Decontrol Board likely to win Senate confirmation soon
Senate action on President Truman’s Price Decontrol Board nominations was expected within days to allow early hearings on whether key foods should stay free of or under price ceilings. The three nominees Roy L. Thompson George H. Mead and Daniel W. Bell would serve in $12 000 a year posts as the board prepares to rule by August 20 on reimposing controls across meats dairy grains cottonseed and soybeans and related products.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Radcliffe
Roy L. Thompson
Federal Land Bank of
New Orleans
George H. Mead
Mead Paper and Pulp Co
Dayton
Ohio
War Labor Board
Daniel W. Bell
The
Treasury
Retriever Trials Attract Crowd
G A Bertsch of Glasgow and his trained dogs swept first in open all age novice and puppy stakes at the Butte Anglers club retriever trials at Palmer's lake Elk Park. About 1500 Montana dog enthusiasts watched the kennel division events under American Kennel Club sanction.
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G. A. Bertsch
Glasgow
Butte Anglers Club
Palmer's Lake
Elk Park
Montana
American Kennel Club
Covered Wagon Trip By Couple Echoes Old West
Johnnie Light, 66, and Minnie Light, 58, completed a 2500 mile journey from Corpus Christi, Texas to Dayton Washington in six months. They describe the trek as exhausting yet worth the effort while noting their mules Mike and Kate endured the trip for 11 years.
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Dayton
Wash
Johnnie Light
Minnie
Corpus Christi
Texas
Mike
Kate
Portland Woman Blown Up In Suspected Booby Trap
In Portland Oregon Mrs Fern Bowden 47 a mother of two was killed in her basement by a blast believed to be from a booby trap. Her husband James W Bowden a World War II veteran was detained on tentative charges of illegally possessing explosives. Police found body parts scattered from a fiber suitcase. The couple had two teen daughters Shirley 17 and Doris 13 who were not home at the time. The aftermath prompted a district investigation as neighbors reported the explosion late Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
U.P
Fern Bowden
James W
Bowden
Newport
Shirley
Commission May Make 2 Reports On Atomic Energy Reports
A United States delegate to the United Nations atomic energy commission said the panel may issue both majority and minority reports to the Security Council and General Assembly. He predicted a 10 to 2 split with Russia and Poland in the minority and that at least one report would reach the General Assembly this fall. Gromyko stated Russia will not endorse the main US plan and urged an international convention banning atomic weapons with strict enforcement.
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New York
United States
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
United Nations Security Council
General Assembly
Russia
Poland
Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Educational program plans announced by Eisenhower Foundation
The National Eisenhower Foundation said educational leaders are developing plans for a democracy and citizenship program. The foundation, started by citizens of Abilene Kansas, honors General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Washington
National Eisenhower Foundation
Abilene
Kan
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman's Batting Average Is Low in Congress
Washington dispatch reports the second session of the 79th Congress largely failed to meet the presidents requests with at least 15 rebuffed proposals. Eight measures passed include a British loan atomic energy control pay raises and war surplus disposal. Additional admin goals were only partially met with continued debates on draft full employment and pay raises.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Married Girl Beaten to Death Near Newark
A 17 year old married girl, Thelma Anderson of Newark, was found beaten to death early Sunday along the Baltimore and Ohio tracks. Identified by her parents, the victim had recently married Charles Anderson in Greenup Kentucky but never lived with him. annulment was filed.
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Newark
Ohio
Thelma Anderson
James Wilson
William Harger
Sfire
Gail Christian
Charles Anderson
Anderson
Greenup
Truman's decontrol board chief plans off the record meeting
Roy S. Thompson, President Truman's pick for chairman of the new OPA decontrol board, said at his summer home in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, that he plans to call an off the record meeting of the board in Washington on Tuesday.
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Bay ST. Louis
Miss
Roy S. Thompson
Truman
OPA
Washington
Nationalists Push Red Forces Back Near Nanking
Central government troops report sweeping Communist forces south of the Lunghai railway. They say they captured Tienchang, 47 miles northeast of Nanking, boosting a westward push toward Huaiyin while warning of a new threat to the Peiping Mukden railway.
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Nanking
China
U.P
Lunghan Railway
Communist
Central
United States
Central Army
Tienchang
Lunghai
Huaiyin
Kiangsu
Peiping-Mukden
Huiayin
Kanchuansha
Yangchow
Yangchow- Taihsien
Hsuchow
Giant Rockets for Upper Atmosphere Tests by Air Forces
Washington reports the Army Air Forces will order 100 giant rockets to study upper atmosphere conditions and cosmic rays. The project aims at scientific data rather than weapons, with costs around 2 million dollars and readiness by next fall. Maj. Gen. LeMay notes space vehicle and guided missile potential, funded in wartime research allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Air Forces
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Forces Research Director
Bevin Improves Slightly Amid Peace Conference Duties
London July 28 Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin was a little better Sunday the foreign office reported Bevin fell ill Saturday and Prime Minister Attlee replaced him as head of Britain's peace conference delegation
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London
Ernest Bevin
Foreign Office
Bevin
Attlee
Britain
World Food Supply Forecast Low for 1946 47 Crop Year
The Agriculture Department warned of a tight world food supply for 1946 47 with larger crops offset by reduced carryovers. The Far East is flagged as the darkest spot with expected deaths before the fall rice harvest. Wheat near prewar averages, near record North American crops, and European gains are noted, while fats oils and meats face shortages.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Far East
North America
Europe
North Africa
Turkey
United States
Japan
Soviet Union
Francis B. Ogden Battles Coal Fire at Sea
Members of the Francis B. Ogden crew fought a smouldering coal fire in the ship's hold on Sunday night. The 17 247 ton Liberty ship was en route to Antwerp when the blaze broke out aboard at sea.
