Veterans Gather for Meeting and Parade Events
William A. McArthur leads a busy slate for veterans including serenades for delegates and a Friday parade. Navy Capt. James E. Van Zandt to speak at a banquet after the parade. Rifle team competition underway, drum and bugle contests, memorial services, initiations and a military ball planned. Thursday opens with John W. Bonner chairing, Gen. Merrill greets officials, and district commanders attend. Auxiliary essay winners announced Eva Kanjec, Jeanne Ann Warren, Jack Travis.
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William A. McArthur
Fort Harrin Veterans Hospital
Navy
James E. van Zandt
National V. F. W
John W. Bonner
Helena
Harold Joyce Post
Gen
Merrill
San Francisco
Ben E. Gates
Missoula
Clifford la Valley
Great Falls
George Robinson
Billings
William Broel
Bozeman
Sanford Mahlun
Wolf Point
Eva Kanjec
Jeanne Ann Warren
Butte
Jack Travis
Havre
Seventy Arrested in Costa Rica Gun Battle Overthrows Attempt
In San Jose, on June 26, more than 70 opposition party members were arrested after a gun battle with government police. An armed band seized a San Jose radio station Tuesday in an alleged plot to overthrow the government. One person was killed and two wounded. President Teodoro Picado said the clash thwarted an attempted revolution.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Teodoro Picado
Big Powers Urged to Find Harmony
The speaker urges the Big Five to seek internal agreement to maintain world peace and rejects blaming the UN for inaction. He notes veto power as the price of big power collaboration and warns that persistent talk of war risks bending belief toward conflict.
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Big Powers
Harmony
United Nations
Security Council
Report Criticizes Italy Policy as Too Rapid and Indecisive
A committee report says Italy’s approach was altogether too rapid and indecisive, straining ties with Greece Yugoslavia and Hungary and steering them toward Russia. Drafted by Reps Bolton Gordon Mundt and Ryter from a fall trip. Ryter and Gordon did not sign the Italy section as they left before the visit.
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Italy
Greece
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Russia
Reps
Bolton
R-Ohio
Gordon
D-Il
Mundt
R-S.d
Ryter
Dconn
Veto Shocks Council Over Spanish Case Handling
The Soviet Union used its veto to block Evatt's bid to keep the Spanish case on the council agenda without prejudice to General Assembly action. Gromyko’s veto followed a ruling on procedure versus substance after Castillo Najera’s designation. Evatt and Gromyko clashed as votes shifted and Poland abstained.
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General Assembly
Evatt
Andrei A. Gromyko
Herbert V. Evatt
Francisco Castillo Najera
Council
Gromyko
Russia
Castillo Najera
Poland
France
Russian Peace Talks Face Setback on Balkan and Romania Terms
At the conference Molotov failed to win a clause exempting neighbors including Russia from equal commercial status for Romania. Agreement limited Romania restitution for looted Allied property while allowing direct talks with interested nations. Industrial patents rights were shelved for an economic subcommittee. Bevin’s Danube plan was deferred as Molotov sought time on it. Trieste remains the major dispute with Byrnes pressing Italian control and Molotov favoring Yugoslav sovereignty. Pigs in Scotland suffer amid a food shortage.
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Molotov
Russia
Balkan
Romania
Ernest Bevin
Trieste
United States
James F. Byrnes
Yugoslavia
Yosuke Matsuoka Dies in Tokyo
Yosuke Matsuoka died in Tokyo amid indictments claiming illness left him unfit for trial. Once Japan’s chief spokesman on the Manchurian question, he rose from a California high school boy to a national figure, but failed to sway the League of Nations on Japan’s actions in China.
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Matsuoka
Imperial Hospital
Tokyo
United States
League of Nations
San Francisco
China
Japan
Justice
Foreign Office
Poland Meets Terms for Credit in U. S.
Washington reports a $50 million U S credit to Poland is restored after Poland pledges to disclose its economic pacts with Russia and other nations. Three complaints about prior commitments are resolved. An early $40 million Export-Import Bank loan contract is expected for locomotives and coal cars, while $50 million funds surplus U S Army stock purchases of trucks bulldozers and related equipment for Poland.
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Washington
United States
Poland
Russia
State Department
Exportimport Bank
United States Army
Europe
Anaconda VFW Delegates Head to State Encampment
Delegates of Anaconda Memorial post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars accompanied by a large group of members left Thursday for Helena to attend the five day state encampment. Named to the Anaconda delegation are Joseph Sullivan Everett Magness Mike Thomas Don Dubbe Charles Jones Mil Sams Bill Ryan James McLean and Robert Tracy. The group plans to bid for Anaconda to host the 1947 Montana VFW convention.
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Anaconda
Anaconda Memorial
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Helena
Joseph Sullivan
Everett Magness
Mike Thomas
Don Dubbe
Charles Jones
Mil Sams
Bill Ryan
James McLean
Robert Tracy
Montana Veterans of Foreign Wars
Spy trial details Redin Kennedy relation and arrest
Allan Pomeroy outlined the government's case against Redin who allegedly told Kennedy the Soviet Union would pay for Yellowstone information. Kennedy posed as Redin's accomplice since 1945 while reporting to the FBI. Redin, attached to Seattle Soviet purchasing commission, sought radar and fire control data. The pair met in Seattle. Redin paid Kennedy and then urged fewer social meetings before arrest.
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Allan Pomeroy
Redin
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Soviet Purchasing Commission
Seattle
Portland
Ore
Pomeroy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Galena
FBI
Todd- Pacific
Yellowstone
Pomer
Truman receives Jacobson and Lelyveld on Palestine aid
Edward Jacobson, Truman’s former Kansas City haberdashery partner, visited the White House with Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld to discuss the Palestine situation. Lelyveld, director of the committee on unity for Palestine, said the president is "all for getting the Jews out of Central Europe right away."
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Washington
Edward Jacobson
Truman
Haberdashery
Kansas City
White House
Palestine
Jacobon
Arthur Lelyveld
New York
Lelyveld
Committee On Unity For Palestine
Europe
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