Stormy Debate Over Charter Divides Senate
A sharp Senate debate erupted on the United Nations Charter with officials like Senator Wheeler arguing for reluctant support while seeking limits on troop use. Connally Hatch and Pepper clashed over ratification terms and how troops would be pledged, signaling a fight over the master agreement and Security Council authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Wheeler
D-Mont
Connally
D-Tex
Barkley
D-Ky
Hatch
D-N. M
Pepper
D-Fla
Security Council
United States
John Foster Dulles
San Francisco
World Security Council
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lucas
D-Ill
Hill
D-Ala
Kelley to Deliver Talk at American Pioneer Trails Meet
The American Pioneer Trails association opens in Great Falls with Cornelius F. Kelley of Anaconda Mining named national chairman and keynote speaker. Induction into the Blackfeet tribe highlights the session as the program includes A Glimpse of Modern Montana and a Lewis and Clark pageant before moves to Helena and Three Forks for ceremonies.
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Norman B. Holter
Montana A. P.T. A. Council
Arthur Proctor
National Association
Great Falls
Montana
Montana Power Company
North Montana Fairgrounds
Helena
Montana Council
Gates of the Mountains
Merriwether Canyon
Three Forks
Wednesday Weather Outlook for Butte Montana
Generally fair Wednesday and night with scattered showers and thunderstorms in late afternoon and early evening. Warm conditions continue with a high near 86. Tuesday reached a high of 88 and a low of 52. Montana also reports a few scattered thunderstorms then fair skies and continued warmth.
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Butte
Montana
Big Three pause at Potsdam as British election decides unity
The Big Three will pause late Wednesday while Britain learns election results. Churchill Eden and Attlee will fly to London for July 5 balloting, with a return expected Friday at earliest. Truman and Stalin may confer on Russian American interests while awaiting Britain’s leadership decision.
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Truman
Stalin
Churchill
Eden
Daniel DE Luce
Potsdam
Britain
Clement Attlee
London
Attlee
Old Sol Fails to Set New High Temperature Record
The day saw a high of 88 degrees tying for the second highest mark of 1945 and three tenths off the record set Monday. The low near 6:30 p.m. was 52 degrees, the second highest minimum of the year. Forecasters expect continued warmth with generally fair skies and possible Jupiter Pluvius showers.
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Sol
Mercury
Jupiter Pluvius
Secret reveals in trial of Marshal Petain cross fire
Paris dispatch reports former French premier Paul Reynaud testifies that in May 1940 France and Britain discussed selling Italy territorial rights in Africa to keep Mussolini out of the war. He says he proposed the idea to Britain but opposed it, Churchill blocked it. Edouard Daladier also testifies as Petain faces treason charges in a crowded court.
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Paris
Marshal Petain
Paul Reynaud
France
Britain
Mussolini
Italy
Africa
Reynaud
Churchill
Germany
Edouard Daladier
Petain
Marshal
Vichy
Leopold
Roosevelt
America
Halt Planned for B 17 Bomber Production by Army Orders
Washington July 24 Army Air forces ordered all production stopped on the B 17 bomber after building a fleet sufficient for all foreseeable needs against Japan. Lt Gen Ira C Baker said cancellations total 44 300 airplanes since V E day saving 7 600 000 000 dollars in appropriations through 1946. Eaker noted no plans to boost B 29 production as losses have been fewer than expected and B 24 production ends recently.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Japan
Ira C. Baker
Air Force
Eaker
Baker
Army
Morgenthau Urges Unified Policy Control for All Government Spending
Former Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr retired and told reporters that Congress should grant the successor full policy control over spending lending and insuring by government agencies. He said no single watchdog exists under the current setup and noted he had urged this to President Truman earlier.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
The
Treasury
Truman
Morgenthau
New York
Mr. Truman
Pfc Herbert C Brown Dies in Action in Germany
Pvt. Herbert C. Brown 25 son of Mr and Mrs Carl F Brown 1832 Whitman was killed in action in Germany on February 25, as reported by the War Department. Parents received the telegram Saturday. Continued on Page 6 Col 5.
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Herbert C. Brown
Carl F. Brown
Whitman
Germany
War Department
Pvt. Brown
Shanghai Port Suffered Heavily in Allied Air Raid
Allied air forces struck Shanghai and Kiangwan Tachang and Tinghai airfields sinking or damaging 13 ships and destroying or damaging numerous aircraft. Gen. MacArthur announced 27,000 tons sunk or damaged including transports and freighters. Fourteenth air group planes attacked from Okinawa amid clear weather.
