Greeks Crack Revolt Plot With Mass Arrests Across Greece
Greek police and army units in dawn raids arrested thousands, with over 2000 seized in the Athens region. Officials say a plan called F aimed to trigger a nationwide uprising timed with UN Security Council meetings. Many top communists fled to the mountains. others to islands near Athens for questioning or exile.
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Athens
Greece
Piraeus
Napoleno Zervas
Zervas
New York
United Nations Security Council
Balkan
Demetrios Maximos
Markos Vifiades
Demetrios
Woman Found Dead in Hotel Trunk in California
In San Luis Obispo a strangled woman about 30 was found stuffed in a wooden trunk under a hotel porch. The body, wrapped in a tan rose blanket, wore a yellow linen dress and red nails. Police sought hotel manager Morley King for questioning after a storage box inquiry.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
Esther Ybarra
B. J. Epperly
Fred M. Waters
Morley King
King
Willard E. Clark
Clark
Congressional Leaders Invited to Conference With President
Reports of flying disks continued to be received nationwide despite the Roswell incident being explained as a high altitude weather balloon. Brig. Gen. Roger M. Ramey announced the disk mystery was cleared, while reports from Texas to Iran described star-like bodies in the sky and disrupted baseball games.
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Associated Press
W. W. Brazel
Roswell
N. M
509Th
Eighth Air Force
Fort Worth
Roger M. Ramey
Texas
Zabool
Shosef
Iran
Truman to propose Marshall plan measures at White House meet
President Truman召 summoned six congressional leaders to discuss legislation to carry out the Marshall plan for Europe recovery. The talks may cover displaced Europeans admission to the United States and possible special foreign policy session later this year. An appeal to the Soviet Union to join European rehabilitation efforts was also noted.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
White House
United States
Congress
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Wallace H. White, Jr
Maine
Alben W. Barkley
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
Charles A. Halleck
Ind
Sam Rayburn
Texas
State Department
Soviet Union
Europe
Norman Armour
Two Americans Shot on Manila Highway
On July 3, two U.S. soldiers were fired on by unknown Filipino assailants while driving a jeep near Manila. T5 William D. Austerman of Jacksonville Beach Florida was wounded in both arms, T4 Glenn K Armstrong of Clemson South Carolina was unhurt. Austerman received care at the Army's tenth general hospital as investigators probe the shooting. An earlier case last month reports the infant daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Irvin Plough of Amherst Massachusetts killed in a similar incident.
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Manila
United States Army
William D. Austerman
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Glenn K. Armstrong
Clemson
8. C
Austerman
Army
Tenth General Hospital
Philippine freighter Dona Trinidad wrecks off Sakhalin
The 8,590-ton Dona Trinidad broke apart on a rock near Sakhalin in heavy seas. Forty crew members abandoned ship. only one American, John Brown, an assistant manager at the Shanghai branch of De Larama Steamship, remained aboard, per the Navy report.
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Tokyo
Sakhalin Island
Navy
John Brown
Shanghai
de Larama Steamship Company
Bertrand dies. longtime Butte resident was 77
Osias Bert Bertrand 77, a Butte resident for 59 years, died Wednesday night at his home 2119 South Dakota after a lengthy illness. Born in Ste. Scholastique Quebec he came to the United States as a youth and to Butte in 1888. Survived by his wife and numerous relatives in Butte and Canada.
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Osias
Bert) Bertrand
Butte
South Dakota
Ste. Scholastique
Quebec
Can
United States
Duggan
Merril Mortuary
Edmondine Bertrand
Wilfred H. Bertrand Butte
Great Falls
Senate Finance Committee approves Republican tax cut bill
The Senate finance committee voted 10 to 3 for a $4 billion tax cut bill with full Senate passage likely. Chairman Millikin said the group aims to finish this week, though talk could delay. Taft warned they will stay as long as needed to secure a final decision amid fears of a pocket veto by President Truman. The bill would take effect January 1, replacing a prior July 1, 1947 date.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Millikin
R-Colo
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Truman
Mr. Truman
Nations Reject Invitations to Paris Parley
London July 9 U P Poland Romania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia rejected the Anglo French invitation to the Marshall plan conference in Paris set for Saturday. Hungary planned to announce its decision Thursday. Sweden Norway and Denmark accepted joining 15 of 22 invited at Paris. Bidault said the first days would focus on organization and debate.
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London
U.P
Poland
Romania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Paris
Hungary
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Nordic
Georges Bidault
National Assembly
Flood Control Emphasized by Montana Governor
Governor Sam Ford of Montana urged rapid expansion of Missouri basin flood control programs before the Senate appropriations committee. Aiming to restore about 36 million dollars and push up to 10 to 15 million more, Ford cited recent floods that destroyed over 100 million dollars in farmland and property and cost lives.
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Washington
Sam Ford
Montana
Missouri Basin
Missouri Valley
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ford
Military Merger Measure Wins Approval in Senate
Elko Nevada faced a massive brush and grass fire threatening 5000 residents as a 12 mile front roared toward the northern outskirts. Fire officials mounted a backfire while wind conditions and smoke grounded efforts. Over 50 000 acres of rangeland burned with no evacuations ordered yet.
