Flash Flood Kills Six in San Antonio Area
An Army bomber dropped emergency rafts to rescuers and marooned civilians on rooftops as a flash flood surged toward the Gulf. At least six bodies recovered. seven others unaccounted for, including four military police.
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San Antonio
Texas
Here
Gulf of Mexico
Bruce Weatherley
United States Weather Bureau
Weatherley
State Department of Public Safety
C. O. Sawtell
Insurance Exchange
Fred Littlepage
Alamo
Fort Sam Houston
Austin
Olmos
State Highway Department
Truman backs meat policy as party factions split
President Truman faces pressure from Democratic leaders over meat policy as the party debates action with the decontrol board. Western stockmen dispute his forecast of improved supply while the Army trims meat demand, and party chair Robert Hannegan distances the committee from further action after the president’s stance.
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Washington
Truman
Party
War Department
Army
T. B. Larkin
Democratic Executive Committee
Robert E. Hannegan
Resoltion
Mr. Truman
Meat Shortage Seen To Last Some Time
Chairman Roy L. Thompson of the price decontrol board said the meat shortage will last some time and Western cattlemen echoed the view. He noted the board would keep controls if circumstances from August 20 recur, countering Truman’s optimism about grass-fed supply.
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Washington
Roy L. Thompson
Price Decontrol Board
Thompson
Truman
Trumnan
Daylight Saving Time Ends Overnight Across States
An extra hour of sleep comes Saturday night as daylight saving time ends. Clocks fall back to 1 a.m. Sunday in six states and portions of 19 others, while 23 states that rejected the measure last April 28 remain unaffected.
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Associated Press
Accountants to Elect Today at Montana Convention
The Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants closes its annual meeting with officer elections and a 1947 convention city vote after a Friday start at the Finlen hotel. Highlights include a 7 pm banquet with Dr. R. R. Renne as speaker on Russian Ideology and World Peace, a Saturday luncheon for members’ ladies at the Butte Country club, and three morning talks on legal liabilities, the accountant of tomorrow, and a professional problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants
Finlen
R. R. Renne
Montana State College
Butte Country Club
Kendrick Smith
Butte
T. H. Smith
Montana State University
Conrad T. Bjornlie
Great Falls
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Regions
Butte expects clear to partly cloudy conditions with continued cool temperatures. Maximum near 58 over 24 hours. School of Mines 55/29. Airport 54/26. West of Divide sees 55 to 65 high. East of Divide 50 to 65, locally 65 to 70 in southwest portions.
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School of Mines
Divide
Peace Treaty for Italy Nears an End
Paris reporters say the European Peace conference has completed all but ten clauses of the Italian peace treaty and aims for adjournment by October 15. Major sticking points include Trieste governance and UN Security Council authority, with other economic terms awaiting final agreement.
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Paris
Trieste
Nikolai Novikov
United Nations Security Council
Legislative Assembly
Novkov
Military Commission
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
European Tribunal For Human Rights
Vishinsky
State Board to Receive Bids on Road Projects
The Montana Highway Commission will receive bids on more than 1.9 million dollars in road and bridge work. Projects include Rogers Pass Simms 5.8 miles grading 354000 dollars and Belfry Bridger 6.98 miles 168000 dollars. Contracts require Public Roads Administration approval and contractor material availability.
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Helena
Montana Highway Commission
Commission
A. F. Winkler
Winkler
Public Roads Administration
Montana No. 10 Highway Association
Joe Wilson
Butte
George Pierce
Billings
Harvey McIntyre
Townsend
Rogers Pass Simms
Flathead East Shore Road
Bonner-Ovando
Belfry-Bridger
Vaughn-Conrad
Martinsdale- Ringling
Billings-Lavina
Harlowton-Moore
Avon-Helmville
Russia accuses U S of meddling in Danube traffic
Lake Success N Y Sept 27 Russia charged the United States with direct interference in the internal affairs of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia over Danube shipping. The U S proposed a Vienna conference by Nov 1 with Russia and Southeastern European states to resume Danube traffic and resolve occupation vessel disputes.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
United States
Danube
Soviet Union
Europe
United Nations Economic and Social Council
America
Vienna
John G. Winant
Council
Winant
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Austria
Jeffries Kidnap Case Heads to Federal Jury
Cecil Jeffries 24 of Oswego Kansas faces a federal jury over the kidnapping of Edward Earl Sheets a sailor from Edmonds Washington. The jurors deliberated from Friday afternoon until a sealed verdict was returned early Saturday and will be opened by Judge R Lewis Brown.
