Major Powers Defeated in Peace Conference Vote
Paris August 23 The four major powers backed by Slav nations lost a first treaty text vote at the peace conference. They then unanimously accepted a second amendment to the Italian treaty preamble praising democratic elements in overthrowing Fascism. Italy gained Yugoslav withdrawal victories and resisted adding Albania to signers and full responsibility wording.
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Mel Most
Paris
Andrei Vishinsky
Italian Political and Territorial Commission
Italy
Netherlands
Britain
France
China
Albania
Rain aids fire crews in large forest blaze in Idaho
Rain helped 200 firemen fight a 400 acre timber fire in the St Joe National Forest in northern Idaho. The Forest Service reported 304 fires started in the last three days across Montana Idaho and eastern Washington, with more than 2,000 men battling blazes and 16 parachuting smoke jumpers deployed.
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Missoula
St. Joe National Forest
Idaho
Federal Forest Service
Montana
Washington
Forest Service
Fred Fite
St. Joe
Fite
Northern Montana Foresters Association
Kalispell
Kaniska National Forest
Lolo National Forest
Cocolalla
Canadian
White House poised to slash nonhousing building by 30 percent
A White House decision favoring another sharp cut in commercial building to fund veterans housing was reportedly agreed after a dispute among Housing Expeditor Wilson Wyatt Civilian Production Administrator John Small and President Truman aide Jon Steelman. The reduction, about 30 percent, is expected to be announced next week.
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Washington
White House
Wilson Wyatt
John Small
Jon Steelman
Truman
Wyatt
Small
Senator Taylor Threatens ICC Court Move Over Freight Increase
Senator Taylor of Idaho warned he would seek court action against the Interstate Commerce Commission if it approves a 25 percent freight rate increase requested by western railroads. Hearings on the proposal are underway in the West.
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Washington
Taylor
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Commission
West
U S Trusteeship Plan for Chinese Zones Reported
A plan to place disputed Chinese zones under United States trusteeship was reportedly advanced with Chiang Kai-shek's apparent approval. Zones listed include parts of North Kiangsu, Shantung, Jehol, and Chahar. Communists voiced early distrust. Yenan headquarters had not commented.
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Nanking
China
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Kuling
Chiang
Kiangsu
Shanghai
Seaboard
Shantung
Tsingtao
Jehol
Manchuria
Chahar
Inner Mongolia
Yenan
62 Year Old Man Jailed in Death
Nashville authorities report Dwight O en Carman, 62, jailed on a murder charge for fatally burning his wife Melissa Carman to pursue a relationship with a 16 year old girl. District Attorney General J Carlton Loser said Carman planned to run away with the teen and send her away after arranging the funeral.
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Nashville
Tenn
J. Carlton Loser
Dwight O ’En Carman
Ice Company
Melissa Carman
Carman
McMinnville
Loser
Pilot C. B. Rivine flies B-29 toward Cairo via North Pole
Fairfield California reports Col. C. B. Rivine arriving from Seattle in his B-29 Pacusam. He plans to fly from Oahu to Cairo over the North Pole, with a stopover planned after the Pacific crossing.
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California
Fairfield
Calif
Col. C
Rivine
Seattle
Oahu Island
Cairo
North Pole
Security Council Meeting Called at UN Lake Success
Dr. Oscar Lange of Poland called a UN Security Council meeting for Wednesday at 10 30 a m in the new Headquarters at Lake Success Long Island. The sole agenda item was the membership committee report on nine applicants for UN membership amid pressure from the United States for swift action on its Yugoslavia clash.
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New York
U.P
Oscar Lange
Poland
United Nations Security Council
U. N
Eastern Star to Name Officers at Grand Session
The 57th annual Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star meets at the Fox theater starting at 10 AM with installation planned for the evening. Mildred Graeter of Deer Lodge will preside, and reports from committees and the grand chaplain are on the morning agenda. Musical numbers and tributes to 50 year members are also part of the program.
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Grand Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Fox Theater
Mildred Graeter
Deer Lodge
Pearl Tintinger
Cascade
Florence Keller
Butte
Frances McCulloch
Missoula
Alice Coon
Alberton
Bertha Weiloff
Winnett
Augusta Baumgartner
Rapelje
Pearl S. Tintinger
Weather Forecast for Butte and Surrounding Area
Partly cloudy with thundershowers Saturday afternoon. Highs around 80 at School of Mines and airport. Temperatures: School of Mines 76/53, airport 76/43. Precipitation 0.16 inch. Montana mostly fair Saturday with few afternoon and evening thundershowers over southern mountains.
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School of Mines
MontAna
War of Nerves Building Up in Turkey
Observers said a nerve war over the Dardanelles was increasing, with Turkey rejecting joint Russian control of the Straits. Britain and the US back Turkey, while a US task force and British fleets gather in the Mediterranean. Russia seeks political pressure amid Turkish mobilization and Black Sea tensions.
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London
U.P
Dardanelles
United Press
Ankara
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Turkey
Straits
Radio Ankara
United States Navy
Mediterranean
Palestine
Black Sea
Bulgaria
Gregori Zhukov
Yugoslavia Demands Return of Danube Vessels
Yugoslavia asked the United Nations Economic and Social Council to return 167 vessels held in the American zone on the Danube. Washington said the ships are Yugoslav property mobilized by the US to enable free river navigation and not a U S ownership claim.
