Sleep Blamed For Deaths By Patrolmen
Two men died in separate Arizona traffic accidents as they dozed while traveling on the highway. The fatalities raise the 1949 Arizona highway toll to 192, a reduction from the previous year. Raymond A. Stutzman, 22, of South Bend Indiana, died from a skull fracture when his convertible left the road near Holbrook. Jose Leon, about 52, of Picano near Nogales, was killed when he fell from a moving truck and was run over by a car east of Casa Grande. The driver who struck him did not stop. Patrolmen said Leon lost balance while sleeping in the truck bed.
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South Bend
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Nogales
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Yankees Face Dodgers In Second World Series Game
Sun shines at Yankee Stadium as 65,000-plus fans gather for game two of the World Series. Preacher Roe starts for Brooklyn to even the series after yesterday’s 1-0 Yankees win on Tommy Henrich’s ninth inning homer. Roe seeks to tie the series while Vic Raschi, the Yankees ace, is set to start if needed. Game shifts to Brooklyn for the next three if necessary.
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Preacher Roe
Dodgers
Burt Shotton
Brooks
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Roe
Casey Stengel
The
Yanks
Vic Raschi
Mail bag money spills near Litchfield Park station
Forty thousand dollars in currency scattered west of Litchfield Park railroad station when a mail bag bound for Litchfield Park bank rolled under a train wheel and burst open. Law officers recover greenbacks from the site with postmaster E. H. Kuhn and deputies Grover Schoonover, Woodrow Killman, Albert Makin, and R. H. Brummel pictured gathering the bills.
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R. H. Brummel
Avondale
Bus Collision Outbreak Kills Children Near Middlesex
In Middlesex North Carolina a school bus collided with an ice truck killing at least three children and injuring 15 others. Hospitals reported varying death counts with competing figures from Rocky Mount and Nash County officials.
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State Highway Patrol
Rocky Mount
Highway Patrol
John.s. Chamblee
Nash
Riccardi Wins 3 Year Cut In Fraud Term
Newark October six AP Constantino V. Riccardi a disbarred California lawyer gained a reduction from ten to seven years in a fraud sentence Federal Judge Guy L. Fake ordered the change and Riccardi sought a new trial claiming false and perjured testimony He previously faced allegations linked to a Southwestern Mines scheme and related furnishings fraud involving Princess Doris Farides Sultaneh in Morristown New Jersey and Phoenix Arizona authorities hold evidence for potential charges pending his availability for prosecution
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N. J
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Riccardi
California
Guy L. Fake
Southwestern Mines, Inc
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Arizona Corporation Commission
Maricopa County
Morristown
Doris Farides Sultaneh
Pittsburgh
Fake
Phoenix
Ariz
Greater Phoenix Days Draw In New Shoppers Across State
Greater Phoenix Days drew shoppers from across the state to Phoenix stores with nearly 100 outlets staying open until 9 p m. today for savings on fall clothes, furniture, and appliances. Sponsored by the Phoenix Retail Trade Bureau, the event will continue with regular hours tomorrow and Saturday. A merchant called the event a boost for quality and courtesy, attracting many customers new to Phoenix stores.
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Lewis Ching To Confer On Coal Strike
John L. Lewis accepted an invitation from mediation chief Cy rus S. Ching for a Washington conference Friday to discuss the coal strike in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia.
Registration Nears Close for City Election
Phoenicians who want to be citizens of their city must register by 1 p m Saturday if not already qualified. Registrations are accepted at the county recorder's office and by 60 deputy registrars around the city. Citizens who were registered before but did not vote last year must re register as their names were stricken from the rolls.
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Record Set Fliers Plan California Trip
YUMA Oct 6 UP Bob Woodhouse and Woody Jongeward hoped to fly to Fullerton California today to greet the pilots whose 1008 hour world endurance flight record they smashed They swooped over Yuma Municipal Airport at 718 pm to cap a six week aloft run The old record by Bill Barris and Dick Riedel was set at Fullerton on April 26 The City of Yuma Day was celebrated as Barris and Riedel congratulated the new record holders They planned a return flight for Columbus Day during a city celebration The pair said instruments vibrate and the plane shows wear but they aim to stay aloft until next week The Yuma Junior Chamber of Commerce backed the flight and promised a head shaving dare for each day aloft
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Woody Jongeward
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Dick Riedel
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Jongeward
First Pact Meet Set
Washington dispatch reports that a 12 nation North Atlantic Pact committee moved forward swiftly by scheduling its inaugural meeting to advance treaty planning.
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Noted figures comment on power and secrecy
General Jacob L Devers says modern power is vast and dangerous and swift peacetime action matters. British Food Minister John Strachey urges updated views of America beyond the center of world events. Professor Robert F Bacher argues against excessive secrecy hindering atomic progress after an explosion elsewhere.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Jacob L. Devers
Army Field Forces
Cardiff
Wales
John Strachey
America
New York
Robert F. Bacher
Cornell University
Peak Climbed In N. Carolina Plane Search
Searchers moved up Mount Mitchell on reports of a crash, with unofficial word that a missing two engine Air Force C-47 transport may carry nine aboard. Forest Ranger Tom Huffman led a group with a portable radio as climbers including Frank Bowditch and M. Robinson recalled hearing a crash yesterday. The plane was en route from Washington to Brooklyn Air BaseMobile Alabama with fuel for about nine hours. aboard were four officers and five enlisted men. Seven were crewmen, two were aerial hitchhikers.
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Air Force
Forest
Tom Huffman
Frank Bowditch
M. Robinson
Washington
Brooklyn Air Base
Mobile
Ala
Ex-Cabinet Member Robert Hannegan Dies at 46
Robert E. Hannegan, former postmaster general and once owner of the St. Louis Cardinals, died at his home in St. Louis. Limited health issues were cited. his wife was by his bedside. A friend said death occurred between 10 and 10:30 a.m. Hannegan sold his Cardinals stake last winter due to health concerns.
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Cardinals
Confinement Of Crommelin Points To Trial
Washington Oct 6 AP The Navy suspended Capt John G Crommelin from duty and ordered him confined to his home pending final disposition of his case. Secretary Matthews told the House committee that Navy morale is generally good and implied Crommelin’s disloyalty. President Truman said he asked Matthews to uncover all about unification policies. Crommelin disclosed the action and anticipated a court martial.
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Navy Today
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Congress
Crommelin
Navy
Matthews
House Armed Services Committee
Truman
Admi
John Dale Price
Naval Operations
Price
Louis Denfeld
Note Protests Mistreatment Of Americans
The United States sent a strong note to Russia condemning the mistreatment of Americans who stray into the Soviet Zone of Germany. It urged punishment for responsible Soviet officials and cited two American students detained eight weeks after inadvertently entering the Russian Zone during a biking trip.
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United States
Russia
Germany
Kirk
Moscow
Temperatures Inconsistent Morning Readings
Local temperature report shows erratic readings from 12 30 a m to 9 30 a m with numbers scattered across the page. No clear pattern as data appears fragmented and unreadable for a precise forecast.
Truman Seeks to Avert Atom Bomb Arms Race
President Truman voiced hope that Russia’s atomic capability would not trigger a global arms race and dismissed a new Soviet control plan as unlikely to differ from prior unacceptable proposals. He reaffirmed the Baruch plan’s international control via the United Nations and urged unity among Democrats to back Leland Olds for the Federal Power Commission. He offered no timetable for stepping into the coal and steel strikes.
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Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
William Boyle
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