Ex Hungarian Key Red Tells of Yank Plots
Laszlo Rajk once Hungarys No 2 Communist testified at a peoples court that he plotted with Americans and westerners to overthrow the government making Hungary a Yugoslav colony He named two Americans as accomplices and spoke of contacts with British French American and Yugoslav intelligence agents He denounced himself as a police informer since 1931 and said he sought U S support to overthrow the regime while coordinating with Tito ally Rankovic and other officials to liquidate Rakosi Farkas and Gero if needed
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Budapest
Hungary
Laszlo Rajk
People's Court
Yugoslavia
Rajk
Marshal Tito
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Rajit
George Kovacs
Martin Himmley
Matyas Rakosi
Selden Chapin
U. S
Chapin
United States
Alexander Rankovic
Tito
Rankovic
Rakosi
Farkas
Gero
Mihaly Farkas
Erno Gero
News Highlights and Page References From Town Edition
The clippings list items across pages including a 29th victim noted in traffic coverage, state lodge of Elks convention opening midweek, a wire account of a shipmate incident near Long Beach, and a disclosed typegraphic printing invention. Also mentions Gamblers Anonymous reform, various features, and broad page references across A and B sections.
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State Lodge of Elks
Long Beach
Alcoholics Anonymous
Flaming B-45 Bomber Crashes Near Lakewood Club
Investigators probe cause after an experimental four jet B-45 bomber crashes near Municipal Airport narrowly missing Lakewood Country Club. The four crew survive with minor injuries. pilot Col Arthur W Schmitt praised for guiding the craft to a field away from spectators. Recovered details describe engine fire in right wing nacelle and a chain fence ignition before a wing separations.
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Lakewood Country Club
Long Beach
Municipal Airport
Arthur W. Schroitt
Air Force
North American Aviation, Inc
Co. Schmitt
California Heights
Virgil Crawford
Bishop St. Santa Ana
Franklin Ferry
Whitewood Ave
Bellflower
Joe Silvey
Truman St
Crawford
Seaside Hospital
Lakewood
Country Club Pro
Elmo Scheele
Page
Jet Crash Described At Lakewood Golf Range
Witness Milton Austin recalls a B45 bomber crash on the Lakewood Country Club driving range. He says the plane hit trees, shed parts, and burst into flames about 6:50 pm, with fuel burning along the range. He did not see any crew escape and notes the crowd fled with many golf balls.
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Milton Austin
Lakewood Country Club
Long Beach
Retired Magnavox President Missing
Frank M. Steers aged 75, former Magnavox Corp. president, has been missing since Tuesday per Contra Costa County sheriff. The missing man is linked to Lafayette California.
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Lafayette
Calif
Frank M. Steers
Magnavox Corp
Contra Costa County
American GI Escapes Soviet Jail in East Berlin
Pvt. John J. Sienkiewicz, 26, Baltimore, describes 10 months in Soviet confinement in East Berlin. He says beatings and torture occurred while three British prisoners reported cold water immersion and beatings. He and two companions escaped using an iron bar to force their cell door, reached the western sector, and alerted American authorities via a German police station. He was later hospitalized in weakened condition but not malnourished.
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Bae
East Berlin
John J. Sienkiewicz
Baltimore
U. S
Berlin
Sienkiewice
Sienkiewicz
Mary Sienkiewicz
Senate Rejects U S Steel Chief for Munitions Post
The Senate rejected President Truman's pick Carl A Ogentritz of U S Steel to lead the munitions board by 40 to 28. Opponents argued maintaining a $70 000 salary from U S Steel for a government post creates a dangerous corporate subsidy risk. Byrd said he did not question Ogentritz but noted U S Steel's stake in military orders.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
U .S. ‘Steel
Corps
Munitions Board
Lgentritz
White House
Uigenfritz
Steel Company
Byrd
D.va
Ilgentritz
U. S. Steel
Agentritz
Ooentritz
Pretty Smoke Caught Eye Chief and Wife in Plane Crash
Fire Chief Sandeman and his wife witnessed a plane crash near Atlantic Ave at the Pretty Blue theater. He ordered Engine 14 to Wardlow Rd and coordinated water supply from an isolated county site. The city crash truck and ambulance responded automatically. the chief called it all in a day’s work.
