Rehabilitation of Europe Is Held Vital
Secretary of State Marshall told the Inter American conference that Europe faces starvation and economic chaos and that its rehabilitation is vital to the hemisphere economy. He pledged U S help to Latin American efforts toward practical economic cooperation while outlining a focus on mutual defense at Rio de Janeiro and Bogota for future steps.
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Quitandinha
Brazil
Marshall
United States
Europe
Senora Eva Durate Peron
Richardo Alfero
Panama
Mexico City
Bogota
Rio de Janeiro
General H Lee Prepares for Mediterranean Command Investigation
Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee, commander in the Mediterranean, braces for an inquiry led by Maj. Gen. Ira T. Wyche. A newspaper series by Robert Ruark spurred the probe into alleged abuses, improper use of rank, and waste of tax money.
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Leghorn
Italy
John C. H. Lee
G. I
Mediterranean
Pisa
Ira T. Wyche
Wyche
Robert Ruark
Scripps Howard
Lee
Chief Forester Lyle F Watts Visits Western Forests
Chief Forester of the United States Lyle F Watts from Washington will visit Butte and the Deer Lodge National forest late Thursday and early Friday. Forest Supervisor W E Fry will meet him on Skalkaho pass and escort him to the Big Hole country and Beaverhead National forest at Dillon. Watts arrived at the regional forest headquarters in Missoula Wednesday and is accompanied by P D Hanson and Charles L Tebbe.
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Lyle F. Watts
Washington
United States
Butte
Deer Lodge National Forest
W. E. Fry
Skalkaho Pass
Big Hole Country
Beaverhead National Forest
Dillon
Mr. Watts
Missoula
P. D. Hanson
Charles L. Tebbe
Rocky Mountain Range and Experiment Station
Russia's Intolerant Policy Described by Library Experts
A Library of Congress survey for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee calls Russian foreign policy intolerant and world revolution driven. It warns Communist leaders may use any card to force a global upheaval risking World War III and cites atomic energy control as a key dispute.
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Washington
U.P
Russia
Library of Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia backs Egypt on UN order to evacuate British troops
At Lake Success on August 20 Soviet Russia backed Egypt demand for the United Nations to order immediate British troop evacuation from Egyptian soil. Brazil proposed direct negotiations with UN advisement. France United States China and Belgium backed the Brazilian push. Australia and Colombia could join to reach seven votes, pending Russia veto.
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Egypt
Andrei A. Gromyko
Sudan
France
United States
China
Belgium
Australia
Colombia
Russia
Butte Woman Narrowly Escapes Lightning Strike
Mrs. Gerald Thomson of Butte narrowly avoided harm Tuesday night when a lightning bolt hit a nearby power line, causing it to fall on a tree where she stood outside her home. She sought shelter in time, and Montana Power officials reported no further damage in the neighborhood.
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Gerald Thomson
Lowell
Thomson
St. John Convent
Police and Fire Budget Slashed by Mayor Veto
Mayor Barry O Leary vetoed 25000 from the city budget funding police and fire departments for 1947 48 from revenue expected from parking meters. If replacement funds are not found, 12 or 13 officers may be laid off. Police and fire pay bump from 160 to 200 monthly plus 1 per year service and 30 monthly from a special levy. The council deadlocked 5 5 before the veto action and adjourned.
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Barry O'Leary
Beryl Wilson
O'Leary
Dan Kin
Russia Accused of Stalling Vienna Peace Talks
The United States accused Russia of stalling the four power talks on the Austrian peace treaty. Acting Secretary Lovett recalled Joseph M. Dodge, the American on the Austrian treaty commission, citing Russia’s seizure of disputed eastern Austrian properties including the Lobau refinery and indifference to facts from other delegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Russia
Vienna
Robert A. Lovett
Joseph M. Dodge
Lovett
Dodge
Austria
Lobau
Chartered Tanker Reported Aground Near New Guinea
Pacific Fleet headquarters said the tanker S. 8. Cyrena chartered by Shell Oil of London ran aground off Kitava island in the Trobriand group near New Guinea. She carries 4,000 drums of aviation gasoline for U S air force at Finschafen and asked for a vessel to remove part of the cargo to refloat.
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Pearl Harbor
U.P) Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Shell Oil Company of London
Kitava Island
Trobriand Group
New Guinea
U. S. Air Force
Finschafen
Indonesians Brace for Renewed War With Dutch
Batavia dispatch reports Indonesian leaders planning to abandon the capital as Dutch governor general Van Mook accuses Jakarta of a two year record of murder arson and torture. Top Indonesian cabinet and military leaders fear a drive to capture interior areas with Sumatra as a possible new capital. Dutch officials discuss confronting the republic.
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Batavia
Java
Netherlands
Jogjakarta
Sumatra
Hubertus J. van Mook
Netherlands East Indies
Madoera
van Mook
Hague
U S Submits Balkan Issue to U N
The United States placed the Balkan problem before the United Nations Assembly after Soviet vetoes blocked Security Council action. Herschel V. Johnson urged the Assembly to address threats to Greece’s independence and territorial integrity. Secretary-General Lie said the issue would be on the provisional agenda for the New York meeting starting Sept 16.
