One Day of All Jet Combat Dwarfs Prior Battles
Allied pilots destroyed or damaged 14 Communist planes in northwest Korea as 256 jets fought in history’s greatest all jet engagement. Col. Francis Gabreski praised American pilots while noting improving Soviet aircraft and tactics in the MiG Alley battle.
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Col
Francis 3. Gabres+ki
America
Luftwaffe
Gabreski
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Charles F. Loyd
Marion
Richard D. Creighton
Baton Rouge
Booth Holker
Bozeman
Mont
Holker
Loyd
Creighton
Princess Elizabeth Cancels U S Trip Over King's Illness
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip postponed their Canada America tour for one to two weeks due to King George VI illness. Buckingham Palace said the start may be five weeks later with a possible Washington visit, and officials noted the tour would not begin before mid October.
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Ment
Buckingham Palace
Washington
Truman
Clarence House
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Canada
Ottawa
Storm Moving Up Coast From Baja California
A tropical storm with winds near 50 mph was observed moving up the coast from below La Paz, California. The Weather Bureau placed the storm center about 30 miles southwest of La Paz, moving west northwest at 15 mph, with squalls and rough seas spanning roughly 200,000 square miles of the Pacific.
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Los Angeles
la Paz
California
Weather Bureau
Pacific Ocean
Monarchs Crisis Will Last 10 Days
Buckingham Palace issued a formal update on King George VI after surgery. Doctors reported a less restful night but noted his general condition remains good, forecasting a period of anxiety for the next week or 10 days as Princess Elizabeth’s travel plans to Canada and the United States are postponed. Four doctors have attended the king around the clock and are now able to come and go.
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London
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Elizabeth
Canada
United States
Senate confirms Hawaii Alaska court officials
The Senate confirmed Edward A. Towse as Chief Justice of the Hawaiian Supreme Court, former Gov. Ingram M. Stainback as associate justice, William B. Brown as judge for the Second Circuit Court of Hawaii, and Walter Huntley as U S marshal for Division No 3, District of Alaska.
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Senate
Edward A. Towse
Hawaiian Supreme Court
Ingram M. Stainback
William B. Brown
Second Circuit Court of
Hawaii
Walter ©. Huntley
L. S
District of Alaska
World's Largest Seamount Found Off Hawaii by Horizon Crew
Scripps Institution of Oceanography ship Horizon reports discovery of a seamount more than two miles high, about 400 miles northeast of Hawaii and 1,200 miles west of San Diego. Dr Henry W Menard and Warren S Wooster note no larger seamount known. ship had explored North Pacific between the Aleutians and Hawaii lanes.
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San Diego
Henry W. Menard
U. S. Navy Electronics Laboratory
Warren S. Wooster
Scripps
Gulf of Alaska
North Pacific
Aleutian Islands
San Francisco-Hawaii
Truman Blasts Russ Promises Italy Equality
President Truman said Russia blocking Italy's UN membership may force alternate paths to include Italy in UN principles. He urged easing Italy's peace treaty terms to restore rights as a free nation while dedicating Italian statues at Arlington, with De Gasperi presenting them. The move followed coordinated talks by US Britain and France to relax treaty limits on Italian armed forces.
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Italy
United States
State Department
Washington
Guiseppe Pella
Sydnet
Alcide DeGasperi
U. S
Dean Acheson
Alberto Tarchiani
George W. Perkins
Truman
Russia
United Nations
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Rock Creek Parkway
Lincoln Memorial
Alcide de Gasperi
Britain
France
Community of Free Nations
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Soviet Union
Attlee Seeks U.S. Help Over Iran Oil Crisis
London reports Prime Minister Attlee will ask President Truman for aid in Britain’s oil dispute with Iran after Tehran ordered about 300 British oil workers to quit and threatened Abadan’s refinery by October 3. Attlee met advisers and chiefs. Sir Oliver Franks may deliver a message to Truman.
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London
Attlee
Truman
Britain
Iran
Tehran
Abadan
Oliver Franks
Washington
Foreign Office
Weather forecast notes cloud cover and warmth
Low clouds tonight and tomorrow morning with hazy sunshine. Slightly warmer tomorrow with light variable winds tonight and tomorrow morning becoming west to southwest 10-20 mph tomorrow afternoon.
