Rebels Gain Upper Hand in Paraguayan Revolt
Reports from Posadas Formosa indicate Paraguay's Morinigo regime faces decisive rebel gains. Chaco garrison supported Concepcion rebels, with Lt. Col. Alfredo Galeano named supreme chief. Rebels vow to overthrow Morinigo and restore elections and party freedoms.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
U.R
Posadas
Formosa
Paraguay
Higinio Morinigo
United Press
Concepcion
Asuncion
Chaco
Alfredo Galeano
Morinigo
Voice of Victory
Galeano
Pena Hemosa
Augustin Guggiari
Ecuadoran revolt thwarted as military leaders jailed
Quito March 14 The government said it crushed a pre dawn uprising led by ex dictator Enriquez Gallo with no bloodshed. Leaders were arrested in Rio Bamba where the plot allegedly planned for 1 30 a m Enriquez fled and is being sought. He ruled as Supreme Head of the State from 1937 to 1938 and returned after amnesty. Liberal party members and civil guard elements were implicated though no popular support existed.
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Quito
Ecuador
Alberto Enriquez Gallo
Aurelio Cordovez
Rio Bambo
Enriquez
Cordovez
Peru
Jose Velasco Ibarra
Liberal Party
Civil Guard
Black nomination confirmed for World Bank post
The Senate confirmed Eugene R. Black of New Jersey to be United States executive director of the International Bank on Friday March 14.
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Washington
Eugene R. Black
New Jersey
United States
The
International Bank
Senate
Officer Wounded in Gun Battle in California
West Covina police Chief John Thomas Brown was wounded as he surprised two kidnapers in a sedan with a bound and gagged woman inside. He fired at the car and was hospitalized, while authorities hunted the suspects across the San Gabriel valley.
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West Covina
Calif
U.P
John Thomas Brown
Brown
Covina Hospital
T. J. Stanford
Azusa
San Gabriel Valley
Sugar Rationing Extension Passed by House Committee
The House banking committee approved a bill to extend sugar rationing and price controls to October 31 and move oversight from OPA to the secretary of Agriculture. Chairman Jesse P. Wolcott said the measure should reach the House floor soon. The Senate banking committee had similar legislation, but with different timing, extending programs to March 31, 1948.
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Washington
U.P
OPA
Secretary of Agriculture
House Banking Committee
Jesse P. Wolcott
Rmich
House
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Guerrillas Fire on UN Balkan Mission Team in Greece
In western Macedonia near Kastoria Greek guerrillas fired at a United Nations Balkan investigation commission team traveling toward the Albanian border. The attack was at long range and no one was hit, according to the government press office.
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Athens
United Nations Balkan Investigation Commission
Kastoria
Macedonia
Ten Men Rescued From Broken Fort Dearborn Tanker
A motor lifeboat saved 10 men from the bow of the American tanker Fort Dearborn as it broke up 1,100 miles northwest of Honolulu. Winds and heavy seas hampered rescue for days. 12 men in an open boat were feared lost. The aft section reached Pearl Harbor with the remainder of the crew, about 20. The St. John's Victory assisted, and the Gen W H Gordon carried eyewitness reports back to the press.
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Honolulu
T. H
Fort Dearborn
Here
Pearl Harbor
Eldorado
St. John's Victory
Pacific
M. Villanueva
Manila Chronicle
W. H. Gordon
United Press
Hawaiian Sea Frontier Headquarters
San Francisco
American President Lines
Gen. Gordon
Army
Butte Weather Forecast: Partly Cloudy to Cloudy Saturday
Partly cloudy to cloudy in Butte with little temperature change. Max 46. Mines 40/27, Airport 43/28. West of divide: mild with highs 45-50 north 50-60 south. East of divide: decreasing clouds west extreme, snow flurries east central ending afternoon. warmer northwest and south central, highs 40-50 west 30-40 east 20-30 elsewhere.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Soviet Journal Assails Aid to Greece
Izvestia denounces Truman aid to Greece and Turkey as an intrusion that violates United Nations obligations and threatens sovereignty. The editorial claims Washington acts above the UN and would impose military and civilian personnel on Greece, prompting reactions from Moscow officials at the Foreign Ministers Council.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Soviet Union
Truman
Greece
Turkey
United Nations
Congress
Foreign Ministers Council
Supreme Soviet
Russia
United Nations Organization
Washington
United States of America
Commons Favors Gift to Greece
London reports the house of commons approved a 36 million dollar aid package to Greece to support its 100,000 man army until U S assistance arrives. Debates featured a Labor member’s charge of a war of nerves by the United States, denied by Tory MP Mott-Radcliffe.
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London
U.P
House of Commons
Greece
Labor Party
United States
Winston Churchill
Athens
Churchill
Truman
Capt. Mott- Radcliffe
Mott-Radcliffe
L. J. Solley
Mott Radcliffe
Curb on Speculative Grain Trade Urged
Washington March 14. Government urges Chicago Kansas City and Minneapolis markets to require speculators to post at least 25 percent of cash value on grain futures to prevent a spring market collapse akin to last October's cotton crash.
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Washington
Chicago
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Commodity Exchange Authority
Former Presidential Yacht Mayflower Burns Killing Crewman
The Coast Guard said a crewman died in a fire and explosion aboard the Mayflower off Point Lookout Maryland as 23 crew members were rescued by the Navy tug Ruby. The Mayflower had departed Baltimore for Arctic sealing grounds with Canadian colors flying.
