Dutch Claim Oil and Coal Areas Taken in Sumatra
Dutch forces say they captured the Boekit Assam coal mines and the right oil-field town of Batoeradja 80 miles southwest of Lalembang, and report two oil well fires extinguished after a weekend flare up. Indonesian troops claim a Dutch force of 763 men was captured at Soekaboemi near Bandung as street fighting erupted near that city.
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Batavia
Java
Sumatra
Soekaboemi
Bandoeng
Batoeradja
Lalembang
Boekit Assam
Shell
Standard Vacuum
Palembang
Sekajoe
US Urges Protection of Oil Fields as Dutch Offensive Looms
A U S note to Indonesia before the Dutch advance urged safeguarding American oil fields in Sumatra. Indonesians promised protection, but said the Dutch would bear responsibility for any damage. The note warned sabotage would cause permanent loss harming American, Dutch, and Indonesian interests globally.
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Batavia
Java
United States
Sumatra
Indonesia
America
Palembang
Deputy Takes Day Off After Busy Weekend in Orange
Orange County Deputy Chester Holts took a day off after a weekend report. He describes clothes chewed by a vicious dog during a fight between two women and a black eye after arresting a drunk. He also says he collected 12 other drunks at a single spot as they staggered back over the Sabine River bridge Sunday at 2 a.m. after a night of revelry in Louisiana.
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Orange
Texas
Orange County
Chester Holts
Sabine River Bridge
Louisiana
Roosevelt pressure inquiry avoids yes or no answer
Senate war investigating committee hears wartime aviation adviser Grover Loening decline a direct yes or no on Elliott Roosevelt pressuring the WPB in awarding about 40 million dollars in aircraft contracts to Howard Hughes and Henry Kaiser. Loening says he never encountered White House pressure and cites his own judgment on the contracts.
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Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
Howard Hughes
Henry J. Kaiser
White House
Grover Loening
War Production Board
Senate War Investigating Committee
Pepper
D-Fla
Elliott
Loening
Kaiser
John Meyer
Hughes
Hollywood
Meyer
Brewster
R-Me
Kansas City
Forrestal Hints Unified Defense Will Cost More
James W. Forrestal said unifying the armed forces under a single cabinet officer may raise costs at first. He added he hopes administrative expenses stay nominal and that the staff size remains small. He noted three non cabinet secretaries will handle Army Navy and Air matters and stressed the need to recruit personnel. Continued on Page 2 Col. 4.
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Washington
James W. Forrestal
Forrestal
Army
Navy
Air
United States
Invasion Report Is Discounted By Cuban Officials
Col Fabio Ruiz Rojas the Cuban national police chief said there was no truth to rumors of a revolutionary army training in Cuba to invade the Dominican Republic President Rafael Trujillo. Guatemala's armed forces chief denied Communist volunteers left for Cuba. The U S State Department acknowledged rumors of such an invasion plan.
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Havana
Cuba
Fabio Ruiz Rojas
Cuban National Police
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Ruiz
Francisco Javier Arana
Guatemala
Trujillo
United States State Department
Washington
United States
Venezuela
Puerto Rico
Split $50 Bills Land Man in Custody
Cecil Joe McKinney of Harrisburg Illinois was arrested after police found 1000 new $1 bills and six split $50 bills in his possession. He claimed the bills came from a man in San Diego and cited stolen funds and pending court papers, with the case turned to San Francisco secret service agents for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nev
U.P
Secret Service
Cecil Joe McKinney
Harrisburg
Ill
McKinney
MocKinney
San Diego
Los Angeles
Trustees Name Teachers and Fill Janitor Posts
The Board of Trustees for School District No. 1 appointed two teachers and filled two vacancies in the elementary janitorial staff. Kath leen Donahue and Harold Weitz were hired for upper and intermediate grades, both from Butte. Ethel Rodgers and Bertha Kraus were hired as janitresses. Roof repair bids were approved with Sam H. Neeley for Cleve land and Sullivan Roof company for Greeley. Phyllis Haag resigned.
