Ten Navy airmen die in PBM flying boat crash near San Diego
Ten crew members aboard a Martin Mariner PBM died when the two engine patrol plane crashed two miles offshore in fog. The vessel from Squadron VP-46 took off from the San Diego Naval Air Station on a routine training flight. one body was recovered and rescue craft searched for others. Names withheld pending next of kin notification.
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San Diego
Calif
Here
11Th Naval District
Naval Air Station
VP-46
Saipan
Waltzing Mouse in Japan Displays Cerebral Disease
The waltzing mouse, bred as a curiosity in Japan, suffers a cerebral disease per the National Geographic Society. One mouse may suddenly spin into a whirling dervish act that starts and ends abruptly.
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Japan
National Geographic Society
Hollywood pawnbrokers see stars pawn diamonds for cash
In a Hollywood report pawnbrokers describe actors and starlets pawning jewelry and watches between projects to cover expenses as studios struggle. Julius Zimmerman notes the trade as a barometer of movieland finance with many big names discreet about borrowing and repaying once jobs return.
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Hollywood
Julius Zimmerman
Beverly Hills
Beverly
Marines on Camp Pendleton brandish world killing power
Veteran reporter Robert C. Miller reports on Camp Pendleton maneuvers showing modern Marine squads with four times the fire power of Guadalcanal and Rocket bombers supporting ground troops. Major General Graves Erskine says the First Marine Division can fight anywhere but warns against cutting Marine funding.
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Robert C. Miler
Guadalcanal
Sema
California
Ma“me
Camp Pendleton
Graves Erskine
First Marine Division
United Press
Paul A. Hodge
Solomons
Knocksvile, Tenn
Canal
Pendleton
Russell S. Ferguson
USN
Cornell
Co-Pilots Body Found in B29 Crash Debris
In Wellpinit Washington on August 31 First Lieutenant Jack E. Gillard of Spokane was found dead in the wreckage of a B29 after the plane crashed and exploded near the Spokane River. The bomber’s engine was torn loose and two brush fires burned over 200 acres. several crew members parachuted to safety. Staff Sergeant Robert W. Farrell, formerly of Dallas, Texas, was listed among survivors.
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Wellpinit
Wash
Jack E. Gillard
Spokane
Gillard
Spokane Air Force Base
Spokane River
Robert W. Farrell
Dallas
Texas
Three Arrested as Eight Pounds of Marijuana Seized
In Galveston detectives seized eight pounds of marijuana valued at about 5000 dollars from a beach front tourist cabin. Three men from St Louis and Peoria were charged with possession of narcotics Raymond Smith found with a suitcase of bulk marijuana in the cabin. Detectives stopped a black convertible between the beach and town and arrested Thomas O Connell and Eli Cupi.
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Galveston
St. Louis
Peoria
Ill
Raymond Smith
Jurist Frees 70 Year Old Moonshiner on Probation
Henry A. Dilts a 70 year old Higbee Missouri farmer pleaded guilty to carrying on the business of a distiller without bond and was placed on probation for one year after claiming dire need and starvation drove him to moonshine. He earned 22 dollars monthly from social security and was arrested after offering a $1.50 loan to an alcohol tax investigator.
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ST. Louis
Henry A. Dilts
Higbee
Dilts
Alcohol Tax Unit
Harper
Hire
Solors Look Over Key US Air Field
A Congressional subcommittee inspected Great Falls Air Base in Montana calling it the jumping off place for Alaska and the Far East. They noted missing military housing and forecast a 7 000 500 dollar appropriation for permanent housing. Chairman Walter B. Huber led the group with Representative Mike Mansfield accompanying them.
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Great Falls
Mont
Alaska
Far East
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
United States
Washington
Great Falls Air Base
House Committee On Expenditures
Walter B. Huber
Ohio
Mansfield
Anchorage
Tokyo
Korea
US Pacific Islands
Senate Sends Truman Bill To Assist Schools
The Senate completed action on a bill to provide 7 500 000 for school districts over crowded by federal activities. The aid extends a wartime program and would aid districts affected by military installations and war plants. Funds are authorized for the year ending next June 30 with actual appropriations to come later.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Congress
General MacArthur backs indefinite US occupation of Japan
The New York Journal American quotes General Douglas MacArthur urging continued US presence in Japan to prevent Soviet influence. He says Japan must not fall to the Soviet Union and calls for a defensive line from Formosa to Okinawa, with aid to anti Communist forces in China considered on a moderate scale. He notes changes since 1948 and links China policy to Europe’s struggle against Moscow.
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New York
INS
New York Journal-American
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
Soviet Union
Pacific
David Sentner
Washington
Sentner
Tokyo
China
Asia
America
Far East
Lentner
United States
Russia
Formosa
Okinawa
Hainan
Ued
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Marines
John L. Tobin
Brooklyn Tobins
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Eastman
Austin
Ellison
J. B. Kline
George Morivich
Thomas O'Connell
Eli Cupi
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