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Daugherty Field
Sendeman
Prison Break Trembles Korean Camp Near Mokpe
Seoul dispatch reports a mass prison break predicted to end in bloodshed with 480 Koreans involved. About 260 were killed or captured, others trapped. The revolt near Mokpo forced guards to retreat. at least five guards died and ten were seriously wounded. Fugitives were later rounded up on Cheju Island.
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Seoul
Mokpe
Lieast
Flames Rage Uncontrolled on Waterman Mountain
U S Forest Service ordered a 100 man crew to join 20 firefighters battling a timber and brush fire below Mount Waterman. The blaze was discovered late yesterday along Waterman Saddle at about 7000 feet, five miles from Wilson. About 20 acres had burned as winds could worsen the destruction. rugged terrain hampered efforts and crews climbed over 15 miles to reach the scene. No cabins were threatened.
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Mt,’ Wilson
U. S. Forest Service
Mt. ‘Waterman
Waterman Saddle
Communications Des Co-Operated
Acheson Outlines Early Cold War Plans to Chiefs
Secretary of State Acheson spoke in Washington on September 16 outlining U S strategy for the Cold War to top officials, detailing early approaches and U S policy aims as the new era begins.
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Washington
Acheson
U_S
Fairless Calls for Walkout Over Miner Welfare Funds
Washington dispatch reports UMW president John L. Lewis suspends retirement payments from the welfare fund after a five hour trustees meeting. He accuses several coal companies, especially in the south, of defaulting on 20 cent a ton contributions, threatening to shut the industry if payments are not resumed. Meanwhile, about 1,000 Utah Wyoming district miners walk out voluntarily amid contract dispute, with operator spokesmen saying fund payments, about 8 million dollars monthly, are bankrupt and not guaranteed under expired contracts.
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Washington
John EL. Lewis
United Mine Worker's Welfare
Lewis
South
Utah-Wyoming
United Mine Workers
Houston Martin
Rock, Springs
Pence News
Aes
Three Arrested After Police Find Firearms in Car
Police arrested Jacob Wissenfeld 37 Robert Luke 22 and Karyl Dutz 21 after discovering two loaded .32 caliber weapons in a car glove box a revolver a pistol and a blackjack in a hotel room suitcase. Wissenfeld claimed an ex convict past with a 1941 New York robbery term. suspects refused to reveal occupations or residences.
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Jacob Wissenfeld
Robert V. Luke
North Hollywood
Karyl D. Dutz
Los Angeles
Tom Milovich
Robert BF
Shaw
Wissenfeld
William. F. Greeley
New York
Nationalist Airmen Raid Targets Centers
Nationalist airmen raid centers as enemy defenses intensify. Report cites coordinated strikes on strategic hubs with brief details from the Sept. 16 dispatch. No casualties confirmed in this fragment.
U S Mediator Readied to Step In Amid Steel Strike Crisis
U S Steel dispute nears a strike deadline with CIO chief Philip Murray accusing Benjamin F Fairless of pressuring the nation toward a strike. Murray urged rapid negotiation based on Steel Industry Board recommendations and ordered the union wage policy committee to meet.
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Pittsburgh
C. LO
Philip Murray
U. S. Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
Murray
Fairless
C. S O. United Steelworkers
Patrless
Truman
Steel Industry Board
Washington
Cyrus-.s
Ching
Aids
United Press
Jworkers
Giant B36 bomber crashes into Lake Worth with crew missing
Fort Worth Texas report says a Navy diver searched Lake Worth for the crew of a massive B36 bomber that crashed after an unexplained power failure. Three believed killed and two missing after the 326000 pound aircraft plunged into the lake at night. Bodies and wreckage were recovered as rescue teams continued the search.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Air Force
Lake’ Worth
Navy
Teihodlea Pleht
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Ark
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Hendrix
Associated Press
Russ
U.S. Steel
Kores
Cheju Island
Korea
Waterman
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Kong
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