Witness testimony cites Nazi camp brutality at Oswiecim trial
Dr Ada Dimko Polish woman doctor testified at a British military court about victims being beaten and loaded into trucks for gas chamber transport at Oswiecim. She described Josef Kramer beating prisoners and denied defense claims of fabrication amid charges against 45 Nazi camp guards including atrocities and mass deaths.
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Lueneburg
U.P
Oswiecim
Ada Dimko
Dimko
Josef Kramer
Kramer
Belsen
Snow Forecast Mixes Snow with Fall Day
Snow adds to two inches that fell Friday night and Saturday morning as fall opens. Forecasters expect mainly morning snow with clearing skies and warmer temperatures later. The storm damaged trees disrupted travel and raised concerns for hunters golfers and motorists as a first heavy storm of the season passes.
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Weather Bureau
Three Butte Men Return From Europe This Weekend
Three Butte men are set to arrive in the United States from the European theater this weekend. Ralph McVoy of 434 New Street sails aboard the Isaac Coles on Saturday, with other Montanans aboard including Oliver J. Russell, Judd, and Norman S. Haugness. Additional arrivals listed on the SS Europa and the N Y A Victory include officers and enlisted men from Malta, Glendive, Great Falls, Lewistown, St Ignatius, Fort Missoula, and Kalispell, among others.
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Butte
United States
New York
Isaac Coles
Ralph McVoy
New Street
Europa
Earl D. Coyne
West Granite
Orville H. Wilkes
East Galena
Montana
Oliver J. Russell
Malta
Corp
P. Judd
Great Falls
Norman S. Haugness
Edgar V. Fallon
Glendive
Alvin Beck
Bloomfield
Earl G. Fromm
Chester
Albert J. Gates
Lewistown
Denver V. Davison
Highwood
Charles J. Lemery
St. Ignatius
John W. Peiffer
Fort Missoula
Samuel L. Lenz
Gerald W Evans
Wyola
Walter W Farris
Kalispell
Big Five Council Fails to Reach Vital Decisions
The council of foreign ministers failed to decide on major issues after 11 days of talks in London. A Russian Hungarian pact raised alarms as diplomats warned the talks were veering toward minor points and a possible crisis. Negotiations resumed with Molotov presiding and plans for a session Monday.
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Big Five Council
London
U.P
Council of Foreign Ministers
The
Council
Russia
United States
Great Britain
the Observer
Hungary
V. M. Molotov
Big Five
Europe
Emperor Hirohito Seen Essential to Japan’s Survival
Tokyo dispatch reports Vice Premier Konoe declaring Emperor Hirohito crucial to holding Japan together as the nation faces mass unemployment and possible starvation this winter. He rejects abdication as disastrous and notes internal power struggles amid occupation.
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Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoue
Hirohito
Japan
Konoye
Jackie Coogan Held On Drunk In Auto Charge
Hollywood reports Lt. Jackie Coogan, aged 30, famed for The Kid, was booked on a drunk in auto charge after a reunion with overseas soldier buddies.
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Hollywood
U.P
Jackie Coogan
the Kid
Redeployment schedule outlines U S Army moves in Europe
The U S Army released a master redeployment schedule for the European theater detailing homeward plans for enlisted men with 60 or more points by New Year’s and a reduction to seven divisions for prolonged overseas duty by next spring. It lists the First, Third, Ninth, 42nd, 78th Infantry and First and Fourth Armored as occupation forces with lower-point replacements, while several divisions remain earmarked for return home or occupation duty only until spring.
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Don Doane
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
U.S
Third Armored
82Nd Airborne
Paris
79Th
Montana farmers optimistic about postwar era prospects
Montana agriculture enters the postwar period in strong financial shape with seven crop and livestock years, higher prices, and enlarged farm units. Veterans face limited land access and loan hurdles, urging leasing or work experience before attempting ownership. cautions about buying poor or too-small farms remain.
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Bozeman
Montana
U. S. General Land Office
No One Believes Butte Paratrooper Had Dutch Windmill Hit
Jack Russell a former paratrooper recalls a war tale from Holland where flat terrain and a windmill offered perfect observation for his forward artillery team. As they worked a German railroad gun targeted the windmill firing long and short with erratic aim, testing their position.
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Jack Russell
Holland
Russell
Central Faculty Changes Listed
Faculty changes announced for the upcoming term at Boys Central High School. New members are Brother L C Fellows native Butte graduate, Brother F P Kostka, and Brother J M McMahon. Departures include Brother P W Reid longtime member since 1924, Brother Paul Sullivan who coached athletics last year, and Brother J C Neylon.
