House Refuses to Speed Up Demobilization
The House rejected calls to hasten discharge of armed forces amid debate on demobilization versus recruitment. Amendments sought caps on forces and age restrictions were defeated or ruled out of order, while an Army enlistment option for six months service was adopted. Senate Navy plans to accelerate discharges were noted with a projected 3,000,000 release by Sept. 1.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Reed
R-N. Y
May
D-Ky
Military Committee
Rep. Miller
R-Neb
Rep
Kilday
Dtexas
George C. Marshall
Congress
Marshall
Library of Congress
House
Senate Military Committee
Revercomb
R-W. Va
Adm
Louis E. Denfield
One Butte Man Reaches U. S.
A list of Montana soldiers arriving in the United States from Europe over the weekend includes multiple personnel arriving on September 15 and September 16. Names and hometowns such as Butte Lewis town Missoula Kalispell and others are recorded with ranks from corporal to sergeant and staff sergeant. The report enumerates dozens of service members including Eddie Johnson Toston and David West Great Falls.
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Associated Press
Montana
Europe
Robert J. Powers
West Park
Butte
E. B. Alexander
Ralph E. Smith
Lewistown
Joseph F. Schantz
Missoula
Holger R. Groskurth
Joseph C. Skodlich
Great Falls
Eddie L. Johnson
Toston
David E. West
Jake Brotzman
Stevensville
Leslie J. Egger
Billings
John W. Noble
Helena
David Schlinker
Watkins
Duane W. Wood
Laurel
David O. Anderson
Anaconda
Tarnton Brown
Louis K. Higgins
Lula
John R. Walter
Dillon
Harold A. Frey
Alden H. Johnson
Suffolk
Bridges Becomes U S Citizen in San Francisco
Harry Bridges head of the C. I. O. Longshoremen's union on the West coast is now a United States citizen. The naturalization ceremony was held in San Francisco on Monday.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
C. I. O. Longshoremen’s Union
West Coast
United States
Truman Warns Rationing May Resume to Aid Europeans
President Truman warned rationing of some foods may resume to meet UNRRA and European needs as funds and credit limit purchases. He noted sugar fats and oils are scarce but current shipments could rise if financial arrangements succeed, and set-aside orders could apply if extra resources arrive. Anderson said meat rations depend on relief needs but civilians will soon receive more meat than before the war.
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United States
UNRRA
Europe
Agriculture Department
War Production Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Wainwright Reveals Repeated Japanese Beatings and Cruelty
General Jonathan M. Wainwright recounts in a Morgan Beatty interview that Japanese officers approved brutal beatings and mental torture. He recalls a private striking him five times, forced labor for Allied officers, and a promised but never delivered food program. He argues for occupying the Japanese islands to deny war production.
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Washington
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Morgan Beatty
B. C
Wainwright
Schools to Erect Trail Markers on Lewis and Clark Trail
The 140th anniversary commemoration ends with trail markers erected from Missouri to Oregon. In Montana 150 markers provided by the Montana council of the American Pioneer Trails Association will be placed on school properties in 25 Butte area communities. Students lead dedication ceremonies with markers set at Whitehall Silver Star Arm stead Willow Creek Manhattan Belgrade Livingston Springdale Deer Lodge Jefferson Island Twin Bridges Jackson Three Forks Logan Bozeman Missoula Big Timber Ovando Waterloo Dillon Boulder Sappington Park Chestnut and Grey Cliff.
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Missouri
Oregon
Butte
Montana
Montana Council
American Pioneer Trails Association
Joe L. Markham
State Council
Whitehall
Silver Star
Armstead
Willow Creek
Manhattan
Belgrade
Livingston
Springdale
Deer Lodge
Jefferson Island
Twin Bridges
Jackson
Three Forks
Logan
Bozeman
Missoula
Big Timer
Ovando
Waterloo
Dillon
Boulder
Sappington
Park
Chestnut
Greycliff
Couple Hosts 9000 Servicemen In Spokane Open House
Mr and Mrs A S Victor of Spokane kept an open house for servicemen since Pearl Harbor. Their guest book read 9000 names by Monday with the 9000th registering over the weekend. Mrs Victor said they will continue the open house until the redeployment movement ends.
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Spokane
Wash
A. S
Pop
Victor
Pearl Harbor
Reorganization of Labor Department Set
President Truman approved a plan to reorganize the Labor Department to handle postwar reconversion and rising labor trouble. Secretary Schwellenbach said the move aims to strengthen the department and curb strikes, including Detroit and CIO oil workers, amid a wave of idle workers and looming wage demands.
