Eight survivors brought to Gander after Sabena crash
US Coast Guard helicopters and PBY Catalinas evacuated eight survivors to the Gander air base hospital as rescue teams pushed through Newfoundland forests. Survivors include airline hostess Roooki, composer Revil, and Belgian victims, with another group awaiting daylight operations.
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New York
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Helen Ruth Henderson
Renee Jacquet
Courtrai
John King
Leona Tonchet
Brussels
Joseph Deschuyffeleer
Ship Strike Ends But New Rift Appears
After a 16 day maritime shutdown West Coast seamen voted to return to work while CIO and independent unions accepted a government arbitrated parity with AFL wage scales. AFL leader Harry Lundeberg warned sailors to hold back until masters and pilots are satisfied. Contracts end Sept 30. New parity tensions loom as NY harbor clears of pickets and 450 ships resume activity.
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Kidnaper of Jap Heiress Is Felon
Tokyo police identify the kidnapper of 12 year old heiress Kuniko Sumitomo as an escaped convict and say his capture is likely. He also abducted 13 year old Kiyoko Shimizu and fled a temple yard chase after a 15,000 yen ransom. The Sumitomo household offers a substantial reward for Kuniko alive.
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Former Burmese premier wounded by assassin
A Reuters dispatch from Rangoon reports U Saw, former Burmese premier, was wounded in the face by a rifle bullet fired from a jeep in what appears to be an assassination attempt. His condition was described as not serious.
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Navy Plane Carrying Six Crashes in Mexico
Cordoba police reported a U S naval plane missing since Friday with six aboard crashed near Tecamaluca about 30 miles west. The aircraft, attached to the U S embassy, left at 9 10 a m Friday for Corpus Christi with refueling planned in Vera Cruz. Names of those aboard were not released.
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Storm Wrecks Guam Housing For Army Kin
A typhoon battered Guam injuring at least one service member with a broken back and destroying or damaging about 70 percent of housing for Army dependents. Harmon Field and northern airfields suffered severe damage, 70 percent of Aircraft Service Unit 12’s planes were damaged, power remained out, and communications were down as Rear Adm. Pownall assessed the widespread destruction.
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Five Priests Flee Persecution in Zone B
TRIESTE AP The Roman Catholic bishop of Trieste and Capodistria Antonio Santin said five priests have fled in the last 10 days from religious persecution in zone B of Venezia Giulia under Yugoslav occupation. He cited an anti Catholic campaign that began Sept 11 with the abduction of parish priest Bonifacio Francesco of Gardozzi who was ambushed by six Yugoslav soldiers and an officer and taken away in a truck.
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Gandhi Calls Atomic Weapon Worst Disaster To Man
Gandhi says use of atomic energy as a weapon is the greatest calamity to mankind. The 77 year old leader tells United Press that nuclear power should aid humanity, not destroy it. He urges withdrawal of British troops and notes India’s push for complete independence despite Hindu Muslim tensions. He advises keeping silent to avoid life’s pitfalls.
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India
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Great Britain
Miles Poindexter Dies Former Senator at 78
GREENEELLE Va AP Miles Poindexter 78 former United States senator from Washington and once ambassador to Peru was found dead at his home Saturday Coroner Dr E P Tompkins listed death as due to natural causes He is survived by a son Gale Poindexter of Spokane Wash and two brothers
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Peru
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Rockbridge ‘County
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Spokane
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Gunmen Kill Cheese King At Hideout
Chicago che ese king Vincent Benevento aged 46 was tracked to a secluded Lake Zurich area tourist cabin and killed. Gunmen broke in spraying the room with shotgun slugs and pistol shots as his wife Jean 42 escaped unharmed. Police found tire marks and footprints around the hideout. Benevento had been in hiding after a prior attack tied to control of the Italian cheese market and had faced federal firearms act charges with bail set and forfeited.
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Philip L. Sullivan
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Tojo's Son Receives Threat Letters From Unknown Sender
Tokyo police reported three threatening letters to Toruo Tojo, son of the wartime premier. The final note demanded 50,000 yen be left in a white cloth marked Tojo in Tokyo Station waiting room.
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Toruo Tojo
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Soviet Puts Baltic Grab On Record At Peace Talks
At the Paris peace conference the Soviet Union formally pressed its claim over the Baltic states. Andrei Vishinsky introduced Estonian Foreign Minister Kronous to speak for Moscow, praising Soviet rule in Estonia Latvia and Lithuania. The commission voted 13 to 6 to include the South Tyrol accord in the Italian treaty, despite Soviet objections.
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Embarrassed Man Bites Nail and Breaks Brick During Police Custody
Walter D. Szymkow 32 a former Polish aviator known as the Strong Man of Poland was embarrassed by police questioning in a car theft case. He tore a nail from a floor between his teeth bent it at right angles and then halved a brick with his hand and smashed another with his fists. District Judge Albert C Moore held him on a grand larceny charge in New Hyde Park New York.
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Martin Calls Purge of Communists in Government
Boston AP Joseph W Martin Jr Republican leader urged a purge of Communists from high government posts especially in the war and navy departments where he said they know secrets of the atomic bomb and other military defenses. At the Massachusetts state convention he forecast a Republican victory this fall and said the first task is to remove Communists and their sympathizers from top offices.
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Reconstruction Program for Europe Urged
The United Nations subcommission on economic reconstruction proposed a broad plan to rebuild war torn Europe and guide a long range European economic program. The 450 page report urges creation of an European Economic Commission, a permanent housing agency, an international TVA style power agency, and an agency to review 1937 financing needs, with priority on restoring coal output and fair distribution of scarce raw materials.
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Macfadden May Get Senate Seat For Florida
New York based Macfadden, 78, a physical culturist and retired publisher, says his name has been suggested to Florida Governor Caldwell for interim U S Senate appointment. He would accept if offered to serve until Spessard Holland takes office on January 1 after the death of Senator Charles O Andrews left the seat vacant.
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Sns
Bernarr Macfadden
Millard F. Caldwell
Florida
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Senate
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Charles O. Andrews
Briton Accused of Sale of Captured Materials
Rome officials confirm the arrest of British Lt. Col. J. A. Campbell with the Allied commission in Rome. Campbell is held in Naples on charges of selling captured enemy materials valued at billions of lire for personal profit.
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Weather Outlook Town Agricultural Forecast
Occasional showers Sunday and Sunday night with cooler conditions in the west Sunday afternoon and night and in the east Sunday night and Monday. Mon cloudy then Tuesday fair and cool. Wednesday also fair and somewhat warmer in the west. Southwest winds 20 to 25 mph Sunday shifting to north by Monday. Highs Sunday 75 to 82, lows Sunday night 45 to 55. Monday highs near 60, lows 35 in the north with frost, 40 in the south.
Wallace Ousted From Speakers Bureau Sparking Dems Debate
Rep. Sparkman says Democratic speakers bureau will not sponsor Henry Wallace and may reject Sen. Pepper if he keeps attacking the administration. White House denies Wallace could resign as part of a Paris peace deal and cites no plan to replace Wallace. Alfred Schindler moves up as commerce secretary, Truman to decide on permanent replacement.
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Wallace undecided on campaign role after leaving public office
Washington AP reports Henry A. Wallace will not actively aid the Democratic party in November elections though undecided about a public stump against current policy before the Paris peace conference ends. Friends say Wallace believes he cannot support Democrats with Truman backing Byrnes tougher Russia policy and rejects views he once opposed.
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