Gulf hurricane spares New Orleans with minor damage
A gulf hurricane struck New Orleans early Saturday then weakened into Mississippi with no deaths or injuries reported in the city or along the south Louisiana coast. Winds reached 75 mph, 90 mph gusts. downtown signs torn, a few plate glass windows broken, seven inches of rain flooded streets, and trees felled. Damage estimated under 100000 by Mayor Morrison.
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New Orleans
South Louisiana
Moisant International
DeLesseps Morrison
Lake Pontchartrain
Bucktown
Mantz Wins Bendix as Three-Time Champion
Paul Mantz, in a sharp suit, wins the Bendix cross country race for the third time. He averaged 47.980 mph on the 2045 mile course from Long Beach California, about 13 mph slower than his year ago record. The race ends with only 1 minute 19 seconds separating first and third places.
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Cleveland
Paul Mantz
Long Beach
Calif
Dick Smith
Kenavis
Los Angeles
Omaha
Mantz
Carney
Denver
Engines Slow Mantz in Bendix Race Victory Twist
Mantz slowed by oil trouble in the Bendix trophy race finishing with fast speeds. Linton B. Carney won the cross country course at 466.112 mph, Jacqueline Cochran placed third after a slower official time, while Edmund Lunken and Jesse Stallings filled the top five. Navy jet division joined the field with Ens. F. E. Brown piloting a FJ-1 Fury to 489.526 mph.
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Linton B. Carney
Houston
Texas
Mantz
Jacqueline Cochran
Glenn McCarthy
Tex
Oil Man
Bendix
Navy
Ens
F. E. Brown
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Six American soldiers held by Reds in Berlin
In Berlin, six US military police say Russians detained six American soldiers during the night, the first arrests in over a week amid Berlin crisis talks. One was released. five remain detained as four-power discussions approach a potential final stage on trade, finance, and ending the blockade.
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Berlin
U. S
Moscow
British Test Defenses With Mock Battles
In southern England on Saturday air drills mimicked the Battle of Britain as fighters and bombers flew in rain. The second day of Operation Dag ger involved about 1000 planes including 90 B 29s testing new methods against high speed and high altitude attacks. Royal Air Force officials said early data show defenses remain sound as observers study photographs and reports through Monday.
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London
England
Britain
English Channel
Harwich
Portsmouth
Royal Air Force
Spy held by Yugoslavia in falsified data plot
Yugoslav Macedonia interior ministry said Bulgarian officials sent a spy named Krum Nikolov Mirchel to collect false data and create material to slander Yugoslavia. He confessed to illegally entering Pirin Macedonia and contacting authorities for instructions from an illegal group aiming to join Pirin to Yugoslavia. Police call his story a ruse and jailed him.
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Yugoslavia
Ministry of Interior
Yugoslav
Macedonia
Krum Nikolov - Mirchel
Pirin
Nikolov- Mirchet
Cleveland Reefer Raid Nets Nine Arrested
In an east side Cleveland raid by police and federal agents, nine suspects—two women and seven men—were arrested at a marijuana den. Officers seized 50 reefer cigarets and three pounds of marijuana. One woman was carried to a patrol wagon due to intoxication. All are held for investigation.
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Cleveland
Wayne Neal
Neal
Reds in North China Proclaim Communist Government
Tass reports a Congress of People's Representatives in Shensi Province proclaimed a government for Communist controlled Northern China. The event signals Moscow backed leadership in the region, with implications for regional power and foreign influence.
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North
China
London
Tass
Congress of Peoples Representatives
Shensi
Dewey Seeks Southern Support With Campaign Drive
Governor Dewey plans a strong bid for the Solid South in the upcoming election. A Southern Information Office is opened in Washington led by Bryan Collier to mobilize Dixie votes and push top speakers into southern states. The Truman campaign counters with labor-focused speeches as both parties push for labor votes.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
Solid South
Republican National
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Dewey- Warren
Dewey
Warren
South
Brownell
United States
Southern Information
GOP
Washington
Bryan Collier
Columbus, Ga
Ledger
Louisville
Courier-Journal
Republican Party
Truman
American Federationist
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Truman
New York
Michigan
Ohio
Abandoned B-29 Missing After Dutch Coast Crash
An American B 29 with 11 crew members parachuted after engine trouble near Vlissingen on the Netherlands coast during a mock air war. Sightings were reported over Hamburg and Lübeck as officials pursued the missing aircraft and possible drift toward Moscow.
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James Devlin
Frankfurt
Germany
Moscow
Air Force
Vlissingen
Flushing
Netherlands
Britain
Hamburg
Russia
Tornado Hits Havana Fla. Area Killing At Least Two
A tornado struck the outskirts of Havana Florida Saturday killing at least two people. Several others were injured and nearly a dozen homes were destroyed. Six injured were brought to the hospital and described as in pretty bad shape.
