Peace Talks in China May Resume
Shao Li Tze announces Nationalist negotiators are willing to fly to Yenan to resume talks with Communist leaders. Outcome depends entirely on Communist acceptance. Chiang Kai-shek later discussed dispatch with U.S. ambassador.
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Nanking
China
U.P
Shao Li Tze
People’s Political Council
Yenan
Shao
Chiang Kai-shek
Political Consultative Council
United States
John Leighton Stuart
Stuart
Chiang
PCC
Sun Fo
Legislative Yuan
Chang Chung
Szechuen Province
Chang Chi Chung
Sinkiang
Yu Ta Wei
Wu Ting Chang
Green Opposed to Portal Pay Suits
President William Green of the AFL urged unions and employers to settle back pay disputes by collective bargaining rather than court action. He noted over 4 billion dollars in portal to portal claims filed by unions, mostly CIO affiliates, and stressed private contract rights. Senator Capehart accused a big CIO union, United Steel Workers, of pressuring suits and urged Senate action to erase most of the liability.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Capehart
R-Ind
United Steel Workers
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Pravda Attacks Bevin Over Anglo Soviet Pact
A Pravda commentator signs as N N accuses British Foreign Secretary Bevin of repudiating the 1942 Anglo Soviet treaty. The piece notes Bevin’s December remark Britain will not tie herself to anyone and questions his 50 year treaty extension proposal. London denies Bevin disavowed the pact.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Kevin Wednesday
N. N
Bevin
Britain
London
United States
Old High School Grounds to Be Public Park
The city council voted unanimously to lease the former Butte High School site to the city for 99 years as a public park. The plan includes filling to street level, sprinkling, sod, shrubbery, walks, benches, and possibly a band stand and miner statue funded by the Butte Development Association.
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Park and
Idaho Streets
Butte
Board of Trustees
Butte School District No. 1
Butte Development Association
Board of
Parks and Playgrounds Committee
John Lindquist
Old Butte High School
Barry O'Leary
Mutilated body of girl found in Southwest Los Angeles
A young girl about 16 is found nude, cut in half at the waist, with signs of beating and mutilation. Police describe it as a brutal case in a vacant lot near a lover's lane. Victim unidentified, about five feet two, brown hair, gray blue eyes. no clothes or possessions found. Autopsy pending. King Christian of Denmark diagnosed with a slight lung inflammation in Copenhagen.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Georgia's Battle of Governors Is Taken to Court
Georgia civil quarrel over the governorship moved to court as Attorney General Eugene Cook sued to block Herman Talmadge from acting as governor after Arnall’s legislative election. Arnall and Talmadge operated from near-identical capitol offices while militia stakes loomed. Judge Hendrix set Feb. 6 to show cause.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Eugene Cook
Herman Talmadge
Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Cook
Fulton Superior Court
Arnall
Walter C. Hendrix
Supreme Court
Capitol
Benton Odom
Supreme Court of Georgia
Hendrix
Legislators Debate Bills Aiding Veterans and Local Officials
Montana lawmakers considered measures to assist World War II veterans under age 21 for benefits, raise deputy pay to up to 90 percent of elected officials' salaries, refund gasoline taxes to officials, and shorten county officials working weeks. Other related proposals targeted city, county, and state employees and needy aged persons.
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Helena
Montana
Henry Loble
Lewis and Clark
Marcus V. Nichols
R-Chouteau
Don Valston
R-Powell
Leo C. Graybill
D-Cascade
Ralph F. Cook
Cascade
R. H. Wiedman
Lake
Mrs Roosevelt's Driver's License Revoked in NY
Eleanor Roosevelt's license was revoked after a White Plains hearing where witnesses testified she dozed at the wheel. The August collision on the Sawmill River Parkway left four injured, and Miles said renewal is possible after 30 days.
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Albany
N. Y
Eleanor .Roosevelt
New York State
Howard Miles
Miles
White Plains
Roosevelt
Red Cross urged to aid Vietnamese hostage crisis
Paris dispatches report Adm. George Thierry D Argenlieu appealed to the International Red Cross to intervene for 425 French civilians and thousands of Chinese held as hostages by Viet Minh forces in Hanoi. French forces surround about 1,000 Viet Namese youths guarding key communications near the airfield.
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Paris
Adm
George Thierry D’argenlieu
Indo-China
International Red Cross
The
Orient
Hanoi
Butte Area Weather Outlook for Thursday
Partly cloudy and not quite as cold for Thursday with a high near 15 above for the School of Mines area. West of Divide expect considerable cloudiness with light snow flurries and little temperature change around 10 to 20 above, while east of Divide remains cloudy and warmer with western mountains seeing light flurries and highs 20 to 30 above.
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School of Mines
Divide
Anglo French alliance to be concluded soon
Britain and France agreed to a treaty of alliance during Leon Blum's visit to prevent German aggression and preserve peace. Negotiations should open as soon as possible under UN charter article 52. The two governments will push ahead on reconstruction plans to avoid conflict and ensure economic stability.
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London
Attlee
Britain
France
Leon Blum
United Nations
Germany
Blum
Anglo- French Economic Committee
Paris
Montana Contractors Association Holds Annual Convention in Butte
More than 250 delegates attended the Montana Contractors Association annual convention banquet and dance at the Finlen hotel in Butte. Leslie M. Sheridan was reelected president Dan J. Mooney as vice president and Rex Puller as secretary treasurer. Harry W. Morrison spoke on MK Company's global expansion and challenges abroad illustrating with tales from Venezuela to Afghanistan.