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New York
Yugoslavia
United States
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Upper Danube
United Nations
Moscow
Security Council
Washington
Acheson
Germany
Belgrade
Tito Rejects U N Ultimatum in Yugoslavia Transport Incident
Belgrade radio reports Marshal Tito declines to acknowledge the United States ultimatum to Yugoslavia and says its contents are irrelevant. Nine of ten crew and passengers on the US transport planes downed in Yugoslavia were released, while a wounded Turkish captain remains hospitalized.
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Paris
Belgrade
Tito
United States
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Tanjug
Richard C. Patterson
Patterson
Bled
Ljubljana
Sava Konsanovic
Britain Accused of Interference in Polish Elections
London faces Polish charges of open interference as Britain withholds 16 million dollars in Polish gold until Poland guarantees free general elections. Poland disputes Britain's claim that June referendum was not free and asserts Britain is siding with opposition. UK denies any breach of Potsdam aims, and withholds the gold and mobilization stores until commitments are fulfilled.
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London
Britain
Poland
United States
Potsdam
Richmond Linbourne Dies From Forsyth Collision Injuries
Miles City reports Richmond Linbourne died in a local hospital from injuries after a collision near Forsyth Saturday night. Eleven others were injured, one seriously, in the same crash reported Friday.
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Miles City
Richmond
Linbourne
F. N. Linbourne
Forsyth
Grain controls eased as dark bread order canceled
Secretary Anderson canceled the March order requiring darker bread and higher flour extraction effective Sept. 1. Brewers and distillers gain more grain while food processors retain limits. loaves stay 10 percent smaller. Overseas shipments capped at 400 million bushels.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
OPA
Agriculture Department
Meat Subsidies to Be Restored Through Sept 1
Economic Stabilization Director John R. Steelman ordered meat subsidies re established Sept 1 excluding producer and feeder subsidies for livestock. Feeder subsidies on top grade cattle not reinstated and sheep and lamb subsidies end. Total slaughter program payments capped at 400 million of 869 million authorized. Subsidies stay at June 29 rates but halve by Jan 10 and end entirely on April 1, 1947.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
White House
Decontrol Board
Litvinov Replaced as Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Soviet Union announces Maxim Litvinov is released from the post and is replaced by Fedor Gusev as deputy foreign minister. Radio Moscow reported on Saturday in London.
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London
Maxim Litvinov
Fedor Gusev
Radio Moscow
OPA Sets New Ceilings on Fats Oils and Trucks
The Office of Price Administration announced new recontrol ceilings boosting fats and oils prices by one cent a pound over June 30 levels with Sept. 9 retail resumption. Mixed feeds and many truck models saw price changes as the agency extended ceiling revisions. Bakers' flour rose little, cotton textiles and tuna prices climbed, and clothing costs for overalls rose about 10 percent in coming weeks.
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Washington
OPA
Minneapolis
Dodge
Chevrolet
Ford
General Motors
Fleet Remains in Mediterranean Under Wartime Cooperation
In London on Friday Admiral Mitscher and Admiral Hewitt announced U S Navy ships will keep patrolling the Mediterranean in wartime coordination with the British fleet. Ships will be rotated as crews travel more, training with Britain under ongoing war plans until peace is declared. The officers denied any link to the Yugoslav incident or broader diplomatic disputes.
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London
U.P
United States
Mediterranean
Marc A. Mitscher
Task Force 58
Pacific
Atlantic
H. K. Hewitt
United States Naval Forces
Europe
Yugoslavia
Theft of Formosan Gold Valued at 150000 in US Money
Shanghai reports a former U S lieutenant colonel accused in Taiwan of stealing 1996 ounces of Formosan gold after war’s end. Criminal proceedings target recoveries totaling about 1 million dollars with dozens of goldsmiths and banks involved. Formosan officials say assets seized from the Japanese should belong to China.
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Shanghai
United States
Taiwan
Formosa
Formosan
Army
Criminal Investigation Department
Plane Crash Near Belgrade Reports No Survivors
The American embassy said Marshal Tito’s note to Ambassador Patterson Friday stated there were apparently no survivors from the C-47 crash near Belgrade. The note allowed removal of wreckage but offered no apology, as Tito called the incident regrettable.
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George Palmer
Belgrade
Tito
Richard C. Patterson
Bled
London
Yugoslavia
William Crombie
Marshal Tito
Crombie
Patterson
Second United
United States weighs armed protection for flights near Yugoslavia
The United States considers resuming Army air force flights around Yugoslavia with armed protection amid the Yugoslav ultimatums. Acheson said Belgrade’s stance may keep the case at the United Nations Security Council, following the downing of two U.S. planes and a Turkish passenger’s release linked to the incident.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Acheson
United Nations Security Council
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Truman
Bermuda
Byrnes
Paris
Four Die in Allahabad Hindu Muslim Riot in India
U P Press reports four killed and more than 50 injured in Hindu Muslim rioting in Allahabad. Police dispersed crowds four times and declared 24 hour curfew with orders prohibiting gatherings over five. looters and arsonists would be shot on sight.
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Calcutta
India
U.P
Allahabad
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