Government of China to Be Reorganized
The Chinese unity conference delegation announced plans to broaden the government to include other parties. Dr Sun Fo outlined a reform to elevate the state council as the supreme policy body with two thirds to override the president, and to add ministers from other parties to the executive yuan. The move aligns with Truman's China policy and marks a major concession amid ongoing cease-fire hopes.
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Dr. Sun
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese Republic
Newsmen
Kuomintang (National) Party
State Council
China
Kuomintang
Chiang Kai-shek
Sun
Executive Yuan
Truman
America
Communists
Democratic League
Talks Arranged at White House
New York dispatch reports 13,700 metropolitan New York telephone operators voted to cross picket lines and return to work. President Truman kept steel wage talks at the White House as major labor walkouts appeared near collapse. The CIO Steelworkers and United Steel officials accepted the presidential invitation to continued talks amid widespread labor disruptions.
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New York
U.P
Associated Press
Truman
White House
C. I. O. Steelworkers Union
United Steel Corporation
Philip Murray
General Motors Corporation
Submarine Argonaut and Cruiser Honolulu Collide in Fog
The Navy disclosed that the submarine Argonaut and the cruiser Honolulu collided in heavy fog off the Atlantic coast between New York and Philadelphia. One sailor, Ship Fitter Third Class Earl D Johnson of Rockford Illinois, was killed. both ships sustained minor damage.
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Washington
Navy
Argonaut
Honolulu
Atlantic
New York
Philadelphia
Earl D. Johnson
Rockford
German Cruiser to Be Given Tests
The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen will sail from Bremen to the United States for study and experimentation by the Navy. Officials implied possible use in forthcoming atomic bomb tests, though a Navy officer offered no comment. The ship should reach Boston in about 10 days.
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Washington
U.P
Bremen
United States
Navy
Boston
Funeral Held For Kidnapped Murder Victim Suzanne Degnan
Suzanne Degnan was laid to rest at All Saints cemetery after her parents James and Helen Degnan endured a grim ordeal. Police have yet to identify the murderer who took the six year old from her North Side home, dismembered her, and left a $20,000 ransom note as investigators pursued clues. The Rev. Neil Donahue urged restraint and faith, praising the parents’ endurance and offering prayers for all families touched by tragedy.
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Chicago
James
Helen Degnan
Suzanne
Betty
North Side
All Saints
Degnans
Neil Donahue
S. J
Boston
St. Gertrude’s Church
Father Donahue
Angel
Giant Meteor Seen Sweeping Across Barrow Sky
A giant meteor described as full moon size and green swept the Barrow sky on Thursday night. Navy Alaska Communications System men Corp. D. B. Lane and Pfc. W. L. Wagner said the explosion lit the horizon like a huge magnesium flare. The object moved northeast to southwest and prompted inquiries from Umiat radio operators 200 miles away if an aircraft was in distress.
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Barrow
Alaska
Navy
Corp
D. B. Lane
Pfc
W. L. Wagner
Umiat
Five Japanese Ministers Submit Resignations in Shidehara Cabinet
A Tokyo source says five ministers of Prime Minister Shidehara's cabinet have submitted resignations and replacements are sought with Gen. MacArthur's approval. Names include Kenjo Matsumura and Daisaburo Tsugita, with three others listed as Horikiri Maeda and Tanaka. Premier ill with pneumonia plans to attend a cabinet session Tuesday.
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Tokyo
Shidehara
Gen. MacArthur
Kenzo Matsumura
Agriculture
Forestry
Daisaburo Tsugita
Kenijiro Horikiri
Ramon Maeda
Takao Tanaka
Japan
Joji Matsumoto
MacArthur
South Manchuria
U S W V Groups Seat Officers at Henry W Lawton Camp Installation
Judge J J Lynch installed as camp commander and Elizabeth Lane seated as auxiliary president at Henry W Lawton camp No 1 United Spanish War Veterans installation. George Wilcox and Gar Donaldson led ceremonies. Alice Wilcox assisted. Luncheon followed with brief talks by members.
