Overflowing Rivers Flood Nine States and DC
Rain swollen rivers triggered floods across nine states and the District of Columbia, killing at least 22 people including 14 in Pennsylvania. Flooding isolated thousands, damaged roads and trains, and prompted air and coast guard rescues as rivers like the Schuylkill, Delaware, Potomac, and Westfield surged. In Tamaqua and other Pennsylvania towns the Schuylkill overran banks, with towns like Scranton, Reading, Allentown, and Bethlehem cut off. Three killed in a Boston landslide. rail cars derailed near Rusell, Massachusetts.
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Philadelphia
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Vermont
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New York
Bcs
Opee
Schuylkill
Delaware
Ramapo
New Jersey
Delaware and Neversink
Potomac
Maryland
Westfield
Naugatuck
Mad
Connecticut
Tamaqua
Pocono Mountains
Scranton
Pottstown
Allentown
Reading
Bethlehem
Phillipsburg
Washington
Virginia Shore
New York Central
Russell
Mass
Westfield River
Boston
Rains Flood Empire State Port Jervis Evacuates Massively
Torrential rains isolate Port Jervis New York as the Delaware River rises to flood stage. At least 1,200 residents evacuated. A 2 a.m. emergency declared. Camp rescue by Stewart Air Force Base helicopter saves 33 children. Dozens of homes inundated, roads washed out, telephones cut, and a large area declared damaged in Sullivan Ulster and Orange counties.
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Air Force
Scranton
New York
Port Jervis
Sparrowbush
Jubilee Beach
Godeffroy
N.Y
Coast Guard
Eddy Farm
New York State
Delaware River
James E. Cole
Jubilee Ranch
Stewart Air Force Base
Newburg
Neversink
Eddy
Delaware
Port Jervis Sid
Erie
Sullivan
Ulster
Goshen
Orange County
Middletown
Gallagher Guilty Cop Killer Captured After Chicago Manhunt Ends
Chicago police captured 26 year old Richard Carpenter, the gunman who killed Detective William Murphy and wounded Officer Clarence Kerr during a 72 hour crime spree. He surrendered after tear gas and a firefight in a third floor apartment, where he had held a family hostage. Carpenter was dragged from the scene and taken to North Avenue station amid crowd cries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Dillinger
Richard Carpenter
Elwood Zuley
Carpenter
Zuley
John Kennedy
North Avenue
Biltmore Theater
Clarence Kerr
Kerr
William Murphy
Murphy
Potomac Ave
Leonard Powell
Powell
Stella
Robert
Diane
POW Code To Be Drilled Into Soldiers
Secretary of Defense Wilson ordered the code of military conduct posted worldwide and directed the services to develop plans to educate troops on avoiding capture and withstanding captivity. He urged civilian and religious groups to assist in preparing servicemen, stressing preuniform moral formation and strong belief in the American way of life.
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Washington
Wilson
Eisenhower
Korea
Army
Navy
Air Forces
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Carter L. Burgess
Burgess
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
POW Killer Draws Life Imprisonment for Camp Murders
Sgt James Gallagher was found guilty by a court martial of killing two U S soldiers in a Red Chinese prison camp in Korea and was sentenced to life with hard labor. He was dishonorably discharged and forfeits all pay. He also was guilty of mistreatment and informing on prisoners and of collaborating with the Reds. he was acquitted on one murder charge and a separate shooting accusation. Gallagher, 23, from Brooklyn, faced his family in the courtroom as the verdict was read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sgt
James C. Gallagher
Gallagher
Reds
Mae Gallagher
Brooklyn
Ameri- Lee Gallagher
Five Die In Flaming Wreck Near Hawkins Texas
Five persons died in agony when an automobile and a furniture truck collided head on near Hawkins Texas. The crash caused a fierce fire. two boys aged about 15 and 11 or 12 were pulled from the wreckage but died en route to Mineola hospital or shortly after arrival.
Army Launches Reserve Drive
The Army began a new reserve training phase and aims to build a ready reserve to 2,900,000 men over years, up from 800,000. It will enlist 17 to 18% year olds for six months and accept immediate six year reserve enlistments for men not yet drafted.
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Washington
Amy
Congress
Eisenhower
Army
Crack Train Jumps Track at MARKED TREE
Four cars of a Frisco Kansas City Florida Special derailed near Marked Tree Ark five people died and two were hurt severely as doctors reported additional serious injuries and minor casualties. The identified dead include Edith Randall Rinker 25 Macon Georgia and her child Glen 1, Patricia Jane Crawford Kansas City Kas and dining car chef William Richards 56 Bonner Springs Kas.
