Lewis and Union Guilty on Contempt Charges
The Supreme Court upheld contempt verdicts against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers for defying an anti strike injunction. It clamped a no strike edict on soft coal miners and upheld fines of 10 000 against Lewis and 700 000 of 3 500 000 against the union with 2 800 000 to be imposed if a strike occurred by March 31 or later while government operation continues. Lewis must unconditionally withdraw his notice to terminate his contract within five days after the mandate is issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Decision to Quit India Approved
London reports Britain's plan to quit India by June 1948 won Commons approval 337 to 185 despite Churchill's opposition. Attlee defended the action, stating Indians must shoulder responsibility as Parliament backed ending Britain's rule in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
India
Winston Churchill
Churchill
United Nations
Commons
Attlee
House
Churchill to Move Censure of Attlee Government
Winston Churchill vowed to propose a censure motion against the Labour government next Wednesday after a three day debate on Britain's economic crisis. He and Conservative colleagues have not fixed the wording but intend to accuse Prime Minister Attlee's regime of tyranny conceit and incompetence.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Churchill
Attlee
Thirtieth Session of Legislature Adjourns Sine Die
Montana's 30th legislature adjourned sine die after 10 p m as House and Senate finished last minute bills. Gov Ford signed 164 measures with 16 joint memorials while vetoing four bills. Finance leaders Mundy and Williams said the budget nearly balanced with two year revenue at 21 489 083 and expenditures at 21 686 130.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Senate
H. A. Simmons
R-Carbon
Ford
House
F. F. Mundy
Hill
C. J. Williams
Yellowstone
Montana Solons End Record Postwar Session
Montana's 1947 Legislature adjourned after handling one of the largest volumes of postwar legislation. Leaders Sen. Tom Burke and Rep. Ory J. Armstrong guided a session focused on school funding, university needs, and postwar economic adjustments. The 30th Assembly boosted public school funding, totalling $3 million for the biennium, and provided $5,022,000 for universities with a $5 million bond plan for facilities. Millage for university support increased from 3 1/3 to 6 mills to secure income, plus adjustments to district levies and high school budgets. Additional postwar building construction funding was authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Sen
Tom Burke
Yellowstone
Senate
Ory J. Armstrong
Flathead
House
State University
Rioting Flares Across Northern Punjab in India
Reported clashes spread from Lahore into Rawalpindi Jehlum and Sialkot with casualties from a few hundred to at least 150 killed. Hindu Muslim Sikhs and troops figure in a tense scene as martial law nears amid the failed Hindu led government shakeup.
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New Delhi
India
U.P
Lahore
Punjab
Rawalpindi
Jehlum
Sialket
Multan
Budget Request Is Assailed by G O P Leader
Carroll Reece head of the Republican National Committee accuses President Truman of proposing a $37,500,000 budget as an extravagant New Deal era excess. He urges GOP unity and praises congressional efforts to cut the budget while criticizing administration cooperation.
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Tucson
Ariz
Truman
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Arizona Federation of Women’s Republican Clubs
Reece
Congress
Republican Congress
Extension of Sugar Controls Proposed to 1948
Rep Walcott chair of the House banking and currency committee proposed extending sugar controls to March 31 1948. A committee bill would place sugar rationing under the Agriculture department. A separate dispatch notes Britain’s thaw raising flood fears and possible fuel shortages across western fringes and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walcott
R-Mich
House Banking and Currency Committee
Agriculture Department
London
Britain
Europe
Spain
Marshall Confers With U S and French Officials
Secretary of State George C. Marshall conferred in Paris with U S Ambassador Jefferson Caffery Premier Paul Ramadier and President Vincent Auriol as he was briefed on Franco American relations and French plans for the Ruhr and Saar regions and a future German constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
George C. Marshall
Germany
Moscow
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Orly Airfield
United States
Jefferson Caffery
Paul Rama
East Indies Group Accused of an Act of Piracy
Rudy Gray, master of the American Liberty ship Martin Behrman, accuses the Netherlands East Indies administration of piracy and orders crew to resist any Dutch attempts to open hatches. Dutch authorities seize cargo of cinchona, sugar, rubber, and sisal loaded at Cheribon, claimed as European plantation products.