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Deal
England
Francis B. Ogden
Antwerp
Weather Outlook for Butte and Surroundings
Partly cloudy Monday and Monday night with cooler in parts. Forecast high near 80 at the School of Mines and Airport in the next 24 hours. Airport readings show 88 maximum and 47 minimum in the last 24 hours. West of divide expected fair and warmer 88 to 96. East of divide fair and slightly cooler 82 to 90.
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School of Mines and Airport
Divide
Relatives Fail to Attend Rites in Monroe Lynching Case
In Monroe Georgia relatives of two of the four Negroes killed by a white mob failed to attend funeral services, with officials and observers calling the absence due to fear. Dorsey and Malcolm families sent few representatives as over 100 Black mourners gathered while Mae Dorsey’s service proceeded later in the day. The mob lynching is linked to an alleged stabbing of former employer Barnet Hester Jr., who remained hospitalized and expected to recover.
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Monroe
J. Loy Harrison
D. W. Young
Harrison
George Dorsey
Rogers Malcolm
Young
Robert Elder
Dorsey
Mae M. Dorsey
Malcolm
Barney Hester, Jr
Hester
Soviet Navy Day Address Emphasizes Strength and Training
Moscow radio quoted Fleet Adm Nikolai Kuznetzov urging constant strengthening of Soviet military might as a key task. He highlighted training of personnel in the navy. The broadcast described sea battles and naval landings at fortified beaches to mark the day.
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London
Moscow Radio
Fleet Adm
Nikolai G. Kuznetzov
War Crimes Death Toll Estimated at 142076
Assistant Secretary Howard Petersen of the War department reported a new estimate of war crime deaths totaling 142,076 Americans and Filipinos. Most victims died in the Pacific theater with 131,028, including 91,184 Filipino civilians. The breakdown lists 23,039 US armed forces, 27,258 Philippine forces, 595 US civilians, and 91,184 Filipino civilians.
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Washington
Howard G. Peterser
War Department
Pacific Theater
United States Armed Forces
Philippine Armed Forces
United States
Pacific
China
India-Burma
Mediterranean
Axis
Yugoslavia
Rape Loot Murder Allegations From Nanking 1937
American witness at the International Military Tribunal recounts Japanese forces killing about 12 000 civilians in Nanking after the 1937 capture. He testifies that 30 000 Chinese were buried in graves, and describes mass shootings and rapes by Japanese soldiers with several prevented by his own actions.
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Tokyo
International Military Tribunal
Nanking
Miner S. Bates
University of Nanking
Japan
Bates
International Safety Zone Committee
Franco designates nine Spanish customs airfields
Madrid July 28 reports Generalissimo Franco issued a decree implementing the first four freedoms of the air for Spain and designated nine customs airports. The noted airports are Madrid Barcelona Seville Valencia Las Palmas Tenerife Malaga Tetuan and Melilla.
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Madrid
Generalissimo
Franco
Spain
Chicago
Barcelona
Seville
Valencia
Las Palmas Tenerife
Malaga
Tetuan
Melilla
Deputies Deadlocked on Pact Details at Paris Conference
Paris July 28 Secretary of State Byrnes urged hearings for former enemy states at the 21 nation peace talks starting Monday. Deputies from the United States Soviet Union Britain and France clashed over treaty details and publication of drafts, sending copies to five former belligerents while delaying public release.
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Paris
Byrnes
Washington
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Atomic Power for Warships Seen
Navy ship designer Admiral Edward L. Cochrane said atomic energy could power warships within five years with hulls redesigned to resist atomic blasts. After Bikini Atoll tests, he noted ships would be more bomb resistant as plans to tow and sink Nagato unfold amid hot, radioactive waters. The latest tally lists sunk ships including Arkansas Saratoga and Salt Lake City with several others damaged or probably damaged.
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Appalachtan
Bikini
U.S. Navy
Adm
Edward L. Cochrane
Navy
Bureau of Ships
Nagato
Bikini Lagoon
Arkansas
Saratoga
Hughes
Fallon
Salt Lake City
Pensacola
Pennsylvania
Dentuda
Apogon
Skipjack
Searaven
Pilotfish
Eleven Die in Greek Clashes Across Four Hot Zones
In central and northern Greece eleven people were killed in 48 hours amid clashes between left wing groups and authorities. A mechanized battalion engaged bands near Volos, captured 40 armed leftists, and destroyed ammunition dumps while intercepting supply convoys to mountainous areas.
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Athens
Greece
Ministry of Public Order
Volos
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