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Cecil Jeffries
Oswego
Kan
Edward Earl Sheets
Edmonds
Wash
Idaho
Montana
R. Lewis Brown
United States District Court
Brown
Jeffries
Butte
Donald A. Nelson
Portland
Ore
Ellensburg
Nelson
Soviets Reply to Turk Rejection
London reports that Russia charged Turkey failed to refute its Aug 24 charges over Dardanelles control. Moscow broadcast that Ankara rejected a Soviet proposal for a Black Sea pact and a joint defense plan as incompatible with Turkish sovereignty. Tass noted Turkey urged an international Montreux convention conference.
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London
Russia
Turkey
Dardanelles
Straits
Ankara
Moscow
Black Sea
Tass
Fierce battle reported near Kalgan in China
Peiping dispatch says a fierce clash raged Friday at Hwailai between Communist and government troops with Kalgan’s fate likely hinging on the outcome. Hwailai sits on the Peiping Kalgan railway about 80 miles southeast of Kalgan by rail and 55 by land. Government sources say the decisive battle for Kalgan would be fought there, with Communists possibly abandoning Kalgan if Hwailai falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
Hwailai
Kalgan
Hawilai
Peiping-Kalgan
Inquest Into Furnace Murder Continues in Butte
The Butte inquest into the disappearance of John C. Smith a 47 year old power station operator entered its second day with 19 of 25 witnesses questioned. Doctors testified the skeletal remains belonged to an adult male and one shoulder joint could have been sawed. Smiths father Adolph C Smith a fireman at the heating plant broke down in tears as the bones were examined. Page 3 continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
John C. Smith
Rudy E. Sayatovic
Frank J. Roe
Smith
R. F. Peterson
J. L. Mondloch
Adolph C. Smith
J. J. Kirby
Air Mail Rates Slashed to Five Continentic Tiles
The post office plans new uniform air mail rates to foreign countries starting around Nov. 1. Half-ounce charges drop to 10 cents for South America and 11 cents for Europe, 25 cents to Asia Australia and South Africa, with North Africa at European level. Examples show major city cuts such as Stockholm Cairo Buenos Aires Auckland and Shanghai.
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Washington
United States
Post Office Department
South America
Europe
South Africa
Asia
Australia
North Africa
Stockholm
Cairo
Buenos Aires
Auckland
N. Z
Shanghai
Accused Slayer Gets Aid Offers
Pretty Mary Reape Drew, a 30 year old ex WAC charged with killing a Navy veteran, received aid offers from Tex Wilson of San Francisco and Marian Smith of Riverdale New York. Her husband Elmer Drew of Paterson New Jersey pledged support. A coroner jury ruled William H. Appleton 24 died from a bayonet wound by unknown persons.
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Reno
Nev
Mary Reape Drew
WAC
Washoe County
Elmer Drew
Paterson
N. J
William H. Appleton
Veterans plan march to Jefferson City for $400 bonus
Springfield group of former servicemen assembled Friday night to march to the state capitol and camp on the steps until the legislature votes a $400 bonus for each World War III veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Jefferson City
State Capitol
Bolivian President Survives Assassination Bid as Mob Kills Officers
In La Paz a mob fatally mauled Army Lt. Oblitar Bustamante after his failed attempt to shoot President Tomas Monje Gutierrez. The crowd then dragged Maj. Jorge Eguino and Maj. Jose Escobar from custody to Murillo square, where all three died.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
U.P
Villarroe
Tomas Monje Gutierrez
Luis Oblitar Bustamante
Gutierrez
Murillo
Villarroel
Jorge Eguino
Jose Escobar
Bustamente
Murillo Square
Gualberto Villarroel
Walton Lison
Ministry of Interior
The
Republic
Oblitaz
Oblitar
Equino
Escobar
Decision Near in War Crimes Trial
In Nuremberg Germany the International Military Tribunal is close to delivering its ruling on 22 Nazi leaders and seven organizations charged with war crimes after more than ten months. The judgment will come in three parts with the morning evidence review, a legal opinion, and the final verdict and sentences expected Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mernberg
Germany
International Military Tribunal
Greek King Returns to Homeland After Five Years in Exile
King George II landed at Eleftherios Venizelos Airport near Athens in a British plane bearing royal colors and was escorted by police to Salamis bay for warship arrival. Amid civil strife, he prepares to enter Athens under tight security, with a 101 gun salute planned from Lycabettus hill.
