Georgia faces government paralysis amid governor feud
Georgia state government could stall within a month if the feud between Herman Talmadge and M. E. Thompson continues. State Auditor B. E. Thrasher warned that rival appointments by both claimants threaten operations, while legal action seeks clarity on who may appoint.
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Atlanta
U.P
Georgia
B. E. Thrasher
Thrasher
Herman Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
J. B. Edwards
Southern Judicial Circuit
Edwards
Ellis Arnall
Talmadge
State Legal Department
Eugene Cook
Charles D. Redwine
George B. Hamilton
Cook
Redwine
Revenue Commissioner’s Department
Man Questioned in Kidnap Case
LODI Calif Jan 24 An unidentified Stockton man was questioned by police in the kidnapping of Alice Devine but released with no substantial leads. Clues recovered include torn coat fabric from the abduction site sent to lab for analysis. Police Chief Millard Fore admitted authorities were stymied.
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Lodi
Calif
U.P
Stockton
Alice Devine
San Joaquin County
Chester Watson
Millard Fore
Pilots Killed in Mid Air Collision Near March Field
Two Army P 80 jet photo reconnaissance planes collided during a routine training mission three miles northwest of March Field California killing Maj. Felix D. Williamson 25 of Cordele Georgia and First Lt. Donald R. Ricci 25 of Norwalk Connecticut. The bombers disintegrated in the air and burned on impact. Both men had prior World War II service in Europe with Williamson overseas three years and Ricci nine months.
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March Field
Calif
U.P
Army
Felix D. Williamson
Route 2
Cordele
Donald R. Ricci
Norwalk
Conn
Army Field
Europe
Maj
Williamson
Ricci
Boy Shoots Dad by Mistake in Billings
Billings attorney Clay Crippen, 41, was critically wounded when his 14 year old son Bruce, thinking him an intruder, shot him with a .22 rifle. The family believed the gun was unloaded when the shot was fired while Mrs Crippen slept in another room.
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Billings
U.P
Clay Crippen
Bruce
Crippen
Chinese Forces Seize Yangtze River Hydro Stations
Pro government dispatches report Chinese troops formally took over hydro electric installations on the Yalu river northeast of Antung, previously garrisoned by Russians, amid Manchuria developments.
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Nanking
Manchuria
Yalu River
Antung
Al Capone in Critical Condition With Pneumonia
Miami Beach report says Al Capone’s heart failed Friday night and pneumonia has set in. Dr. Arthur Logie, a chest specialist, called to the case said Capone is critically ill and death may be near. Dr. Kenneth Phillips remains with him at the bedside.
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Miami Beach
Fla
al Capone
Arthur J. Logie
Capone
Dr. Logie
Kenneth Phillips
Logie
Cut Rate Plan to Sell Surplus Food to Needy Nations
A United Nations report outlines cut rate distribution of world food surpluses to needy countries. It urges international agreements to stabilize prices and create famine and stabilization reserves to manage supply and prevent diversion to export markets. China India and several European nations likely fall into the under nourished category.
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Washington
United Nations
United Nations Preparatory Commission On
Food and Agriculture Organization
United States
China
India
Commission
Lower Wheat Reserves Seen at Start of 1947
Washington reports January 1 wheat stocks at 642,983,000 bushels the smallest in six years, with total reserves possibly falling to 125,000,000 to 150,000,000 by next July. Domestic and export needs may trim carryover to around 101,000,000, well below long term averages, even as prospects for a record winter wheat crop improve. Corn and oats show high stocks, while barley and rye are at four-year lows.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Revision of Potsdam Pact Urged by South Africa and Australia
London dispatch reports South Africa and Australia urging a quick revision of the Potsdam agreement to ease Germany's war wrecked economy. E K Scallan called for reconsidering coal exports reparations and dismantling. Australia seeks a separate peace for Austria and broader participation for smaller powers in treaty talks. Yugoslavia seeks over 11 billion in Austrian reparations.
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London
Union of South Africa
Australia
Germany
E. K. Scallan
Union
Scallan
South Africa
Feodor I. Gousev
Austria
Canada
Karl Gruber
Yugoslavia
Carinthia
Suspects Held in Black Dahlia Death Probe
Los Angeles police arrest a six foot one inch blond woman identified as Coral Marshall 21 of Tulare and a male companion near Barstow California as possible suspects in the Elizabeth Short death case. Investigators note a taped message suggested knowledge of the killer and report related findings in Santa Barbara Camp Cooke history. Officers also seek a black plastic handbag and shoes linked to Short found near the later crime scene.
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Los Angeles
U.P
California State Highway Patrol
Elizabeth Short
Barstow
Calif
California Desert
Coral Marshall
Tulare
Walter Terry
Bob Tarr
Miss Marshall
Beth Short
Miss Short
Santa Barbara
Camp Cooke
Prominent Bozeman Resident Dies
Earl Mercein Richardson aged 87 died in Bozeman on Friday. Father of Dr. Jesse Richardson of Montana State College faculty, he had been a merchant and undertaker in Northfield and Farmington Minnesota before retiring in 1921 to Bozeman. The body will be sent to Farmington for funeral services.
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Bozeman
Earl Mercein Richardson
Jesse Richardson
Montana State College
Richardson
Northfield
Farmington
Minn
Budget Slash and Debt Reduction Proposed by George
Senator George of Georgia urged Congress to trim the Truman budget by at least 2.5 billion dollars, pay 1 billion toward the national debt, and delay tax cuts until revenue exceeds outgo by 2 billion. He proposed holding spending to 35 billion and leaving a 1 billion dollar revenue cushion for possible revenue declines.
