Governor Warren Survives Midair Plane Collision
Governor Earl Warren narrowly escaped death when his Beechcraft charter collided with a light plane ten minutes from Los Angeles. Both aircraft made emergency landings in Santa Monica. the other plane suffered a gash under its fuselage and its pilot claimed he did not know he had hit the governor’s craft until alerted by radio. Officials expect a Civil Aeronautics filing with no further action anticipated.
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Earl Warren
Los Angeles
Verne J.tobin
Sacramento
Los Angeles International
Santa Monica
Santa, Monica
Harold Fressman
Pressman
$790000 Divorce Award For Gwyneth Ryan In Las Vegas
In Las Vegas on September 30 a district court awarded Gwyneth Ryan a $790,000 cash settlement in her divorce from Edward Barry Ryan. She receives custody of their three children and $340,000 in lieu of alimony plus a $450,000 trust for child support and education. Ryan relinquished rights to his $2.7 million fortune.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Gwyneth Ryan
New York City
Edward Barry Ryan
Virginia City
Ryan
Sandra
Margot
Anthony
New York
Montreal
Canada
Thomes Fortune Ryan
Comstock Lode
Bill to aid families of wartime dead signed
President Truman signed a bill authorizing benefits for parents of deceased servicemen who were prisoners of war, removing the dependency requirement for eligibility. The measure directs payments to the kin of those who perished while in enemy hands, with the payment plan outlined by the act.
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Washington
Truman
Marine Corps League
Fetter
Seoul
Marshall Hails Gen MacArthur on the local front
Marshall praises General MacArthur in a Tokyo dispatch noting his role in the Korea campaign and the Inchon landing. The report highlights wartime leadership as a tribute from World War I chief of staff and mentions tributes and scheduled features across pages including obituaries and sports.
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Tokyo
Marshall
Gen. MacArthur
Inchon
Santa Claus
Veterans Administration Hospital
Korea
Reds See German Crackdown to Halt Outbreaks
West German police arrested 221 Communist leaders in scattered cities and towns ahead of planned blitz rallies. In Lübeck a raid at a youth hostel netted 10 percent of detainees, while 36 officials were captured at Gelsenkirchen. In Dortmund and the Ruhr 63 more were seized as authorities mounted a broad dragnet.
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Cologne
Germany
East Germany
Luebeck
Baltic Sea
Ruhr
Gelsenkirchen
Communist Free German Youth
FDS
Dortmund
Duesseldorf
Tokyo Raider Dies in Waikiki Apartment
Honolulu reports the death of 49 year old Henry George McCarroll a retired brigadier general and one of Gen Jimmy Doolittle’s companions on the first air raid over Tokyo in World War II found dead in his Waikiki apartment last night
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Honolulu
Henry George McCarroll
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
Waikiki
MacArthur Demands North Korean Surrender Across 38th Parallel
Gen Douglas MacArthur demanded immediate surrender of North Korean forces to end bloodshed and warned of UN army crossing the 38th parallel. A Taegu adviser noted a report that South Koreans had crossed the line, but details were unconfirmed. The UN commander sought unconditional capitulation with military supervision, while leaflets and radio broadcasts spread the ultimatum across Korea.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
38Th
MacArthur
Taegu
Joint Operational Control
U. N
Choi Yung Kun
Seoul
Korea
North
South Korea
Norse Consul Kills Himself at Long Beach Home
Norse consul at San Pedro Clut Tostrup, 48, shot himself in his home at 412 Massachusetts Street Long Beach just before midnight. Det Insp Chester Boardman and Everett Ragsdale report the bullet entered his temple with a .25 caliber pistol. Gunnor Tostrup notified police. He died at Community Hospital, body to Patterson Snively Mortuary. He had served as consul since Dec 14 and was a 17-year veteran of the Norwegian consular service. He had been ill, investigators say.
