Yugoslav Mob Beats U.S. Official Protest Flares in Trieste Row
In Belgrade an angry Yugoslav mob attacked William B. King head of the U S Information Service amid protests over the British American decision to turn over northern Trieste to Italy. Tito warned American troops could move into Zone A if Italy occupies the area. Washington canceled all military leaves as tensions rose with potential for wider conflict.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U. S. Informations Service
Trieste
Italy
Tito
Macedonia
USIS
William B. King
Bulletin
King
U. S
John McGowan
Min
MOH
U.S
Information Service
Moon
Rich Duke Death Ruled Accidental
The gunshot death of the Duke of Bedford on his Devon estate was found to be accidental. Police reported no sign of foul play after a search by Marines and police, noting the 64 year old hunter was near a footpath with a shotgun at his side. The duke was known for pacifist views and opposition to Britain's war efforts.
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Tavistock
England
Duke of Bedford
Devonshire
Britain
Germany
Dulles Urges Reborn Faith at 150th Presbyterian Anniversary
Secretary of State Dulles urged reliance on religious faith over bombs, calling the gospel of freedom rooted in Christian principles. He said despotism cannot stand against this faith and noted Soviet demands to mold satellite citizens. The interdenominational address drew about 17000 attendees at the church’s 150th anniversary celebration.
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Watertown
Dulles
First Presbyterian Church
Soldiers Sail Home From Far East on Freeman
Private Donald E. Nibert of Gallipolis and Staff Sergeant Earling Lambert of Langsville were due today in Seattle aboard the Navy transport Gen. H. B. Freeman after service in the Far East.
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Seattle
Donald E. Nibert
Gallipolis
Earling Lambert
Langsville
Far East
Gen
H. B. Freeman
Reds Accused of Moving Crated Combat Aircraft
PANMUNJOM UNC charges Reds shipped crated aircraft from Manchuria to Uiju airfield near Antung in violation of the armistice. UN spokesman seeks investigation while Gen. Hull says no serious violations known. Hull’s Korea visit marks first trip since taking command.
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Panmunjom
Reds
North Korea
UNC
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
John E. Hull
UN Far Eastern
Military Armistice Commission
Manchuria
Uwiju Jairfield
Yalu River
Red
Antung
Hull
Korea
Mark W. Clark
Turnpike suspect captured after 20 mile chase
John Wesley Wable 24 was arrested on a Pennsylvania warrant for the Phantom of the Turnpike killings after a high speed chase by New Mexico state police and a foot escape by two companions. He confessed little and said he is cold and tired as he sits in Bernalillo County Jail awaiting further questioning. The victims were truck drivers Harry F. Pitts and Lester B. Woodward shot on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last July.
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Albuquerque
N. M
John Wesley Wable
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
Wable
Bernalido County
California
Belen
Harry F. Pitts
Bowling Green
Lester B. Woodward
Dunjeannon
Ohio
Philadelphia
Meigs Woman Killed In 3 Car Collision
A 82 year old Middleport woman, Matias Baker, dies after a three car crash on Route 35 near Grimm's Landing. Eugene Rollins 25 Robert Fisher 24 and Thomas Williams 33 involved. Rollins grandson of Baker. seven in Rollins car, eight in Williams truck. Mason County's fifth fatality of year. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Point Pleasant
Middleport
Grimm's Landing
Mason County
Charleston General Hospital
Matias Baker
Pearl St
Middlewort
Eugene ‘Rollins
Charleston
Robert S. Fisher
Eleanor
Thomas E. Williams
Buffalo
Baker
Rollins
Williams
Fisher
Rollings
Philip E. Rollins
Mary Rolling
Eugene Rollins
Carles Belcher
Belle
Mariah Baker
West Virginia
W.va
Messenger Newsphoto
Confession Ends Hunt For Marsh
AP reports FBI Director J Edgar Hoover says Carl Austin Hall signed a confession admitting he killed 6 year old Bobby Greenlease after abducting him in Kansas City Missouri. Hall and Bonnie Heady face federal kidnapping charges and the search for Tom Marsh continues. evidence ties Hall to the grave site and a Plymouth station wagon with blood stains.
