Big Three agree on stern policy for Germany at Berlin talks
The Allied Big Three outline a long range control plan for Germany, seek peace treaties with former satellites, and bar Spain from joining the United Nations while neutrals may join. The Berlin communique also details reparations, occupation zones, and Russia's share of industry and external assets.
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Washington
U.P
Berlin
Germany
United Nations
Spain
London
Moscow
Russia
Chiefs of Staff
Adm
N. G. Kuznetsov
A. I. Antonov
Red Army
S. G. Kucherov
Poland
United States
Great Britain
Reich
Three Questions Unanswered by the Big Three
London observers cite three major open issues after the Big Three communique. Will Russia fight Japan, why no resolution on Camadelles, and how to keep promises on an independent Austria. The note hints at military matters but details remain elusive.
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London
U.P
Russia
Japan
Austria
Great Britain
Soviet Union
United States
Potsdam
William Ridsdale
British Foreign Office
Dardanelles
Germany
Werewolves Reported Busy Sabotaging Czechoslovakia
London reports that Nazi trained Werewolves operated in Czechoslovakia with an organized sabotage program. Prague radio cited schools at Karlsbad Reichenberg and Teplitz for prewar sabotage training. Sabotage actions included a bridge blast near Kutna Hora and a train derailment near Choumoutov.
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London
U.P
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Germany
Karlsbad
Reichenberg
Liberec
Upper Bohemia
Teplitz
Radio Prague
Kutna Hora
Choumoutov
Teplit
Bohemia
Truman Sets Sail For Home From Potsdam Meeting
President Truman, tired but jubilant after the Potsdam talks, left England aboard the USS Augusta at 3:30 p.m. for the United States. He exchanged visits with King George VI, toured the ship, and planned a radio address to the nation upon return next week.
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U. S
Augusta
Truman
U.P
Atlantic
United States
English Channel
King George
England
Potsdam
Marine Corps
James Foskett
King
Mr. Truman
Japan claims ready for showdown as air power conserved
Tokyo papers boast an iron defense and full readiness to strike back. Domei dispatches credit Japan for shielding its main air strength by patient tactics amid Allied raids on Kyushu railways and transportation.
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Washington
Tokyo
Tomiuri Hachi
Comei
Japan
Domei
Kyushu
Medals Honored Montanan Family for WWII Hero Laverne Parrish
The Parrish family of Pablo received the fourth congressional Medal of Honor awarded to a Montanan in World War II. T/4 Laverne Parrish, medical aid man with the 161st infantry, died in the Philippines on Luzon while rescuing and treating wounded under heavy fire. The award, presented by Col. A. M. Weyand at a local high school stadium, honors his gallantry from January 18 to 24, 1945. Also noted are other Montana MoH recipients: Pfc. Leo J. Powers, Alder. Sgt. Henry Schauer, Scobey. and Capt. William Wylie Galt, Great Falls.
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Ronan
Cletious Parrish
Pablo
Laverne Parrish
Luzon
Philippines
A. M. Weyand
U.S
Fort Missoula
Truman
F. E. Bierstadt
Bierstadt
United States
161St Infantry
Parrish
Philippine Islands
San Manuel
Italy
Allied Planes Take Toll of 278 Nip Aircraft and 116 Ships
U S and British carrier planes bombed Tokyo area, destroying or damaging 278 Japanese aircraft and 116 ships including 33 warships. Iwo Jima air strikes hit Nagoya Kobe areas, damaging 14 vessels and knocking out airfields. US losses were 11 planes and crews, British losses 9 aircraft and 20 ships.
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Guam
U.P
U. S
Tokyo
Korea
Japan
Iwo
Nagoya
Kobe
Orazaki
Meiji
Kiyosu
Komaki
Kokogawa
Goto
Saishu
Adm
William F. Halsey
Maizuru
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Halsey
Rural Fire Chief Appointed in Silver Bow County
Jack Healy was named county rural fire chief by the board of commissioners to organize an emergency firefighting group in cooperation with the Forest Service. The role is unpaid and Healy will lead volunteer crews trained to fight county fires outside Deer Lodge Forest boundaries.
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Jack Healy
Silver Bow
Board of Commissioners
United States Forest Service
Joe F. O'Donnell
Emmett P. O’brien
Loretta L. Sullivan
W. E. Pry
Deer Lodge National Forest
Healy
Deer Lodge
Forest Service
Laval to Testify in Petain Treason Trial
Pierre Laval, former head of the Vichy regime, will be brought from Fresnes prison to testify in Marshal Petain's treason trial. The court overruled a defense protest forcing Laval's call, a move that could prolong the proceedings and intensify security amid the highly charged courtroom atmosphere.
