Soviet Peace Plan Advances At UN Meeting
At Lake Success the Russian foreign minister is expected to outline a new peace plan for a five power pact and arms reductions. U.S. sources say it mirrors earlier proposals and would brand a nuclear attack as a war crime, met with likely rejection like prior Soviet plans. Truman’s General Assembly speech looms as UN Day approaches.
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Lake Success
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations
Stockholm
Russia
UN Assembly
Vishinsky
General Assembly
Truman
America
Jad
Aluminum Possible Next Material Under Government Control
Washington reports aluminum may soon fall under government controls as the National Production Authority drafts an order for issuance within two weeks. Robert C. Goodwin, 44, named executive director of the Office of Defense manpower to mobilize labor for the expanding defense program, while maintaining his Bureau of Employment Security post.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Robert C. Goodwin
Goodwin
Office of Defense Manpower
Tobin
Truman
Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Atom Scientist Sailed Sept 2 From Finland to Leningrad
Britain’s missing atom expert Dr Bruno Pontecorvo reportedly sailed on Sept 2 aboard a Russian ship from Finland to Leningrad. Stockholm correspondent Henrico Altavilla of Il Tempo said he flew to Helsinki to verify Pontecorvo’s location, amid Italian reports of him slipping to Russia triggering an international search.
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Rome
Britain
Bruno Pontecorvo
Finland
Leningrad
Stockholm
Il Tempo
Henrico Altavilla
Helsinki
Pontecorvo
Russia
Cavern Explorers Rescued After 12 Hour Ordeal
In Harlandsburg Pennsylvania three youths Herbert Harkless 12 Eddie McClelland 16 and Ernest Mallinak 26 along with a year old cocker spaniel were rescued after wandering the newly found cavern for about 12 hours. Their carbide lights failed leaving them in darkness until rescue crews located them.
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Harlansburg
Herbert Harkless
Eddie McClelland
Ernest Mallinak
Andy
McClelland
Pennsylvania
Young Harkless
Mallinak
Bathing Crisis as Lady Keeps 40 Goldfish in Tub
Chicago story details Emily McDermot a mother of seven who says land lady Anna Starkus, 55, holds 40 goldfish in the family bathtub creating a disorderly conduct dispute. Judge John Zuris issued the warrant and patrolman William Crawford reports repeated, door-to-door attempts to serve it.
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Chicago
Emily McDermot
Anna Starkus
John Zuris
William Crawford
Ohio Sends Soybeans On Friendship Boat
A carload of soybeans will be Ohio s contribution to the friendship food ship leaving Chicago tomorrow under the Christian Rural Overseas Program CROP. The ship carries 60 carloads of wheat corn soy beans lard and honey for overseas relief with seventeen states participating and agencies including Catholic Rural Life Church World Service and Lutheran World Relief involved.
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Columbus
Ohio
Friendship
Chicago
Christian Rural Overseas Program
The
Catholic Rural Life, Church World Service
Lutheran World Relief
Peru Landslide: 30 Dead and 100 Missing in Andes
Lima correspondent for El Comercio reports a Santa River landslide high in the Andes left 30 dead and at least 100 unaccounted for after Friday's disaster. Twenty eight others were injured and a motor trip to the scene located 200 miles from Lima is described.
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Lima
Peru
Santa River
el Comercio
School Strike Ends as 222 Attend Class
In Cincinnati Sharonville the student strike over the dismissal of W C Gower ended as several hundred pupils returned to classes. Gower said he would pursue legal action to regain his post while the school board noted there would be no disciplinary action against the 222 pupils who stayed home.
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Cincinnati
Sharonville
W. C. Gower
Gower
Henry Scott
Ohio Health Funds Slashed by 159 600
Ohio public health program faces a serious handicap as $159,600 in federal funds are cut. Health director John D Porterfield called the loss a body blow to Ohio, which ranks 48th nationally in state health funding. The reduction was disclosed by the Federal Security Administration and applies to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951.
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Columbus
Ohio
John D. Porterfield
United States
Federal Security Administration
State Department of Health
Mass Drive Near Manchuria Warfront Escapes North Korea Reds
South Korean forces pushed within 50 miles of the Manchurian border as Red Korean troops fled toward Kanggye. Observers noted the UN advance could reach the Yalu River by Tuesday while reports tallied 120000 prisoners and 26000 North Korean captives in the last day.
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Leif Erickson
Seoul
Kanggye
Kim Il Sung
North Korea
Yalu
MacArthur
Tokyo
Manchurian
Red China
Manchuria
Sunchon Massacre Survived By Brigr General Allen Heroic Rescue
Brigadier General Frank A. Allen drove into Communist territory to verify reports of a massacre near the Sunchon railway tunnel. At least 68 American prisoners were killed and 21 wounded survived after guards forced them from a train and machinegunned them. Allen organized litter bearers and medical aid, comforting wounded prisoners as South Korean troops and nurses assisted.
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Sunchon
North Korea
Sunchon Tunnel
Kana
Frank A. Allen
Cleveland
Ohio
U.S. First Cavalry Division
Allen
Pyongyang
First Cavalry Division
Maj
Harry Fleming
Racine
Wis
Alfred Olson
Columbia
S. C
Robert Bernstein
Yonkers
N. Y
Bernstein
Sundon
Prec. Walder John
Milwaukee
New Power Source From Lignite Unveiled at UND
In Grand Forks North Dakota a new lignite gas power source described by the University of North Dakota and the U S Bureau of Mines promises to energize American industry for 400 years The project includes a $750000 lignite laboratory and aims to provide cost effective energy from locally abundant coal reserves.
