Soviet Sentry Detains U S Consul Near Tabriz
American Vice Consul Robert Rossow was stopped by a Russian sentry in Tabriz Iran last Friday held for about 30 minutes at a Red army command post before his identity was established and he was released. The State Department said the incident carried no significance despite Russian pressure on Iran as tensions build toward a possible next week meeting at the United Nations Security Council.
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Washington
Robert Rossow
Tabriz
State Department
Rossow
Iran
Teheran
Ahmed Qavam Es Sultaneh
Russia
N A M Plans Capitol Hill Demands on Price Controls
The National Association of Manufacturers will press Congress to end government price controls on manufactured goods. President Robert R. Wason will testify before the House Banking and Currency Committee as OPA faced bipartisan criticism for stifling peacetime production and fueling black markets. The NAM launched nationwide ads asserting price ceilings block peacetime supply while Ches ter Bowles warned the inflation boiler could burst without controls.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Capitol Hill
Chester Bowles
OPA
Robert R. Wason
House Banking and Currency Committee
Bowles
House
Truman
Democratic Party
Three Die in Yakima Plane Crash Near Zillah
A Yakima pilot Leslie Glenn, 35, and two Yakima residents James Wurtz, 27, and Shirley Melby, 21, were killed when their airplane crashed and burned at Zillah, about 25 miles south of Yakima, on Sunday.
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Yakima
Wash
U.P
Zillah
Here
Leslie Glenn
James Wurtz
Shirley Melby
Seven Hurt as Highway Crash Near Virginia City
Seven people were injured in a two car crash about a mile north of Virginia City Saturday night. Three remained seriously injured including Mrs. Jean Armstrong Ennis and Mrs. Sylvia Sauerbier Ennis and Eugene Ball Sheridan. Others treated and released were Willard Arndt Ennis Ed Clark Ennis and Dorothy Virgil Sheridan. Ben Snyder Sheridan was taken to Fort Harrison Veterans Hospital with injuries not yet known. Roadway cause unavailable per Undersheriff Pascoe.
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Virginia City
Jean Armstrong
Ennis
Sylvia Sauerbier
Eugene Ball
Sheridan
St. James Hospital
Butte
Willard Arndt
Ed Clark
Ben Snyder
Fort Harrison Veterans’ Hospital
Helena
E. W. Pascoe
Madison County
Pascoe
Armstrong
Sauerbier
Clark
Arndt
Farm commissioners gather in Washington to press OPA relief
State agriculture commissioners from across the nation arrive in Washington for a Monday meeting. Led by R. A. Trovatten of Minnesota, the Education and Research committee of the National Association of Commissioners of Agriculture aims to mount a drive against the OPA ceiling on farm products.
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Washington
R. A. Trovatten
Minnesota
National Association of Commissioners of Agriculture
Western States Council Opens Semi annual Meeting in Butte
The Western States Council opened its semi annual meeting at the Finlen hotel in Butte with caucus Sunday afternoon chaired by Christy Thomas of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Officials noted representatives from Seattle Portland Salem Idaho Falls Salt Lake City Boise Great Falls Helena Tacoma and other western cities would attend the session outlining plans for the coming year.
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Western States Council
Caucus
Finlen Hotel
Butte
Intermountain States
Christy Thomas
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Willo
Finlen
Meaderville
Willard Thompson
Pauley Would Quit Post, Tydings Says
Senator Tydings said Edwin A. Pauley told him in Senate hearings that he would resign the Navy undersecretary post even if confirmed. Pauley’s nomination was withdrawn by President Truman after five weeks of hearings.
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Baltimore
Tydings
Iranian Troops Recalled as Soviet Forces Build Up Near Teheran
An armored column of 1500 Iranian troops was recalled to Teheran from Garmsar amid reports the Soviet garrison at Karaj has grown to about 2700 men. A Soviet train was delayed by floods, while Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi stayed in Teheran avoiding his Isfahan trip for Nowruz.
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Kenneth Norman Teheran
U.P
Teheran
Garrisar
Karaj
Ankara
Garmsar
Red Army
Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Isfahan
Nowruz
Shah
Workers Approve GM Contract and GE Strike End
General Motors locals with the CIO UAW ratified the 113 day strike settlement amid wage boosts of 18 and 18.1 cents and local negotiations. The CIO Electrical Workers announced termination of its 62 day strike at General Electric after rank and file approval, with plans for early plant returns if ratified.
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Associated Press
General Motors
United Auto Workers Union
C. I. O Electrical Workers
General Electric
Baltimore
Joseph Dermody
C. I. O. Electrical Workers Union
General Electric Management
Solemn St Patrick Mass in Butte Highlights St Patrick Day
The Rev Msgr Emmet Riley spoke at St Patrick church in Butte urging steadfast faith and principled resolve drawing on St Patrick. The ceremony included a mass by Fr J J Mackin with Deacon Fr J P O Shea and others, a hymn by the choir and Irish music by Boys Central HS band. A reception and banquet followed at the parish rectory and Finlen hotel.