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Havana
Fla
C. C. Well
Florida A. and M
College For Negroes
Tallahassee
New Orleans Harbor Hit as Hurricane Eye Passes
The storm drove residents from a Lake Front community near New Orleans and Jefferson Parish to shelter in a municipal harbor building. About 2,000 others fled low lying areas to the City Auditorium for the night. Yacht harbor boats were sunk or damaged as the hurricane’s eye crossed over New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Parish
City Auditorium
Yacht Harbor
Dayton Guard pilot dies in Mustang crash near Phil Lipsburg
An unidentified Dayton Air National Guard pilot was killed when his Mustang F-51 crashed two miles southwest of Phil Lipsburg. Maj. A. R. Boren said the pilot's name would be released after kin notification. An eyewitness reported a wing separated before the craft plummeted in an open field. The crash produced a loud impact but no fire. Wright Field crash unit recovered the body.
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Dayton Air National Guard
Phillipsburg
A. R Boren
Dayton
Vandalia
W. J. Miltenberger
Miltenberger
Wright Field
Strikes Hit Oil Ports and Truck Fleets Across Nation
A wave of labor actions begins Labor Day weekend with 16 000 CIO oil workers in California shutting nine refineries and threatening a West Coast gasoline shortage. 12 000 CIO Longshoremen cripple ports from Seattle to San Francisco, idling 16 000 seafarers and 120 ships. In New York City 10 000 AFL truck drivers idle for a fourth day as stocks fall and food fears grow.
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Associated Press
CIO
California
Oil Company
West
New York City
New York
Labor Day Car Toll Rises Across States
Fifty six people died in Labor Day weekend traffic pierces along with drownings and other accidents. The National Safety Council warned at least 260 deaths will occur in traffic over the three day holiday with 100 million people in 30 million vehicles on the roads. State tallies show Arkansas California Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio and others reporting accident deaths and drownings since Friday 6 p.m.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Veterans Seek Equal Rights For Army Enlisted Men
At the Enlisted Veterans Association first national convention in Dallas Texas about 200 former enlisted men approved six resolutions urging Congress to grant equal treatment for all service members. They call for uniform apparel for all, end segregation at camps and facilities, equal recreation provisions, removal of enlisted serving as waitstaff, allowing enlisted in camp investigations, and mandatory use of enlisted as judges in court martials.
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Dallas
Tex
Enlisted Veterans Association
Congress
EVA
Assassins Kill Theft Suspect in Havana
The body of Noel Salazar, a lieutenant with the Ministry of Education police, was found on a rural road 20 miles from Havana. He had a knife wound and 11 bullet hits, and his attackers fled after their car struck a tree. Salazar had been detained after a $500,000 Havana bank robbery but released for lack of evidence.
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Havana
Noel Salazar
Ministry of Education Police
Salazar
Illinois Prosecutor Charged With Seeking Bribe Set For Fight
Peoria County State's Attorney Roy P. Hull indicted for soliciting 25000 from gangster Bernie Shelton to drop assault charges. Hull vows to continue the vice and gambling probe with a new grand jury set for September 3. Also indicted are Sheriff Earl Spainhower and chief investigator Charles Somogyi for malfeasance. Spainhower faces perjury.
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Peoria, Ill
Roy P. Hull
Peoria County
Hull
Bernie Shelton
Shelton
Sheltons
Earl P. Spainhower
Charles Somogyi
Spainhower
Peoria
Middletown Peace Plan Gathers National Attention
In Middletown Ohio residents formed a Citizens Committee to push a democratic plan for peace over two years. They influenced groups nationwide and backed House Resolution 168 and a related bill to strengthen the U N, with a loan proposal of 65 million dollars. The effort grew from American Legion discussions to a broader civic movement seeking nonviolent world security.
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New York Times
Ohio
Kentucky
America
Germany
American Legion
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
United States
Chautauqua
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
U. N
United
Truman
U.N
New York
Middletown Ciitizens
Congress
Washington
American Legion Club
Middletown Post
Emery Reeves
Einstein
Sumner Welles
Ely Culbertson
Lilienthal
Culbertson
Noted Chinese Aboard Ship Hit By Fire
Soviet Tass said Chinese Gen Feng Yu Hsiang and his daughter were among victims of a fire aboard the Russian motorship Pobeda in the Black Sea. The ship was taken to Odessa for investigation.
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Tass
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Pobeda
Black Sea
Feng Yu- Hsiang
Odessa
Fend
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Feng
United States
New York
Hong Kong
Europe
Oksana Stephanovna Kasenkina
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
Lawyer Won't Let Mitchum Attend Grand Jury Hearing
Hollywood AP Robert Mitchum will decline an invitation to appear before a grand jury investigating a narcotics case in which he and three others were arrested at a marijuana smoking party. Mitchum's attorney Jerry Giesler said facts are needed and questioned police motives, noting the unusual use of a grand jury in such a case.
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Robert Mitchum
Grand
Jerry Giesler
Newsmen
Mitchum
Giesler
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