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Grand Forks
N.D
University of North Dakota
U.S. Bureau of Mines
United States
Bureau of Mines
Russian gunboat seizes British trawler in White Sea
Hull England report says a Russian gunboat seized the Hugh Walpole, a British trawler, in the White Sea last Saturday.
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Hull
Eng
Hugh Walpole
White Sea
Senator Anderson Predicts Truman Nomination In 1952
Senator Clinton Anderson head of the DSCC and DNC executive vice chair says Truman will win the 1952 Democratic nomination without a contest. He doubts Democrats will nominate Eisenhower, cites Dewey's endorsement as aimed at sidelining Eisenhower. A Senate subcommittee plans early talk on Dewey decision and Hanley debt claims. Gillette from Iowa leads the inquiry push.
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Clinton Anderson
DNN
Truman
Anderson
Democratic
Democratic National Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Eisenhower
Dewey
Senate
Joe R. Hanley
Hanley
American Labor Party
Gillette
Diowa
Iowa
Taft Campaign Gains Quiet Momentum as Ferguson Slips
The Taft for Senate Committee chair says Ferguson’s campaign is “falling apart” while Gradison reports growing cautious optimism for Taft’s re election. Ferguson pushes 100 percent excess profits tax and health reforms in Cleveland appearances. Taft tours Akron Belmont Youngstown and Ohio counties ahead of election.
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Associated Press
Taft For
Senate
Joseph T. Ferguson
Willis D. Gradison
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Cleveland
Ferguson
Gradison
PAC
Taft
Akron
Belmont County
Youngstown
Lake and Geauga
Firestone Urges German Rubber Plants Back Into Use
Harvey S. Firestone Jr. urged allied nations in Western Germany to reopen three idle synthetic rubber plants. He noted one plant in the Russian zone had run at top production since the war’s end.
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New York
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Germany
Firestone
Europe
Famous Boat Is Retired From Ohio River Service
The Chris Greene, a twin stacked sternwheeler that ran Cincinnati to Louisville from 1927 to 1947, was sold to George W. Harrison who plans to convert it into a harbor and dock. Built in 1925, it last sailed in 1947 and was moored at the Greene Line dock. In 1928 crowds watched its race against Betsy Ann with a 1000 foot victory.
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Cincinnati
Chris Greene
Louisville
Greene Line Steamers, Inc
George W. Harrison
Dayton
Harrison
Greene Line
Back Inn
Ohio River
New Richmond
Pittsburgh and
Cincinnati Packet Line
Betsy Ann
Ohio Probate Judge Lawhead Dies at 88
VAN WERT Ohio Probate Judge Charles E Lawhead died yesterday at 88 after a brief illness. He served as probate and juvenile judge for 28 years and was one of the few remaining probate judges in the state without a law degree.
Two $1000 Bonds Worth $250,000 in Virginia Attic Find
Mrs Benny Walker of Vinton, aged 76, discovered two state issued bonds in her attic. The date may read 1861 or 1864, affecting their validity under the Fourteenth Amendment. If 1861 the bonds predate secession and could be legitimate claims. At six percent compound interest the bonds might be worth a quarter of a million dollars.
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Richmond
Benny Walker
Vinton
Commonwealth of Virginia
Virginia
Walker
Night of Massacre Rescue Behind North Korean Lines
Surviving soldiers, emaciated and wounded, were ferried to a Red Army hospital at Sunchon where Bernstein tended the gravely injured through the night. Two of 23 survivors died. An American chaplain joined prayers as the group rested by a campfire. General Allen and a small party attempted to reach Pyongyang to report the massacres but faced North Korean forces blocking the route.
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Sunchon
Bernstein
James A. Skelton
Hannibal
Skelton
Seoul
Allen
Pyongyang
Dent
Hades
Tucker
Ohio and West Virginia GIs Escape Red Prison Train
Four American GIs fled a Red prison train less than a day before mass killings. Pfc Theodore Stamper of Ohio 19 and Pfc Charles Jarvis of West Virginia 19 were among the escapees who reached a rear air base en route to Japan after surviving two death marches from Taejon to Seoul and Seoul to Pyongyang.
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Seoul
Korea
Portsmouth
Ohio
Japan
Theodore Stamper
Manlong Stamper
West Portsmouth
Hadong
Charles FE. Jarvis
Minnora
W. Va
Taejon
Pyongyang
Four Ohio Airplane Crashes Kill Three
An unusual sequence of private plane crashes in northern Ohio on Sunday killed three people, with one crash in the Columbus area. Across the past weekend ten Ohioans died in accidents, including six in highway crashes and another by contact with a high tension power line.
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Columbus
Ohio
R Day for Communists Washington
The piece notes the last day for American Communists to register under the new anti-Communist law and marks the event as a political deadline in Washington.
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Washington
Missing 25 on North Voyageur Freighter Sinking
In St John s Newfoundland 25 persons are believed aboard the Canadian freighter North Voyageur after it sank about 60 miles south of Argentia. Marconi radio reports all ships have abandoned the search after the distress. Four vessels raced to the location and a United States plane at Argentia joined the search.
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St, John's
Nfld
North Voyageur
Argentia
Marconi
S.O.S
United Stat
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