British Cabinet Holds Another Crisis Meeting
Britain's cabinet, in eight days, held a four hour crisis meeting to draft a new austerity program to be announced by Prime Minister Attlee. Food Minister Strachey’s presence signals an upcoming food rationing plan.
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London
Britain
Attlee
No. 10 Downing Street
British Press Association
Trades Union Congress
Labor Party
John Strachey
Strachey
Herbert Morrison
Hugh Dalton
Body of 12 year old found at Yellowstone Lake
Park Superintendent Edmund Rogers reported the body of 12 year old Jack Metzler of Powell Wyoming was recovered from Yellowstone Lake after a storm drowned two companions. Fishermen spotted the body near Steamboat Point as searchers found the other victims, Dr Karl G Avery and Ernest Shaw, in a tragedy that began with a campers party of six on Stevenson island. The Metzler boy was returned to Powell as his father and brother were among safe boat survivors.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Edmund Rogers
Jack Metzler
Powell
Yellowstone Lake
Rogers
Steamboat Point
Mountain Lake
Cody
Ernest F. Shaw
Wyoming
Karl G. Avery
Park Rangers
Shaw
Avery
Young Metzler
Stevenson Island
G. L. Metzler
Jack
Wesley
O. L. Casinger
Legion Will Study Veterans Housing
New York August 25 The American Legion opens its 29th annual convention with a two day pre convention study of veterans housing. National vice commander Richard Cadwallader of Baton Rouge heads a housing committee round table Tuesday inviting labor construction financing and government representatives to discuss speculation materials productivity costs furnishings and government role.
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New York
American Legion
Irgun Plans Jerusalem Boycott and Mass Strike
Irgun Zvai Leumi launched a campaign in Jerusalem to boycott British goods and call a mass strike against British rule in response to the deportation of about 4,360 illegal immigrants to Germany.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Germany
Navy Jet Plane Boosts Its Own Speed Record
MAROC California Aug 25 The Navy jet Douglas Skystreak raised its world air speed record to 650.6 mph with Maj Marion Carl piloting from Hubbard Oregon and Patuxent River Maryland. Four runs on the 1.86 mile course produced 652.642, 649.358, 652.579, and 648.730 mph. Carl a 31 year old ace with two Navy crosses previously downed 18 Japanese aircraft in the Pacific and assisted on another.
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Maroc
Calif
Navy
Marion Carl
Hubbard
Ore
Patuxent River
Army Air Base
Midway
Maj
Carl
Major Carl
Solomon Islands
Long-Time Butte Teacher Miss Mamie Sullivan Dies
Miss Mamie Sullivan, a Butte schoolteacher for forty years, died Monday evening in a local hospital. A Webster first grade former teacher and Monroe alum, she belonged to the Daughters of Isabella and Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association. Surviving cousins and an aunt reside in Butte and California. Body at Duggan-Merrill mortuary.
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Mamie Sullivan
Colonial Apartments
Butte
Don Hayes
California
Duggan-Merrill Mortuary
California Plans Gangsterism Probe
Governor Earl Warren announced plans to appoint five commissions to study gangsters and crime in California. He warned that criminals seek easy pickings and pledged to prevent entrenched gang activity in the state.
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Los Angeles
California
Earl Warren
Main Corn Belt Drought Losses Checked
Rain fell across the Midwest over the weekend and Monday easing the drought. The relief halted a daily 15 million bushel loss and cooled corn prices on the Chicago Board of Trade. Officials noted limited gains for fertilized corn in Nebraska while some drought-hit fields may be beyond saving.
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Midwest
Indiana
Nebraska
Northwest
Minnesota
South Dakota
Illinois
Chicago Board of Trade
Davis City
A. E. Anderson
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Federal
A. J. Surratt
Baby's Nurse Beaten by Assailant in Highland Park
A husky young man snatched a three month old girl from her crib in Highland Park early Monday but left the infant unharmed after choking and beating nurse Mrs Else Margrethe Gerald who defended the child. Police found Laurie Ann Moses safe in a chair as Mrs Gerald lay semi conscious with a bandana type strap around her neck after lights went out following the abduction attempt.
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Chicago
Highland Park
Laurie Ann Moses
James H. Moses
Else Margrethe Gerald
Michigan
William True
Moses
Gerald
True
Laurie Ann
Mrs. Gerald
Russia protests London over Washington talks on German industry
Russia issued a note via Moscow Radio disputing the three power Washington talks on German industry. It said any decisions require the consent of all four major powers. The protest was disclosed Tuesday.
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Russia
London
U.P
Washington
Moscow Radio
Rioting in New Delhi Leaves Four Dead
Four Muslims were stabbed to death in a cloth mill riot as Hindu and Moslem workers clashed in New Delhi. A curfew was imposed and 30,000 Punjab refugees were warned against violence. Speeches by Nehru and Jinnah urged restraint amid ongoing cross border clashes.
