Correction on Arrest By Czechs
Prague dispatch reports United States corrected a Voice of America broadcast deemed inaccurate to gain access to Samuel Meryn a 39 year old American embassy clerk held on spy charges Czech authorities halted talks with embassy officials and ordered Isaac Patch to leave the country while naming three former embassy members as spies The US cited unavailing efforts to see Meryn and hoped for quicker interview arrangements after the correction.
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Voice of America
Samuel Meryn
Voice
Meryn
James K. Penfield
Isaac Patch
Subway Celebrates 45th Birthday In New York
The New York subway system marked its 45th anniversary on October 27, noting growth to 241.56 miles and 37 lines while handling about 6.5 million riders daily. Since 1904 when the first line opened from City Hall to Broadway and 145th Street via Grand Central and Times Square, passengers have long crowded on in a rush.
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Grand Central
Times Square
Tokyo Population Rises to 5.91 Million in Sept Update
Tokyo's population reached 5,910,701 as of September 1, the metropolitan government announced, an increase of 340,709 since January 1. The report reflects continued growth in Japan's capital.
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API
Honolulu Ends Biggest Peacetime Amphibious Drill
Fifty thousand troops sailors and Marines conducted Operation Miki in Hawaii ending the largest peacetime amphibious war game. The Second Division fought their way from an enemy pocket in Waianae Valley under Maj. Gen. Harry Jay Collins praising the training value. There were injuries including three broken legs but no fatalities. Denmark reports 203,536 motor vehicles in operation, up slightly since 1939.
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Oahu Island
Waianae
Harry Jay Collins
Painter Spun By Giant Fan in California
Michael Sychta, 41, was swept around by the 12 foot blades of a giant fan at a steam plant in Burbank when the switch was turned on accidentally. He was carried around the circumference twice before the blade broke. he fell 15 feet and sustained cuts to his chest back arm and side. He called himself the luckiest man in the world.
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Michael Sychta
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Sychta
Boy Charged With Murder in London Case
A 12 year old boy, George Crick, appeared with his father in Ealing Juvenile Court charged with murdering a 4 year old, Stanley Graves. Police hunted Brent River shores for the boy's body as a hearing was scheduled for next Wednesday. Authorities offered no motive and did not disclose how they confirmed death.
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George Crick
Ealing
Brent River
Stanley Graves
Barkley Ends Quiet Five Day Visit In St Louis
Vice President Alben W. Barkley departed St. Louis after a five day visit with Mrs Carleton S Hadley, a local widow and friend, the Associated Press reported.
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INS
Alben W. Barkley
Carleton S. Hadley
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