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Marked Tree
Ark.p
Memphis
Edith Randall Rinker
Macon
Glen
Patricia Jane Crawford
Kansas City
Kas
William Richards
Bonner Springs
Train wreck injures many across Tennessee and Arkansas
The critically hurt were taken to Memphis hospitals while most other injured were moved to Jonesboro Arkansas or nearby towns. Some were treated at an emergency hospital here. The accident happened when the next to last car a sleeping car jumped the track and struck two freight cars on a siding. A dining car was pulled off the track with its front end caved in.
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Memphis
Jonesboro
Ark
Showers Forecast Across Area Tonight In Oklahoma
Scattered showers are forecast for southwestern Oklahoma this evening with little temperature change. Lawton highs today and Saturday are expected in the low 90s with overnight lows around 65. Thursday's high was 92 and today's 11 a.m. reading was 65.
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Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Lawton
Reading
Children Still Don't Know Parents Are Dead
Lawton siblings Tanna and Kent Mincey survive severe crash near Texarkana Ark while unaware their parents Howard and Kandis Kay died in the same wreck. Both children remain in St. Michael's hospital as doctors guard against shock while the family awaits updates and possible extended hospitalization.
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Lawton
Texarkana
Ark
Tanna Mincey
Kent Mincey
St. Michael's Hospital
Howard Mincey
Mincey
Kandis Kay
First Baptist Church
Bob Hammons
Trinity Baptist Church
Rev
Hammons
Tanna
Kent
Orville Wilson
McKinley
Plane crash kills seven at Hawthorne Nevada airfield
In clear weather a twin engined Air Force transport hit Gillis Mountain near Hawthorne Nevada and burst into flames. Rescue teams recovered seven airmen, with search ongoing for possible survivors or missing crew members amid rugged terrain near Walker Lake. Military personnel rushed to the scene from the Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot.
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Hawthorne
Nev
George Stallings
Marine
Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot
Stallings
Civil Air Patrol
Navy
Gillis Mountain
Here
Walker Lake
Sill Man Faces Hit Run Count at Municipal Airport
Marion H. Morris, 19, Fort Sill, was charged with leaving the scene after a crash at Municipal airport. He allegedly backed a parked jeep into three cars and a 1950 Hudson owned by L. R. Owen, causing about $100 damage with no injuries. Patrolman Henry Bartels praised Fort Sill authorities for locating Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion H. Morris
Fort Sill
Morris
L. R. Owen
Henry Bartels
Probers May Air Protest By Holt In Lawton
Dr Charles Green of Lawtons Better Government Committee says the Senate Investigating Committee is the only path for Norman Holts protest of his demotion and transfer in the Highway Patrol. The group backs a full inquiry into the demotion of Lt Cullen T Raley and awaits word from Sen Kirksey Nix on meeting dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Green
Lawton
Better Government Committee
State Senate
Norman Holt
Highway Patrol
Green
Jim Lookabaugh
Holt
Patrol
Better Government
Cullen T. Raley
Dr. Green
Kirksey Nix
Senate Committee
Raley
Raymond Gary
Lookabaugh
Better Government Group
Police Add New Record Machine At Lawton
Lawton police acquire a Verifax reproduction machine to copy police reports, especially accident reports. Purchased by the local Fraternal Order of Police, the $240 device aims to speed up document production for insurers and lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Fraternal Order of Police
Alford Hennessee
Court Deliberates On Fate Of Erwin
A court martial board at Fort Lewis began deliberating the fate of 1st Lt. Jefferson D. Erwin on a charge of enemy collaboration. Erwin, 38, Blanchard Oklahoma, is accused of collaborating with the enemy in 1951 while a prisoner of war in North Korea.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
Jefferson D. Erwin
Erwin
Blanchard
Okla
North Korea
Duplexes To Be Sold To Satisfy Judgment
Foreclosure actions against Mt. Scott Homes Inc. move 16 Lawton duplexes to sale. Units on north Gore 25th Street will be bid on September 22 at 11 a.m. in Comanche county courthouse. FNMA balances per unit range 12,375 to 14,410 with an average 13,377 totaling 214,032 for the 16. State Rep. Charles Ozman named receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Scott Homes Inc
Federal National Mortgage Association
Gore
25Th Street
Tomlinson
Comanche County
Lawton
Opin
Mt. Scott
United States Court For
Western District of Oklahoma
Charles Ozman
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Smog Stans
West Manayunk
The
Poconos
Empire State
First Ward
Col. Harmon Broyles
Sill Man
Hennessee
Federal Housing Administration
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