U S Stiffens Stand on Europe Affairs
The United States warns Russia to cooperate in Germany’s economic reconstruction and press calls Yugoslavia to settle differences. Acting Secretary Clayton outlines a firmer policy with or without Soviet and French support, and aims to fast track Western zones’ unity and German recovery.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Russia
Germany
Yugoslavia
William L. Clayton
James F. Byrnes
Stuttgart
Clayton
Great Britain
Britain
France
Transfer Traced in Thunder Bird Field Sale Hearing
A House committee investigating surplus property disposal traced events leading to the cost free transfer of Thunder Bird field in Glendale Arizona to the American Institute for Foreign Trade. Present at the hearing were four institute officials led by president Lt. Gen. Barton K. Yount.
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Kansas City
House
Thunderbird Field
Glendale
Ariz
Institute
Barton K. Yount
Pensions urged for WWI veterans at VFW encampment
Boston reports the National Encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars urged old age or disability pensions for World War I veterans serving at least 90 days. It cited lack of medical records and that many veterans aged 54 face disabilities hindering work and insurance.
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Conference of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Boston
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Soviet charges Greece threatens Balkans peace at UN
Soviet Ukraine foreign minister Dmitri Manuilsky accused Greece of preparing a serious threat to Balkan peace. He alleged British troops and monarchist bands in Macedonia, punitive expeditions against Slavs, and interference in Albania, calling the plebiscite electoral wonder. Greek ambassador Dendramis prepared to reply as the council adjourned.
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N. Y
Ukraine
Balkans
Dmitri Manuilsky
Greece
Security Council
United Nations
Manuilsky
Macedonia
Vassili Dendramis
Alexander Cadogan
Hamilsky
Dendramis
George II
Albania
Council
Paris
Vissili Dendramis
Ukrainia
Campaign Probe Group at Work
The House committee on campaign expenditures began functioning and faced two issues: the Missouri Democratic primary where Enos Axtell defeated Rep. Slaughter, and Connecticut CPI activities. Chairman Priest pledged an impartial inquiry and said no group or person will be spared.
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Washington
House Committee On
Priest
D-Tenn
Missouri
Enos Axtell
Truman
Representative Slaughter
Connecticut
Food for Yugoslavs sails with aid despite protests
The Brown Victory departed Jersey City on Wednesday carrying food clothing and medicine for Yugoslavia under Marshal Tito as protests mounted over five American flyers shot down by Yugoslav forces. Senator Johnson urged halting the loading in protest.
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Yugoslavia
Brown Victory
Jersey City
Marshal Tito
Johnson
D-Corp
Reds propose delay of U N meeting and move
Paris dispatch says Russia urged postponing the United Nations General Assembly from Sept 23 to November and switching venue from New York to Paris or Geneva. The four power foreign ministers council failed to decide, with no consensus on the postponement or relocation.
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Russia
Foreign Ministers Council
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Geneva
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Assembly
Italy
Yugoslavia
Greece
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
A. Y. Vishinsky
Molotov
Moscow
Vishinsky
Bar Association to Meet Here in Butte Montana
About 250 to 300 Montana attorneys are due in Butte for the Montana Bar association 58th annual meeting. Registration opens at the Finlen hotel Thursday at 2 PM with a resolutions committee session at 3 PM chaired by H Leonard DeKalb.
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Montana
Butte
Montana Bar Association
Finlen Hotel
H. C. Crippen
Billings
W. E. Keeley
Deer Lodge
Marshall Murray
Kalispell
Silver Bow Bar Association
Resolutions Committee
H. Leonard DeKalb
Lewistown
Bar Association
Butte Ends Daylight Time This Sunday Night
Butte will revert from daylight saving time to Mountain Standard time at midnight this coming Sunday. Mayor Barry O'Leary told the city council that school has started and early rising hurts children while twilight games are no longer needed after the summer baseball season.
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Butte
Barry O'Leary
Weather Outlook for Butte and Montana Regions
Cloudy conditions with intermittent light rains across Butte and Montana west of the divide. Daytime highs range from 60 to 70 degrees, with cooler nights. Specifics include 65 at the School of Mines and Airport, 64 high and 42 low at the Mine School, and 60-70 west of divide with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Canada Shifts Top Diplomats in Major Postings
Ottawa announces a broad reallocation of senior diplomats. Hume Wrong, aged 51, will become ambassador to the United States, taking over from Lester B. Pearson who moves to Ottawa as undersecretary of state for external affairs. Norman A. Robertson, 42, leaves the post of undersecretary to become high commissioner in London, replacing Vincent Massey who retired last spring.
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United States
London
Canada
W. L. MacKenzie King
Hume Wrong
Washington Post
Lester B. Pearson
Norman A. Robertson
Vincent Massey
Heirens Pleads Guilty to Murder Charges
William Heirens, a University of Chicago student by day and a violent prowler by night, pleaded guilty to three murders the state charged. He also admitted to kidnapping the six year old Suzanne Degnan in January and the lipstick murder of Frances Brown, plus the stabbing of Mrs. Josephine Ross and numerous burglaries and assaults. The court warned that the plea waives a jury trial and could lead to death or life imprisonment.
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Jekyll Hyde
University of Chicago
Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
Frances Brown
Josephine Ross
Harold Ward
Pacific Defenses Seen Inadequate by Senator Morse
Senator Wayne Morse denounced coastal defenses from San Francisco to Puget Sound as inadequate and a potential target for any aggressor nation. He warned against concentrating bases in California and urged stronger Northwest defense including the Bonneville and Grand Coulee dam regions.
