Greece Prepares to Meet Violence Twenty Three Die in Crash
London reports a four engined British South American Airways plane crashed at Bathhurst, North Africa, en route to Natal Brazil, killing 23 people. Only Mrs. D S B De Gattegno survived with serious injuries as part of a week’s toll of five major transport crashes killing 95.
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London
U.K
South American Airways
Bathhurst
North Africa
Natal
Brazil
D. S. B. de Gattegno
York
Star
Lisbon
United States
Europe
Africa
Central America
Elko
Nev
Air France
Sjelland
le Bourget Field
Paris
Cuba
Albania Drafts Charges Against Greece Before Security Council
Albania accused Greece of provoking border incidents and persecuting Chamaria Albanian minorities. Col Tuk Jakova seeks a seat at the Security Council table to present Albania’s case as the debate on Soviet Ukraine and Greece resumes. Gromyko urged that Jakova be heard.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Albania
Greece
Security Council
Ukraine
Tuk Jakova
Jakova
Chamaria
Kirus
United States
U. N
Andrei A. Gromyko
Jet Plane Speed Record Broken in Test Flight
A Gloster Meteor jet plane achieved 616 miles per hour in a Saturday test run at LITTLE HAMPTON England, breaking the world speed record by 10 mph. Official confirmation came early Sunday after instruments were checked post midnight.
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Little Hampton
England
Record Enrollment Anticipated at School of Mines
Montana School of Mines expects a record 1946 47 enrollment of 400 to 500 students when classes begin Sept 24 registration Sept 23. WWII veterans may comprise 60 to 70 percent of the student body with GI Bills aiding their return to technical education. Six new faculty members join the institution including Dr William W Chance English head Dr Edwin G Koch chemistry and Dr Kenneth N McLeod chemistry assistant professor.
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Montana School of Mines
Montana
W. M. Brown
William W. Chance
Chance
Montana State Normal College
Dillon
University of Washington
Broadway Edison
Seattle
Washington
Edwin G. Koch
Koch
Montana State University
University of Illinois
Kenneth N. McLeod
McLeod
Montana State College
Anaconda Copper Mining to Switch to Mountain Time
The Anaconda Copper Mining Company announces a time change for its mines and plants to Mountain Standard Time starting at 7 a.m. Monday September 9 1946, aligning operations with the new time zone.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Maine Primaries Open 1946 Election Season
Maine begins the 1946 election cycle with primaries on Monday as Republicans expected to sweep. Across the nation November 5 sets the main balloting for senator governor and three representatives while CT CO LA RI nominating events shape candidate selection. The Huey Long family returns to the spotlight in Louisiana with Dr. George S. Long among contenders.
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Washington
Maine
United States
Connecticut
Colorado
Louisiana
Rhode Island
Overnor
Huey Long
George S. Long
Pineville
Food Merchants to Meet Here in Butte Convention
The Associated Merchants of Montana and the Montana State Food Distributors association plan a joint annual convention in Butte September 16 and 17 at the Finlen hotel. Mayor O'Leary will welcome attendees with Henry B. Markus delivering the response. Speakers include Paul R. McClure on the frozen food industry, C. S. Youlden on the 1946 food outlook, Oakley E. Coffee on retail food law, and Stanley R. Foot on unemployment compensation. Bert Van Cleve will cap the event as banquet speaker.
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Associated Merchants of Montana
Montana State Food Distributors Association
Butte
Finlen Hotel
Silver Bow County Retail Merchants Association
Barry O'Leary
Henry B. Markus
Whitefish
Paul R. McClure
Great Falls
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
van Cleve
City Gambling Down County Resorts Open
Police raided downtown Butte gambling dens Thursday afternoon arresting fifteen people mostly staff. On Saturday county resorts welcomed patrons as the crackdown appeared to ease and the man-about-town found ways to gamble beyond city limits.