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Clut Tostrup
Norwegianonsul
San Pedro
Massachusetts St
Long Beach
Chester Boardman
Everett Ragsdale
Tostrup
Gunnor
U. S
Fire
Patterson & Snively Mortuary
MacArthur Issues Ultimatum to North Korea
General Douglas MacArthur calls on North Korea to lay down arms and cease hostilities at once. The UN commander in chief urges immediate surrender under supervision, release of prisoners of war and civilians, and protection arrangements for their return home.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Douglas MacArthur
North Korea
MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
United Nations Command
U N Debates Going Beyond the 38th Parallel
General MacArthur issues ultimatum to North Korea to surrender anywhere in Korea as U N debates crossing the 38th parallel. Allies seek to establish order and save lives while contemplating UN authority to go north of the line. Talks continue in the General Assembly amid questions of future Korean strategy.
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Douglas MacArthur
Korea
United States
U. N
38Th Parallel
MacArthur
Moon
Tokyo
Seciurity’Council Tol
North ‘Korea
General Assembly
38Th
U.N. de
14 Pearls Diner Strikes Bivalve Bonanza
Knox ville story reports BJ B J Church and his wife dining at 14 Pearl Diner where a shipment from Baltimore yielded 14 pearls from fried oysters. proprietor Frank Weaver noted it was the first pearl find in 35 years. Church plans to take them to a jeweler for appraisal.
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Knoxville
Tenn
BJ. D
Church
Frank Weaver
Baltimore
U S Issues War's Largest Casualty List
Washington Sept 30 The Defense Department released its largest Korea war casualty list List number 111 lists 118 killed from wounds 659 wounded 94 missing and 44 injured with names addresses and next of kin for each.
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Washington
Defense Department
Press Telegram maintains subscription and per-copy prices
The subscription price of the Press-Telegram remains unchanged at $1.75 per month for home delivery. Newsstand and street copies stay at five cents daily and fifteen cents on Sundays, continuing the historic pricing.
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Press-Telegram
Truman Signs 21 Bills and Vetoes Two More
President Truman boarded the Williamsburg for an eight day rest cruise with a White House party. The group plans a flexible Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay itinerary with no landings, returning next Saturday. He signed 21 measures and vetoed two more before departing.
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Washington
Truman
Williamsburg
White House
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
Naval Gun Factory
Congress
Ford Foundation Grants Fund for Behavior Studies
Ford Foundation announces grants totaling 3.5 million dollars with 3 million for scientific research into human behavior. A 500 thousand grant goes to the Public Administration Clearinghouse of Chicago, seven universities receive 300 thousand each, and six more get 100 thousand each for studies in individual behavior and human relations.
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Detroit
Ford Foundation
America
Foundation
Public Administration Clearinghouse of
Chicago
Illinois
Minnesota
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Stanford
Respirators Sent by Air to Alaska Polio Area
Los Angeles officials of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis arranged for two oxygenated respirators to fly to Anchorage, Alaska, as polio cases spread there. A C-54 aircraft of the military air transport service will carry the units, with departure scheduled for early Sunday.
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Los Angeles
Anchorage
Alaska
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Stenith
Themilitary Air Transport Service
Red Leader vows not to stand idly by in Asia
Chinese foreign minister Chou En-lai declares on Peiping radio that Communist China will not supinely tolerate neighbors being invaded by imperialists. He asserts Koreans will win, accuses the United States of aggression in the Far East, and warns against underestimating China.
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U. S
Warren Austin
Lake Success
Andrei Vizhinsky
U.N
General Assembly
Austin
Associated Press
Toyko
China
Chou En-lai
Peiping
Korea
Chou
United States
Far East
Manchuria
Indochina
Jong
Moaress
Fluoride as Foe for Decay Proven
The Sheboygan report cites fluoridation efforts dating to 1943 as one of the earliest city programs, noting 42.3 percent of children have decay free teeth versus 20.4 percent in 1945. Commissioner Dr G J Mile brand comments on dental health gains and program scope.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Sheberpat
Kinderpey
Marion
Thealiis i
G. J. Hmile Fbrand
Truman slips surrender word at news conference
President Truman blurred the six point peace plan question and said Gen. MacArthur would broadcast a call for North Korea to surrender. Reporters were asked not to publish the remark, which was clarified as off the record by Tokyo authorities before the U N commander's message.
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Washington
Truman
MacArthur
Tokyo
U. N
New York
United Nations
Gen. MacArthur
Aytul
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