Terrorists Launch Bloody Outbreak in Jerusalem
Rioting and explosions spread across Jerusalem in a three hour outbreak with at least three killed and three wounded. Police and soldiers cordoned streets as attackers targeted the Palestine radio station and a power plant. A British officer died and a curfew extended citywide.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Radio
St. Paul’s Road
JCPA
Naddassah
Mount Scopus
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Ramatgan
St. Paul's Road
Koreans Clash Over Trusteeship Riots In Seoul
Two Koreans were killed and many injured as rioting raged in Seoul for 24 hours over proposed Allied trusteeship. About 120 were arrested as Left and Right factions clashed near the governor general's palace, U. S. and Russian delegations watched.
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Seoul
Korea
Governor Generals Palace
John R. Hodge
U. S
Hodge
Korean Students’ League
U. S. Army
Chosen Hotel
Skating Finals Set After Qualifying Trials Today
Webster, Greeley and Emerson led the early finals field in Butte’s 27th municipal skating carnival for grade schoolers at Clark Park. Finals Sunday start at 1 30 pm on a 15 event program with boys and girls relay races, mixed doubles, and a 440 yard girls race, all to decide the champion amid a crowded field of 16 qualified schools.
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Webster
Greeley
Emerson
Butte
Clark Park
Jefferson
Whittier
St. Ann
McKinley
S. C
Washington
St. John
Bombs To Aid In Rescue Work In Navy Project
The Navy disclosed a low cost five pound bomb to be installed in life rafts to locate survivors after ship or plane disasters. Part of a secret project named Sofar the device detonates at depths of 3000 to 4000 feet. Lt Gen Lewis H Brereton to marry Mrs Zena A Groves in Tampa on Thursday.
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Washington
Navy
Sofar
New York
Lewis H. Brereton
Third U. S. Air Force
Tampa
Fla
Europe
Zena A. Groves
London
Marines Near Complete Kyushu Mission In Pacific Campaign
Maj. Gen. Harry Schmidt announced at Pearl Harbor that U S Marines on Kyushu have completed about 70 percent of their primary task the disposal of enemy war material The Fifth Marine Amphibious Corps will be disbanded after arriving in San Diego The unit participated in Tarawa Marshall Islands Marianas and Iwo Jima campaigns
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Honolulu
U. S
Kyushu
Harry Schmidt
Fifth Marine Amphibious Corps
Schmidt
Pearl Harbor
San Diego
Fifth Corps
Tarawa
Marshall
Marianas
Iwo Jima
Machinery for review of death sentence for Pfc Hirswa
In Kyoto Japan on January 19 the process to review the death sentence for Pfc Joseph E. Hirswa of Wallington New Jersey began. The judge advocates office started preparing transcripts and the trial record for Maj. Gen. Arthur Harper commander of the 98th division.
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Kyoto
Japan
Joseph E. Hirswa
Wallington
N. J
Judge Advocates’ Office
Arthur Harper
Iran appeals to U N Security Council over Azerbaijan dispute
Iran formally petitioned the United Nations Security Council to investigate Russia's role in Azerbaijan. Tehran charged Russian officials and troops interfered in Iran's internal affairs by inciting the Zerbijan revolt. The request seeks a settlement terms but not sanctions against the Soviet Union.
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London
U.P
Iran
United Nations Security Council
Russia
New World Organization
Teheran
Security Council
Seyed Hassan Taquizadeh
General Assembly
Assembly
Tass
Congress Faces Dreary Week as Filibuster Drags On
The Senate plans extended sessions next week as a Southern filibuster blocks a permanent Fair Employment Practice Commission. Republicans push for at least six hours daily, while Democrats push for earlier meetings and longer sessions to break the stalemate. Senator Morse calls for 24 hour talks and Senator Chavez cites potential filibuster busting ideas.
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Washington
United States Senate
Fair Employment Practice Commission
Senate
Wayne Morse
R-Ore
Dennis Chavez
D-N. M
FEPC
Morse
Senator Johnson Calls for Largest Advertising Drive to Recruit Army
Senator Edwin C. Johnson proposed a massive volunteers campaign to build the Army. He chairs a military affairs subcommittee studying demobilization and urged vigorous backing for a volunteer system to meet stated July 1 strength targets. Johnson argued the Navy shows how volunteers meet needs and warned a large peacetime Army would be problematic.
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Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Johnson
War Department
Navy
President Restores Military Rule
President Truman restored peacetime restrictions on courts martial halting the death sentence for desertion aiding or advising desertion absence without leave and misbehavior of sentinels except in occupied territory. The action revives limits suspended on November 9 1942.
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Washington
Truman
Butte Soldier Chauncey Park Helps Allies with Korean Language
A former Butte high school football star, Chauncey Park taught by his parents at their ranch near Butte, aided Allied forces in the Pacific. Serving with counter intelligence under Gen. MacArthur, he investigated sabotage and espionage in the Philippines and Korea, acted as an interpreter, and helped reestablish village governments in Korea. He received a commendation from Brig. Gen. Elliott Thorpe and spoke of Korean hopes for independence and the need for transition aid from the United States.
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Butte
Corp
Chauncey Park
S. Y. Park
Nine Mile
Elliott Thorpe
Corp. Park
Philippines
Korea
America
Park
Pusan
Takiku
Montana Doctors Discuss Prepaid Medical Service Plan
Delegates at the Montana State Medical Association meeting in Butte debate a voluntary prepaid medical service for residents. If adopted the plan would cover medical surgical and hospital care for a small monthly fee, with Dr. Chester L. Cooley noting 30 states have similar programs and that such plans counter socialized medicine.