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New Delhi
Pakistan
Punjab
India
Pandit Jawahrlal Nehru
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Delhi
Midwest Heat Wave Passes Eastward Amid Rain Delays
The Midwest and corn belt saw rain after a week of heat, but many areas report too little too late. A tropical storm near Galveston Texas caused minor damage before weakening, while a man died from electrocution after a power line fell. Cooler air moved into the upper Great Lakes and northern plains as Ohio temp rose.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Corn Belt
Galveston
Texas
Upper
Great Lakes
Plains States
Ohio
Tsaldaris Fails to Form Greek Cabinet
In Athens on Monday night Constantin Tsaldaris faced a deadlock in forming a cabinet with U.S. backing. Sophocles Venizelos refused to join a Tsaldaris government, leaving two options: a right wing cabinet with Gen. Zervas and Gen. Gonatas or a non parliamentary premier. The United States had urged a liberal representation as part of the Truman policy to curb totalitarian influence.
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Athens
Constantin Tsaldaris
United States
Liberal Party
Sophocles Venizelos
Liberals
Tsaldaris
Venizelos
Truman
Themistokles Sophoulis
Napoleon Zervas
Democratic National Union
Styalianos Gonatas
National Liberal Party
Sophoulis
Tense Soviet American Relations After Teen Prisoner Release
Three American teens freed from Russian custody after 12 days said they were well treated though guarded and fed poorly. Lt. Gen. Hodge and Maj. Gen. Brown rejected Soviet charges of mass arrests as propaganda aimed at covering Soviet blunders and aiding the Democratic People's Front in South Korea.
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Seoul
Korea
G. I. Chow
John R. Hodge
Albert E. Brown
Hodge
Join Commisson
Brown
Democratic Peoples Front
South Korea
Bishop Gilmore addresses 330 delegates at Helena diocese convention
Most Rev. Joseph M. Gilmore told 330 delegates at the Helena Diocesan Council of the National Council of Catholic Women convention that religion is essential in education to preserve rights. He urged religious education in public schools and outlined Catholic policy toward education, noting Catholics pay taxes and should participate.
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Gilmore
Helena
Butte
Joseph M
United States
Montana governor eyes special session to crack down on non profit clubs
Helena Aug 25 Governor Sam C Ford said he may call a special Montana Legislature session to outlaw so called non profit social clubs used by racketeers and gamblers from the Pacific coast and nearby states. He criticized the clubs as a disgrace and said current laws allow slot machines under a two hundred dollar license and must be ended.
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Helena
Montana
Sam C. Ford
Associated Press
Pacific Coast
Ford
Montana Weather Forecast Tuesday Thunder Showers
Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night with afternoon and evening thunder showers, warmer. Expected maximum next 24 hours 83. Montana forecast shows fair in the east with few afternoon storms in the west, highs 80 to 90, warmer.
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Montana
David Hennessy Dies Retired A C M Co Official
David Burns Hennessy, 68, longtime secretary and assistant treasurer of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co, died Monday at his Long Island summer home. He served 49 years with the company until his 1940 retirement due to illness and also held posts with the Andes Copper Mining Co the Butte Anaconda and Pacific Railway Co and the San Diego Mining Co.
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Bellport
N. Y
David Burns Hennessy
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Long Island
Hennessy
Andes Copper Mining Company
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Company
San Diego Mining Company
Deposed Ecuador Leader Denies Resignation Under Duress
Exiled Ecuadorian ex-president Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra arrived in Cali and rejected his resignation as signed under compulsion blaming Col. Carlos Mancheno for a violent, unlawful regime. In Quito, Mancheno announced steps to form a new cabinet after Velasco Ibarra’s overthrow.
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Bogota
Colombia
Jofe Maria Velasco Ibarra
Ecuador
Cali
Carlos Mancheno
Quito
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
France Uses Veto to Block Russia in UN Council
The UN Security Council offered good offices to settle the Dutch Indonesian dispute after France vetoed a Soviet plan for a UN commission. An Australian Chinese plan for an observation mission was approved 7 to 0, while the veto blocked Moscow’s bid.
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N. Y
U.P
United Nations Security Council
France
United Nations Commission
Batavia
Security Council
Russia
Council
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Poland
Bydia
Britain
Australia
Colombia
Brazil
Belgium
China
United Nations
Indonesia
Americas Agree on Majority Rule at Inter American Conference
At Quitandinha Brazil a five nation group reached a tentative five point agreement on methods to counter armed attacks from within or outside the hemisphere. An Argentine proposal for unanimous decisions was defeated by 16 to 1 with Argentina abstaining. A Uruguayan plan for simple majority was also rejected 16 to 1. The committee approved a two thirds rule by 15 to 1 with Argentina and Uruguay abstaining.
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Quitandinha
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay
Hildebrando Aceidly
Enrique V. Corominas
Opposition Leader Sulyok Leaves Hungary Ahead of Vote
Deszo Sulyok, head of the Freedom party, has fled Hungary amid reports of warnings from the Communist party to exit before next Sunday's election or risk losing his liberty.
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Hungary
Deszo Sulyok
Freedom Party
Communist Party
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