Record Surplus Property Sale Nears Closing
World War II veterans crowded the Butte surplus sale as government offers entice many to buy 3,338 items in 12 categories. A two day event at the Fox theater ends Thursday with only final 12 item types left and a draw by lot to allocate limited equipment to hopeful buyers from Montana and nearby states.
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Butte
Fox Theater
Montana
City
Northwest
War Assets Administration
Civil War Is Raging in Manchuria
Walter Logan reports from Chongqing that civil war continues in Manchuria with battles at Fushun Tiehling and Szepingkai as government troops move north from Mukden toward Changchun. Field teams will seek ceasefire by readjusting military matters and mediating between government and Communist forces under Lt. Gen. Alvin C. Gillem Jr.
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Chungking
U.R
K. C. Wu
Manchuria
Fushun
Mukden
Tiehling
Szepingkai
Changchun
Red Army
Alvin C. Gillem, Jr
Peiping
Gillem
Chou En-lai
Chang Chihchung
Liu Chieh
Liu
Pu Yi
Cabinet Officers Enter Dispute In Farm Equipment Strikes
Secretaries Anderson and Schwellenbach intervened in farm equipment strikes affecting about 40000 workers, calling the shutdown a grave emergency for world food needs. They urged top executives from International Harvester Allis Chalmers and J I Case to meet in Washington to discuss the walkout after Harvester officials quit a labor department talk.
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Associated Press
Secretaries of Agriculture and Labor
Anderson
Schwellenbach
Cardinal Stritch Appeals for Aid to War Hit Lands
Cardinal Stritch of Chicago appealed over ABC radio for help to war torn countries. He said hate destroys charity builds and urged Catholic priests to ask congregations for alms next Sunday to aid the unfortunate in war ravaged lands.
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Washington
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Chicago
Cardinal Stritch
Wartime controls restored over meat processors
The OPA ordered restoration of wartime controls over custom slaughtering to curb price rises caused by new buyers. Effective April 1, the rule bans selling beef or veal from custom slaughtered cattle unless prior plant practices or certified distribution and sanitary standards are met.
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Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
State Psychiatrist Declares Kauf Insane At Time Of Night Club Shooting
Dr Gladys Holmes testified at the Kauf murder trial that Howard H Kauf was a psycho neur o tic with hysteria and hysterical amnesia. She likened him to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde noting his mind shuts off under stress and his subconscious takes over. She cited combat fatigue as a model and said sodium amital is used for such disorders though recovery of memory may be unlikely.
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Howard H. Kauf
Hazel
Gladys Holmes
State Mental Hospital
Warm Springs
Kauf
Dr. Holmes
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
T. E. Downey
Holmes
End to All Price Controls Urged by Chamber
The United States Chamber of Commerce directors urged final elimination of all price controls by October 31 with rent ceilings extended to March 31 1947. The group backed ongoing inflation controls and criticized OPA for distorting production while noting tax receipts exceed expectations and a balanced federal budget appears near.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
House Banking Committee
Vinson
Chamber of Commerce
OPA
Chamber Committee
Overseas Veterans Returning Home
Soldiers from Montana aboard ships bound for New York and San Francisco are listed as returning servicemen. Sgt Horst F Burgman of Butte sails on the LaCrosse Victory with other Montanans including Arnold Pfau, Arnold Awry and Austin Vick aboard the Admiral Benson and Marine Shark. Additional names include Charles Simons Look Walter Johnson and others from Missoula Big Sandy White Sulphur Springs Broadus Roundup and Great Falls.
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Horst F. Burgman
Butte
New York
Army
Associated Press
Charles E. Simons
Missoula
Prank A. Look
Big Sandy
Joseph A. Walter
White Sulphur Springs
Leroy H. Johnson
Broadus
Laurel C. Nelson
Great Falls
Lloyd Adams
Glendive
Harry Risingson
Busby
Jesse R. Burns
Consul General Flies to Aid of Spy Suspect
A Soviet Naval officer Lt Nicolai Redin charged with espionage awaits a preliminary hearing in Portland Oregon. FBI scrutiny cited by J Edgar Hoover. Redin denied plans to flee and said the case is a political buildup. Bail possible. consul general seeks counsel. Vessel Yellowstone linked to alleged intelligence activity in Puget Sound.
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Portland
Ore
Michael S. Vavilov
San Francisco
Nicolai Gregorovich Redin
U. S
Redin
Donbass
United States
Jack Caufield
FBI
Yellowstone
Puget Sound
Mystery Blast Destroys Shed in Mining City
A vacant shed in the 500 block on South Arizona street was demolished by a large dynamite blast just after midnight. The explosion rattled windows, shook the business district, and was heard for miles. Police investigators said no one was harmed and an official probe is underway.