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Montana State Medical Association
Butte
Montana
Finlen Hotel
Chester L. Cooley
Leland Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Cooley
San Francisco
Truman
Rotary President to Visit Butte
T. A. Warren of Wolverhampton England Rotary International president will visit the Butte Rotary club on February 7. He travels through the United States and Canada with Mrs Warren, a Scottish speaker. Local officers arrange reception and stay plans, with arrival from Portland on February 6.
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T. A. Warren
Wolverhampton
England
Rotary International
Butte Rotary Club
Rotary
Canada
Warren
Scotland
British Isles
Butte Club
Portland
Butte
Lost warning message to Kimmel hinted at
The Pearl Harbor inquiry probed a so called lost Navy warning to the Pacific fleet before Japan's December 7 1941 attack Adm Husband E Kimmel recalled Secretary Knox saying a message was sent Knox flew to Hawaii to assess the damage and arrived December 12 asking if the message had been received Key figures Lt Gen Walter C Short Adm C C Bloch and Adm W W Smith were present when Knox mentioned the message The committee noted no Dec 6 dispatch is confirmed and cited a Dec 3 warning about code machines being destroyed
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Fleet
Japan
Husband E. Kimmel
Navy
Knox
Hawaii
Kimmel
Committee
London
Sen. Brewster
R-Me
Brewster
War and
Navy Department
New York Times
Arguments Made in Murder Trial
SAPPORO Japan Jan 19 Defense arguments were heard Saturday in the murder trial of Sin Ree Sai Chinese overseer of slave laborers charged with killing three of his countrymen. Dr Tetsu Utsuno company physician at the mine where Sai was foreman testified one of the suspected victims died of heart failure but admitted he had made only a superficial examination Lai also known as Sing Lun Choy was accused of clubbing one Chinese to death starving another and killing a third with a hammer.
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Sapporo
Japan
U.P
Sin Ree Sai
Tetsu Utsuno
Sai
Lai
Sing Lun Choy
Butte and Montana Weather Outlook Saturday to Sunday
Partly cloudy Sunday in Butte with clearing Sunday night and colder air. Montana region west of the Continental Divide mostly cloudy with snow flurries in mountains and highs around 25 to 35. Beast of the Continental Divide partly cloudy to cloudy and colder with scattered light snow and varied highs from 10 to 50 across areas.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Prosecution Needs concrete acts to convict war leaders
Gen MacArthur’s chief prosecutor Joseph Keenan said proof must show Hideki Tojo and his cabinet actually conspired to start the Pacific war. Mere cabinet membership is insufficient. active criminal acts by individuals or members of organizations must be shown for convictions. The article notes Black Dragon society membership alone is not enough.
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Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
Hideki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Joseph B. Keenan
High Command
Black Dragon Society
Keenan
MacArthur
International Tribunal
Court of Five
Looting Charges Leveled at Nazis in Economic Case
The French prosecution opened the economic phase of war crimes charges against Nazi leaders in MUERNBERG, arguing occupied countries endured systematic pillage across economic life. Prosecutor Jacques Herzog named Fritz Sauckel, Goering, Keitel, Funk, and Speer as figures of responsibility for looting and forced labor policy.
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Muernberg
Charles Gerthoffer
Jacques Bernard Herzog
Fritz Sauckel
Herzog
Reichsmarshal Goering
Wilhelm Keitel
Walther Funk
Albert Speer
Veterans Given Priority in Housing Allocation
Wilson Wyatt national housing co ordinator told a national emergency conference that war veterans must be first in line for living quarters as vacancies appear He cited about 3 000 000 annual home turnovers and urged non veterans to wait R J Thomas of the CIO called housing shortages a national catastrophe and pressed for one million new houses this year and at least two million next year
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Washington
Wilson Wyatt
National Emergency Conference On Jobs and Security
R. J. Thomas
Steel Industry Shutdown Begins Nationwide Strike
The United Steelworkers strike begins as mills close and workers quit or are sent home. About 29,900 walk out at scattered plants after failed wage talks, with strike projections reaching 750,000 across 1,292 companies in 30 states.
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C. I. O. United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corporation
Truman
Philip
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
Fairless
N E A Constitution Aids Ex Servicemen At Conference
About 300 educators at a three day N E A conference in Cleveland adopted a constitution to aid ex servicemen helping readjust to peacetime life The group backed full use of college facilities to admit all veterans who wish to enroll and elected Robert H Owen of Cleveland as president of the N B A veterans education council R Britton of Denver joined the executive committee with regional VP R R Hamilton of the University of Wyoming named.
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Cleveland
National Education Association
Robert H. Owen
N. B.A. Veterans Education Council
R. Britton
Denver
R. R. Hamilton
University of Wyoming
Navy to Review 15000 Sentences Across Navy Marine Coast Guard
The Navy announced plans for an immediate review of sentences of about 15 000 offenders now confined. It will request Congress to extend review authority to all discharges and dismissals ordered by naval courts martial since the war began.
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Washington
U.P
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Congress
Montana Man Is Fire Victim
Navy reports Seaman 2/c William Stanley Davidson junior from Highwood Montana died in an explosion at Seal Beach ammunition depot. twelve others were injured in the blast on Thursday.
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Montana
Long Beach
Calif
Navy
William Stanley Davidson
Floyd E. Davidson
Highwood
Chouteau County
Mont
Seal Beach
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