Marines HUNT Comrades Near Peiping After Clash
Three hundred US Marines with 105 mm howitzers searched a cornfield battleground near Peiping for missing comrades after a four hour clash that killed four Marines and wounded 19. Chinese sources say two officers fell and two Army men reported grenades and rifles in the attack.
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Peiping
United States
Tientsin
Chou En-lai
Nanking
Hohsiwu
Fred J. Frees
Sioux Falls
Conferees Agree on Terminal Pay for Servicemen
Washington report details a conference agreement on a bottled-in-bonds terminal pay plan for servicemen and veterans. The bill sets five year non negotiable bonds, allows use for government life insurance, and proposes furlough pay totaling about 2.431 billion dollars plus 26.6 million for OPA. It also outlines 22 days pay per month of service since Sept 8 1939 with a 120 day cap, drop to 60 days next Sept 1, and aims to place enlisted personnel on a similar basis to officers who have long received paid terminal leave. The measure awaits final congressional approval.
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Washington
Senate
House
Two Research Workers Killed in California Blast
In Los Altos California an explosion at the Permanente Magnesium plant killed Jean Targhetta and Gene Bayne while severely burning W F Van Loenen and J Davis. Project manager W R Woodman said the blast happened during outdoor mixing of industrial explosives near a small frame building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
U.P
Los Altos
Permanente Industrial Explosives Department
J. Davis
W. R. Woodman
Filibuster Lets House Move on Bills and Agencies
A filibuster was dropped long enough to let the House proceed on several measures. Speaker Rayburn persuaded Rankin to abandon a contempt action against George Marshall on the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties. The House advanced a $2.48 billion deficiency bill with furlough pay for servicemen and funds for the OPA, sent bills to the President, and returned a $375 million hospital construction measure to a Senate House conference after a roll call vote.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Rankin
Dmiss
House Committee On un-American Activities
Rep
Marcantonio
Al-N.y
George Marshall
National Federation For Constitutional Liberties
New York
Senate
OPA
Truman
White House
Senate House
Georgia Lynching Probe Is Ordered
Attorney General Clark said President Truman condemned four lynchings near Monroe Georgia and ordered a federal investigation. The inquiry aims to determine federal arrest possibilities and aid Georgia in identifying and prosecuting mob members under state law. The record will be shared with Georgia officials if needed. The President asked progress reports on the investigation.
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Washington
Clark
Truman
Monroe
Justice Department
FBI
Georgia
Department
Senate approves social security tax freeze for 1947
The Senate backs a 1947 social security tax freeze at 1 percent for both employers and employees, with a sliding grants provision for needy aged, the blind, and dependent children. The measure would prevent a rise to 2 percent if enacted, sending the bill to the House where Knutson blocks a conferee move. State tax comparisons would tie to the national average per Commerce data.
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Washington
Senate
House
Knutson
R-Minn
Doughton
D-N. C
Ways and Means
House-Senate Conference
Department of Commerce
Americans and British Press On With German Economic Merger
In Berlin on July 30 the Allied Control Council announced that Americans and British will proceed with merging their German zones. They urged France and the Soviet Union to join for four zone economic unity. France hesitated to respond to Gen. McNarney’s merger proposal. The Soviet Union doubted the wisdom of full unity while favoring quicker interzonal trade and transport.
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Berlin
Allied Control Council
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
Doctor Harold Cassidy dies by own hand in despondent act
Chicago July 30. Dr Harold Cassidy aged 43 who aided in the Dillinger operation in 1934 shot himself fatally at his sister Mrs Norton E Claypool's home. A coroner's jury found death by his own action while temporarily insane from despondency.
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Chicago
Harold Cassidy
John Dillinger
Norton E. Claypool
General Simpson Recommended for Retirement
Hot Springs Ark July 30 Lt Gen William Hood Simpson commander of the Ninth Army in World War II has been recommended for retirement due to physical disability.
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Hot Springs
Ark
William Hood Simpson
United States Ninth Army
France
Germany
Higher Ceilings for Some Foods Predicted
Government officials predicted higher price ceilings for canned vegetables breakfast cereals coffee and possibly bread and other bakery products. OPA rolled out more price increases on clothing and laid groundwork for gar ment hikes up to 15 to 20 percent under the new price control law. Officials noted likely elimination of subsidies on coffee and on peas corn and tomatoes would raise ceilings. coffee could rise 8 to 10 cents a pound and some vegetable ceilings by 1 to 2 cents per No 2 can.
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Washington
OPA
Butte Marine Is Hurt in China
Butte resident Pfc. Harry G. Farrell Jr., 20, son of Dr. and Mrs. Harry G. Farrell, was injured June 27 near Tangku, China, when his transport truck went into a ditch as fighting broke out between American and Chinese forces. He says three unit members were killed and two wounded. he spent time in hospital and notes his first exposure to aggressive gunfire.
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Harry G. Farrell
Butte
West Broadway
Tangku
China
Navy Department
Pfc. Farrell
Farrell
Farrel
Byrnes Pushes Small Nations Voice in European Peace Talks
Secretary of State Byrnes pledged U S support for two thirds changes to Big Four treaty drafts and urged publicity for conference deliberations. He rejected isolation and said the U S seeks a just peace not vengeance as Attlee urged non major powers to have a say in postwar settlement. Continued on page 3 column 4.
