Norwegian Plane Crash Kills 35 In Lofoten Mountains
A Norwegian Airlines flying boat crashed in the Lofoten range killing all 35 aboard. The Sandringham carried 27 passengers and eight crew en route from Tromsoe to Stavanger. Victims include chief inspector Jarle Ebbesen and an American identified as Mrs. Jess. witnesses heard an explosion in fog and rain.
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Oslo
Norway
Norwegian Airlines
Lofoten
Sandringham
Stavanger
Tromsoe
Greenwich
Buer
Jarle Ebbesen
Jess
Jan Reinis
Svobodne Vovini
Tatjana Selingerova
Narona Boroda
G. Heine
Westbrook Pegler Praises War Hero From New York
Westbrook Pegler salutes Private Garrett C. Wilcox of Westfield New York a traveling drummer with J P Coates and a guard for President and family at Hyde Park He recalls Wilcox volunteering for dangerous duty and his pride in the 240th M P Battalion later disbanded at Fort Jackson May 1945 The piece notes Stowell then major led the unit and compares salutes to Coldstreams with a pledge to stand firm if needed.
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New York
Garrett C. Wilcox
East Main St
Westfield
N. Y
J. P. Coates
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Wilcox
Wilcox
Fort Dix
N. J
M. P. Battalion
Zone of Interior
Special
Dix
Camp Upton
Long Island
Fala
Pvt
Hitler
Tojo
S. S
Hyde Park
240Th
John P. Stowell
M. P
Military Academy
West Point
Fort Jackson
S. C
War Department
Stowell
Cold Streams
Coldstreams
Hiccoughs End By First Local Phrenic Nerve Crush
Hugh H. Clark, 69, of Mer Rouge, was relieved from ten days of hiccups by the first local operation crushing the phrenic nerve. The surgeon said the throat was opened, the nerve isolated, and flattened with forceps, stopping the bouts immediately. Clark rests in St Francis Sanitarium and is expected to stay several days. An army doctor reportedly performed a similar procedure in New York on a singer with success.
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Hugh H. Clark
Mer Rouge
Hiccoughs
St. Francis Sanitarium
Clark
New York
Egyptian Riot Demonstrators Return to UN for Protest
Two Egyptian protesters, Mustafa Momen and Ahmed Kotb, were ejected then returned with taxi followers outside UN headquarters as the Security Council debated Egypt demand for immediate British troop evacuation from the Suda n. Gromyko urged Britain to leave. The Brazilian proposal to restart direct talks fell one vote short, opposed only by Poland.
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Larry Hauck
Security Council
Egypt
Britain
Sudan
Poland
Lake Success
United Nations
New York
Trygve Lie
Mustafa Momen
Andrei A. Gromyko
Cairo
Gro«myko
United States Presses Realistic Aid Plan for Europe
Washington reports Lovett says Europe recovery plan must be reasonable and self supporting to win US acceptance. He outlines that aid demands should recede by next year as Paris conference nears final estimates for Marshall plan funding. Kennan and Bone steel head to Paris to assist Clayton in shaping the European package.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Robert A. Lovett
Lovett
Paris
State Department
Black markets hinder European food survey, report says
An agriculture department confidential report for a congressional committee warns black market activities complicate Western Europe’s ability to gauge food resources. The 97 page document notes widespread government intervention in production and distribution and cites unlisted countries with conflicting figures.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congressional
Europe
Exchange of Letters Between President and Pope
The Vatican released letters from President Truman and Pope Pius XII dated Aug 6 and Aug 26. Truman urged world moral forces to unite against destruction, while the pope warned that excluding God from rights reduces man to servitude and pledged church cooperation to defend human dignity and oppose oppression.
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Rome
Truman
Pius XII
Vatican
Myron Taylor
Taylor
Mr. Truman
Castel Gandolfo
London Times Urges Protest Over Labour Economic Policy
The London Times declares the time is ripe for protest against Labour's failure to present a positive program to solve Britain's economic crisis. It criticizes Attlee's government for unclear decisions and postponements while ration cuts and austerity aim to balance imports and exports. The Daily Herald and Daily Worker offer contrasting reactions.
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London
London Times
Britain
The
Times
Attlee
Daily Herald
Communist Daily Worker At
Louisville club vows to keep hems at current lengths
In Louisville on August 28 the Little Below the Knee Club and its men's auxiliary led a downtown rally to oppose longer skirts. They urged women not to bow to Paris fashion, accused manufacturers of hoodwinking buyers, and argued long skirts are impractical. Mrs. Belle Evans urged deterrence and Mrs. Neale Cox reported 1,265 women already pledged to maintain the status quo.