Rent Control Orders Ready for 200 Cities
The AP report notes a nationwide drive to enforce beef price controls, with 175 violations in 47 cities. The Office of Price Stabilization seeks injunctive action against Ideal Packing Co. Inc. of Los Angeles and Smith Packing Co. of San Bernardino. Full regional reports were not yet available.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
San Francisco
California
James E. Harrington
OFS
Los Angeles
U. S. Attorney's Office
Ideal Packing Co. Inc
Smith Packing Co
Colton Cattle and Feed Co
San Bernardino
Denver
Seattle
Norwalk mother 25 accused of giving child narcotics
A 25 year old Norwalk mother, Mrs. Neil Irene Jenkins, is jailed on child neglect and narcotics charges after a 4 year old son was treated for apparent narcotic effects. Five Nembutal tablets were found. the child Thomas Allen Watson was taken to Los Angeles County General Hospital after being found unable to stand and sleepy. neighbors witnessed the boy saying the medicine was given by his mother. Jenkins admitted using Nembutal for six months and claimed the tablets cost 100 for 85.
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Nell Irene Jenkins
Norwalk
Downey Court
Tommy
Prass
Thomas Allen Watson
Los Angeles County General Hospital
Neil Irene Jenkins
Roseton Ave
Tiewihaw Tetina Cain
Wunney Wesulsways
Harald L. Jason
Thomas
Mrs.Jenkins
Mrs. Jenkins
Norwalk Sheriff's Station
Helen Jean Watson
U S Casualties Rise in Week Korean War toll
The Defense Department reports total American battle casualties at 85,469, up 2,212 from the previous week. The count reflects next of kin notified through last Friday, with lag in reports. It includes 14,280 dead, 58,990 wounded, 10,661 missing, 170 captured, and 1,368 found after being listed as missing.
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Washington
Defense Department
Typhoon Blasts Chinese Ships
A fierce typhoon drove the freighter Anping aground while it tried to aid the freighter Chiayi. Both Nationalist owned ships and crews were reported in grave danger after Chiayi ran onto a reef between Formosa and the Red China coast.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Anping
Red China Coast
Strike Halts Output Of New Jet Engines At Wright
A labor strike by 9000 workers at Wright Aeronautical Corp halted production of defense orders including new type jet engines. Picket lines surrounded the Wood-Ridge plant and Garftela, delaying assembly and shipments.
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Wood-Ridge
N. J
Wright Aeronautical Corp
Garftela
Senate Defeats Higher Corporate Tax Proposal
The Senate voted 34 to 33 against a plan to raise taxes on all 1951 corporate income. It kept April 1 as the effective date, delaying the higher levy to start then in the $5.506 billion tax bill. The House had set January 1 for the 5 percent increase, while leaders pressed for retroactivity.
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Senate
Finance Committee
Sen
Lehman
D.-Lib.n. Y
House
Senate Finance ‘Group
Truman
Barbara Payton Plans Wedding After Publicity Haze
Actress Barbara Payton flies to her hometown seeking privacy and confirms plans to marry Franchot Tone. This brief item notes her intention amid intense publicity, with further content listed across multiple pages and sections of the newspaper.
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Barbara Payton
Franchot Tone
Navy Plane Overdue in Pacific Sea Search
Navy reports a Douglas Skyraider with one crew member is overdue after disappearing off the Southern California coast during night maneuvers about 10 miles west of Point Loma. Naval and Coast Guard aircraft and vessels are conducting a search.
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San Diego
San Diego Naval Air Station
California
Navy
Point Loma
Naval
Coast Guard
Ridgway Stalls as Communists Cry in Seoul Talks
In Tokyo on September 26 the third Liaison Meeting in Kaesong produced no progress as UN and Communist officers failed to agree on a basis for re opening ceasefire talks. Peiping accused Ridgway of a conspiracy to stall while insisting on safeguards against armistice violations.
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Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Warson
Peiping
U. N
Ridgway
Keesong
Andrew J. Kinney
Kaesong
Pepttioht
Examiner Raises Subscription Rate in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Examiner announced price hikes effective Oct. 1 raising street sale copies from 7 to 10 cents and the daily and Sunday home delivery from $2 to $2.25 monthly. It cited higher newsprint costs from 50 to 116 dollars per ton since 1940 and payroll growth from 54 663 weekly to 156 382 weekly.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Examiner
The
Examiner
Four Japanese WWII veterans surrender on Guam
Four Japanese veterans trapped in a cave on Guam’s northern coast surrendered to U S Navy officials and Guam police after insisting on bathing before emerging. A fifth Japanese fighter was captured nearby while three others escaped. The men, unaware surrender was complete, asked if the United States still fought Germany.
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U. S. Navy
Faira Kolshin
U.S
Germany
Kolshin
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