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Washington
FSI
J. Edgar Hoover
Carl Austin Hall
Bobby Greenlease
Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Hoover
Heady
Greensease
Kansas
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Benny
Brownell
Missouri
Vines
Kanssas
Rt. 69
FBI
Plymouth
Jtall
Houser
Mia Weady
PBL
Aba
Tom Marsh
Barin
Marsh
Bobby
U S Seeks UN Charter Revision Debate at United Nations
The U S delegation opened debate at the United Nations on charter revision with South Carolina Governor James F Byrnes as chief spokesman on the East West dispute. Byrnes returned from a weekend trip to press for admission of new members in the Special Political Committee. A midweek finish is hoped before Byrnes moves to the Legal Committee, while a special conference in 1955 remains undecided.
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United Nations
U. S
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Special
Byrnes F
Assembly
Yeggs Net $12,000 In Columbus Theft
Columbus police report a safe burglary at the Jai-Lai Cafe where $12,000 was stolen. Detectives say two or possibly three burglars broke into one safe and fled with the cash, a major heist for the city in recent years.
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Yeggs
Columbus
Ohio
Guiana Reds Strike Protest Against British Rule
In Georgetown British Guiana a general strike and anti-British boycott were launched by ousted PPP ministers led by Cheddi Jagan. The action followed the removal of Jagan and five cabinet ministers by Britain who sent 600 Royal Welch Fusiliers from Jamaica and suspended the colony’s constitution granting emergency powers to Governor Sir Alfred Savage.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Britain
Cheddi Jaigan
People’s Progressive ‘Party
PPE
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Jamaica
Jagan
PPP
the Privy Council
London
Sir Alfred Savage
Mate Denies Slaying Wife in Charlotte Court
Richard Russell, a 39 year old businessman, is charged with murdering his wife who was found dead last Saturday. Russell says he slept after seeing her alive and woke to her body. He claims plans for divorce and reveals affection for Barbara Griggs, 23. A female employee remains jailed as a material witness and refuses bond.
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Charlotte
N.C
Richard Russell
Russell
Barbara Griggs
Wartime Policy for H-Bomb Program Urged by Rep Cole
Rep. W Sterling Cole urged a wartime scale hydrogen bomb program saying the USSR may soon possess hundreds or thousands of H bombs. He warned existing U S efforts are not bold enough and called for an effort comparable to World War I in scale and speed. He cited the Soviet hydrogen test and noted harnessing hydrogen energy for military uses may be easier than previously thought.
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Rep
Cole
Indianapolis
Ind
W. Sterling Cole
United States
Russia
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Americans Legion
America
Pennsylvania man in custody after confession and threats
Wable denied gun involvement and claimed innocence while in solitary confinement for threats to kill himself. He said he had no knowledge of a stolen car and claimed to have traveled from California with two others Marvin H. Parson and a 17 year old boy. The two suspects gave California as their address but withheld hometowns.
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Wable
Pennsylvania
California
Marvin H. Parson
Nurse's Tip Lands Reward in Turnpike Killings
Miss Caroline Smith a 23 year old nurse and her friend Miss Midge Harmon are said to share an $11,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the turnpike killer. The Sun Telegraph reached Smith at Belen General Hospital New Mexico and she praised the payout while noting she would travel to Pittsburgh to collect it.
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Pittsburgh
Caroline ‘Smith
Midge Harmon
Sun-Telegraph
Miss Smith
Belen General Hospital
Belen
N. M
Midge
Police seize heroin and tric in Cincinnati raid
Cincinnati police arrested three Evanston residents after days of surveillance at a Freeman residence led to seizure of heroin valued at about five thousand dollars on the retail market. Freeman was previously arrested last week and charged in connection with the narcotics operation.
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Cincinnati
Evanston
James R. Freeman
Freeman
Tito Demands Talks in Trieste Decision
Belgrade demands conference with the United States Britain and Italy to discuss last week's Anglo American decision on Trieste. Yugoslavia protests the withdrawal of occupation troops from Zone A and turn over to Haljian administration.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
United States
Britain
Italy
Trieste
United Alions
Haljian
Area Police Seek Phony TV Repairman
Area police hunt a parolee posing as a television repairman who robbed 49 year old Robert Martindill of Hamden Allensville Road of 55 dollars. The man enticed Martindill from a tavern in McArthur to Spook Hollow and back in his car before fleeing. the car was later found in McArthur and authorities issued alerts statewide.
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Mcarthur
Robert Martindill
Hamden- Allensville
Martindill
Wiliam Brown
Spook Hallow
Crosby Hurt In Collision
Los Angeles star Bing Crosby suffered a back injury after a traffic crash that also injured three people in the other car. Frank Verdugo, 32, a fireman, was critically hurt with his wife Lucy suffering facial injuries and a possible broken nose. Verdugo’s brother-in-law Eulalio Perea had minor injuries. Crosby drove a Mercedes-Benz in the crash and his car was badly smashed.
