Revised 1946 Budget Forecast Cuts Overall Spending
The treasury notes a revised 85 billion dollar federal budget for fiscal 1946 down from 100 billion last year. War outlays fall to 70 billion, receipts drop to 39 billion, while the earlier 70 billion war-spending estimate remains. Budget Director Smith cites Pacific war prospects and possible early end as key risks.
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Washington
Pacific
Congress
Harold D. Smith
Truman
Smith
Pressing Issues Await Congress
Washington reports that the Senate, in session since January, adjourned for vacation until October 8 after seven months of work on major laws including the United Nations Charter and Bretton Woods. House recess began July 21, leaving Charter work unfinished. Barnley outlines a dozen pending items awaiting Congress in October.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Barnley
Berkley
White House
Plane Travels Nearly as Fast as Sound
A jet propelled P-80 Shooting Star roared from Dayton to La Guardia in 1 hour 2 minutes covering 555 miles. Col. William H. Council piloted the craft, which flew mostly at 20 000 feet with top speeds over 550 mph and a ceiling of 45 000 feet. He praised the jet as the best fighter, noting near silent operation with no visible smoke or flame.
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New York
Dayton
Ohio
la Guardia Field
Army
William H. Council
Army Air Forces
Col. Council
South Pacific
New York to Paris Flight Sets New Nonstop Record
Brig. Gen. Lawrence G. Fritz landed a C-69 Constellation in Paris at 6:50 am after a 14 hour 12 minute non stop flight from La Guardia. The record beats the previous 18 hour Army transport mark set on Oct 4, 1944 by a C-54 over 3,600 miles.
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New York
UPR
Paris
Lawrence G. Fritz
LE. W. T
la Guardia Field
Army Transport Command
Daring Butte pilot on 84 Burma missions during war
Lt. Jerry D. Murphy, a B-25 bomber pilot with the Earthquakers of the 12th bomb group, describes Burma theater dangers like dense jungles and tropical heat. On 30 day leave, he visits Butte with his wife Etta and son, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with cluster for 83rd Squadron service.
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Jerry D. Murphy
Butte Flyer
India- Burma
Murphy
J. E. Murphy
South
Montana
Etta McGree
Jerry
Butte
12Th
83Rd
Black Angel
10Th Air Force
Burma
China
Tenth Air Force Back in China
U S 10th Air Force, famed for Burma battles, is back in bombing in China. The unit joins Maj. Gen. George E Stratemeyer in the new aerial command alongside the 14th Air Force, previously led by Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault.
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Kunming
U. S. 10Th Air Force
Burma
China
Albert
Wedemeyer
George E. Stratemeyer
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Claire L. Chennault
Captain Rich Kane Home on Leave From England Service
Captain Richard Kane a Butte physician wounded by a German V bomb in England ends a convalescent leave at Butte and Flathead Lake. He will depart for Camp McCoy Wisconsin then Camp Crowder Missouri with his wife Margaret McDonald and daughter Elizabeth Alice. He served at the 159th General Hospital Somerset and wore European and American theater ribbons with the Purple Heart. He traveled with Maj Harold M Teel and noted Montana nurses and enlistees in service at the hospital.
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Richard Kane
Butte
England
Flathead Lake
Camp McCoy
Wis
Camp Crowder
Margaret M. McDonald
Elizabeth Alice
159Th General Hospital
Sommerset County
France
Harold M. Teel
Polson
Montana
Helen Johnson
Anaconda Road
Fall Fur Styles Ready for New Season
Montana Standard readers are invited to shop the extensive fur offerings displayed in the editions advertisements arranged by Butte farriers and dealers ready to show the latest fall fur models. Fur stocks are more complete and varied this autumn than for many years.
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Montana Standard
Butte Farriers
Leahy Letter Read At Petain Trial In Paris
Admiral William D. Leahy testified via letter at Marshal Petain's treason trial. He praised Petain's early concern for France but said his failure to resist the Germans harmed the nation. The letter, read after clashes between Weygand and Reynaud, noted Leahy could not interfere in French affairs. Leahy recalled 1941 to 1942 as ambassador to France. Stalin expected to visit Copenhagen on route to Moscow, per unconfirmed report from Bornholm.
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Paris
William D. Leahy
U. S
Vichy
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Maxine Weygand
Paul Reynaud
Leahy
Petain
Truman
United States
France
Stalin
Copenhagen
Bornholm
Baltic
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Final Big Three Conference Ends in Potsdam
The Big Three report of decisions from the Potsdam conference by Truman Stalin and Attlee is due to be released Friday. The leaders met at Cecilienhof and kept to secrecy as they concluded twelve protracted sessions.
