Aid Given Red Foe Protested by Nationalists
Aid for Chinese Communists accused by Nationalists in China sparked a UN protest as the Assembly debated priority issues. The United States pledged support for Yugoslavia against Soviet backed Czechoslovakia for a Security Council seat, signaling a Western split. The 59 nation committee opened with a Greek Balkan dispute and Italy’s colonies on the agenda, while Russia urged placing its peace proposals high.
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U. S
Security Council
Czechoslovakia
Flushing Meadow Park
Italy
Russia
China
Trygve Lie
Romulo
Yugoslavia
Ukraine
United States
Belgrade
Andrei Vishinsky
59 Nation Committee
Two Armed Bandits Rob Good W Neighbor Liquor
Early today two armed men held up the Good W Neighbor Liquor Store at 5764 E Second St, escaping with about 175 dollars in cash and canned foods. Clerk bound, tied, and searched. a 10 gauge shotgun was seized. Witness Ross Kuykendall, 46, reported the event and assisted police call.
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E. Second St
Ross T. Kuykendall
Daggett St
Kuykendall
Kaykendall
Kuyendall
Police
Russ Said to Find New Uranium Mine
Berlin reports that Russia opened a uranium mine in East Germany to support atom bomb production. The shaft at Mansfeld near Eisleben in Saxony began Sept. 21 under Russian engineers, with more than 1000 German miners at work.
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Berlin
Russia
Eest Germany
West Berlin
Mansfeld
Eisleben
Saxony
Truman Urges Women Back His Fair Deal
President Truman urged women to support the Fair Deal, framing it as practical policy on housing education social security and labor goals. He spoke on Democratic Women’s Day from the White House urging voters to look beyond slogans and emphasized women’s broad interest in government. He appeared with multiple sponsors and noted women’s long involvement with the party.
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Washington
Truman
Democratic Party
White House
India Edwards
Democratic National Committee
Elsie West
Lothian
Albert C. Hulihan
Slippery Rock
George London
Raleigh
N. C
Edwards
Democratic Nations
Quake Strikes Southern Alaska Near Anchorage
A prolonged earthquake rocked southern Alaska this morning near Anchorage. First reports say no fatalities. the quake at 5:37 Anchorage time lasted about a minute, with tremors causing shelves to spill, dishes to dislodge, and clocks to stop.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Septigt
Britain to cut dividends to curb inflation and threaten caps
Britain’s government slashed industrial and business dividends from 30 to 25 percent and warned it may impose a legal cap on all dividend payments to restrain inflation amid pound devaluation. Sir Stafford Cripps told Commons a future budget could enforce a general hold on dividends if voluntary restraint fails, with a March 1950 budget possible.
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Hal Cooper Ondon
Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
Britain
Cripps
Labor Party
Russia to Return 30 Ships by December First
Washington Sept 27 Russia formally agreed to return 30 American naval vessels loaned to the Soviet Union in World War II. The ships include three icebreakers and 27 frigates to be delivered by Dec 1 with icebreakers at Bremerhaven and frigates at Yokosuka. The move follows four years of U S effort and may aid broader lend lease settlements.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Alexander
Panyushkin
Willard Thorp
State Department
U. S
Bremerhaven
Germany
Yokosuka
Japan
Michael J. McDermott
China
Irea
Milwaukee
Lewes
Smith says Soviets ten years behind U S atomic program
Gen Walter Bedell Smith, former ambassador to Russia, told Army Reserve officers that the Soviet Union will need a decade to catch up with the United States in atomic bomb development. He spoke at a meeting while commanding the First Army in New York on September 27.
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New York
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
Russia
Smith
First Army
Army
News High Lights Anaheim bridge project speeded
The item highlights a swift advancement on the Anaheim bridge project as part of the local news section. It notes accelerated progress and expected completion milestones for the infrastructure effort.
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Anaheim
Congress
Death toll of 53 feared in four airplane crashes
The Associated Press reports fifty three lives lost in four air crashes across Mexico, England and the United States. A Mexico liner crashed on Popocatepetl with 24 aboard, eleven bodies recovered from a Smoky Hill base B29 near Talihina, Oklahoma, twelve RAF fliers died in central England, and two Tennessee students perished in a single-engine plane near Heiskell.
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Associated Press
Mexico
England
United States
Popocatepetl
Smoky Hii
Salina
Kens
Talihina
Oklo
State Highway Patrol
University of ‘Tennessee
Heiskell
Tenn
Air Force Flight Leaves Norway for Washington
Oslo dispatch reports Col. Bernt Balchen departed Sola airfield in a U S Air Forces transport plane for Washington nonstop. He traveled with Brig Gen Frank A Armstrong, commander in Alaska, and four other U S airmen who had flown from Alaska to Norway last week.
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Oslo
Norway
Bernt Balchen
U. S . Air Forces
Sola
Washington
Balchen
Frank A. Armstrong
U. S Air Force
Alaska
U.S
Salchen
Armed Miners Defy Lewis and Return to Pits
Armed miners returned to coal pits defying John L. Lewis as state troopers patrolled Clearfield four-county area to curb violence. About 4 300 nonunion workers resumed work after a week of idleness while 17 pickets were arrested. At Buffalo, wives and children of striking workers picketed the Bell Aircraft plant, beating on car hoods. Nationwide labor strife continues with steel and auto negotiations and a looming maritime labor dispute.
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John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Steel and
Auto
C. L. United
Tokyo Rose Jury Reassembles Deliberations
In San Francisco on September 27 the Tokyo Rose jury of six men and six women resumed deliberations at 8:55 am after spending a night locked up. They were evaluating the treason case of Iva Toguri de Aquino, 33, a Los Angeles native. The panel had previously deliberated around eight hours and forty minutes before adjourning.
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San Francisco
Tokyo Rose Jury
Iva Toguri
de Aquino
Los Angeles
Radio Tokyo
Federal Court
Blaze Sweeps 7600 Acres in 18 Hours in California
A massive wildfire roared into the north fork of Lytle Creek Canyon, burning over 7600 acres in 18 hours. Fire crews, including 140 Marines and personnel from nine national forests, battled the blaze as it threatened resorts such as Glenn Ranch and Scotland. Seven firefighters were injured, with lookout crews noting glow visible up to Bakersfield.
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Lytle Creek Canyon
Glenn Ranch
Scotland Jave
Bakersfield
Wrightwood
Big Pines
Pacific
Truckee
Calif
Tahoe National Forest Service
Bald Mountain
Truckee- Tahor City
Truckee River
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Washington
Molella
Ore
James B. Zachary
Cannon Beach
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Brida
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Little Creek
W. W. Alexander
Rock Hill
S. C
Little Rock
Ark
Graets
Ronnie G. Jackson
Boys In Grey
Stary
Air Force
Asselated Press
Tokyo Rose
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