Powerhouse Japan Faces Debate at Pacific Peace Conference
The United States aims to swiftly transform Japan from a defeated foe into a bulwark against communism, while the Soviet Union seeks to wreck or stall the effort. Gromyko's tactics, India's boycott, and the role of American troops in postwar Japan frame the high stakes at the San Francisco talks.
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United States
Japan
Russia
Asia
Truman
Far East
Germany
Europe
America
Western Pacific
Gromyko
Korea
India
Nehru
United Nations
Pelican capsizes off Montauk in Atlantic storm
A 54 passenger Pelican capsized one mile off Montauk Point after a line-breaking wave. By dusk 19 survivors and 9 bodies were recovered, with as many as 35 feared dead. Coast Guard planes and a helicopter halted search after dark amid rain squalls and haze.
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Long Island
New York City
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Prohibition Party ousts youth division over takeovers
WINGNA LAKE IND Sept 1 UP The Prohibition Party ousted its youth division for attempting a takeover. Chairman Gerald Overholt accused the Youth Prohibition Committee of renaming itself American Youth for Political Action and said AYPA led by Robert Gemmer of Indianapolis sought control. He said the national committee could sever relations if AYPA did not drop the new name and cooperate.
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Wingna Lake
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Prohibition Party
Gerald Overhold
Youth Prohibition Committee
American Youth For Political Action
Overholt
AYPA
Robert Gemmer
Indianapolis
National Committee
Communists Dare U N to Stop Peace Talks
Tokyo dispatch reports the Communist high command and the United Nations command traded charges over the Korean armistice talks. Vice Admiral C Turner Joy denied Red accusations of allied flare drops near Kaesong and encroachment into the neutral zone while warning against occupation. The Reds claimed a bombing narrowly hit Nam I Lt Gen Kaesong residence and demanded resumed talks with Ridgeway urged to proceed toward a just armistice.
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Adm
C. Turner Joy
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Kaesong
Korea
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Matthew B. Ridgeway
Debut at Treaty Ceremony TV to Star Truman Coast-to-Coast
President Harry S. Truman will be the first coast-to-coast television star next Tuesday night addressing Japanese peace treaty delegates in San Francisco. The telecast will be pooled by ABC CBS Dumont and NBC, with stations nationwide carrying the opening and conference sessions. AT&T microwave relay brings four new cities into the net, and NBC projects 12.74 million TV sets in range at the time.
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Mystery Plane Guns Site Near U N Camp
An unidentified plane strafed near U N advance camp below Kaesong Korea at 4 40 a m. A witness likened the sound to a Communist Yak fighter with single engine and machine gun bursts but caused no damage or injuries. The witness could not determine the aircraft’s origin or direction.
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Kaesong
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Starr
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Draft Returns Flak Cracks Bomb in Plane
Lt Eugene B Hale of Texarkana Texas returned to the carrier USS Essex after a strike over Korea reporting his plane was hit by anti aircraft fire Navy mechanics found that ground fire had cracked a 500 pound bomb he was carrying The incident occurred with Task Force 77 in Korean waters on Sunday September 2.
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Eugene B. Hale
Texarkana
Texas
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Navy
Boy, 2, Is Injured By Car In Norwalk
Two year old Justin Stanfil was critically injured last night when he ran into the path of a car in front of his home at 13417 Rosecrans Avenue Norwalk. Driver Celestin H Beallon 27 of 9983 Maplewood Avenue Bellflower was reported. The boy was taken to Rancho Los Amigos Hospital by his father and then transferred to Los Angeles County General Hospital.
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U.S. Joins Pacific Defense Pact With Australia and New Zealand
The United States, Australia, and New Zealand sign a mutual Pacific defense pact in San Francisco on the sixth anniversary of Japan's surrender. Secretary of State Dean Acheson calls it a basis for Pacific peace while Washington predicts a soon signing of a Japanese peace treaty. Russian delegation arrives as talks continue and Indonesian talks hint at possible participation.
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New Zealand
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Pacific
Southwest Pacific
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Washington
U.S
U. S
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A. Subardo
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Sen
Hickenlooper
Relowal
Rep. Ribicoff
Rep. Judd
R.-Minn
Associated Press Wirepsaro
One killed and 21 hurt in Kansas train derailment
The teletype highlights report a fatal derailment in Kansas with twenty one injuries. Page references indicate coverage across A-2 for national updates and local pages for Harbor Department projections, smog outlook, and nurse training courses. Obituaries and public forums appear on later pages.
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Front Harbor
Two Jets Collide Killing Four At Wichita
Two 90-ton Boeing Stratojet bombers collided in midair near Wichita Kansas. Four Boeing test pilots died in the fiery crash: Douglas C. Heimburger Steve Gatti E R Oppenheimer and Chester A Coltharp Jr. The cause was under investigation. Eyewitnesses described one plane turning into the other at about 2000 feet.
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Air Force
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Douglas C. Heimburger
Steve Gatti
E. R. Oppenheimer
Chester A. Coltharp Jr
Johnston Seeks to Quit as Economic Stabilizer
The Washington Post reports that Eric Johnston has asked President Truman to resign his job by October 24. The move follows increasing friction with Charles E. Wilson, the defense mobilization head and Johnston’s son.
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Gromyko Arrives in San Francisco Silent on Questions
Soviet diplomat Andrei Gromyko arrives with the Soviet delegation for the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco. He refuses to answer questions, saying no comment three ways as police clear a press crowd at the rail terminal.
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Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Oakland
V. M. Molotov
United Nations
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Gromyko
Irish Train Companion Explodes Over Missing Baggage in Oakland
The stubborn Irishman Butler, traveling with Russia’s delegation on a coach bound for the Japanese peace talks, loses his temper when his baggage vanishes. He notes the trip was mostly uneventful save for rain and language. Police had earlier kept him aboard and he remained calm until the baggage vanished at Hillsborough with the Russian party.
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