US Plans Train Unit for Atomic Warfare Tests
About 5,000 army navy and air force personnel will conduct atomic warfare training at French’s Flats Nevada in a Desert Rock exercise. Units will establish a battle position with entrenchments and emplacements then move to safety before detonations. Training aims to impart military handling of nuclear detonations separate from atomic energy commission scientific work.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
French’s Flats
Nevada
United States
Desert Rock
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Proving Ground
Defense Department
Nevadaing Grounds
Government Pushes Work North Atlantic To Perfect H-Bomb
Washington reports grim push to perfect the hydrogen bomb with a Savannah river plant costing over 1.18 billion dollars for construction. President Truman seeks 484.24 million more, Tritium costs cited at 500 million per pound. Navy says carrier crews trained for atomic bombs and atomic powered submarine could be ready in 1953 or 1954.
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North Atlantic
Washington
United States
Truman
South Carolina
South Carolina River
Savannah River
Savannah
Leo Szilard
Adm
William Fechteler
Naval Operations
Navy
Fechteler
Kidnappers Sought After Ohio Car Theft Case
Police across three states search for two hitchhikers who kidnapped Proctorville man Billie Edwin Murdock, robbed him of 11 dollars, and stole his 1936 Pontiac. Murdock says the pair drove across two state lines to rural Lawrence County Ohio before releasing him after a confrontation near Ironton. He later spotted the suspects in Huntington seeking a ride. The investigation centers on the sequence from Huntington to Ironton via Ashland and Ironton.
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Huntington
W. Va
Proctorville
Billie Edwin Murdock
Herman A. Frazier
Lawrence County
Murdock
Frazier
West Huntington
Ashland
Ohio
Ironton
NATO to fast-track troop delivery amid council session
North Atlantic leaders plan urgent discussions within six weeks on defense issues. Gen Eisenhower urged quicker troop movements to Europe, while NATO deputies propose Greece and Turkey connect to the alliance. British and French ministers note Russia's growing forces as economy-focused plans gain momentum.
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Ottawa
North Atlantic
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Atlantic Council
NATO
Rome
Eisenhower
Greece
Turkey
Paul Ely
France
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Britain
Emmanuel Shinwell
Georges Bidault
Shinwell
Russia
West
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Atlantic
Alvanley Johnston Dies at 76 Former BLE Leader
Cleveland obit reports Alvanley Johnston age 76, long time grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, died in his sleep. He joined Truman in 1946 labor row over rail strike. later retired to Shaker Heights. Funeral set for Thursday at Christ Episcopal Church with Acacia Park burial.
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Alvanley Johnston
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Truman
Johnston
Congress
Alexander F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Shaker Heights
Brotherhood
James P. Shields
Christ Episcopal Church
Acacia Park Cemetery
Giles Hit Run Case Opened in Pearisburg Trial
Pearisburg Virginia September 17 The state says only circumstantial evidence links Alison Walker Stevens 38 to a February 14 hit and run that killed two high school youths. The trial opened as Commonwealth's Attorney Chester Stafford noted circumstantial evidence can be strong. Witnesses testified about blood and hair on Stevens truck and a drunken night drive. The defense argued no eye witnesses and that a truck could have struck the youths by chance.
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Pearisburg
Allison Walker Stevens
Commonwealth
Chester Stafford
Giles County
Stevens
Cedar Crest
James C. Morris
Wilburn Valley
Richard Reeds
Broad Hollow
Steve Shelton
Wytheville
Steven
Shelton
Robert Scott
Winston-Salem
N. C
Gladys Dillon Trent
More Meat Prices Are Going Higher
The government announced a new OPS regulation allowing higher prices for corned and barbecued beef and other processed beef. The rule takes effect Saturday and varies by processor costs. Wholesale ceilings were raised last night and retail increases, about two cents per pound, will follow in a few days.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Peanut Fatal To 21 Month Old In Altoona
In Altoona Pennsylvania a 21 month old girl Claudette Rausch died after a peanut lodged in her lung. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Irvin Rausch of Karthaus Clearfield County.
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Altoona, Pa
Claudette Rausch
Altoona Hospital
Claudette
Irvin Rausch
Karthaus
Clearfield County
Ancient steam driven auto wins Chicago Gotham race
A 1913 Stanley Steamer beat a 1911 Stoddard Dayton gasoline buggy in the Chicago to New York race. Driver Jack Brause, 76, claimed victory by 37 minutes, finishing at 1:15 p.m. EST in nearby Yangers, New York. Time: 53 hours 4 minutes versus 53 hours 41 minutes. Sponsored by Popular Mechanics and the Chicago museum of science and industry.
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New York
Yesteryear
Stanley
Rockefeller Plaza
New York City
Yangers
N. Y
Windy City
Jack Brause
Stanley Steamer Company
Rube de Launty
Poughkeepsie
Truman Attacks Critics of Taxes in Two Speeches
Washington reports President Truman delivered two campaign style speeches denouncing high taxes and government spending, praising economy in government while blasting Soviet Russia as power mad. He warned against loyalty slurs and floated a possible 1952 re election bid as he criticized postal rate subsidies for magazines and urged a pay for itself policy.
