Americans Killed by Red Shells on Quemoy Island
On Quemoy Island, Communist artillery pounded the Nationalist stronghold for a second day. Two American officers were killed while the U S military advisory group confirmed the deaths as Washington reported. Nationalist forces conducted air patrols as top commanders met to review the threat amid massed mainland troop dispositions and shore gun bombardments.
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William Miller
Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Island
Quemoy
Washington
State Department
State
Defense Departments
U. S
Fukien
Major Given Seven Years For Scheme
Major Thomas Pate of Los Angeles was court-martialed near Tokyo for stealing $200000 in military scrip. He pled guilty to 21 counts of larceny and received dismissal and seven years hard labor. The case involved forged destruction records and conversion of old currency to personal use.
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Tokyo
Far East Air Forces
Thomas Pate
Los Angeles
Plate
U. S
Air Force
Tachikawa Air Force Base
Washington
Logan
University of Town
Seventh fleet alerted over Quemoy clash amid Red saber rattling
U S Seventh fleet monitors intensified Communist bombardment of Quemoy city state forces amid two U S army officers killed. Informants suggest new orders may dispatch American naval craft in the Pacific as defense department clarification awaited. Fleet keeps Formosa under guard against mainland attack.
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Washington
U. S
Seventh Fleet
Quemoy Island
Quemoy
Pacific
Defense Department
Formosa
Weather Outlook, Partly Cloudy With Showers Possible
Partly cloudy conditions with a risk of a thundershower by early morning. Low temperatures around 68 to 72. Sunday remains partly cloudy and turns cooler in the afternoon with highs near 85 to 90.
Jet Pilot Sets Bendix Record at Dayton
Capt. Edward C. Kenny of Van Dyck Michigan flew an F-84 Thunderstreak at 616.208 mph over 1900 miles in the Bendix Trophy Race from Edwards Air Force Base California to Cox Municipal Airport Ohio. rivals include Major Harry K. Evans and Capt. Glendon K. Dunaway. Cunningham damaged a wing tank but finished strong.
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Dayton
Ohio
Edward C. Kenny
van Dyck
Mich
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
William Whisner, Jr
Kenny
Tactical Air Training Command
Langley Air Base
Harry K. Evans
Heaters
W. Va
Evans
Cox Municipal Airport
Harley D. Cunningham
Charlotte
N. C
Glendon K. Dunaway
Blackwell
Oklo
Dunaway
Cunningham
Teen Age Burglar Gang Exposed By Girl's Father
In Chicago a 15-year-old armed with a loaded pistol led police to a gang of teen burglars. A 15-year-old girl possessed a .32 revolver and loot, a 14-year-old’s father aided capture, and a third girl was sought. Police recovered stolen items at a gang hideout.
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Chicago
INS
Gans
Ted
Evne Sareen
West North Avenue
Thomas Mackey
Konkowski
Blade in Man's Head Found After 28 Years
Harry Stone, 44, learned an inch and a half blade had been lodged in his head for 28 years after a headache led to X rays at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. He recalled a street fight 28 years ago and doctors say the blade sits up behind the nose in the paranasal air space. the remainder will be removed later.
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Philadelphia
Harry Stone
Stone
Einstein Medical Center
France not swinging to the Free World says Mendes France
French Prime Minister Pierre Mendes France declared France remains in the Free World and attached to the Atlantic Alliance despite rejecting the European Defense Community. He cautioned against viewing the move as Moscow’s victory and promised rapid steps to secure Western cooperation with Germany within the Free World's security system.
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Paris
INS
Pierre Mendes-France
France
Mendes-France
EDC
Western Germany
Free World
French National Assembly
Seden
West Germany
NATO
Freedom of Job Selection Hailed By Eisenhower
President Eisenhower on Labor Day proclaims that Communist slave states cannot match America’s “tremendous surge of might” born from free choice of work. He emphasizes that each citizen should select a job suited to ability and passion, contrasting with forced toil in totalitarian systems.
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Eisenhower
Denver
Ins
Efort
Dead from Korea exchange return to Panmunjom
At Panmunjom, 295 more war dead arrived as the third day of a U N and Communist command body exchange continued in the quiet valley.
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Panmunjom
U. N
Release of General De Castries Ends Four Months Captivity
Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries was released at Vietri near Hanoi after four months in Communist captivity. He wept openly upon greeting Gen. Rene Cogny and a Foreign Legion detachment at the landing, later receiving full honors aboard a boat. He said contacts had been few and his health was fair despite suffering in confinement. His wife could not join him as her visa was held in Paris, and a second tragedy marred the relief.
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Hanoi
Christian de Castries
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Vietri
Quinenene
de Castries
Rene Cogny
Cogny
Atras
China
Paris
Indo-China
Radio Tele
Dien Bien U
Dev
U.S. Pledges Aid to Philippines Ahead of SEATO Meeting
Secretary of State Dulles announced heavy U.S. military support for the Philippines aiming to raise the army to four divisions about 72 000 men and provide jet fighters and destroyers. A communique said the U.S. will furnish most military matériel and study ways to ease foreign exchange burdens while offering air and sea help if attacked.
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Manila
INS
U.S
Philippines
Dulles
U. S
Carlos P. Garcia
Garcia
William J. Sebald
Japan
Burma
Seventh Fleet
Greeks Smash Red Spy Ring
The Greek government reports the arrest of 88 key Communist agents in dismantling a Soviet trained spy ring. Premier Marshal Alexander Papagos called the crackdown the most important victory against the Reds since the civil war, saying it neutralized the Red underground targeting Greece and NATO allies.
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Athens
Greece
Alexander Papagos
Red
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Warm Weather Dominates Iowa as Labor Day Weekend Sparks Heat
A low pressure system brings warm air into Iowa with forecasts for mostly fair weather over the Labor Day weekend. Temperatures may reach around 100 in southern Iowa, Cedar Rapids at 93 Saturday afternoon, and a Friday high of 77 with a low of 63 overnight. Isolated thundershowers expected in northern Iowa Saturday night and scattered rain possible in the south, with a return to cooler, cloudier conditions on Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Giants Rally to Rout Dodgers 13 4 Behind Thompson Grand Slam
Hank Thompson launched a bases loaded homer in the seventh inning as the New York Giants defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 13 to 4 to extend their lead atop the league standings. The Dodgers remained five games back.
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NEW York
Hank Thompson
New York Giants
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Des Moines Official Pleads Innocent in Embezzlement Case
Rod Chisholm 48 of Des Moines pleaded innocent to embezzling funds from the Iowa Girls School Athletic Union while executive secretary. Prosecutors claim losses totaling at least 43,863 over three years funded by grain and stock market ventures. He seeks 20 days to attack the indictment. bond reduced to 1,000.
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DES Moines
Rod Chisholm
Iowa Girls School Athletic Union
Polk County
Chisholm
Ray Fountain
Clyde Herring
Theodore Duffield
Duffield
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Pate
Far East Air Materiel Command
California
Tachikawa
SUI
Lowell A. Logan
Springfield
Davenport
FBI
Today's Index
Ee Daily Record
Bendix
Mackey
Richard Konkowski
Rede
Kingsbury Smith
Gen. de Castries
Howard Handleman
Giants
Girls Athletic Union
Tom Reilly
Union
R, H, Chisholm
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