New Peace Organization Founded in Bombed London
In London on January 10, Prime Minister Attlee urged a universal choice between life and death to outlaw war as a new world peace organization was founded. The UN Assembly elected Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak as its first president before adjourning until Friday amid postwar reconstruction.
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Paul Henri Spaak
United Nations Hope to Profit From Predecessor's Errors
The United Nations aims to profit from League of Nations mistakes and relies on U S Britain support. Delegates from 51 nations gathered for a pivotal session with Truman Attlee urging atomic energy controls and a global Security Council to enforce peace.
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Russia
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Censorship Order Is Modified
Honolulu newsoutlet Stars and Stripes resumes local critical material effective Wednesday under Lt Gen Richardson who warns against discourteous remarks toward authorities. He clarifies no individual insults allowed while permitting general policy debate. Continued instruction noted on page 3.
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Honolulu
U.P
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Stars and Stripes
Richardson
mid-Pacific Army Area
mid-Pacific
Uni
Wheeler to Speak on U S Foreign Affairs Tonight
United States Senator B K Wheeler will address a public gathering at 8 o clock this evening at the Immaculate Conception parish center. The talk titled The Foreign Affairs of the United States will be delivered as part of a parish men's organization event directed by Elmer Shea. The Rev Father Norbert Hoff, pastor, announced the program and invited the public to attend.
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Immaculate Conception
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Immaculate Conception Parish
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Men’s Club
Four Butte Men Back in States
Four Butte veterans returned home from overseas theaters. Sgt. Joseph T. Taras and T/4 Paul J. Krezelak are listed among those arriving in New York aboard the General Muir and General Muil. Other naming servicemen include Jaramus Lowney Strong Rinderknech Plummer Fagle Wright Jensen Smith Miller Wagoner Minow Hayes Triemstra Williams and more from Calcutta and Kalispell to New York and the Croatan.
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United States
Associated Press
Joseph T. Taras
New York
General Muil
Calcutta
India
John Jaramus
James E. Lowney
Frank W. Strong
U. S
General Muir
Paul J. Krezelak
Havre
Paul J. Rinderknech
Glasgow
Alexander Plummer
Box Elder
Kenneth D. Fagle
Poplar
Charles Wright
Harlem
Ralph S. Jensen
Fairview
James W. Smith
Great Falls
U. S. S. Croatan
Robert F. Miller
Kalispell
Joseph C. Wagoner
Big Fork
John T. Minow
Olive
Wesley Hayes
Red Lodge
John T. Triemstra
Manhattan
Robert W. Williams
Wolf Point
Floods in South Recede After Causing 23 Deaths
Flood waters in five southern states continue to recede as property damage rises and hundreds remain homeless. The Cumberland river valley suffers the heaviest losses with Barbourville Kentucky fearing a 1.5 million dollar toll while Harlan Pineville and Williamsburg report hundreds of thousands in damage. A Barbourville girl is born to Mrs. Thomas Eaton as flood waters swirl past her second story room and a doctor arrives by boat. The Mississippi River and its tributaries rise but no serious damage is anticipated.
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Pineville
Williamsburg
Thomas E. Eaton
Mississippi
Massacre of 400 Filipino Officers by Japanese Patrol
At a war crimes trial, Lt Gen Masaharu Homma was linked to brutal killings after Japanese guards executed 400 bound Filipino officers in April 1942 near a Philippine ravine. Survivor Capt Pedro L Felix testified of beheadings, bayoneting, and wire restraints before escaping to join guerrillas.
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Bataan
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Suspect Held In Axe Slaying Near Arlington Washington
Everett sheriff's deputies booked a man as a suspect in the axe slaying of Ernest A. Miller a 67 year old recluse whose body was found in his cabin near Arlington Washington late Wednesday night. The suspect's identity was withheld pending further investigation and notice.
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W. J. Callahan
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Arlington
Government exports lumber 225 million board feet planned
In Washington on Thursday the government allocated 225 million board feet of lumber for export this quarter, 35 million less than the fourth quarter of 1945. However shipments are not expected to exceed 150 million board feet.
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Schacht Accused of Drafting Economy for War
The international tribunal told how Schacht’s wartime economy blueprint emerged by 1937. Prosecutors cited plans for mobilizing industry, agriculture, manpower and finance, with 80 million ration cards prepared and 190,000 plants catalogued. Schacht later denounced Hitler, calling him a gangster, as prosecutors opened the case against him.
