Canada lifts curtain on spy network headline
Ottawa reports that Canada has uncovered a network of Soviet and Canadian agents operating under Moscow directives to gather American troop movement data and secret war time science on the atomic bomb and radar. Col. Nicolai Zabotin led the operation with embassy staff and others in Britain and Canada. Mrs Emma Wotkin pled guilty to conspiracy. The inquiry’s interim report outlines nine more persons under scrutiny.
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Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Moscow
Europe
United States
Pacific
Germany
Nicolai Zabotin
United Kingdom
High Commissioners Office
Britain
Emma Wotkin
Royal Commission
Col. Zabotin
Two Babies Among First Victims of Mountaintop Air Crash
San Diego March 4 The bodies of a two month old boy and an 18 month old girl were among the first 27 victims recovered from the wreckage of the nation s worst commercial airliner crash. The infants were crushed and burned and hurled from their mothers laps. A pocket Bible found among the debris was inscribed to Lt. John Eugene Selover from his mother dated 1945.
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Calif
Here
Sheriff's
Navy
John Eugene Selover
Commercial Plane Sets Record from New York to Los Angeles
Howard Hughes representatives say a four engined Constellation completed the fastest nonstop commercial flight from New York to Los Angeles. The TWA aircraft departed LaGuardia at 4:48 a.m. and landed at Hughes Aircraft in Culver City at 12:03 p.m. Pacific, 10 hours 15 minutes total. The record beat a 10 hour 49 minute Flight made earlier by a Lockheed Constellation.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
New York
Culver City
la Guardia Field
TWA
E.S.T
Hughes Aircraft Co
Hughes
Mon- Gay
Cary Grant
Danny Kaye
William Powell
M. C. Waillgren
Washington
Linda Darnell
Carl Johan Bernadotte
Day of Mourning Riots in Alexandria Kill 15 Egyptians
Cairo reports state that a day of mourning in Alexandria turned deadly as 15 Egyptians were shot dead and 2 British soldiers beaten to death amid protests. Police fired after clashes with rioters, with 301 wounded and 600 arrested. Demonstrations targeted British forces and a hotel used by naval officers.
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Cairo
Ismail Sidky Pasha
Egypt
Atlantic Hotel
Dem
Britain to Stay Well Prepared
Prime Minister Attlee told Parliament Britain plans a steady world armament reduction but will keep over a million troops for at least a year. He cited atomic armament, UN obligations, India, and occupation forces as factors complicating long term defense policy. Minister Noel-Baker noted no overture from Russia to extend the 20 year British proposal to Stalin.
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Attlee
Commons
Great Britain
United Nations
India
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Russia
Ernest Bevin
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Russian Troops Stir Manchuria Debate After China Says Increase
Chinese sources claim Russian forces in Manchuria have risen from 300000 at Japan’s collapse to about double that figure, with withdrawals twice delayed at Beijing’s request. Chiang Kai-shek urged calm while defending party reforms and a broader united government with Communists and others.
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Manchuria
Japan
Chiang Kai-shek
Kuomintang
China
Chiang
Helen R Brewer dies veteran Montana history professor
Bozeman March 4 Helen R Brewer long time Montana State College history department head and professor died Sunday night at 83 after 34 years of service. A Grinnell College Phi Beta Kappa graduate in 1888 she received an honorary MA in 1925. Upon retirement her colleagues praised her as a rare women history head in U S higher education.
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Bozeman
Helen R. Brewer
Montana State College
Grinnell
Iowa
Alfred Atkinson
Truman Housing Plan Defeated by House Coalition
The House coalition of Republicans and some Democrats defeated President Truman’s $600 million subsidy plan to boost housing material production by a teller vote of 161 to 92. Democratic leaders failed to hold enough votes with Southern Democrats opposing and no Republicans voting yes. Truman pressed Congress for action on extending OPA and advancing the housing measure before adjournment.
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Washington
House
Truman
Robert E. Hannegan
Hannegan
Democratic Party
White House
OPA
Red Cross Drive Opened Here In Butte
Mail contributions to the American Red Cross drive poured into the Butte chapter office at 62 West Broadway plus donations from residents and business people. Drive leaders noted ongoing humanitarian work in war and peace with funds aiding service members families and peacetime Red Cross activities. Monday afternoon gifts totaled 837 50 in mail donations with envelopes arriving at commercial firms for Tuesday and Wednesday solicitation.
