All City's POWs Now Home as Two Return on One Plane
Middletown welcomed two returning prisoners of war on a single Army transport at Wright Patterson Field. Pvt William F. Roosa and Sgt Charles Riddell Jr arrived within minutes of each other, greeted by family, VFW and Red Cross volunteers, then taken for medical checkups.
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Stan Meisler
Middletown
Pfe
William F. Roosa
Wright-Patterson Field
Fred Roosa
Jefferson Rd
Charles Riddell, Jr
Charles Riddell
Myers Road
Roosa
Riddell
VFW
Red Cross
Robert Walton
Wright-Patterson Hospital
Buck Cross
Foud
Jefferson Road
William Roosa
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Bill Weith
Ex-Pows on Transport and Military Medical Exam
Five other ex prisoners of war accompanied the transport. All seven soldiers were taken to the hospital for examinations. Roosa and Riddell were given preliminary processing or treatment as part of the medical clearance.
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Roosa
Riddell
Black Re-Elected World Bank Head
Eugene R. Black, former Chase National Bank official, was re-elected president of the World Bank for a second five year term beginning July 1. The announcement signals administration approval from Eisenhower. The boards of the World Bank and IMF meet in Washington.
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Washington
Eugene R. Black
Chase National Bank
New York
World Bank
Black
Eisenhower
Bank
International Monetary Fund
Weather outlook for Ohio as warm with showers expected
Forecasters in Vandalia predict a fair night with milder daytime temperatures and increasing clouds. Tomorrow brings warmer, partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers overnight. Ohio's Miami Valley shares similar odds while Kentucky may reach highs of 78 to 82 and lows around 52 to 58. past readings note Middletown at 78 yesterday and 53 this morning.
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Vandalia
Ohio
Miami Valley
Kentucky
Middetown
Italy to press Trieste dispute with Big Three
Italy moves to reassert Trieste claim amid Tito call for internationalization. Premier Pella's government seeks concrete plans from the United States Britain and France and plans a forthcoming reply to Tito's proposal ahead of Italy's 1948 elections.
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Italy
Trieste
Rome
Giuseppe Pella
Tito
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Pella
United States
Britain
France
Border skirmish update between Bulgaria and Yugoslavia
London Belgrade radio briefed on another clash on the Bulgarian Yugoslav border with no casualties reported. The report notes a renewed tense border dynamic but provides no details on injuries or party casualties.
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London
Belgrade
Radio Today
Trieste dispute stirs Italian concern and charges
The dispute over Trieste deepens with Pella accusing Tito of plans to annex the Yugoslav zone. Yugoslavia denies the claims and cites Italian troop movements as provocations. Dulles says Eisenhower administration seeks alternatives to Trieste for Italy but has not found one.
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Trieste
Tito
Pella
Yugoslavia
U.S
State Dulles
Washington
Eisenhower
Trieste-for
Fire kills 18 in Chicago South Side tenement blaze
Police and Fire Department officials searched for the cause of a South Side tenement fire that killed at least 18 people. The four story brick building held about 150 occupants with nine children among the dead and nine members of one family. Debris removal was expected to take days.
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Chicago
South Side
Four Ohioans Due To Arrive In U S
Ohioans aboard the transport Gen. John Pope arrive in San Francisco with 378 repatriated prisoners of war. Named are Cpl. Walter L. Nickells of New Boston, Sgt. Earl W. Shewalter of Chillicothe, Sgt. George H. Van Pelt of Canton, and Pfc. John B. Whitlinger of Zanesville.
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San Francisco
Calif
John Pope
Walter L. Nickells
New Boston
Earl W. Shewalter
Sycamore St
Chillicothe
George H. van Pelt
McKinley Ave
S. W
Canton
John B. Whitlinger
Moorehead Ave
Zanesville
Air Show Record Setters Expect Shortlived Glory
Air show crowds approach 200000 as four new world marks emerge from preshow runs. Weather blocked final day attempts and Brig Gen Holtoner set a jet speed record, while Capt Dobyns failed to beat altitude and speed marks in a Piasecki Workhorse.
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Air Force
Russell M. Dobyns
Norfolk
Sabre
Holtoner
Jacqueline Cochran
Bolivia Holds About 300 Political Prisoners
President Victor Paz Estenssoro disclosed that Bolivia is holding around 300 political prisoners accused of plotting against the regime. Interior Minister Federico Fortun told reporters the group is small and poses no threat to the government and is dangerous only to themselves.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Federico Fortun
Burial With Honors For Wainwright
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. Leaders salute the Bataan hero as guns fire 17 rounds and ceremonial horsemen ride past, honoring a career marked by sacrifice and the fall of Bataan. He died in San Antonio eight years after Japan’s surrender, with mistreatment in camps noted in his later years.
