Red Sox and Yankees tied after five as pennant race heats up
At Yankee Stadium on Oct 1 AP reports Boston and New York tied 4 to 4 after five innings in game 3 of the AL pennant race with Boston holding a one game edge and a potential clinch today. DiMaggio and Berra sparked the Yankees while Parnell was chased. meanwhile Brooklyn led Philadelphia 3-1 after five in the NL pennant chase.
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Parnell
Rebbetts
Rey‘molds
Page
Berra
York
Boston’Red Sox
New York Yankees
Inva
Red Sox
Yanks
Boston
Ac Wild
Vern Stephens
Sox
Reynolds
Mel “Hie
Kees
Joe’ DiMaglio
Bauer
Jeff
Lindell
Coleman
DiMag
Rizmio
Henrich
Joe Dobson
DiMaggio
Johnson
Brooklyn
Gers
Ted
Philadelphia
Phils
Philadelphis
Stranded 466 Refugees Reach Irish Seaport Amid Cold War Tensions
A 50 passenger vessel fleeing wartime danger from Sweden crossed the North Sea and docked at an Irish seaport. British landing craft reported inflow as authorities began processing groups of refugees including Latvians and Teutons amid four days of perilous voyage. The scene drew attention to wartime conditions and border responses.
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Cobh
Ireland
Rhlindly
Vienne
Noth Sea
Sweden
Nationalist Gunfire Threats Revealed by Detained U.S. Ships
Three American ships held at Yangtze entrance by Chinese Nationalists faced a safety threat as Capt. Henry Scurr urged U.S. aid after the Flying Independent and two others were prevented from moving in worsening weather. British frigate St. Bride's Bay arrived, easing the danger, while the Nationalists insisted the ships were violating a port closure and must be detained.
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Cihanghat
Yangtze River
United States
Henry Scurr
Isbrandisen Line
Flying Independent
Curr
Line
Shanghai
Yangtze _ entrance
St. Bride's ‘Bay
U.S. State Department
Washington
Navy
Bandit Robs Housing Office at Maury Avenue
An armed bandit robbed a housing project office at 4301 Maury Ave during peak rent money collection. He tied two employees, took cash from the desk, and escaped with several thousand dollars as tenants watched. Police were alerted after the victims freed themselves.
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Maury Ave
Donars
Harry Sommers
M.A. Sommers
Sommers
Ommers
Harry Hammond
Hammond
Tito Warns Russia on Peace and Treaty Breach
Belgrade reported Tito warned Russia to accept responsibility for possible consequences from breaking the Yugoslav friendship treaty and for aggressive Soviet troop moves on Yugoslavia borders. He condemned Moscow's pressure as endangering world peace and violating the UN charter in a 2000 word note to the Soviet chargé d affaires.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Russia
Romania
Hungary
Eduard ‘Kardelj
United Nations
General Assembly
New York
Andrei Gromyke
Bassador
Moscow
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Pugaria
Maritime labor deals near coast headline
Inland and coastal workers eye near term maritime labor agreements as page references hint at widespread coverage. The notice maps page locations including A and B sections with roundups, reviews, and various listings across the edition.
Truman Plans No Additional Intervention
The Associated Press reports President Truman will take no further action in the ongoing labor disputes as steel and coal workers remain idle. Nationwide strikes push total idle workers beyond a million, with 400,000 bituminous miners and 430,000 in coal plus steel industry stoppages. United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis orders 80,000 anthracite miners in eastern Pennsylvania and 22,000 in western states back to work, while 400,000 others stay out under no pension, no work.
