First Tropical Storm Brewing Near Puerto Rico
The first tropical storm of the year, with winds up to 58 mph, churns in the Atlantic and threatens several ships. At 11 a.m. advisory it was 325 miles northeast of San Juan and moving west-northwest at about 13 mph with slight intensification.
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Miami
Atlantic
Miami Weather Bureau
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Leonard Pardue
Pont Leveque
Pardue
Akaroa
Weather Bureau
Navy
Air Force
Bermuda
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chinese attack on Bunker Hill costly but short
In fierce night assaults, Chinese forces with a battalion plus heavy artillery and mine-field charges attacked Bunker Hill east of Panmunjom. Allied forces repelled the 800-man assault within 90 minutes and halted a second battalion. Maj. Gen. Selden noted continued Red efforts to retake the hill, while U S Air Force B 29s bombed a Pyongyang area freight yard from Chinnampo, reporting good results.
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Seoul
Korea
Bunker Hill
Panmunjom
John T. Selden
U.N
Selden
Air Force
Okinawa
Chinnampo
Pyongyang
British Canberra jet sets Atlantic crossing record attempt
A British Canberra bomber flew east to west across the Atlantic in four hours and 33 minutes from Aldergrove Northern Ireland to Gander Newfoundland and roared back, aiming to complete a round trip in one day. Winds slowed the east west leg, while the return run faced a radio repair delay.
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Gander, Mld
Atlantic
Aldergrove
Northern Ireland
Britain
Gander
Nld
Canberra
Newfoundland
Ronald P. Beaumont
Beaumont
English Electric Co
North Carolina Municipalities Convenes 43rd Convention
About 600 municipal officials expected to attend the 43rd annual convention of the North Carolina League of Municipalities in Raleigh on October 9. Group aims to discuss local government issues and cooperative programs.
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Raleigh
The
North Carolina
Lasane of Municipalities
Asheville
Capitol
State Bureau of Investigation
Sir Walter Raleigh
Carl Goerch
Air Force Still Searches Gulf Crash For Survivors
Air Force forces renewed a search around 50 miles off the Northwest Florida coast for survivors of a B-17 crash after a Sabre jet mistook it for a target drone. Parachutes were seen as debris and one survivor reported. weather hampered rescue. Col. Debolt apologized for the incident, saying radar led him to misidentify the plane.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Arthur F. Debolt
Columbus
Debolt
Slack Charged With Approving White-Wash Report
The House judiciary subcommittee charged Justice Department official Ellis N. Slack with approving the grand jury’s initial report that whitewashed tax scandals in St. Louis. Slack, an assistant attorney general in charge of the tax division, reportedly read and approved the report before it went to Judge George H. Moore in 1951.
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Washington
House
Justice Department
Grand
St. Louis
Ellis N. Slack
House Judiciary
Grand Jury
Internal Revenue
James P. Finnegan
George H. Moore
Subcommittee
Robert A. Collier
Slack
Collier
Moore
Asst
T. Lamar Caudle
Caudle
Frank L. Chelf
D-Ky
Henry J. Butler
Marvin Hooper
U.S
St.Louis
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
Reds Blast UN Bombing Ahead of Panmunjom Talks
Peiping radio quoted the All China Federation of Labor protesting U.N. bombing behind North Korea lines as truce talks resume at Panmunjom. The UN sticks to voluntary prisoner repatriation while the Communists push for return of all POWs, including about 15,000 Chinese volunteers. Negotiations resume amid warnings of further delays.
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Munsan
Korea
China
United Nations
Panmunjom
North Korea
U.N
Peiping
All- China Federation of Labor
William K. Harrison
Stevenson Promised More Farm Advice Before Legion Speech
Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson receives planned consultations with farm groups including Clyde Seybold Herschel Newsom James Patton and Allan Kline as he gears toward a Legion address in New York. He will speak in Kasson Minn Sept 6 if invited and continues at Detroit Denver.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
American Legion
New York
Clyde H. Seybold
National Rural Electrical Cooperative Association
Roy J. Turner
Oklahoma
Democratic National Committee
Herschel D. Newsom
National Grange
Newsom
Stevenson
James G. Patton
The
Farmers Union
Allan Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Patton
Kline
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Toay
Legion
Asbury Park
N. J
Detroit
Denver
Airlift Relieves 9000 Moslem Pilgrims From Beirut
Thirteen U S Air Force transport planes carry about 50 pilgrims each from Beirut to Jidda with hourly flights toward Mecca and Medina. The move follows an unprecedented rush at Beirut International Airport and aims to reach Mecca by Id al Adha. State Department says costs covered by Air Force funds with no estimate given.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U. S. Air Force
Mecca
Medina
Scheherazada
Jidda
Saudi Arabian
Abraham
Isaac
Washington
U. S. State Department
Air Force
Clark restructures UN and Far East commands in Korea war
General Mark Clark announced a reorganized command plan to give Navy and Air Force equal roles with the Army in the Korean war. A new three service deputy staff will oversee policy while separate service headquarters remain outside Tokyo and Clark remains commander in chief.