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Montana Contractors Association
Butte
Finlen
Harry W. Morrison
Morrison - Knudsen Company, Inc
Global Builders
Boise
Idaho
James T. Finlen, Jr
Morrison
Leslie M. Sheridan
Dan J. Mooney
Rex Puller
MK Company
Venezuela
Brazil
Mexico
Canada
China
India
Afghanistan
Ray
U S and Soviet Clash Over Delay in Disarmament Talks
At Lake Success on January 15 the United States asked the U N Security Council to postpone disarmament talks to February 4. Russia opposed the delay and urged speed instead. Warren Austin pressed for time to end the deadlock and let Marshall study issues. Andrei Gromyko rejected delaying the talks. Poland’s Oscar Lange urged immediate disarmament and parallel study of atomic energy. China Australia Brazil Colombia backed parallel study, signaling trouble for the major powers.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
United States
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Warren Austin
George C. Marshall
Andrei Gromyko
Council
Austin
Gromyko
Oscar Lange
Poland
United Nations
Lange
Brazil
Colombia
Byrnes Expected to Sign Peace Treaties Monday
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes will sign four of the five Axis satellite peace treaties in Washington Monday before they go to Paris for the Feb 10 signing by the former enemy states. The treaties cover Italy Romania Bulgaria and Hungary with Finland not at war.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
United Nations
Paris
United States
Jefferson Caffrey
Byrnes
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
London
Ernest Bevin
Pepper Protests Policy Remarks On China and Argentina
Senator Pepper challenged Senator Vandenberg on the Senate floor arguing his remarks risk misunderstanding US policy toward China and Argentina. Pepper cited Vandenberg's Cleveland speech urging aid to non Communist groups in China and a conference with Inter-American allies. He linked these to Secretary Byrnes and Gen. Marshall's recommendations, saying the inter American session should wait until Argentina met commitments. Vandenberg, presiding, offered no reply.
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Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate
Vandenberg
D-Mich
China
Argentina
Foreign Relations Committee
Byrnes
Florida Democrat
Cleveland
George A. Marshall
Elks Association to convene in Butte for Montana meeting
Delegates from 20 Montana lodges gather in Butte for the Montana State Elks association annual meeting led by Leo Musburger of Virginia City Now residing in Butte The session starts at 10 AM Sunday in the Elks building West Galena Street A luncheon follows and topics include selecting a tie for the 47th state convention and for the state bowling tournament Participating lodges include Butte Anaconda Dillon Miles City Bozeman Red Lodge Billings Livingston Glendive Havre Shelby Cut Bank Great Falls Lewistown Helena Missoula Hamilton Polson and Kalispell.
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Montana Elks Lodges
Butte
Montana State Elks Association
Leo Musburger
Virginia City Lodge
Martin Walsh
Miles City
Kenneth Skeen
Red Lodge
Art Trenerry
Billings
Art Baker
Lewistown
C. M. Holbert
Virginia City
Jim Walsh
Glendive
Elks
West Galena Street
Butte Lodge
Musburger
Anaconda
Dillon
Bozeman
Livingston
Havre
Shelby
Cut Bank
Great Falls
Helena
Missoula
Hamilton
Polson
Kalispell
Indian envoy P. S. Menon named ambassador to China
P. S. Menon an Oxford graduate who has served as Indian agent-general in China since 1943 was named ambassador to China on a Wednesday in New Delhi India. The appointment places a seasoned diplomat in the role amid ongoing postwar Asia policy.
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New Delhi
India
P. S. Menon
Oxford
China
Poles Refute Accusations of U S Note
Moscow radio said Poland rejected the US demand to honor Yalta and Potsdam pledges for a fairPolish election. The US note cited the four power agreement and urged Moscow to back an honest vote. Moscow accused Polish leaders of misrepresenting the issue amid tensions over Poland’s elections.
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London
WUP
Russia
United States
Yalta
Potsdam
Poland
Moscow
Walter Bedell Smith
Great Britain
Viacheslavy Molotov
Molotov
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Peasant Party
Forest Service policies under fire from Colorado cattlemen
Colorado cattlemen and stockmen groups across states denounce the U S forest service at a midwinter Colorado meeting urging the agriculture secretary to halt grazing permit cuts until a congressional probe and new legislation. Officials defend reductions citing soil protection and note some ranges suffer from poor management. Reductions in the Mesa area reach 25 to 50 percent.
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Denver
Colorado
United States Forest Service
Secretary of Agriculture
Colorado State Forest Advisory Board
State Board
Forest Service
E. D. Sanding
Range and Wildlife Management
Sanding
Mesa
B. F. Davis
Colorado Stock Growers and Feeders Association
Russian Claims Challenged Over Spitsbergen Archipelago
A British foreign office spokesman rejected Soviet and Norwegian joint defense claims of the Arctic is lands. He said Britain has no knowledge of such an understanding and noted a 1920 treaty giving Spitsbergen to Norway and barring military use.
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London
Foreign Office
Spitsbergen
Britain
Arctic Islands
Russia
Norway
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Huntington
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San Diego
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Owen McCarthy
Sonoma
William H. Kearns, Jr
Boston
Mass
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St. Martinville
Maxwell A. Lopez
Newport
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Portsmouth
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Copenhagen
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Denmark
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Red Cross
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Whitehall
H. W. Morrison
U.S
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