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Associated Press
White House
Truman
United Mine
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Lewis
White Sulphur
Springs
W. Va
Fitts
Shureh
Chicago
S&s
American Can Company
Soviet Zone Germans in Mass Exodus Across Borders
FRANKFURT Germany Oct 1 An expected mass invasion of western Germany by Germans from the Russian zone began in the British zone today turning border police reported. More than 2000 persons without proper papers or authority crashed through police lines at Herrenburg near Luebeck. Thousands more were expected to force their way into the American and British zones today and tomorrow as the Russians relaxed border restrictions. The Russians were reported planning to open several border points in a World Fence Day celebration. In a similar move on Sept 23 an estimated 42000 east zone Germans swarmed through police lines into western Germany to buy goods in border towns.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Herrenburg
Luebeck
Lost Girl Found Alive in Woods Near Galilee
HONESDALE Pa Oct 4 Betty Quinman two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Quinman was found today alive and well in thick woods nearly a mile from her home. She had been missing about 24 hours from the farm of Emery Marks near Galilee close to the New York border about 25 miles northeast of here. Her parents are employed at the farm.
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Honesdale
Betty Quinman
William Quinman
Emery Marks
Galilee
New ‘York
Crashes Kill 13 Air Force Fliers in Day
A day of deadly air incidents claims 13 Air Force fliers. The report notes multiple crashes and fatal losses across several bases, underscoring a perilous stretch for military aviation and the ongoing risks faced by crews in high tempo operations.
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Air Force
Strike Shuts Steel Plant at Torrance
At the Columbia Steel plant in Torrance about 1250 workers walked off at the midnight strike deadline after an orderly shutdown. The last open hearth furnace was banked at 1 p.m. yesterday and all facilities ceased production by midnight. Picketing began around 6:30 a.m. today. unions expect limited around the clock coverage. Eight emergency workers were allowed through to fix a short circuit in an oven as troubleshooting crews would be permitted as needed.
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Columbia Steel
Torrance
Air Force fliers die in crashes near four states
Thirteen airmen were killed and nine parachuted to safety in crashes across the Colorado New Mexico border Utah Tennessee and New Jersey. The worst loss came seven miles north of Raton New Mexico when a B 17 struck terrain in a storm, wreckage found by search planes. Two airmen escaped, later identified as Lt Wentworth Collings and Lt Jack Romney. They said they departed Wendover to Hill AFB at alt 9500 feet and sheltered in parachutes overnight. One Tennessee bomber engine caught fire near Chattanooga. eight others survived a forced landing after the pilot kept the craft from crashing into a populated area. Cop M E Hinson died in a fall after a parachute failed to hook. Continued on Page A-2.
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Air Force
Colorado-New Mexicco
Utah
Tennnessee
New Jersey
Raton
N. ML
Ieee
Hale Ranch
Northwest Airlines
Milwaukee
Tennessee
Chattanooga
William E. Blair
Houston
Texas
Fum
Para
Coed Wi
Cpl
M. E. Hinson
Waycross
Gerald K. Emsley
Vey
Cantata Lifts Latch On Lifers Texas Honors
Tennessee life prisoner Frank Grandstaff, aged 49, released on parole to attend Big Spring Texas centennial events, travels by private plane with sheriff and pilot to hear his self composed cantata inspired by the town. He will stay six days under partial guard before returning to Tennessee State Prison.
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Frank Grandstaff
Big, Spring
Texas
Tennessee
Nashville
Earl
Shine) Phillips
R. E
Bob
Wolf
Big Spring
Associated Press
Ashville
West Texas
Grandstaff
Earl(Shine) Philips
Gordon Browning
Philips
Bob Wolf
Roy Primm
Glenn Swafford
Tennessee State Prison
Fat Man Jams Up Booth In New Orleans Phone
A New Orleans telephone booth was blocked for an hour when Frank McAlister found a fat man wedged between the seat and door. Police tore away a wall to free him after he jammed the line and left the phone dead.
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New Orleans
Frank McAlister
Aged Couple Die Within Seconds Apart on Farm
In Adrian Michigan Mr and Mrs Albert Langenderfer were to celebrate their 14th anniversary next month. They had invited 12 children and 52 grandchildren to a gathering on November 12 near Metamora on the Michigan Ohio border. The family was called to the homestead as the couple died virtually at the same moment.
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Adrian, Mich
Albert Langenderfer
Michigan
Metamora
Ohio
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Bennett Ave
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G. P. Lewis
Selective Service
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