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Tokyo
Mark Clark
United Nations
U. S
Far East
Navy
Air Force
Asia
Clark
Army
Far East Command
U. N
Matthew B. Ridgway
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Former Brinks guard confesses to $65,000 truck theft
A former Brinks guard Ray E. Farmer, 26, confessed to robbing an unattended armored truck of $65,000 while guards lunching at the Wardman Park Hotel. He led investigators to the money buried in woods near Glen Echo amusements, with FBI help and Brink's officials present. earlier, the case linked to a local teen gang and a used uniform.
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Washington
Brink's
Ray E. Farmer
Robert V. Murray
Murray
Farmer
Glen Echo
District of Columbia
Wardman Park
Jeremiah Flaherty
Simkins
Brink
Thomas W. Knott
Simpkins
American swimmer Paysour eyes second English Channel attempt
Aquaticist Bob Paysour of Gastonia said he hopes to attempt the English Channel again, though no date is set. He was the first American to tackle the channel currents this year and was pulled from the water six miles from his goal on August 14 after a 12 hour 15 minute swim. He received a rousing hometown welcome from city officials.
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Gastonia
Aquatiec
Bob Paysour
English Channel
Paysour
Youth Saves Herbert Hoover From Flames in California
A 21 year old Bill Jenney of Los Angeles rushed into a burning Silver Lake Mountain lodge near Bishop California to wake Herbert Hoover and four others. The ex president 78 and companions escaped by lake after breaking a door and leaving via a roadside exit. The cabin burned within ten minutes. Hoover thanked the youth and quipped about being a refugee.
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Bishop
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Bill Jenney
Los Angeles
Silver Lake Mountain
High Sierras
Mr. Hoover
Nate Milner
Hoover
Jenney
Milner
Mattei
Truman appoints Rent Stabilizer Woods price controller
President Truman named Tighe Woods as rent stabilizer and price controller succeeding Ellis Arnall who has resigned. Woods will take the post next Monday.
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Washington
Truman
Tighe
Woods
Ellis Arnall
Eisenhower invites GOP leaders for strategy talks in New York
In New York Dwight D. Eisenhower invites House and Senate Republican leaders to confer on campaign strategy. Planned attendees include Seatyles Bridges and Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr., with Edward Martin and John Foster Dulles also on the guest list. Eisenhower addressed Legionnaires, urging anti corruption and noting teleprompter troubles during a modified speech.
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New York
Llp
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House
Senate
Seatyles Bridges
New Hampshire
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Bridges
Martin
Eisenhower
Chicago
Dulles
GOP
Edward Martin
R-Pa
John Foster Dulles
American Legion
Kansas
Fifth Avenue
Legionnaires
Soviet Russia
United States
Mamie
Stocks Hold Steady Course In Muted Trading Day
The New York stock market held a fairly steady course with fractional gains and losses across sectors. Trading paced at under a million shares daily, Barber Oils jumped seven points to 107 after a stock split and dividend boost, while National Distillers faded and rails steels and motors showed steadiness with mixed oil and chemical activity.
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New York
Barber Oi
National Distillers
Official Weather Bureau 24 Hour Temperature Readings
Temperature and rainfall data across multiple stations including Charlotte Raleigh Atlanta Miami and New Orleans. Notable highs include Asheville 88 Detroit 90 and Little Rock 90 while lows reach 47 at New Orleans and 63 at Chicago.
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Charlotte UP
Weather Bureau
Aine Station
High
Asheville
Cescensseees
Atlanta
Boston
Memphis
Miami
I Mobile
Mr. Mitchell
New Orleans
New York
Raleigh
San Antonio
San Francisco
Washington
Wilmingtom Serseesees
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Wadley
Joe Goodpasture
Pensacola
Gen. Clark
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