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Pierre Laval
Marshal Petain
Paris
Vichy
Laval
Petain
North Africa
Spain
Gibraltar
Fresnes
Snyder urges extension of WPB authority to reconversion
Director John W. Snyder plans to advise President Truman to extend the War Production Board powers to cover reconversion. The move would allow WPB to use wartime priority mechanisms to clear bottlenecks hindering a rapid return to peacetime industry, under OWMR policy guidance during reconversion. Some shortages may persist after Japan's capitulation, requiring continued government oversight.
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Washington
John W. Snyder
Truman
War Production Board
WPB
Snyder
Office of War Mobilization
OWMR
Senate War Investigating Committee
Mead
D-N.y
DWMR
Japan
Kidnap Victim Returned Home In Buffalo Case
Nine year old Marjorie Wick, missing since July 25 after a bicycle ride with a gray haired man, was found unharmed and returned to her parents in Buffalo. Suspect John Stanley Borten, 65, is jailed on kidnapping charges after detectives located them in a rooming house. The reunion brought tears from Marjorie’s mother as she embraced her child at police headquarters.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Marjorie Wick
John Stanley Borten
Borten
Marjorie
John Wick
Rail Worker Killed Near Livingston
Frank O. Nelson an extra railway gang laborer was killed early Thursday when a Northern Pacific freight train ran over him a mile west of Livingston.
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Livingston
Frank O. Nelson
Northern Pacific
Weather Forecast For Butte And Central Montana
Butte sees generally fair and warm conditions Friday and Friday night with a high near 90. Thursday's high 91 and low 46. West of the Continental Divide clear to partly cloudy with little temperature change. East of the divide expect mostly fair weather with scattered thunderstorms Friday afternoon and warmer temperatures.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Nagasaki Harbor Struck as Far East Air Forces Sinks Ships
Far East Air Forces report a large strike on Kyushu’s Nagasaki harbor leaving multiple ships sunk or damaged. The action involved heavy aerial attacks from Korea to Borneo, with 12 more vessels sunk or damaged in related operations. US officers described Japanese interceptors as a last desperate move amid the air blockade.
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Korea
Celebes
Manila
Far East
Kyushu
Nagasaki
Borneo
MacArthur
Japan
Frances Gideon
Par East Air Force
Gideon
War Won’t End Until Japs Totally Smashed
Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson warned the Pacific war would end only when the Japanese army is smashed beyond repair. He told American Legion veterans that Japanese leaders seek a way out but that the Japanese army remains strong and capable of renewed fighting. Patterson cited 2,000,000 well trained troops in the home islands and warned of fanatical resistance aligned with a German volksturm echo.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
District of Columbia
American Legion
Okinawa
Volksturm
Germany
Pacific
Mercury Soars to Three Year High in Butte Heat Wave
Butte topped Montana cities with a 91 degree high, a three year record, while other towns ranged from 85 to 100 degrees. Billings and several cities posted mid nineties, marking the warmest day since August 1942. Friday forecast calls for 90 as heat lingers.
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Butte
Montana
Glasgow
West Yellowstone
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Custer
Dillon
Drummond
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
Whitehall
Earthquake Felt Near Queen Charlotte Island
A small quake near Queen Charlotte Island in Vancouver Island region was recorded at 1 48 p m Thursday. Professor Perry Byerly, UC Berkeley seismologist, reported the event from Berkeley California.
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Berkeley
Calif
Queen Charlotte Island
Vancouver
B. C
Perry Byerly
University of California
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club Forms in Butte
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Service Men's club of Butte filed articles of incorporation with Secretary of State Sam W. Mitchell. Directors named are James O. Atkin Augustus J. Belveal and William Van Orden, all of Butte.
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Helena
U.P
Veterans of Foreign Wars Service Men's Club of
Butte
Sam W. Mitchell
James O. Atkin
Augustus J. Belveal
William van Orden
Schwellenbach backs plan for industrial peace conference
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach endorsed a proposal to sponsor a general industrial peace conference but warned it may wait until his labor reorganization is completed. Senator Vandenberg proposed uniting industry, labor and government leaders to craft a reconversion plan. Officials say Schwellenbach is inclined but must finish streamlining labor affairs.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Schnellenbach
Senate
War Labor Board
National Labor Relations Board
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Kure
U. S. Third Fleet
Honshu
Alert Navy
U.S. Navy
By Philault
Merriman Smith
Tokyo Radio
William F. Tyree
By Belman Morin
By Sterling F. Green
By James Hutcheson
Patterson
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