Guilty verdict in wife killing to wed UN secretary
George Edward Grammer, 35, New York office manager, was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of his wife. The Salt Lake City case, tried without a jury at Grammer’s request, carries a potential death sentence or life imprisonment. Grammer faces appeals to Maryland courts. prosecutors say he killed Mrs Grammer to marry Mathilda Mizibrocky, a United Nations secretary.
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Baltimore
George Edward Grammer
New York
United Nations
Herman M. Moser
Grammer
Court of Appeals
Annapolis
Maryland
Mathilda Mizibrocky
U.N
Masked Bandits Raid Post Office in Elmwood Park
Three masked gunmen raided the Elmwood Park post office near Chicago, taking under 20 dollars and a single letter addressed to First State Bank of Elmwood Park. They fired four or five shots as they forced 50 employees to flee, with two robbers wielding pistols and one carrying a machine gun. Postal Inspector William Culkin provided details of the heist.
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Chicago
Elmwood Park
William Culkin
First State Bank
Britain tests atomic bomb on Plym frigate near Australia
London AP reports Prime Minister Churchill announced Britain exploded an atomic bomb in the hull of the Plym, a 1450 ton frigate, during a harbor test at Monte Bello Islands. The ship disintegrated, creating a million degree vapor cloud and a massive wave. Churchill said the test aims to spur US-Britain atomic data exchange and outlined costs from secret funds.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Monte Bello Islands
Australia
Plym
House of Commons
United States
Unite States
Philippines Typhoon Toll Rises to 370 Dead
Philippine Red Cross reports 370 dead and 200 missing after a powerful typhoon devastates southern Luzon. Injuries are in the hundreds as towns like Legaspi and Tabaco face ruin. Airlifted relief struggles with soggy airfields as officials warn of broader damage and ongoing casualty tallies.
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Manila
Philippine Red Cross
Red Cross
South China Sea
Indochina
Saigon
Phan Thiet
Philippines
Henry Hartzenbusch
Legaspi
Luzon
Hartzenbusch
Weather Bureau
Tabace
Albay
Laizon
Manuel Calleja
National Red Cross
Tabaco
Air Force
Tuan Salcedo
Five Children Die in Flaming House Tyrone Pa
Tyrone Pa five children of a railroad worker died in a predawn fire that razed their two story home. The parents escaped with their eight month old infant and were hospitalized for shock. Neighbors said the father jumped from a second floor window as the mother and baby fled. Authorities searched the ashes for the missing children and the cause remained undetermined.
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Tyrone
Eewin T. Smith
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
Smith
Weather Notes Show Hazy Afternoon And Foggy Morning
Weather brief reports hazy afternoon sunshine that night and morning tow clouds with focal fog. Temperature change remains minimal and conditions stable across the period.
Acheson to reveal secret parley details at UN session
Secretary of State Dean Acheson will open up the hidden maneuvers of Korean truce negotiations before the United Nations Assembly. He is expected to speak for about three hours, presenting a full report on Panmunjom and other talks, and to urge approval of armistice terms while pressing the Communists to accept them.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. S
Dean Acheson
United Nations Assembly
Panmunjom
Acheson
China
North Korea
Korea
Panmunjem
General Assembly
U. WN
Quake in Turkey Kills 18 and Injures 40 in Adana
A brief five second tremor in Adana southern Turkey caused 18 deaths and 40 injuries. The quake damaged the city of about 150,600 residents, with substantial destruction reported.
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Turkey
Isvnnbul
Grn
Adana J
Three-Gun Maniac Gang Kidnaps Steals Cars in Pursuit
Police hunt a four bandit gang led by a self described three gun maniac after a highway kidnapping spree across three states. They abducted at least 10 people and stole three autos at pistol point, with victims reporting varying escapes. A Houston newlywed couple escaped at a Cumberland plateau traffic light prompting a wide search. Credit for details to Cumberland County Sheriff Charles Johnson.