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Butte
Police Chief ends search for undertaker body in case tied to soldier
Hayward California police received a letter from military police in San Antonio stating Pvt. William J. Randall of Walla Walla claimed he murdered an undertaker last month. Randall, held for court martial on undisclosed charges, said he shot the man near Hayward, but the undertaker's name was not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward
Calif
George Forth
Walla Walla, Wash
William J. Randall
San Antonio
Texas
Randall
Hayward Police
Six Conventions Planned Here During September
Butte gears up as hosts to six more state and national meetings in September raising 1946 totals to 32 for the year. The Montana Bar Association wrapped up its sessions while Kiwanis International, Montana Food Distributors, Aviation Officials, Northwest Aviation Planning, and the Certified Public Accountants set dates and venues, with Finlen Hotel to serve as convention headquarters.
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Butte
Montana
Montana Bar Association
Bar Association
National Association of Tuberculosis
Kiwanis International
Montana Food Distributors Group
National Association of Aviation Officials
Northwest Aviation Planning Council
Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants
Finlen
Stalin Praises Red Army Tanks In Radio Order
Marshal Stalin broadcast praise for the Red army tanks and armor in an order of the day issued on Red Army Tank Day. The message commends tankmen and builders and urges further successes as a parade in Red Square notes the wartime role against Germany and Japan.
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London
U.P
Josef Stalin
Red Army
Radio Moscow
Dreamboat B-29 flight plans spark vast weather alert network
Col C S Irvine says the Pacusan Dreamboat non-stop Honolulu to Cairo attempt is highly unlikely to depart Monday, likely Tuesday or Wednesday. The Army Air Forces alert network of radio weather stations and air sea rescue crews will track the effort from Honolulu to Cairo with B 17 weather planes aiding reporting and wind data. Reports from London and Foggia will be relayed to the Dreamboat, with bases in Seattle Elmdorf Ladd Meeks and Greenland Iceland participating.
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Honolulu
Washington
U.P
Army Air Forces
Cairo
Alaska
Pacific
Greenland
Iceland
Dreamboat
London
Foggia
Italy
Seattle
Wash
Elmendorf
Meeks
Ladd
Meat Rationing Debate Reopens At Federal Agencies
The OPA and the Department of Agriculture consider creating an inter agency committee to study meat fats and oils rationing. No decision yet and restoring rationing would take at least 60 days. Sugar remains the only rationed commodity and officials doubt further rationing is likely. Some fear shortages justify a return to rationing to ensure fair distribution amid slipping livestock receipts and new price ceilings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Department of Agriculture
Inter-Agency
Fire and Explosions Hit Star Knot Off Manila
A series of explosions and fire struck the United States line cargo vessel Star Knot in Manila bay on Sunday morning. The crew abandoned and later reboarded with fire crews from the Army Navy and Manila port authority as flames sent chemicals into the afterhold. Captain Dorso blamed 300 cylinders of acrylene and oxygen in a refrigeration hold and feared the blaze could reach holds with inflammable asphalt. Separately politicians call Operation Dixie a political flop, viewed as a potential kiss of death for many southern candidates.
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Manila
United States Line
Star Knot
Manila Bay
Army, Navy
Thomas Dorso
Weather Outlook for Butte and Surrounding Areas
Cloudy Sunday with light rain and continued cool conditions. Highest temperatures expect the School of Mines and Airport around 48 with a recent 24 hour high of 45 at the Mines and 46 at the Airport and precipitation of 0.39. West of divide cloudiness and cooler, with light showers and a high near 60. East of divide cloudy and chilly with light rain tapering to partly cloudy by afternoon, high near 50 to 60.
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School of Mines
Divide
Yugoslavia Threatens Italy Peace Treaty Over Trieste Boundary
Yugoslavia warned it would refuse to sign the peace treaty with Italy if the foreign ministers council boundary plan for Venezia Giulia and Trieste stood. Kardelj demanded a free Trieste linked economically to Yugoslavia, and asserted Yugoslavia would not recognize any decision if the French line given to Italy remained.