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Batavia
Java
Rudy Gray
Martin Behrman
Netherlands East Indies Administration
Behrman
Indies
Cheribon
Here
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana Districts
Increasing cloudiness and a warmer Friday with a 24 hour high near 35 degrees for Butte. School of Mines records show 32/7 and the airport 28/-2. West of divide, cloudiness grows with scattered flurries and highs 30 to 40. east of divide, variable clouds with flurries and highs 10 to 40 above normal, southwest up to 30-40.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Austin to respond briefly to Gromyko at UN
Warren R. Austin, U S delegate to the UN Security Council, will not give a detailed reply to Russia's attack on the American atomic control plan. He plans a short speech to seek clarification of Gromyko's points when the council resumes Monday, saying the American position is well understood after months of debate.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Warren R. Austin
United States
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Austin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Council
Soviet Moves in Hungary Protested
The United States accused Russia of trying to overthrow a freely elected Hungarian government and install a dictatorship. Secretary of State Marshall denounced Red Army arrests of Bela Kovacs, a Hungarian parliament member and former Smallholders leader, as unwarranted. The note signals a firm stance at the Big Four talks and hints at economic aid for Hungary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Russia
Hungary
Marshall
Moscow
Red Army
Bela Kovacs
Smallholders Party
Kovacs
Greece
Europe
Mexican President Praises Truman Talks Plans Washington Return
Mexican President Miguel Aleman expressed deep satisfaction with friendly talks during President Truman's visit in Mexico City. He announced plans to resume discussions in Washington on April 29, and said the talks affirmed a shared aim for world peace and continental progress based on mutual respect and democratic solidarity.
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Mexico City
Miguel Aleman
Mexico
Truman
Washington
Aleman
Riley Ouster Hearing Delayed to March 13 Over Riots and Gambling Claims
The city police commission suspended its efficiency hearing for Police Chief Bart Riley after 19 witnesses testified in two sessions totaling about 2.5 hours. Testimony cited slot machines, lottery games, and gambling at M. & M. 9 North Main and other local venues. The hearing resumes March 13 at 10 o clock with further witness testimony. Tim Harrington’s funeral prompted a pause, and other business delays push sessions to Thursday.
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Riley
City Police Commission
Bart Riley
R. G. Kreeze
J. F. Emigh
H. D. Carmichael
Tim Harrington
Harrington
North Main
Board of Trade
Robert W. Gussman
Max Dean
George A. Hill
A. J. Knievel
William E. Carroll
H. J. Rahilly
Willard S. Thompson
Carl P. Jordan
Carl E. Warner
Dean
Thompson
Carroll
Jordan
Warner
Butte
Knievel
Hill
East
Seattle Factory Fire Causes $200,000 Damage
Fire of undetermined origin gutted a two story brick building causing about 200000 in damage to Union Paper Manufacturing and Northwest Wire works in Seattle's Lake Union area. Both plants were evacuated with no casualties.
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Seattle
Lake Union
Union Paper Manufacturing Company
Northwest Wire Works
Wire Works
Paper Company
Truman Returns to Face Greek Problem
President Truman flies back to Washington after a five day trip to Mexico and the Southwest. He must push for congressional support of the Greece intervention plan while Secretary Marshall is in Europe for the Moscow talks. The White House faces a heavy file of matter as he returns.
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Washington
Truman
Greece
Mexico
Southwest
Waco
Texas
National Airport
E.S.T
Sen
Tom Connally
D-Tex
White House
United States
Great Britain
George C. Marshall
Europe
Moscow
Foreign Ministers
Commission Urges Vigorous Action to Quell Disease
The Mexican United States agricultural commission urged vigorous action to stop foot and mouth disease from entering the United States and to fight the animal plague in Mexico. It recommended an administrative HQ in Mexico City with a Mexican director and an American co director and a six member board, three Americans and three Mexicans, to direct the campaign.
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Washington
High Echelons May Have to Seek Release
Two American officers Maj. Robert Rigg and Capt. J W Collins remain prisoners of war in north China. Negotiations likely must pass through top levels as their wives and a daughter were sent back to Changchun, complicating direct talks. Military attaches and officials plan to push negotiations via Nanking and Ambassador Stuart.
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Changchun
Rigg
Collins
Peiping
Col
Frederick Day
Dau
United States
Nanking
Sungari
Lin Piao
Herbin
Day
Nanking Priday
John Leighton Stuart
Youth Convicted on Murder Count
In Oroville California a 14 year old, Albert Jones, judged a psychopath, was found guilty of first degree murder for the fatal strangling of Patricia Crandall and second degree murder for the death of Mrs Myrtle Neilsen, plus attempted murder of Neilsen's husband. The same jury will hear his insanity plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oroville
Calif
U.P
Albert Jones
Superior Court
Patricia Crandall
Myrtle Neilsen
Jones
William Heirens
Chicago
Heirens
George Murman
State Board of Alienists
Offensive near Tsingtao pushes into Shantung
Communist forces in China push a determined offensive in snow near the port of Tsingtao on the Shantung peninsula as battles rage in Manchuria and China proper. The drive follows Allied actions and advances on multiple fronts with heavy snow hindering movements.
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Nanking
Manchuria
China
Tsingtao
Shantung Peninsula
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Belgrade
Max Harrelson
Foward
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Lincoln
Grandview
Pat. M. Neff
Baylor University
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