Newly Discovered Mineral Sengterite Bears Uranium
At Columbia University a new green uranium rich mineral Sengterite was announced. Found in the Belgian Congo, it is related to Carnotite and tyuyamunite, about 60 percent uranium, discovered at Union Miniere du Haut Katanga. If viable, it could alter uranium supply for power and weapons.
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Columbia University
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Russian Turkestan
Dewey to Receive Dulles Report on U N Crisis Tuesday
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will meet with foreign affairs adviser John Foster Dulles in Albany to receive a firsthand report on the Berlin blockade and other world issues ahead of the Paris United Nations meeting. Senator Arthur Vandenberg is expected to urge keeping U S policy above party politics. Dewey promotes unity as key to peace and national resolve.
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Paris
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Wyo
America
Salina
Junction City
Topeka
Sedalia
Jefferson City
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Soviet Union
De Gaulle Demands Vote or Else in France Crisis
Gen Charles de Gaulle warned in Paris that without a ballot for power he may act to save France. He criticized the coalition as sterile and crumbling and suggested elections could be jeopardized if democracy fails. He cited 1,300,000 members in his French People's party and denounced Western alliances and the Berlin crisis as mishandled.
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Vone
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Soviet propose atomic control pact amid bomb debate
Paris October 2 Russia offered to drop the demand that the United States destroy its atomic bomb stockpile immediately. Andrei Vishinsky proposed scrapping bombs when a treaty for international control is signed, a plan the West rejected as an Oriental maneuver. The move followed hints the Soviets might now possess the atom bomb and aimed to restart UN negotiations on control and bans.
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Nine Feared Dead in N Y Ship Collision
Nine crew members are feared dead after a tugboat the Anne Marie Tracy sank following a collision with the 12,000 ton freighter Eliza J. Nicholson off Manhattan’s 25th Street waterfront. Six survivors were taken to St Vincent’s Hospital, while police identified the missing crew and noted search efforts by lifeboats from nearby vessels.
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Eliza J. Nicholson
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Russell Kimmel
Lawrence Gillian
Severiano Ferrin
Auralio Moncoro
Joseph Soares
Christopher Vicksnes
Frank Gryzick
Henrick Gustavson
Serriera
St. Vincen’s Hospital
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Roslyn
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George Worth
Brooklyn
Leif Hege
Rockaway
N. J
Charles Sweeney
Winifred
Alaska
Big Delta
A. L. Lintner
Heroin Seized as Ship Docks in New York
New York October 2 customs men seized about 200000 dollars worth of heroin from the Italian liner Vulcania. Collector Harry M. Durning said the drugs were likely sent by an organized mob operating in Italy. He added: We think Lucky Luciano is involved. Luciano, once deported to Italy, is an underworld figure.
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Vulcania
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Durning
Lucky Luciano
Luciano
Richfield Oil Corn Sets Reopening of 40 Wells
News highlights show Richfield Oil Corn planning to reopen 40 wells in the harbor district. Other items note a maritime strike entering its second month with no settlement, a contempt action against 11, export of scrap from Reich, and various pages listing politics, sports, and obituaries.
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Romeo Forgerten
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Barkley
Minnesota
Mystery Gunner Wounds Children Near Farmersville
In Dayton Ohio on October 2 a mysterious gunman on a hayride at a farm near Farmersville twelve miles west wounded several Middletown area children. None were seriously injured and all treated at a Middletown hospital and released. Ten other children and the chaperone were uninjured. The attack occurred at the site known as the bottle farm with a shotgun used.
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Typhoon Strikes Hainan Island Killing Thirty
Hong Kong reports thirty dead and 300 homeless after a typhoon struck Hainan Island on Monday. Damage estimated at five million dollars includes homes and infrastructure losses.
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Hong Kong
Hainan Island
Wallace Drive Picks Up Speed in Hollywood
Wallace en route to Southern California campaigning for the Progressive party in a Hollywood dinner drew about 400 people and $20,000 in donations at Ciro's. He urged dismissal of contempt indictments against 10 film writers and directors and spoke on supporting liberal Democrats Helen Gahagan Douglas and Chet Holifield, while noting the party has not endorsed them. Douglas said she did not seek third party backing.
