Boulder Men Hurt When Car Plunges From Road
Alfred Rud Roe, 23, in critical condition after a Thursday evening crash on the highline road west of Meaderville. Frank Conquigrana, 23, of Boulder, suffered minor injuries. the driver said they had been in Butte, then Meaderville, returning to Boulder. The car, a 1932 Chevrolet coupe, was badly damaged and both men were rushed to St James hospital. Alonzo Roe, the injured man’s father, was en route after sheriff deputies notified him.
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Alfred Rud Roe
Boulder
Frank Conquigrana
Highline
Meaderville
St. James Hospital
Conquigrana
Butte
de Roe
Alonzo Roe
Truman unveils postwar plan to ease reconversion burden
President Truman submitted a sweeping postwar economic charter to Congress calling for 21 policy aims to ease reconversion for government, industry, labor, agriculture, veterans, and citizens. He warned against repeating 1920s inflation and urged continued price and rent controls while supply remains tight.
Occupation Units Head for Korea Surrender Planned
In the East China Sea Admiral Kinkaid and Rear Admiral Barbey's forces prepare to land near Jinsen as Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge's 24th Corps advances to occupy Keijo. Japanese surrender is planned with Abe, Kozuki, and Yamaguchi acting for Japan.
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Adm. Barbey
East China Sea
U.P
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Seventh Fleet
Daniel FE. Barbey
Yellow Sea
Korea
Jinsen
John R. Hodge
United States
24Th Corps
Keijo
Hodge
Abe
Yoshio Kozuki
17Th Army Group
Gizaburo Yamaguchi
Kozuki
38Th Parallel
Yamaguchi
Butte Weather Forecast Clouds, Rain and Warmer Temps
Mostly cloudy with occasional light rain Friday and Friday night. Highs around 62 on Friday, 58 Thursday, and 43 for the low. West of Divide expected clear to partly cloudy and warmer, while East of Divide mixes of clouds and scattered showers with warmer afternoon.
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Butte
Montana
Divide
Admiral McCain Dies of Heart Attack
Vice Adm. John Sidney McCain 61 commander of task force 38 died of a heart attack at his Coronado home after recent strain from four months directing his fleet He had flown to Tokyo Bay after surrender ceremonies and was seen with a slight cold his wife and a physician at his side His planned Washington posting to direct naval veterans affairs is noted His career spanned World War I service aboard the San Diego to lead the Bureau of Aeronautics and naval operations with Halsey in carrier battles near the Philippines and Formosa.
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Calif
John Sidney McCain
Navy
Coronado
McCain
Tokyo Bay
Washington
Veterans Administration
Carroll County
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
United States Naval Academy
Bureau of Navigation
Bureau of Aeronautics
Adm
Halsey
Imperial Navy
Philippines
Formosa
Congressional Probe of the Pearl Harbor Calamity Is Assured
President Truman backed a congressional inquiry into the Pearl Harbor calamity. The Senate swiftly passed a joint House Senate committee resolution to report by January 3. House action paused by an agreement to avoid legislative matters that day. Republicans urged equal party representation on the panel.
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Pearl Harbor
Washington
Truman
Senate
Senate House Committee
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Mayor of Prague Hanged for Treason Under Occupation
Prague reports Dr Joseph Pfitzner mayor under German occupation was hanged at Pankrac prison square at 6:30 p m Thursday after a brief treason trial. He was tried in the same courtroom where German rulers once sentenced many to death. Pfitzner is the first of thousands accused of war crimes or collaboration to face the Czech people's court.
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Prague
Joseph Pfitzner
Pankrac
Czechoslovakia
Pfitzner
Czech People’s Court
Eight thousand Allied prisoners freed from Japan
Yokohama report says eight thousand Allied prisoners, about one fourth of the 32,500 held in Japanese home islands, have been recovered from horror camps and many are en route home. Niigata and Nagoya area evacuees arrived in Yokohama, with Tokyo area releases earlier. more prisoners in Osaka camps in the Sixth Army area to be freed. Regular airlifts and trains speed the process, while relief flights bring food and medicine to remaining camps on Honshu.
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Sendai
Tokyo
Hokkaido
Eighth Army
Osaka
Sixth Army
Manila
Navy
Guam
Honshu
Kawose
Naoetsu
Aomi
Nagaoka
Marianas
Kyushu
Batista Sues for Divorce in Federal Court
Former Cuban president Fulgencio Batista filed a divorce suit in a federal district court citing incompatibility of temperament. The action was announced from Mexico City on September 6.