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Paris
Byrnes
United States
Rules Committee
Attlee
Council of Foreign Ministers
Butte and Dillon among Montana’s coolest spots Tuesday
Butte and Dillon recorded 82 degree highs as eastern Montana baked with 100 plus readings in Miles City Glasgow Custer and Havre. A Thursday thunderstorm cooled Butte but caused a pole fire and brief power outages while forecasts call for more storms and high 80s. In Hamilton severe winds and an electrical storm disrupted power and lines with hail near Stevensville.
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Butte
Dillon
Montana
Miles City
Glasgow
Custer
Havre
Broadus
Billings
Belgrade
Uptown
Power Company
1300
Utah
Hamilton
Stevensville
Delicate Operation May Save Life of Accident Victim
In Bozeman Montana Dr G E Schnug Spokane neurosurgeon performed a delicate operation to relieve brain pressure on Patricia Dowd 20 of Helena after a week old auto crash near Bozeman She regained consciousness the first time since the injury Doctors said her condition improved though 14 year old Clifton Bailey of Missoula remained only mildly improved and not fully conscious yet The surgeon flew in from Spokane by Army C 54 aircraft to perform the procedure.
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Bozeman
G. E. Schnug
Spokane
Patricia Dowd
Helena
Here
John Dowd
Schnug
Clifton Bailey
Missoula
Open Paris Peace Conference Would Allow Press Access
The Paris peace conference may become an open hearing with reporters allowed into committee meetings and the general assembly. Secretary Byrnes has supported freedom of information, proposing open doors to cover all five committees.
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Paris
Versailles
Byrnes
Man Kills Wife in Crowded Memphis Store
In a busy downtown Memphis department store during lunch hour a man shot and killed his wife, a 35 year old waitress, then was shot by a patrolman. Four bystanders were wounded. the assailant Robert Horner was identified by Detective Inspector Larry Fox.
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Memphis
Tenn
Larry Fox
Robert Horner
Gertrude
Fox
Co. R. Love
Horner
Stilwell to Arrive in San Francisco After Bikini Tests
General Joseph W. Stilwell, commanding general of the Sixth Army, will fly into Hamilton Field on Wednesday morning from Bikini where he served as Army ground forces observer during the atomic bomb tests.
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Stilwell
San Francisco
U.P
Joseph W. Stilwell
Sixth Army
Hamilton Field
Bikini
Army
Police Inspector Nugent Shot Dead in Richmond
Police Inspector Michael J. Nugent aged 35 was killed in Richmond California when a drug store proprietor fired, wrongly believing him to be a burglar. The shooting occurred early Tuesday.
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Richmond
Calif
U.P
Michael J. Nugent
Weather Outlook for Butte and Nearby Areas
Partly cloudy Wednesday fore noon, then mostly cloudy with thundershowers in the afternoon. Clearing near dark and continued warm. Max near 86 at the School of Mines and airport. West of divide fair Wednesday high 80 to 90, east of divide scattered thunderstorms south and partly cloudy elsewhere with highs 85 to 95.
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Butte
Divide
Sparkman Leads for Senate Job
Congressman Jonn J. Sparkman held a strong lead in the Alabama Senate race as Democratic primary results showed 67,365 votes for Sparkman versus 67,539 for four rivals among 1,524 to 2,360 polling places reporting. Sparkman faced possible runoff if he fails to exceed 50 percent.
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Jonn J. Sparkman
United States
Alabama
Senate
John H. Bankhead
Sparkman
James A. Simpson
Frank Boykin
Ted Allen
Thomas H. Maxwell
House of Representatives
Organized Labor
Chinese Leaders Hold Manchuria Peace Talks
Rival Chinese government and Communist leaders met in Mukden for 14 hours across two conferences. The Central News Agency said the talks yielded emphatic assurances of peaceful intentions as fighting continued in Kiangsu north of Nanking.
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Nanking
Manchuria
Mukden
Central
China
Kiangsu
Tu Li-ming
Li-san
Moscow
Truman picks Ewan Clague to head Labor Statistics Bureau
President Truman chose Ewan Clague, a veteran government economist, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Prominent research experts from the AFL and CIO praised the appointment.
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Washington
President Truman
Ewan Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
A. F.L
Two American Officers Freed in Berlin Uprising Zone
Capt Harold Cobin and 1st Lt George Wyatt, missing since July 4, were handed to Lt Col K C Frank at Soviet headquarters in Berlin. They faced possible court martial for entering the Russian zone without permission after 26 days of confinement and interrogation.
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Martin Bormann
Hitler
Munich
Nuernberg
Bormann
Berlin
U.P
K. C. Frank
United States Army
Alexander G. Kotikov
Harold Cobin
Newark
N. J
George Wyatt
Oklahoma City
Okla
West Point
Kotikov
Frank
Cobin
Wyatt
U. S
Sachsenhausen
Potsdam
Brandenburg
Record Volume Seen for Goods as War Produ ction Grows
Civilian Production Administrator John D. Small says demand may rise over the next six months as steel and coal recover. June output hit a postwar high, breaking prewar records in washing machines, vacuum cleaners, gas ranges, irons, and table radios. Autos and farm equipment declined in June, but July gains were noted despite price control uncertainties and holiday effects. Continued on Page 5, Col. 3.
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Washington
John D. Small
Small
CPA
New Altitude Record Claimed for Rocket at White Sands
At White Sands New Mexico on July 30 the Army announced a German V-2 rocket reached 104 miles altitude, surpassing the prior record by 20.5 miles. Col Harold R Turner said the flight lasted over two hours with a crater formed 69 miles north of the launch site and intact instruments expected to yield data on cosmic rays temperatures and pressure at extreme altitude.
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White Sands
N. M
Army
White Sands Proving Ground
Harold R. Turner
New Mexico
Col
Turner
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