Guns of Air Force Plane Fire, Injure Residents
Investigators surveyed bullet riddled homes in Los Cerritos Bixby Knolls and California Heights as a Long Beach Air Force Mustang on the runway fired 1576 rounds of .50 caliber slugs. Incendiary and explosive rounds damaged at least 25 homes. The incident occurred at 5:45 AM with no injuries reported.
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Los Cerritos
Bixby Knolls
California Heights
Air Force
Long Beach Municipal
Air Force Base
Move to Balk Any More Strafings a Definite Steps Taken
Maj. Thomas Ly Queen of the 188th fighter-interceptor squadron announced actions to prevent a recurrence after the yesterday accident in which a Mustang fighter discharged 1576 rounds. Fighters are parked differently and aircraft wiring checked. Under a new system the maximum rounds discharged inadvertently is now one per gun. Virginia Drive residents commended for cooperation during the preliminary investigation. Mustangs at Long Beach base remain on constant readiness to defend Southern California.
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Mustang
Thomas Ly Queen
188Th
Virginia Dr
Air Force
Long Beach
California
India to end war with Japan in separate peace talks
New Delhi notified Tokyo it will end the state of war with Japan with the coming into force of the San Francisco Peace Treaty. India said it will negotiate a bilateral peace to conform relations with Japan to the prewar amity.
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Tokyo
India
Japan
New Delhi
Bullets Fired From Plane Prompt Caution in Long Beach
The Air Force warned residents in Los Cerritos and nearby areas that many bullets fired accidentally from a fighter plane at Long Beach Air Force Base remain unexpended and extremely dangerous. Call 4-8661 if you possess bullets. mechanics could not stop them before full ammunition was used. The incident was blamed on a short rel revit.
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Air Force
Los Cerritos
Bixby Knolls
California Heights
Long Beach Air Force Base
Dewey to Visit Truman on Thursday in Washington
President Truman will meet with Thomas Dewey on Thursday to hear about his recent trip to Korea and the Far East. White House officials announced the appointment, noting it is set for one o clock in the President's office and that a luncheon invitation was not extended.
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Washington
Thomas Dewey
New York
Truman
Korea
Far East
White House
Joseph
Short
Ancient Human Bones Found in Valliecito Cave
FALLECITO California September 10 Bones of humans believed several thousand years old have been uncovered in Moaning Cave Calaveras County by Dr Phil C Orr anthropologist Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Science The bones were found three feet beneath the limestone floor and at least 30 inches deep Scientists say the find is significant though only leg bones skull and pelvis fragments have been recovered while a complete skeleton remains to be located
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Fallecito
Calif
Moaning Cave
California
Calaveras County
Phil C. Orr
Santa Barbara
Orr
Two Suspects, $50,000 Dope Seized Here
Customs officials in Long Beach seized eight pounds of opium valued over 50000 on the freighter Flying Arrow. Two American Chinese crewmen, Jore Che Man and Ah Lam Ling, were arrested after a belted handoff and concealed package found in a taxicab. The contraband, bought in Singapore for 350, was linked to a two day investigation.
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Long Beach
Ted Marks
Los Angeles
Howard E. Calvary
Jore Che Man
Ah Lam Ling
L. H. Koh
C. C Jones
Singapore
F. E. Robinson
iCustoms Service
Marks
Stewards’ Department
U. S. Air Force
Far East
New York
Auto price hikes sought by Chrysler and Ford
DETROIT September 10 1944 Chrysler Corp and Ford Motor Co asked the government to approve higher car prices. Chrysler filed a new price list with OPS in Washington showing an average 6.2 percent increase at the factory level. Increases listed include Plymouth Cranbrook four door sedan up 108, Dodge Coronet up 117, DeSoto Custom up 147, Chrysler Windsor up 156. GM did not act today though expected to follow.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler
Office of Price Stabilization
Washington
Ford
Britain Cuts Off Dollars Goods to Iran
Britain tightens financial squeeze on Iran by canceling Iran's right to convert sterling into dollars and withdrawing benefits under the Anglo-Iranian oil accord. Four steps include halting dollar supply, sanctioning sterling transactions, removing automatic sterling payments, and applying security licenses to British exports to Iran. The move follows breakdown in oil talks and reports of Czechoslovakia offering to buy quantities of Iranian goods.
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London
Britain
Iran
Treasury
Brittin
Tehran
Czechoslovakia
Claim Russ Fly in Korea
UK Army sources say Russian pilots may have joined the North Korea air war confirmed by an eyewitness report. A MiG-15 was shot down in North Korea with a Caucasian pilot found alive in the wreckage. A Chinese investigator killed the pilot after mistaking him for an American, then realized the error. The eyewitness remains unidentified.
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Korea
North Korea
Mable
Booby Trap Gun Kills Man in Ohio Junkyard
In Barberton Ohio a 37 year old man died from a shotgun booby trap at a junkyard owned by Parker Oil Distributing Co. The trap linked a bucket of metal to a shotgun trigger. Charles McWilliams 73 admitted setting the trap after thefts. he faces first degree manslaughter charges advised by Summit County prosecutor Albert Vuillerman. James Smith, with a police record for gambling and fighting, was found dead along the road near the yard. Detective Martin A. Sergiak led the investigation.