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J. J. Lynch
Elizabeth Lane
Auxiliary
Henry W. Lawton
United Spanish War Veterans
George Wilcox
Gar Donaldson
State Department
Alice Wilcox
Department
Judge Lynch
Edward Markweld
William H. Yost
Henry Kaufman
William E. Palmer
Martin Hall
Bert E. Mann
W. R. van Orden
John P. Lane
Patrick Deloughery
Frederick E. Carlson
Frank Otis
Iona Grant
Marie Charette
Violet Nicholas
Mae Hoon
Lula Worden
Cora Ottis
Sophie Grant
Marcella Johnson
Dorothy Preston
Mary Cunningham
Anna Mason
Verna Donaldson
Czech Doctor Claims Nazis Visited Dachau Camp
Dr. Franz Blaha, a Czech doctor who spent four years at Dachau, testified at the international Nazi trial that five defendants visited the camp, naming Rosenberg and Frick as identities he saw. He said he was told three others, including Funk and Sauckel, were there as well. The defendants and their lawyers contested the claim, seeking to present their cases in turn.
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James F. King
Dr. Blaha
Alfred Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Frick
Dachau
Walter Funk
Reichsbank
Fritz Sauckel
Replacement Training Plan Cut to Speed Soldier Discharges
The War department cut its replacement training from 17 to 13 weeks to accelerate demobilization. Basic training lasts six weeks followed by 42 days of advanced instruction. Eisenhower is slated to brief Congress next Tuesday on the demobilization system as demonstrations by GIs abroad fuel pressure to return home.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Japan
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Colo
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
Notices of earnings for Butte mines employees 1945
Anaconda Copper Mining Company announces statements of earnings for Butte mines employees for 1945 will be issued at the Mines Pay Office 18 East Quartz from Monday January 14 to Friday January 18, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. These statements are needed for preparing Federal and State income tax returns.
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Butte
East Quartz
Kimmel Testifies on Smear Campaigns Before Probe Panel
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel told a Navy court in 1944 of a deliberate smear campaign against him and Lt. Gen. Short. He said Roberts Commission findings were misstatements about Army Navy relations and denied prior friendship with Roosevelt. He maintained radar was misreported and that Navy orders did not foresee Pearl Harbor attack.
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Washington
Jan
Husband E. Kimmel
Navy
Walter C. Short
Bor
Kimmel
Senate House Committee
Short
Roberts Commission
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Supreme Court
Owen J Roberts
Army
Naval Court of Inquiry
Pacific
Naval Court
Navy Department
Selective Service Board 3 Ends Draft Worries in Month
Silver Bow County Selective Service Board No 3 reports no inductees or voluntary enlistments for January. Five registrants from Boards 1 and 2 will be sent to Fort Douglas Monday night, with inductees named as Albert Guidi Eli Platisha Giuseppe Parretta and William E Nelson Anton J Colum.
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Silver Bow County
Selective Service Board No. 3
Fort Douglas
Union Pacific
Albert Guidi
Amherst
Eli Platisha
Locust
Giuseppe Parretta
West Park
Missoula
Butte Forecast Clear to Partly Cloudy Saturday
Butte area expects clear to partly cloudy skies on Saturday with little temperature change. Saturday night becomes slightly cooler. Maximums around 25 degrees, Friday’s high 25 and low 11. West of the Divide fair Saturday with highs 20 to 30. East of the Divide fair and cold Saturday with highs 10 to 25.
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Divide
Polio Drive Will Open Monday In Community
The Silver Bow chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis appointed a 56 member committee Friday night to lead the annual March of Dimes anti polio campaign. Harold McGrath will chair the drive with the Butte phase starting Monday. The list includes Thomas Brown D J Brockway Mayme Brown Emmett Buckley Dan Connors George Crowley Joseph Cunningham Isabelle Cassidy and many others from labor unions civic clubs and fraternal groups.
