Stop Me Begs Crazed Killer in Phone Calls
Chicago police hunted a hammer killer who threatened more blood as five phantom calls to headquarters spurred a citywide dragnet. A man in a light suit warned he had killed with a hammer and invited pursuit, while two women at a streetcar stop heard his claim. The chaotic night also yielded the battered body of Tom Action in a hotel room. In nearby Long Beach, two Air Force men died when a car crashed into a storefront girder after a high arc over a marquee, with a third man injured. toll for 1952 reaches 27. The incidents dominated city coverage as investigators and officers pursued leads.
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Bloods
Tom Action
Birmingham
Ala
Air Force
Long Beach
Long Beach Blvd
Donald 3. Sweet
Pontiac
Mich
Otto E.keifer
New Bedford
Mass
188
Seaside Hospital
Lake’ Wood
Keith A. Devereaux
Shaw St
Wayne Carter
Charles H. Siem
Sweet
Neece St
Cairman
Ra Idiant Cleaners
Keifer
Federal plan to halt hog disease reaches 15 states
The Agriculture Department proposed a 15 state hog slaughter program to stop vesicular exanthema spread. Owners would be paid for destroyed hogs with half costs borne by the federal government and half by participating states. California is excluded pending preliminary cleanup work. The disease has long affected California and was recently found in the other states.
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Washington
Alabama
Arizona
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Newberry
New York
Ohio
Oregon
South Dakota
Wyorning
California
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Animal Industry
Truman Weighs Calling Congress Back on Prices
Two Marine Corps night fighter fliers die when their Grumman Tigercat crashes near Santa Ana. Capt. Henry A. Berck of Yorktown Texas, a decorated pilot, and an enlisted radar operator were killed as the plane, wheels down, failed power and exploded in a bean field. Berck survived by a widow and a son. crash crews reported the craft burned beyond recognition. Berck had returned to Santa Ana in 1951 after Korea service with the First Marine Air Wing.
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Marine Corps
Santa Ana Marine Corps Air Station
Henry A. Berck
USMC
Korea
Berck
Yorktown
Texas
Juanita Ann
Geneva
Berek
Santa Ana
First
Marine Air Wing
Savage Heat Causes Record Texas Temperatures
A brutal August heat wave sweeps Texas with 114 degrees in Seymour and 112 in Den ton, hottest since 1936 in Fort Worth. Two men die from heat while workers on sewer and road jobs suffer heat stress as storms bring brief relief and a 6000 acre grass fire blazes near Throckmorton.
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Dallas
Texas
Snug Harbor
Eagie Mountain Lake
Fort Worth
Throckmorton
Seymour
Wichita Falls
Denton
Cleburne
Corsicana
Roland Thomas
Houston
James Willie Crawford
McGregor
McLennan County
Disaster loans for Kern County designated
The Agriculture Department designated Kern County California as a disaster loan area after the July earthquake. The Farmers Home Administration will provide loans to farmers with substantial losses, but only if other credit is unavailable. Funds may be used to repair damaged concrete pipelines and irrigation structures as well as cover normal operating expenses.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kern County
Calif
Farmers ‘Home Administration
Weather outlook: fog patches and low clouds persist
Forecast shows mainly tomorrow with night and early morning low clouds and fog patches. Temperature change remains small with light variation across the period.
Jet Blast Kills 9 on Carrier Boxer
An explosion aboard the U S Carrier Boxer in Korean waters killed nine sailors and injured an unknown number. Twelve jets were destroyed by fires, and 63 crewmen were rescued after being driven overboard. The Boxer suffered minor damage and will be repaired at Yokosuka Japan. The carrier, with a 2900 crew, had just landed when the blast occurred on the hangar deck.
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Washington
U. S
Navy
Korea
Corp
Terrell R. Roulston
Marine Corps
Fonda Evelyn Poulston
East Truson Ave
Fullerton
Calif
Arthur M. Kozuki
Honolulu
Vernon Leroy Cowger
Honhomme Richard
Japan
Yokosuka
Pacific
San Francisco
Parade of Progress Edition Details Long Beach Growth
The Press Telegram announces a Parade of Progress Edition on October 15 to chronicle Long Beach area growth. It will cover population, industry, housing, waterfront development, agriculture, shipping, manufacturing, recreation, and notable men and women behind the boom. A special staff is preparing the extensive pictorial report.
