Truman asks extension of controls on war power
President Truman urged a meeting of the Big Six to extend war power authority to control sugar rice and other grains and strategic materials. The talks focused on whether to pass a general bill or separate measures to extend control and rent rules were not discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
United States
Greece
Turkey
Vandenberg
Senator Barkley
D-Ky
Barkley
Congress
Barkeley
House
Halleck
Board Teachers Sign Agreement On Salary Master Plan
The Butte School district board signed a master agreement with the Butte Teachers union setting a salary scale from 2200 to 3800 with equal pay for training and experience. The pact also specifies ten years to reach max salary and yearly increases, counts all experience, and guarantees two years training minimum. The board will determine superintendent and high school principal salaries in executive session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Butte High School
Haseretofore
Landlords allowed extra security deposits for new furnished rentals
OPA ruled that landlords may collect one additional month's advance rent as a security deposit on newly built furnished dwellings rented for the first time after tomorrow. The policy previously barred deposits beyond one month’s rent to prevent evasion. The change applies only to new fully furnished units under written leases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
O Leary and Morgan Nominated for Mayor in Butte Race
Incumbent Democrat Barry O Leary and Republican Alderman Thomas R Morgan won primary victories in Butte, advancing to the April 7 general mayoral election. O Leary led Democratic ballots with 3 677 votes while Morgan topped his GOP field 502 to 110 from 13 of 16 precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry O’leary
Thomas R. Morgan
Butte
O’leary
Morgan
Rob B. White
Bernard E. Holland
John Shea
O'Leary
Emmett P. Sullivan
Richard P. Donovan
Pat C. Sullivan
Alderman Morgan
White
Holland
John Seton
William A. Curran
Dewey McGeehan
Curran
McGeehan
James T. Douris
John McCartan
John Harrington
Frank Moore
Emmett Burke
Dan Kinsella
Third Ward
Walter Kinared
Arthur J. Mehrens
Neal Leary
Alex Sorich
Army Plane That Crashed in North Is Found
A four motor C 54 with nine aboard crashed near Stephensville Newfoundland and four or five men were seen alive. The aircraft left Westover Field Massachusetts en route to Germany and was spotted on a 2000 foot plateau 25 miles southwest of Stephensville. Survivors may be injured and were reached by survivor kits dropped from a search plane.
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Halifax
N. S
U.P
Stephensville
Newfoundland
Army
United States
Europe
Newfoundland Wilds
Westoverfield
Mass
Germany
Air Transport Command
Washington
Patrick J. Humes
Arlington
James B. Deas
Washington, D. C
Richard E. Hummel
St. Paul
Minn
Earl M. Gay
Northumberland
Clyde C. Angley
Macon
Maxwell W. Roman
Chevy Chase
Arthur Shay
Brooklyn
N. Y
Marion E. Oberhelman
Parkville
William M. Brotzman
Anaconda Council Race Dominates Primary Balloting
Police Magistrate James McManamen won the city wide contest with 940 votes, while Hubert LeJeune tallied 517. In Second ward aldermanic races Robert Glynn led with 103 votes. incumbents Dumonthier and McLaughlin deadlocked at 82 each. Mayor Barney McGreevey and Edward Lovelle were unopposed, with 1,552 and 255 votes respectively. Gertrude McMahon, unopposed, was nominated city treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
James McManamen
Hubert LeJeune
Robert Glynn
W. J. Dumonthier
John McLaughlin
George Welcome
Repulican
J. J. Kerrigan
Barney McGreevey
Edward F. Lovelle
Gertrude McMahon
End of Bloodshed in Java Is Seen
Officials of the Dutch government and the Indonesian republic agreed to sign the Cheribon agreement to end 19 months of revolution. The ceremony will occur at Rijswijk palace in Batavia as Java Sumatra and Madera sovereignty are recognized. The republic will affiliate with Dutch islands to form a United States of Indonesia under the Dutch crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Java
Rijswijk Palace
Netherlands
Sumatra
Madera
Borneo
Celebes
Netherlands New Guinea
Lesser Sundas
Shea Nominated in Walkerville Primary Victory
Mayor James R. Shea, Democrat, was renominated in Walkerville with 330 votes to Thomas Powers 52 in the sole contest. Unofficial returns show 431 residents voting, with write-ins under review to determine any general election eligibility. Other results: city treasurer Annie Hill 30, police judge Frank E. McDonald 297, aldermen in four seats with party splits across wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Shea
Walkerville
Thomas Powers
Annie Hill
Citizens
Frank E. McDonald
Charles D. Storer
John Casagranda
Joe Cavanaugh
Charles Brunell
Jerry J. Harrington
Abele Giop
Boy Confesses He Set Fatal Fire
Owensboro Kentucky police report eight year old James Blacklock confessed to starting a fire at the Marvin Bartlett home on Saturday. Two young children perished in the flames. The boy is held on an arson charge after telling officers he soaked the kitchen floor with kerosene lit paper at the stove and dropped it into the kerosene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensboro
Verne Bidwell
James Blacklock
Marvin Bartlett
Bidwell
Bartlett
World Not Ready for Arms Cut Debated at UN
The United States and Britain told the United Nations that the world is not yet ready for disarmament until international security is established. American delegate Herschel V. Johnson and British envoy Sir Alexander Cadogan outlined conditions for arms regulation including an international police force and strict atomic energy controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
N. Y
United States
Britain
United Nations
Russia
Molotov
U. N. General Assembly
Herschel V. Johnson
U. N
Alexander Cadogan
Moscow
Washington
Ernest Bevin
Stalin
Acheson
Turkey
Johnson
Germany
Japan
Bevin Seeks 50-Year Britain Russia Pact in Moscow
British Foreign Secretary Bevin met with Stalin in the Kremlin and urged extending the 1942 Britain Russia treaty to 50 years. He discussed a four power pact on German demilitarization for 40 years and possibly broader cooperation after wartime occupation. Marshall proposed reducing Allied troops in Germany to a minimal level to cut costs and aid Germany’s recovery.
