Truman Urges Assistance for Europeans
President Truman urged Congress to help solve the displaced persons crisis in Europe and allow a substantial number to immigrate to America. He did not specify an exact quota or bill details, noting action this session seemed unlikely and citing humanitarian and anti communist grounds for admission. About 1,000,000 DPs remain in camps in Germany Austria and Italy, with origins in Poland Ukraine Yugoslavia and the Baltic region.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
America
Rep. Stratton
R-Nl
House Judiciary
House
Revercomb
R-V. Va
Senate Judiciary
Germany
Austria
Italy
Poland
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Opponents Call for Diplomacy Over Universal Military Training
In Washington on July 7 opponents of universal peacetime training urged Congress to rely more on the United Nations and diplomacy. Henry Scattergood of Philadelphia led the critique, arguing peacetime conscription would erode faith in the UN and yield military domination, while Mrs. Norton H. Pearl of Detroit supported the American Legion auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
United Nations
Henry Scattergood
Philadelphia
Greater Philadelphia
Alexander Stewart
Chicago
Women’s Committee
House Armed Services Committee
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
United States
Scattergood
Rep
Gavin
R-Pa
Joe Stalin
Stain
Russia
Disorders in India Take 21 Lives
Communal clashes between Hindus and Muslims in the Calcutta area led to 21 deaths and 134 injuries. A hospital survey recorded mob clashes a bomb explosion and frequent use of firearms and knives.
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Calcutta
India
Split Over Marshall Plan May Trigger Mayor Crisis
Lake Success July 7. The Russia western powers split over the Marshall plan threatens a major UN economic program crisis. Officials foresee explosive developments at the summer session starting July 19 and possibly at the UN Economic Commission for Europe meeting in Geneva. Russia boycotts Asia Far East economic committee and cereals conference and misses the international trade conference as Yugoslavia quits the international labor office.
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Russia
U.S
Lake Success
United Nations
U.N
World Organization
Economic and Social Council
U. N. Economic Commission For Europe
Geneva
U. N. Asiatic and Far Eastern Economic Commission
Food and Agricultural Organization
Paris
Yugoslavia
International Labor Office
Trains Collision Wounds 99 Passengers Near Chicago
Ninety nine passengers including several baseball stars were injured when the Shenandoah collided with a switch engine near Grand Central Station south of Chicago. Five hospital admissions, 25 treated at St Luke’s, and several players, including Schoolboy Rowe and Emil Verban, were shaken but expected to play in the All Star game at Wrigley Field.
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Chicago
Loop Area
Shenandoah
Grand Central Station
Philadelphia Phillies
Ben Chapman
Phillies
Chapman
Othal Livingston
Lincoln
Ark
Lynwood
St. Lukes Hospital
Rowe
Verban
Air Safety Board urges higher mountain flight clearance
The Truman administration’s air safety inquiry panel urged aircraft to fly at least 2000 feet above terrain in mountainous areas during low visibility and to install electronic ground distance indicators. The recommendation follows the June 13 Blue Ridge crash that killed 50 near Washington. Airlines often exceed minimums under their own rules.
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Washington
Truman
Special Air Safety Inquiry Board
Civil Aeronautics Board
Blue Ridge
Dororthy Swenson Slaying in Ashland Shocks Town
The body of 40 year old Dororthy Swenson was found on her kitchen floor with a laundry bag over her head in Ashland Massachusetts. A 13 year old boy was charged with the murder after confessing in a written statement.
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Ashland
Mass
Dorothy Swenson
Joseph A. Crescio
Crescia
Mass Graves Found of 70000 Russians Near Warsaw
A Soviet commission reported it had found mass graves containing the bodies of 70,000 Russian prisoners in Ostrow Mazowiecki near Warsaw. The finding was announced on Monday as part of its inquiry into German war crimes in occupied Poland.
