U.S. Recasts Germany Policy Aims for Productive Recovery
Washington announces a shift away from the Morgenthau plan toward rebuilding Germany as a productive economy under safeguards. The directive to General Clay supersedes JCS 1067, seeks European economic rehabilitation, and contemplates a 40 year disarmament treaty while coordinating with Paris talks.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Germany
Europe
Morgenthau
Lucius D. Clary
Berlin
Potsdam
Tehran
Yalta
Clay
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nazi Germany
State Department
Los Angeles Attorney Elected Grand Exalted Ruler of Elks
Lafayette A. Lewis of Los Angeles was elected grand exalted ruler at the Elks 83rd annual convention in Portland. More than 30,000 delegates and families attend as Charles E. Broughton retires after urging a campaign against communism and minority groups.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
Lafayette A. Lewis
Los Angeles
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
California
Elks
Lewis
Charles E. Broughton
Sheboygan
Wis
United States
Broughton
Hitler
Grand Lodge
Douglas E. Lambourne
Salt Lake City
Ronald J. Dunn
Oneida
N. Y
Loys
H. H. Russell
Warrensburg
J. Edgar Masters
Ee - Grand
Joseph B. Kyle
Pre Te Gr
Premier of Albania Meets Molotov as Greek Alarm Grows
Premier Enver Hoxha of Albania met Russian Foreign Minister Molotov after guerrillas from his territory invaded Greece. Moscow broadcast the arrival and noted Hoxha was accompanied by a delegation. Greek sources warned the visit may signal further developments amid Soviet led propaganda backing the guerrillas.
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London
U.P
Viacheslav Molotov
Enver Hoxha
Albania
Greece
Moscow
Hoxha
Molotov
Yugoslavia
Russia
Foreign Office
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Attorney General to Attend State Bar Parley in Montana
The attorney general Tom C Clark and Milwaukee ABA chief Carl B Rix will join Montana leaders at the Montana State Bar association meeting in Great Falls August 15 and 16. Noted figures from across the nation will include Robert D Morgan Lee Pressman Lloyd Wright with a Pressman Morgan Taft Hartley debate highlighted.
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Tom C. Clark
United States
Carl] B. Rix
Milwaukee
American Bar Association
Montana State Bar Association
Great Falls
Tom J. Davis
Robert D. Morgan
Peoria
Ill
Lée Pressman
Washington, D. C
Lloyd Wright
Los Angeles
Montana
Davis
Pressman
Morgan
William Browning
Cascade County Bar Association
The
Montana Bar Association
Mr. Davis
H. C. Crippen
Billings
J. E. Corette
Butte
E. N. Genzberger
R. E. McHugh
Anaconda
J. J
Battered Body of Boy Found in Lincoln Barn
The stripped and battered 8 year old Charles Mulholland, missing since Monday, was found in a barn upper story Tuesday night. Sheriff Holloway suspects strangulation by a sex maniac as Police Chief Carroll calls it one of the most vicious crimes. The child had been staying with his mother Zeda Mulholland and an infant sister after eviction from their home.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles Mulholland
Myles Holloway
Joseph Carroll
Salvation Army
Zeda Mulholland
Lawrence Mulholland
Light District Proposal for Big Butte Lighting District
Silver Bow county commissioners plan to form a special improvement district in the Big Butte area to install a street lighting system at an estimated $634 yearly cost. Nine mills would be levied on district taxpayers. A hearing is set for 2 p.m. Wednesday July 30 in the courthouse to hear protests.
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Silver Bow
Big Butte
Loretta L. Sullivan
Big Butte Development Association
Butte
Waukesha
Empire and
Hornet Streets
Murder Suspect Held in Butte After Livingston Arrest
Herbert Walter John Kusch, 40, arrested in Livingston on unlawful flight to avoid murder prosecution. He pleaded innocent at arraignment before U S Commissioner John K Claxton. Bond set at $20,000. he to federal custody as extradition to Duluth moves forward.
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Herbert Walter John Kusch
Livingston
United States
John K. Claxton
Kusch
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Park County
Paul J. Erler
W. G. Banister
Montana-Idaho
Duluth
Minn
Butte
FBI
St. Paul
Minnesota
Cousin of King Is Arrested
Lady Iris Mountbatten a 27 year old cousin of the king of England was arrested in New York on fugitive charges for passing bad checks in Washington. She allegedly wrote an $88.95 rubber check on June 9 and two other checks totaling about $100. She was photographed and fingerprinted after surrendering at a precinct. She said English banks permit overdrafts and she did not think she was committing a crime.
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New York
U.P
Iris Mountbatten
England
Washington, D.C
Iris
Park Avenue
Washington
Weather Outlook and Readings From Mines and Airport
Clear to partly cloudy Wednesday and night with cooler air. Maximum near 75 expected in 24 hours. Mines readings show 89/60, Airport 82/53, trace precipitation. Montana outlook calls for fair weather with scattered afternoon and evening thunder storms and a high of 85 to 95.