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Silver Bow
National Foundation For
Mayme Brown
Emmett Buckley
Dan Connors
George Crowley
Joseph Cunningham
Isabelle Cassidy
David Cohen
James Combe
Matt Deupree
Mae Doble
W. P. Donnelly
Ed Do
Montana Veterans Return to U S
Montana veterans returning from foreign duty were listed by the Associated Press. Names include Edward L. Phillips of Conrad Sep 8 1945, Sgt. William W Hall of Polson, Howard W. Hamer of Pendray, T/5 William A. Twitchell of Frazer, Pfc. Clyde W Lockhart of Billings, and others aboard ships M Bovard in Newport News and Kingsbury in San Francisco with dates Jan 9 1945.
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Montana
United States
Associated Press
M. Bovard
Newport News
Edward L. Phillips
Conrad
William W Hall
Polson
Kingsbury
San Francisco
Howard W. Hamer
Pendray
William A. Twitchell
Frazer
Clyde W. Lockhart
Billings
Agreement On Four Of Six Seats For UN Security Council
London sources report that the five major powers have agreed on Canada Brazil Egypt and Poland for nonpermanent UN Security Council seats. Disagreement remains over the remaining two seats with Britain and the U S backing Mexico and the Netherlands, while Russia opposes both.
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London
Canada
Brazil
Egypt
Poland
United Nations
Security Council
Russia
United States
Britain
China
France
Venezuela
South Africa
General Assembly
America
Mexico
Netherlands
Indonesia
Official Atomic Bomb Film Shown At National Aircraft Show
The Army released to the public the 40 minute film The Atomic Bomb Strikes during the National Aircraft Show in Cleveland. It features the New Mexico blast and aerials of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with closeups of devastation. A delegation of 14 Army Air Force generals led by Gen. Carl A. Spaatz arrived from Washington for the opening ceremonies.
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Cleveland
New Mexico
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Congress
Washington
Army Air Force
Carl A. Spaatz
Army and Navy Draft Plans to Mesh Activities Pending Merger
Secretary Forrestal announced that the Army and Navy are shaping more than twenty joint activities in advance of any merger. Plans include consolidating air transport services, creating a joint intelligence service, and shared use of ports and ships. Additional areas cover joint recruiting, training, procurement, hospital services, and war prisoner handling, with many existing collaborations to continue.
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Army
Navy
Washington
Secretary of Navy
Forrestal
Air Transport Service
Naval Air Transport Service
Chester W. Nimitz
Naval Operations
Nimitz
Pattersons
Dwight D. Eisenhoower
Senator Wheeler Discusses Postwar Foreign Policy
Senator B. K. Wheeler told the Immaculate Conception parish men’s club that the United States lacks a clear foreign policy. He urged a U S Europe pattern with Four Freedoms rights, warned against forced democracy, and cited Russian influence in the Baltic and Balkans and friction with Britain over unity.
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United States
B. K. Wheeler
Immaculate Conception Parish
Wheeler
Sen. Wheeler
Sen
United States of Europe
Europe
England
Baltic
Balkans
Poland
Russia
James Byrnes
Plastic Nose That Wrinkles at Will of Wearer
Irving A Goldman a dental technician announced a plastic nose that can be wrinkled and unwrinkled by the wearer like a natural nose. He said the artificial nose adapts to facial movements and helps those disfigured by disease or accident. The wrinkling is produced by heating to cure the acrylic resin composite used in dentistry.
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Alexandria
Irving A. Goldman
Goldman
Goodman
Denver Students Protest Board Bid Against Blind War Veteran
About 35 to 60 Montalr school pupils protested outside classes Friday criticizing school board president for bidding against a blind veteran for a five acre land tract at a state land board auction. Officials said most students returned to class. demonstrations drawn from seventh through tenth grades.
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Denver
Montalr School
H. B. Jacke
State
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