Bradley Rejects Kaesong as Site for Truce Talks
General Omar N. Bradley in Tokyo ruled out Kaesong as the cease-fire talks site citing equal rights for both sides. He said Ridgway’s no-man’s-land proposal six miles southeast of Kaesong could not be dismissed, and he planned an on-the-spot Korea visit to inspect field units and installations.
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Tokyo
Omar N. Bradley
Kaesong
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bradley
Matthew B. Ridgway
No-Man's Land
Korea
Recs
Matthew F. Ridgway
U.S
Alvid
Reds
Peiping
Ringway
Red
Ridgway
Far East
North Korea
Red Radio
Yalu
China
National Guard
Japan
California
45Th
Oklahoma
State Department
Charles Bohlen
Russia
Bohlen
United States
United Nations Command
U. S
Moscow
Stalin
Songhyon
Reds Bitterly Yield Ground to Attackers
U S forces pressed an autumn offensive in Korea since Sept 25, pushing into central and eastern hills as tank supported units faced stubborn Red resistance. UN commanders reported heavy casualties on both sides and described hills that looked minor but demanded steep upward advances, with fighting centered around Chorwon Pyongyang corridor and near heartbreak ridge.
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U. S
Korea
United Nations
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
U.N
Ite
Chorwon
Pyongyang
Heartbreak Ridge
Royal Pair Due in Capital Oct. 31
Britain's Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh will arrive in Washington on October 31 for a three day state visit. They will stay at Blair House with President and Mrs. Truman and attend two official dinners. They travel from Montreal aboard a Royal Canadian Air Force plane and will be welcomed at 4 p.m. by the Trumans.
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Washington
Britain
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Canada
Truman
Blair House
White House
Montreal
Royal Canadian Air Force
Duke
King George
Boyle Opens Tax Returns in Senate Inquiry
Washington Sept 2 AP William M Boyle Jr Democratic national chairman opened his 1949 and 1950 income tax returns before a Senate special investigations subcommittee probing his affairs His move follows a pledge to call GOP chairman Guy Gabrielson as the opening witness in a probe into Boyle and Gabrielsons contacts with the Reconstruction Finance Corp The hearings focus on possible influence over RFC loans Boyle and Gabrielson deny improper conduct and both face related questions about loans to firms tied to their roles in party politics Investigators broadened the inquiry as Boyle withdrew objections to a full income tax return search and bank records were subpoenaed for review
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Washington
William M. Boyle Jr
Senate
Guy G. Gabrielson
Gabrielson
Reconstruction Finance Corp
RFC
Bovie
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
American Lithofold Corp
St. Louis
GOP
Carthage Hydrocol. Inc
Caf
Son
Williams
R.-Del
Ias
Sen. Hoov
D-N.c
Boyle
Tincome
Accoun
Hoey
Jeanette Boon
Lithoford
Ser. Mundt
Gabriels
Spain Spreads Carpet for Filipino President Visit
Madrid reports Generalissimo Franco appointed a special mission to receive President Quirino of the Philippines when he lands in Cadiz Monday afternoon. The Spanish press publishes lengthy biographies and editorials urging Madrilenians to greet Quirino in full force at Madrid airport Tuesday noon.
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Madrid
Franco
Quirino
Philippines
Cadiz
Gems Vanish From Mellons Former Ambassador’s Widow Home
SYOSSET N Y Sept 29 The disappearance of 100000 in jewels from the summer home of Mrs Ailsa Bruce former wife of the American ambassador to France was reported by Chief of Detectives Stuyvesant Pinnell Mrs Bruce daughter of the late Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon said she missed the gems Friday night after returning from a week in New York City A day long investigation and questioning yielded no clues police were called this morning The jewels were left in a wooden cabinet emptied of all but two or three cheap pieces Mrs Bruce said several rings bracelets and strands of pearls were gone police estimate about one fifth of her jewelry missing Mrs Bruce divorced from U S ambassador David W Bruce Sr a few years ago
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Syosset
N. Y
Ailsa Bruce
France
Stuyvesant Pinnell
Bruce
Pinel
U. S
David Wk. E. “Bruce
West Coast Ship Strike Looms Tonight
San Francisco September 29 AP A potential Pacific Coast maritime strike looms as AFL Masters Mates and Pilots and Pacific Maritime Association fail to resolve a new contract. The current deck time contract expires Sunday midnight with 17 of 32 issues unsettled. Major points include hiring procedure seniority and overtime. If West Coast officers walk out, Gulf and Atlantic support is pledged. Earlier the Sailors Union of the Pacific reached an agreement, easing waterfront pressure.
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San Francisco
Atlantic
Gulf
AFL Masters
Mates and Pilots Association
Pacific Maritime Association
Charles F. May
May
West Coast
Gulf and Atlantic
Harry Lundeberg
AFL Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
Woman Survives 150 Foot Cliff Fall Near Palos Verdes
Hawthorne woman Jessie Boling, 38, fell 150 feet from a Palos Verdes cliff and was rushed to Harbor General Hospital in serious but hopeful condition. Companion John LaZalere, 20, said they had been sitting in her car near Paseo Del Mar and Palos Verdes Dr West. she exited and screamed before the fall. South Bay lifeguards pulled her from the beach with aid from Hermosa Beach crews.