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Washington
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Arlington National Cemetery
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
San Antonio
Tex
Japan
Attorney Takes Oath as Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Kenneth H. Tuggle a 49 year old Barbourville Kentucky attorney takes the oath of office today to serve as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Washington
Kenneth H. Tuggle
Barbourville, Ky
Interstate Commerce Commission
Adenauer to form govt to liberate East Germany
Bonn Germany Chancellor Adenauer after a victory rally pledges a new government aimed at liberating East Germany and forging a strong alliance with the West. He plans to present a lineup Thursday, seeking broad support in the Bundestag expected to convene October 2.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
East Germany
Christian Democrat
Adenauer
Ine Cnancenuor
Bundestag
Free Democrats
Supreme Court
War Prisoner Exchange Sparks Broad Dispute at Panmunjom
AP reports a full scale clash over prisoner repatriation as the U N Command prepares a list of missing Americans and demands red return. Peiping cites suspected withheld Koreans and Chinese while arms talks set to consider nearly 23 000 Communist POWs moving toward the demilitarized zone with talks by late September.
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Panmunjom
U. N. Command
Wepreesm
Mark Clark
U. N
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Washington
Peiping
India
San Francisco
Korea
Tokyo
Ing
Demilitarized Zone
Senator Knowland Visits Quemoy in Far East Tour
Senator William F. Knowland of California made a secrecy shrouded trip to Quemoy, the Nationalist Chinese island off the Chinese mainland, during a Far East tour. The outing places him near hostile lines and shows U.S. attention to the Taiwan area.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Sen
Wiliam F
Knowland
Evgenia Freighter Grounded at Cape Cod in Storm
The 3,500 ton Panamanian freighter Evgenia ran aground on a sand bar at Cape Cod as hurricane seas raged. Seventeen crew were rescued by Coast Guardsmen with breeches buoy and a tug plan to free the vessel at the noon high tide.
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Boston
Cape Cod
Dulles Reflects On Election Interventions
Secretary of State Dulles may weigh future foreign election comments more carefully after his pre election backing of Adenauer. Officials say the White House was not displeased and the Adenauer victory may not deter U S intervention in critical cases.
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Washington
Dulles
Konrad Adenauer
United States
Adenauer
Eisenhower
Denver
White House
Justice Vinson Dies at 63 Vital Chief Justiceship Ends
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of the United States Supreme Court died at 63 after a heart attack in his Washington apartment. Appointed by Truman, Vinson led the court since June 24 1946 and oversaw key decisions including the Rosenberg case prompting swift action. Eisenhower eyed a new chief or associate justice, with Warren as a rumored possibility but no firm plan announced. Vinson’s death clears the way for the new administration to select a successor as the court prepared to open its next session on October 5.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Kentucky Pailor
Striken
Fred Jr
Vinson
U. S. Supreme Court
Truman
Harlan F. Stone
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
High Court
California
Earl Warren
Warren
Denver
Murray Snyder
Robert H. Jackson
Hugo L. Black
U. S
United States
Mr. Vinson
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
William O. Douglas
Rosenbergs
Douglas
Chiang Ching Kuo to Visit United States This Month
The US Embassy announced Chiang Ching kuo eldest son of Chiang Kai shek would visit the United States this month.
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Chiang
Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Chingkuo
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Urey Urges Private Atomic Power Drive in United States
Nobel laureate Harold C. Urey told the American Chemical Society in Chicago that private enterprise should lead atomic power development. He favored repealing the government monopoly, allowing patents and private investment, and selling fuels at reasonable costs to spur a new U.S. industry similar to the car age led by Ford and Chrysler.
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Chicago
Harold C. Urey
Henry Ford
Ford
Urey
Institute of Nuclear Studies
American Chmical Society
Walter Chrysler
Britain Says Her Plane Is Fastest
Britain claimed today that the swept-wing Hawker Hunter jet is the world fastest fighter. RAF Squadron Leader Neville Duke set an average speed record of 715.69 mph yesterday, a record that surpasses the 11.91 mph gap to Lt. Col W F Barns’s Sabre mark from July, pending official confirmation.
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Littlehampton
England
Britain
Neville Duke
Duke
U.S. Air Force
W. F. Barns
Labor Day holiday violent deaths exceed five hundred
A nationwide Labor Day period saw 541 people die in violent accidents from Friday 6 p m to Monday midnight. Traffic deaths totaled 379 and Ohio recorded 23 traffic fatalities the highest state toll, with 67 drownings and 95 other accidents nationwide.
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Ohio
National Safety Council
Tampa
Fla
Chicago
Vast underground cave system in North Korea claims
Peiping radio says Allied bombs hit Pyongyang but underground tunnels and factories remain intact. It reports a 1,000-seat theater under Maranbun Hill where concerts could be heard, and cites a textile factory, a printing plant, and other shops operating underground with full utilities.
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Tokyo
Peiping
North Korea
Red
Pyongyang
North
Korea
Maranbun Hill
Liberte Liner Runs Aground Near Le Havre Port
The 51 839 ton French luxury liner Liberte outbound for New York with 1075 passengers ran aground a half mile from Le Havre France while approaching the harbor causing concerns for the voyage and possible damage to the vessel with no immediate casualty report.
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LE Havre
France
Liberte
New York
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Wainwright
Konrad Adenaur
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By Alton L. Blakeslee
AP Science Reporter
Severean
Crane
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