Beaten Actor Semi Conscious After Fight Over Woman
Hollywood reports actor Franchot Tone in serious condition after a morning altercation with rival Tom Neal over Barbara Payton. Tone’s nose, cheekbone and brain injury noted. investigation ordered though no charges filed. Payton may visit Tone and discuss a joint statement amid an off schedule wedding of Neal and Payton in San Francisco.
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Hollywood
Franchot Tone
Tone
Barbara Payton
Tom Neal
Neal
Miss Payton
San Francisco
Phi Beta Kappa
Lee Siegel
William Parker
Prison Break: Draper Inmates Escape in Alabama
Twelve heavily armed convicts led by a lifer escaped Draper State Prison in Alabama last night. Seven fugitives were recaptured within hours, no shots fired, as state troopers blocked routes to other states. Warden Reeves reduced the count from 21 to 19 and ordered investigations and suspensions of guards involved.
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Speigner
Ala
Draper State Prison
South Alabama
B. R. Reeves
Reeves
J. A. McCullough
R. W. Nims
B. A. Turner
McCullough
W. c. White
J. W. Lee
Quads Swell Widow's Brood in Baltimore Delivery
In Baltimore at City Hospital Mrs Susie Advance aged 31 gave birth to quadruplets after 32 minutes of labor, swelling her family from five to nine. The newborns, about six weeks premature, arrived within a tight cluster of minutes. two boys and two girls weighed 2 pounds 2 ounces to 2 pounds 10 ounces. The mother, husband killed two months prior, and the infants are said to be progressing well.
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Baltimore
Susie Advance
City Hospital
Advance
Weather update for coast expects clearing by afternoon
Late night and early morning fog near the coast will clear by tomorrow afternoon. Temperature remains almost steady with little change forecast for tomorrow.
Reds Short Attacks Fail in Korean Front Tilt
Eight Army headquarters reports Maj. Gen. Ira P. Swift foresees a possible Chinese Communist offensive on the central front. He says if launched, the 25th Lightning Division may bear the brunt and that a full moon period could aid their plans. Swift vows a strong response, promising the Reds will be met with heavy resistance.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Ira P. Swift
Swift
Mob of 5000 mobs search for convict in Omaha
Wary officers scoured Omaha for Kenneth Kitts, a bank burglar who escaped custody after being taken to testify in a Federal Court hearing on a $100,000 Oklahoma City jewel robbery. A 5000 strong crowd watched as police faced a widening manhunt and a tire-puncturing chase near the Kitts family residence.
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Omaha
Kenneth Kitts
Douglas County
Oklahoma City
Kitts
PBS
Federal
Richard Collins
Atlantic Nations Open New Western Rearmament Drive
In Ottawa, President Van Zeeland urged Western allies to match Communist military power to avert a shift toward war. The 12 nation North Atlantic Council planned to invite Greece and Turkey, with U S Secretary of State Acheson arriving to join talks on extending the alliance and boosting nonmilitary cooperation.
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Ottawa
Ont
Paul van Zeeland
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Seeresere Ae
van Zeeland
House of Commons
Canada
Greece
Turkey
Europe
U. S
Dean Acheson
Washington
Acheson
Treaty Organization
Treasury
John W. Snyder
ECA
William C. Foster
Rockcliffe
RFC Procedure Ignored on Loan to St Louis Firm
Washington Sept 15 RFC official testified a 465000 loan to a St Louis printing firm in 1949 bypassed the normal reviewing process. Ernest B Howard RFC loan chief testified before a Senate subcommittee probing three RFC loans to American Lithoford Corp totaling 645000. Boyle denied charges of promoting the loans and Mundt said evidence suggested gratuities beyond the firing of an RFC official yesterday.
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Washington
Pia
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
St. Louis
Ernest B. Howard
Senate
Subcommittee
American Lithoford Corp
William M. Boyle Jr
Boyle
Sen. Mundt
RS D
Rfcesterday
Oliiver
R. Kraft
Classified and Home Pages Index
A brief navigational note lists sections and page ranges for the paper. It directs readers to Churches A-3 to A-7, Classifieds B-5 to B-8, Comics A-4, Financial A-3 to A-4, Obituaries B-4, Radio and TV B-4, Shipping B, Sports B, Theaters A, and Titles temperatures on A-3.
Forest Fire Still Raging in San Bernardino Foes Struggle
A 6300 acre forest fire in San Bernardino National Forest near Banning rages into its fourth day. State foresters fear containment will not occur before Monday or Tuesday as efforts to backfire fail. Over 400 firefighters work the line, including expert crews flown in from New Mexico and Arizona. origin is Millard Canyon, north of Banning.
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Banning
San Bernardino National Forest
State Forestry Department
Millard Canyon
New Mexico
Arizona
Mystery phone tipoff false guards jail after mob alarm
Durham guardians massed over a hundred officers at Durham County Jail after a caller claiming a hooded mob would free or harm 33-year-old Hobart M. Lee, accused of killing 71-year-old Rachel Crook, but no mob or caller Norris could be found. Sheriff Latta said the incident appeared to be a hoax.
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Durham
Durham County
Charles Norris
Here
Norris
Sam Latta
Orange County
Hobart M. Lee
Rachel Crook
Chapel Hill
Doctor Admits He Performed Illegal Surgery
A Wilmington chiropractor today admitted performing an illegal operation linked to the death of Patricia Colbert, 22, of Los Angeles. Dr. Emile Abitia, 29, was booked on suspicion of murder. Odora Urbina, 25, also of Los Angeles, said to be a friend, was not held.
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Emilio Atibia
Jeff
Wilmington
Patricia M. Colbert
Los Angeles
Abu
Adora G. Urbina
Tim Hargett
Press-Telegram
Emile Abitia
Avalon Blvd
Patricia Marilyn Col [Bert
Odora G. Urbina
Colbert
Abdilla
Urbina
Fire Department
Veterans Administration
Los
True Nightmare Dreamer Dangles From Window
In Baltimore on September 15 Roy Rodgers a 33 year old man clad only in underwear dangled by one foot from a second floor window for about thirty minutes as two pursuers chased him out. Patrolman Charles Moran forced entry and pulled Rodgers to safety after the sash pinched his ankle. He declined medical aid choosing a double shot of whisky instead.
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Baltimore
Scores
Roy Rodgers
Charles —. Moran
Rodgers
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Rochester
N. Y
International Gerontalogical Congress
Daniel B. Schuster
van Duyne
Associated Press
Dixie
Ringsider
Victor
Atlantic
Dreamer
Sash
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