Reclamation Program Announced Expands Western Projects
Salt Lake City reports a $195 million reclamation construction plan for 1947-1948 across 17 western states. The program, presented by Commissioner Michael W. Straus, aims to extend federal irrigation to 3.9 million acres and add 2.25 gigawatts of power, with Missouri basin dam work continuing under budget limits.
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Salt Lake City
Michael W. Straus
Reclamation
Straus
A. R. Golze
Washington
Reclamation Bureau
Congress
Columbia Basin
Davis
Colorado River
Anderson Ranch
Idaho
Bureau
Missouri Basin
Missouri
Montana
Air Forces Celebrate 40th Anniversary With Global Demonstrations
The air force marked its 40th anniversary with speed records and mass formations in cities worldwide including Moscow Tokyo Berlin Paris and Nanking and across the United States. A dazzling flight featured seven B 29 Superfortresses from Tokyo to Washington covering 7 000 miles with a 3 hour refueling stop at Anchorage for about 30 hours flight time.
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Washington
Air Force
Moscow
Tokyo
Berlin
Santiago
Paris
Nanking
America
Anchorage
Alaska
Mrs Roosevelt Inherits 25 From Reno Gambler Will
Reno Nevada August 1 Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt is bequeathed 25 in the will of veteran Reno gambler William Radnor Veale who died here last Tuesday The will also directs 25 of his 2500 estate to Father Flanagan of Boys Town The remainder goes to Reno acquaintances No explanation was given for the widow’s bequest
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Reno, Nev
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Reno
William Radnor Veale
Father Flanagan
Boys Town
Seismograph Records Very Slight Shock Far From Caltech
A California Institute of Technology seismograph recorded a very slight earth shock 500 to 1,000 miles away at 6 27 a m Friday The shock was so slight it barely registered and the seismologist could not determine its direction
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Los Angeles
U.P
California Institute of Technology
War Material Found At Askania Plants In Berlin Zone
U S Army investigators say two Askania plants in Friedenau and Mariendorf hid stockpiles of gyroscopic motors, theodolites, periscopes and other war instruments for a foreign power without sanction. Five officials were arrested as plants were closed and guards posted.
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Berlin
U.R
United States Army
Askonia
Germany
Askania
Teltow
Economics and Armed Forces Division
Signal Corps
Friedenau
Mariendorf
Counter- Intelligence Corps
Criminal Investigation
Social Democratic Party
Hannover
Russia
U S Sacrificing Its Security Warns Gen Arnold
Gen H H Arnold, wartime Air Forces chief, told a San Francisco luncheon that the United States is sacrificing security by allowing the air power it built to degrade. He warned a future war could be unwinnable and urged a stronger air force to deter it.
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San Francisco
U.P
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
United States
Arnold
Sonoma
Calif
United Nations delegates warn on atomic stockpile seizures
Lake Success report previews UN atomic energy commission views. Seizure of stockpiles and facilities by any nation or group is a danger signaling possible atomic warfare. Russia and Poland abstentions eyed as the commission aims for a Sept second report with likely unanimous vote minus those two nations.
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Lake Success
United Nations Atomic Energy
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet
Russia
Poland
United Nations
Atomic Commission
United Nations Security Council
Welder Confesses to Sex Slaying of 5-Year-Old Carol Ann Thompson
John Henry Fay a 33 year old welder from Norristown Pa confessed to the sex slaying of five year old Carol Ann Thompson whose battered body was found in a well last May 10 Fay made the confession Friday after three hours of questioning by state police following a brutal attack on a McKeesport child.
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Pittsburgh
John Henry Fay
Carol Ann Thompson
Norristown
Fay
McKeesport
Jews Hit by Riots and Attacks Across Palestine
In Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Jewish youths rioted injuring dozens as clashes with British forces escalated. An assault on a Hampshire battalion post wounded and killed, while two Jewish army sergeants were buried with honors. Irgun claimed responsibility for killings. widespread fear followed.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
U.P
Tel Aviv
Hampshire Regiment
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Ramleh
Hampshire Battalion
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Irgun
Nathanya
Mrs. Norman Thomas Dies at 65 in New York Home
Mrs. Norman Thomas wife of the Socialist party leader died of a heart attack at her Cold Spring Harbor home. A private funeral is planned for Monday per a family statement.
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Cold Spring Harbor
N. Y
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Security Council urges Indonesia Dutch ceasefire via arbitration
The United Nations Security Council voted 8 to 0 with three abstentions to urge an immediate cease fire between the Dutch and Indonesians and to arbitration or peaceful settlement of their dispute. The council rejected a bid to rule UN jurisdiction and Russia pressed for troop withdrawals, while the United States and allies opposed the demand, arguing the UN had no right to intervene.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
United Nations Security Council
Netherlands
United Nations
United States
Brazil
Britain
France
Belgium
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Herschel Johnson
Gromyko
Poland
Paris El-Khouri
Indonesia
Eelco van Kleffans
Silver Bow Deputies Escape Drowning at Georgetown Lake
Silver Bow County deputy sheriffs Robert Russell and Max Webber were fishing on Georgetown Lake when a sudden wind storm capsized their boat. They swam to shore exhausted but safe, losing all fishing gear in the incident.
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Robert Russell
Max Webber
Silver Bow County
Georgetown Lake
Butte Weather Forecast and Montana Thunderstorms Ahead
Partly cloudy Saturday and Saturday evening with widely scattered showers. Little change in temperature. Expected maximum temperature next 24 hours 80. Temperatures at the School of Mines: 76/50. At the Airport: 79/46 with .03 precip. Montana shows few scattered thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and evening, otherwise fair with a high 85 to 95.