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San Francisco
Wayne Morse
California
Bonneville
Grand Coulee
Northwest
Decision Is Due On Exhuming Ragen’s Body Thursday
Chicago coroner said the final decision on removing the body of James M. Ragen, racing news chief, from cemetery crypt for further examination may be made at a Thursday inquest. Coroner A L Brodie has permission to exhume, but Ragen’s widow objects that his body has been dragged around enough.
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Chicago
James M. Ragen
Racing News
Ragen
A. L. Brodie
Brodie
Chiang Forces Launch New Offensive in Hopei
Chinese government forces opened a long anticipated offensive in Hopei province as Juheru successes push Communist forces toward Tolun in Chahar. The Stuar t peace committee stalled as Communist and government members failed to meet with U S Ambassador Stuart. The Social Welfare description said Chen Chi cheng directs the operation from Tangshan with purging the countryside to begin across Hopei.
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Hopei
Jehol
Tolun
Dolonor
Chahar
Chengteh
Stuart Peace Committee
United States
J. Leighton Stuart
Chiang Kaishek
China
Peiping Catholic
Social Welfare
Chen Chi-cheng
Tangshan
Tientsin
Peiping-Mukden Rairoad
6 876 Students Begin Classes In Butte Schools
Butte public schools start the term with 6 876 students, 1 205 at Butte high and 3 085 in grade schools. Emerson had the largest grade enrollment, Harrison the smallest, with 125 Webster-Garfield district pupils at Washington and 121 district pupils at high school grade classes. Principal George Haney urges students who did not pick up program cards to do so this week to secure preferred classes.
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Butte High School
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Harrison
Blaine
Franklin
Grant
Geeley
Hawthorne
Jefferson
Lincoln
Longfellow
McKinley
Madison
Monroe
Sherman
Washington
Whittier
Webster-Garfield
George Haney
State Democrats Prepare Meeting in Montana
Helena set to host the Montana platform convention with Leif Erickson as keynote and temporary chair. Sen. James E. Murray to be permanent chair as more than 200 delegates from 56 counties gather for the event. Hotel bookings point to strong attendance and a Thursday banquet for women and visiting young Democrats.
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Helena
Leif Erickson
United States Senate
Montana
Lester Loble
James E. Murray
D-Mont
Loble
Liberty Ship David Caldwell Grounded and Wrecked
In a powerful storm on the Gironde estuary the Liberty ship David Caldwell ran aground and broke in two. At least two crew members were reported killed while seven of the 50 aboard reached shore and were hospitalized at Royan and Rochefort. A French hydroplane dropped life rafts as spectators saw sailors in the water. The vessel, outbound from Hampton Roads, reportedly snapped its anchor chain before grounding.
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Bordeaux
France
United States
David Caldwell
Gironde
Royan
Rochefort
Hampton Roads
Maritime unions urged to call off strike delay
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach urged A F L maritime unions to delay their national strike pending a wage stabilization board review next Tuesday after a conference with Conciliation Director Edgar L Warren. Meanwhile the nationwide stoppage proceeded in several ports with about 400000 workers potentially idle.
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Schwellenbach
Wage Stabilization Board
United States Conciliation
Edgar L. Warren
New York
Pacific Coast
Harry Lundeberg
A. F. L. Sailors Union of the Pacific
San Francisco
Seafarers International Union
United States
New Orleans
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen Union
C.I.0
West Coast
Seattle
Los Angeles
Portland
Ore
Virginia Democrats to Open Convention in Richmond
A Virginia Democratic convention will open in Richmond at noon Thursday to nominate a candidate for the unexpired term running through 1948 of the late Senator Carter Glass.
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Richmond
Virginia
Carter Glass
Widespread curfew lifts after Bombay rioting toll
In Bombay the four day Hindu Muslim rioting eased with a city curfew imposed and no incidents reported in the first half of the night. A police communique noted quiet at 12 30 am as worries persisted over potential Hindu reprisals and red flags linked to Pakistan support appeared near a hospital and a worship site.
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Bombay
Pakistan
Brakes Applied on Stock Market Decline In New York
Buyers pulled back on the skidding stock market on Sept 4 but could not halt losses totaling about 415 million dollars. A record 3,620,000 shares traded and volumes rose to a post May 21, 1940 high, while the average price on the New York Stock Exchange slipped to a fresh 1-year low before a late rally.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Increases Granted for Western Pine Shop Lumber
OPA ordered immediate price increases for western pine shop lumber and Douglas fir sold on direct mill shipment to millwork manufacturers. The hikes align with National Housing agency aims to boost lumber for doors sash frames and other millwork. Ponderosa Idaho and Sugar Pines are among the shop lumber affected.
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Washington
OPA
National Housing Agency
Ponderosa
Idaho
Veto override on $1 raise for police and firemen fails in Butte
Butte city council fails by one vote to override Mayor Barry OLeary s veto of a $1 per day raise for police and firemen. The session also reviews three damage claims from April mob actions totaling about $1 343.81 and refers them to the judiciary committee.
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Barry O'Leary
Butte
Johanna
Frank Eltz
Watson
Maurice
Jessie Tinsley
California
John
Celia Kennis
Edison
Judiciary Committee
Silver Bow
Frank J. Doherty
Susa al Eal Ecole Wa Ot
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