50 Injured As Passenger Train Hits Derailed Tanker In Mid-City
An Erie Pa. midtown disaster saw a New York Central flyer collide with a derailed oil tank car at about 1 15 a m. Flames rose high as 18 freight cars derailed. Slowed by steel cars, the express carried 153 passengers with 12 hospitalized. Firemen and police aided rescues while two tankers and several cars burned.
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Erie, Pa
New York Central Railroad
Erie
Lawrence Scully
Ray Bloom
Charles Samules
Buffalo
N. Y
Deisel
Mobsters Free From Chicago As Senate Crime Probe Opens
Chicago figures on both sides of the law were summoned before U S Senate crime investigators. Witnesses ranged from the mayor to remnants of the Capone era. The probe targets the gangland slaying of a former police lieutenant and a lawyer, both killed September 25. Many gang leaders have fled, some to Mexico, as Kefauver vows contempt charges if needed.
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Chicago
U S. Senate
Scarface al’ Capone
Mexico
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Train Wreck Blame Placed on Spirit of St Louis Engineer
The ICC credits the Spirit of St. Louis engineer with fault in the September 11 collision near Coshocton Ohio that killed 33 Pennsylvania National Guardsmen and injured 278. The report says the fast passenger train did not obey signals despite warnings from a flagman and foggy visibility about 4:40 AM.
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W. E. Eller
Spirit of St. Louis
Spirit of
NPA seeks steel priority curb to protect civilian output
Washington AP The National Production Authority plans a steel industry task force to limit the share of priority orders a company must accept. A target around 20 percent would allow other firms to take excess orders without crippling civilian production. Secretary Tobin urged immediate defense plant expansion to speed mobilization, though some civilian curtailment may still occur.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Maurice J. Tobin
Tobin
Columbus, O
Rejection Rate Surges In August Draft Picks
Washington reports 100,413 of 207,038 examined men were rejected in August, a 48.5 percent rate for the second month of Selective Service calls. This compares with 52.2 percent in July when 12,281 received pre induction tests.
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Washington
Army
Surgeon General’s Office
Old Sport and the Indian Summer Hunt
An admiring portrait of Old Sport the bird dog during the short Indian summer chasing quail. The narrator notes the dog’s keen nose, patient point, and pride in retrieving, capturing the season’s fleeting beauty and the thrill of field work. MARTIN
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Bob White
Truman rejects John L. Lewis as dog catcher envoy
President Truman told Colorado State Senator Neal Bishop he would not appoint John L. Lewis dog catcher. The letter, written about a year and a half earlier, came after Bishop joked Lewis should be ambassador to Russia. Truman said a "good man" is already in the post and noted he appreciated the suggestion's humor. Lewis offered no comment.
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Denver
John L. Lewis
Truman
Colorado
Neal Bishop
Bishop
United Mine Workers
Russia
Lewis
Stalin
Gromyko
Vishinsky
Molotov
Moscow
Mr. Truman
Egypt offers army for UN force under arms from US and allies
Egypt reportedly proposed contributing an army of one to two million to a permanent international UN force if the United States and other UN members supply arms and equipment. The offer, voiced by Foreign Minister Mohamed Salah El Din at a lunch for Arab UN delegations, hinged on British troop withdrawal and aimed to bolster UN strength against aggression.
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Salah-El-Din
Acheson
Egypt
Changjon Falls to South Korean Third Division
North Korea reports confirm the Republic’s Third Division seized Changjon sixty miles north of the 38th parallel after an all day fight. U S Eighth Army notes a Red infantry division and a Red marine company made a stand three miles south of the town as UN forces press the line along parallel 38.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Changjon
38Th Paralel
U.S. Eighth Army
William Jorden
Eighth Army
Hwangpo
United Nations
Korea
Northland
Republic
Hwachon
Haeju
Sea of Japan
MacArthur
South Korea
M’acArthur
Lake Success
Korean War Casualty Totals Reach 20 756
The Defense Department reports 20,756 U S. military casualties in Korea through Sept 29, up 3,536 from Sept 22. Of these, 2,660 were killed in action, 13,953 wounded, and 4,143 missing. Wounded deaths add 294, bringing battle deaths to 2,954. 193 missing men returned to control, 73 prisoners of war, 3,877 still missing.
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Washington
Defense Department
Yanks and Phillies tied 1-1 in World Series game two
The bulletin reports a 1-1 tie after five innings at Shire Park Philadelphia. The Yankees scored in the top of the second inning and the Phillies answered in the bottom of the fifth to keep the game level.
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Shire Park
Philadelphia
Yanks
Phillies
Raschi Hotel Room Looted During World Series
Vic Raschi, Yankee pitcher, won 1 0 in the opener but faced a theft as his Philadelphia hotel room was robbed. Two suitcases holding 140 World Series tickets, jewelry, and a diamond-studded watch were taken. a youth later returned one suitcase with 80 tickets, two neckties and pajamas. Missing remain 60 tickets for three New York games.