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New York
Lie
United Nations
Balkans
Balkan Investigating Commission
Greece
Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Balkan Commission
Faris el Khoury
Syria
Three U. S. G. I.s Held by Soviet Forces in Korea
In Seoul, Aug 20, three teenage G I s have been held incommunicado by Soviet military authorities since Aug 12. Lt Gen John R Hodge reported two letters from him to secure their release received no answer. The captives, who had arrived in Korea 10 days earlier, were seized during a routine line check near Yohyon Ni on the 38th parallel.
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Seoul
Korea
U.P
John R. Hodge
United States
38Th Parallel
Yohyon-Ni
Hodge
Navy Skystreak Claims World Speed Record
The Navy announced that the C-558 Skystreak jet, piloted by Commander Turner F. Caldwell Jr., reached 640.7 mph over a 1.86 mile Mojave test course near Muroc Lake California. Caldwell’s highest speed on the runs was 653.4 mph with the wind, over four passes. The jet flew at about 246 feet altitude and the Navy estimated the speed of sound there at 750 mph.
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Washington
Mojave Desert
Navy Department
Army Air Base
Dry Muroc Lake
Calif
Turner F. Caldwell, Jr
Arlington
Navy
Butte Weather Forecast Showers and mild temperature shift
Partly to mostly cloudy conditions with occasional showers forecast for Thursday. Temperature remains steady with highs around mid 70s to 80s and lows in the 40s to 50s. We note School of Mines and Airport readings in the high 70s to low 80s for highs and 50s to 60s for lows. West of divide skies stay partly cloudy with afternoon showers, highs 80 to 85. East of divide, clouds linger with light showers and rising highs 80 to 90 west, 90 to 100 east.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Girl Walks Home From Plane Ride
An 11-year-old girl says her boyfriend forced her to walk home from his airplane after arguing midflight. He landed 30 miles from Minneapolis claiming the plane needed repairs. she exited and he left. A.M. Mc Hale says no city ordinance exists for charges.
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Minneapolis
U.P
Leo McHale
Frank C. Walker Returns to Butte for Visit
Frank C. Walker former postmaster general and prominent Butte resident arrives with his wife and daughter for a two week vacation from New York. He warns that American business conditions will worsen before improving and notes a decline in motion picture attendance over the past three months.
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America
Frank C. Walker
United States
Butte
Mr. Walker
Robert Ameno
New York City
New York
Philadelphia
New England
Jews and Arabs Return Home After Border Turmoil
Hundreds of Jews and Arabs returned to homes near Jaffa Tel Aviv as peace settled on the border area. Jewish and Arab leaders reopened inter-city traffic, curfew ended, streets filled with mingling residents. Casualties reported at thirty five killed and one hundred fifty wounded over eight days of clashes. Terrorist activity against British forces slowed in recent days.
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Jerusalem
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Extermination claims rise in rottern Punjab violence
Maj. Gen. T. W. Rees says underground leaders wage a program of extermination in rottern Punjab where thousands of Indians killed since August 11. Lahore and Amritsar suffer massive Hindu Sikh and Muslim population shifts and widespread destruction with few buildings left intact.
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Lahore
Pakistan
T. W. Rees
Punjab
Amritsar
India
Fire in Forest Under Control
Kalispell report says the Kali mountain blaze on the South Fork of the Flathead River is under control in the mop up stage. Air tankers and ground crews held the fire to 35 acres despite 37 mph winds that blocked smoke jumpers. A 238 man force remains on lines in rugged Spotted Bear district of Flathead National Forest.
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Kalispell
Kali Mountain
Flathead River
Flathead Forest
Region One
Spotted Bear
Flathead National Forest
Britain imposes dollar rationing with U S approval
Britain acts to curb dollar outflows in a surprise emergency move with United States consent. Sir Wilfrid Eady outlines possible further import cuts and a new draw from the loan as Britain plans to rewrite trade agreements and suspend dollar pound convertibility to avert economic chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Britain
United States
Wilfrid Eady
London
Dalton
Washington Treasury
Transac
Cold Air Mass Shifts Course Across Midwest
A Canadian cold air mass suddenly veered east instead of south, offering little relief to the Midwest from a four day heat wave. Heat deaths rose to 25 with at least 15 drownings. temperatures topped 100 in parts of the Dakotas and Nebraska while Detroit and Cleveland saw cooler conditions from easterly winds and cloud cover.
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Chicago
Wupr
Canada
Midwest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
United States
Mississippi Valley
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Atlantic Coast
Detroit
Cleveland
Fire and explosions destroy planes at Morgantown airport
Fifteen planes were destroyed by a series of explosions and fire at the Morgantown municipal hangar during a brief electrical storm on Wednesday night. Origin of the blaze was not immediately determined and there were no reported casualties. Student pilot Bennett Houston saw billows of smoke as the storm hit.
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Morgantown
W. Va
U.P
Bennett Houston
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