Riots in Lahore Kill Dozens Amid Indian Independence Tensions
Rioters from Hindu and Muslim communities clash in Lahore on the eve of Indian independence. Sixty killed and about 100 wounded, with fires, curfew, and troops deployed as clashes spread to Amritsar and rail workshops. Officials report high casualties and shutdowns amid escalating violence.
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New Delhi
India
Lahore
Punjab
Amrittar
Moghulpura
Boundary Commission
Mountbatten Helps Transfer Power as India Divides
Adm. Viscount Mountbatten travels to Karachi to hand over self governance to Pakistan and read a message from King George VI. In New Delhi Hindustan's Constituent Assembly prepares to take power as Ramadan ends and Pakistan and Hindustan form separate dominions with Claude Auchinleck overseeing both armies.
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Karachi
India
U.P
Viscount Mountbatten
Victoria
Empire of India
Pakistan
Constituent Assembly
Mountbatten
George VI
New Delhi
Dominion
Hindustan
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Claude Auchinleck
Gandhi Is Silent on Independence
Mohandas K. Gandhi surveyed damage at his new peace mission HQ in Calcutta and said he would issue no Independence Day message. A mob of Hindus invaded, hurled stones, and frightened residents, though Gandhi remained in the room as the nation readies to become two dominions at midnight Thursday.
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Calcutta
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Boys Are Advised State Looks to Them for Leaders
Dillon August 13 Citizens of Boys State were told Montana will rely on their leadership. T J Davis urged youths to balance fun with public service and to use intellect to improve communities. A Vigilante Trail trip to Bannack highlighted state history with notes on Hangman’s Gulch, the first jail, and Grasshopper gulch gold discovery by John White.
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Clarence Clark
Missoula
John Badgley
Robert Gregg
Dillon
Tom Anderson
Havre
Dick Morgan
Bozeman
Granite
Last Chance
Alder
Bannack
Boys’ State
Montana
T. J. Davis
Butte
General Assembly
American Legion
Montana State Normal College
of Montana
Rotary International
Territorial
Rush Jordan
Jordan
Hangman’s Gulch
Henry Plummer
Masonic Temple
Skinners Saloon
Grasshopper Gulch
John White
Colorado
Vets Parade for V J Day Planned by Legion and VFW
The American Legion Drum and Bugle corps and Veterans of Foreign Wars members will march through the business district Thursday to observe V J day. Parade forms at Legion hall at 7 30 with fireworks to follow. Open house at Legion hall after the procession. VFW members urged to wear uniforms and assemble at their hall at 7 to join the Legion march.
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American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Legion Hall
William Hocking
Bernard Sullivan
Butte Post 1448
V. F. W. Hall
Eisenhower Tries Out Big Bomber on Flight Near Seattle
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower Army chief of staff took the controls of a B 50, the Army s new Boeing super bomber, on a 23 minute hop and called it the best high flying daylight bomber seen yet. He toured Alaska installations with Maj Gen Paul W Kendall and his party yesterday.
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Seattle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Fort Newis
Alaska
Paul W. Kendall
Filipino Gunman Wounds Three in Los Angeles Stand Shootout
In Downtown Los Angeles a Filipino cook fired on three people including waitress Opal Johnston at the Eat It and Beat It hamburger stand. Benedicto Illamin, 45, surrendered as police closed in after a brief gun battle following a lovers quarrel.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Benedicto Illamin
Opal Johnston
Butte Rodeo Opens With Top Names Tonight
The Mining City rodeo opens for three nights with top riders and steer and calf ropers from across the West. Headline clown Billy Keene will perform in trick riding and roping, with tickets selling fast at Al's Photo Corner. Gar Thomas and John Cavanaugh led organizing efforts for the event.
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Butte Roedo Grounds
South Side
Search for Babe Without Results
A four year old boy Arnie D Olson has disappeared in the Sapphire mountains near Hamilton Montana. About 300 searchers and trail hounds scoured Mud lake and nearby banks while plans formed to drag the lake. The boy was last seen Monday evening with his shepherd dog at his father's logging camp twenty miles east.
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Hamilton
Mont
Arnie D. Olson
Sapphire Mountains
Montana
F. O. Burrell
Here
Mud Lake
Burrell
Missing Roseburg councilman and family feared lost
Roseburg police report Councilman Paul O. Lund and his family are overdue after departing for Shelby Montana in a Fairchild PT-23. A four state search covering Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana is being requested by Chief O A Kennerly as time since departure passes.
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Roseburg
Ore
Paul O. Lund
Shelby, Mont
Lund
O. A. Kennerly
Shelby
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Kennerly
Poland backs Egypt demand to withdraw British troops
At Lake Success on August 13 Poland endorsed Egypt's demand for immediate and unconditional withdrawal of British troops from Egypt while leaving the Sudan issue open. Polish UN delegate Katz-Suchy said Poland would support Sudan if unity with Egypt was sought. Council President El Khoury announced the next meeting for the following Wednesday. Cadogan criticized Egyptian politics and urged dismissal of the case.
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Council
Egypt
Sudan
Poland
Katz-Suchy
Faris el Khoury
Syria
Cadogan
Britain
Warriors Gather for Reunion in Helena
Helena August 13 The first annual reunion of the first special service force United States Canadian wartime fighting unit gets into full swing with more than 1 000 veterans and relatives expected Fighter General Mark Clark former Fifth Army commander in Europe and now head of the Sixth Army at San Francisco or his personal representative will be on hand Friday for the dedication of a memorial to the force s dead More than 300 had registered for opening events of the three day get together Wednesday.