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Taber
House
Rep
John Taber
R-N. Y
Washington
George
D-Ga
Congress
Truman
New
Congressional Budget Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Legislature Has Busy Session
Helena reports Montana's 30th legislature cleared the decks for next week by hearing 26 bills in House and Senate. Eleven House measures passed while two were killed. Bills included a $25,000 appropriation to fund the state apprenticeship council and several revenue measures to reform statutes.
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Helena
Montana
House
Senate
Ralph E. Cook
Cascade
Earl E. Clark
Musselshell
G. M. Moss
Flathead
Leonard Plank
Liberty
Larch Wood Treated Yields Molasses and Yeast
MISSOULA Jan 24 Montana forest expert I V Anderson reports a cord of larch wood treated with chemical processes can yield 240 gallons of sugar molasses 480 pounds of fodder yeast 800 pounds of baking powder 320 pounds of gypsum or 1050 pounds of lignin highlighting forest product potential with lab findings from a forest products lab and Utilization expert observations
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Missoula
Federal Forest Service
I. V. Anderson
Montana
Anderson
Forest Products Laboratory
Stalin rejects British officer exchange plan
Soviet Tass reports Stalin turned down Britain vision of exchanging officers with the Red Army saying such steps could be seen as war preparation. He noted public denunciation of Britain and the United States if the move were adopted and declined the proposal despite agreeing to consider extending the alliance.
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London
U.P
Josef Stalin
Britain
Tass
Radio
Moscow
Stalin
Field Marshal
Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
United States
Soviet Union
Navy Command to Be Changed in Western Sea Frontier
Vice Adm. J. B. Oldendorf, head of the 11th Naval district since January 11, 1946 and Surigao Straits hero, was named to relieve Adm. R. E. Edwards as commander of the western sea frontier. Oldendorf will take over in San Francisco February 28. the Western sea jurisdiction covers the 11th 12th and 13th Naval districts extending about 900 miles off the west coast.
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San Diego
J. B. Oldendorf
11Th Naval District
Surgao Straits
Edwards
San Francisco
Western Sea Frontier
Navy
Adm
Oldendorf
Adm Edwards
Western Sea
John Good Named Manager of ACM Employees Club in Butte
John Good, a noted local athlete and Butte native, is named manager of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company Employees Club to open in March at the remodeled Thornton hotel. He will travel to Milwaukee for the Midwest Industrial Recreational conference February 2 to 4. Good, 27, lives at 315 South Excelsior with wife and three children.
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John Good
Butte
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Thornton
Mr. Good
Anaconda Company
Milwaukee
Butte Club
Harry J. Good
Mrs. Good
South Excelsior
John Michael
Stephen Henry
Margaret Carlin
Montana
Mount St. Charles College
Butte Weather Forecast Snow Squalls And Wind Saturday
Butte area expects snow squalls and windy conditions Saturday with a colder high near 35. The School of Mines logged 41 to 28, the airport 43 to 30, and precipitation measured .07 inches. West of divide remains cloudy with scattered showers turning to snow flurries. east of divide turns partly cloudy and windy with highs 35 to 45.
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School of Mines
Divide
Associated Press
Observers Report Intimidation in Polish Vote
American embassy observers in Warsaw report intimidation by government bloc parties and armed forces in last Sundays parliamentary election. They describe Polish voters as cynical hopeless fearful and subservient with violations of constitutional and election laws cited. Unofficial returns show the bloc at about 90 percent.
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Warsaw
United States
Arthur Bliss Lane
Lane
Washington
Poland
Prosecution in Jap Trial Rests Its Case
The international war crimes tribunal in Tokyo closes the prosecution phase against former Premier Hideki Tojo and 24 other Japan leaders after nine months of testimony. Defense prepares a motion to dismiss as the court adjourns for two weeks.
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Tokyo
Hideki Jojo
Japan
International War Crimes Tribunal
A. Comyns Carr
Britain
Koichi Kido
Sir William Webb
Carr
Kide
Tojo
Yosuke Matsuoka
Admr
Osami Nagano
Shumei Okawa
Okawa
Marshall Plans to Attend Meet
Secretary of State Marshall will attend the Big Four Foreign Ministers meeting on Germany in Moscow March 10. He is expected to be joined by Senator Vandenberg and Senator Connally to present a bipartisan front as they push for an early German peace treaty, with the session likely lasting a month to six weeks.
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Washington
Marshall
Germany
Moscow
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Texas
Byrnes
London
Paris
Conally
Stalin Opens Door to Fifty Year Anglo Soviet Pact Extension
Premier Stalin accepts Britain will not denounce the Anglo Soviet alliance and offers to extend it to 50 years if weakening reservations are removed. He notes shared views with Bevin and signals willingness to adjust the treaty term from twenty years.
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Lodon
WUP
Josef Stalin
Britain
Stalin
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
United Nations
Vic
Count Montgomery
Foreign Office
Via
Small Business Group Revived in Senate Battle
Senate Republicans push through an eight month revival of the special small business committee despite Tobey’s protests. The chamber voted 46 to 42 to extend the group and 41 to 47 to hand its work to the banking committee. Wherry is slated as chairman amid plans for a broader realignment in 1948.
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Washington
Senate Republican
Small Business Committee
Tobey
R-N. H
Wherry
R-Neb
Senate
Banking Committee
Special War Investigating Committee
Senator Wherry
German Firms Seized in Argentina Decree Moves Assets
Buenos Aires reports sixty German business firms with assets valued at 90 million dollars are being taken over by the government under a decree signed Friday. The measure en masse acquires six firms in liquidation and assigns the board handling Nazi firm liquidation to oversee the transfer. The decree allows operation without congressional reference.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
U.pr
Foreign Office
Congress
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