Truman and Dewey unite behind universal military training
President Truman urged the nation to be strong against aggression while backing a universal military training law. Gov. Dewey endorsed universal training as a path to a stronger defense, aligning with the Legion’s push amid a tense postwar security landscape.
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Truman
Legionnaires
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Legion
Forrestal
National Defense
Ex-Walkerville Woman Dies After Car Wreck
Gertrude Marchioro, 38, former Walkerville resident and mother of five, died in Spokane hospital from injuries after a two car crash Sunday. Her son Thomas, 19, drove the car. he had minor injuries. The other driver, who hit the Marchioro vehicle, is in custody with no charges filed. The family had moved to Spokane two years ago.
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Walkerville
Spokane
Charles Martyn
West Daly
Butte
Marchioro
Martyn
Marchioros
East
Bridgeport
America Marchioro
Butte Mines
Hillyard
Not to Use Firearms to Disembark Jews
A British official stated that no firearms or lethal weapons would be used to disembark 4,400 uncertified Jewish immigrants from the 1947 exodus. The group sailed from Hamburg aboard three British transports with naval escort, but returned after a boiler tube blew on one ship. Compulsion steps were listed, with tear gas as a last resort.
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Hamburg
Germany
Gibraltar
Palestine
France
Four Teens Executed in Madrid Conspiracy Case
Four teen suspects, including two alleged Communists, were executed by firing squad at Carabanchel prison for murder and robbery aimed at funding the Communist party. Government press office offered no details.
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Madrid
Communist Party
Carabanchel
Unidentified Body Found Near Missoula With Pistol
Authorities probe an unidentified young man found near Mount Jumbo east of Missoula. A pistol lay in his right hand and a head wound suggests self infliction. He is described as 25 to 30, about 5 feet 11 inches, 170 pounds with brown hair. Two boys discovered the body.
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Missoula
Mount Jumbo
A. M. Woods
Woods
Water Bombs and Smoke Jumpers battled Pintlar fire
Army forest service tested aerial firefighting near Anaconda Pintlar wilderness 25 miles southwest of Philipsburg using two 165 gallon water bombs from P 47s and smoke jumpers. Lt Charles G. Matherson supervised from a B 25 as lightning started the blaze and ground crews fought two other fires in the Deer Lodge area.
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Army Forest Service
Anaconda Pintlar
Philipsburg
William Myers
Lampert
Charles G. Matherson
Great Falls Army Air Base
Army
Forest Service
Neal D. Nelson
Deer Lodge National Forest
Missoula
Butte
Forester Nelson
Deer Lodge
Page Creek
Rainbow Mountain
Middle Fork
Rock Creek
Pindar Pass
Grews
Quiet Labor Day Observed in Butte Amid Closures
Labor Day will be observed quietly in Butte with no formal community program. Mining operations on Butte hill will be suspended and banks, business establishments, city, county and federal offices will be closed. John R. Crawford of the Silver Bow Trades and Labor council notes unions will hold programs during the week. Neal Shea of the Butte Miners union will address listeners Monday evening. Residents plan trips to fishing spots and Yellowstone National Park during the double holiday, and the Butte Country Club pro-am rounds close Monday drawing a large crowd.
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Butte
Butte Hill
John R. Crawford
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council
Neal Shea
Butte Miners Union
Yellowstone National Park
Butte Country Club
Taken by Death Boston Pioneer of Christmas Club Dies
John J. Martin 76 founder and first president of Exchange Trust Co of Boston died Thursday after a long illness. He originated the Christmas club savings plan and was a prominent local banker and civic figure.
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Boston
John J. Martin
The
Exchange Trust Company of Boston
Truman and Pope pledge to work for world peace
President Truman and Pope Pius XII exchanged pledges to pursue peace, urging a moral crusade to banish war. The letters, released by the Vatican and Myron Taylor, called for cooperation between church and state and warned against collectivist control as a path to war.
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Rome
Truman
Pope Pius
United States
Vatican
Myron Taylor
Taylor
Four Die As Bus And Truck Collide At Mossdale
A Greyhound bus and a laden truck trailer crashed head on at Mossdale ten miles south of Stockton in darkness killing four aboard the bus and injuring twenty two others. Victims include Grady L. Goodwin and William D. Clouse both drivers and Pearl Baker with her children Timmy 4 and Pearl 13. The crash occurred at the Highway 50 and 120 junction as state patrols investigated the scene. Timmy Baker died in his mother’s arms as they were hurled from the wreckage.
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Stockton
Calif
Greyhound
Mossdale “Y
Grady L. Goodwin
William D. Clouse
Pearl Baker
Colusa
Timmy Baker
Pearl
Egyptians Protest Brazil's Action in Cairo Riot
A bomb exploded outside the Brazilian legation in Cairo amid protests over the United Nations Security Council handling of the Egyptian case. Early reports indicated minor damage and no casualties as demonstrators pressed for direct Egypt Britain negotiations.
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Egypt
Legation
United Nations Security Council
Brazil
Security Council
Great Britain
United Nations
Britain
New York City
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C. I. O. National Maritime Union
Council Chamber
Colombia
Nekrashy Pasha
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Farish Fl Khoury
Syria
United States
China
France
Australia
Belgium
Poland
U.S. Britain Will Noted on German Steel Output Debate
Security Council defeats Brazilian plan for Egypt Britain settlement and defers final verdict on Egypt case. Debate centers on British troop dispositions along the Suez border and future Sudan administration with a council meeting set for Friday to decide next steps.
