October heat shatters new record in Long Beach area
Heat in Long Beach and surrounding areas pushes the October high to 102 degrees, the warmest October on record. City readings include 84 at noon and a 64 degree minimum this morning. Deserts reach 102 to 105, with smog concerns and health warnings issued as residents endure heat prostrations and air quality issues.
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Richard K. Pierce
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Ruth A. Karatenaen
Weatminatey
Perens
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Los Angeles
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Riverside
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Truman heads to conference with MacArthur in Hawaii
President Truman arrives in Honolulu en route to a one day conference with Gen. MacArthur to discuss the final phases of the Korean campaign and counter Communist threats in the Far East. He will stay over until Monday and be met by top officials including Frank Pace and Omar Bradley.
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Truman
Gen
MacArthur
Independence
Hickam Field
Fairfield
Suisun Air Force Base
California
United Nations Supreme Commander
Far East
Here
Wake Island
Frank Pace
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
W. Averell Harriman
Philip C. Jessup
Dean Rusk
Ingram. M. Stainback
Lightly cooler tomorrow with variable high clouds
The forecast calls for a slightly cooler day with variable high cloudiness. Light variable winds will shift to the southwest at 14 to 18 mph at times during the period.
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Noor
Chain Reaction and Fire Destroys Jeep Cabin
In Alaska a chain of events began when Jack Courtney stopped at an empty cabin on the highway and lit a cigarette. His gloves caught fire, spreading to gasoline, tires, and the jeep, which burned to the ground as two Fairbanks firefighters arrived to help. Courtney hitchhiked back to town after the blaze.
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Jack Courtney
Weil Giattroi
Powell River Paper Prices Rise for Canadian Customers
Powell River Paper Company will raise newsprint prices by 10 a ton to 105 a ton for Canadian customers effective October 16. The move follows higher production costs and affects Newsprint Semipely products. the price rise is expected to raise average costs by about half a cent per pound.
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Powell River
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Ion
Naval Air Assaults Hunt Landing
Tokyo dispatch reports the United Nations naval and air bombardment of North Korea targets along the east coast near Chongjin to Tanchon and Namsi. B29s strike Namsi as Kumchon and Hanpeo fall to the First Cavalry drive toward Pyongyang. A 20-mile trap surrounds 8000 to 10000 Reds between Kumchon and the border.
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North Korea
Russia
Red China
Missouri
United Nations
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines Sea
Valley Forge
Chongjin
Tanchon
Namsi
Pyongyang
Kumchon
U. S
1St Cavalry Front
38Th Parallel
Seoul-Pyongyang
Hanpeo
Wonsan
Red Korea Chief Warns of Danger and Retreat
The Chinese Communist radio quoted Korean Red Premier Kim Li Sung saying serious danger hangs over the motherland. He stated the People's Army is forced to retreat as the United States imperialists press their aggressive offensives against Korea.
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San Francisco
Chinese Communist Radio Today
Red
Kim Li Sung
Peoples Army
Kim
United States
Uses knife frees brother from truck wreck in logs
Ellensburg Washington October 13 Joe Godfrey of Yakima freed his brother W Godfrey trapped by a log after their overturned truck skidded toward Teanaway Butte. Joe whittled nearly through a 15 inch log with a pocket knife and freed the injured man whose arm was pinned in the wreckage. Mrs Godfrey sought help. W Godfrey sustained a broken left arm and was hospitalized.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Joe Godfrey
Yakima
Lays Down Temporary Rules for North Korea
J S Lays Down Temporary Rules for North Korea in Lake Success. The United States sets a three point plan for Gen Douglas MacArthur to govern Korea pending unified settlement and UN study. The plan calls for trials of war criminals and avoids reprisals against northern soldiers or Communist party members.
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U. S
John Foster Dulles
United Natons
Dulles
General Assembly
Andreiy. Vishinsky
Russia
Trygve Lie
Security Council
Lie
United States
Telegraph Teasers From The Town Page A-6 Highlights
Local paper previews forthcoming sections with notices on rent control hearings in Washington Monday. Readers can locate features such as Beach Combing and a Crossword on pages 8-1 and IT Editorial on pages A-10 and A-0T. Obituaries and political news are listed on pages 5-7 and B-8.
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Washington
Werner
Studio Owner Faces Grilling in Mysterious Death Case
Violet Berling and studio owner Miguel Verdugo face lie detector tests as police probe the death of 10 year old Katherine Erickson in a music studio. Berling remains in bail awaiting further questioning while an inquest is planned for early next week.
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Katherine Frances Erickson
Miguel Verdugo
Harry P. Finch
Finch
Verdugo
Miss Berling
Albert C. 5. Ramsey
Erickson
Vance
Ted Stenan
Sten
Hera Sten
Airline Captain and Four Die in Check Flight Crash
A Northwest Airlines check flight crashed near Almelund on October 13 killing five of six aboard. Victims include Raymond Bender, 34, Minneapolis, and John Galt, 37, St Paul. One passenger seriously injured later taken to a hospital. Civil Aeronautics Authority notified families. The craft narrowly avoided two houses, no names released for the residents.
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Almelund
Mann
WA Orr Wen Aries Martin
Northwest Airlines
Civi Aeronautics Administration
Raymond Francis Bender
Minneapolis
Minn
John R. Galt
St Paul
Civil Aeronautics Authority
St. Croix Falls
Wis
France asks speed on Indochina arms delivery
France urged faster U S arms shipments to Indochina to bolster 150000 French troops facing Communist forces. French defense minister Jules Moch and Maurice Petsche pressed Secretary Marshall in Washington seeking quicker deliveries and a shift to include light bombers artillery small landing craft and military vehicles. They seek about 770 million dollars to double France's 1951 defense outlays as a possible new Communist drive looms in two to three weeks.
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Ashington
France
Indochina
George Marshall
Jules Moch
U. S
Wena Thnea Aininmate
Une
Rene
Wee Wes
Moch
Maurice Petsche
State Department
Marshall
Acheson
Treasury
Snyider
William Foster
David Bruce
Diplomata
Mass murder near Wonsan exposed in prison cave
Reporter recounts a mass execution by Communists in Wonsan Korea, describing 530 South Korean sympathizers shot in the back, buried in a cave near the prison as wives and children mourn along a white-clad path. Pastor Jung Myung Han survived.
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Korea
Wonsan
Ung
Jes
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Jung Myung Han
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