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Warsaw
Poland
Ostrow Mazowiecki
Dewey Taft Battle Builds in Texas Preconvention
Texas supporters predict Dewey will win a substantial share of the state's 31 delegates at the 1948 national convention. Dallas Republican George Hopkins heads a delegation visit to Dewey in Sapulpa with hopeful assurances. Taft's Texas influence is led by Col. R. B. Creager, while Dewey plans a western swing including Claremore and a July governors conference in Salt Lake City.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Texas
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Robert A. Taft
George Hopkins
Dallas
Hopkins
William C. Briggs
Paducah
Lone Star
Taft
Col
R. B. Creager
Creager
Republican National Committee
Philadelphia
Claremore
Lew Wentz
Oklahoma
Salt Lake City
Record Montana Crops Forecast Hit by 1947 Yields
Montana expects record 1947 crops from sugar beets wheat and flax per a Northern Pacific report. Sugar beets show strongest yield since 1934 with a brighter picture across territory. Wheat could reach about 66 million bushels with near record grain and flax if weather holds. Canning peas harvest to begin in Bitter Root valley soon. potato acreage about ten percent under goal.
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Missoula
Montana
Northern Pacific Railroad
East End
Northern Pacific
Bitter Root
Coast fisheries pact sent to Senate for three states
The House approved and sent to the Senate a bill giving congressional consent for Oregon Washington and California to join a Pacific coast marine fisheries compact. The pact aims to create an interstate program for utilization and conservation of coast fish resources.
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Washington
House
Senate
Oregon
California
Czechs Accept Bid to Paris Parley
Prague reports indicate Czechoslovakia decided to accept the British-French invitation to attend the Paris conference on the Marshall plan. London broadcasts note Soviet bloc hesitation while Western nations move to gather support. six nations formally accept and more are expected.
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Paris
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Associated Press
Prague
Belgium
Italy
Portugal
Eire
Greece
Turkey
Holland
Luxembourg
Austria
Denmark
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
the Hague
President Holds Flood Meeting At White House
President Truman convened Army engineers to seek a comprehensive flood control program for the Mississippi Ohio Missouri and Red rivers. Army officials declined details but said flood control was discussed as Senators advanced a war assets bill to aid relief via loan or donation of machinery and other resources.
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Washington
Truman
Army Engineers
Gordon R. Clapp
Tennessee Valley Authority
White House
Raymond A. Wheeler
Lewis A. Pick
Missouri River
Harry H. Vaughan
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
Red
Vaughan
Senate
House
War Assets Administration
Hickenlooper
R-Iowa
Wherry
R-Neb
Flanders
R-Vt
Butler
Fulbright
D-Ark
American Soldiers to Be Informed on Soviet Spy Work
The War department announced it is distributing a 13,000 copy run of the book Soviet Spies by Richard Hirsch to Army posts worldwide. The pamphlet explains the Russian ring that sought atomic secrets in Canada and is not an official War Department document. Each US Army company will receive two copies.
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Washington
War Department
Canada
Richard Hirsch
United States Army
UN proposes destruction of all atomic weapons in new drive
United Nations atomic energy delegates backed Andrei Gromyko's call to destroy all atomic weapons. A four nation subcommittee will write up the Soviet proposal while questions remain on destroying nuclear fuel and a U.N. police force without bombs. The Baruch plan faced mixed support and no treaty yet.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Andrei Gromyko
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
China
Brazil
Poland
Russia
United States
Frederick Osborn
U. N. General Assembly
United Nations
Gromyko
Mine Workers Ratify National Contract With Northern Soft Coal
The United Mine Workers 200 member policy committee approved a new national wage contract with Northern Soft Coal operators and voted to return to work after the agreement is signed Tuesday at 10 am. The pact, described as nationwide, requires operators in all regions to adopt its terms before miners resume work. Southern producers plan a Tuesday meeting to review the northern steel contract, with Southern and Midwest operators ready to accept terms.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Steel Company
Southern
Northern Steel
Midwest
Western
Steel and Northern
John L. Lewis
Elks to Host Delegation on Butte Stop Before Portland Meet
The Butte Elks will host a 170 member Pennsylvania State Elks delegation during a Thursday stop en route to the 79th national convention in Portland Oregon July 14 to 17. Charles Broughton grand exalted ruler of the Elks of Chicago arrives by special train the same day with other delegations from Kentucky New York Homestead Pa and Baltimore. The local No 240 lodge plans to represent Butte with Ellis and their wives including several named couples.