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School of Mines
U S Pushes UN to Quell Greece Albania Border Crisis
The United States told the United Nations Security Council that the Greece Albania border flare up could explode any day. Deputy Delegate Herschel V. Johnson urged quick, continuous council action to form a border watch commission and hold two special meetings to vote soon on proposed measures. Greek and Albanian representatives disputed reports of a broader crisis while Greek Ambassador Dendratis reported real battles along the border for two days.
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United States
United Nations Security Council
Greece
Herschel V. Johnson
Security Council
Border Watch
Johnson
Nesti Kerenkhi
Council
Yugoslavia
Vassili Dendramis
Alexandre Parodi
Tax Cuts As Campaign Issue In 1948
Republican leaders push the $4 billion income tax cut as a central 1948 campaign issue. The White House plans to send President Truman's veto to Congress this week, with backers lacking enough Senate votes to override. If veto upheld, tax relief prospects for 1948 end.
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Washington
White House
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Martin
R-Mass
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Governors Back Marshall Plan and Military Preparedness
Utah Gov. Herbert B. Maw said he will push a formal endorsement of Secretary Marshall's Europe aid program. South Carolina's J. Strom Thurmond urged universal training and total mobilization as governors debated bipartisan support for the plan during the Salt Lake City conference.
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Salt Lake City
Governors’ Conference Resolutions Committee
Marshall
Europe
Herbert B. Maw
Utah
Resolutions Committee
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
United States
Paris
Soviet Union
Thurmond
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Earl Warren
California
Conferees Set Up Board on Reconstruction
The 16 nation European economic conference completed its plan to create a general committee of cooperation a five nation executive board and four technical boards to oversee continental reconstruction under the Marshall plan. Lesser committees will assess Europe resources and dollar needs by Sept 1 while the address from Secretary of State Marshall suggested the program will not go to Congress before January.
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Paris
European Economic Conference
Europe
Marshall
Salt Lake City
Congress
Paul-Henri Spaak
Heaven
United States
Russia
Spaak
Albania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Yugoslavia
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
France
Greece
Iceland
Eire
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Spain
Claude Bouchinet-Serreulles
House Approves Loyalty Bill Amid Loyalty Probe Push
The House backed a GOP sponsored act to form a five member federal loyalty commission with power to fire employees failing an FBI loyalty check. The vote was 319 to 61 with a 248 to 133 rejection of sending the measure back to committee. A Klein substitute and Kefauver amendment were defeated as the bill heads to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Chamber
Arthur G. Klein
D-N.y
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Congress
Federal Judiciary
Senate
Federal
FBI
House Republican
Truman
Three Uninjured in Plane Crash Near Virginia City
A four passenger Morrison Flying Service air coupe crashed into a hillside one mile north of Virginia City on Tuesday afternoon. Pilot Jay Fay of Helena and two passengers Ben Haglund and a Copper State Insulation representative escaped unharmed. The craft stalled during a low landing attempt and sustained landing gear damage.
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Virginia City
Morrison Flying Service
Jay Fay
Helena
Ben Haglund
Liesenman
Copper State Insulation Company
Seek to Aid Invaders Held in Trap
Guerrilla reinforcements are crossing into Greece from Albania to aid 2000 leftist rebels trapped by a government army pincers. Six guerrilla units concentrate along Albania and Yugoslav fronts, with three on each side. Greek army units tighten the cordon as American and British missions participate in defense council talks.
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Athens
Greece
Napoleon Zervas
Ioannina
Zervas
War Ministry
Albania
Russia
Greek National Defense Council
William G. Livesay
Adm
John A. Snackenberg
The
United
Haying in Full Swing in Montana Despite Pests and Weather
Montana farmers report haying in full swing with alfalfa cuts ranging from five to one hundred percent and general pasture and livestock conditions rated excellent to very good. Weather has been favorable, though some areas suffer hail, insect, and wind damage, with notes of heavy weevil infestation reducing a second alfalfa crop in Big Horn County and nearby and sugar beets beginning strong growth. Harvest plans include oats for hay and grain hay from wheat fields, with winter wheat moving toward ripening and harvest in weeks.
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Helena
Montana
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Big Horn County
Pondora
Divide
Bureau
Missoula
Helena Valley
Cascade County
Nimitz Hospitalized for Inflammation at Bethesda
The Navy announced that 62 year old Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz has entered Bethesda Naval Hospital for treatment of an inflammation and is expected to be out in about a week.
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Washington
The
Navy
Naval Operations
Chester W. Nimitz
Bethesda Naval A
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Dillon Drummond
Havre
Helena Kalispell
Anne Anes
Lewistown
Miles City
Orereee
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