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School of Mines
Montana
Indonesians Torch Two Towns as Dutch Advance
Indonesian forces set fires in two towns as Dutch armored columns pushed toward Jogjakarta to seize the capital before a United Nations halt. Warplanes bombed the surrounding area while Dutch ships and ground forces moved along the south coast and toward Banjoemas and Poerwakarta.
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Batavia
Java
U.R
Jogjakarta
United Nations
Tijilitjap
Poerwakarta
West Java
Tjilitjap
Banjoemas
Poerwaredja
Dominican Patrolling Coasts for Invaders Amid Caribbean Tension
Dominican Ambassador Julio Ortega Frier said constant air patrols along the coasts were kept to spot any landing craft for an attack on the Trujillo government. New York commentator Albert Hicks warned of open warfare in Santo Domingo, while reports of 500 men aboard Cuban vessels circulated but had not reached the Dominican Republic.
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Julio Ortega Frier
Trujillo
New York
Albert C. Hicks
San Domingo
Caribbean
Santo Domingo
Hicks
Ortega
Cuba
Santiago
Dominican Republic
Three Men Die in 180Foot Chimney Fall
In Queens a brick chimney under construction collapsed while a scaffold failed. William Cudd, 5, his son William Cudd Jr., 24, and Lee Boyce 33, all from Chesnee South Carolina, were killed when they fell 180 feet inside the chimney they were building.
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New York
Queens
William Cudd
William, Jr
Lee Boyce
Cudd
Chesnee
S. C
Howard Hughes to Testify on Senate War Probe
Hollywood producer Howard Hughes plans to appear before a Senate war investigating committee in Washington after sending his press agent to testify about entertaining Elliott Roosevelt and other officials. The probe centers on Hughes Kaiser aircraft contracts and a 1943 order for 100 plywood photo planes later reduced in scope.
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Hollywood
U.P
Howard Hughes
Washington
Senate
Elliott Roosevelt
John Meyer
Paris
Roosevelt
Hughes
Meyer
H. H. Arnold
Air Force
Europe
Charles FE. Branshaw
Wrightfield
Dayton
Ohio
Army Air Forces
Owen Brewster
R-Me
Justice Department
Maine
Hughes- Kaiser
United States
California
Henry J. Kaiser
Government urges big wheat crop for 1948 harvest
The Agriculture Department set a 75,000,000 acre goal for wheat to be harvested in 1948, 12 percent higher than this year and about 50 percent above prewar averages. Secretary Anderson said foreign needs keep a high production level despite peace time conditions. The plan also calls for 347,000 more rye acres and keeps the 1938 potato goal at 2,370,700 acres.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Anderson
Slain Negro Shot by Patrolman in Prentiss
Versie Johnson, a Black man accused of assaulting a white woman, was shot by a state highway patrolman when he allegedly grabbed for the gun at the scene. A crowd gathered at the jail as officials moved to complete the arrest and seek a confession. The victim, an expectant mother, had supposedly resisted and offered money before Johnson fled with cash.
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Hopkins
Puckett
Coburn Sets Boise San Francisco Flight Speed Record
Captain William Coburn of the Idaho National Guard Airwing set a new flight speed record from San Francisco to Boise in a P-51 fighter. He covered 514 miles in 1 hour 15 minutes 51 seconds, shaving 30 minutes from Frank E. Fuller’s 1939 mark in a stripped down Eversky P-35.
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Boise
Idaho
U.S
William Coburn
Idaho National Guard
San Francisco
Frank E. Fuller
Fuller
Mining Leaders Gather At Montana Convention In Butte
Registrants for the ninth summer convention of the Mining Association of Montana gathered in Butte ahead of sessions opening Sunday at the Finlen hotel. About 320 advance registrants from 50 Montana localities and eight states plus British Columbia are listed, with 150 more expected Saturday. notables include Lester G. Zeihen from Chuquicamata Chile and John D. Sullivan of Columbus Ohio.
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Mining Association of Montana
Butte
Carl J. Trauerman
Association
Lester G. Zeihen
Chuquicamata
Chile
Montana
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
New York
Washington
California
Ohio
Wyoming
Michigan
District of Columbia
British Columbia
John D. Sullivan
Battelle Memorial Institute of Columbus
American Ceramic Society
Traverman
Sullivan
Finlen Hotel
Evan Just
New York City
Engineering and Mining Journal
Robert L. Ziegfeld
Lead Industries Association
H. L. Casebeer
Butte Chamber of Commerce
A. V. Taylor, Jr
Howard A. Johnson
Montana Supreme Court
Walter H. Myers
Virginia City
U. S. Grant Mining Company
J. Burke Clements
Helena
Industrial Accident Board of
British Financial Difficulties Stir European Aid Concerns
Washington reports show American officials fear Europe’s crisis could speed beyond Marshall Plan capacity. Britain’s finances are central, with France and Italy also needing potential aid. Officials seek timely support signals and explore nonfinancial relief while predicting Congress action unlikely before 1945 year-end.
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Washington
Europe
Britain
Congress
United States
Taft
Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Paris
House
State Department
Priday
William L. Clayton
Stafford Cripps
Efforts to Head Off Strike Fail at Ford Motors
Detroit August 1 The 11 hour drive to avert a strike by 107000 Ford production workers ends without progress toward a settlement. CIO United Auto Workers reject Henry Ford II four point plan and immunity clause under Taft Hartley law.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
C. I. O. United Auto Workers
Henry Ford II
Philip Murray
Ford
Richard T. Leonard
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