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Helena
Special Service
Mark Clark
Fifth Army
Europe
Sixth Army
San Francisco
Butte Forecast Warms with Possible Afternoon Showers
The Butte area expects clear to partly cloudy skies and a warming trend on Thursday. Highs range from the mid 70s to mid 80s with warmer conditions east and south. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible in the western portion Thursday afternoon, with highs from 70 to 85 across the region.
Paraguyan Revolt Claims Control in Asuncion Streets
Rebels say they seized strategic Mariscal Lopez avenue and press toward central Asuncion amid fierce street fighting. Government radio denies gains, reports loyalist recapture of four outskirts towns. Paraguayan embassy in Washington says revolt was repulsed and Morinigo's government stands solid.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
U.P
Higinio Morinigo
Asuncion
Mariscal Lopez Avenue
Paraguay
Voice of Victory
Asuncion Radio
Washington
Morinigo
Clorinda
Liberal
Febrerista
Communist
Plan to Irrigate Greek Farms Disclosed by U S
William E. Corfitzen of Denver disclosed plans to irrigate 800000 acres in Northern Greece near guerrilla lines as part of a 350 million dollar U S aid program. He said water could be on parched lands within 60 days and several thousand acres irrigated by next July, with a 3600000 dollar cap and completion target of July 1.
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Washington
Greece
William E. Corfitzen
Denver
Corfitzen
Reclamation Bureau
Macedonia
Thrace
University of Denver Law School
Colorado
United States
Britain and U S press talks on loan and Ruhr plan
Washington reported Britain tapped another 150 million of its dwindling American loan as the United States moved to avert a European collapse. Talks in London will focus on modifying the loan terms and on Germany’s Ruhr coal output to aid reconstruction.
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Washington
Britain
United States
France
London
Germany
Treasury
Ruhr
United States Treasury
Snyder
Dominions
Hurricane bears toward Tampico from Gulf of Mexico
A Gulf of Mexico hurricane reached full intensity by 10 p.m. with winds 90 to 100 mph and moving west northwest at about 15 mph. The center lay about 210 miles east southeast of Tampico, with squalls extending 300 miles east and north. Small craft from Corpus Christi to Brownsville were warned to stay in port.
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New Orleans
U.P
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Tampico
Mexico
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Texas
Pakistan Seeks United Nations Membership
Pakistan announced it would apply for UN membership as an alternative if the United Nations does not automatically admit the Moslem-majority dominion on independence day. The UN legal department, approved by Secretary-General Lie, had held that Hindu majority India would keep charter membership, while Pakistan would become a new non-member state.
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Lake Success
Pakistan
United Nations
United Nations Legal Department
Trygve Lie
India
Probe Chairman on Vacation
Senator Ferguson sets out for vacation while 13 volumes of Hughes investigation testimony await his return. The war investigating sub committee plans to reopen the case November 17 as the search for witness John Meyer continues.
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Washington
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Howard Hughes
John Meyer
Hughes
American Weds Daughter of Jap Statesman
Frank K. White a 27 year old former American Army officer, and Pia Kurusu, daughter of Saburu Kurusu, Japan's envoy to America during Pearl Harbor, wed in a quiet civil ceremony at the American consulate in Tokyo. The 11 minute ceremony involved four papers signed by Consul Douglas Jenkins to legalize the marriage. A religious ceremony may follow.
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Frank White
Rockwood
United States Army
Pia Kurusu
Saburo Kurusu
United States
Washington
Pearl Harbor
A. P
Tokyo
Frank K. White
Saburu Kurusu
Japan
America
White
Douglas Jenkins
Kurusu
Allied Headquarters
Pia
War Department
Yokohama
Kuruizawa
Here
Heat Wave Grips East with 90s as Relief Lags
A national heat wave covers the eastern half with highs in the 90s from the corn belt to the Atlantic coast. Cooler air brushes Nebraska and western Iowa as drought relief appears only locally. Newark New Jersey records 97 degrees while Chicago hits 95 and nearby cities follow with 90s.
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Chicago
U.P
Atlantic
Nebraska
Iowa
Midwest
Atlantic Seaboard
Ohio
Newark
N. J
Burlington
Quincy
Ill
Oklahoma
Texas
State Department counters Tito on Yugoslavia charges
The United States rebutted Yugoslavia's accusations that Washington blocks reconstruction and withholds grain. It denied attempts to isolate Yugoslavia by a trade blockade and noted Yugoslavia declined a Paris Marshall Plan review invitation. The reply addresses Yugoslav-Greek tensions cited by Tito.
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Washington
U.P
State Department
United States
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Great Britain
Frince
U S Delegation Leaves for Hemisphere Conference in Rio
President Truman bids farewell to George C. Marshall and the U S delegation aboard the C 54 Sacred Cow for Brazil as Twenty of twenty one American republics prepare to meet in Rio de Janeiro for a permanent inter American defense treaty.
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Washington
Truman
George C. Marshall
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Marshall
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Rmich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Warren R. Austin
United Nations Security Council
Brazil
Mr. Truman
Western Hemisphere
Austin
Mexico City
Howitzer Shells Strike Airfield Near Berlin
Six howitzer shells landed on Gatow airfield near Berlin. One exploded creating a crater near a runway. Five shells failed to explode and buried themselves. Shells weighed about 45 pounds each and measured 12.3 centimeters. A search party suspected artillery practice. one shell dug up was not British or American.
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Berlin
Gatow
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Seevereserss
U.S
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U. S
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