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Msgr
Emmet Riley
St. Patrick
Emmet J. Riley
Carroll College
Helena
Msgr. Riley
Butte
Ireland
J. J. Mackin
James P. O’shea
St. Joseph Parish
R. V. Kavanaugh
William C. Malloy
St. Patrick Parish
William P. Joyce
All
Finlen Hotel
Emerald Isle
St. Ann
Order of Hibernians
Anaconda
Butte Street Sign Request Letters Deliberate Here
A resident urges clear street signs in Butte to aid doctors, delivery workers, and visitors. The note includes a payment made to the Street Sign Committee via the Butte Chamber of Commerce and bears a signature.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Congress May End World War II This Year
Washington reports that Congress may declare World War II terminated within the year though the exact date is unsettled. President Truman asks for caution to preserve wartime powers while a House judiciary subcommittee reviews 448 laws tied to the war end date.
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Congress
Washington
Truman
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Hobbs
D-Ala
Opinion Divided on British Loan Approval Vote
An Associated Press poll shows 41 Senators split on the 3.75 billion dollar British loan with 21 for and 20 against. Undecided and unreached 52 plus three loom as final deciders as Banking hearings resume this week.
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Senate
Associated Press
Britain
Senate Banking Committee
Ball
Minnesota
la Follette
Middle West
Senator Revercomb
West Virginia
South
Mead and Wagner
New York
Young
North Dakota
Banking Committee
Argentine consul Juan Gutierrez dies in Los Angeles
The body of Juan M. Gutierrez Argentine consul in Los Angeles for five years will be sent to Buenos Aires for burial after services in Los Angeles. Final arrangements are set for Monday. He died Saturday in Good Samaritan hospital from a kidney ailment.
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Los Angeles
Juan M. Gutierrez
Buenos Aires
Good Samaritan Hospital
U N A R A Plans Large Food Aid for Sixteen Nations
U N A R A will deliver about 9,000,000 tons of relief supplies to sixteen nations from March through June as Herbert Lehman cautioned that shortages and funding delays could alter the plan. The program aims for 2.43 billion dollars in aid, with China and Poland receiving the largest shares around 375 million each.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
Central Committee
China
Poland
Yugoslavia
Italy
World Bank Will Elect Today
In Savannah on March 17 a rare election will be held to choose executive directors for the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Early reports indicate the Bank seat will go to Canada, Chile, Cuba, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland and Greece, while the Fund seat may go to Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the Netherlands, Belgium, Czechoslovakia and Egypt.
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World Bank
Fedor Petrovich Bystrov
International Monetary Conference
Savannah
Russia
World Monetary Fund
World Bank and Monetary Fund
Associated Press
Canada
Chile
Cuba
Netherlands
Belgium
Poland
Greece
Mexico
Brazil
The
Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Nine Point Food Program for Canadians Listed
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced a nine point plan to curb domestic wheat use, boost farm production, and aid global hunger. Measures include reduced wheat for milling and distilling, consumer saving campaigns, expanded oats and No 4 wheat exports, farmer production planning, and revised rail priorities.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Canada
Overseas Veterans Returning Home from Foreign Service
Two Butte men are listed among U S servicemen returning from overseas duty. T Sgt Ray T McMillan is due to arrive last Saturday aboard the Sea Robin in New York while S Sgt J A Lynch is set to reach Seattle aboard the U S S Gen Scott March 20.
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Butte
United States
Ray T. McMillan
New York
J. A. Lynch
Seattle
Scott
Montana
Associated Press
Republic
San Francisco
Donald L. Allen
Denton
Lewis J
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana Divides
Butte remains cloudy with snow showers and colder conditions. In 24 hours at the School of Mines and the Airport highs near 40s and lows around upper teens to mid forties. Across Montana west of the divide scattered showers Monday with cooler highs in the 40s to 50s east of the divide reaching 50 to 60.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Missouri
Oil concessions and tensions stir Iran capital rumors
London reports say Russian experts conducted secret talks with Tehran on oil concessions while fears of a revolutionary outbreak grow. Iranian Premier Qavam and army leaders appear split over Russian pressure as New Year holidays loom, with UN mediation discussed by diplomats.
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London
Ahmad Qavam Es Sultaneh
Qavam
Soviet Union
Reader Bullard
United Nations
Hussein Alav W
Todeh Party
Azerbaijan
Urge Settlement of Draft Bill
Twenty six House members urge Congress to settle the draft issue with a joint Senate House committee study. They seek answers on needed armed forces size voluntary enlistment changes and whether draft continuation is necessary. The move includes Rep Hays and Rep Case with other signers from both parties.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
House Committee
Truman
Army
Navy
Hays
D-Ark
Clifford P. Case
R-N
Case
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Democrat
Bozeman Feed and Grain Elevator Burns
Bozeman March 17 Fire nearly destroyed the Bozeman Feed and Grain elevator as flames climbed the four story building. Fire Chief John W. McCrosson praised volunteer firemen for saving part of the plant after two hours of effort with no injuries. Cause of the blaze had not been determined.
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Bozeman
Bozeman Feed and Grain Company
John W. McCrosson
McCrosson
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