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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1945
Page
1
The Big Three opened the Victory conference with a 1.5 hour session led by Truman Stalin and Churchill. They agreed to focus on decisions on Japan and the German peace process and plan regular foreign ministers meetings.
London reports circulate that Stalin may have received a Japanese peace offer for the Potsdam talks. Officials deny progress on peace feelers, while observers weigh surrender conditions and Russia's possible entry against Japan. Analysts note early surrender unlikely without a Russian alliance or decisive blows in Manchuria and Korea.
The State Department will verify a Chicago Times claim that Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun are in Argentina. Buenos Aires was directed to follow the Montevideo story asserting the couple reside on a large German estate in Patagonia after arriving from a submarine. The report notes Argentina’s pledge not to harbor Axis criminals.
Senate Republicans divided over the Bretton Woods plan, with Taft and Hart opposing currency stabilization via a $9.1 billion international bank and $8.8 billion fund, while Tobey and Aiken backed it as essential to postwar economic cooperation. Crowley testified on exporting Russia credits and European aid, clarifying loan allocations for the USSR and other nations.
Boy Scouts of Montana and the western states pledge cooperation with the American Pioneer Trails association in its 140th Lewis and Clark anniversary. Elbert K. Fretwell, Chief Scout Executive, sent a letter to C. F. Kelley praising the all American character of the commemoration and Montana council plans for the summer.
British newspapers condemned censorship rules at the Potsdam conference on Tuesday accusing them of creating a news blackout. They attacked needless red tape and security fears as impractical, calling for freer press coverage of the Big Three talks in Potsdam.
Washington July 17. Senate agriculture committee opened an inquiry into market forces after a price drop in Chicago. Chairman Thomas of Oklahoma said complaints accused the Commodity Credit Corporation of aiding short sellers by raising margins.
Chinese forces under Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek pushed toward Kweilin amid reports of four columns closing in from the west north and northwest. Tinpak was seized, and troops crossed into Indo China to capture Moncay as Kwangsi province neared full clearance. The move aims at reopening the Kwangsi Hunan railway toward Hengyang and isolating the Japanese invasion force.
Twenty four Marines arrived in Miami to debate the rail transport of service personnel. The air crewmen, averaging fifty missions across seven Pacific campaigns, were en route from El Centro California to Opa Locka Naval air base for an operational training school. Private First Class Ed Linebarger of Batesville Arkansas, a wearer of four battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation, was mentioned in dispatches.
President Truman signed a $769,364,850 appropriation bill funding 17 home front agencies for the current fiscal year. It includes $35,000,000 for the Office of War Information and $250,000 for the fair employment practice committee, marking the last major supply measure of the present Congress after delays over FEPC funding.
Washington reports U S will impose aims similar to Germany after unconditional surrender. Occupation of Japan with permanent UN controls to follow, stripping military power and conquests, disbanding shipyards, and strict imports oversight. Allies to decide details. Truman and Churchill to discuss at the Big Three meeting.
Hollywood mourns 38 year old Addison Randall after he fell from a horse during a motion picture scene. Funeral services are planned Thursday at All Saints Episcopal Church.
Marine 2nd Lt. Carl M. Davis of Dillon, after losing sight of a Japanese bomber north of Ie Shima, rained fire into a cloud. The enemy fighter broke from the clouds in flames near his Hellcat, exploded, and knocked out Davis's radio gear, returning him to base. Davis, 22, a Montana State Normal College graduate, is the son of Mr and Mrs Loren Davis.
Generalissimo Franco told Falange leaders Spain will enter a preparatory period to restore the monarchy. He said a royal regime will be established by law from the Cortes when time comes, stressing the monarchy as his sole successor and attacking communism. Prince Juan opposes ruling under a Falangist state.
Butte area sees partly cloudy Wednesday morning, then mainly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Warmer with a high near 72. Montana west of divide stays partly cloudy with widely scattered afternoon storms and highs 65 to 75. East of divide, Wednesday mainly cloudy with showers and storms, highs 75 to 85, cooler east portion but warmer northwest afternoon.
The 5,265 ton Hamonic burned at a Sarnia dock on Tuesday forcing about 350 passengers and crew to jump to safety. Over 150 injured from falls and burns as flames devastated 1,000 feet of nearby CN sheds and 12 loaded plus 21 empty freight cars. Harbor master George Andrew estimated total damage near 2 million dollars as the ship drifted as a smoking ruin along the St Clair river.
Australian ground forces push northeast from Balikpapan facing stubborn Japanese resistance as they push toward Samarinda along the main highway. Seppinggang airfield becomes a base for Allied bombers and fighters, while patrols probe Sambodja oil fields. In Luzon, Sixth Infantry division reports heavy fighting in Kiangan pocket with improvised weapons and mines found. 329 Japanese killed in 48 hours as PT boats sink four enemy boats at Makassar straits.
Washington officials confirmed that Gen Charles De Gaulle will visit the United States shortly after the Big Three meeting ends. An exact date is not fixed, though De Gaulle had accepted an invitation from President Truman weeks earlier.
The Office of Defense Transportation placed virtually all passenger coaches baggage and express cars in a common pool for armed services to call on. The move may reduce civilian rail service as troops redeploy from Europe to the Pacific and could lead to cancellations of regular passenger trains when needed.
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