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Long Beach
Press-Telegram
Southland
Four MIGs Downed as ROK Infantry Regains Capitol Hill
The U S Fifth Air Force said Sabre jets shot down four Russian made MIGs and damaged four more in four days of air battles over North Korea. In ground fighting, South Korean infantry recovered Capitol Hill after losing it at dawn, marking the sixth handover in two days. Chinese troops supported by artillery attacked at about 5 am but were repelled by First Regiment soldiers with help from U N artillery and airpower amid a sweltering 106 degree heat.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Dodlay
North Korea
Capitol Hill
U.S. Eighth Army
U. S
U. Ne
Red Police Grab Yank in Berlin
Berlin eyewitnesses report Communist police seized an American soldier in the Soviet sector last night and took him to an unknown destination. American authorities said the soldier was not identified and they were checking the case under four power Allied rights.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Eruption tears away lip of Hibok Hibok crater
August 1 reports say a weak eruption of Hibok Hibok in the southern Philippines blew away part of the crater lip and toppled down the slope. Government geophysical department confirms the event. The December eruption had killed nearly 1000 people.
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Manilaa
Hibok Hibok
Geophysical’ Department
Philippines
Truman weighs special session and Stevenson talks
President Truman said he may call a special session of Congress and will canvass with Gov Adlai Stevenson next week to plan for a Democratic victory. He will wait for developments before deciding on a session and noted Stevenson would join him for a cabinet luncheon in Chicago.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Adlair Stevenson
Eis Arnail
Arnal
Mlinois
Stevenson
Chicago
Aiken W. Barkley
Mutual Security
Averell Harriman
Barkley
Harriman
Local Page Index Shows Sections and Page Numbers
A list of newspaper sections with corresponding page locations including Beach Combing on B-1, Boyle on A-23, Bridee on C-5, Classifieds B-S to 11, Comics B-2, Crossword B-&, Editorial A-22, Financial B-6 and B-7, Lookout A-5, Obituaries 4-3, Radio and TV A-20, Shipping B-7, Sports B-4 and B-5, Theaters A-21, and tides temperatures B-7.
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Boyle
Bridee
Greek Troops Open Fire on Bulgarian Border Island Gamma
Greek forces fired on Bulgarian soldiers on Gamma island in the Evros River border dispute. The Greek general staff said Bulgarian troops were spotted on the island overnight despite an earlier ultimatum. The UN Balkan subcommittee noted the attack, while Turkish officials reported continued firing for about ninety minutes.
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Athens
Greece
Gamma
Evros
Communitique
Greeze
Long Beach
Istanbul
Adrianople
Fress
United Nations Peace Sub-Committee
United Nations
U. N. Balkan
Evres
Bulgaria
Sofia
Thug Hates Booze Drains Bayonne Bar Bottles
Bayonne New Jersey story of Willie McGraw a bartender at Neil ODonnell’s tavern forced to pour 150 bottles of whisky down the drain by a gun carrying part time employee who tied him up and fled as dawn broke, Willie rescued and police began a hunt. The attacker’s motive remains unclear though no injuries reported.
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Bayonne
N. A
Willie McGraw
Willie
Neil Odonnell
Wille
Robeson Passport Suit Dismissed by Court of Appeals
Washington august 7 the us court of appeals ordered paul robesons suit seeking revalidation of his passport dismissed back to district court noting that since the passport expired january 25 1951 and no renewal petition appeared there is nothing left to adjudicate robesons complaint filed december 19 1950 claimed passport loss barred a concert and speaking tour abroad depriving him of a property right the state department spokesman had said robesons prior visits to russia and favorable comments toward communists were cited in context of the case
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Washington
Paul Robeson
State Department
United States Court of Appeals
Robeson
United States
Russia
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Dennis Muth
Radiant Cleaners
Prass-Telegram
Chuck Sundquisi
Robert T. Loughran
Near North Side
el Toro
Elenore Weiler
Morman Rudin
Philadelphia
P-T Parade of Progress
L. B. Growth
ROK
Red
Yank
D. Harold Oliver
U.N
N. Y
Thug
Barkeep
Isinger
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