Helicopters to Aid Evacuation Of Crash Survivors At Gander
Helicopters from Coast Guard and Army arrive at Gander Bay to rescue 18 survivors stranded at the Belgian airliner wreck 22 miles from the base. Two pilots estimate eight hours to assemble the craft for a hazardous pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gander
Nild
Coast Guard
Gander Bay
United States
August Kleish
Cincinnati
Ohio
Walter Bolton
Milton
Mass
Kleish
New York
Elizabeth City
N. C
Catalina
U. S. Army
Army Training To Be Proposed For Universal Draft
Secretary of War Patterson announced at the National Guard association that Congress will be urged to enact six months of universal military training with the army. The plan offers four options for continuation including service in the National Guard, ROTC college programs, scientific work, or six more months with the army. Selection would not be entirely up to individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Army
War Department
Congress
Robert Patterson
National Guard Association
Patterson
National Guard
ROTC
Maritime Strike Partly Settled
The maritime strike eased in eastern and Gulf ports after a 15 day shipping paralysis, but West Coast action remains unsettled with hopes of ending soon and warnings of a possible nationwide tie up within 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
Pacific Coast
Gulf
West Coast
Strike Threat Fuels Kenosha Price Rollback Turmoil
The threat of a strike by about 200 Kenosha hotel and restaurant workers escalates the dispute over OPA rollback orders. Local 571 warns a walkout could be avoided if national director Porter acts quickly to grant menu relief. Meantime, Wisconsin restaurant leaders urge maintaining current prices, and court arguments over the rollback proceed in Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Keno Sha
Kenoshans
Pearl Langer
Kenosha
Hotel Restaurant Employes Union
RFL
Paul Porter
OPA
Porter
Illinois
Virginia
Wisconsin Restaurant Association
Milwaukee
Michigan City
Ind
Denver
Colo
Cleland N. Feast
Moscow News Reports Wallace Resignation Dispatches
The Moscow press published two Tass dispatches from London reporting Henry A. Wallace's resignation as U S Secretary of Commerce. The dispatches quote President Truman’s confidence in James F Byrnes policy and Wallace stating he would continue to fight for peace.
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Moscow
Tass
London
U. S
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
James F. Byrnes
H. S. Wallace
Commerce Wallace
Kenosha Boy Identified in Fatal Chippewa Falls Crash
A Kenosha youth, James H. Williams, 14, died after a truck auto collision on Highway 53 south of Chippewa Falls. Gerald Levithure, 26, Antioch, died in hospital. June Gibbs, 18, Thorp, also perished. A billfold mix up caused mistaken identification at the scene. Williams’s body was taken to Racine for funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Samuel P. Marin
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
James J. S. Christian
Panama Canal Zone
Kenneth Rothe
Madison
Wis
St. Joseph's Hospital
Chippewa Falls
James H. Williams
Alfred Gascoigne
Thirty-second Avenue
Kenosha
Gerald Levithure
Antioch
Williams Boy
Levithure
June M. Gibbs
Thorp
Fossland
Highway 41
Kenosha County
Williams
Black River Falls
Miss Gibbs
Teachers College
Jack A. E. Plummer
Route 1
Weyerhauser
Plummer
Michael McQuade
Spooner
Robert Wilder
Fisheries Department
State Conservation Commission
Racine
Christensen Funeral Home
William Williams
Robert
Iceland Accepts Plan to Withdraw U S Troops From Keflavik
Reykjavik confirms approval by Conservative and Social Democratic party organs of a U S agreement to turn Keflavik airport over to Icelandic authorities and withdraw all American forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
U. S
Reykjavik
Keflavik Airport
Prince or No Prince Facing Commoner's Jail
Mohammed Al-Rashid II, claimant to the extinct Turkish throne, was ordered to pay his estranged wife $30 by Oct 1 or face jail. He failed to provide $60 monthly alimony for their 18 month old daughter. he argued over lineage and his daughter’s place in Islam while presenting a five page family tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
U.P
Mohammed Al-Rashid II
Pareshah
Marcella Whiting
Marshalltown
Hubria
Susan
Donald Redwine
Mohammed
Abraham
Two Youngsters Leave Broad Trail of Damage
In Colville Washington police investigated a string of disturbances listing a vacant house entry smashed radios burned and grass fires near an airport. Deputies Tom Moffitt and Ross Fletcher captured two young boys the oldest about four clutching half a box of matches.
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Colville
Wash
Tom Moffitt
Ross Fletcher
Wisconsin VA to create six sub regional offices in state plan
Wisconsin VA officials discuss decentralizing services to six sub regional offices with autonomous control to speed action. Milwaukee regional office will supervise. education and treatment records shift to sub regions. New offices planned at Wausau and Superior. current Madison La Crosse Eau Claire Green Bay expand as centers.
