Massive fleet drills off California in Operation Miki
A vast Western Task Force with 120 ships and 50,000 troops converges off the California coast for Operation Miki the first unified amphibious war games since World War II. Vice Admiral Gerald F. Bogan commands carriers and landing ships as submarines and aircraft train for postwar hunter killer tactics.
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INS
California
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiians
Gerald F. Bogan
Korea
Fort Lewis
Washington
Marine, Corps
Pacific Fleet
OTHR
Fort Worden
Wash
Fort Meade
Aberdeen
Fort Benning
Fort Jackson
S. C
Fort Hamilton
N. Y
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Denver
Fort Bragg
N. C
Uncle Sam
Atom Course To Be Taken At Sandia Base
Washington reports a two day orientation course on atomic energy for military use will be held at Sandia Base New Mexico starting October 18. The course conducted by the Armed Services Special Weapons Project mirrors one given to Army and Navy general officers and will include Vice Admiral H. W. Hill Rear Admiral J. J. Ballentine Rear Admiral R. P. McConnell Navy Captain N. J. Frank and Marine Colonel N. H. Nelson as participants.
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Washington
Navy
Sandia
New Mexico
Armed Services Special Weapons Project
Army
H. W. Hill
J. J. Ballentine
R. P. McConnell
N. J. Frank
N. H. Nelson
Strange Sights at Country Club and Campus Bear Tale
A croquet mallet styled putter causes laughs on the fourth green while Phoenix College bears guard the quad with a decapitated head, sparking fears of rescue as summer ends. At the Gilded Cage, two local businessmen end the night asleep during a floor show clocking out sober.
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Country Club
Bill Saufley
P.G.A
Phoenix College
Bumstead
Hemingway
Stalin Note Hails New German State
Moscow reports Stalin’s letter to Pieck and Grotewohl praising the German Democratic Republic as a turning point for peace. He says peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union can avert new wars in Europe and cites mutual sacrifices in the war as a basis for peace.
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Moscow
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Wilhelm Pieck
Otto Grotewohl
Germany
Soviet Union
Europe
Republicans Woo Teenagers in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg October 15 AP Young Republican leaders unveil a teenage program aimed at high school students aged 13 to 20. Charles R. Richey, executive secretary, says the plan will educate and interest youth in the Republican cause and good government.
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Harrisburg
Young Republican Organization
Charles R. Richey
Young Republican National Federation
Pennsylvania
Republican Party
Russians Return Nine Lend-Lease Vessels
Nine destroyer escorts lent by the United States to Russia during the war arrived at Yokosuka Japan to be returned to the U S Navy. They were manned by 520 Soviet officers and crew who will sail to Siberia aboard a Russian transport already in Tokyo Bay. Transfer ceremonies are planned for Tuesday and Admiral Benton Decker invited the Russian officers to the freedom of the port, a gesture declined with the remark work comes first. Lt Commander Loren Henderson of San Francisco will inspect the ships’ lower decks after docking and reported them in superficially good condition prior to formal transfer.
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Yokosuka
Japan
INS
United States
Russia
Siberia
Tokyo Bay
U. S. Navy
Korovkin
Decker
Comdr
Loren Henderson
San Francisco
Oilman Glenn McCarthy confronts extortion note writer
Houston oilman Glenn McCarthy sought to meet the extortionist behind a $50,000 demand. Raymond Chambers, a Shamrock Hotel janitor and former deputy sheriff, was charged with writing the note and released on bond. An examining trial was set for Wednesday as FBI evidence awaited.
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Houston
Tex
Glenn McCarthy
Raymond Chambers
McCarthy
Swank Shamrock
FBI
Washington
Rail Workers Seek To Curb Train Length
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen plans a national campaign to limit freight trains to 70 cars and caboose and passenger trains to 14 cars. Trainmen News says the drive will hit legislative and economic fronts, sparked by a recent meeting of the union's general chairmen and state legislative representatives.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Trainmen News
Rail Union
Brotherhood
Russians Said In Antarctica
New York October 15 Rear Adm Richard E Byrd says Russian ships have gone to Antarctica and sent planes on exploration missions over the continent He could not say whether they sought uranium The ships reportedly had no identifying names The veteran explorer spoke at ceremonies in his honor at the Hayden Planetarium and did not disclose his information source.
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New York
Admi
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctica
Byrd
Hayden Planetarium
Youth Is Seriously Hurt In Motorscooter Mishap
Richard Gullik, 16, of 429 North 30th Avenue, sustained a basal skull fracture and other injuries in a motor scooter accident on Lateral 26. He was described in poor condition at St Monica's Hospital. The trailer was unlighted and parked by Ellis Watson, 37, while he sought a tire replacement.
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Richard Gullick
North 30Th Avenue
St. Monica’s Hospital
Arch Gullick
Buckeye Road
Ellis Watson
Tolleson
Watson
Ralph Jack Dizney
North 16Th Street
Jobless claims rise amid steel and coal strikes
Claims for jobless pay jumped by 63 000 last week as layoffs spread through industries hit by the steel and coal strikes. Director Robert C. Goodwin said much of the rise was due to secondary unemployment in plants hampered by scarce steel and coal supplies.