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Barberton
Ohio
Parker Oil Distributing Co
James Smith
Martin A. Sergiak
Charles McWilliams
Smith
Akron
Setyak
McWilliams
Summit County
Albert Vuillerman
Acheson Praised by Sen Knowland in Senate Session
Sen Knowland praised Secretary of State Acheson as having done an outstanding job presiding at the Japanese peace treaty conference. He urged prompt Senate ratification, possibly requiring a special session before January, amid past Republican calls for Acheson’s ouster and questions about Russian relations.
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Sen
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R.catni
Senate
Acheson
Congress
Douglas
Secretary of State
Acherson
Achesor
Department
McCarthy
Wis
Tito and British Admiral to confer in Split Adriatic
Belgrade reports Marshal Tito in Split on the Adriatic today. He is to confer with Yugoslav defense officials and Admiral Sir John Edelsten, commander in chief of the British Mediterranean Fleet, regarding regional security.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Split
Quadruple Amputee Vet Marries Teen Bride in Joliet
Pvt Hubert Reeves, a Korean war quadruple amputee, married Beverly Hall in First Baptist Church. The 12 year old groom, wheelchaired, exchanged rings as 600 mourners watched. Beverly, 18, met him through letters, amid tears and nationwide gifts. Reeves lost both feet and most fingers to frostbite and combat.
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Joliet
Hubert Reeves
Reeves
Beverly Jean Hall
First Baptist Church
Beverly
Korea
Wage Talks Trigger Major Shipyard Picketing
Todd and Bethlehem Pacific shipyards faced a 1700 worker walkout as CIO union demands stalled negotiations. Over $2 million in military vessel work halted. two Navy tankers and the General Howze at Todd were affected along with a Bethlehem overhaul. Shapiro labeled the action a lockout and unfair labor practice as talks with LCS loomed.
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Bethlehem Pacific
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Todd Yard
General Howze
Bethleheman
Todd
Bethlehem
Craig Yard
Mong Beac
Bethelehem
Harold Shapiro
Shapiro
Shajira
AFL
U. S. Labor Conciliation Service
Los Angeles
Craig Shipyard
Bethlehen
Reynolds Tobacco Magnate William Reynolds Dies at 88
Reynolds, tobacco magnate and harness horse enthusiast, died in Winston-Salem at 88 after a month of illness. He had long led William Neal Reynolds Company and supported racing. The death was reported today in North Carolina.
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Winstoun-Salem
N.C
William Neal Reynolds
Weather forecast notes fog and sun ahead
Considerable low cloudiness and fog tonight and tomorrow morning but sunny tomorrow afternoon. Little change in temperature tomorrow. Light and variable winds becoming west to southwest 10 to 9 miles to morrow afternoon.
Russians Use World War II Rockets Behind Allied Lines
U S Eighth Army reports rockets of the type used by the Russians landed behind Allied lines on the east central front in Korea. Officials say no Allied installations were hit and the number released was not disclosed. A large air battle saw 30 F 86 jets clash with 80 MIG 13s over northwest Korea with two Communist planes damaged. Evidence suggests Russian pilots may have flown some MiGs in UN battles.
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U.S
Eighth Army
Korea
East Central Front
United Nations
Red Guns Damage American Vessel Seiverling Hits at Wonsan
The U S destroyer escort Seiverling took three direct hits from enemy shore guns at Wonsan and flooded its No 2 fireroom but suffered no casualties. It proceeded under its own power to Sasebo. Combined air and surface bombardments silenced batteries, knocking out at least nine guns. Seiverling is the 13th U S fighting ship damaged or sunk by shellfire in Korea. Other ships sustained superficial damage but remained in service along the Korean coast.
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Washington
U.S
Seiverling
Wonsan
Sasebo
Japan
U. S
Korea
Korean
Ethiopia to renew Italian relations after 1936 disruption
Ethiopia announces the renewal of diplomatic ties with Italy for the first time since Mussolini's 1936 conquest, stating mutual interests necessitate the step and that ambassadors will be exchanged shortly, with Addis Ababa confirming the move.
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ADL
Ababa
Italy
Mussolini
Jend
Contempt Trials Set for Nov 12 in NYC
The Senate contempt trials of Frank Costello Frank Erickson and Joe Adonis were set for Nov 12 by Federal Judge Thomas F Murray who gave defendants until Nov 9 to file pretrial motions Erickson 34 faces 74 counts and may finish a bookmaking sentence Oct 26 Costello 60 faces nine counts free on 5000 bail Adonis 16 counts jailed in New Jersey on a gambling conviction
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New York
Senate
Frank Costello
Frank Erickson
Joe Adonis
Thomas F. Murray
Murphy
Erickson
Costello
Adonis
New Jersey
Soldiers in Korea to be rotated before winter
Washington Sept 10 Gen J Lawton Collins said all U S soldiers who fought in Korea last winter must be brought home before this coming winter. He told Sen Dworshak Idaho there is no satisfactory alternative but to use guardsmen now in federal service to meet a pressing manpower problem. Collins emphasized the need to rotate personnel who endured bitter combat conditions last winter, noting the rotation is forcing replacement of about 30 000 men and officers each month.
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Washington
U.S
Korea
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Dworshak B.idahos
Idaho
Collins
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