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Mexico City
U.P
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Japs Execute Five Navy Flyers in Borneo
The Japanese executed five Navy air men shot down over Borneo on January 13. The Navy released the revelation Thursday night after State department disclosed new enemy atrocities. Names were not provided and details were withheld. The report follows earlier disclosures about Doolittle raid airmen and unresolved captives.
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Washington
Navy
Borneo
State Department
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Roosevelt
Tokyo
William G. Farrow
Washington, D. C
Dean E. Hallmark
Dallas
Texas
Harold A. Spatz
Lebo
Kan
Combat Units Probe Tokyo Rubble
Gen. MacArthur leads 15,000 troops toward occupation of Tokyo with the flag to be raised over new Tokyo quarters. Within days Sendai and later Honshu coasts will be reached as combat patrols probe the ruined city. U.S. forces plan swift disarmament of millions of Japanese soldiers and occupy key regions across Japan.
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Yokahoma
MacArthur
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Sendai
Honshu
First Cavalry
Southwest Pacific
Manila
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Rome
Berlin
Quisling Declares He Is Patriot In Court
Vidkun Quisling told the court he acted as a puppet dictator under German occupation for Norway’s good. He proclaimed I am Quisling the patriot while denying apology and claiming Soviet Russia sought Scandinavian takeover forced him to seek German protection.
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Olso
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Quisling
Soviet Russia
Scandinavian
Germany
Henrik Bergh
Bergh
Truman Warns On Reconversion To Peace Time Economy
President Truman urges Congress to act quickly on reconversion after WWII. He calls for full peacetime production and employment, government aid during lag, and measures to prevent short term price hikes. He stresses stable wages, responsible labor and business conduct, and farmer readjustment.
Solons Propose Federal Control of Atomic Energy Use
Washington lawmakers push for federal oversight of atomic energy. Senator Vandenberg seeks a joint six and six member committee to study bomb development and control, while Senator McMahon introduces a bill to ban private exploitation. Du Pont denies seeking control, reiterating government ownership and fixed fee terms.
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Solons
Congress
Washington
Truman
Japan
Vandenberg
R-Mich
House
Senate
McMahon
D-Conn
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
W. S. Carpenter, Jr
Byrnes
Walter Winchell
State Department
du Pont Company
Carpenter
du Pont
War pilot calls Bukas planes most fascinating combat
Lt. Arthur R. Lehwalder Jr of Butte, a B-29 flyer with the 58th Bombardment Wing, says the fight against the Bukas Jap suicide planes was the most fascinating combat experience of the war. He completed 19 combat flights over Japanese targets and arrived on leave with his wife and 11 month old daughter.
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Lehwalder
Arthur R. Lehwalder
Butte
Nippon
Oregon
Pauly Clifford
Seattle
Pacific
58Th
Orders Bund Leader Deported to Germany
Attorney General Tom C. Clark ordered the deportation to Germany of Fritz Julius Kuhn, former leader of the German American Bund. Kuhn is at Ellis Island and will likely sail aboard the S. S. Antioch Victory next week.
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Washington
U.P
Tom C. Clark
Germany
Fritz Julius Kuhn
Bund
Kuhn
Ellis Island
N. Y
S. S
Snyder Outlines Peace Program
John W. Snyder, war mobilization and reconversion director, outlined a nine point plan for a swift transition to peacetime life. He reported to President Truman that after Japan's surrender the nation was gaining momentum toward prosperity but warned that future problems would be difficult. He noted 2.7 million workers left war jobs within 10 days of surrender with 900,000 quickly finding peacetime work and 1.8 million others awaiting new jobs, aided by 500,000 positions on file. He urged prompt cancellation of war contracts and orderly plant reconversion as essential steps.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
House
Senate
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Pearl Harbor
John W. Snyder
Japan
Congress
Snyder
U. S
Eight Points Form Key to Program for Transition to Peace Economy
Eight points outline Truman’s plan for peacetime prosperity. Demobilize excess troops quickly and cancel war contracts. Return government plants to civilian use. Hold prices and rents to curb inflation. Freeze wages to stop price spikes, restore collective bargaining where ceilings won’t hurt. Remove unnecessary wartime controls to speed business, keep essential controls to prevent bottlenecks and shortages, avoid rapid wage and purchasing power declines.
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Washington
Sept
Truman
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