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New York
Coast Guard
Chesapeake Bay
Point Lookout
Potomac
Ruby
Patuxent
Naval Air Station
Baltimore
Arctic
Labrador
Greenland
House Labor Committee to probe witness perjury claims
The House labor committee ordered an investigation to determine if witnesses lied during hearings on general labor legislation. Rep Kennedy sought perjury charges against Harold Christoffel and Robert Buse of Local 248 at Allis-Chalmers West Allis. The probe, led by Irving G. McCann and James M. McInerney, will continue.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Hartley
R-N. J
Rep. Kennedy
D-Mass
Harold Christoffel
Robert Buse
C. I. O. United Auto Workers’ Union
Allis-Chalmers
West Allis
Wis
Louis Budenz
Juniper
Budenz
French Airliner Reported Down Near Grenoble
Rescue parties searched a mountain area 50 miles southwest of Grenoble for an Air France Dakota missing with 23 passengers en route from Nice to Paris. Villagers heard an explosion after last radio contact over Montelimar and officials narrowed the search to the Vercors mountains.
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Grenoble
France
Nice
Paris
Here
Air France
Montelimar
Marseille
Lyon
Vercors
Lenne Forest
Valence
Civil Aviation Center
Aix-en- Provence
Alps
Switzerland
U S Outlines Concepts of Democracy
Secretary of State Marshall outlined American democratic principles and how they should guide a democratic Germany during the Moscow foreign ministers meeting. He noted that China’s participation was unlikely and resisted Molotov’s push for talks including China. Bevin blocked immediate central union actions and urged sharing reparations data, signaling caution on further German expenditures.
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Moscow
Marshall
Priday
Germany
China
United States
Molotov
Nanking
Bevin
Britain
Ouster Charges Dismissed Against Butte Police Chief
Chief Bart J. Riley was exonerated by the city police commission on misconduct charges related to open gambling. The panel also dismissed incompetence charges tied to the April 1946 riot. The motion for dismissal was granted by a majority after the morning session. Witnesses included Alderman Sodja and former officer Maguire. Molthen testified with notable tempers during cross-examination.
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Bart J. Riley
City Police Commission
Butte
Edward Foley
Bart Riley
City of
Foley
P. J. Driscoll
William Carpenter
Carpenter
Chief Riley
Robert G. Kreeze
Peter J. Sodja
John F. Maguire
Edward Malthen
Molthen
Guided Rockets May Carry Atom Bombs
Dr. Richard W. Porter a 34 year old scientist said atomic bombs could be carried in warheads of guided missiles like the Nazi V-2 Rocket. He spoke during consultations at Caltech Pasadena on a control project for the United States Ordnance Department noting German scientists believed fewer than a third of 40 V-2s would fire with two thirds of those successes.
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Los Angeles
Richard W. Porter
Porter
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
United States Ordnance Department
Russia Holds 890 532 German POWs in Soviet Union
New York report says Russia confirms it has 890 532 German prisoners of war still in the Soviet Union and that 1 003 974 have been repatriated to Germany since the war ended. Bevin criticized the practice at a Moscow meeting, prompting the Big Four to publish prisoner figures.
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New York
U.P
Russia
Soviet Union
Germany
Moscow
Tass
United Press
Ernest Bevin
Big Four
Red Army
Bevin
Governor Vetoes Montana Liquor Tax and Education Bills
Helena March 14 Governor Sam Ford vetoed a six per cent tax on retail liquor sales and a measure for free college tuition for World War II veterans’ children. He argued liquor taxation should stay a state matter and the education bill violated constitutional form. Ten bills await action, including punchboard tax and small loan regulation.
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Helena
Sam Ford
Montana
Ford
Factory Worker Admits Slaying
Octavio Finatti, 42, confessed to bludgeoning his wife Marcella Finatti 44 to death with a rolling pin and burning the weapon and clothes to hide the crime. He faced first degree murder charges as detectives linked him to a separate unsolved 1945 slaying of Mary Tonetta at the same site. A friend’s remark from Mrs. Finatti led investigators to question him over the Tonetta case.
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Detroit
Octavio Finatti
Marcella Finatti
Mary Tonetta
Finatti
Tonetta
Ana Refurno
Ana Refurno, A Friend of Mrs. Finatti
Hearings Set Next Week by Committee Hearings Set Next Week by Committee
The House foreign affairs committee agreed after a three hour conference with top cabinet officers to start public hearings early next week on President Truman's proposed 400 million anti Communist aid to Greece and Turkey. The panel prioritized the 350 million foreign relief bill and eyed the March 31 deadline as Britain signals it will end aid after that date. The White House warned of a coordinated propaganda effort against the program while Truman rests at Key West Florida and awaits congressional action.
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Washington
U.P
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Mediterranean
Key West
Fla
Congress
White House
Eben
Charles A. Eaton
RN. J
Britain
Delay Urged On Tax Cuts As World Holds Dark Clouds
Washington March 14 Rep Doughton urged delaying tax cuts until foreign commitments and expenditures are known. Rep Jenkins warned we are not at war with Russia despite recent scare. House Ways and Means Hearings closed with two treasury under secretaries backing a 20 percent across the board cut.
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Washington
Doughton
Rep
Jenkins
Ohio
Russia
Coughton
Congress
Treasury
Roosevelt
Roswell Magill
Columbia University Law
John W. Hanes
Hearst Enterprises
United States Lines
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Snyder
Magill
Hanes
Knutson
Explosion leveled garages and buildings in Elizabeth Colo
An explosion in Elizabeth Colorado destroyed a garage and caused a fire that leveled three other buildings. Fire crews from nearby towns controlled the blaze after more than two hours of fighting, as damage to surrounding structures was reported.
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Elizabeth
Colo
Colorado
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