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Potsdam
Truman
Stalin
Attlee
Cecilienhof
Army
Washington
London
Moscow
Berlin
Plymouth
George VI
Molotov
Oregon Forest Fires Still Burn Fiercely
Weary crews fight a major Tillamook country blaze as the Forest Grove water supply stays safe for now. An east wind and low humidity raise outbreak risk while 1,000 replacement troops move to the front, including 400 from Polk county. Fire covers over 150,000 acres in Jordan river country.
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Portland
Ore
Tillamook
Forest Grove
Polk County
Here
Jordan River
Mississippi gains 300 percent fire power after Pearl repairs
The battleship Mississippi suffered major damage from a carrier dive bomber on January 9 at Lingayen gulf. Twenty-two sailors were killed and eighteen injured as the ship continued fighting for three months before repairs at Pearl Harbor. The overhaul added fire power, expected to save many lives. Seventy-five shrapnel holes and multiple gun losses were found from the near miss.
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Washington
Lingayen Gulf
Philippines
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Mississippi
Solon Demands Discharge of 9,000,000 Men
Senator Johnson urged the Army discharge 5,000,000 men as the government promised more aid to ease railroad manpower. He argued an 8,000,000 strong force cannot be used against Japan and challenged the War department to set a Jan 1 1947 maximum, noting supply lines and shipping limits. Continued on Page 3, Col. 5.
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Washington
Johnson
D-Colo
Senate
Japan
War Department
Atlantic
Pacific
John W. Snyder
Germany
U S Air Policy Is Outlined
General H H Arnold outlines a five point national air policy during a New York dinner celebrating the air forces 38th anniversary. He stresses preeminent air power ready for rapid expansion, strong research, industry capacity and strategic bases to deter aggression and ensure peace, warning against public apathy after Japan is defeated.
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New York
H. H. Arnold
America
Army Air Forces
Air Force
Arnold
Japan
Fair and warmer Thursday in Butte and Montana
In Butte expect fair skies and warmer conditions with a high near 88 Thursday and 85 on Wednesday. Montana forecast calls for continued fair weather with a warmer high between 85 and 95.
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Butte
Montana
Blockbusters and Fire Bombs Hit Four Cities in Night Raid
In history's largest air raid 800 B 29 Superfortresses dropped 6000 tons of incendiaries and two ton bombs on Hachioji Toyama Nagaoka and Mito in Honshu shortly after midnight. Gen Carl A Spaatz led the strike for the U S Army strategic air forces with a 150 mile long bomber stream.
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Guam
U.P
Carl A. Spaatz
U. S. Army Strategic Air Forces
Honshu
Hachioji
Toyama
Nagaoka
Mito
U. S
Royal Air Force
Thunderbolt
Iwo
Nagoya- Kobe
Tokyo
Marianas
Japan
Adm
William P. Halsey
Curtis E. LeMay
LeMay
U S Battleship and Carrier Planes Hit Wake Island
A U S battleship and carrier planes shelled Wake Island while a destroyer escort and smaller ships rescued nearly 300 Marshallese natives from Jaluit. Planes from Pacific fleet attacked installations with minor ship damage and no casualties.
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U. S
Wake Island
Guam
Wake
Adm
Nimitz
Jaluit
Marshalls
United States Pacific Fleet
Navy
United States
Murray
Japan
Ea Andelr
Marshall
Medal of Honor Hero to Study for the Ministry
Pvt. William J. Crawford a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient from Pueblo Colorado who endured 19 months in a Nazi prison camp announced at Santa Barbara he will study for the ministry under the G L bill of rights. He has just arrived at the Army ground and service forces redistribution station and will be discharged soon.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
U.P
William J. Crawford
Pueblo
Colo
Ministry
Army Ground and Service Forces
Crawford
Japanese Take Shangkao on Kiangsi Front
Japanese troops captured Shangkao on the Changsha Nanchang road in Kiangsi province 66 miles northeast of Nanchang. A Japanese relief column en route to protect the retreat was intercepted by Chinese forces as fighting continued.
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Chungking
Shangkao
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Changsha- Nanchang
Kweilin
Tajungkiang
Lingling
United States
14Th Air Force
Sugar Beet Growers Get Higher 1946 Price Support
Secretary Clinton P. Anderson announced a 1946 price support plan raising payments to sugar beet growers to guarantee an average return of not less than 13.50 per ton for average quality beets, up from 12.50 in 1945, with government payments near 4 a ton and steps to assist labor, fertilizer, and machinery access for a maximum crop.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
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Herbert G. King
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King George
Daniel DE Luce
Oregon
Solon
Senator Johnson
U.S
William F. Tyree
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