Japanese Bomb-Bearing Balloon Found Near Basin
A Japanese incendiary balloon from the 1944 Pacific Northwest air raid was found hanging in a tree six miles northeast of Basin. Local responders including state patrol, sheriff deputies, and forest service personnel investigated after Jim Stratley reported a parachute-like object. Pieces were saved for report and the rest was buried to prevent reuse.
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Pacific Northwest
Basin
Jim Stratley
Lynch
Bozeman
Great Falls Army Air Base
Butte
W. R. Fritz
M. L. Pengue
Boulder
Pengue
Jefferson County
Atus
al Mues
Helena
Glen Hall
Forest Service
Boy Legislators Open Session for State Government Focus
The American Legion Boys' State assembly at Montana State Normal College begins Saturday with city and county governments dissolved to emphasize state governance. Gov. James Reynolds will deliver the message at 2:30 PM, with Lt. Gov. Eaton and Dean Chaffin among featured guests.
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Boys’ State
Sam C. Ford
Montana
General Assembly
Tom Anderson
Havre
Rudy Domitrovich
Anaconda
National Boys’ Forum
Washington, D. C
National American Legion
Ed Sterling
Indianapolis
National Americanism Commission
The
American Legion
Stirling
Dillon
Herb Kibler
Helena
Supreme Court
Taylor Returns to Vatican for New Talks on Peace
President Truman sends Myron C. Taylor back to Rome for fresh discussions with Pope Pius XII on peace and relief, with plans to meet other European leaders. Protestant leaders protested, arguing it grants diplomatic recognition to the Vatican, yet the White House says missions continue until peace is established.
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Washington
Truman
Myron C. Taylor
Rome
Pius XII
Taylor
Europe
White House
LaGuardia Field
New York
Vatican
Windup of Butte Mining City's Rodeo Draws Sell-Out Crowd
A near capacity Friday night crowd at Butte's annual rodeo watched top cowboys tackle bucking stock in events like saddle bronc bareback bronc calf roping and bulldogging. Ticket sales for Saturday were heavy as contenders vie for cash and the world champion award with the finale to follow.
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Butte
Don
Boise O'Neill
Granite Monument Dedicated to Fallen Heroes in Helena
A permanent granite memorial in Helena honors United States- Canadian First Special Service Force members killed in Europe during World War II. Col Edwin A. Walker presided, stressing resilience against an iron curtain as veterans and next of kin watched the dedication. The unit formed a permanent association after a three day reunion near Fort Harrison.
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Edwin A. Walker
Maxwell Field
Ala
Fort Harrison
Mark W. Clark
Sixth Army
H. O. Paxson
San Francisco
Winston Churchill
Trains Collide at Union Station injures Pittsburgh Policeman
The Cincinnati Limited collided with the American at Union station in Columbus. Two Pullman cars and a chair car derailed. One passenger, George J. Fabrick, a 45 year old Pittsburgh policeman, was hospitalized with severe injuries.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati Limited
American Tonight
Union Station
Pennsylvania Railroad
George J. Fabrick
Pittsburgh
Montanan Woman Killed in Yakima Car Collision
Mrs. Louise Johnston aged 65 from Fairview Montana died from injuries after a two car crash in Yakima Thursday night. Her husband Fred Johnson and Joseph W. Smiskin of Toppenish were involved along with four others injured.
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Yakima
Wash
Louise Johnston
Fairview
Mont
Fred Johnson
Joseph W. Smiskin
Relief From Heat Forecast for Eastern Regions
Heat wave gripped New England and the East with New York reaching 93 degrees and other cities in the 90s. The weather bureau predicted relief and showers delaying hot conditions into Saturday while the Midwest saw scattered rain and cooler 80s. Dry spells persisted in Iowa and northern Illinois impacting corn growth amid otherwise normal to warming regional patterns.
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Associated Press
New
Ohio Valley
Mississippi River
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Rocky Mountain
Plains
British Finances Dwindling Fast
An informant near the treasury warned that Britain must use gold reserves or sell American investments within five months unless American help arrives or further drastic dollar-saving steps are taken. He cited about 850 million of the 3.75 billion American loan and 500 million of the 1.25 billion Canadian loan remaining.
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London
U.P
Treasury
Britain
Communist Tactics Are Flayed in Romania
The State department denounces Romanian government abuse of opposition leaders, citing third degree torture to extract confessions for trials under a Communist regime. Reports from Roy M. Melbourne cite nearly 2,000 detainees in inhuman prisons and Pitesti camp, with overcrowded cells, withheld medical care, and severe malnutrition.
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Washington
State Department
Europe
Romania
Roy M. Melbourne
United States
Bucharest
Bulgaria
Hungary
Moscow
Russia
Groza
Pitesti
Four Power
Allied Control Commission
Homes prowled while owners are out of city
Silver Bow county deputies report Charles ONeill home at 205 North Excelsior broken into Thursday night. Prowler unlocked door through shattered glass, rummaging drawers for cash while fur coats guns china and jewelry remained undisturbed. No items reported missing. full check awaits return. Three windows broken at L C Myers home next door with no entry determined.
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Charles O'Neill
North
Excelsior
Silver Bow County
Max Weber
Weber
O'Neill
L. C. Myers
North Excelsior
King Admitted to Bethesda Hospital for Observation
Navy reports Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King 68, former wartime chief of naval operations, has been admitted to the Naval hospital at Bethesda Maryland for rest and observation for vascular blood vessel involvement.
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Washington
The
Navy
Fleet
Ernest J. King
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
King
Naval Operations
Jews Execute Seven Arab Leaders in Palestine Clash
In Palestine a Jewish underground group claims it executed seven Arab leaders linked to a surge of violence. The six day clash left 31 dead, 107 injured, and over $1 million in property losses. British troops found seven more bodies in a house demolished by charges.