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Manila
Far East Air Force
Shanghai
MacArthur
Tokyo
Fifth
Seventh Air Forces
Okinawa
Kiangwan
Tachang
Tinghai
United States
Whangpoo River
Shanghai Bund
Seventh Air Force
Work Stoppage Nearing End
The reopening of 200 lumber yards in the Detroit area on Tuesday moved toward ending a work stoppage that left more than 10 000 workers idle since July 19. A walkout of about 5 000 at Wright Aeronautical Wood-Ridge plant halted B 29 engine production. Across the country 34 000 toilets remained idle. The Carpenters District Council demands for a closed shop and foremen unionization led to yard closures in Wayne Macomb and Oakland counties, described by a dealer as management's strike against workers.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Wood-Ridge
N. J
Carpenters’ District Council
Wayne
Macomb
Oakland
Planes damage Japanese ships at Kure and Takamatsu
American carrier planes hurt six warships at Kure in the Inland Sea including two Ise class battleships converted to runways and a large carrier. British carrier pilots hit an escort carrier and merchant shipping north of Takamatsu. Heavily damaged ships include Tone Oyodo and Aoba. Kushimoto area bombardment supported by Third Fleet ships sank a small lookout craft.
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Guam
Japan
Great Kure
Takamatsu
Shikoku Island
Nimitz
Heavies
J. C. Jones, Jr
Amer
Pacific Fleet Opens New Warfare Phase
Admiral William F. Halsey announced from off Japan that the Pacific fleet has entered a new phase of naval warfare. Carrier planes resumed attacks on Kobe and Kure as the campaign targets Leyte Gulf, with Halsey declaring Japan beaten and calling for pursuit inland if possible. He praised naval fire for damaging northern steel plants and shipping while criticizing Japan’s remaining forces.
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San Francisco
William F. Halsey
Japan
Halsey
American Broadcasting Co
Kobe-Kure
Leyte Gulf
Volunteers for Drive Need Help Loading Waste Paper
A community wide waste paper and rags drive appeals to men and boys to assist in loading trucks and cars this weekend. Mrs Edward P Shea of Camp Fire Girls and Mrs E T Kallgren of the Girl Scouts cochairmen urge helpers to report Sunday 9 to 12 at the Chamber of Commerce office after leaving names by calling 6580. Committees oversee the drive which opens Saturday.
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Edward P. Shea
E. T. Kallgren
Girl Scouts
Chamber of Commerce
West Broadway
Not Illegal but Costly
A Hastings scene reports a soldier smashing car windows after a car fails to start. Police concluded the act was not illegal and left after questioning, noting the soldier owned the vehicle and was punishing it for not starting.
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Hastings
Neb
Halsey’s Third Fleet Sinks and Damages Japanese Warships
In a July sweep, Adm. William F. Halsey’s Third Fleet reports sinking or damaging 21 Japanese warships. Action includes July 14–15 near Hokkaido Honshu sinking one destroyer and two escorts, July 18 near Yokosuka Tokyo sinking a destroyer and a damaged Nagato battleship, and July 24 in Kure inland sea damaging Ise Hyuga Tone Aoba Oyda and carriers.
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Guam
William F. Halsey
Hokkaido-Honshu
Yokosuka
Tokyo
Nagato
Kure
Inland Sea
Ise
Hyuga
Tone
Aoba
Oyda
Government outlines program to remove price controls on minor commodities
The government announced a plan to lift price ceilings on certain minor commodities to speed reconversion from war to peace production. The directive, effective July 28, allows OPA to suspend controls when it won t raise prices and when the item does not significantly affect cost of living or poses administrative advantages, with several conditions and a trial period. Potential items include scrap aluminum, costume jewelry, fur coats, and some liquors excluding whiskey.
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Washington
Office of Economic Stabilization
OPA
Chester Bowles
William H. Davis
Offensive Is Launched by Jap Units
Japanese troops in Hunan province advanced east of Liling and to the outskirts of Liuyang as part of a drive to widen the north south corridor. Chinese troops battled near Liu Yang and Liuyang and moved to encircle Kweilin while pressing toward Lingchamn on the Kweilin Hengyang railway. Chinese forces also advanced southwest of Kweilin reaching Liankiang and a Japanese force seized Wanan in Kiangsi about 120 miles southeast of Liling.
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Chungking
Hunan
Liling
Liguang
Liuyang
Changsha
Kweilin
Kwangsi Province
China
Changshan
Kwangsi
Liling-Liuyang
Lingchamn
Kweilin-Hengyang
Chiang Kai-shek
Paishou
Liankiang
Kiangsi
Wanan
Broadcasters in Tokyo Work Hard
Tokyo radio reported US air raids against Japan and described Washington seeking a quick finish to the war to prevent Soviet dominance. Domei agency said the U S fears losing power if the war drags on and Japan is kept from a prolonged fight in Asia.
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San Francisco
United States
Japan
Soviet Russia
Radio Tokyo
Shanghai
China
Tokyo
Hirohito
Domei
Soviet Union
Italian Prisoners Attend Dances Hostesses Object
Two U S O junior hostesses Maisie Palmer and Patsy Reno objected to instructions to dance with Italian service troops during a Camp Roberts visit. Regional Director Ruth Cowan said they were not required to attend or dance with Italians and could have avoided the trip.
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Hollywood
WUP
Camp Roberts
Calif
Ruth Cowan
Maisie Palmer
Patsy Reno
Santa Monica
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Hakodate
Hokkaido
Aomori
C. F. Kelley
Von
By Belman Morin
Pfc
H. C. Brown
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Lumber Yards
Pacific Fleet
George Wang
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