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Arizona Street
Ernett Sullivan
John Moriarity
John O'Mara
Sheriff's Office
Montana Power
Butte Weather Forecast Confirms Partly Cloudy Thursday
Partly cloudy to cloudy Thursday and Thursday night with occasional light showers or snow flurries. Cooler Thursday with little temperature change Thursday night. Maximum next 24 hours around 40s to 60s. Butte readings show School of Mines 62/36 and Airport 63/35. West of Divide expect 40s to 50s, East of Divide 45 to 55 with possible snow inland.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Denial Issued Over Secret Russian Iran Treaty Claims
Tehran reports Premier Ahmad Qavam ordered radio Tehran to deny any secret RussianIranian agreement in the Soviet evacuation. Kurdish uprisings near the Azerbaijan border claim Saqqiz, Sardasht, and Baneh with Sinneh under siege as an Iranian division at risk.
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Tehran
U.P
Ahmad Qavam_ es Sultaneh
Iran
Azerbaijan
Sinneh
Kurdistan
Mozaffar Firouz
Qavam
Russia
Moscow
Firouz
Radio
Radio Moscow
Wallace Murray
H. L. Parquar
Soviet Ultimatum Defied as Iran Issue Moves Ahead
At the United Nations Security Council on March 27 the Soviet delegate left the chamber after losing a bid to delay the Iranian case. Iran's ambassador called the situation explosive as council adjourned for executive session. The Russians signaled they would attend Thursday’s session with press and public barred, hoping for procedural work only.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
World Peace Agency
Iran
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Hoover in Prague Investigates Czechoslovakia Food Conditions
President Hoover arrived in Prague to study food conditions in Czechoslovakia. A slight ration improvement was noted with fresh vegetables and a small quantity of chocolate or new items expected on the next ration list.
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Prague
Herbert Hoover
Czechoslovakia
Braden Says U S Won't Break With Argentina If Peron Elected
Assistant Secretary of State Spruille Braden, former ambassador to Argentina, stated that the United States would not sever relations with Argentina if Col. Juan Peron becomes president. The comment came amid Argentina’s presidential prospects on March 27.
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New York
Spruille Braden
Argentina
United States
Col
Juan Peron
UNRRA urges rationing to provide relief food supplies
The UNRRA policy committee representing 48 nations backed a sweeping food program urging rationing where necessary and rigid controls to divert grains and fats to human consumption. The plan asks bumper crops, reduced livestock feed, and export-set aside measures, pending plenary approval.
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U.N.R.R.A
Atlantic City
N. J
United Nations
U. S
Three Railroad Workers Die In High Speed Truck Blaze
Three railroad workers were killed and 15 injured when they leaped from a blazing truck traveling about 45 miles an hour. State police said the injured were scattered along the highway for a mile after workers failed to attract the driver’s attention.
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Trenton
N. J
Permanent Status for Second Armored Division
Washington March 27. Gen Jacob L Devers announced designation of the Second Armored division as a permanent regular Army peacetime unit. The unit, stationed at Camp Hood Texas, was credited by the War Department as the first American unit to enter Berlin.
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Washington
Second Armored Division
Jacob L. Devers
Army Ground Forces
Camp Hood
Texas
War Department
Berlin
Russians Forcing U S Planes To Land In War Zone
Senator Styles Bridges said he confirmed at least one incident in which Russian military planes compelled an American C 47 to land in Russian occupied Germany and held 14 occupants for four days including a woman Red Cross worker. Army officials acknowledged a pending inquiry.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
Germany
Bridges
Robert P. Patterson
United States
Miles Reber
Army
Patterson
Prague
Prankfort
Grossenheim
Red Cross
Fifty six Girls Central graduates listed
Fifty six senior students at Girls Central high school were named tentative graduates for the May 24 commencement at the Fox theater. The full ceremony program will be released later. Names include Caryl Bennie La Verne Benney Marie Boric Donna Lee Burke Jeanne Brown and many others.
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Girls Central High School
Fox Theater
Caryl Bennie
la Verne Benney
Marie Boric
Donna Lee Burke
Jeanne Brown
Betty Cavanaugh
Shirley Combe
Jeanne Connell
Catherine D’arcy
Dorienne Darcy
Donna Evans
Lois Jean Evans
Carol Flemming
Lucille Gannon
Frances Gilmore
Winifred Gibson
Dorothy Jones
Marion Haggarty
Kathryn Harrington
Theresa Hanley
Danette Kelly
Mary Larkin
la Verne Lester
Doris Lindquist
Alice Lohman
Margaret Lowney
Peggy Lydon
Rose Madzia
Mary Ellen McGeehan
Winifred McCarton
Catherine McEnaney
Catherine McNulty
Patricia McNulty
Lenore Mehrens
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U. N
By Walter Logan
Billings
Belgrade
Custer
Cut Bank
Drummond
Glasgow
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
W. Yellowstone
Whitehall
By Sam Souki
Security Council
Francis W. Carpenter
By Sigrid Arne
U.S
By James C. Austin
Girls Central
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