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Tel Aviv
Palestine
Petan Tikvah
Hagana
Jewish Defense Organization
Hagana Said
United Nations
Forced to Drive While Saluting
A former Army sergeant charged that Lt Gen John C H Lee punished him by making him drive a car while saluting Lee in the rear view mirror during wartime in Italy. The claim arose as responses to columnist Robert C Ruark charging Lee’s Italy administration wasted taxpayers money.
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Indianapolis
John C. H. Lee
Mediterranean
Lee
Robert L. Bowman
Italy
Bowman
Robert C. Ruark
Scripps-Howard
Birmingham
Ala
Cherbourg
33Rd Engineers Regiment
Bennett
Guy Langstroth
Weather outlook for Butte and Montana Saturday
Butte: clear to partly cloudy Saturday forenoon with increasing clouds and thundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Clear near dark. Highs around 82 in next 24 hours. School of Mines: max 83 min 45. Airport: max 84 min 40. Montana: becoming partly cloudy with scattered showers in the west Saturday. Highs 75 to 85, near 90 in the southeast.
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School of Mines
Nations to draft Japanese peace pact at 11-nation conference
The United States told the Soviet Union the Japanese peace treaty will be drafted by an 11-nation conference with a two thirds vote. Britain China Australia and others are expected to attend while Moscow may boycott. The move aims to avoid deadlock seen in Germany and Austria talks.
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Russia
United States
Washington
Japan
Germany
Austria
State Department
Council of Foreign Ministers
Britain
China
France
Italy
Balkan
Australia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Netherlands questions Security Council authority on Indonesia dispute
At Lake Success on Friday the Dutch challenged the UN Security Council's competence to handle the Indonesia issue and proposed a two point plan outside the body. Eelco N. Van Kleffens urged a neutral investigation and a joint probe by regional consuls, meeting opposition from Poland and the Philippines who backed an Australian proposal for a UN commission to supervise a truce.
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Lake Success
Netherlands
United Nations Security Council
Council
United Nations
Eelco N. van Kleffens
United States
Batavia
Poland
Philippines
United Nations Commission
East Indies
Maritime Commission Cancels World Shipping Contracts
The United States Maritime Commission in San Francisco on Friday abruptly canceled all contracts by private shipping firms chartering government owned vessels for world trade. The move aims to protect government funds amid a rapidly falling world shipping market and is expected to reduce American tonnage and disrupt schedules and relief shipments abroad temporarily.
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San Francisco
U.P
United States Maritime Commission
Commission
Washington
Krupps Facing Charges as War Criminals
The Krupps, Germany's long time armament makers, face an all American court on a 50 page bill charging aggressive war and use of slave labor. Alfred Krupp von Bohlen and others named as directors, with potential death penalties if convicted. Brig. Gen. Taylor says the firm symbolized German war making since before Bismarck, tied to Nazi party and Versailles breaches.
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Hitler
Alfred Krupp von Bohlen Und Halbach
Bertha Krupp
Krupp
Big Bertha
Paris
Ewald Loeser
Karl Pfirsch
Max Ihn
Karl Eberhardt
Heinrich Korschan
Friedrich von Buelow
Heinrich Lenmann
Hans Kupke
Edward Houdremont
Erich Mueller
Freidrich Janssen
Telford Taylor
Bismarck
United States
Alfred Krupp
Gestapo
Taylor
Hindus and Muslims Celebrate India Pakistan Independence Day
In New Delhi August 15 young India and Pakistan marked their first independence day with hopes for peace amid continuing sectarian strife in Punjab. Riots left 268 dead and 65 wounded in four days as rebels used tanks. British Governor General Sir Evan Jenkins offered a temporary basis for national division while a boundary commission decision was delayed.
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New Delhi
India
Pakistan
Panjab
Lahore
Boundary Commission
Dominions
Evan Jenkins
Hungarians Urged to Fight Communism by Nagy Appeal
Exiled Hungarian premier Ferenc Nagy urged his countrymen to boycott the upcoming election and oppose international communism through a Democratic coalition. With State Department aid he was allowed to broadcast the message to Hungary via the Voice of America radio service.
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Washington
Ferenc Nagy
State Department
Hungary
Voice of America
Marshall Plan Warns Argentina at Inter-American Talks
Secretary of State George C. Marshall urged the inter American conference to outlaw neutrality in future wars by a two thirds majority pact. He warned Argentina, long neutral in World War II, that collective action could include sanctions or war under hemispheric defense terms.
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Petropolis
Brazil
U.P
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Argentina
Enrico Gaspar Dutra
United States
Senate
Hurricane Leaves Heavy Crop Damage in Tampico Mexico
Tampico Mexico Aug 15 a tropical hurricane with up to 95 mph winds struck between Tampico and Tuxpan flooding the port area and knocking out power. Wheat corn and fruit crops were nearly ruined while buildings and port facilities suffered minor damage and no fatalities were reported.
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Tampico
Mexico
U.A
Gulf of Mexico
Tuxpan
Hermilio Chapoy
Ic. S. T
Chapoy
Chappy
Russian Atomic Plan Condemned by UN Commission
Lake Success N Y Aug 15 United Nations Atomic Energy Commission condemned Russia proposals on international atomic energy control as inadequate and shelved them indefinitely by a 10 to 0 vote with Russia and Poland not voting The committee adopted a Canadian proposal stating the two months old Russian plan did not provide a basis for workable control machinery The Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko warned that the move might hinder breaking the deadlock over atomic control
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
Russia
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Andrei Gromyko
Poland
Controls Committee
The
Atomic Commission
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Max Harrelson
Maritime Commission
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