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Washington
Bureau of Unemployment Security
Robert C. Goodwin
Unemployment claims rise amid steel and coal strikes
GOODWIN reported 309000 new claims for the week with all states except Maine up. Pennsylvania led with 8700 claims as 19 states cited steel strike and 12 cited coal dispute. The United Mine Workers strike began Sept. 19 and CIO Steel Workers walkout started Oct. 1. Strikers are not eligible for unemployment. Despite higher new claims, continuing claims fell to the lowest level since Feb. 12.
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Goodwin
Maine
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
CIO
Bureau
Three Story Fall Ends in Death at Anderson Hotel
In Anderson Indiana two women arguing over a suspected son theft fell from a third story hotel window. Mrs Sybile Shields 7 was killed and Mrs Joan Williams 19 was seriously injured but expected to live. Witnesses cited the dispute over a missing dollar from Williams purse as the trigger.
Three Killed In Bus Truck Crash Near Grand Rapids
Sixteen injured as a bus and truck collided head on near Grand Rapids 38 miles away. The three killed were Henry Johnston 45 of Manton Henry J Ellery 58 of Manistee and Myrtle Reed Brigham a widow of Cadillac. Witnesses said the truck swerved into the bus and sped on the wrong side of the highway shortly before impact.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Henry Johnston
Manton
Henry J. Ellery
Manistee
Myrtle Reed Brigham
Cadillac
North Star Line
Smuts Ousted As Army Chief
In Johannesburg on October 15, Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts announced his dismissal as commander in chief of the South African armed forces a post he has held since 1940. He said he received the notice in a letter from defense minister F C Erasmus as the National Party led by D F Malan had defeated his United Party in last year’s elections.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Jan Christian Smuts
F. C. Erasmus
National Party
D. ™. Malan
Smuts
United Party
Malan
Army To Leave Islands Command In Philippines Transfer
Manila October 15 The United States Army formally bows out of the Philippines after 51 years since the Spanish American War. Maj Gen George Shea transfers top command to Maj Gen Howard M Turner leading the Philippine Air Command of the United States Air Force as the last combat troops depart the islands.
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Manila
United States Army
Philippines
George Shea
Philippine Air Command
Howard M. Turner
United States Air Force
Philippine Scouts
Printers End Walkout in Milan Newspapers Strike
Milan printers vote to end a 48 hour strike that halted 10 Milan newspapers since Tuesday night. The walkout aimed to press for higher wages and is now concluded. The industrial city resumes normal publishing as negotiations continue.
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Milan
Italy
German Expert Warns Of Heavy B-36 Losses
In Los Angeles expert Dr. Walter Riedel says a wasserfall rocket could down the six engine B-36 bomber, risking the loss of ten bombers to drop one atomic bomb in Russian territory. He notes radar could make B-36 missions costly and dangerous. Frankfurt report cites rocket technologist Dr Heinz Gartmann saying Soviet rockets could fire at any altitude to hit B-36s. Navy confirms Russia may have such rockets, with both nations developing similar weapons.
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Los Angeles
United States
Walter Riedel
Peenemunde
Baltic
North American Aviation, Inc
Frankfurt
INS
Russia
Heinz Gartmann
Miner Faces Murder Trial
PRESCOTT Oct 15 AP Claude Eckel 63 bound over to superior court on a first degree murder charge in the shooting of Jack Falk 58. Both men were miners. Falk lived at Eckel’s home near Congress for eight months. Eckel’s housekeeper Vivian Wilson 36 testified Eckel had asked her to kill Falk and she did not witness the shooting.
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Prescott
Claude Eckel
Superior Court
Jack Falk
Falk
Eckel
Congress
Vivian Wilson
Three men arrested in purse snatching near Grant School
Police report three men aged 19 26 and 30 arrested after a Phoenix teacher had her purse snatched on Second Avenue and McKinley Street. A 26 year old suspect led detectives to the dumped purse and contents, including a billfold. Two suspects were caught near Central Avenue and Jefferson Street. the third near the crime scene. They are jailed awaiting charges.
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Second Avenue
McKinley Street
Phoenix
Virgil Lehman
Arthur Fairbanks
Mary D. Cleaton
West
Portland Street
Grant School
Margaret Hutchinson
North Fifth Avenue
Miss Cleaton
Manila Rail Strike Demands Wage Increase
Locomotive engineers and firemen of the state owned Manila Railroad walked off the job protesting rejection of wage increase demands.
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Manila
Philippines
East German government pledges allegiance to Moscow
Berlin report notes the new eastern German government pledges loyalty to the Soviet Union and begins forging trade deals with Soviet satellites. Premier Grotewohl and President Pieck thank Stalin for his note and say Berlin will boost peace efforts while opening talks with Hungary. The cabinet approves a trade minister to conclude agreements and media call Germany an equal among equals.
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Moscow
Hungary
Georg Hanke
Communist Party
Frankfurt
Stalin
Germany
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