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American Red Cross
Butte
West Broadway
Red Cross
Home Service Department
Nurses Aid Branch
James T. Finlen, Jr
Agnes Grady
Walter G. Hansen
Earle N. Genzberger
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Divide Regions
Butte expects clear to partly cloudy skies and a bit warmer Tuesday with Tuesday night. School of Mines highs around 44 and 42 at the airport. 24 hour readings show 37 max and 14 min at School of Mines, 39 max and 1 min at the airport. West of the divide cloudy with light showers or snow flurries and highs 40 to 50. East of the divide partly cloudy with scattered light showers and snow flurries in the northwest and highs 40 to 50.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Truman Churchill to Speak Today Aboard ill train en route to Missouri
President Truman and Winston Churchill travel toward Missouri for a joint appearance signaling strengthened Anglo American cooperation. Churchill will speak at Westminster College Fulton about the Sinews of Peace while Truman introduces him and later addresses the Federal Council of Churches in Columbus. The two leaders aim to emphasize peacemaking and anti third world war measures, with Churchill presenting self preservation plans.
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Truman
Winston Churchill
Westminister College
Fulton Mo
Churchill
Britain
United States
Callaway County
Foulton
Mr. Truman
Jones Says Former Commerce Official Improves at Sanitarium
Mrs Jessee Jones reports that her husband Jesse Jones is improving after hospitalization for influenza and likely to be discharged from Le Roy sanitarium within a few days.
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New York
Jessee Jones
Secretary of Commerce
le Roy Sanitarium
Riots in Teheran flare as Soviet troops stay in Iran
Rioting erupted in Teheran amid Iran's political crisis over Russia's refusal to withdraw troops from northern Iran despite the 1942 treaty. Four injured and six arrested in clashes before Parliament, delaying a parliamentary meeting. A Leftist Tudeh demonstration blamed by its leaders on rightists. Cabinet ministers met twice on Moscow's decision. Premier Qavam es Saltaneh to return from Moscow soon. Beyrouth radio reported Qavam left Moscow. Britain asked Russia to explain the refusal. Public opinion remains divided as evacuees in Samnan are noted.
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Russia
Ahmed Qavam_ es Saltaneh
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Beyrouth
London
Ahmed Qavam
British Foreign Office
Great Britain
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Hussein Ala
United States
Britain
Teheran College
Samnan
Overseas Veterans Returning Home Victory List
The Associated Press reports Montana army veterans are returning from foreign service. On the Hampden Sydney Victory in New York March 2 stand Pfc Gilbert England Conrad Pfc Robert B Ward Big Timber S Sgt Clyde A Wood Stevensville. On the Lewiston Victory in New York March 2 Sgt Alden J Bennett Virginia City T George Moisie Corvallis. On the Pittston Victory in New York March 4 Corp Harley D Stroop Great Falls Sgt Alfred Paynter Great Falls S Sgt Herman A Walther Circle Capt Bernard L Borgstedt Helena. On the Smith Victory in New York March 4 Pfc Vernon D Castle Hardin Pfc Carl J Wegner Billings T Gordon D Slau son Libby T5 Weindinger Ballantine.
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New York
Gilbert England
Conrad
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Big Timber
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Stevensville
Lewiston
Alden J. Bennett
Virginia City
T . George Moisie
Corvallis
Pittston
Corp
Harley D. Stroop
Great Falls
Alfred Paynter
Break in Auto Strike Seen
The CIO auto workers at General Motors, on strike 104 days, accept with qualifications a secret ballot on ending the walkout. President Truman’s wage proposal for steel workers keeps the broader dispute alive as talks continue in Washington.
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General Motors
Truman
Washington
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Basic Steel Industries
Basic Steel
Byrnes Denies He Wishes to Quit as Secretary of State
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes denied a Washington Evening Star report that he told President Truman he wished to resign. The same story claimed there were rumors Gen. George C. Marshall might succeed Byrnes as secretary.
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Washington
Truman
Washington Evening Star
Constantine Brown
George C. Marshall
China
U S Reveals Franco Hitler Plot After Fall of France
Washington announced 1940s Franco Hitler axis plot to bring Spain into World War II by stabbing Britain at Gibraltar in exchange for African living space. The State Department released 15 000 words of captured German documents and urged peaceful Franco ouster with interim government while promising recognition of a free Spain. United States Britain and France asserted Franco benefited from Nazi Italy support and warned Spain cannot expect full UN relations while Franco remains.
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United States
France
Francisco Franco
Adolf Hitler
Spain
Britain
Gibraltar
Franco
Africa
Dunkerque
Italy
State Department
Axis
United Kingdom
Hitler
United Nations
Germany
America
Argentina
Nazi Police Chief Defended as Secret Peace Agent
Ernst Kaltenbrunner, chief of the Nazi security police, was shown by his attorney as a secret peace agent who had contact with United States agents since 1943. The defense portrayed him as opposing Nazi cruelties, while other defendants claimed humanitarian motives. Kaltenbrunner’s attorney cited Wilhelm Hoettel as testifying to Kaltenbrunner’s peace efforts.
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Muernberg
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
International Military Tribunal
United States
Kaltenbrunner
Alfred Rosenberg
Hans Frank
Wilhelm Frick
Wilhelm Hoettel
Gruppenleiter
Heinrich Himmler
Nuernberg
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