Two survivors rescued from B-17 shot down by jet fighter
EGLIN AFB Fla AP two survivors from a B-17 shot down in the Gulf of Mexico were rescued by a Navy minesweeper. They were S Sgt Charles D Jones 31 Meridian Mississippi and Airman Second Class Peter R Rosing 22 Ingelside Indiana both in good condition. A C-47 spotted them at 11 a m EST and directed the rescue. An eight-man crew remained missing as the search continued. The B-17 was downed after a rocket fired by an experimental jet fighter. The crash occurred about 50 miles south of Panama City Florida. Col Arthur R Debolt 39 Columbus Ohio piloted the jet and mourned the error after witnessing the strike.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Air Force
Charles D. Jones
Meridian
Miss
Peter R. Rosing
Ingelside
Gulf
Panama City
Air Proving Ground
Arthur R. Debolt
Columbus
New Riots On Rose Disclosed
Seoul reports disclose five riots in U N POW camps since Aug 11 with one communist prisoner killed and 40 wounded. Koje and Cheju incidents include tear gas, pellet injuries, and destruction of flags as guards restore order. Maj Gen Haydon Boatner notes no reluctance to enter prisoner pens.
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Seoul
U. N
U. S. Eighth Army
Eighth Army
Koje Land
Koje
Cheju Island
Haydon L. Boatner
Hoover's Joke Frames Escape From Burning Lodge
Former President Herbert Hoover calmly walked from a burning lodge at Silver Lake near Bishop California Sunday night. He quipped about helping refugees, saying this was the first time he felt like one as the luxury mountain home of Nate Filner was destroyed by the fire. Hoover then boarded a plane to San Francisco.
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Bishop
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Silver Lake
Here
William Jenny
Nate *Filner
Hoover
San Francisco
Woods Named OPS Boss
President Truman named Tighe E. Woods, currently rent controller, to head the Office of Price Stabilization. He will succeed Ellis Arnall on Sept. 1, after Arnall’s resignation. Roger L. Putnam announced the changes following a White House meeting with Woods and Arnall.
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Washington
Truman
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Ellis G. Arnall
Price Post
Arnall
Roger L. Putnam
Putnam
White House
OPS
Pakistan Air Force Transport Crashes Near Khewra
A Pakistan government transport carrying 16 officials crashed near Khewra in Jhelum district. Authorities fear everyone aboard is dead. among the passengers listed is N. Aitizazuddin, chief of Pakistan special police.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Pakistan Air Force
Khewra
Jhelum
N. Aitizazuddin
Pakistan Special Police
Stevenson’s Legion Talk To Open on Campaign
SPRINGFIELD IL Gov Adlai Stevenson prepares a major early campaign push for votes in New York and a nine state Western tour. He will address the American Legion Convention in Madison Square Garden and then launch a fall telecast and speeches aimed at energizing the East. Reuther praises Stevenson’s platform repeal of Taft Hartley and pledges support if elected. A possible Baltimore visit by ex Solicitor General Phil Perlman is noted.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
New York
American Legion
Madison Square Garden
Detroit
New York City
Mame
Stevenson
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Southwest
Denver
Colo
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Reuther
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Phil Perlman
Baltimore
Truman
Buffalo meat-cutter wins name change to Bolgaa
Frank Bologna, a Buffalo meat-cutter, won the right yesterday to change his surname to Bolgaa. He told a State Supreme Court justice that Bologna is a cumbersome name and sought a simpler spelling.
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Buffalo, N.Y
Frank Bologna
Buffalo
Bolgaa
Bologna
Supreme Court
Eisenhower Eyes Taft Backing for 1952 Campaign
General Eisenhower aims to rally Taft allies and GOP backers in New York as he shifts to an issue driven, toe to toe effort. He plans a Taft meet and to spotlight Democrat Truman and Stevenson charges, while party leaders see a slow rise to a peak.
Justice Aide Tied To Case In St. Louis
Washington report on a House tax scandal inquiry describes Ellis Slack approving a grand jury report that vindicated James Finnegan's handling of the St. Louis internal revenue office in 1951. Judge Moore called the report astonishing and urged a retry as Indictments surfaced against Finnegan.
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Washington
Ellis N. Slack
James P. Finnegan
St. Louis
Internal Revenue Office
George H. Moore
Collector of Internal Revenue
Robert A. Collier
Finnegan
Chelf
D-Ky
Grand Jury
Pardoned Man Faces Burglary Charges in Milwaukee
Milwaukee jurists summoned Frank Grandstaff, 50, pardoned from a life term after a national music hit, to municipal court for trial on two burglary counts tied to break ins on May 16. He pleads innocent and a bid for release failed. Grandstaff had been pardoned in 1950 from a Tennessee life sentence after composing the Big Springs Cantata for Big Springs Texas.
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Milwaukee
Frank Grandstaff
Grandstaff
Tennessee
Big Springs
Tex
Jet completes round trip over Atlantic in record time
Royal Air Force Canberra bomber piloted by Wing Commander Roland Beamont flew a double Atlantic crossing from Aldergrove to Gander and back in 10 hours 4 minutes, setting a first in history. The 4144 mile voyage included a two hour stopover, aided by favorable winds for the homeward leg.
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Atlantic
Aldergorve
Northern Ireland
Atlantic Ocean
Gander
Newfoundland
Aldergrove
Royal Air Force
Roland Beamont
Here
Canberra
Beamont
H. T. Merrill
J. S. Lambe
Lockheed
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Ireland
D. A. Watson
P. V. Hillwood
London
Tripoli
Eight Killed As Rains Flood Philippine Capital
Manila endured record rainfall as ten inches of rain in 15 hours flooded 90 percent of the city. At least eight deaths were counted with six bodies recovered in streets and two drowned in the provinces. Dozens injured, three missing, and thousands marooned as swollen rivers swept away homes and bridges. Flights disrupted, with Manila Airport canceling all outbound services while Clark Field handled inbound planes from Tokyo Hong Kong and Bangkok. Typhoon warnings eased as flights resumed.