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A.P
Henry Wallace
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America
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Chet Holifield
Aopes
Hubert Humphrey
Minneapolis
Joe Ballin
Minnesota
Truculent Turtle Starts 6192 Mile Flight to Santiago Chile
The Navy PV-2 patrol bomber Truculent Turtle left Patuxent Naval Base at 8:15 a.m. on a nonstop 6192 mile flight to Santiago, Chile. The craft, holder of the 11,236 mile world distance record, was fueled for up to 8000 miles to cover potential bad weather.
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Santiago
Chile
Man Who Loved His Work: Tiny Auto Buried with Illinois Mechanic
Harry Wishart a 58 year old mechanic was buried after death Thursday at his wish a tiny one cylinder car he built was buried with him The 200 pound five by ten foot vehicle sat atop his coffin with a single seat and no leg room for the driver feet resting in stirrups The car reportedly could reach about 12 miles per hour Wishart had built three such cars and asked funeral director F Schilling eight years ago to see one placed in his tomb if possible.
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Harry Wishart
Wishart
Schilling
Truman Says He Has Just Begun to Fight
President Truman returns to Washington after a 8300 mile west swing delivering 140 speeches and meeting millions. He declares the fight is against special interests and pledges no punches pulled as he campaigns through Pennsylvania New Jersey and upstate New York. He asserts unity rhetoric, counters Dewey while preparing for another Democratic tour.
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Six Big Rubber Firms Face Suit for Price Fixing
A WPA suit filed in Federal District Court by 27 tire dealers and the National Association of Independent Tire Dealers accuses six major rubber firms and the Rubber Manufacturers Association Inc. of illegal price fixing and discrimination. The action seeks an injunction and 84,266 dollars in damages, naming Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. General Tire and Rubber Co. B F Goodrich Co. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Lee Rubber and Tire Corp. United States Rubber Co. The dealers say members lost millions due to reduced dealer discounts and discriminatory pricing to various tire users including large national concerns.
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Rubber Manufacturers Association, Inc
Tire
National Association of Independent Tire Dealers
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
General Tire and Rubber Co
B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Lee Rubber, and Tire Corp
United States Rubber Co
Dealer Association
Peron bans use of cables by five correspondents
Argentina suspends the right of five foreign correspondents to work, ordering cable firms to refuse dispatches by Joseph F. McEvoy of AP, Milton Bracker and Virginia Lee Warren of the New York Times, Herbert M. Clark of the Chicago Sun-Times and London Telegraph, and Jose Arrieta of Reuters. Credentials were canceled by the subsecretariat of information, following President Peron’s Sept. 24 speech branding foreign correspondents as spies. Officials said all responsible officers were absent when queried. The move follows a Peron attack on foreign press and comes after a government investigation into communications.
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Associated Press
Tariat of Information
Juan D. Peron
Goveernment Press
Peroni
Argentine Post — Office
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Turis
Hist
Thyssen Found Guilty as Minor Nazi by German Court
Former Ruhr steel magnate Fritz Thyssen, age 72, judged a minor Nazi by a German de Nazification court. He must contribute 5 percent of his German property to a restitution fund for Nazi victims. verdict notes he supported Hitler from 1923 and promoted the Nazi party before 1932.
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Germany
Fritz Thyssen
Ruhrsteal
Thyssen
Hitler
Switzerland
Scandinavian Ministers Plan Oslo Defense Meeting
Danish Swedish and Norwegian defense ministers will meet in Oslo on October 15 to discuss a possible Scandinavian defense plan, announced by a defense ministry official in Copenhagen.
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Denmark
Oslo
Norway
Defense Ministry
New German Unrest Noted in Soviet Zone
Berlin reports new unrest in the Soviet occupied zone including a Goerlitz hunger strike suppression and Jena protests where Nazi flags were displayed at a Communist office. The Goerlitz strike followed rationing shortfalls. the Russian controlled press admits shortages and purges of anti Soviet elements as Berlin’s newspaper war continues with Western papers protected by police in elevated railway stations.
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Jena
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der Abend
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Flying Boat Mishap Kills 6 in Norway
Oslo dispatch reports six people killed when a Sandringham flying boat capsized and sank in Trondheim Fjord near Hommelsvik. About 30 were saved including philosopher Earl Bertrand Russell. 17 listed as missing with unconfirmed total dead. Mrs Elisabeth Stroem was reported among survivors.
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Hommelsik
Plane Drops Bomb on Bremen Suburb
German police report an unidentified plane dropped a bomb over Schoenebesk suburb near Bremen on Thursday. The explosion damaged a garden but caused no injuries. investigators found part of a bomb nearby. U S Army authorities in Wiesbaden declined comment.
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