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Hawthorne
Palos Verdes
Jessie Boling
Grevillea Ave
Harbor General Hospital
John LaZalere
Mevier St
Torrance
Palos Verdes Estates
Paseo
del Mar
Palos Verdes Dr
West
LaZalere
South Bay
Hermosa Beach
Giants Dodgers vie for pennant in dramatic finish
The New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers, tied for first in the National League, face final regular-season games with a possible three game playoff at Ebbets Field if both win or lose. If the playoff is needed, the World Series would begin after Thursday. In college and pro football, USC routed San Diego NTC 41-7, California defeated Pennsylvania 35-0, UCLA fell to Illinois 27-13, Washington beat Minnesota 35-20, Ohio State topped SMU 7-0, and Notre Dame crushed Indiana 48-6.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
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Foro Grounds
Ten York Yankees
University of Southern California
San Diego Naval Training Center
Los Angeles Coliseum
Tay Brown
Compton College
Trojan
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Golden Bears
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Illinois
Washington
Minnesota
U S Cracks Gold Racket in Smuggling Ring Bust
Federal agents arrested three Brooklyn men for involvement in a $3.0 billion yearly gold smuggling ring. They allegedly bought $2 million in gold under false Treasury disclosures, then shipped or sold it abroad for illicit profit. Bail set at $15,000 to $60,000 as authorities warn of a wider network base.
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United States
U.S
Louis T. Kaplan
Kaplan
Seaplan
Brooklyn
Emil Fopper
Robert 4. Carroll
Samuel Diamant
Isaac Platt
Popper
Diamant
Treasury Department
Carrall
Treasury
Rotter
Dam
Bombay
Tangiers
Uruguay
Truck-Trailer Kills Autoist in Fairfield
A large truck trailer struck a wooden station wagon in Fairfield. John A. Hopkins of Anderson Shasta County died. His wife Elma and seven year old son Leslie were hospitalized with multiple injuries including skull fractures and broken legs.
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John A. Hopkins
AnjSerson
Shasta County
Elma
Leslie
Solano County Hospital
Military to Submit 1953 Defense Goals
Washington Sept 23 1952 The Joint Chiefs of Staff have agreed on the size of the armed forces needed by mid 1953 including an air fleet expanded from 127 wings to just under 140 wings of warplanes The agreement was finalized for submission to President Truman and the Budget Bureau with Lovett setting October 1 as the deadline for long range plans for fiscal 1953.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar Bradley
Acs
Far East
USAF
Truman
Budget Bureau
Secretary of Defense
Lovett
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Population center shifts west to Illinois in longest race in 60 years
The U S Census Bureau moved the nation s center of population 42 miles west and seven and a half miles south, placing it eight miles northwest of Olney Illinois. The shift reflects postwar westward growth with ceremonies in Bloomington Indiana and a marker dedication at Carl Snider s farm in Denver Township Richland County Indiana University astronomers located the site within a half mile of the balance point near Dundas with the nearest town recording a population of 200. The move follows the 1940 center near Carlisle Indiana and proceeds the century s first census in 1790.
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Washington
Horace Greeley
Olney
Carlisle
Ind
Pacific Coast
Florida
Texas
Roy Peet
Indiana
Illinois
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Gavs
Henry Schricker
Adlai Stevenson
Bloomington
Carl Snider
Denver Township
Richland County
Indiana University
Dundas
Ailing Eva to Get Blood Transfusion
Doctors attending Mrs. Eva Peron wife of the Argentine president said she will receive a blood transfusion tomorrow. The doctors reported she is suffering from acute anemia.
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Buenos Atres
Eva Peron
Murray Tells AFL Leaders Where to Go
UTICA Sept 29 Philip Murray president of the United Steelworkers of America condemns the AFLs plan to take over the CIO. He denounces the AFLs San Francisco convention resolution as thickwilled and tells leaders to go to hell in response to the take it or leave it proposal at a District Three dinner meeting.
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Utica. N
PCIO
Philip Murray
American Federation of Labor
Murray
AFL
San Francisco
CIO
Jeaders
District Three
United Steelworkers of America
Suspect captured after 90 mile chase in Hermosa Beach
Police traced to a violent slaying after a neighbor heard a scream. A 29 year old Marine reservist, Bill Roger Stewart, claimed guilt yet denied knowing the victim, Miriam Evelyn Lake. The suspect fled in a stolen 1951 Chevrolet through Torrance, crashing after a 90 mile per hour pursuit. The victim, who observed her 43rd birthday, was found dead with a butcher knife in her back in Palm Drive apartment.
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Hermosa Beach
Torrance
Air Force
Alaska
Bill Roger Stewart
Camp Pendleton
Stewart
Miriam Evelyn Lake
Palm Dr
Jackson
Britons Almost Riot at Festival Ends
London on September 29 reports the Festival of Britain approaching closure drew about 64,000 visitors to a 27 acre exhibition area on the south bank of the Thames. Police and security parades battled to maintain order as hundreds fainted and 12 were hospitalized with others given on site first aid.
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London
the Thames
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