UN Jets Down Seven MIGS Hit 10 More in Korea Air War
The U S Fifth Air Force reports Sabre pilots destroyed seven MIG 15s and damaged 10 others in northwest Korea marking six days of air battles. Through September Allied losses include 29 MIGs destroyed, one probably destroyed and 27 damaged. Concurrent ground fighting on Capitol Hill sees heavy artillery exchanges, multiple counterattacks, and fierce close combat as Republic of Korea troops nudge for control amid a 14 hour artillery barrage. B29s from Okinawa dropped 200 tons on Yangdok, a rail center used as a supply base for Chinese forces.
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Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Sabre
Capitol Hill
Republic of Korea
Capitol Division
U. N
ROK
U.S. Eighth Army
Eighth Army
Bun
Okinawa
Yangdok
Pyongyang
Wonsan
Defense spending may plateau hurting business, economist warns
Robert C Turner of the Council of Economic Advisers said defense outlays may peak and level off, ending a two year expansion driven by military spending. He noted new studies forecasting a plateau near four billion dollars monthly, suggesting a shift to economic stability with possible loosening of controls. Turner urged careful policy statesmanship to maintain prosperity.
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Washington
Robert C Turner
Truman
Threeman
Council of Economic Advisers
Ier
Turner
Indiana University
Ate Ge
Racketeers Face New Government Crackdown
Three top crime figures in the United States Keith Costello Joe Adonis and Anthony Accardo face government actions. The Justice Department seeks to strip Costello of citizenship citing nondisclosure in naturalization papers. A federal grand jury also indicts Adonis and Accardo for contempt of Congress for Kefauver Committee questions.
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Washington
America
Frank Costello
Joe Adonis
Anthony J. Accardo
Justice Department
Costello
Adonis
Accardo
Congress
Kefauver Crime Investigating Committee
Atty
Gen. McGranery
New York
Hell's Kitchen
Quick Pact At Lockheed Not Expected
A Lockheed Aircraft strike threatens Southern California with 25 000 idle workers after the IAMwalkout over 33 issues including wages. President Truman was urged to appoint a fact finding board while nearby Douglas plants faced possible walkout. Lockheed wage offers ranged 7 cents plus 2 cents escalator. union seeks 28 cents total.
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Burbank
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Co
California
AFL International Association of Machinists
Lockheed
John Snider
Truman
White House
Snider
Douglas Aircraft Co
Santa Monica
el Segundo
IAM
Starfire
Hillsborough Judge Orders Formal Attire In Court
Hillsborough County Bar Association asked Judge L A Grayson to wear a robe. Grayson agreed and then ordered all lawyers appearing before him to wear coats and ties. He said the move was not a spirit of revenge.
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Tampa
Fila
Hillsborough County Bar Association
Criminal Court
L. A. Grayson
Grayson
Eisenhower Gains Ohio Backing In GOP Rally Fight
Eisenhower builds support from Taft allies in Ohio signaling united GOP backing as he tours Midwest. Taft declined immediate commitment, while Bricker and Charles Taft push for a strong Eisenhower campaign. Jenner and others press for party discipline and loyalty as the Indiana stop nears.
Egypt approves land reform and party reorganization
Egypt's new government led by Maj. Gen. Mohamed Naguib approves expropriation of land over 200 acres within five years with pensions and penalties. The cabinet also decrees reorganization of political parties barring officials convicted of crimes or corruption from political rights.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Naguib
Aly Maher
Fuad II
War and Navy
Farouk
Man Charged With Killing Game Warden
Julius Henderson, 43, of Portsmouth, pleaded innocent to first degree murder in the fatal shooting of Scioto County game protector Peter D. Andre 52. The shooting occurred on Hendersons property 15 miles southwest of Portsmouth after game wardens attempted to arrest him for an out of season squirrel claim. State game protector Lee Wheeler was wounded.
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Julius Henderson
Portsmouth
Ohio
Kenneth Cranston
Henderson
Scioto County
Anes Bond Henderson
Peter D. Andre
Lee
Monda
Here
Robert H Wheeler
Kingston
Wheeler
Mossadegh Presses for Better Oil Deal and Loan
Premier Mossadegh in Tehran told the United States and Britain to improve their oil offer or Parliament will reject the Western plan to revive Iran's oil industry. He also demanded an immediate loan near 100 million dollars to stabilize Iran's finances.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
United States
Britain
Seaman Keeley Writes 28,158-Word Letter Home
Seaman Pat Keeley Jr. sends a detailed update to his wife Wilma in Garden City California. The letter is 28,158 words long, about 40 feet when laid out, and took a month to complete.
