners strike affecting about 400000 idle workers in a nationwide dispute. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach will meet with mine operators and with John L. Lewis next week in Washington to pursue progress, while U S Steel warns of possible broad production shutdowns if the strike persists. A wage conference for railroad labor also met in Chicago, declining to comment on a fact finding board's advice.
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Associated Press
Washington
Schwellenbach
John L. Lewis
A. F. L. United Mine Workers
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
New York
America
Carriers Wage Conference Committee
Chicago
Poland Ready Back Compron
Poland was reported to back Australia's proposal for a four member inquiry by a UN committee into the Francoist regime. The move could prompt the City Council to order a formal investigation of Ambassador Oscar Lange and the broader diplomatic rupture with Franco Spain. United States Britain expressed interest in airing all facts. Observers speculated on a material visit to Spain for the May 17 report.
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New York
Poland
Australia
United Nations City Council
Oscar Lange
Spain
Tee
Cov
Russia
France
Lange
United States
Britain
Spa
Domestic Flour Distribution Scarcity Warns Americans
President Truman appealed to Americans to share food with the hungry abroad. Hoover urged large grain exports to Europe, while Anderson announced 75 percent domestic flour distribution. The plan includes bonuses for farmers, controlled wheat use, and export-driven measures to ease famine.
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Washington
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Airo
Agriculturenderson
Fiorello LaGuardia
America
Anderson
Europe
VersATeas Veterans Returning Home From Overseas
Montana residents listed among servicemen arriving home in mid April. T Mikkola of Butte sails on Marine Cardinal into San Francisco, others aboard Victory and Mexico City trips include Merle Torgison of Whitefish, Francis Coad of Malta, Roy Davis, James Keyser of Great Falls, Arthur Neider of Laurel, James Baker of Miles City, and Lt. Donald H. Herbert of Mississippi.
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Juntime Victory
New Rk
Merle Torgison
Nitefish
Francis Coad
Misla
Roy Davis
Crew Agency
James Keyser
Great Falls
Mexico City
New York
Arthur Neider
Laurel
James Baker
Miles City
Donald H. Herbert
Misfla
Claymont Victory
French Constituent Assembly Adopts Fourth Republic Constitution
Paris April 19. The constituent assembly voted 309 to 249 to adopt a new constitution for the Fourth Republic. The Communist Socialist bloc supported it while Rightists opposed the strong power in a one chamber legislature.
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Paris
Constituent Assembly
P A C Assailed by Republican P A C
Washington reports Republican national chairman B Carroll Reece denounces the CIO political action committee as the spearhead of Red reactionism. He says electing a Republican Congress in November will be hard and notes a proposed slush fund of 6 million dollars to defeat Congress members not bowing to the PAC. He contends current law caps party expenditures at 3 million but PAC spending faces no limit. He adds Democrats may aid the PAC to purge dissenters.
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Washington
B. Carroll Reece
C. I. O. Political Action Committee
Political Action Committee
United States
Congress
National Committee
National Committee of
Democratic Party
Jury Is Selected for Kauf Trial
A jury of twelve, six men and six women, was chosen to try Howard H. Kauf, 33, former Seabee, for the murder of his ex-wife Hazel who had won an uncontested divorce hours before her death in a night club. Judge Downey set 10 a.m. Monday to begin evidence. this is Kauf’s second murder trial after a prior deadlocked panel.
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Howard H. Kauf
Seabee
Hazel
T. E. Downey
Kauf
Amanda Curtis
Amelia Nelson
Sighild J. Yeager
Ann Johnson
Edith Helen Clark
Julia Nelson
Joseph Fennah
George Gilsi
Ernest Densmore
John R. Frank
Owen Williams
al F. Harkins
Veniremen
McFarland Seeks Conditional British Loan Amendment
Senator McFarland claims broad Senate support for his amendment to condition the 3.75 billion loan on permanent U S and western hemisphere base rights. He would allow peacetime use of bases and U S built bases in the British empire, saying the measure faces Senate debate next week amid opposition from Capehart Butler and Langer.
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Washington
McFarland
D-Ariz
Senate
U. S&s
United States
British Empire
Great Britain
Banking Committee
Capehart
R-Ind
Butler
Langer
R-Md
Weather Forecast for Butte and Surrounding Areas
Mostly cloudy with showers Saturday and night. Cooler with highs near 58 at School of Mines and 60 at the airport in the next 24 hours. West of divide expect partial clouds with light showers Saturday afternoon, 55 to 65. East of divide expect partly cloudy skies with local thunderstorms and cooler west, 65 to 75.
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School of Mines
Divide
Unfair Homes Sparks Union Statements In Butte
The Carpenters union declared damaged Butte homes unfair and without repairs until miners union authority is granted. Butte Miners Union No 1 denied hindering repairs or aiding looting, stating rumors are false. Allan H. Thomas of the Carpenters union commented on the matter.
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Carpenters Union
Butte
Miners
Priday
Butte Miners Union No. 1
Butte Miners Union
Neil Weston
Allan H. Thomas
Senate completes $4 million dam aid with relocation proviso
Congressional action in Washington authorizes a War Department appropriation of 4 million dollars for work on the Garrison dam in North Dakota. The bill bars any spending on construction until relocation plans for affected Indiana lands are finalized and approved.
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Washington
Congressional
Senate
Gerrison, N. D
War Department
Congress
India
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San Francisco Port of Embarkation
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Kauf Trial
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