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Washington
Truman
Labor Department
Schwellenbach
White House
Detroit
Labor
General Motors
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler
Ford
C.I.0
United Auto Workers
C. I. O. Oil
C. I. O.steel
C. I. O.united Electrical Workers
Great Falls Woman Victim in Mysterious Shooting
Mrs Ed Pan 29 wife of a rancher near Great Falls was shot in the right arm while driving home from Four Corners. A masked man allegedly crowded her truck into a ditch and attempted to pull her out. Her four year old niece Iris Halliwell aided by walking two miles to summon help.
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Great Falls
Ed Pan
Here
Four Corners
Andy Loberg
Loberg
Penn
Butte Weather Forecast Turns Cloudy with Showers
The forecast calls for continued cool conditions with intermittent rain or snow showers on Tuesday and Tuesday evening. Highs near 48 degrees with Monday’s temperatures peaking around 47 and dipping to near freezing in northern areas. Montana outlook remains partly cloudy with light precipitation possible and cooler air remaining.
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Butte
Montana
Snowfall and Cold Snap Hit Butte District
A steady fall of thick melting snow Monday night sent Butte residents dressed for winter as the thermometer plummeted near freezing. The federal weather bureau logged 36 degrees at 8:30 PM with colder weather and more snow or rain forecast for today.
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Butte
Federal Weather Bureau
The
Mercury
Berlin braces for winter deaths amid fuel and food shortages
Berlin authorities in the British zone warn of a high winter death rate as fuel wood shortages halt cremations and coffins. Gravediggers prepare graves and reinter thousands found in hastily buried park and courtyard sites from the siege. American officials foresee increased mortality mainly among the elderly, with 600 tons of food arriving via Russian rail under Allied coordination.
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Berlin
Ram Sale Prices Exceed 1944 Ram Sale
Dillon Montana reports Beaverhead county held its fifth annual ram sale with an average price of 35. Top pen of Suffolks from Ernest White Kalispell sold to Louis Hansen Virginia City for 57.50. A Rambouillet from Deer Lodge farms brought 82.50 to Mrs. Gardiner Twin Bridges. Grand championship went to five Targhees from Deer Lodge farms.
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Deer Lodge Farms
W. V. Gardiner
Twin Bridges
Prosecution of Filipinos to Be Pressed
Manila reports President Sergio Osmena will sign a bill creating a people's court to try alleged collaborators with Japan. The measure allows adding civilian lawyers to prosecutors and trials may start within a week. Ickes urged swift prosecutions to secure U S aid and curb postwar political fallout.
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Manila
Commonwealth
Sergio Osmena
Philippine Congress
Osmena
Senate
U. S
Ickes
U. S. Army
Counter Intelligence Corps
Manuel Roxas
Philippines
Captain Convicted on Bigamy Charge
Berlin report says Capt. Carl G. Schultz of an airborne unit was court martialed and dismissed for bigamy. He wed WAC Sgt. Kanela Koulouvaris in Berlin while married in Chicago, and lied about being unmarried. A civil ceremony was halted after Mrs. Ruth Schultz claimed he was her husband. The officer claimed his wife had died in a car crash.
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Berlin
U.S Army
Carl G. Schultz
Army
Schultz
WAC
Brooklyn
Kanela Koulouvaris
Chicago
Ruth Schultz
200 000 Regulars Could Rule Japan Gen MacArthur Says
Gen. Douglas MacArthur stated that 200 000 regular troops might rule Japan after early and complete demobilization of the Pacific Army. The remark surprised Washington officials who fear misinterpretation abroad as a planned early U.S. withdrawal from Japan.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
State Department
Washington
United States
Pearl
Russians Demand Reparations From Italy At Foreign Ministers’ Meet
London report says Russia asked for 600 million dollars in material reparations from Italy at the foreign ministers council session. The request drew no formal agreement as Yugoslavia sought territory including Trieste with Russia backing. Britain and the United States opposed reparations.
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London
Russia
Italy
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Edward Karelj
United States
Britain
France
China
Story of Bridge House Torture in Shanghai
Richard Cushing reports on Bridge House, the Japanese gendarmerie torture prison in Shanghai. Survivors recount filth starvation and death inside the cream colored building, converted from a 1937 apartment house, now liberated but still sealed to visitors. The full truth may never be known due to lack of records.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Bridge House
Fight Looms on Jobless Pay
President Truman pressed for unemployment compensation up to 25 dollars a week urging federal supplements to raise state payments. Senate opposition grows as Kilgore and Mead vow a fight. governors warn federal aid may conflict with state statutes and could derail the bill.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
White House
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate Finance Committee
Mississippi
Arizona
Kilgore
D-W. Va
Mead
Finance Committee
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