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Board of Trustees of
Lowell Johnson
Kathleen Donahue
Harold Weitz
Butte
Johnson
Ethel Rodgers
Bertha Kraus
Greeley
Cleveland
Sam H. Neeley
Sullivan Roof Company
Phyllis Haag
Western Plains Feel Heat Wave
The western plains and eastern Rockies faced the first heat wave of summer with readings around 100 degrees or more on Monday. Phillip South Dakota reached 109, Miles City Montana 108, Pierre South Dakota 104, and other highs included Ainsworth Nebraska 103 and Bismarck North Dakota 100. Clouds and scattered thundershowers were expected to cool the region Tuesday, with Kansas remaining hot, and cooler air anticipated for the Great Lakes by Wednesday.
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Chicago
Western Plains
Rockies
Phillip
S. D
Miles City
Mont
Pierre
Ainsworth
Neb
Kansas City
Billings
Grand _ Island
Bismarck
N. D
Plains
Kansas
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Weather Bureau
Fire quenched on tug Alatiak in Seattle harbor chase
A fire aboard the 90 foot tug Alatiak broke out as it ran uncontrolled through Seattle harbor. Harbor craft extinguished the blaze Monday night, preventing further damage.
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Seattle
Wash
U.P
Alatiak
Seattle Harbor
Conservation Operations to Be Resumed
The Agriculture Department ordered its AAA field service to resume operations for the 1947 soil conservation program. Farmers sign up to receive cash and materials for approved practices under a $265 million plan. The program, initially halted after Congress trimmed funding, restarts on the original basis with most staff to be retained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Farflung Aaa
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
House
AAA
Truman
Congress
Two Extremists Pay With Lives
In Acre prison three condemned Irgun Zvai Leumi members Meir Nakar Yacoub Weiss and Absolom Nabid were executed after a May prison escape. British authorities announced the deaths as security sweeps hunted two abducted sergeants Clifford Martin and Mervin Paice amid underground threat claims.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Acre
Tel Aviv
Meir Nakar
Yacoub Weiss
Absolom Nabid
Clifford Martin
Mervin Paice
Natanya
Two youths hanged for fatal robbery in Kansas
Lansing Kansas July 29 two young itinerants Cecil Tate 22 Jacksonville Fla and George Gumtow 21 Battle Creek Mich were executed at the state penitentiary ten weeks after a pair of killings that yielded a $4 50 robbery. The double murder victims were a father and son.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Cecil Tate
Jacksonville
Fla
George Gumtow
Battle Creek Mich
Nebraska Pilot Killed in P-47 Crash Near Naha
Lt. John E. Ray Jr. of Hastings Nebraska was killed in a P-47 crash near Naha on a Friday. The U S First Air Division announced the death on Tuesday.
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Okinawa
United States First Air Division
John E. Ray, Jr
Burlington St
Hastings
Neb
Naha
Mongolian UN Bid Rejected Amid High Tension
At Lake Success on July 28 China vetoed Outer Mongolia’s bid for United Nations membership. Dr. Shuhsi Hsu accused Outer Mongolia of a full invasion into Sinkiang with modern warfare gear. Russian participant Krasilnikov called the Chinese statement distorted and false, citing a Chinese incursion into Outer Mongolia and the discovery of five tortured bodies.
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Lake Success
China
Outer Mongolia
United Nations
Far East
Shuhsi Hsu
United Nations Security Concil
Dr. Hsu
Sinkiang
Alexei N. Krasilnikov
Albania
Bank cashier in Hennessey admits embezzling funds
Albert Leroy Fash 50 a longtime cashier at the First National Bank in Hennessey Oklahoma confessed to embezzling about 105 529 dollars over more than three years to cover current expenses. FBI arrested him Monday for arraignment in Oklahoma City where district attorney Robert Shelton filed the information. Hennessey population 1342 in north central Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
Albert Leroy Fash
Oklahoma
Hennessey
Fash
A. L. Fash
Okla
First National Bank
FBI
United States
Paul Showalter
Robert Shelton
D. A. Bryce
Bryce
Black Market in Berlin Shifts as Cigarettes Flow Back
Berlin reports a full cycle in the wartime tobacco trade. For two years American personnel sold American cigarettes to Germans at high prices. A May 26 War Department embargo halted private imports by soldiers and civilians. Now the Germans seek to sell cigarettes to Americans.
