Air Force forms first guided missile squadron
The Air Force announces its first guided missile squadron to be based at Cocoa Florida on October 1. It will use the Matador B-62 pilotless bomber built by Glenn L. Martin Company and train under Air Research and Development Command before becoming combat ready with Tactical Air Command supervision.
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Washington
Air Force
Cocoa
Fla
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Air Research and Development Command
Tactical Air Command
Navy grounds Alaska Privateers for morale reasons
A Naval air squadron in Alaska is grounded for morale reasons after a string of crashes. A special board of inquiry investigates, with three crashes involving Privateer bombers. The total dead or missing near 100 across the Alaska sector, with officials noting no structural issues with the PB4Y-2.
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Washington
Alaska
Navy
Mitchell
Dwash
Francis P. Whitehair
Whitehair
Patrol Squadron 9
Alaskan Sea Frontier
Alaskan
Air Force
Adak
Bookie King Harry Gross Detained Under Guard
Harry Gross, once a leading bookie in a $20 million gambling ring, was recaptured and placed under heavy guard in New York. District Attorney Miles McDonald pledged to keep him in protective custody as authorities pursue the graft case involving 18 police officers. Gross, who fled from Atlantic Beach and was caught at Atlantic City race track, claimed he merely walked in the sun and did not flee to avoid testifying.
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NEW York
Harry Gross
Miles McDonald
Atlantic City
N. J
McDonald
Gross
James Reardon
Westport
Conn
Atlantic Beach
Long Island
FBI
New Jersey
Witness testifies firm sought White House influence on loan
A witness testifies that head of American Lithofold Corp asked him to call the White House to press for RFC loan approval. The diary extract notes RJB pressed Cecil Green to use influence for a faster loan decision. Other RFC officials deny pressure.
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Washington
American Lithofold Corporation
White House
E. J
Litheford
St. Louis
Senate
William M. Doyle, Jr
RFC
Toole
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RJB
R. J. Brauner
Boyle
Frank Williams
Williams
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Examiner
American Litheford Corporation
Governmenting Agency
Senate Special Invests
Hoey
D- NC
Gabrielson
Guy Hugh Gabrielson
Max Siskind
E. Merl Young
Freauenter
Senate Banking
Young
Siskind
Hornet Stings Man To Death In Rye NY
A 28 year old Charles Pilger of Valhalla New York died after a single hornet sting. He collapsed after running 400 feet to a roadway and suffocated from swelling of the larynx due to a rare allergy. Dr. David M. Spain explained the allergy caused widespread tissue swelling despite a sting on the hand.
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Rye
N.Y
Charles Pilger
Valhalla
Pilger
David M. Spain
Spain
French DC3 Passenger Plane Missing Over Mediterranean
A French DC3 with 11 aboard vanished during a flight from Toulouse to Oran in North Africa. Rescue teams scoured suspected crash zones as officials investigated the disappearance.
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Toulouse
France
Mediterranean
Oran
North Africa
Two Earthquakes Shake Srinagar. No Casualties Reported
Two strong earthquakes struck Srinagar and nearby towns causing panic and property damage but no deaths or injuries were reported. Residents evacuated as tremors rattled the region in Kashmir.
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Srinagar
Kashmir
India
Bogus Money Ring Smashed In U S Postal System
Honolulu AP report details a large counterfeit money ring that diverted 32 million dollars to Communist China for war material. Inspector R Frank Ogden exposed the operation after undercover eight months in the Orient. Ring used altered U S postal money orders and forged Treasury checks.
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Honolulu
China
Federal
R. Frank Ogden
Orient
Postal Service
Manila
Ogden
U. S
Treasury
Hong Kong
U.S
Philippines
U. S Treasury
Senate Rejects Defense Trims Amid Large War Bill
The Senate rejected by voice vote two Douglas amendments to cut 126 million dollars from a 61 billion defense bill. Support argued cuts would weaken Korea war effort and aircraft production. opponents claimed the changes targeted tools and machinery for war contractors. The debate stretched into a fourth day with expected passage later.
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Washington
Senate
Douglas
D-Ill
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Korea
Retail Food Prices Rise in August Across Nation
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.7 percent rise in August pushing the nationwide food price index to 227.2 percent of the 1935-39 average. The level sits 0.5 points below the July peak of 227.7 and roughly 12 percent above pre Korean War levels.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Aged cars race toward Buffalo in Chicago to New York event
Two vintage 1913 Stanley steamer and 1911 Stoddard Dayton cars head for Buffalo in the Chicago to New York race. Jack Brause, 76, trails by 45 minutes after Detroit to Lorain leg while Rube DeLaunty, 70, lags 50 minutes, both work for Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry backing the race with Popular Mechanics.