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Rahilly elected Montana AIME section chairman at meeting
H J Rahilly of Butte was chosen as chairman of the Montana section of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers at the Finlen hotel meeting. Officers named were H J McGuire Anaconda vice chairman F W Strandberg Butte secretary and H G Satterthwaite Great Falls J C Archibald Helena as directors. About 75 members and guests attended dinner with motion pictures. Rahilly also named official delegate to the national AIME convention in Chicago February 25 to 28.
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Anaconda
F. W. Strandberg
H. G. Satterthwaite
Great Falls
J. C. Archibald
Helena
Rahilly
Chicago
Composer Dies At 73 In New York Hotel
Harry von Tilzer famed songwriter of Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie and Down on the Farm died Thursday in his New York hotel room at age 73. His catalog included Sweet Jennie Lee and I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad.
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Harry von Tilzer
Nellie
Jennie Lee
End of War in China Triggers Civil Liberties Debate
U S officials warn that wartime demobilization hysteria endangers occupation policy and inflates costs. Undersecretary of War Kenneth C Royall says push to end the war quickly pressures leaders and soldiers, urging public responsibility to curb criticism. Eisenhower and Royall must testify before a Senate subcommittee amid muddled demobilization policy.
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U.P
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Senate
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Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
John
Truman Recommendations End GM Strike Settlement Offer
President Truman endorsed the fact finders plan for General Motors offering a 19 and a half cent hourly wage increase. The report said production workers could receive the raise without price increases. A telephone workers strike plan threatened service with picket lines around exchanges Friday. Beirne of the National Federation of Telephone Workers urged union members not to cross lines.
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Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Independent
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Bierne
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Butte Weather Forecast Friday Partly Cloudy Cool
Butte predicts clear to partly cloudy conditions Friday and Friday night with continued cool conditions. Highs around 25 expectations include Thursday’s 32/19. Montana forecast shows snow flurries west of divide and colder conditions Friday with light snow north and east. Winds NW 15 to 25 mph. southwest region may see little temperature change with highs 20 to 30.
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Search Is Broadening for Suspects in Kidnap Slaying
Chicago date January 10. Hector Verburgh 65 janitor friend of every kid in the block ordered released from custody as the hunt for Suzanne Degnan kidnapping and killing shifts to suspected sex offenders. Verburgh's wife Mary 64 and Desere Smet 35 also released on writs after two days held for questioning. state attorney says no evidence to file charges.
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Kimmel Says He Could Have Quit But Chose to Stay
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel told the Roberts commission he faced a Washington pressure to keep the fleet at Pearl Harbor and that he could have resigning or remain as commander. He said he wished he had taken the other course and that forewarning information might have changed outcomes. The testimony precedes a public appearance before a Senate House committee.
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Commission Forms to Halt Fighting in China
Chiang Kai shek opens the peoples consultative council and proclaims amnesty civil liberties and equal status for the Communist party. A three man commission headed by Martin Robertson will set up Peiping headquarters and order an immediate halt to major troop movements in north China including Jehol. US envoy Henry A. Byronde to assist. Rail and road service to resume and blocks removed across a vast area. Cease fire keeps the Communists in control in portions of the country.
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Jehol
Manchuria
Henry A. Byronde
United States
North China
Changteh
Chihfeng
Jap Premier to Retain Office Amid Cabinet Shakeup
Premier Kijuro Shidehara will stay in office and reorganize his cabinet rather than resign as the cabinet crisis endures after MacArthur orders to purge ultra nationalist elements. Elections may be delayed up to two months to exclude affected candidates. The Allied Pacific Commission met in Japan and planned a tour of Honshu, with a possible visit to Hiroshima before January 31.
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Washington
British Forces Engage Indonesians in Central Java Action
In Batavia on January 10 British troops clashed with Indonesian forces in the Se area of central Java where large Nationalist concentrations were reported. A British mobile column cleared the Semarang road six miles southwest of the town. One Gurka soldier was killed and a British officer wounded.
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Age of Flying Has Arrived, Auto Forced From Road by Airplane
In Ely Nevada on January 10 a Nevada rancher swerved off a highway to avoid a two seater Cub plane. Pilots Mr and Mrs C W McPherson Enterprise Utah ran low on fuel and made an emergency landing on the road without injuries. The aircraft was slightly damaged. Deputy Sheriff Bob Christiansen reported no charges filed.
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C. W. McPhereson
Enterprise
Utah
Acciden
Bob Christiansen Ely
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