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Manila
Weather Bureau
South China
Hainan
Manila International
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Bangkok
Clark Field
North
Luzon
Agile Maryland woman finally captured after 3 year summons chase
Salisbury fan Miss Viola Goslee, age 55, escaped more than 50 summons attempts over three years as she fled across a farm toward the woods. Sheriff Pollitt and deputies arrested her in a field, delivering an arrest warrant for contempt of court tied to settling her father F. Grant Goslee’s estate, with brother in law Earle S. Horsey petitioning for administration. Horsey had accused Goslee of hiding behind locked doors or running into fields to avoid service and had threatened with lethal force on one occasion.
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Salisbury
Viola Miriam Goslee
Wicomico County
Jesse M. Pollitt
Horsey
Swere
Father Kills Ailing Girl in Mercy Killing
In Miami Florida a 57 year old former gro cer killed his 18 year old invalid daughter Adela Moskal with a butcher knife after describing her condition as a constant suffering. He led officers to her body in the bathroom and said his girl is all right now. He cited her fragile health and a nerve issue affecting her brain as the reason for the act and claimed the couple could not stand the sight of her misery.
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Miami
Fla
Adela Moskal
Charles Sapp
John Moskal
Moskal
Mary
Short Cut In Class at Oshkosh Pool
The Oshkosh Neb swimming class skips a drowning rescue lesson after discovering everyone, including instructor James Cain, has a crew cut making hair grabbing ineffective for towing to safety.
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Oshkosh, Neb
Oshkosh Pool
James Cain
Stevenson Gets New Bid To Plow Meet
ROCHESTER Minn Gov Adlai Stevenson of Illinois was invited to speak at the National Plowing Contest on Sept 6 alongside Gen Dwight D Eisenhower who plans to address a crowd of over 100000 The contest board reversed its earlier stance and may allow both candidates to speak on the same day Wilson Wyatt Stevensons campaign manager said a decision would be announced likely today The invitation follows petitions from 700 farmers Stevenson had previously declined an invitation for the Minnesota contest on Sept 5 Eisenhower will speak first around 1 pm EST with Stevensons talk after the plowing awards about 4 pm EST
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Adlai Stevenson
Ilinois
Eisenhower
Sen
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Rep
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
House
Bridges
Martin
Wallace Bennett
Utah
Bennett
Rochester
Minn
Illinois
Contest Board of
Stevenson
Wilson Wyatt
Springfield
Ncne
Des Moines
Minnesota
Eissenhower
Aly Quits U.S. Silent About Rita
Aly Khan, returning to Paris after a three week U S visit, refused to discuss reconciliation with estranged wife Rita Hayworth. He met briefly with Hayworth and their daughter during the stay in the United States.
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New York
Prince Aly Khan
Paris
Rita Hayworth
Idlewild
United States
Miss Hayworth
Theft of $65,000 in a Brink's armored car
Police identified Ray Eugene Farmer as the 26-year-old Brink's employee who entered the unguarded parked armored car with a duplicate key, retrieved $65,000, and buried it at Glen Echo Park in Maryland. He admitted the theft after an all-night interview, with $200,000 in large denomination bills left undiscovered.
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Washington
Brink
Jeremiah Flaherty
Ray Eugene Farmer
Flaherty
Farmer
Wardman Park
Glen Echo Park
Maryland
Robert V. Murray
Murray
Brink's
Brink’s
Melvin A. Goodspeed
Chinese Reported Move Troops Toward Tibet
New York Times dispatch from New Delhi says China plans to move about 200000 troops into recently conquered Tibet as part of a drive to dominate India and neighboring states. Official sources call the report improbable given Chinese supply difficulties and lack of real control after a year of occupation.
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New York
New York Times
India
Red China
Tibet
New Delhi
Times
Crash Injuries Fatal In Hamilton County Rise
Traffic fatalities in Hamilton County climbed to 48 as Conrad Fitzgerald, 65, of Cincinnati, died at General Hospital from injuries sustained August 16 when struck by a car.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Conrad Fitzgerald
General Hospital
Red Raids On Key Hill Thrown Back
U N infantry drove off three furious Chinese assaults on Bunker Hill in Korea. About 800 Reds faced heavy rain, hand to hand fighting, and armor and artillery support from U N forces. Bombers hit supply hubs near Pyongyang as Marines hold the ridge dominant since August 12 with further attacks repelled.
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Key Hill
Seoul
Korea
U. N
Bunker Hill
Pyongyang
Panmunjor
U. S
Recess Forecasts in Talks on Korean Peace
UNSAN Koresi reports a resumed armistice negotiation session at Panmunjom scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday EST after a fourth straight recess. UN and Communist delegates again face the deadlocked prisoner of war exchange issue, with a fifth recess likely unless a new approach is offered. Meetings have been weekly since July 26, with each side restating its position before adjourning.
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Unsan
Koresi
United Nations
Panmunjom
Leach
American Legion Parade on Fifth Avenue in New York
Thousands march along Fifth Avenue in a 75,000 strong American Legion parade that lasts at least 12 hours. Eisenhower leads the Kansas contingent with Nixon marching with California. The event marks the 34th annual Legion convention amid rhetoric over the ACLU and loyalty acts.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
American Legion
31St St
Ight D. Eisenhower
Kansas
Lenhard M
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Richard James Cushing Manning
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