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Los Angeles
Bing Crosby
Queen of Angels Hospital
Frank Verdugo
Lucy
Eulalio Perea
Verdugo
Crosby
Ohio's Capital Pays Tribute to Namesake Columbus Day
Columbus, Ohio holds events honoring Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella on the 461st anniversary of the discovery of America. Activities include a beauty contest dinner and dance with speeches. City county and state workers and parochial school students have the day off.
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Columbus
Ohio
Christopher Columbus
Isabella
Museums Close Doors as Guards Strike in New York
Thousands of visitors were turned away at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters uptown because a strike by 176 guards halted operations. The walkout disrupted admissions, galleries, and tours across the two museum sites.
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New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dems Urge Greater Shared Burden of Aid at IPU Conference
Senator Len Sparkman of Alabama told 32 nations at the Interparliamentary Union meeting in the House that other countries must contribute more to international aid programs. He said the United States has carried the bulk but urged genuine collaboration as conditions in other nations improve. Senator Gore of Tennessee urged free nations to explain why they cannot take a larger share of mutual defense costs.
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Washington
Len Snarkman
D-Ala
United States
Sparkman
Conference of the Interparliamentary Union
House of Representatives
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Eisenhower Presents Busy Schedule After One Day Illness
President Eisenhower, confined to the White House by intestinal flu, planned a full slate of 10 appointments today. White House secretary Murray Snyder said the President rested in his quarters and none of the day’s engagements were canceled.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Murray Snyder
White
Rhodes Blasts Ohio Liquor Dept Over Bootlegging
State Auditor James A. Rhodes accused the liquor department of contributing to bootlegging in Ohio in a letter to Rutkowski. The probe cited unusually large bottle purchases by individuals using phony names and fake addresses including vacant lots schools and churches.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Jaxness
Ohio
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Rhodes
Rutkowski
Frank J. Lausche
Ship Arrives To Evacuate Yank Families
The troop ship Geiger docked at Trieste to transport the first load of American families from the disputed zone. The arrival followed Britain and the United States announcing they would withdraw soldier presence and hand Zone A to Italy. Rumors spread that the Americans would depart, while replacement troops and 235 dependents were brought in as part of the rapid evacuation.
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Trieste
Geiger
Britain
United States
Zone A
Italy
Leghorn
U. S
Ohio Mishaps claim sixteen lives this weekend
Sixteen Ohio mishaps claimed sixteen lives over the weekend with eleven deaths in traffic incidents. Victims include Florérice Hummel 52 Glenn Haven 30 near Columbus Tipp City rider Lacy Swart 34 near Trovi and Alfred Levett 13 of Columbus who drowned in the Seistn River Frank Curtis 6 died after a garage fall and Frederick Quale 91 farmer choked at home in Ashtonpula County. Carole Brown 4 injured in accidental shooting during cleanup duties.
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Ohio
Florérice Hummel
Canal Winchester
Columbus
Glenn
Haven
Tipp City
Trovi Lacy
A. Swart
Neville
Cincinnati
Alfred Levett
Seistn River
Frank M. Curtis
Cleveland
Frederick A Quale
Ashtonpula County
Carole Brown
Wno
Senators Oppose Churchill Call for Big Four Parley
Washington senators Hickenlooper and Kefauver opposed Churchill’s proposal for a Big Four informal conference. They urged advance agreement on topics and warned against a freefor-all meeting, aligning with White House and State Department views. Both stressed careful groundwork and specific questions before any high level talks.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
R-Iowa
Kefauver
L-Tenn
Winston Churchill
United States
White House
State Department
Churchill
England
Britain
France
Sia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
U S Economy Shows Broad Strength Despite Small Setbacks
The September 1953 economic briefing reports overall strong activity with output slightly down due to reduced government spending and slower stock accumulation. It notes farm income as a lone weak spot while price pressures ease for farmers. Council members Burn Neill and Jacoby file periodic economic health reports to Congress.
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Washington
Ber
Arthur F. Burn Neill F. Jacoby
Council of Economic Acts
Congress
Lide
Mate Admits Slaying Glendale Housewife
Glendale wife Betty Cook, 45, was shot to death in her home Sunday night. Her husband Charles H. Cook, 47, called police chief and surrendered after resisting arrest. the couple’s arrest followed the claim of the shooting. Markets closed nationwide for Columbus Day.
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Cincinnati
Glendale
Betty Cook
Charles H
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