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Cleveland
Europe
Buffalo
Jack Brause
Chicago
Rube
New York
Rube DeLaunty
DeLaunty
Detroit
Brause
Lorain
Museum of Science and Industry
Popular Mechanics
Czech Planes Banned Over West Germany
The Allied High Commission suspended all Czechoslovak airline flights over West Germany effective last Tuesday midnight. Officials gave no reason, and U.S., Britain, and France concurred in the action amid tensions over William Oatis. The ban targets CSA operations over the West German zone with no further details.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Alied
High Commission
West Germany
United States
Britain
France
William Oatis
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
U.S
Berlin
Allied High Commission
CSA
Boyle Scoffs At Charge On RE Merle Young
Washington AP William M. Boyle Jr. testified before senators denying involvement with Merle Young a volunteer at Democratic National Headquarters in 1948 Smith alleged Young acted as Boyle's alter ego at the party committee and answered Boyle's calls. Boyle claimed confusion and no official role with the National Committee while criticizing attacks on individuals in politics.
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Washington
William M. Boyle, Jr
Senators
Merl Young
Democratic National
Young
Senate
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Me
Boyle
Democratic Committee
Party
National Democratic
National Committee
Truman
Giant Stratocruiser crashes near San Francisco
Salvage crews search mudflats and wreckage in San Francisco Bay for the bodies of three men killed when a United Airliners Stratocruiser plunged into shallow water twenty miles south of the city shortly after takeoff from San Francisco Airport. The fatal crash left the massive airliner ripped and crushed with a torn wing and a crumpled fuselage before the tail section remained comparatively intact.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
United
Here
Allied Troops Capture Six Key Eastern Peaks in Korea
Allied forces on the eastern Korea front seized six strategic peaks amid bitter fighting along a 50 mile line from Kumsong to Kansong. The push extended positions up to 3.5 miles, as Reds used fortified bunkers with narrow firing ports. Western fronts showed slower action with patrols watching for a Red counterattack, while air battles continued with 30 Thunderjets and 35 MiG-15s clashing. one F-84 was shot down but its pilot survived.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Stan Carter
U.S
Senate Group Okays Lovett For New Job
The Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously confirmed Robert A. Lovett as Secretary of Defense to succeed Gen. George C. Marshall after Marshall's resignation. Lovett, 56, and Marshall had long worked together, signaling little anticipated change in policies or personnel.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Robert A. Lovett
Defense
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Truman
Lovett
Senate
Pentagon
State Department
Wherry
Nebraska
United States
Acheson
Probe Of Boxing Telecast Rights Sought By Sutton
Representative Sutton proposes an inquiry into theater monopolies on televised boxing and other major attractions. He says millions of TV owners were denied access to the Robinson Turpin fight in New York as exclusive rights were sold to theaters and the match was not shown on regular channels.
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Washington
Sutton
D-Tenn
Robinson- Turpin
New York
Government Sets Super-Priority to Break Production Bottlenecks
Washington AP reports the government established a super-priority program to accelerate production bottlenecks in urgent military and atomic projects, aiming to speed key defense and atomic programs.
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Washington
Britain halts shipping to Iran after cargo ban
London AP Britain stops all British ships from delivering cargoes to Iran and diverts vessels carrying certain scarce materials. Board of Trade spokesman confirmed the action and noted the diversions.
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London
Britain
Iran
Board of Trade
Britain to Buy Russian Grain in 1 Million Ton Contract
Britain announced a contract to purchase 1,000,000 tons of grain from Russia's current harvest. The Food Ministry said deliveries are to begin shortly, marking a major energy and food trade move between the nations.
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London
Britain
Russia
Food Ministry
Peiping hints truce price in Korean talks
Peiping radio signaled that resuming Korean truce talks hinges on Allied admission that Red truce charges are true. The UN command rejected most accusations but admitted an accidental strafing of the Kaesong neutral zone, while noting Red charges and a pending reply from Liaison officers.
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TOKYO
Peiping Radio
United Nations Command
Kaesong
Americana
Ment
Hng
Supreme Allied
Matthew B. Ridgway
PIO
UMT Hopes Dim Seen In Congress Action
Washington AP report outlines Rep Vinson saying there is no chance Congress acts this year to start a Universal Military Training program. He notes plans for early adjournment by Congress and the House Armed Services chairman joins in saying no move will be made now.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
Congress
House Armed Services Tee
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Kansong
Sea of Japan
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