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Elevsis
Greece
George II
Athens
Salamis Bay
Botha Madane
Liam Tate
Paeimce Te Ifil Shiveti Juss
Mediterranean
Constantin Tsaldaris
Angelo Evert
Spiros Theotokis
Malta
Associated Press
Frank Noel
England
Lycabettus Hill
Captain of WAC Ends Defense
Kathleen Nash Durant, a 43 year old former WAC captain, concluded her brief military court martial defense without testifying on the larceny of the Hesse crown jewels. She answered only questions on a minor absence without leave charge as the trial nears a verdict with prosecutors alleging smuggling of the jewels into the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Kathleen Nash Durant
WAC
Kronberg Castle
United States
Frisco Prepares as Legion Opens National Convention
San Francisco hosts the 28th national American Legion convention with National Commander John Stelle of McLeansboro Illinois guiding pre convention tasks. Officials and committees sorted nearly 1000 resolutions ahead of Monday sessions.
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San Francisco
American Legion
John Stelle
McLeansboro
Ill
Legion
Kidnap Ride Described as Horrible Nightmare by Horgan
Edward J. Horgan recounts a terrifying kidnapping on Sept 17 and a cross country ride with three armed abductors through Montana and South Dakota to St. Paul. Horgan says the trio warned they would kill him as FBI and police captured them in St. Paul on Sept 20.
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Edward J. Horgan
Butteman
Montana
South Dakota
St. Paul
Horgan
Butte
Meaderville
FBI
Robert Stuart Johnson
Denver
Lawrence Philip Crosbie
Worcester
Mass
John Allison Washam
Santa Cruz
Calif
Trolley Service in Pittsburgh Is Interrupted
Pittsburgh reels from a four day power strike by 3500 Duquesne Light employees as trolley service suspends again causing commuters to seek last cars hitchhiking or other means. Union leader Burke calls the move a protective measure and says no strike is underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Company
David L. Lawrence
John J. Burke
Maritime Commission presses PASA for full negotiating authority
The Maritime Commission on Friday night demanded that the Pacific American Shipowners Association delegate full power to its Washington representatives for Saturday strike talks. PASA officials in San Francisco said their delegates already possess such authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maritime Commission
Pacific American Shipowners Association
Commission
San Francisco
Probe Ordered in Train Wreck Near Victorville
An inquest into the wreck of a Union Pacific crosscountry train near Victorville California was ordered by Coroner R E Williams for next Tuesday. The eastbound line reopened to travel while the westbound line remained closed after the derailment that killed five passengers and a porter. Of 75 injured, many flown to Los Angeles for treatment, fewer than 30 needed hospitalization.
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Victorville
Calif
Union Pacific
R. E. Williams
Williams
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
LaGuardia Slams Army Ration Order to Packers
Des Moines reports that P U N R R A Director General F H LaGuardia criticized an Army order forcing meat packers to reserve a percentage for the armed forces amid civilian shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
F. H. LaGuardia
Eisenhower to Lay Wreath on Patton Grave in Luxembourg
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower will travel to Luxembourg on Sunday morning September 29 to lay a wreath at the grave of General George S. Patton, honoring the late commander. The visit commemorates Patton's service in World War II.
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Patton
Frankfurt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Luxembourg
George S. Patton
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Max Min
Belgrade
Custer Ereneeereeer
Cut Bank Peneenenenne
Dillon Evesenenss
Drummond Eesreene
Glasgow
Great Falls Eeeresae
Havre
Italy
U. S
John A. Parris, JR
Kansas
China
By Luis Zavala
Chakales
Frisco
Hollywood
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Culver City
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