Negotiations in China Deadlocked
In Nanking on July 14 Gen Chou En-lai accused government forces of aggression on four fronts involving over a million troops as peace talks with Gen Marshall remained stalemated. Marines abducted near Chinwantao sparked further tension amid reports of a Russian Mongolian pact affecting China’s back door.
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Nanking
China
Marshall
Chou En-lai
Peng Hsueh-pei
Yangtze
United States
Chinwantao
Manchuria
Manila
Russia
United Nations
Russian Officer Acquitted in Espionage Trial
A federal jury in Seattle acquitted Nicolai G. Redin, a 30-year-old Russian naval lieutenant, on five espionage charges after a 23-day trial. Arrested in Portland, he faced up to 20 years for conspiracy and 10 years on four espionage counts. He praised the fair trial and noted friendship between the nations.
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Seattle
Nicolai G. Redin
United States
Portland
Ore
FBI
Russia
Yellowstone
Redin
America
Galina
Lloyd Black
Black
Soviet Purchasing Commission
Herbert Kennedy
Kennedy
Montanan Given Life Sentence
Boyd Anderson of Cascade Mont pleaded guilty to first degree murder and received a life sentence at hard labor. The 21 year old shot Police Officer John Farris during a Jan 31 burglary attempt and was wounded in a police gun battle before his capture.
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Wallace
Idaho
Boyd Anderson
Cascade
Mont
Anderson
John Farris
Truman to vote in Missouri primary on Aug 6
President Truman will return to Missouri to vote in the state Democratic primary on August 6. He is expected to stay at his Independence home for several days.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Missouri
Independence
Two American Officers Missing in Berlin Russian Zone
The two officers Capt Harold Cobin and Second Lt George Wyatt disappeared July 4 in Berlin and the Russians say they cannot locate them in the Soviet zone. American and Russian authorities exchange assurances as three Soviet suspects in the US zone near Hof are released.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Berlin
Army
Harold Cobin
George Wyatt
George S. Eyster
United States
Hof
Cobin
Wyatt
Frank A. Keating
Alexander ® Kotikov
Eyster
New York
Oklahoma City
Oranienburg
Chetnik Leader Mihailovic Executed by Firing Squad
Gen Draja Mihailovic, 50, Chetnik leader, was executed by firing squad at dawn in Belgrade after a military court found him guilty of treason and collaboration with the Germans. Eight co-defendants were also put to death in the same private ceremony as authorities urged swift justice.
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Belgrade
Draja Mihailovic
Radoslav Rade Radic
Milos Glisch
Oskar Palovic
Zagreb
Dragi Yovanovic
Yanasje Dasa Dinic
Milan Nedic
Velibor Yonic
Nedic
Djuro Dokic
Commerce
Kosta Musicki
Peter
Queen Mary
Yugoslavia
Peter Zhivkovic
London
Mladen Jusevic
Paris
Mihailovic
Tito
Conferees Go to Mat on OPA Bill
Washington July 17 Conferees from the Senate and House pressed disputes over decontrol provisions in the OPA bill as the White House signaled continued displeasure. The War Reconversion Advisory board urged renew price controls for a year with simpler procedures and looser standards, while denying endorsement of the pending legislation. Taft resisted concessions, saying the President could veto if needed. The board members include Eric Johnson Ed O Neal Albert Goss James Patton William Green and Philip Murray warning abandonment of OPA could spark price rises before market forces resume.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
Truman
War Reconversion Advisory Board
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Eric Johnson
United States Chamber of Commerce
Ed O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Albert Goss
National Grange
James G. Patton
Farmers Union
William Green
Philip Murray
OPA
Typhoon Strands US Base in Pacific Coast
Typhoon isolates the Laog communications base in northern Luzon as scout planes are sent to assess damage. The storm, the season’s fiercest, disrupted lines and raised fears of casualties and crop losses in Ilocos Norte and surrounding provinces.