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Butte Elks
Pennsylvania State Elks Association
Butte
National Elks
Portland
Ore
Pennsylvania Elks
Butte Hill
Elks
Kentucky
New York
Homstead
Baltimore
Butte Lodge No. 240
Ellis
Joseph McCarthy
L. P. Schmid
Ralph Butterworth
John McNulty
H. J. Shaffer
Bertha Cummins
Harry Brady
Wilmot C. Kitto
Teachers Warned Against Striking
Mrs. Pearl S. Wanamaker of Olympia Washington, president of the National Education Association, told the 26th meeting of the representative assembly that there can be no successful teachers strike. She said gains for individuals harm the profession’s stature and erode public confidence.
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Cincinnati
Pearl S. Wanamaker
Olympia
Wash
National Education Association
Flying Saucers Reports Deemed Pranks By Officials In Nation
Nationwide reports of flying saucers spread Monday night as pranksters fed public imagination. A Montana pilot claimed a mystery disk, later called a hoax by his boss J J Archer of Los Angeles. Army pilots prepared searches but no evidence emerged.
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Chicago
Montana
J. J. Archer
Los Angeles
Archer
Kansas
Bozeman
Vernon Baird
Baird
Pacific Northwest
Senators Indorse Unification Plan
In Washington on July 7 Senator Lodge warns that unification of armed forces is essential to avoid doom in future war. Senator Gurney and others push the National Security Act of 1947 creating a single secretary of national security to oversee Army Navy and Air Force, while retaining separate service secretaries without cabinet rank. Senator Robertson challenges the bill as a potential army staff merger and fears a Gestapo-like CIA.
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Washington
Lodge
R-Mass
Senate
United States
Gurney
R-S. D
Armed Forces Committee
Congress
Edward V. Robertson
Rwyo
Armed Services Committee
Robertson
War Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Butte Weather Forecast Thunderstorms and Clouds Rising
Butte area expects clear to partly cloudy Tuesday morning, turning mostly cloudy with thunderstorms by afternoon and evening. Temperature near 84 in the next 24 hours with little change. Montana outlook shows scattered storms Tuesday with highs 80 to 90.
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MontAna
British and Russian Delegates Clash in Economic Parley
In Geneva on July 7 British and Russian delegates clashed at the United Nations economic commission for Europe. Soviet Delegate Valerian Zorin accused Britain and France of scheming to dominate the European economy behind the Soviet Union and withholding information on the Marshall plan. Britain’s Sir Hector McNeil rejected Zorin's charges as calculated and baseless.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United Nations Economic Commission For Europe
Russia
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Valerian Zorin
Paris
Sir Hector McNeil
Zorin
United Kingdom
Commission
McNeil
G O P Blocks Changes on New Tax Cut Bill
Washington July 7 Republicans rush a 4 billion tax cut bill to a Tuesday House vote on a take it or leave it basis. The rules committee bars last minute amendments as Democrats push a substitute to expand low income relief and apply community property rules, while Senate fate remains uncertain.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Gary
D-Va
Truman
Grim Gun Battle on Bus Ends in Death and Wounds
A crowded 43rd Street bus became the scene of a deadly shootout as a jewelry store robber died and Patrolman Daniel Murphy was badly wounded after a exchange of gunfire with the fleeing suspect. Bus driver James Doherty aided by sounding the horn to summon help as a passenger escaped unharmed. The robber carried a $10,000 diamond ring and rings identified as stolen, with Florida and veteran IDs found on him. The incident blocked traffic and drew police from nearby precincts.
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New York
Daniel B. Murphy
Murphy
James Doherty
Florida
Joe N. Fernandez
Taapa, Fla
Drowning Victim Leo Monson Recovered Near Mammoth Lake
Rescue workers recovered Leo Monson 18 of Glenwood Minnesota after he drowned Sunday when he fell from a raft on Slide Lake near Mammoth Hot Springs Yellowstone. His body was sent to Livingston Montana and then to Glenwood for funeral services and burial.
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Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
Leo Monson
Glenwood
Minn
Slide Lake
Mammoth Hot Springs
Livingston
Mont
Flying Saucers Bring Divorce in Pittsburgh Case
Connie Dunbar, 35, told Judge Harry H. Roward that his wife Bessie Dunbar threw flying saucers at him. The couple’s divorce was granted Monday by the Pittsburgh court after the unusual incident gained attention in the city.
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Pittsburgh
Connie Dunbar
Dunbar
Bessie Dunbar
Harry H. Roward
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