Rebirth of OPA Seen With Weakened Powers
A compromised bill signals a forthcoming revival of price controls with limited powers. A three man board could reimpose ceilings on meats dairy grains and related foods by August 20 or earlier on select items while meat and other food controls remain undecided.
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Francis M. LE
Washington
OPA
Truman
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
House
Senate
Paul Porter
House Senate
Control Board
Senator Ferguson seeks more diplomatic facts on Pearl Harbor report
Senator Ferguson says the State department should add diplomatic facts to Congress findings on Pearl Harbor. He notes the six month hearing reached its limit and criticizes the handling of Roosevelt's correspondence by Grace Tully. The minority argues core questions were left unexplored.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
State Department
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Joint Committee
Michigan Republican
Congressional
Grace Tully
Roosevelt
Brewster
ReMe
Division of Palestine Studied by British American Experts
British and American experts in London reportedly consider dividing Palestine into Arab and Jewish communities with a central administration. A federal system akin to India’s proposed settlement draws broad support, while officials remain silent on progress.
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London
Palestine
India
Sunday Times
Sunday Observer
Russia Veto Stand Confirmed in Security Council Debate
Soviet circles emphasized a firm stance that the UN Charter requires unanimity among the big powers on substance and that the veto must remain unchanged. Russia notes Article 27 allows veto on substantive matters, with five permanent members needing agreement, and cites past veto usage since January. The article also mentions upcoming Security Council sessions to consider four admissions: Albania, Mongolia, Afghanistan, and Transjordan.
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New York
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Herbert V. Evatt
Evatt
U. N
U. N. General Assembly
Rellapie
San Francisco
Security Council
Council
France
China
Britain
United States
London
United Nations
Albania
Mongolian People's Republican
Outer Mongolia
Afghanistan
Transjordan
Latimer of Butte Is Trapshoot Champ
Gardiner Montana July 21 Joe Latimer Butte won the 52nd Montana state trapshoot championship with a 24 in a 25 third shootoff after tying with H L Peterson Dillon and Barney Larson Anaconda at 195 More than 400 from 40 states participated Dr W E Grimms Spokane also 195 but ineligible for state title Eric Pengelly Butte scored 194
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Eric Pengelly
Butte
Flow of Grain Is Retarded In Kansas
Kansas farmers face slower grain movement as prices fall and boxcar shortages limit shipments. Much wheat is stored on farms or ground with some spoilage, while observers expect farmers to hold for higher prices. No. 2 dark hard wheat traded at 1.94 to 2.08 on the Kansas City market last week, down from a 2.12 peak after the July 1 price shift.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Joe Fleming
Hutchinson
Gano
Fleming
Hutchinson Terminal
B. K. Smoot
Smoot Grain Company
Tom Moe
Shellabarger
Salina
Colorado
Moe
Okla
Court Ends $30,000 Joke Inheritance Contest
In Huron South Dakota Judge R M Russell invalidates the will of Clarence Richardson 55 an eccentric declaring the contest to define joke invalid. The memo notes Richardson was not mentally competent when he made the will which offered to award his estate to the best definition of the word joke and drew about 7000 hopefuls.
China Unite or War Looms as Arms Cut Debate
U.S. officials weighed halting lend-lease arms to Chiang Kai shek to pressure a Nationalist strategi for unity with the Communists. Chiang reportedly favored a peace formula, but Gen. Marshall would reject any deal and stay active. The Nationalists have received over 1.5 billion in aid, with the Communists armed by Japanese and Soviet leftovers.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
China
United States
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang
George C. Marshall
Truman
Marshall
Manchuria
Producer Facing Homicide Charge
George White, 56, producer of George White's Scandals, is charged with negligent homicide and hit-run after an accident killed Claude McLester Lee and Leona Ann Osborne Lee. White posted $2,000 bail and is set for arraignment at 10 a.m. Monday at Beverly Hills. The victims were a Santa Ana resident and his 18-year-old bride.
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San Diego
Calif
George White
Broadway
Hollywood
A. F. Molina
White
Beverly-Wilshire
Beverly Hills
Claude McLester Lee
Parton Street
Santa Ana
Leona Ann Osborne Lee
Lee
War Assets Administration to auction $5 million in Navy surplus
Sale scheduled at Velox Naval supply depot in Spokane Washington Monday will auction more than 5 million dollars worth of surplus naval material and goods as part of War Assets Administration disposal efforts.
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Spokane
Wash
U?p
Velox Naval Supply Depot
War Assets Administration
Montana Weather Sightings and Butte Forecast Update
Butte: clear to partly cloudy Monday and Monday night with continued warmth. Next four hours expected to reach 99 degrees. airport readings show 92 high and 50 low. Montana: fair, little temperature change, becoming partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms Monday afternoon and evening. highs range 80 to 90 with light to moderate westerly winds.
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Montana
Polish wartime figure Greiser is executed in Poznan
Arthur Greiser former Nazi gauleiter of Danzig was hanged at dawn in the Poznan citadel after a public trial. The 49 year old, known as the Polish butcher and hangman, witnessed by thousands, failed to halt his death sentence. He had helped plot the 1939 invasion of Poland.
