Bid for Peace Pact Is Rejected as Propaganda Trap
The United States scornfully dismissed as a propaganda trap Russian President Shverniks proposal for a five power peace pact. The State department said the proposal was an old Soviet propaganda device with nothing new since January 1949.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Shvernik
State Department
Truman
Soviet Union
Michael J. McDermott
West Point Cheating Cadets Face Resign or Dismissal
West Point commandant Maj. Gen. Frederick A. Irving says cheating cadets may resign with a clean slate, or be ousted if they do not. He notes 90 accused cadets and 29 others investigated with insufficient evidence to punish. Congress weighs abolishing both academies as full universities. Senate panel suspends inquiry pending new hearings.
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Arthur Everett
George Cornell
West Point
N. Y
Frederick A. Irving
Army
Irving
Congress
Annapolis Naval Academy
Gen
Senate
Hoey
D-N. C
Murder Charged in Baldwin Death in Montana
In Kalispell on August 7, County Attorney Ted Schroeter charged Oscar W. Peterson, 59, with first degree murder in the shooting death of Charles Baldwin, 57, a prominent Montana attorney. The coroner's jury urged trial after Peterson claimed accidental discharge during a quarrel over a legacy.
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Kalispell
U.P
Ted Schroeter
Oscar W. Peterson
Charles Baldwin
Montana
Justice Court
W. R. Martin
Hungry Horse Dam
Baldwin
Peterson
State Board of Education
Roger
Southwest Bakes Under Heat Wave Across Southwest
The region endured extreme heat as temperatures rose above 100 in Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Arizona and parts of southern California. El Centro California reached 106 and Yuma Arizona 104 while Gage Oklahoma and Oklahoma City logged 104 and 103 respectively. Dallas and Waco Texas reported 101.
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Associated Press
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
California
el Centro
Calif
Yuma
Ariz
Gage
Okla
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Waco
Soviets Broadcast Truman Letter and peace pledge
Soviet radio aired Truman's letter saying there will be no war if Americans' friendship is understood, plus the U S Congress friendship resolution and Shvernik’s reply proposing a Big Five peace pact. The texts will appear in Soviet press Wednesday as Pravda previously published Morrison’s statement and rebuttal.
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McDermott
Russia
Congress
Truman
Nikolai Mihailovitch Shvernik
Presidium
The
Supreme Soviet
State Department
Shvernik
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Red China
Moscow
America
United States Congress
Nikolai Shvernik
Pravda
Herbert Morrison
Morrison
Brien McMahon
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Red Cross First Aid Instructors Get Car Plaques
Qualified Red Cross first aid instructors are awarded three by five inch plaques for car license plate attachments. Emmet Keyser, national instructor trainer for Butte, explains the plaques identify workers who can provide emergency care and meet kit requirements.
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Red Cross
Emmet Keyser
Favre L. Eaton
Jenny Patrick
J. A. Peterson
E. G. Herweg
E. V. Beauchamp
Bob Jones
National Red Cross
Butte
American Red Cross
Keyser
San Francisco
Roosevelt Aide Spurned Help for Nationalists
University of Washington professor Dr. George E. Taylor testified before the Senate internal security sub committee that an White House adviser cut off contact after he proposed arming Chinese Nationalist forces to fight the Communists in 1943. Taylor, then with the Office of War Information China section, said Laughlin Currie organized meetings but later ended relations as discussions about aiding Chiang Kai-shek’s forces continued.
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Washington
University of Washington
Roosevelt
China
George E. Taylor
Senate
Internal Security
White House
Laughlin Currie
Taylor
Office of War Information
Currie
Kuomintang
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Institute of Pacific Relations
IPR
Home Owners Organize to Oppose City Tax Hike
Home owners in the Development addition of Butte held an initial meeting at St. Ann parish gym and went on record opposing any city tax increase until delinquent taxes are collected and parking meters maximized. A committee led by Pat Sullivan will attend the city council meeting and present the protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
St. Ann Parish
Ed Roy
West Drive
Pat Sullivan
Ottawa
Sullivan
Leonard Lilley
Massachusetts
Vern Spackman
Broughton McCarthy
Cross Drive
al Liddicoat
Center Drive
Jack Collins
South Drive
Charles Cornwall
North Drive
John Facincani
Independents Back Iraq Jordan Union in Arab Federation Plan
Iraq's independent party on August 7 endorsed union between Iraq and Jordan as a first step toward a broader Arab federation envisioned by the late King Abdullah. Abdullah's regent Prince Abdul Ilah presides in Iraq and Jordan's regent is Prince Naif.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Independent Party
Jordan
Abdullah
Abdul Ilah
Ly II
Naif
Four Men Jailed After Two Mobsters Slain
Hollywood police jailed four men on murder suspicion in the gangland slayings of Tony Brancato and Tony Trombino. Suspects are James Fratianno, Warren Fratianno, Sam London, and Sam Lazes. one or all may have known the shooter, with a witness able to identify the gunman.
