Atlantic Pact Nations First Meeting Sets Up Defense Network
The 12 nation North Atlantic Council meets in Washington to organize a unified defense system against potential Soviet attack. A top level agency will link regional groups covering North America, oceans, northern and western Europe, and the western Mediterranean to implement war plans.
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France
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Luxembooug
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Denmark
Italy
Portugal
Iceland
Light Plane Missing On Ocean Flight To New York
An Italian pilot and co pilot on a 2000 mile non stop flight from the Azores to New York are unreported after last contact about 10 pm EST yesterday. They aimed to promote an American backed Boys Town in Italy and had previously aborted a Lisbon to New York run due to a fuel line clog.
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Azores
Civil Aeronautics Administration Ocean Traffic Control Center
Coast Guard
John M. Brondelle
Camillio Bariglio
Italy
Lisbon
Atlantic
Europe
Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Boettiger in Santa Monica Hospital
Mrs Anna Roosevelt Boettiger is in St Johns Hospital Santa Monica for infection treatment. Dr Rex Ross says her condition is not serious but the exact infection is undetermined. The late President's daughter was admitted on Thursday.
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Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
St. John’s Hospital
Rex Ross
Coal Strike Danger Grows as Van Horn Resigns
Washington reports rising danger of a nationwide coal strike next week as 400000 miners plan to stay away Monday after Welfare Fund trustees led by John L. Lewis suspend pension and benefit payments. Ezra Van Horn resigns as operators trustee, threatening court action if a successor isn’t named promptly.
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Ezra van Horn
CIO
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
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Steel Factfinding Board
Dislikes School Takes His Own Life
GREAT BEND PA AP report says 14 year old Henry Wolfe killed himself with a gun after his parents transferred him from a rural Great Bend school to a junior high in Binghamton New York hoping a larger setting would better prepare him for college. Coroner Kenneth Bush reported the death occurred yesterday.
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Kenneth Bush
Bush
Henry Wolfe
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Plot Admissions Signal Hungarian Treason Trial Ties
Lieut. Gen. Gyorgy Palffy testified he helped form 12 man shock teams to arrest and kill top Communist ministers in Hungary. Laszlo Rajk confessed a similar coup backed by United States officials and Tito led anti Soviet, anti Cominform crusade. Belgrade observers warn of a Balkan crisis as the Tito Cominform split deepens amid rumors of a Soviet backed plot. Chinese forces probed Canton defenses with a minor advance toward Nankin, reaching within 125 miles of the Nationalist capital.
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Steel firms and union agree to mediation in wage talks
United Steelworkers join steel firms to meet Monday in Washington to mediate the industry contract dispute. U S Steel Bethlehem Republic Steel and others attend as Cy rus S. Ching calls session to avert a September 25 strike. Both sides seek a compromise on pension and insurance costs with workers’ acceptance of fact finding as a basis for talks.
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Ohio Liquor Inspectors Transferred In Routine Shakeup
Columbus AP A major reshuffle moves 34 of 87 state liquor inspectors across Ohio nine districts. Stanley A. Cmich named inspector in charge of Akron district which covers Medina Wayne Summit Portage Trumbull and Mahoning. Jungle Inn raid cited but not linked. Margie Lou Milligan 18 of Fostoria dies from motorcycle fall in Tiffin Mercy Hospital.
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Mercy Hospital
Truman seeks new head for munition post
President Truman must find a new chair for the Defense Department Munition Board after the Senate rejected Carl A. Ilgenfritz for the post because he would keep his $70 000 salary as a United States Steel executive. The 40 to 28 vote establishes a rule that full pay from private work disqualifies government appointees. The Munition Board post pays 14000 a year.
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Belgian Vessel Aground Off Cuban Coast Near Jamaica
A 2,500 ton Belgian steamship was reported aground off Cuba's southern coast. A rescue tugboat, sent from Kingston, Jamaica, was en route after Mackay radio relayed an SOS. The ship’s position was 21.32 west and 82.00 north, with aid expected around 10 a.m. EST.
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Vishinsky Heads to U N Assembly from Moscow
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky and top aides flew from Moscow last night to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Taft counters Truman on selfish interests in Labor Day speeches
Cincinnati Senator Taft denounces President Truman's labor day attacks on selfish interests and defends the 81st Congress. He labels Truman's program demagogic, claims farmers and unions are urged toward a socialist model, and asserts opposition to the labor agenda risks liberty and justice.
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Louis Bromfield
Sunday Morning Quiet by Gordon Martin
McGinley wakes early on a Sunday hopes for a quiet morning. A barking neighbor’s dog and a chaotic household ruin his plans as the coffee spills and china clatters. The scene captures a domestic morning disrupted by noise as papers scatter and children wake. McGinley longs for calm but chaos prevails.
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McGinley
Egyptian Army Lieutenant Attempts English Channel Swim
Egyptian Army lieutenant Hassan Absel Rehim, 41, began his English Channel swim from St Margarets toward France at 10 36 a m GMT. He crossed from France to England last year and is accompanied by the motor launch Brittania with about a dozen spectators watching.
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Society Editor Blanche Zink Dies in Lancaster
Miss Blanche Zink society editor of the Lancaster Eagle Gazette died at her home. A member of the Ohio Newspaperwomen's Association she had been a newspaperwoman for 20 years. Funeral services will be held here tomorrow.
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Blanche Zink
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Great Lakes Ship Noronic Destroyed By Early Morning Fire
Toronto reports a night blaze destroyed the Great Lakes cruiser Noronic at its pier. Chief Coroner Enfirle Lawson says at least 146 people died, with some officials warning the toll could reach 180. The incident occurred in the early hours, prompting emergency response and ongoing investigations.
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Truman Goes to Grid Game and Regatta Weekend
President Truman plans a weekend of sports and sightseeing in Virginia and Washington. He will attend a Quantico Marines versus Virginia Polytechnic Institute football game in Alexandria at 2 p.m. EST and then watch the President's Cup regatta on the Potomac, with regatta queen Jane Lingo joining him. He will travel via the Navy yard and return to Blair House after a day on the river.
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World Series on TV to Reach Dayton and Ohio Cities
R L Abernathy of Ohio Bell says Dayton will hook into the co axial cable via Toledo by September 25, delivering the 1949 World Series on television. Network service will extend by microwave to Columbus and Cincinnati, with one channel by October 5 and full three-channel service by October 8.
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Warden Breaks Dope Ring Inside Colorado Penitentiary
Warden Roy Best announced the takedown of a ring supplying inmates with benzedrine bullets and narcotics. One guard Herbert Martyn, 46, is jailed, two convicts Lin Goodwin, 22, and William Rains, 21, in solitary confinement. Investigators found benzedrine, money, and shells hidden in canned goods and apples shipped to prisons.
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