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Philadelphia
Vic Raschi
Raschi
New York Yankee
Philadelphia Phillies
Frank A. May
New York
Shotton Is Fined For Speeding Arrest in Dunn
Burt Shotton manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers was arrested in Dunn North Carolina on charges of speeding at 70 mph. He waived a hearing paid court costs totaling 11.15 dollars and continued to Florida.
Stalin Expected To Turn Down Stassen Bid For Conference
Washington AP diplomatic experts expect Premier Stalin to reject Harold E. Stassen’s proposal for a public debate on world policy. The Stassen letter, praised by the State Department, criticizes Soviet actions from churches in the Balkans to Korea and proposes disclosed exchanges or conferences. Officials ponder whether Stalin will attack, ignore, or offer no reply while the State Department uses the letter in VOA broadcasts.
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Stassen
Washington
Russia
Harold E. Stassen
State Department
Moscow
Balkans
United Nations
Soviet Union
Voice of America
Baseball Fan Is Murdered In Pool Room
In Zanesville Ohio police investigated the brutal slaying of James Omen a 63 year old pool room operator at Pic s Place He was beaten with a pool stick and bed slat then throat slashed as he listened to the opening World Series game The chalkboard with innings showed the last mark at the third inning suggesting the killing occurred during the game Omen a avid baseball fan kept score for friends who visited the room. he appears to have been alone at the time of the attack.
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Zanesville
James Omen
Pic
Omenha
Yankee Phillies
Omen
Bing Crosby’s Father Dies at Home in California
Harry Lowe Crosby died at 79 at his North Hollywood home from a heart ailment. Bing Crosby rushed from Pebble Beach to his bedside. the recorded radio program was canceled, with the singer noting he would not have his voice on air the day his father died. Crosby had been ill and had continued working at Crosby Enterprises offices in Hollywood recently.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Harry Lowe
Crosby
Bing
Pebble Beach
Bing Crosby
Crosby Enterprises
Hollywood
Korean Peace Plan Approved by UN Board Vote
LAKE SUCCESS AP The United Nations backed an American plan for a unified Korea with tacit approval for UN forces to cross the 38th parallel. The plan passed 47 to 5 in the Political Committee with seven abstentions, while the Soviet bloc plan failed 46 to 5 with eight abstentions. India’s Rau proposed a compromise subcommittee to blend plans, but it was defeated. The committee also rejected Soviet bids to curb U.S. air activity and to disband the UN Korean commission.
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Russia
Seoul-Inchon
Lake Success
United Nations
38Th Parallel
North Korea
Britain
Australia
Brazil
Cuba
Netherlands
Norway
Pakistan
Philippines
UN Commission
India
Sir Bengal N. Rau
Chile
Turkey
Jean Chauvel
North
South Korea
Security Council
U. S
UN Korean Commission
American Ship Sunk By Mine Near Korea
Navy announced the mine sweeper Magpie sank after striking a floating mine near Chuksan Donc Korea two dozen men are missing. Twelve survivors were rescued by Merganser and brought to Pusan. The Magpie’s commanding officer Lt J H Warren R Person is among the missing. Two destroyers Brush and Mansfield were damaged in earlier mine incidents with eleven killed and seven injured aboard Mansfield and Brush. Russian mines said to be recently laid in Korean waters by Admiral Forrest P Sherman. Two Ohioans named among missing: Harry E Ferrell and Eugene P Krouskoupf.
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Navy
North Korea
Brush
Chuksan-Donc
Merganser
Pusan
Korea
J. H. Warren R. Person
Forrest P. Sherman
Mansfield
Sasho
Japan
Teletype inventor Underhill dies at 75 in New Jersey
Charles Reginald Underhill, credited with inventing the wireless telegraph printing system, died at his home in Lower Bank New Jersey yesterday at age 75. He left school early due to deafness and was largely self educated.
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Lower Bank
N.J
Charles Reginald Underhill
Underhill
Hope Flies To Front to Entertain Servicemen
Burbank California AP reports Bob Hope and a troupe of over 40 travel to entertain servicemen in the Korean war zone with Jane joining the group later.
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Burbank
Calif
Bobh Hope
Jane
Mass Graves Along Red Retreat Route Turn Up
AP dispatch from Tokyo reports mass graves along the Red retreat route in South Korea with an official estimate of 25,000 murdered men, women, and children. U.S. officers warn the toll could be higher as investigations catalog shootings, bludgeonings, and arson, including several hundred Americans amid ongoing war crimes inquiries.
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Relman Morin
Tokyo
North Korea
South Korea
U. S
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