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Paris
Yugoslavia
Italy
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Edvard Kardelj
Belgium
Brazil
Venezia Giulia
Kardelj
Trieste
U. S
Tom Connally
Texas
Senator Connally
Connally
Gorizia
Seacoast
Bar Association Concludes 58th Montana State Meeting
The Montana Bar association closes its 58th annual meeting with an expanded agenda, electing Tom J. Davis of Butte as president and naming officers across 17 districts. Resolutions pressed for legislative action and noted the Mining City gathering as the most successful in the group’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Bar Association
Legal Fraternity
Montana
Mining
Tom J. Davis
Butte
H. C. Crippen
Billings
Marshall Murray
Kalispell
James T. Finlen, Jr
House of Delegates
American Bar Association
Paul W. Smith
Helena
Henry Tyrand
Charles E. Avery
Anaconda
A. E. Mulroney
Missoula
John Collins
Dillon
W. W. Leslie
Bozeman
Carl L. Brattin
Sidney
Cleveland Hall
Great Palls
Wilford Doyle
Conrad
Leonard DeKalb
Lewistown
Hans Walchli
Max P. Kuhr
Havre
James H. Kilbourne
Nat Allen
Ryegate
Frank Catlin
Wolf Point
Raymond Shelden
Ekalaka
C. H. Roberts
Glasgow
Mining Industry to Study Status at Postwar Convention
The nation's metal mining industry opens its first postwar convention and expo in Denver for four days at City auditorium. Speakers include Interior Secretary James A. Krug and Senators Abe Murdock Edwin Johnson Wayne Morse Joseph O Mahoney. Industry leaders discuss milling methods geophysical prospecting and mining laws with extensive displays and networking.
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Denver
City Auditorium
James A. Krug
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Abe Murdock
Utah
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Joseph H Ball
Minnesota
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Reno H. Sales
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Richard N. Hunt
American Smelting and Refining Company
William E. Wrather
United States Geological Survey
Ira B. Joralemon
San Francisco
Louis B
Vets oppose reign of terror in Athens Tenn
Knox Henry sheriff of McMinn County pledges to use full power of office to end terror attacks after an August uprising led to the resignation of Athens mayor Paul Walker and four aldermen. City Recorder Herman Lee Moses, a World War II veteran, warns of a financial jam without new officials. Walker and the aldermen say resignations may be advanced if funds run short. Lester Dooley urges the mayor and board to stay in office amid ongoing turmoil.
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Athens
Tenn
Knox Henry
McMinn
G. I
Herman Lee Moses
Paul Walker
Walker
Lester Dooley
McMinn County Good Government League
Recorder
Hugh Riggs
Moses
Friction with Yugoslavia Escalates Over Macedonian Row
Acting Prime Minister Stylianos Gonatas announces Greece will reinstate drastic emergency measures including military courts to curb rising leftist violence and to protest Yugoslav declarations at the Paris peace conference on Macedonia. Greek leaders interpret Yugoslav stance as external meddling.
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Athens
Greece
Stylianos Gonatas
Yugoslavia
Paris
Macedonia
Republic of
Gonatas
Yanks Prepare to Leave Belgrade
In Belgrade three U S soldiers sheltered by the embassy for seven months amid a shooting inquiry about a Russian and an American near the city are set to depart. The embassy says they were not involved, were not arrested, and await visas after August 17 living in a hotel. Names: Sgt Kenneth E. Schussel, Sgt Theodore C. Nelson, and Sgt Chester B. Scott.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
United States
U.S
U. S
Kenneth E. Schussel
San Francisco
Theodore C. Nelson
Park Falls
Wis
Chester B. Scott
Nashville
Tenn
U S to Protest Bombing Near Chengteh
U S officials expected to condemn the bombing of a truce team near Chengteh and the wounding of three Americans. Sino-American tripartite headquarters faces criticism over the air force’s alleged noncompliance with agreed terms. Unconfirmed reports cited higher casualty figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
U. S
Chiang Kai
Chengteh
Executive Headquarters
Tripartite
Threat of General Strike in Maritime Dispute Deemed Ridiculous
A. F. L. spokesman called the threat by Seafarers International Union leader Paul Hall ridiculous as hundreds of ships idle in the nation’s largest shipping shutdown. Philip Pearl of the AFLP bureau in Washington said the government has no plan to use troops and has no basis for such action.
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American Federation of Labor
Paul Hall
New York
Seafarers International Union
Hall
United States
Philip Pearl
Washington
Pearl
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