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Boys Central High School
J. D. O'Dwyer
L. C. Fellows
Butte
F. P. Kostka
J. M. McMahon
P. W. Reid
Paul Sullivan
J. C. Neylon
500 More Prisoners of War to Aid State Beet Harvest
Rep Mansfield said 500 prisoners of war will be added to Montana’s beet harvest quota, boosting the state allotment from 4,500 to help cover a shortage of field hands at the sugar beet fields. The decision came after his urging to relieve work bottlenecks.
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Washington
Mansfield
D.-Mont
Ninth Service Command
Fort Douglas
Utah
Montana
Butte Forecast Mostly Cloudy With Snow Flurries Sunday
Butte expected to be mostly cloudy Sunday forenoon with intermittent snow flurries and a rise to around 50 degrees. Saturday peaked at 47 with a 29 low. West of the divide Montana remains cool with light rain or snow. east areas see partial clouds and mountain showers.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
MacArthur orders sweeping financial purge in Japan
Gen. MacArthur demanded a full accounting of Japan finances including the emperor's fortune and war funding sources. The move accompanied arrests of wartime leaders, dissolution of monopolies, and removal of war making industries as Washington signals wider investigations.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Washington
Nippon
Nobuyuke Abe
Korea
China
Fuminaro Konoye
Hirohito
Konoye
Domei Agency
House of Mitsubishi
Sumitomo
Yasuda
House of Mitsui
UAW Petitions for Nationwide Strike Vote Against GM
Detroit September 22 United Automobile Workers petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for a strike vote in all General Motors plants nationwide as Walter P Reuther cites a 30 percent wage increase as the central issue. The filing follows strikes idling more than 90,000 workers and halting auto production and gasoline deliveries in several Detroit plants.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
C.lo
National Labor Relations Board
General Motors Corporation
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Reuther
G. M
Truman to permit Japanese self defense to end feudal rule
President Truman ordered General Douglas MacArthur to allow the Japanese people to use force if needed to dismantle the feudal and authoritarian regime. The policy, issued August 29 before Japan’s surrender, outlines MacArthur’s powers as supreme Allied commander and the steps to remove militarism and ultra nationalistic influence.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
White House
Japan
MaceArthur
Tokyo
Dean Acheson
Acheson
United States
War, State and Navy Departments
U. S. Negotiates Settlement With Britain
The United States and Britain are negotiating a postwar lend lease settlement as a model for broader Allied debt handling and world trade reshaping. Washington contemplates forgiving dollar payments to aid poor Allies, aiming to lower trade barriers and sustain postwar commerce. Britain had received about 13.5 billion in goods and returned 3.8 billion, with 5.6 billion in reverse lend lease recorded to date.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
America
Uncle Sam
Britain
United Kingdom
Lord Halifax
Third Fleet Returns to Buckner Bay Okinawa
The Third Fleet ships led by the 45,000 ton Iowa arrived at Buckner Bay near 8 a m on Sunday and will stay 12 hours before heading to Pearl Harbor to pick up skipper Adm. Halsey. Many warships will join Navy Day celebrations at east and west coast ports on Oct 27 as crews head home for discharge.
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Okinawa
Third Fleet
Iowa
Buckner Bay
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Halsey
United States East
Tokyo
Infantry Colonel Wins Silver Star for Gallantry Near Sinsheim
Lt. Col. Maurice K. Schiffman, a Butte officer and civilian bacteriologist, earned the Silver Star for leading his battalion under artillery fire near Sinsheim Germany on April 2 despite painful wounds. He previously held the Bronze Star and is studying at the University of Heidelberg. His wife, Margaret Wilson, now with his mother Mrs J M Schiffman.
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Butte
Sinsheim
Germany
Maurice K. Schiffman
J. M. Schiffman
West
Margaret Wilson
Winnett
Schiffman
Col. Schiffman
University of Heidelberg
Old Town
Two Republicans Grab Spotlight in Postwar Debate
Washington politics shift as Gen Douglas MacArthur and Gov Thomas E Dewey emerge as leading GOP figures. MacArthur sparks controversy with plans to station 200000 soldiers in Japan while Dewey is framed as a potential future president. Debate heats over Japan occupation policy and Achesons remarks drawing GOP and some Democratic reactions.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Douglas MacArthur
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
MacArthur
Japan
Dean C. Acheson
Senate
Acheson
Liberated Montanan Arrives in U S
The Army port of embarkation announced the arrival of more liberated prisoners of war from Japanese camps. They were admitted to Letterman General hospital. The group included Montana Corporal Frederick D. Stantz of Glendive.
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San Francisco
Army
Letterman General Hospital
Montana — Corp
Frederick D. Stantz
Glendive
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Allan En
Associated Press
John A Parris, JR
Coogan
Robert T. Frederick
Special Service Force
Helena
Mont
James Wines
Frederick
P. K. Blackstrum
Gene Ferguson
Montana Extension Service
U.A.W
R. H. Shackford
By Carl D. Soresi
G. O. P. Limelight
Dewey
By Jack Bell
Montanan
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