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Pacific
Manila
United States Army Air Corps
Laog
Luzon
Ilocos Norte
Cagayan Valley
Plane Crash in Ecuador Kills 32 Onboard
An Andesa airlines plane crashed while attempting to land at Cuenca killing 32 passengers and crew. Pilot Darwin Day of Yonkers and Co-Pilot Wayne Miller of Cheyenne died, along with 30 other Ecuadorian passengers. Neil Miller, 11, son of the co pilot, also perished.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Andesa Airlines
Cuenca
Darwin Day
Yonkers
N. Y
Wayne Miller
Cheyenne
Wyo
Neil Miller
Day
Miller
New York
Britain to Draw on Loan Fund for Food and Industry
Secretary Snyder announced an initial withdrawal of 300 million dollars from Britain's 3.75 billion loan. The funds will buy food to improve diets and likely support heavy industrial machinery. Britain can draw through 1951 with 50 years to repay at two percent interest.
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Washington
Great Britain
Snyder
London
Treasury
Canada
Silver Bow County primary results decide multiple races
Unofficial returns from Silver Bow County’s 63 precincts show party nominations for the November election and several incumbents defeated. Bob White beat Al McLeod for sheriff in a close race. John Malin won the Democratic sheriff nod. Other victors include James Freebourn for county attorney and Joe Sullivan for county commissioner. Incumbents ousted include O'Donnell and McLeod. renomination winners include Healy and McGrath among others. The canvass is tentatively set for next Monday.
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Silver Bow County
Robert
Bob) White
al McLeod
White
John Malin
Ralph Olsen
James
Jimmy) Freebourn
Nick Rotering
Justin Bourquin
Joe Sullivan
Joe F. O'Donnell
McLeod
O'Donnell
Justice of the
Rudolph J. Kline
South Butte Township
John T. Gardner
Jack Rowe
Thomas Mulcahy
Silver Bow Township
Eddie Mulholland
John (Packey) McCaughey
Mary Walsh
Emmett Lyons
Jack Healy
William Duckham
Loretta Sullivan
Addis A. McGrath
Joe Lester
Phemia McPhail
Harold Konen
James White
South Butte
Nominees Named for Silver Bow County Legislature
Voters in Silver Bow county chose Democratic and Republican nominees for eight seats in the state legislative assembly. Democratic leader Bob Dwyer, a World War II combat infantryman, led the Democratic slate with 8,209 votes in a 12‑man race. Republicans had six qualified candidates proceeding to the general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow County
Legislative Assembly
Robert G
Bob) Dwyer
Dwyer
Butte Weather Forecast: Thursday outlook and temps
Partly cloudy Thursday before noon with increasing clouds and thundershowers in the afternoon. Clearing near dark. School of Mines 78. airport 80 for next 24 hours. School of Mines 75/44. airport 77/44. West of divide partly cloudy with high 75 to 80. East of divide mostly fair with high 75 to 85.
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School of Mines
Divide
Americans Search Trieste Area for Ambushers After Soldier Killed
Six hundred American infantrymen comb Lago del Bardo district near Trieste seeking the attackers who killed a US Army driver and wounded another. A jeep crash wounded a second man and a lieutenant. The Fargo cruiser returned to provide support as the manhunt continued near the Gorizia Trieste highway two miles from Jamlje and near a Yugoslav partisan camp.
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Trieste
U.P
Lago del Bardo
United States Army
Fargo
Venice
Trieste Harbor
Gorizia-Trieste
Gorizia
Jamlje
13Th Corps
Zone A
Roxas threatens voiding land deal in Philippines
President Roxas warned he may void a land sale to U.S. interests led by Brig Gen Ernest Burt slated for redistribution to peasant tenants. Burt defended the two estates purchase totaling $3.125 million, saying the deal benefits the people, while Roxas accused speculators of driving unconsionable profits at public expense.
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Manila
Philippines
United States
Roxas
Ernest H. Burt
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
New Philippines Republic
Burt
Man Is Stabbed Seven Times in Lovers Quarrel
A 70-year-old man, Amos H. Manthei, was stabbed seven times by his 55-year-old partner Emma Genoff in Fond du Lac Wisconsin. Police described it as a lovers quarrel and arrested Genoff on charges of intent to do great bodily harm. Manthei was hospitalized after the knife attack following allegations of infidelity.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Emma Genoff
Amos H. Manthei
Manthei
Genoff
Pottery Worker Held in Slaying of Santa Fe Timekeeper
Martinez California July 17 A Contra Costa coroner jury charged George Damon Webb 41 a pottery worker from Oklahoma with the brutal bludgeon murder of Charles Edwin McDonald Santa Fe timekeeper on July 12. Webb a former family friend confessed he beat McDonald to death over love for Mrs McDonald and awaits trial in Martinez jail.