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Elko
Nev
U.P
Deane Mahan
Bureau of Land Management
Forest Service
Actress Is Slain In Midtown Apartment
New York police found a 49-year-old actress beaten and strangled in her modernistic midtown apartment. Commissioner Arthur W. Wallander stationing headquarters and 50 officers to hunt the slayer. The woman once worked for First National Pictures in 1937 as Bess True.
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New York
Arthur W. Wallander
First National Pictures
Bess True
Preacher Pleads Guilty for Abusing Minor Daughter
In Knoxville Tennessee on July 9 a part time preacher and paperhanger, W M Massengill 50, was fined 50 dollars after pleading guilty in juvenile court to charges of criminal neglect and abusive treatment of a minor child for chaining his 16 year old daughter Geraldine to a bedpost. Massengill lost custody of the girl.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Geraldine
W. M. Massengill
Massengill
Dewey Arrives in Kansas City for Western Tour Stop
Republican figures in Missouri note Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York arrived in Kansas City for an overnight stay during his western tour. He met with Kansas Republican national committeeman Harry Darby for informal talks on party strategy.
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Kansas City
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harry Darby
Kansas
Dewey
Sign at Ellis Farm Promises Nighttime Vigilance
In Hugo Oklahoma on July 9 a farmer Harland Ellis who recently lost 65 frying chickens to thieves posts a warning sign near his chicken house stating anyone found near the premises at night will be found there in the morning.
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Hugo
Okla
Harland Ellis
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Areas
Butte sees clear to partly cloudy forenoon then afternoon and evening thundershowers, clearing near dark with little temperature change. School of Mines highs around 80 and 47 low, Airport 81/44 with trace precipitation. Montana stays clear to partly cloudy and warm with possible thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, high 85 to 95.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
Atomic documents stolen and recovered from Los Alamos
Two Army sergeants stole top secret atomic documents from the Los Alamos bomb plant in March 1946 and kept them for a year. The Justice Department plans prosecutions but has not decided the charging statute. Officials say none of the contents appears to have leaked and no White House knowledge is suspected. Senator Hickenlooper announced the theft to the Senate amid rumors sparked by a New York Sun dispatch.
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Washington
U.P
Los Alamos
N. M
Justice Department
Department
Senate
United States
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Charles G. Ross
White House
Truman
Hickenlooper
New York Sun
Oalk Ridge
Tenn
House
Hunger Crisis Looms If Nations Rely On U S Grains
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson warned at the International Cereals conference that hungry nations cannot count on more U S grain shipments. He urged Europe to boost wheat collections and bread rations, saying next spring could bring renewed crisis. He noted U S shipments are not politically driven and come under President Truman's guidance.
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Paris
Clinton P. Anderson
International Cereals Conference
United States
Anderson
State Department
Germany
Japan
Truman
International Emergency Food Council
Warns Operators Risk Prosecution Over Lewis Wage Pact
Rep Hartley warned that coal operators who signed John L. Lewis wage agreements may face criminal charges under Taft Hartley. Southern producers capitulated after a two hour session as 13 associations authorized signing. Production ramps up in Northern states while Southern output lags.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Rep. Hartley
R-N. J
Hartley
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Henry F. Warden
Southern Association
Sale set for surplus materials at Fort Harrison
About 500000 dollars worth of surplus materials will be offered for sale at Fort Harrison Montana near Helena from July 14 to 17 as announced by the War Assets administration on Wednesday.
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Seattle
Fort Harrison
Mont
Helena
War Assets Administration
British Princess Elizabeth Betrothed to Philip Mountbatten
The king and queen announced the engagement of Princess Elizabeth to Lt. Philip Mountbatten. The couple, choosing a love match, plan a wedding before next spring, with unofficial notes hinting at an October Westminster Abbey ceremony.
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London
U.P
Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
Greece
George VI
Philip
South Africa
St. Philip Mountbatten
R. N
Prince Andrew
Princess Andrew
Princess Alice of
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
Speaker Martin Could Become Next in Line for Presidency
Washington reports a bill to place House Speaker Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts next in line for the presidency, with final passage possible on Thursday.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Senate Advances Plan To Create National Security Department
The Senate approved by voice vote Truman’s plan to unify the armed forces into a single National Security Department. A secretary would oversee Army Navy and Air with cabinet rank while service heads keep some appeal rights to the President. Senate rejected a Robertson amendment limiting civilian agency control.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Truman
Department of
National Security
Congress
House
Navy
James Forerestal
Edward V. Robertson
R-Wyo
Army
Marine Corps
Bids Opened on Parking Meters for Butte
Six bids were received by the Butte city council at a special meeting for 600 parking meters. Each bidder demonstrated his meter. the committee of the whole recessed until Monday night to study installation terms and pricing, with possible further meetings before a final decision.
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Butte
Bery Wilson
Kar-Park Corporation of
Dela Ware
Duncan Meter Corporation
Miller
McGee-Hale Corpo
Police Seek Protection for Vie Hill in Siegel Slaying Case
Beverly Hills July 9 Police requested protection for Vie Hill friend of Ben Siegel after an underground tip said two assassins headed for Paris to target her. Hill, heiress known for champagne parties, left for Paris days before Siegel was killed by rifle fire through her window following a quarrel with Siegel at the Flamingo in Las Vegas.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Vie Is Hill
Benjamin
Bugsy) Siegel
Anderson
Paris
Miss Hill
Siegel
Charlie Hill
Bugsy
Las Vegas
Ney
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