East Reich Reds Purge People's Police Fire Many
East German Communists purge the People's Police and redeploy units to guard the West Berlin border. Shootings occur nightly as thousands still attempt border crossings for American food parcels, with casualties reportedly rising and Western officials scrutinizing the crackdown.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Saxony
East Berlin
Thurina
Re S
Potsdamer Platz
Wertheim
Tment
Beandenburg Gate
Red
East Frontier
East Zone
Pay Or Quit World Bank Tells Czechs
World Bank governors warned Czechoslovakia to pay 625000 dollars by December 31 to avoid suspension from the bank, a move that could expel the nation within a year while its fund membership remains. India abstained on the vote. The meeting also set timelines for Indonesia to join and planned future sessions.
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World Bank
Fred
Hoffman Washington
Czechoslovakia
India
Netherlands
Indonesia
United States
Rhee Launches National Cleanup Against Spies and Grafters
President Syngman Rhee widens a post war purge in Korea by dissolving youth groups and reshuffling the cabinet. The CIC investigates suspected espionage while police arrest officials for plotting against the government. A 30 percent police and civil service purge is planned with selective firings and living-condition boosts.
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Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Rhee
South Korean Army Counter
Korean Cic
Shinmoon
ROK Army
Kim Chong Pyung
High Military
Taegu
Kim Bang Bong
Kim
Taehan Youth Corps
Ths
Home Guard
Defense
Shin Tai Yung
Home Ministry
National Assembly
Elizabeth's Horse Loses at Doncaster in Royal Display
Queen Elizabeth II attended the Doncaster meeting to watch Aureole in the St Peter Stakes, but the 3-year-old colt finished third while Premonition won. Churchill accompanied the Queen in observing their 45th wedding anniversary as crowds cheered despite the upset.
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England
Aureole
Premonition
W. P. Wyatt
Queens
Elizabeth
Sir Winston Churchill
Royal Box
Ascot
Queen
Churchill
Lady Churchill
Churchills
Navy Prepares Largest NATO Sea Drill Mariner
Supreme Allied Commander Admiral Lynde D. McCormick announces Operation Mariner, a major NATO sea exercise involving over 300 ships 1000 aircraft and about half a million personnel. Blue forces protect Atlantic sea lanes from Greenland to the U S South, with nine nations participating and no amphibious landings planned.
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NATO
Atlantic
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Adm. Lynde D. McCormick
USN
Mariner
Blue
Norfolk
McCormick
Europe
Orange
Greenland
Norway
United States
North Africa
Nited Kingdom
Belgium
Denmark
France
Netherlands
Portugal
Iceland
North Carolina Cities Targeted for Army Leaflet Raids
The Army plans to drop thousands of leaflets on 12 North and South Carolina cities in late September as part of a psychological warfare test. Eighteen Carolina cities were initially named, with final targets to be chosen from Laurinburg, Wadesboro, Monroe, Charlotte, Richlands, Warsaw, Goldsboro, Smithfield, Wilson, Rocky Mount, Roxboro, Durham, Chapel Hill, Darlington, Florence, Marion, Conway and Little River.
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FT. Bragg
Carolina
Psychological Warfare Center
North Carolina
South Carolina
Rift
Weather Report Highlights Warm Day and Sunset Timing
Today's high reaches 78 degrees with a 54 degree low at night. Yesterday's high was 87 with a 60 degree low. Sunset is 6:31 p.m. and sunrise tomorrow is 6:01 a.m.
Clergy Deny Red Charges in Church Infiltration Probe
A Senate Internal Security Subcommittee report cites attempts to create Red cells within church groups. Communist operatives allegedly used religious cover to aid espionage and treason, with Catholics targeted mainly among lay members. A 10 to 15 year old failed effort in Catholic circles is noted. Also a Florida shrimp species is reported to reach two feet.
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Jewner
R-Ind
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Senate
Britain May Seek Redress Over Hong Kong Naval Attack
Britain warned China it may demand redress after a Hong Kong naval launch was fired upon by a Chinese gunboat southwest of Hong Kong. Seven sailors were killed and five wounded on September 9 during a regular anti smuggling patrol, with Britain holding the Chinese government responsible and reserving the right to compensation.
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London
Britain
Red China
Hong Kong
Foreign Office
Humphrey Trevelyan
Mao Tze-Tung
Peiping
Trevelyan
United Kingdom
Royal Navy
Scottish Minister Shocked by Nakedness in Greensboro
Rev. Joseph Sillars Ritchie of Kirriemuir Scotland, visiting Greensboro as an exchange pastor, praised American morals yet lamented what he called the nakedness of the people. He noted women’s scant attire as a climate driven oddity.
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Greensboro
Joseph Sillars Ritchie
Kirriemuir
Angus County
Scotland
Ritchie
McDonald Road Church of Scotland
Edinburgh
Fleming Considered for Labor Secretary Amid Taft Hartley Debate
Washington reports Republican circles name Arthur Fleming defense mobilizer and former Ohio Wesleyan president as a potential successor to Secretary of Labor Durkin. Other possibles include William MacFetridge Richard Gray and Gov Alfred Driscoll with Lausche as unlikely option amid Taft Hartley amendments contention.
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Arthur S. Fleming
Defense Mobilizer
Eisenhower
Fleming
Martin Durkin
Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Cold War Manpower Commission
Durkin
William MacFetridge
Chicago
AFL International Common Laborers Union
Richard J. Gray
Washington, D. C
AFL
Building and Construction Trades Union
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
Sen
Taft
GOP
Driscoll
Harold John Adonis
Litciana
McFetridge
Thomas E. Dewey
New Yorker
Gray
Nationwide CONELRAD Air Defense Test Planned
Washington reports a national CONELRAD test set for next Wednesday to evaluate the air defense radio system. FCC, Civil Defense, and Air Force will monitor as 640 and 1240 kilocycles carry signals along the coast from Boston to Miami.
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Washington
Conelrad
Civilease
Federal Communications Commission
Air Force
Atlantic
Far West
U. S
Allee
FCC
R Defense Command
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Indus
Boston
Miami
Air Defense Command
Wales
Civil Defense
No School Revolution Seen if Segregation Outlawed
The Southern Regional Council says Supreme Court bans on segregation would not trigger an overnight school overhaul. A gradual transition could occur, with effects limited to areas in the suit and finances driving some counties to integrate. The council notes possible teacher shortages and that “separate but equal” rulings would strain funding.
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Atlanta
Southern Regional Council
U. S. Supreme Court
the Council
Supreme Court
George S. Mitchell
James P. Bailey
North Carolina
Pressure Ike To Name Parker To Supreme Court
Pressure grows from North and South Carolina leaders and Virginia figures for Judge John J. Parker of Charlotte to be named to the Supreme Court seat left by Chief Justice Vinson. Eisenhower may delay decision a month while Parker, Dewey or Warren are considered. Parker wrote the Clarendon County school segregation decision and has broad bipartisan support.
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Parker
Supreme Court
Charlotte
N.C
Eisenhower
John J. Parker
Carolinas
Virginia
Fred Vinson
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Earl Warren
California
Charles R Jonas
North Carolina
Washington
J. E. Broyhill
Lenoir
Ted Dalton
Radford
Clyde R. Hoey
North and
South Carolina
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Clarendon County
Rita Hayworth declines Aly Khan custody offer
Rita Hayworth rejects Aly Khan's one million dollar offer to share custody of Yasmin. She notes the condition of exposing the child to Moslem teachings at seven and annual European visits. Hayworth emphasizes the girl's right to live as a normal Christian child in the United States.
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Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Khan
Yasmin
Europe
Co States
Miss Hayworth
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