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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1946
Page
1
General Eisenhower addressed Congress to explain demobilization slows risked Army stockouts. He cited a April 30 deadline: enlisted men with 45 points or two and a half years service to be discharged or aboard ship home. Some lawmakers sought firmer action while others urged faster demobilization efforts.
The elder statesman Tung Pi-wu proposed curtailing Chiang Kai-shek s powers by making all presidential orders subject to approval of a reformed state council. The council would be supreme and represent all parties, with Nationalists limited to one third of its members. Chou En-lai met Gen Marshall as talks continued amid truce allegations.
In San Francisco on January 15, officers dispersed a large crowd of would be butter buyers after a wholesale butter house halted retail sales under OPA orders. Crowds gathered from early morning as the shop limited sales to five pounds per customer on Tuesdays and Fridays, prompting a police call. William Hadeler of the California Retail Grocers and Merchants Association denounced the OPA rule as correcting a “disgraceful method of distribution.”
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower told Congress that Army occupation forces should be kept at a safe level as they may be needed later. He compared the troops to firemen who may be required again, even with periods of no work.
June 30 policy requires all men with 40 points or two years service to depart or be discharged. Current score stands at 50 points or three and a half years service. Officials cite two causes of demobilization confusion: waning war urgency fueling an emotional push to release troops, nearing hysteria in public sentiment. Continued on Page 3, Col. 3.
Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel told a Senate committee that Washington had information on both the time and place of Japan’s December 1941 Pearl Harbor attack but withheld it from him. He argued decoded Japanese messages pointed to Pearl Harbor as the target, and that interception showed deliberate suppression by the Navy and War departments.
Chicago dispatch reports a nationwide walkout by C I O and A F L packinghouse workers against six large firms and independents. The strike began at 12:01 a m local times, starting on the east and rolling into the Midwest, with a potential shutdown of most meat supply.
The Ford Motor Company boosted its wage increase offer to two cents per hour below union demands as meat packing faces a threatened nationwide tie-up. Negotiations with the union, management, and government broke down by 7 p.m. Edgar Warren of the US Conciliation Service said settlements had not been reached. Ford offered 17.5 cents an hour while the union sought 19 cents, the latter also the figure recommended earlier by the leadership.
Chicago January 15 Dr Joseph E Maddy founder and director of the National Music camp at Interlochen Mich emerged from a closed AFM session and predicted his expulsion from the union after being summoned to answer charges of teaching at Interlochen. He said a ruling would be announced in two or three days. The camp had been placed on the AFM unfair list in January 1945.
In Neiva Colombia twelve donkeys housed at the municipal building wandered into the division of justice hall and devoured eighteen legal briefs overnight Tuesday.
President Truman urged restraint and hoped a steel wage dispute would end without a strike while General Motors faces a fact finding board. Congress debated action to halt strikes as William H. Davis opposed federal intervention. Davis warned that government fiat harms bargaining. the Senate Labor Committee weighed bills to create arbitration boards.
Havre, Jan. 15. A district court jury found Francesco Dastoli sane for the murder of two fellow workers with a pick and ordered his trial to begin Wednesday. He faces two counts in the deaths of Lars Larson and Fleet Malkon after a rail yard brawl. Prosecution witnesses said he appeared normal before the attack. defense doctors cited a persecution complex and neurosis. Great Northern trainmaster George Noffsinger testified Dastoli, thinking himself to be hanged, asked that his estate be left to the church after burial expenses.
Munich radio reports 28 German aircraft factories in Bavaria destroyed by order of the American military government. The blast includes 22 Dornier plants and six Messerschmitt facilities, indicating a major wartime strike against German aviation.
Max Dean a Butte hotel man was elected president of the Pacific Northwest Tourist association at the closing session of a two day meeting in Hotel Fin len He succeeds William G Oves Spokane Wash who becomes chairman of the board William G Ferguson of Helena Montana executive secretary of Montanans Inc was re elected secretary treasurer of the organization which covers seven Northwestern states and three western Canada provinces A 12000 budget for promotional work in 1946 was adopted with 760 delegates allocating funds to tourist routing editors tours travel shows advertising and incidentals
Northwest travel executives from six states and three Canadian provinces saw a proposal to draw thousands of visitors to the Helena area focused on the Gates of the Mountains along the Missouri river. Howard A. Johnson, Montana chief justice and Gates of the Mountains boat club director, outlined whether the Limestone country east of the river becomes a wild area or a recreation site.
Walt Disney productions showed a decline in earnings with 12 months ending September 30 totaling 350 532 dollars, down from 486 287 dollars the prior year. Stockholders were informed Tuesday of the reduced earnings totaling 135 755 dollars less than the previous year.
Butte region forecasts show clear to partly cloudy conditions Wednesday and Wednesday night with continued cool temperatures. Max near 25. Tuesday highs around 31 and lows near 1. West of the Divide expects partly cloudy skies with little temperature change and highs 30 to 40. Last of the Divide: Wednesday partly cloudy, warmer northeast. highs 30 northeast and 40 to 50 in south and west portions.
President Truman announced at a news conference that the United States will maintain exclusive trusteeship over Pacific island bases essential to American security for a long term. Nonessential islands may be handed to the United Nations, with collective trusteeships likely to be formed.
Premier Ibrahim Hakimi told the Iranian Parliament that Russia and Britain were hesitating to evacuate troops by March 2 and offered to resign as he said his foreign policy failed. He called Britain and Russia to be interfering in Iran and noted direct talks with Russia over Azerbaijan were fruitless. The parliament adjourned without acting on his resignation.
Two Butte men were among veterans arriving in San Francisco Tuesday aboard the President Johnson and Christopher Greenup. Others from Montana included Arlo L. DeWinter and T Harry A. Pierce, with a list of servicemen from Great Falls Kalispell Missoula Billings and more aboard ships bound for the coast and New York Tuesday.
New York January 15 Retirement from active administrative duties of William Wraith executive vice president of Andes Copper Mining Chile Exploration and vice president of Greene Cananea Copper subsidiaries of Anaconda Copper Mining was announced by the company. Mr Wraith a director of various other subsidiaries will continue to serve the Anaconda organization in a consulting capacity. Mr Wraith entered the employ of Boston and Montana and Butte and Boston Copper companies.
At a London session of the United Nations general assembly delegates urged rapid creation of a commission to control atomic energy. Australian navy minister N J O Makin proposed using atomic weapons to sustain peace, while Netherlands Prime Minister Wilhelm Schermerhorn urged moral principles over fear driven cooperation. Iranian ambassador Seyed Hassan Taqizadeh warned delay could doom timely action.
President Truman announced at a news conference that he will combine the state of the union and the budget into one message to Congress next Monday. The White House had said the state of the union would go to the capital on Thursday. He said the change results from extensive study and does not reflect the strike situation.
Buenos Aires reports 13,000 of 36,000 business establishments reopened as troops and police enforce a three day general lockout against anti government labor policies. Food sales run normal in the capital while many shops stay shuttered and lines form at groceries and bakeries.
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