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Sparta
Tenn
Pistol Point
Cumberland Plateau
Houston
Cumberland County
James’ Barton
Chattanooga
Jasper
David Rennan
Harold Hubert
Don Walker
Hagerstown
Ind
Ben Cookson
Orig
Triangle Hill Battles Close In On Chinese Forces
SEOUL AP report says Seventh Division troops repelled a night assault on Triangle Hill by about 500 Chinese Reds aided by flare planes and searchlights. US and ROK artillery lit the peak as front-line officers reported two hours of fighting. Elsewhere on Iron Horse Mountain the ROK Ninth Division seized the crest and nearby knob at 1 20 p.m. with a Chinese counterattack 50 minutes later.
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John Randolph
Seoul
AP. U. 5
Seventh Division
Triangle Hill
Iron Horse Mountain
U. S. Eighth Army
ROK
Iron Triangle
Humdinger hurricane northward drift near Cuba noted
Miami AP reports a Caribbean storm with 115 mph winds described as a humdinger by Chief Storm Forecaster Grady Norton. A Navy hurricane hunter advised avoiding the turbulent north quadrant as the system, centered south of Havana, edges north at 6-7 mph with 50 to 75 mile gale bands. Forecasts show slow northerly movement for 24 hours and potential growth before reaching Florida in a few days. The Weather Bureau named it Fox for F as the jet of the alphabet.
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Miami
Caribbean Sea
Grady Norton
Norton
Navy
Wight
Jto
Radio Miami
Havana
Cuba
Florida
Weather Bureau
Nobel Prize Awarded to Streptomycin Finder Waksman
The 1952 Nobel Prize in medicine goes to Dr. Selman A. Waksman of Rutgers University for co discovering streptomycin, the antibiotic used against tuberculosis. Waksman, a Russian born American, becomes the first TB related laureate since Koch in 1905. The prize, worth $33 073, marks the 43rd medicine award and 15th to an American.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Selman A. Waksman
Rutgers University
Waksman
Robert Koch
Alfred Nobel
Caroline Institute of Medicine
Nobel Foundation
IKE ADLAI TRADE BLOWS IN NEW YORK EN ROUTE
In Buffalo Gov Adlai E Stevenson attacked Eisenhowers campaign as captivation by GOP old guard opposing progressive programs. He rallied 14000 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium then planned Cleveland speech on Republican smear tactics and rates. Eisenhower campaigned in Schenectady and Troy denying slander while Dewey defended him in Albany to Buffalo swing.
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Stevenson
New York States
Adlai E. Stevenson
Buffalo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ohio
Cleveland
Wilson
Wyatt
Cleveland’ Arena
CBS
Musial
Michael C. Noeppel
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Dunkirk
N.Y
Erie
Pennsylvania
Eisenhower
New York State
Dwight B. Eisenhower
Schenectady
General Electric
Pea
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Albany
Roilroad
Ike
Troy
Dewey
Truman
French Airplane Crash Kills Eight at Paris Flight
A French military aircraft crashed after taking off from Le Bourget Airport killing eight people. Earlier reports from the Air Ministry listed twelve dead, with some expected passengers not aboard the flight.
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Paris
le Bourget
Air Ministry
McCracken Plea for Stay Denied
Santa Ana California Supreme Court denies Henry Ford McCracken stay of execution set for October 31 for the murder of 10 year old Patty Jean Hull. Lawyers indicate they will seek U S Supreme Court review.
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Santa Ana
California Supreme Court
Henry Ford McCracken
Patty Jean Hull
U. S. Supreme’ S Court
Fragmented State Listings From Broken Page
A garbled newspaper page lists sections and page references across topics including classified ads, comics, editorial, obituaries, sports, and weather. The fragment hints at a multi-section layout with page designations such as Beach Combine and Southland Cities, but provides no readable events or names.
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Beach
Bridge
Paca
Southland
Secten Ci
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Marven L. Arrowsmoth
McCracken
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