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Veterans Administration
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Gail D. Hansis
General Bradley
Veterans Affairs
John P. Cullen
Cullen
Madison
LaCrosse
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Wausau
Superior
Ware
la Crosse
Congress
Stevens Points
Fond du Lac
Appleton
Racine
Sheboygan
Rhinelander
Marinette
Ashland
Rice Lake
Oshkosh
Platteville
Ken
Auto collision kills two near Beaver Dam Wisconsin
Beaver Dam Wisconsin officials report a car traveling on Highway 33 missed a curve and struck a tree about one mile east of town. Thomas Dowd eighteen? nineteen from Oconomowoc died instantly and Eugene Franzowak twenty three from Beaver Dam died later from injuries.
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Beaver Dam
Wis
Thomas Dowd
Oconomowoc
Eugene Franzowak
Highway 33
Here
Typhoon Hits Guam Damaging Navy Base and Islands
The typhoon crossed Guam and three northern Mariana islands causing extensive damage to buildings and hangars at Harmon Field and the navy hospital. Admiral Pownall reported no serious injuries among personnel. one man suffered a broken back.
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Guam
U. S. Naval Base
Mariana Islands
Charles A. Pownall
Marianas
Navy
Army
Pownall
Harmon Field
Tokyo
Saipan
Rota
U. S
Palau
Apra Harbor
Kaiser Frazer Plant Picketed as Auto Strike Hits Detroit
The Kaiser and Frazer plants halted production as 4,500 CIO United Auto Workers refused to cross AFL lines. Picket lines around Willow Run blocked all gates, idling about 60,000 Detroit area workers amid multiple stoppages. Union disputes at Briggs Outer Drive and supplier issues extend the plant shutdowns.
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Detroit
U.P
Kaiser and Frazer
Willow Run
CIO
United Auto
AFL
Arga Auto
Washtenaw County Building Trades ‘Council
Louis Hackbart
Kaiser- Frazer
UAW
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Briggs Outer Drive
Outer Drive
Chrysler Corporation
Packard Motor Car Company
Kenosha Teachers Plan World Lecture Series
The Kenosha Education Association announces a new lecture course to begin October 9 at 8 PM in the high school auditorium. Five world topics will be presented by authorities, with three presenters returning from foreign travel. Tickets will be non profit and priced low, with details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Thomas
Kenosha Education Association
Kenosha
Thomas
K.Y.F
Association
K.E.A
Kenosha Little Theater
Kenosha Symphony Orchestra
Historical and Art Museum
Maritime Strike Delays German Ration Increase Plan
Berlin reports Gen. Joseph T. McNarney said the move to raise German daily rations to 1500 calories in American and British zones is delayed due to the U S maritime strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Joseph T. McNarney
Reich
U. S
Marriage license unused due to difficulties reported
Seattle County Clerk Norman R. Riddell received a letter from a Maryville resident explaining that technical difficulties prevented the use of an enclosed marriage license. The document remains unused due to the issue described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Norman R. Riddell
Maryville, Wash
No Ceilings Yet On Dairy Prices
The price decontrol board kept dairy items free from OPA controls while monitoring price trends. It warned cheese and butter remain sensitive as officials noted prices near a critical point and discussed meat decontrol limits and rationed distribution to institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roy L. Thompson
OPA
Paul Porter
Thompson
Secretary of Agriculture
Strongman Szymkow Bites Nails After Car Theft Arrest
Walter D. Szymkow a 148 pound strongman known as the Strong Man of Poland was embarrassed by police questioning over a car theft in Mineola New York He bent a floor nail with his teeth split a brick with his hand and snapped a chain to prove his nerves Then District Judge Albert C Moore held him on a grand larceny charge in New Hyde Park where he lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
N. Y
Walter D. Szymkow
Szymkow
Poland
Albert C. Moore
New Hyde Park
Wallace Says He Is Fight for World Peace
Wallace resigns as secretary of commerce to pursue private battle for world peace in a nationwide radio address he argued is more vital than office or party. He urged open debate on foreign policy and questioned the administration’s approach to Russia amid a Democratic Party and congressional realignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Secretary of Commerce
Department
Russia
State Department
Wallace
Tam O'Shanter Clubhouse Burns in Early Morning Fire
Fire destroyed the Tam O'Shanter Country Club in Niles Illinois leaving only a concrete shell. Estimated damage exceeds 100000. Firefighters from five suburbs and Chicago responded after a waitress reported the blaze at 3 30 a m. The second floor offices of the case wing were cited as the origin with the cause undetermined.
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Niles, Ill
Tam O’shanter Country Club
Chicago
Glenview
Niles
Park Ridge
Morton Grove
Skokie
Case Wing
Tom O’shanter
Freighter Half Hitch Reaches Amapala After SOS
The 3,803 ton freighter Half Hitch, previously in immediate danger after running aground on a Pacific reef, resumed under its own power and is heading to Amapala Honduras, per coast guard reports.
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New York
Pacific
Amapala
Coast Guard
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Karen
Rolf
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