Jet Skystreak Sets New 650 MPH World Record
The Navy announces the Douglas Skystreak jet, piloted by Maj. Marion E. Carl, set a new world speed record over a 3 km course in the Mojave Desert. Four runs yielded speeds of 652, 642, 649, and 652 mph with average 640.7 mph, surpassing Caldwell Jr.’s prior mark of 653.4 mph on one pass.
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Navy
Mojave
Marion E. Carl
Maj
Carl
Pacific
Hubbard
Ore
Patuxent River
Comdr
Turner. Caldwell Jr
Arington
International Aeronautical Federation
Caldwell
Court Appoints Granddad Father in Los Angeles Case
In Los Angeles a Superior Court judge ordered Lester Bryant Burnett Jr. and Rose Burnett to be legally fathered by their grandfather Lester Bryant Burnett Sr. after the elder Burnett admitted paternity. The suit sought to correct birth records showing the children as born to the son and Angelina Pissuto, who had wed the son in 1937. the dates reference a Reno divorce in 1942 and the family’s later residence in El Monte.
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Los Angeles
Lester Bryant Burnett Jr
Rose Burnett
Thurmond Clarke
Lester Bryan Burnett
Burnett
Angelina Pissuto
Lester Jean Burnett
Angelina
Reno
el Monta
Birh
Dancer's Triad Set in Cuba Murder Case
Cuban court sets September 17 for trial of Patricia Schmidt of Toledo Ohio on homicide charges in the slaying of Chicago attorney John Lester Mee aboard yacht Sativa in Havana Harbor last April.
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Havana
Cuba
Patricia Schmidt
Toledo
Ohio
Chicago
John’ Lester Mee
Mee
Pravda Accuses U S of Plot on Latin America
Pravda the Communist party newspaper in Kiev charged the United States with seeking to liquidate Latin American independence at the Quintandinha conference. I Kremnev said Washington pressed for a military pact to gain bases and to fuel military adventures.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Pravda
Communist Party
Kiev
United States
Quintandinha
I. Kremnev
Latin America
NLRB Fears Difficulty in Applying Taft Act
Officials of the National Labor Relations Board expressed private concern that union challenges could delay applying the Taft-Hartley Act to 3500 old cases. General counsel Robert Denham favors reviewing old cases under the new act with possible modification, citing the Geraldine Novelty Co dispute where eight union members were reinstated.
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Ashington
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Robert N. Denham
Denham
Ee Tp
Geraldine Novelty Co, Inc
Gloversville
N, X
The
C, I, O-Fur and Leather Workers
Soviets Discharge Thousands of Nazis in Occupied Zone
The Soviet army newspaper Taegische Rundschau reports 64 578 active Nazis were dismissed from public positions in the Soviet occupation zone during the first six months of this year. Rundschau and other Soviet papers condemn the American and British military governments for not removing Nazis from western Germany posts.
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Berlin
Taegische Randschau
Rundschau
Germany
Chinese Prepare to Land Troops Near Chefoo and Lungkow
NANSEING Aug 26 A high government source says plans call for landing troops at Chefoo and Lungkow from warships already blockading those ports. Landings could occur within a week or two as forces advance into Shantung from the west. Nationalist troops from Tsingtao have entered the Laiyang district to drive Reds from the peninsula.
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Nanseing
Chefoo J
Lungkow
Shantung Peninsula
Tsingtao
Laiyang
Chefoo
Jap Wool Mills Rehabilitated to Half Prewar Capacity
Headquarters announced plans to rehabilitate Japan's woolen industry to about half its prewar capacity. Japan will be permitted to operate 733000 worsted spindles and 815 woolen cards, restoring the sector after wartime disruption.
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Aug
Sar Arred
Japan
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