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Tokyo
Pat Keeley Jr
Wilma
Garden City
Calif
Maine GOP sweep reshapes 1952 primaries
Eight state primaries shape national outlook as Maine elects Republican Frederick G Payne to Senate Burton M Cross as governor and three Republicans to Congress. McCarthy Schmitt clash in Wisconsin dominates early coverage with hopes of a larger GOP margin in 1952.
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Joseph R. McCarthy
Maine
U. S
Goy
Frederick G Payne
Burton M. Cross
Congress
Robert Hale
Charles P. Nelson
Clifford G. McIntire
GOP National Committee
Arthur E. Summerfield
Washington
United States
GOP
Wisconsin
Arizona
Colorado
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Utah
Vermont
McCarthy
Leonard Schmitt
U.S
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur V. Watkins
Harry P. Cain
Henry Jackson
Richard Pa Ater
William S. Hill
Vera Ene
Golden Gate Bridge Scene of 140th death by own action
Police report the 140th death by self inflicted jump from the Golden Gate Bridge. The victim is Gabrielle Jeanne Leibbers 43. Her husband Herman said she had been despondent.
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Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco
Gabrielle Jeanne Leibbers
Herman
Passenger boat sunk in Danube tragedy at Belgrade
A sudden storm capsized a passenger boat on the Danube near Belgrade and about 90 people drowned. Rescue efforts and official searches were underway as authorities investigated the disaster's causes and scope.
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Danube
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Women Split Over Price Controls In Fresno Meeting
About 400 women pressed price chief Tighe Woods in Fresno arguing both for and against controls. Some saw controls as the housewife’s last stand, others urged stronger measures, while opponents called them un American and unnecessary. Some said supply and demand would curb inflation if controls end. Mrs. Thomas la Faut urged retention citing defense costs and taxes.
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Fresno
Calif
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
OPS
Thomas la Faut
Buenos Aires Students Strike Over New Course
Five hundred students struck for six hours in Buenos Aires protesting a new course. The action began at the National College of Buenos Aires and spread to students at the University of Buenos Aires under President Peron.
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Buenos Aires
Peron
Svrm
National College of
University of
Mutiny at Chillicothe Federal Reformatory Ends After Nine Hours
A 1070 inmates riot at Chillicothe Federal Reformatory with one prisoner shot and two beaten. Guard forces from several states aided by three Ohio National Guard companies restored order by 2 a m. Warden Hagerman on vacation. cause under investigation though food quality cited by some observers. Chaplains Soltis and Cassley helped persuade inmates to surrender.
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John J. Galvin
Indiana
Pennsylvania
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166Th Infantry Combat Yream
Ohio National Guard
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Circleville
Co. L
Co. M
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Francis Folk
Frank J. Lausche
Prioners
Galvin
R. P. Hagerman
Washington
Hagerman
Denver Colp
Joseph Soltis
Soltis
Atognet C.aptain Soltis
Henry Cassley
Red Tells Of Commies In Colleges
Senate subcommittee hearing cites about 1500 Communist party members teaching in U S schools before 1949 and Red cells on major campuses. Dr Bella V Dodd testified that one Red could influence 300 future teachers and named colleges including Columbia Harvard Northwestern Michigan California MIT and others.
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New York
Communist Party
U. S. Senate
Bella V. Dodd
Dodd
Hunter College
Internal Security Subcommittee
Homer Ferguson
R-Mic
Long Island
Columbia
Northwestern
Harvard
Howard
Michigan
Chicago
California
Minnesota
Vassar
Smith
Wellesley
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Hunter
City
Brooklyn
Queens
Holiday Ends With Tragedy at Lake Tobyhanna
The Nowicki family from Plains vacationing at a Lake Tobyhanna cottage in Monroe County faced tragedy when Leonard Nowicki, 18, hooked his line on a submerged body. The woman, later identified as a drowning victim, fell in while walking the lakefront and disappeared beneath 10 feet of water.
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Stroudsburg
Nowicki
Walter Nowicki
Joseph
Leonard
Plains
Lake Tobyhanna
Pocono Mountain
Monroe County
William A. Anderson
Five Children Die in Melbourne Immigrant Camp Fire
Five European immigrant children perished in a fire that swept through a camp hospital at Somers near Melbourne. Authorities believe polio or scarlet fever contributed to their deaths.
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Sydney
Australia
Somers
Melbourne
Stevenson in West Seeks California Win on Tour
Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson spoke to cheering crowds in Portland and Seattle as he pressed a Western tour seeking California’s 32 electoral votes. He praised federal projects like Grand Coulee and Bonneville, argued for public investment, and ridiculed Republicans for co opting the farm program while critiquing private monopoly.
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Adlai Stevenson
California
Stevenson
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Ore
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Pacific Northwest
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Columbia River
Lee
Bonneville
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