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Lake Success
Security Council
Egypt
Britain
Suez Canal
Sudan
Explosion Wrecks Boonville Power Plant Injures Two Firemen
A boiler explosion at Boonville municipal light and power plant injured two firemen Ora Wingate and Richard Axton and cut electric power to the city. Rescue squads searched debris as a pressure tank blew, demolishing brick walls and shutting the plant for days or weeks.
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Boonville
Ind
Boonville Municipal Light and Power
Ora Wingate
Deaconess Hospital
Evansville
Richard Axton
Butte and Montana Weather Outlook With Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy Friday forenoon in Butte then mostly cloudy with thundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Temperature around 82 expected. last 24 hours shows 83 high and 54 low at School of Mines. Montana expects partly cloudy conditions with scattered afternoon and evening storms and highs from 75 to 90.
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School of Mines
Montana
Maximos Named Premier by Greek Political Leaders
Greece's leaders announced Demetrios Maximos as prime minister amid a six day political crisis. The 72 year old financier said he had not been notified or invited to accept. Constantin Tsaldaris pressed him to take the post as US Ambassador MacVeagh planned to meet Maximos.
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Athens
Greece
Demetrios Maximos
Maximos
Friends
Constantin Tsaldaris
United States
Lincoln MacVeagh
George Papandreous
Sophocles Venzelos
Napoleon Zervas
Colombia seeks pact revision at Inter-American conference
The Colombian delegation pressed for changes to the mutual defense treaty as talks extend through committees and plenary sessions. A drafting panel approved a vast maritime security zone from pole to pole, with joint armed response to any attack. Colombia seeks overriding defense rights over peacekeeping consultations and indicated possible non signing.
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Quitandinema
Brazil
Pole
Russian Siberia
Greenland
Indiana Solon Is Taken by Death
CONNERSVILLE Ind Aug 28 Raymond S Springer 65 Republican representative from the tenth Indiana district since 1938 died after a heart attack Friday night in Fayette Memorial hospital He and his wife had just returned from Washington where he served as legal adviser for the war claims division Springer was the Republican nominee for governor in 1932 losing to Paul V McNutt and again sought the office in 1936 but was defeated by M Clifford Townsend.
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Ind
Raymond S. Springer
Indiana
Fayette Memorial Hospital
Springer
Washington
80Th Congress
War Claims Division
Paul V. McNutt
M. Clifford Townsend
Delhi imposes three day curfew after massacre leaflets
Indian authorities in New Delhi order a three day curfew forbidding anyone to leave home after leaflets urged a massacre on August 31. The curfew ends September 1 and will be relaxed two hours daily for food purchases.
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New Delhi
Delhi
Mrs Vanderbilt Dies After Long Illness at Home
Mrs Rosamond Lancaster Vanderbilt 50 widow of William K Vanderbilt died at her Northport New York home after a long illness.
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Northport
N. Y
Rosamond Lancaster Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
Virginia Couple Found Murdered In Omaha
A well to do Virginia couple returning from a Colorado vacation was slain in Omaha. The victims are identified as R. L. May II, son of Beverly C May of the Alexandria based bus company, and his wife Lulu. Both were shot in the head and their car was found later nearby with blood inside. Clues include a ring inscribed Valley Forge Military Academy and missing wallet and purse. The couple had left Washington for a western trip two weeks earlier. May’s father suffers shock from the news.
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Omaha
Virginia
Colorado
Hugh Cutler
Cutler
R. L. May
Alexandria
Young May
Lulu
May
Beverly C May
A. B and W., Bus Company
Robert L. May
Washington, D. C
Virginia Points
Valley Forge Military Academy
Complete Japanese Disarmament Demanded at Meet
Canberra reports that eight British commonwealth nations urged complete Japanese disarmament and demilitarization at the Tokyo conference. Delegates called for banning armament manufacture and preserving internal order with a non military police force.
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Canberra
Australia
Japan
Plan to raise Germany zone steel ceiling approved
Britain and the United States will lift the German zone steel production ceiling to 11,500,000 tons annually despite French objections. The plan, announced after a six day three power conference, aims to increase Ruhr output while ensuring Germany’s rehabilitation does not threaten European security.
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London
United States
Britain
Germany
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Europe
Ruhr
Sate
35 Dead in Norwegian Air Lines Crash Over Arctic Norway
A Sandringham flying boat crashed into a mountainside near Loedingen on Lofo ten island killing 35 people including 27 passengers and eight crew. Victims include American woman Mrs Jess Czech journalists Jan Reinis and Tatjana Selingerova and Dane G Heine. The crash near the Arctic circle occurred in fog and rain. The Kvitbjoern was flying from Tromsoe to Stavanger at about 900 to 1000 feet. Salvage is difficult amid rugged terrain. A special technical commission and Bernt Balchen lead investigations. The WN Broadcasting noon program honored the victims.
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Norway
Norwegian Airlines
Sandringham
Loedingen
Lofoten Island
Arctic Circle
Tromsoe
Stavanger
WN Broadcasting Company
Former Montana Educator Dies in New Rochelle
Hamilton reports the death of Mrs. William Gaylor in New Rochelle New York at age 62 from heart disease. She was an early day Montana educator and is survived by four sisters Kathryn Kelly Mollie Ryan of Hamilton Lee McDonnell of Great Falls Sister Plaviana of Vincent Sisters New York and brother Ed Ryan of Philipsburg.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
William Gaylor
Montana
Kathryn Kelly
Mollie Ryan
Lee McDonnell
Great Falls
Plaviana
of &I
Vincent Sisters
New York
Ed Ryan
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