23 Jan 1946
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1946
Page
1
The Navy announced further reductions in discharge point scores to hasten demobilization. Effective March 15 and April 2, enlisted thresholds drop from 32 to 31 then 30, officers from 39 to 38 then 37, with women officers and enlisted varying by date. By April 2 the program aims to complete two thirds of discharges.
Henry C Ketron of Butte arrives in New York January 21 aboard the Waterbury Victory after Army service in Europe. Other Montana servicemen listed include Duane A Dunbar of Custer, Alton L Fadness of Deer Lodge, Del B Wigton of Plains, John C Francisco of Judith Gap, Stanley L Glass of Bozeman, Charles A Cocker of Elliston, John T Geary of Helmville, Ronny Zavernik Jr of Washoe, Albert N Deckert of Richey, Leslie A Prather of Box Elder, Ivan L Williams of Walter, Russell H Kitchen of an unknown home, and Raymond A Lewallen with no listed home address.
Vice Admiral Edward L. Cochrane testified before the House Navy Committee that the Navy was pressured into suspending 37 ships by Reconversion Director John W. Snyder. The panel reviews whether Snyder held excessive authority, while Snyder cited money and materials conservation and yard clearance.
The House labor committee stripped two key provisions from President Truman’s fact finding bill and sent a weakened version to the floor. It approved a Landis draft creating fact finding boards without subpoena power or cooling off periods, while critics warn of extending labor strife without stronger safeguards.
Felix Gouin, Socialist speaker of the national assembly, was nominated to head a new coalition government of Communists Socialists and Popular Republicans in Paris. The move followed De Gaulle's resignation and Communist backed agreement with Socialists and Popular Republicans to back Gouin despite earlier refusals.
Arthur R. Eggers, 55, a Temple substation secretary and husband of missing Dorothy Lee Eggers, was arrested on suspicion in the decapitation and dismemberment killing found Jan 2 in the San Bernardino mountains. Detectives cited discrepancies in his account and identified the victim as Mrs. Eggers per her physician.
Mrs. Virginia McElhiney, 28, who poisoned her husband's coffee with ant poison, was ordered held without bail in Los Angeles pending a January 29 preliminary hearing after a coroner's jury recommended murder charges. She collapsed at the inquest after being read her claimed statement she loved him and wanted to sick him.
Gen. Charles de Gaulle, who resigned Sunday as interim president of France, may travel to Canada next week for an extended vacation, according to reliable sources on Tuesday night. The report places the possible trip in the near future and notes his resignation from the interim post.
Representative Dondero charged a shrewd organized Communist conspiracy aims to disintegrate armed forces and steer foreign policy toward Soviet aims. He cited G I demonstrations in Honolulu, Paris demands, and unions tied to the Communist International as supporting evidence.
Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short testified before a joint congressional committee that Washington withheld key information before Pearl Harbor and tried to make him the scapegoat. He said with the data he would have foreseen the attack and alerted Hawaii. He echoed prior charges by Adm. Husband E. Kimmel.
Preliminary surveys show the Far West posted a new 1945 farm income record. The U S Department of Agriculture reports 1945 first ten months income from sold farm products at 3 051 000 000, over 100 million higher than 1944, with livestock returns improving and California accounting for about half of western state farm income.
Tehran dispatches report 50 killed and 100 wounded in fighting between revolutionaries and Zulfaghari tribesmen near Yangikand Khamsi province. Ettelaat says rebels initial losses rose after reinforcements including armored cars and machine guns forced Zulfagharis from villages.
In Greece the Kalamata uprising ends as rebels release hostages after two days. British Col. Max Noble brokered the deal with monarchist insurgents in a mountain village. Six hostages died attempting escape. authorities pursue remaining rebels as martial law is lifted gradually.
In London on January 22, Mrs. Ethel Roys, 27, refused to leave a burning house claiming the doctor forbade rising. She was burned to death while George Carter testified at the coroner's inquest that he saved four other occupants.
Partly cloudy and warmer Wednesday and Wednesday night in Butte. Daytime highs near 35 to 40 for eastern Montana with west of divide clearing and light snow flurries over mountains. temperatures mainly around the upper 30s.
London dispatch reports United Nations leaders expressing optimism that the new agency can resolve Russian protests against British policy in Greece and Java. Spaak warned against avoiding major problems as the first test for UNO approaches, while U.S. officials see a middleman role emerging between Moscow and London. Attlee seeks amicable settlement between Dutch and Indonesian nationalists in Java.
Washington reports state the government will seize strike bound meat packing plants to end shortages. Assistant Secretary John W. Gibson says operation will begin despite no firm commitment from CIO workers, while AFL meat workers reportedly agree to federal oversight.
Chicago police reported a 22 year old former Marine questioned in the Degnan kidnapping and killing case was not held. He arrived from Toledo Ohio during his honeymoon, cooperated with investigators, passed a lie detector test, and was released as completely innocent.
A deer lodge investigation ends with the finding that a severed leg discovered by Mrs. W. D Foster was a medical specimen from a Deer Lodge doctor. Authorities traced the leg wrapped in a hospital sheet and towel near a box labeled with a distributing firm from Butte.
More than 130 reservations are set for the 28th annual Vigilante Council Boy Scouts banquet at St. John Episcopal parish hall in Butte Tonight Gov Sam C Ford will address the gathering and council officers for the coming year will be elected Vigiant president Guy D Pratt serves as toastmaster with noted clergy and Scout leaders featured in the program Scouts from several towns attend and all Scoutmasters and assistants are invited as complimentary guests.
In Yokohama on Tuesday after an Army C 47 crashed into the sea off Kyushu, 16 members of Sharon Rogers all girl band were rescued by Japanese fishermen. All aboard survived, but Gee Jay of Chicago sustained a leg fracture and other band members and officers received treatment for shock and bruises.
The United States, Russia and Britain announce the German navy is divided on an equal basis, with 30 submarines among the three powers and 1,789 ships allocated including Prinz Eugen to the United States, Nuernberg to Russia, and many destroyers and depot ships to Britain. Britain also offers to transfer some ships to France as talks continue.
Tass dispatch from Heijo dated January 19 accuses the U S military command in southern Korea of allowing anti Soviet propaganda and protests against Moscow conference decisions. The report says reactionary press outlets in southern Korea carry on unpunished attacks and that American command inspires demonstrations against the Moscow conference outcomes. The Moscow talks proposed a five year trusteeship for Korea among the United States, Russia, China and Britain.
The United States approves the sale to Spain of eight C-47 transport planes and about $300000 in discarded Army airport equipment. Separately the State Department approves sale of five four engine transport planes to an Argentine private aviation firm, plus Pratt and Whitney engines previously authorized for another Argentine purchase. The Spain sale was arranged by an Anglo government commission in Paris.
Paratrooper Tom Thomas, 36, leaped from a second story window in Port Chester New York after dreaming he was still a paratrooper. He fell 30 feet to an air shaft bottom but woke during the descent. He was uninjured and the fire department freed him.
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