France proposes world block to oust Franco regime
Paris March 14 French government argues for a united blockade by the United States Great Britain and other UN members to force Franco from power If failed talks call for a four power conference with Russia to discuss restoring democracy in Spain The plan cites Yalta Potsdam declarations and the Axis satellite link and notes Washington and London view Franco as undesirable Russia reportedly supports UN action on Spain.
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Paris
U.P
United States
Great Britain
United Nations
France
Spain
Francisco Franco
Russia
United Nations Security Council
U. S
Pranco
Germany
Britain
Franco
U. N. O. Security Council
Labor pacts wrap key U S industry strikes
John L. Lewis led talks as 100000 General Electric workers won a single 18 cent an hour raise under a settlement ratified by the CIO United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers. GM strike was to be settled by a Detroit meeting awaiting ratification. AFL backs a new wage price policy with broad participation.
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John L. Lewis
Washington, D. C
Co. I. O. General Electric Workers
American Federation of Labor
Conference Board
C. I. O. United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union
Carbondale
Green
Weather Outlook for Butte Area Friday Forecast
Mostly cloudy Friday and Friday evening with occasional rain or snow flurries. Little temperature change. School of Mines and Airport forecast a 40 degrees high in the next 24 hours. Airport readings show a 38 degree high and 27 degree low. West of divide expect increasing clouds and scattered snow flurries. high 40 to 50. East of divide fair Friday, rising clouds with scattered showers and snow flurries mainly over mountains, slightly warmer.
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School of Mines
Divide
Goering Claims He Saved Sweden From German Attack
Hermann Goering testified at the Nuremberg trial that he masterminded Hitler’s coups yet saved Sweden from invasion and opposed Czechoslovak occupation. He outlined Sweden’s neutrality pledge and argued against his own war crimes charges as evidence.
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Hermann Goering
Reichsmarshal
Nuernberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
International Military Tribunal
Reichmarshal
Norway
Finland
Quisling
Foreign Office
Low Countries
Fuehrer
Poland
France
Butte Street Sign Drive Seeks $5 Per Block
The citywide street sign drive in Butte targets 3500 dollars with five dollar per block contributions. The Butte Active club boosted momentum by donating 100 dollars and many businessmen followed with sizable gifts. Campaign officials urge residential support as they expand into neighborhoods and emphasize civic pride.
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Butte
Butte Active Club
Active Club
World Attention on Churchill in New York Speech
New York on March 14 reports that Winston Churchill will address a global audience in New York City. The talk follows charges from Stalin and references his Fulton Missouri address. Mutual will broadcast the 8:30 to 9 p.m. M S T program.
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New York
New York City
Winston Churchill
Overseas Veterans Returning Home
Three Butte Army veterans S/Sgt Charles Lobb T/4 Frank V Piskolich and T/4 Francis Regan are due to arrive in San Francisco Saturday aboard the Sea Cat after Pacific service. T/Set Frederick Vogel of Lodge Grass will land in New York Friday aboard the Bardstown Victory from Europe. Montana servicemen dependents slated to come include Audrey Beadle Cecilia LaCounte Joan Lincoln Valerie Lincoln Grace Cline and others listed with their units and hometowns.
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Butte
Charles Lobb
Thornton
Frank V. Piskolich
Placer
Francis Regan
West Granite
San Francisco
Sea Cat
Pacific
Associated Press
Frederick Vogel
Lodge Grass
New York
Bardstown Victory
Europe
Montana
Washington
England
Audrey F. Beadle
Stortford
Frederick J. Beadle
Musselshell County
Cecilia LaCounte
Salford
Corp
Earl C. LaCounte
Freid
Joan Lincoln
Valerie Lincoln
Reading
Albert C. Lincoln
Joplin
Parker
Grace E. Cline
Tottenham
London
Paul L. Cline
Wibaux
Transport Goethals Arrives With War Brides and Babies
The transport General George W. Goethals arrived in New York with 432 war brides and 18 babies after an eight and a half day voyage from Le Havre. Most passengers were French girls who sang and danced on the rails to tunes by an Army band. Others were from Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
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New York
George W. Goethals
le Havre
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Iran Charges Row to Be Brought Before U N Security Council
The United States plans to urge the U N Security Council to reopen Iran related charges against Russia unless Iran acts first. Key issues include Russian denial of Iran’s sovereignty for movement rights, failure to withdraw by March 2 per Anglo American Soviet accord, and lack of direct negotiations between Tehran and Moscow.