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London
U.P
Arthur Greiser
Danzig
Poznan
Warsaw
Wartheland
Greiser
Pius XII
Poland
Mazi Party
Hitler
42Nd Rainbow Division
Butte Legion Juniors Triumph Over Missoula 8 to 5
Butte Legion Juniors defeated Missoula 8 to 5 as Harry Farons hit two home runs with a man aboard and added a double. Missoula led 5 at one point but Butte rallied to seal the win and advance to the state semifinals against Helena.
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Missoula
Butte Legion Juniors
Harry Farons
Butte
Ed Gerry
Batte
Helena
Missoula Legion Juniors
Bill Kattelas
Steve
Weather Summary for Period Ending July 21
U S Weather Bureau reports no precipitation up to 6 30 p m July 21 and none in the past 24 hours. The period shows dry conditions with no rain recorded.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Hughes Condition Improves After Air Crash
Howard Hughes, plane builder and film producer, shows noticeable improvement, Dr Verne Mason reports. A second removal of fluid from Hughes lung was postponed as he slowly recovers from injuries from the July 7 test flight crash.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Verne Mason
Hughes
Mason
Butte among Montana's Coolest Cities in Heat Wave
Butte reported 92 degrees tying for coolest in the Treasure State as residents sought relief in mountains and Columbia Gardens. Records show 92 rare since 1900 with all time high 100 degrees on July 22 1931. Havre Missoula peaked 99 elsewhere.
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Butte
Columbia Gardens
Montana
Havre
Missoula
Custer
Helena
Whitehall
Billings
West Yellowstone
Broadus
Ideal Weather Forecast Across Nation This Week
The heat wave is ending as forecast for the next two days calls for ideal summer weather nationwide. Chicago reports the hot humid weekend moved offshore with clear skies and light winds expected Monday for most areas. A low pressure area east of the Rockies could raise temperatures slightly, but highs should be in the low 80s in the north and up to 90s in the south. a return to normal, with only scattered showers, dominates the maps. New York near 92 Saturday dropped to the 60s Sunday.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Atlantic
Rocky Mountains
New York
North Central
West Central
Reich Industrial Capacity Boost Possible
Gen. Jos eph T. McNarney, American military governor in Germany, said eastern western allies may allow higher industrial capacity in the Reich. He floated a future merged western zones self sufficiency possibly by 1948 or 1949, and noted reparations shipments would stay frozen until the zone is appraised. He also urged unification to head off economic paralysis and said the US is ready for economic agreements with occupiers.
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Berlin
U.P
Joseph T. McNarney
Germany
McNarney
Allied Control Council
McNerney
Control Council
James F. Byrnes
Foreign Ministers
United States
Heirens Agrees to Aid Science
William Heirens, 17, who has admitted three slayings, is willing to cooperate with scientists in a study of his alleged dual personality. A conference at the county jail is set to begin a detailed confession, in exchange for a life sentence instead of the electric chair. If spared, Heirens would work with psychiatrists to explore his mind and background.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Suzanne Deznan
University of Chicago
Heirens
Hurts Are Fatal to Ranch Worker
July 21 Dillon Montana. Frank Wallace 66 a Beaverhead valley ranch worker died Sunday in Barrett hospital from injuries from a fall Friday evening from a hay rake. He worked at the Berg Christensen ranch west of Dillon. Wallace a Montana native of Indian extraction had no known relatives. Body at Brundage Funeral home. No inquest planned.
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Dillon
Frank Wallace
Beaverhead
Barrett Hospital
Berg Christensen
Wallace
Montana
Brundage Puneral
Bolivian Revolution Tops Villarroel Regime
Bolivian revolutionary forces capture La Paz after three days of street fighting and hang President Villarroel’s body twice from lamp posts. Militants form an institutional government as army units join the revolutionaries and release political prisoners. Nestor Guillen named among new government members.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Villarroe
Villarroel
Luis Uria
Villaroel
Revolutionary
Nestor Guillen
la Pa
Search Made for Crash Victims
UPI Army and Navy planes and surface craft searched Sunday for 15 missing crew members of two B 17 Flying Fortresses that collided and crashed into the sea off Coiba island. Names announced include Maj Leonard N Campbell and Maj Harold L Chrisman.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
UPI
Army
Coiba Island
Leonard N. Campbell
Pleasant St
Roseville
Calif
Harold L. Chrisman
Deneton
Texas
Harold M. Parsons
Hannie Bal
Santa Clara
Rio Hato Air Base
Coco Solo
Panama
Taboga Island
High Temperature Blamed for Blast near Cascade Mill
An Oregon heat wave preceded a wood dust explosion at the Cascade plywood mill near Lebanon. Michael Evancho, 38, Sweethome, was killed after being thrown 40 feet from a dust bin. Al Klavage, 42, Lebanon, was burned and fractured while helping fight the blaze. No other deaths were attributed to the heat wave.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Cascade Plywood
Lebanon
A. E. Anderson
Michael Evancho
Sweethome
Evancho
al Klavage
Anderson
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