Petain Goes on Trial for His Life in Paris Court
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, 89, began his trial facing a packed, noisy courtroom and defiant statements defending his actions during the 1940 armistice. Prosecutors including Paul Reynaud accused him of betraying France, while Petain claimed he sacrificed prestige to shield the nation as witnesses, about to testify, are called.
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Paris
Henri Philippe Petain
France
Vichy
Germany
Petain
High Court of Justice
Paul Reynaud
Britain
Reynaud
Maxime Weygand
North
Africa
Paul Mongibeaux
Edouard Herriot
Albert Lebrun
Butte School Budgets Adopted With Pension Levies
Butte elementary and high school budgets totaling 853 415.59 were approved amid calls to establish special tax levies for teacher retirement funds. The plan proposes a 1 mill levy for elementary schools and 1.25 mill for Butte High, aiding pensions as receipts are expected to fall. Grants to redeem warrants were approved for 2060.40 for the high school and 30951.39 for elementary schools.
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Butte
Board of Budget Supervisors
Butte High School
Butte School Board
Parental Command Drives Girl to Death at Golden Gate
Five year old Marilyn Dement followed a parental order to commit suicide by leaping from the 220 foot Golden Gate bridge on Monday. Seconds later her father August C. Demont, 37, jumped to his death. A note left blamed no one but stated that they had "committed death by own action" as witnesses recalled the shocking act.
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San Francisco
Marilyn Dement
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco Bay
Pacific
August C. Demont
Mass German raid nets 80000 arrests in U S zone
In the largest raid to date, about 500000 American troops searched every house in the U S zone of Germany over the weekend. They seized weapons and loot, arresting 80000 people including many SS men. two attempted escapes and one death occurred during the operation led by Brig. Gen. Edwin L. Sibert.
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James F. King
Frankfurt
the Main
U. S
Germany
Edwin L. Sibert
Vinyard Haven
Mass
G-2
U.S
Sibert
Colorado Restaurants Move to Close in Protest
Rex Reese a Denver leader of the Colorado Restaurant Association said the group will vote Thursday on a proposal to close statewide for one to two weeks in protest of OPA red point reductions. About 100 restaurants in Colorado's major cities are affiliated with the association.
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Denver
Rex Reese
Colorado Restaurant Association
OPA
Red Point
Colorado
Reese
Seven Escape From Paris Palace of Justice
Paris July 23. The Palace of Justice has been guarded by 600 gendarmes in anticipation of Marshal Petain’s trial. On Sunday night seven prisoners escaped from the building by crawling out the central heating chimney.
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Paris
U.P
Paris Palace of Justice
Henry Philippe Petain
Fourteen Jap Vessels Sunk by Yanks
Manila reports Gen. MacArthur stating that air forces sunk fourteen Japanese ships and small craft over the weekend. Tokyo claimed Shanghai was pounded by over 100 bombers. long range Liberators and 13th Air Force strikes hit watercraft around the China coast Formosa Indo China and Borneo.
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Manila
Gen. MacArthur
Tokyo
Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Seventh Fleet
13Th Air Force
China Coast
Formosa
Indo- China
Borneo
Gulf of Siam
Navy
Hatien Harbor
13Th Air Force Liberators
Liberators
Hong Kong
Thousands Battle Forest Fires Across Pacific Northwest
United Press reports crews fought wildfires across Oregon Washington and Idaho as weekend rain faded and sun dried fuels. Nearly 100000 acres burned with the Tillamook burn area and fires near Portland and the coast drawing the largest losses.
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United Press
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Portland
Oregon Coast
timber-Cochran
Polk County
Big Canyon Creek
Little Minam River
Baker
Ore
North River
Alva Watson
Pomeroy
Wash
Dayton
Kellogg
Shoshone
Mercury Reaches New Season High in Butte
The temperature rose to a new yearly high in Butte on Monday, surpassing 88 degrees after a three-tenths increase from Saturday. The 3:30 pm peak followed by cool breezes kept the uptown area comfortable. A 88 degree high was forecast for Tuesday, with Monday’s low at 44 degrees before sunrise.
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The
Mercury
Butte
Uptown
Delegates Track Pacific War Developments at Potsdam
American delegates to the Big Three conference monitor Pacific war news via hourly Japanese broadcasts and White House reports. President Truman consults with chiefs of staff as informants note no new details from the guarded Potsdam compound while Churchill hosts a state dinner for Truman and Stalin.
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Berlin
U.P
Japan
White House
Truman
Fighting Service
Potsdam
Whiite House
Big Three
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Safeguards Urged to Halt Gas Coupon Thefts
The OPA urged all safeguards to curb gasoline coupon thefts from service stations noting a rise in incidents. It said organized racketeers who created counterfeit coupons now steal valid currency and sell coupons to black market operators.