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Washington
United States
United Nations Security Council
New York
Russia
Iran
Help Sought for Soldier Held in Poland
A Butte miner’s wife pleads with Senator Wheeler for details on Pvt. Melvin Richard Best, 22, jailed in Sosnowek Poland over the killing of a Polish militiaman. She has heard nothing official from the U S Army or State Department and notes only press reports of her son’s situation.
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Butte
Wheeler
Richard A. Best
U. S. Army
State Department
Pvt
Melvin Richard Best
Sosnowek
Pvt. Best
Mrs. Best
Iran Premier Bans Public Meetings Amid Russian Moves
Premier Ahmed Qavam es Saltaneh banned all public political meetings as Russian troops advance toward the Turkish border. Reports say 30,000 plus Russian troops occupy Azerbaijan with new columns at Mianeh and Miyandaub and tanks under Marshal Bagramian. Iran concerns grow as garrisons swell and ammunition trains arrive near Teheran.
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Teheran
Ahmed Qavam Es Saltaneh
Iran
Tabriz
Azerbaijan
Marand
Khoi
Lake Urmia
Ivan Bagramian
Bagramian
Baltic
Germany
Mianeh
Miyandaub
Lake
Karaj
Spring Arrives Officially At 12:33 A.M. March 21 1946
The United States Naval Observatory announces that spring will arrive 33 minutes after midnight Eastern Standard Time on the night of March 20-21, 1946. The official arrival marks the start of spring season in the United States.
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Washington
United States Naval Observatory
Surplus Property Sale Draws WWII Vets To Butte
More than 2,000 World War II veterans from across Montana will attend the Montana surplus sale in Butte late March. Government goods worth about three million dollars will be offered at about half price for business use. samples shown March 25 and 26 at the Fox theater with actual items uncrated on the west coast for pick up later.
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Montana
Butte
Pacific Northwest
Thomas F. Paige
War Assets Administration
Fox Theater
Paige
Britain Will Reject Any Agreement Obtained by Duress
Britain will reject any Russian Iranian agreement believed coerced while Soviet troops stay in Iran. Bevin told the House of Commons Britain would not accept a deal obtained under duress. Tass radio denied American reports of Soviet troop movements in Iran as baseless.
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Washington
Truman
State Byrnes
Russia
Iran
Tass
State Department
Teheran
Turkish
Turkey
Iraq
Byrnes
Byrnes- Truman
Britain
London
U.P
Moscow Radio
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
James F. Byrnes
Moscow Raido
United States
Tabriz
Foreign Office
Bevin
Commons
House
Increased Support Noted in Red Cross Drive in Butte
Red Cross drive leaders in the Butte chapter reported stronger returns on Thursday and urged more employers to submit envelopes. They hope to close the drive by Saturday night with a complete total to be published next Sunday morning, followed by a March clean up if totals are in.
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Red Cross
Butte
Russia Accused of Breaking Many Agreements in Manchuria
At a Kuomintang congress in Chungking on March 14 Spencer Moosa reports Russia is charged with violating multiple Manchuria accords and looting industry while Chinese objections mount. Russian troops supposedly move toward Siberia after evacuating Szepingkai near Mukden as fighting erupts with Chinese government forces.
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Chungking
Russia
Kuomintang Congress
Manchuria
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Mukden
Changchun
Siberia
Central
Szepingkai
Kirin
Vladivostok
Liu Fei
Kuomintang
Cigarettes Impair Night Vision Study Finds
Dr Charles Sheard of the Mayo Clinic told biologists in Atlantic City that smoking two cigarettes delays eye adjustment to dim light by 15 to 30 minutes. He attributed the effect to nicotine and said breathing pure oxygen in flight does not counteract it.
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Atlantic City
Charles Sheard
Mayo Clinic
Denial of Army Alert and Call-Up Rumors Repeated
In San Francisco on March 14 James D. White reports the War Department twice denied rumors of Army alert and reserves called up amid a tense international scene. The piece argues that Russia and Britain push for influence while the United States and China react, framing power politics and who holds more power.
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War Department
San Francisco
United States Army
China
Middle East
Britain
Mediterranean
Russia
Eurasian
East Asia
Japan
United States
Manchuria
Mr. Churchill
United Nations
America
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