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Berlin
War Department
Weather outlook for Butte and area
Partly cloudy Tuesday morning with increasing cloud cover and possible showers in the afternoon and evening. Cooler with an expected high around 81. At the School of Mines, max 88, min 42. At the airport, max 85, min 46. Generally fair Tuesday, cooler, highs 80 to 85 west and 85 to 90 east.
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Butte
School of Mines
Protests Over Parking Meters In Butte
Mining city taxpayers and organization representatives oppose the council plan to buy 600 manually operated parking meters from Duncan-Miller Co. for 48000 dollars. They favor automatic meters with cash recording and call for the council to reconsider the purchase.
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Butte
Duncan- Miller Corporation
City of
Butte City Council
Attlee Regime Under Fire As Mirror Demands Resignation
London reports a pro Labor Daily Mirror urges Prime Minister Attlee to resign amid economic crisis. Attlee calls ministers to No 10 for policy talks and plans caucus discussions with Labour MPs, while questions rise about coalition options and the government's postwar recovery plan.
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London
Britain
Daily Mirror
Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Herbert Morrison
House of Commons
No. 10
Downing Street
Labor
The
Mirror
Ramsay MacDonald
Infantile Paralysis Case Reported in Boise
Boise records one new infantile paralysis case as an eight month old girl is hospitalized by the city county health unit under Dr. Walter Kotas. The infant was admitted over the weekend and is receiving medical care.
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Boise
Idaho
U.2
Walter Kotas
Eight Killed Hundreds Are Injured In Brest Blast
A Norwegian Liberty ship loaded with nitrate caught fire near Brest harbor and exploded five hours after a mid morning blaze. Eight people died and hundreds were injured as fires leveled buildings and disrupted railways and communications. some residents fled fearing a repeat of the Texas City disaster.
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Brest
France
Paris
L’humanite
Texas City
Clark Assigns Men to Probe 1946 Missouri Primary Irregularities
Attorney General Clark named two special assistants to join Kansas City grand jury probe into alleged irregularities in the 1946 Fifth Missouri congressional district primary. William A. Paisley, who prosecuted May and the Garssons and Curley, will work with Eric Broome, veteran war fraud investigations specialist. They will assist Special Prosecutor Richard Phelps, appointed in June to handle any federal violations revealed.
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Washington
Clark
Kansas City
Grand Jury
Fifth
Missouri
William A. Paisley
Andrew J. May
Garsson Brothers
James M. Curley
Boston
Paisley
Eric Broome
Department of Justice
Broome
Richard Phelps
Phelps
United States
Western District of
Governors Plan Flight Back From Hawaii On Navy Flying Boat
Montana Governor Sam Ford and four other U.S. governors were to depart Hawaii for the mainland at 9 p.m. aboard a Navy flying boat, concluding their visiting mission.
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Honolulu
Sam Ford
Montana
Hawaii
Indian Representative Rebuked Before UN Council
The Netherlands condemns Indian delegate R. K. Nehru for introducing the Indonesian issue into the Economic and Social Council. Nehru denies political propaganda and calls for end to East Indies fighting as India plans to bar Dutch aircraft and ships and consider closing ports.
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Lake Success
Netherlands
United Nations Economic and Social Council
R. K. Nehru
India
Nehru
Asia
J. W. Beyen
Economic and Social Council
New Delhi
United Nations
East Indies
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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Maurine Clow
Montana State University
John J. Lucy
Missoula
Miss Chaffin
Alpha Phi Sorority
Black Market
Associated Pre Max. Min. Pre. Os
Billings Belgrade
Broadus
Cut Bank M4
Dillon
Drummond
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Helena
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Lewistown
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