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Hollywood
Tony Brancato
Tony Trombino
William J. Parker
James Fratianno
Encino
Calif
Warren
Sam London
Sam Lazes
Los Angeles
Parker
Trombino
Brancato
James E. Hamilton
Police Intelligence Unit
California
Fratianno
Mickey Cohen
William Parker
Land Mine Kills Texas Gambler in Farm Mailbox Tragedy
Herbert Noble a 58 year old retired gambler known for surviving many assassination attempts was killed when a land mine exploded as he opened a rural mailbox near his farm home. Texas Ranger details describe a switch triggered from trees about 75 yards away creating a four by five foot crater.
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Dallas
Texas
Herbert Noble
Noble
Col
Homer Garrison
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas Ranger
Bob Crowder
Lewis Rigler
Stephen Early Stricken With Coronary Thrombosis
Stephen T. Early, 62, former presidential press secretary under two administrations, was stricken Tuesday with coronary thrombosis and doctors called his condition critical.
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Washington
Stephen T. Early
Vinson pushes rapid expansion of Air Force to 163 groups
House Armed Services Chairman Vinson announces a fast drive to raise Air Force strength to 163 groups, plans 138 combat and 25 carrier groups, and calls for two more aircraft carriers. He urges immediate hearings, budget action, and rapid base facilities, noting air power reshapes strategy and defense needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Viking rocket hits 135 miles in record flight at White Sands
The Viking rocket reached 135 miles altitude and 4 100 mph at White Sands proving ground marking a new single rocket altitude record. The craft weighed about four tons and burned fuel in 75 seconds before coasting to peak height in four minutes 23 seconds. Recovery crews led by Maj. George Wentz salvaged parts for Viking No. 8.
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White Sands
N. M
New Mexico
Navy
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Reaction Motors, Inc
Lake Denmark
N. J
Britain
Proving Ground
George Wentz
Butte and Montana Weather Outlook for Wednesday
Butte forecasts show partly cloudy skies and little temperature change with a Wednesday high around 76 and a low near 42. Across Montana east of the Divide, scattered thunderstorms are possible with highs of 75 to 85, while west of the Divide remains partly cloudy through Wednesday night with highs of 75 to 80.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Judge rules Montana butterfat law unconstitutional
Helena August 7 state ice cream rule requiring at least 10 percent butterfat is struck down by District Judge A J Horsky in a suit by W C Brown of Anaconda Dairy Queen franchise holder and Harold Hagen against the state dairy commissioner The ruling says the 10 percent butterfat standard is unjustified for public health and deprives Brown of selling a nutritious product Dairy Queen allegedly contains 6 to 7 percent butterfat
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Helena
A. J. Horsky
W. C. Brown
Anaconda
Montana
Dairy Queen
Harold Hagen
Stevensville
Horsky
Allied truce team awaits Communist reply at Kaesong site
Tokyo dispatch reports Gen Ridgway demanding an unconditional guarantee of neutrality at Kaesong as UN officers linger at Kimpo awaiting a Communist response. Joy, Burke, Hodes, and Craigie arrived with Park Sun Yup remaining in Korea. Communists broadcast accusations of UN neutrality violations while Peiping claimed US planes violated China’s skies.
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Tokyo
U.P
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
Adm
C. Turner Joy
United Nations
Kimpo
Seoul
Joy
Ridgway
Arligh Burke
Henri I. Hodes
L. C. Craigie
Park Sun Yup
Korea
Communist
Pyongyang
Peiping
United States
China
U. S
Red Infantrymen Hurled Back by UN Forces
United States Eighth Army reports a company of Red Infantrymen charged Allied positions west of Chorwon but was repulsed after a three hour fight. Front remained largely quiet elsewhere as Kaesong armistice talks loomed. FEAF and Navy aircraft targeted supply centers and bridges, with 18 bridges destroyed and four damaged.
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United States Eighth Army
Korea
Kaesong
Chorwon
Pyong
Far East Air Forces
FEAF
Neeton
Boxer
Toledo
Wonsan
Notoriety Catches Up With Man Claiming to Be 104
A man known as Robert Larson 104 claiming Civil War veteran status collapsed in Tacoma and was found to be Walter E Arwiler 67 New York. He confessed using some 40 aliases to obtain free hospital care across the nation and faces jail while investigators check for other warrants.
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Tacoma
Wash
Texas
Pierce County Hospital
Robert Larson
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Arthur Wendall
Wendall
Larson
Washington, D. C
McKinley
Percy Gregg
Walter E. Arwiler
New York
Arwiler
Gregg
Smeltermen Schedule Third Annual Celebration In Anaconda
Smelter men in Anaconda plan a community celebration featuring a large children parade from Main and Commercial at 10 30 a m. about 70 orphans from Twin Bridges state home will receive treats dinners and entertainment including a baseball game and fireworks. Continuous events include sports contests and a union sponsored ice cream stand at Washoe park with prizes for four parade divisions and athletic winners. The day ends with a baseball game against the Eagles at Washoe park and a street dance.
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Anaconda
Twin Bridges
Soldiers Memorial
Central High School
Butte
Washoe Park
Union
International Union
Washoe Park Field
Truman asks Senate to restore UN funds cut by House
President Truman urged the Senate to reinstate about 18 million dollars trimmed by the House for the United Nations and other international bodies. He warned the action could harm America’s standing and complicate postwar diplomacy.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
House
United Nations
America
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Willard H. Mobley
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