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Martinez
Calif
U.P
Contra Costa County
George Damon Webb
Oklahoma
Charles Edwin McDonald
Santa Fe
Webb
McDonald
Prices of Cattle Hit New High
Cattle prices reach new all time highs at Midwestern stockyards with Chicago steers at 26.35 per hundredweight and East St. Louis reports 26.50 as wholesale food prices rise. CIO auto workers hold mass meetings as labor strike spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iowa Fed
East St. Louis
George Eastwood
Armour and Company
Bevin Warns Iran Over Kazistan Disturbances
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the House of Commons Britain would hold Iran responsible for British lives and property in the Kazistan area after disturbances last Sunday that killed 17 people and left 150 injured.
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Britain
Iran
Kazistan
Senate approves Bear River compact legislation
The Senate on Wednesday passed legislation authorizing Utah Wyoming and Idaho to enter into a Bear River water compact and sent it to the White House for approval.
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Washington
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Senate
White House
Eisenhowers on Vacation in Wisconsin
The five Eisenhower brothers began the third day of their north woods vacation in Minocqua Wisconsin with a breakfast discussion of corn meal mush. General Ike Eisenhower was elected chef for the meal and he said he served corn meat mush, calling it passable but not as good as mothers cooking.
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Minocqua
Wis
Eisenhower
North Woods
Ike
Associated Press
Speed Record Set Between March Field and Omaha
The Twelfth Air Force announced that three P-80 jet fighters flew from March Field to Omaha in three hours two minutes. The 1,300 mile flight averaged 440 miles per hour, setting a speed record for the route.
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March Field
Calif
Twelfth Air Force
Omaha
Neb
Trial disruption halts Kilian case at Lichfield camp
The Kilian trial over alleged brutal prisoner treatment was interrupted by a near fist fight between opposing counsel in Nauheim on July 17. A heated exchange led to a court recess until July 29.
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Nauheim
James A. Kilian
Lichfield
Erickson defeats Wheeler for Montana Senate nomination
Helena report on July 17 notes Leif Erickson, 40, defeats incumbent Burton Wheeler in Montana Democratic primary with 47,828 votes to 41,912 as wards count across 1,018 of 1,156 precincts. Wheeler concedes, vows to uphold principles, while Erickson campaigns on MVA and support from CIO and James Roosevelt. The November race pits Erickson against Republican Zales Ecton.
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Helena
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Leif Erickson
Erickson
Wheeler
Supreme Court
Zales N. Ecton
Manhattan
R. E. Skeen
Billings
James Roosevelt
Missouri Valley Authority
Sam C. Ford
MVA
Roosevelt
Truman
Sidney
Butte
Butte Aldermen Approve Preliminary Budget For Next Year
The Butte city council adopted a preliminary budget totaling 810 302 58 for the coming fiscal year. General and protection funds rise to 328 663 16 with increases for fire and police equipment and election costs. Revenue from taxes licenses and fines is projected to cover outlays, leaving a small surplus in the general fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Kaehler Jr. Sentenced for Slaying Slone in Burlingame
Ronald F. Kaehler Jr., son of the San Francisco Stock Exchange president, was sentenced in Redwood City to one to ten years in San Quentin for fatally shooting Lloyd W. Slone, a Burlingame creamery worker, after a drinking bout. Judge Edmund Scott denied a new trial and arrest of judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood City
U.R
Ronald F. Kaehler, Jr
San Francisco Stock Exchange
San Quentin
Lloyd W. Slone
Burlingame
Edmund Scott
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Montanan
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George Palmer
Silver Bow
Ated Press
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Broadus
Walter L. Kugawa
New Jersey
Jack D. Klingman
Binghamton
William T. van Atten
New York City
351St Regiment
88Th Division
Udine
EL Cerrito
James N. Long
George Webb
Charles McDonald
Arthur Rundell
Rundel
Eisenhowers
Mansfield
Rankin
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