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Louisville
Paris
Belle Evans
W. H. Anderson
Neale Cox
Hemline
Bride and two others killed at Shelbyville rink
In Shelbyville Tennessee a 16 year old bride Mrs Jacqueline Helton and her father in law were shot and killed at a private party at Ward Roller Skating Rink. The groom Donald Helton 22 fled. later found fatally shot after authorities searched the area and found a weapon and wounded kin. Sheriff Cecil Clausen said witnesses identified Donald Helton as the slayer.
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Shelbyville
Til
Jacqueline Helton
Walter Knearem
Young Knearem
Cecil Clausen
Donald Helton
Karl Helton
Donald
Helton
Florence Helton
Clausen
Young Helton
Frank French
Don Foster
Pete Buesking
Third Try for Oil on Clark Land in Morehouse Parish
A wildcat drilling permit filed with the Monroe district seeks a Doc. E. M. Clark No. 1 well in section 10 20 7E Morehouse four miles southeast of Mer Rouge. Taylor-Kirby of Kilgore Texas plans a 4000 foot depth using company tools amid prior dry wells and older rigs in the area.
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Morehouse Parish
Monroe District
Taylor-Kirby Company
Kilgore
Texas
LaSalle Parish
Lake Larto
Big Island
Penrod Company of
Dallas
World Flyers Land at Croydon After Four Hour Ireland Flight
Clifford Evans of Washington and George Truman of Los Angeles landed at Croydon airport after a four hour flight from Northern Ireland in two light planes.
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London
Clifford Evans
Washington
George Truman
Los Angeles
Croydon
Northern Ireland
Truman plane carries bolos and gear for Brazil trip
President Truman's DC 6 Independence gains bolo knives rifles parachutes and armored support for a Rio de Janeiro mission to address the Inter-American Defense Conference. Secret Service surveys Rio buildings and plans six day stay with Missouri return and possible San Juan stop.
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Rio de Janeiro
Inter- American Defense Conference
Secret Service
Rio
Washington
Trinidad
Brazil
United States
Missouri
San Juan
Puerto Rico
White House
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Real Estate Groups Indicted In Anti-Trust Case
A federal grand jury indicted the National Association of Real Estate Boards and the Washington Real Estate Board for conspiring to fix real estate commissions in DC. The probe, led by the anti trust division, extends to Chicago and California amid rising housing costs.
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Washington
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Washington Real Estate Board
District of Columbia
H. Clifford Bangs
Washington Board
Chicago
California
Grand Jury
Clark
Anti-Trust
President Truman Urges Strength for Legion Convention
President Truman telegraphed the American Legion during its 29th annual convention in New York to stand strong so no aggressor can think the U S is vulnerable to conquest. He could not attend the event in person.
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New York
Truman
American Legion
Woman Admits Slaying Husband After River Disposal
A 60 year old Chicago woman told police she killed her husband with a hammer during a Sunday quarrel, then hacked the body, wrapped it in sheets, and dumped the parts in the Chicago river across several trips. Police recoveries include a headed torso, with fingerprints linking to the hospital record. The investigation prompts ongoing river search.
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Chicago
Anna Sosnowski
Northwest Side
Sosnowski
George Homer
Homer
Kankakee
Nauseda
Leroy Steffens
Causey enters sheriff race in Ouachita Parish
Bill Causey longtime local businessman and former police sergeant announced candidacy for Ouachita Parish sheriff in the January primary. A Monroe native from Ward 3, he now runs Perkins Ice and Monroe Ice Delivery, served in the Monroe Police from 1941 to 1945, and capped his police career as a sergeant with strong criminal investigations background. He is a Neville High School alumnus and attended Louisiana Tech and is married to Johnnie Young.
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William 9
Bill) Causey
Ouachita Parish
Causey
Monroe
Perkins Ice Company
Monroe Ice Delivery Company
Monroe Police Department
Ice Companies
Police Department
Mr. Causey
Neville High School
Louisiana Tech
Johnnie Young
Papagos Likely Choice to Head Neutral Greek Coalition
Athens August 28 Generalissimo Alexander Papagos Greece's World War II hero is seen as the likely head of a neutral coalition to end a cabinet crisis now in its sixth day. Premier designate TsalDar is meeting leaders to form a broad coalition and patch the deadlock while guerrilla forces report major battles near Agrafa and gains in northern territories.
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Athens
Alexander Papagos
Greece
Constantin Tsaldaris
Demetrios Maximos
Papagos
Labor
Industry
Ioannina
Embros
Agrafa
Child killed by swarm of wasps near Memphis
Six year old Billy Fulkerson died after a swarm of wasps attacked him at his rural home near Memphis Tennessee. Physicians counted about 29 stings on his hand and similar numbers on his face with numerous additional stings on his chest and arms.
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Memphis
Tenn
Billy Fulkerson
Here
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Donald G. Glascoff
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
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