Truman allows Senate probe of Garsson records
President Truman authorized a Mead Senate war investigating committee to study Treasury tax records from 1939 to 1945 tied to the Garsson munitions ring. The panel already seeks income tax files of key figures including Andrew J. May and possibly John M. Coffee as part of probes into profiteering on war contracts worth about 78 million dollars.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Senate
Garsson Munitions Combine
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
Treasury
Mead Senate War Investigating Committee
Garsson Combine
Combine
May
Guardian Angel
Henry
Murray Garsson
John M. Coffee
D-Wash
Tacoma
Wash
Coffee
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
James McGranery
Rufus C. Holman
R-Ore
Pakistan Demand Deepens As Moslems Reject Cabinet Plan
The Moslem League Council of Action withdrew acceptance of the British cabinet mission proposals for Indian independence and called for direct action to create a separate Moslem state. The two resolutions condemned Britain and the Congress, renouncing titles held by Moslem leaders and pledging a push for Pakistan.
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Bombay
Sindabad
All-India Congress Party
Britain
Cabinet
Senate Passes 20 Percent Pension Increase for World War I and II Veterans
Senate approves a 20 percent rise in pension and compensation for World War I and II veterans and dependents, with about 300 million dollars extra estimated for 1947. Also expands six month full pay for hospitalized veterans and boosts rates for disabled veterans from the Spanish American War and other groups. Widow pensions rise from $30 to $40 monthly.
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Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
D-Coro
Veterans’ Administration
White House
Regular Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Chinese Forces Hit at Communists Near Canton
New China News Agency reports the Nationalist government has 71 armies and seven divisions in North and Central China and around Canton, with 91 total armies deployed against the Communists. Several hundred thousand puppet troops are allied with the Nationalists.
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Nanking
China
U.P
Canton
Communist New China News Agency
Housing Program Appears to Be Doomed Now
Washington July 29 Congress held back on long range housing legislation as the Wagner Ellender Taft bill stalled in the House banking committee awaiting full public hearings. The bill, approved by the Senate, is one of several end items as Congress eyes its first vacation since before the war. The session also considers price decontrol board appointments and GI terminal leave pay, security tax freezes, atomic control commissions, and an anti poll tax measure amid possible Southern filibuster. Leader Barkley forecasts Friday adjournment.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House Banking Committee
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Roy S. Thompson
New Orleans
Daniel W. Bell
George H. Mead
Dayton
House
Domestic Atomic Control Commission
Barkley
Heirens May Make Formal Statement
State's Attorney William J. Tuohy said William Heirens would be brought to the office for statements as he chooses to give. Defense attorneys had notified him they intend to bring Heirens with consent after his arraignment on two murder charges. A jail guard reported finding a note suggesting Heirens might be contemplating death by his own action.
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Chicago
William J. Tuohy
William Heirens
Tuohy
Heirens
Malachy Coghlan
Suzanne Degnan
Frances Brown
Joseph Ross
Michael Mulcahy
University of Chicago
Butte Man Hears From French Boy He Befriended in World War I
A folded letter from Chaumont to Eddie Sanders of Butte Montana tells of a friendship forged during World War I. The French boy, aided by an American soldier, grew to become a railroader and father of six, later facing a second flight from the Italians in World War II.
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Butte
Eddie Sanders
Montana
Glen Maris
United States
France
Chaumont
Truman names Griswold Nourse to head Economic Advisory Council
President Truman designated economist Edwin Griswold Nourse to lead the new Economic Advisory Council tasked with analyzing the economy and recommending measures to prevent inflation and deflation. Also approved were Leon Keyserling and John Davidson Clark for the three member board, each earning $15,000 annually.
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Washington
Truman
Edwin Griswold Nourse
Economic Advisory Council
Congress
Mr. Truman
Leon Keyserling
John Davidson Clark
Senate Banking Committee
Nourse
Forest Meeting Planned Here in Butte by National Executives
National and regional forest officials will meet in Butte on Tuesday with Deer Lodge National Forest supervisors and staff for two days of conferences and field trips to areas around Butte Anaconda Philipsburg and Deer Lodge. The delegation is led by E W Loveridge and Gordon R Salmond from Washington with regional staff from Missoula and Deer Lodge supervisor W E Pry notes recreation and timber sale discussions will shape the sessions and trips.
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National
Butte
Deer Lodge National Forest
Anaconda
Philipsburg
Deer Lodge
E. W. Loveridge
The
Forest Service
Washington, D. C
Gordon R. Salmond
Washington
P. D. Hanson
Missoula
P. A. Roberts
Leon C. Hurtt
Rocky Mountain Field Range
Tom van Meter
W. E. Pry
Loveridge
Mr. Salmond
Idaho
South Dakota
Northwest
Beaverhead National Forest
Butte Weather Forecast Elevates Temp and Storm Likelihood
Partly cloudy Tuesday morning then mostly cloudy afternoon and evening with thundershowers in Butte. Highs near 86 at the School of Mines and airport, cooler air by night. West of Divide expect 90 to 98 with mountain showers. east of Divide 90 to 100 with afternoon storms.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Associated Press Max
Min
Prec
Billings
Belgrade
T . W. Yellowstone
Whitehall
United States
Hitler Lieutenant Martin Bormann Is Reported Alive
MERNBERG July 29 A report that Martin Bormann is alive prompted American Intelligence to conduct exhaustive house to house searches in Munich for the missing Adolf Hitler deputy The elusive Bormann who has been tried in absentia with 21 other top Nazis for war crimes was reported seen recently driving through Munich in a car A disgruntled chauffeur whom Bormann fired over a garden vegetables dispute provided the tip that started the new dragnet for the Nazi party chieftain
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Mernberg
Martin Bormann
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Bormann
Germany
United States
Small Countries Demand Voice in Peace Parley
At the World War II peace conference in Paris small nations demand equal participation in decisions. Evatt rejects limiting procedural rules to one delegate per country and insists chief delegates may vote. Byrnes and Evatt expected to clash over majority versus two thirds for final decisions.