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Washington
OPA
Connally urges ratification as League past slaughter cited
Senator Tom Connally, opening debate on ratification of the U N Charter, claimed the League of Nations was slaughtered in the Senate and urged a decisive vote showing U S backing for the world organization. Senator Vandenberg supported the Charter as hopeful for mankind.
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League of Nations
Senate
Connally
Washington
Tom Connally
United States Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
Sen. Vandenberg
Rmich
Vandenberg
U. S
Con
Truman Wins an Important Point in Meeting
New York July 23 Reporter Roy Porter said part of the American delegation has left Potsdam and another leg will take them to a new destination. Officials say Truman won aims at the Big Three conference and earned Russian concessions during seven days of talks.
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New York
Roy Porter
National Broadcasting Company
Berlin
Germany
Porter
Potsdam
Washington
Truman
Stalin
U.S
Japs Setting Em Up B 29s Knock Em Down
Recent Superfortress raids on Honshu cities Sakai and Wakayama destroyed large portions of their built up areas. Reconnaissance photos show Sakai 42 percent and Wakayama 52 percent destroyed. Nippon oil refinery and tank farm at Amagasaki also damaged with multiple tanks affected.
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Guam
Sakai
Wakayama
Honshu
Amagasaki
Butte Forecast Calls For Warm Weather Tuesday
The outlook shows continued warm conditions with thunderstorms in Montana later Tuesday. Highs near 89 Tuesday with a low around 44 at 7 am and a high near 88.3 by mid afternoon.
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Butte
Montana
Army Blamed in Transport Troop Movement Delay
Col J Monroe Johnson, transportation chief, told Congress the Army kept him dark on redeploy plans and is overloading railroads. He testified that about 60 troop trains run daily, rising toward 100, reducing freight capacity and forcing a decision on prioritizing movements.
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Washington
Col
J. Monroe Johnson
Congress
Army
Office of Defense Transportation Director
Senate War Investigating Committee
Europe
Johnson
Nane
Japanese Force Attacked by Allies in Burma Pegu Pocket
Five thousand Japanese troops ringed by Allied forces in the Pegu area of southern Burma have suffered more than 500 killed in initial breakout attempts toward the Sittang river. The Southeast Asia command said the Japanese pressed attacks on the cordon but few penetrated eastward toward the Mandalay Rangoon road.
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Calcutta
Pegu
Burma
Sittang River
Southeast Asia Command
Mandalay Rangoon
Sittang
Carrier Planes Hit Kure and Nagato Area in Heavy Assault
U S third fleet carrier aircraft attacked the Japanese naval base at Kure in western Honshu as part of a large daylight strike described by Admiral Nimitz as a great strength operation. The U S forces previously damaged the battleship Nagato and sunk twelve ships at Yokosuka.
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Kure
Guam
U. S
Japan
Nagato
Yokosuka
Chester W. Nimitz
Honshu
Nimitz
Paramushiro
Kurile Islands
Aleutian
Ninth Fleet
Adm
Frank Jack Fletcher
China
Chekiang Province
Shanghai
Fleet Air Wing One
Korea
Chinese Tighten Stranglehold Near Kweilin Amid Advances
Chinese forces recaptured three rubble towns guarding Kweilin and closed on the city with three air strips. A Chinese column neared a former U. S. airfield near Yangse as Chiang Kai-shek’s troops attacked Swatow’s rear to disrupt a coastal corridor toward Amoy. high command said Monday.
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Chungking
Kweilin
U.S. 14Th Air Force
Yangse
China
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Swatow
Amoy
Japan
Paishou
Ining
Chaihsu
OPA Set to Cut Meat Ration Points for August
The Office of Price Administration plans to reduce beef veal and lamb points for the August ration period as improved civilian meat supplies and signs of early autumn gains emerge. Reductions of one to two points per pound on beef cuts are expected July 29 with lamb and veal down as well. Pork will likely be omitted due to slow hog marketing.
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Washington
OPA
Truman Urged to Define Japan Surrender Terms
Senator Wherry said a high military source informed him a communication to President Truman urged ending Pacific fighting by detailing surrender terms. The plan reportedly would strip Japan of conquests and destroy aggression while keeping the emperor on the throne and avoiding occupation of Japan proper.
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Washington
Wherry
R-Neb
Truman
Pacific
Japan
Senate
Idle workers drop nationwide as return-to-work spreads
Across six cities stop pages ended for more than 11 000 workers Monday, dropping the national idle total to 46 000 the lowest in over a week. Largest return was 4500 Wright Aeronautical workers in Cincinnati after a foremen walkout last week tied up B 29 engine production.
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Associated Press
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Cincinnati
Foremen's Association of America
National Labor Relations Board
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