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Moscow
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Stalin
Bevin
United States
Foreign Office
Kremlin
Georges Bidault
Marshall
Generalissimo
Germany
Austria
Alled Control Council
Secret wartime sections of Big Three agreements released
Public release details Tehran Yalta and Potsdam papers showing that the United States Britain and the Soviet Union considered Turkey a wartime partner in 1943 and that Moscow sought a role for Turkey in the Dardanelles. The papers reveal military conclusions and plans for informing Turkey and revising the Montreux convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Three
Washington
United States
Turkey
Acheson
Greece
Congress
Germany
State Department
Tehran
Yalta
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Potsdam
Truman
Attlee
Britain
Sia
Dardanelles
Moscow
Russia
U. S
Bulgaria
Yugo
Butte Weather Outlook With Snow Showers
West of the divide expect considerable cloudiness with little temperature change and light showers. Tuesday brings for Butte a high near 40 with scattered snow or rain showers, while east of the divide Tuesday should be partly cloudy with a high around 40 and some precipitation.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Legionnaire claims 100000 Communists in the United States
James F. Green of Omaha testifies to the House Un American Activities Committee that at least 100,000 Communists exist in the U S forming cadres for ten divisions. He warns Soviet aims include softening the nation for a future assault. Former Ambassador Bullitt says Russia would strike only after atom bombs and air power surpass the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
United States
James F. Green
Omaha
American Legion
Americanism Commission
William C. Bullitt
Moscow
Russia
Bullitt
Stalin
Hitler
America
Legion
School Concert Set Tonight in Butte High Auditorium
The Butte high school band and orchestra present their eighth annual concert at 8 p m Tuesday in the high school auditorium. Director H J Schiesser announced the event after two prior capacity performances and tickets sold out. The program features classical and popular selections by the orchestra and symphony band with solo and small group numbers and a stage show directed by Mrs Schiesser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte High School
H. J. Schiesser
Butte
Schiesser
Pair Escapes Injury in Auto Crash Then Electrocuted
In Thomasboro Illinois a car crashed into a pole toppling a 6 000 volt line. Johnson 21 and Miss Norma Duftsman 16 escaped injury then were electrocuted climbing from the wreck. Coroner W F Lampkin said both victims were from Thomasboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasboro
Ill
Norma Duftsman
Paul J. Johnson
W. F. Lampkin
Johnson
Miss Duftsman
Crash kills two in Hayward area flight
Ellis W. Kershaw 24 of Oakland a former Marine pilot and Howard Shields died when their aircraft crashed and burned in Peepee Canyon five miles north of Hayward late Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward
Calif
Ellis W. Kershaw
Oakland
Marine Corps
South Pacific
Howard Shields
Peepeee Canyon
Ere
House Tax Cut Seen in Narrow Senate Path
Speaker Martin reports near total Republican backing for the income tax cut after a GOP meeting as Democrats unite to oppose early action. Rep Engel plans to press the fight on the floor while Senate delays loom and a presidential veto remains possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martin
R-Mass
House
Rep
Engel
R-Mich
Senate
George
D-Ga
War Vessels Sold to Turkey Acheson Seeks Korea Aid
Secretary Patterson urged Congress to speed aid to Greece as Communists threaten control. Navy Secretary Forrestal said four mine sweepers have been sold to Turkey and both Greece and Turkey want more ships. Undersecretary Acheson said no other nation threatens Turkey besides Russia and that most Greece Turkey aid will be grants. He also urged renewed US funding for southern Korea due to Moscow’s阻 obstructions.
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Washington
Patterson
Congress
Greece
Forrestal
Turkey
Acheson
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
William L. Clayton
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Korea
Public Welfare Institute Highlights Delinquency Issues
Dr Bertha Gerber psychologist and director of the School of Social Work at Washington State college Pullman spoke at a two day institute for case workers from ten Montana cities. The event at Finlen hotel opened with attendance led by T J Sivalon and Rev Father Frank Laan Butte. Speakers overviewed juvenile delinquency and public welfare concerns for agencies including Child Welfare services Montana department of public welfare.
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Bertha Gerber
School of Social Work
Washington State College
Pullman
Institute of Public Welfare
Montana
Finlen Hotel
T. J. Sivalon
Frank L Aan
Gerber
United States
Butte
Anacconda
Deer Lodge
Philipsburg
Virginia City
Dillon
Boulder
Nationalists Plan Fight to Finish in China
The Kuomintang executive committee issued a manifesto calling for a final fight against the Communist rebellion while signaling possible future settlement. It branded the Communists as the greatest obstacle to national unity and constitutional enforcement, pledging cooperation with the Chinese race after a government reorganization to lift the public from privations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Executive Committee of
China
Kuomintang
Palestine Arabs Warn Big Four
A Palestine Arab executive committee member said Haj Amin El Husseini told Moscow foreign ministers that without rights for Palestine Arabs there could be tremendous disturbances in Palestine and across the Middle East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Palestine Arab Executive Committee
Haj Amin el Husseini
Muffi
Jerusalem
Moscow
Palestine
Middle East
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Bernard Holland
Sdea
North
Anaconda Council
Shea
Boy
Associated Press
Belgrade
Legionnaire
U.S
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