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Paris
U.P
Herbert V. Evatt
Europe
United Nations
Senate
Luxembourg Palace
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Evatt
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Georges Bidault
Typhoon Strikes Japanese Isles
A Pacific typhoon hit two Japanese islands late Monday and split into two storms on Tuesday. Light damage was reported by the Pacific air command weather station. Fifty five knot winds struck Shikoku and western Honshu. One storm moved toward the Sea of Japan while another blew east from northern Shikoku. Occasional gusty showers reached Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Pacific Air Command
Shikoku
Honshu
Sea of Japan
Four Marines Killed in Chinese Clash
Four United States Marines died and 12 to 16 were seriously injured when their truck convoy near Peiping was attacked by Chinese Communists Monday. The clash involved automatic weapons and hand grenades as Marines returned fire, with the battle lasting a considerable time. The incident follows earlier kidnappings and rising tensions as U S forces operate in the area.
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Reynolds Packard Peiping
China
United States
Tientsin
Peiping
Peiping Chronicle
Maping
Marine
United States Navy Department
Washington
Navy
Chinwangtao
Southern States Set Elections This Week
Primary election interest shifts to the south with Alabama Arkansas Tennessee and Kentucky voting. In Alabama five candidates contest the Democratic senate nomination including Rep. John Sparkman and Rep. Frank Boykin. Sparkman leads with labor union backing while Swift is not seeking re election. Arkansas nominates a governor candidate in a racially restricted primary, with Gov. Ben Laney opposed by James Malone.
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South
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
John Sparkman
House
Frank Boykin
Sparkman
United Mine Workers
James A. Simpson
Birmingham
Ted Allen
Thomas H. Maxwell
Swift
John H. Bankhead
Ben Laney
James Malone
Explosives Wash Ashore on Washington Oregon Coasts
Thirteenth Naval District official said objects containing explosives were washing ashore along the Washington and Oregon coasts on Monday. He warned residents not to touch or tamper with the missiles seen along the shoreline.
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Seattle
U.P
Thirteenth Naval District
Washington
Oregon
Pilotless Navy Corsair Crashes at Opa Locka Station
A pilotless Navy Corsair crashed on a concrete ramp at Opa Locka Naval Air Station near Miami. One Marine second lieutenant died in hospital three hours later and 11 others were hurt, including one sailor in critical condition. Lt. Comdr. S. R. Davis bailed out from 12,000 feet after an inverted spin during a wingover with eight planes.
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Miami
Fla
WU P
Navy
Opa Locka Naval Air Station
Here
8S. R. Davis
Hollywood
Britain and U S Move Toward Economic Merge of Zones
Washington reports the United States and Britain took initial steps toward merging their German zones with France expected to join later. Russia is viewed as unlikely to accept full unification, keeping eastern and western Germany largely divided. Major Gen Hilldring notes unity will raise costs but advance occupation plans.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Germany
France
Russia
State Department
Philip Noel-Baker
House of Commons
Noel-Baker
John H. Hilldring
Hilldring
Berlin
Byrnes
Paris
River Boat Collision Leaves Ten Missing in Mississippi River
In Caruthersville Missouri on July 29 a ferry collided with an oil barge train sending ten people missing. Only five year old Jerry Vickers was confirmed dead. twelve passengers and the ferry pilot Ed Hendricks were saved with Hendricks injured.
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Caruthersville
U.P
Mississippi
Jerry Vickers
Ed Hendricks
Hendricks
Bikini Fleet Transports Remain Undamaged as Third Atomic Test Planned
The Nagato sank after July 25 and remains too radioactive for closeness. Arkansas and Saratoga also suffered, while Independence is towed to Pearl Harbor if operable. Seabees prepare for a deep explosion next year with permanent lagoon moorings and cables linking vessels for testing.
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Bikini
Nagato
Arkansas
Pearl Harbor
W. H. Blandy
Atomic Task Forces
Independence
United States
Washington
Sudden Curfew Shuts Tel Aviv Amid British Raid
British troops moved into Tel Aviv at dawn and imposed a curfew at 5 a.m. part of a larger operation aimed at Hamas Hagana and Jewish groups. Sirens wailed as broadcasts announced the curfew, with police saying they had no details. The Sixth Airborne division secured routes overnight and was to be replaced by the First Armored division, while a bomb factory was also found in a local basement. The Ha Mina refugee ship was reported nearby with about 1500 aboard.
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Eliah Simon
Jerusalem
Palestine
U.P
Tel Aviv
Jewish Agency
Palestine Jewry
Sixth Airborne
First Armored
Italy
United Kingdom
Holy Land
Hagana
Demolition Work Approved for Old Butte High School
The Butte school board accepts Carlow Carlow and Carlow bid for 24600 to demolish the burned building remove debris level the lot and erect an eight foot fence with work to be completed within 90 days. The meeting followed a heated debate and state budget discussions in Helena.
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Old Butte High School
Carlow
Board of Trustees
School District No. 1
Naranche, Konda and Renz
Arthur B. Perry
Helena
Butte
Arthur Lehwalder
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Associated Press
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