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Washington
Truman
Soviet
Russia
Capitol Hill
U. S
America
National Association of Postmasters
United States
Confess
Walter D. Fuller
Gurtis Publishing Co
Philadelphia
UN Truce Note Sent to Reds in Panmunjom Talks
Tokyo reports Gen Ridgway delivered new U S offer to resume suspended Korean truce talks. He reiterates Kaesong neutrality breach was the Reds only genuine violation and says he will meet at the Panmunjom bridge to discuss mutually satisfactory conditions for resuming armistice negotiations.
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Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Kaesong
Panmunjom
Kae
Two Die and Five Missing in Carrier Crash
Washington reports that a Navy carrier Essex off Korea had a twin jet Banshee crash during landing, killing two men, leaving five unaccounted for, and injuring 15. The fire destroyed four jets and damaged others while the ship sustained no major damage.
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Washington
Navy
Korea
Discharged RFC Official Tells Probers He Received Presents From Lithofold
A former RFC loan chief testified before a Senate subcommittee that he was gifted items by American Lithofold Corp after aiding the St. Louis printer in securing loans totaling 643000. Frank Prince named gifts including a ham, turkey, oranges, perfume and a camera from Lithofold VP R J Blauner as he detailed the case and related firings and loan approvals.
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RFC
Probers
Lithofold
Washington
Senators
American Lithofold Corp
St. Louis
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Frank Prince
McCarthy
R-Wis
Boyle
Senate
William M. Boyle Jr
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Prince
R. J. Blauner
Litheford
Blauner
W. Stuart Symington
Truman
Mobile
Ala
Reuben Hartman
Boykin
Tragic Truck Car Crash Kills Three Near Salem
Roanoke Va Sept 17 a four lane route 11 wreck west of Salem killed Roy Lowry 48 painter Mrs Bertha Bradford 29 and her 14 year old niece Betty Witt all residents of Glenvar. Four others injured including Mrs Witt and Bradford's son. Truck driver Arland Taylor 24 unhurt said he saw the car turn and then the crash. The car and truck with seven tons of asphalt were crushed against a rock embankment.
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Roanoke
Salem
Glenvar
Roy Charles Lowry
Bertha Bradford
Betty Marie Witt
Witt
F. B. Witt
Bradford
James Witt
Lowry
Arland Taylor
Senators Ditch HST Nominations
Washington reports the senate judiciary committee withheld action on President Truman’s two federal judgeship nominees in Illinois, Drucker and Harrington, after objections from Senator Douglas. Hearings were set on Philip Jessup’s UN delegation and Chester Bowles’ ambassador to India, while other Truman picks face scrutiny. Douglas proposed alternative nominees.
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Washington
Truman
Ilinois
Senate Judiciary Committee
Douglas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Philip Jessup
United Nations
Chester Bowles
India
Joseph G. Drucker
Cornelius J. Harrington
Death Charges Of Despairing Enemy Halted
Allied artillery smashed a North Korean column as U N infantry secured new hill positions in eastern Korea. Despairing Reds hurled death charges to halt the advance, but American Turkish Ethiopian and South Korean troops pushed forward on rugged ridgelines amid rain and heavy fighting along the Yonch on Kumhwa fronts. Gen Ridgway visited centers as Chinese forces massed. central and western fronts saw stiff resistance and a possible major offensive.
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U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
U.N. Ad
U.N
Yonchon
Kumhwa
Matthew B. Ridgway
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Tokyo
RidgWay
A. J. H. Cassels
Yangu
Inje
Pleads Guilty In Russell Slaying
Lebanon Virginia September 17 Ira Addison of the Morefield Dante area pleaded guilty to first degree murder in Russell County circuit court in the death of James C Phillips. Judge Ezra B Carter delayed sentencing to a 30 year term pending a probation report. Addison indicted by a special grand jury in June after Phillips was shot six times at a garage near Dante on June 13. Phillips, a 23 year old mechanic, died instantly. Addison fled but was captured hours later.
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Lebanon
Ira Addison
Morefield-Dante
Russell County
James C. Phillips
Ezra B. Carter
Addison
Phillips
Dante
Lad Dies Dragged by Gator? Coral Gables Hero Saves Girl
In Coral Gables Florida a six foot alligator attacked nine year old Jerry Gustafson while minnow fishing. Parker Stratt ten rescued her with quick action dragging her away as the gator clamped the arm. Jerry, with two forearm fractures and bite marks, remains in hospital. Florida law forbids killing alligators.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Everglades
Isla Sm
Marky Walers OL
Tourpoit
Florida Wildlife
Florida
Jerry Gustafson
Parker Stratt
Jerry
Parker
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