Police fail to identify fugitive bookie aboard airliner
Winslow Arizona police could not confirm Harry Gross's presence among 35 to 40 passengers on a west bound airliner that landed at 10 07 am. Chief Robert P Kelly stated Gross is not among the travelers. An unscheduled second plane was en route and expected to land soon as officers questioned arriving passengers.
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Winslow
Ariz
Harry Gross
Bookie
Gross
Robert P. Kelly
New York
Kelly
Van Fleet dares Reds to attack as UN drives advance
Gen James A Van Fleet warned Communist forces to open a drive or face slaughter as UN troops tanks and planes push a central front offensive across a 75 mile front from the Iron Triangle to the Sea of Japan. He predicted a defensive Communist stance while allied troops gain two strategic hills near Kumhwa.
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Korea
United Nations
James A. van Fleet
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Tokyo
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Clark Urges Repeal of Anti Red Law
NOGALES Sept 12 AP Repeal of the law under which 11 Communist leaders in the United States were convicted has been recommended by John Clark of Denver president of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. He urged the union to back a four step civil liberties program at the 47th annual convention. Bridges of the ILWU arrived to preside.
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United States
Independent
International Union of Mine
John Clark
Denver
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s Union
President nominates Bowles as India envoy and other shuffles
President Truman nominates Chester Bowles former Connecticut governor and World War II price boss as ambassador to India. Lou W Henderson nominated as ambassador to Iran. Grady resignations accepted with great reluctance amid oil crisis. Clark calls for reversal of Smith Act ruling and release of 11 Communists. Mine Mill and Smelter Workers expelled from CIO. Clark outlines Path to Peace plan: restore Korea, UN talks among five powers, disarmament. Senate disarmament resolution endorsed. Vincent Hallinan attacks Japan peace treaty as U.S. big business colony plan. Continues on Page 2.
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Truman
Chester Bowles
Connecticut
Price Boss
India
Lou W. Henderson
Clark
U. S. Senate
Vincent Hallinan
Bridges
Japan
U. S
UNION
Marshall resigns as defense secretary after 12 months
George C. Marshall resigns today citing personal reasons. Robert A. Lovett, deputy secretary, to succeed him as secretary of defense. Marshall, 70, longtime soldier statesman and creator of the Marshall Plan, announced the move to Pentagon reporters. President Truman accepts the resignation with reluctance and names successors at the ECA and related posts.
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George C. Marshall
Defense
Robert A. Lovett Marshall
Army
Louis Johnson
Marshall
U. S. Military Department
Pentagon
White House
Truman
William C. Foster
Lovett
Richard M. Bissell Jr
ECA
Foster
Marshall Plan Agency
Defense Department
Stephen T. Early
Brown Brothers, Harriman and Co
New York
Secretary of Defense
U.S. Military Department
Robert A. Lovett
Brooklyn Bookie Escapes Custody Amid City Bribe Probe
New York dispatch reports Harry Gross, a major bookie and key witness against 18 NYPD officials, escaped from protective custody. District Attorney Miles McDonald said his office bears responsibility for the escape as FBI and local police rush to Albuquerque to pursue Gross. Judge Leibowitz adjourned the trial of the 18 defendants, while threats against Mrs. Gross are cited but not linked to the escape. The case centers on alleged bribes totaling about 1 million dollars annually to the officers.
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Brooklyn
Murder, Inc
New York City
Harry Gross
Miles McDonald
Albuquerque
N. Mex
FBI
Samuel S. Leibowitz
McDonald
Gross
Leibowitz
New York State
Two Phoenix High Schools Refuse Negro Student Admission
Registrars at Phoenix Union High School and West Phoenix refused nine Negro students entry, saying they acted under a June board statement. The board previously indicated desegregation required a public election, and members argued state law limits action.
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Board of Education
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West Phoenix
Soviet note warns West German rearmament violates Potsdam
Moscow publicized a note to France declaring that West German rearmament would violate the Potsdam Agreement and the 1944 Soviet French pact. Andrei Vishinsky handed the note to French chargé d affaires Brionval as Western Big Three talks opened in Washington. Soviet press echoed warnings that Pleven and Schuman plans would buildup military power and defy international accords.
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Soviet Union
France
West Germany
Washington
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Jean Brionval
Yves Chataigneau
Pleven
Schuman
Illinois Ohio Guard Divisions Alerted For Active Service
In Washington on September 12 the army alerted the 37th Infantry Division of Ohio and the 44th from Illinois for active service early next year. Leaders named were Maj. Gen. Leo Kreber commanding the Ohio unit and Maj. Gen. Harry L. Bolen commanding the Illinois unit.
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Illinois
Ohio National Guard
37Th Infantry Division
Ohio
44Th
Leo Kreber
Harry L. Bolen
National Guard
Army
Polish Radio Propagandist Shot To Death
Warsaw reports say Stefan Martyka top broadcaster for Wavelength 49 was shot from behind a corner by secret Fascist brigands. The murder is tied to propaganda against the Voice of America and other foreign broadcasts. Army notes two guard divisions preparing for Europe and training details for several units.
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Poland
Voice of America
Stefan Martyka
Voke of America
British Broadcasting Corporation
Martyka
War Losses Rise by 596 in Korea Casualties
Washington reports Defense Department figures show 82,362 American battle casualties in Korea, up 596 from the previous week. The bulletin notes the ongoing fighting as U N forces engage on multiple fronts.
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Defense Department
Korea
Fare Arrested In Gun Threat To Taxi Driver
Police arrested 26 year old Lloyd W. Vanderpool of 728 East Coronado on investigation of assault with a deadly weapon after he threatened a taxi driver with a revolver at 700 block East Coronado. The driver Carl M. Holland of 718 East Mohave fought him off and two cruisers arrived to find a gun in the cab. Vanderpool faces negligent homicide charges in the July 27 traffic death of John D. McAuliffe, 35, after allegedly driving a truck that struck McAuliffe while he tried to push his stalled car out of a water filled arroyo ten miles north of Sunnyslope on Cavecreek Road.
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Coronado
Lloyd W. Vanderpool
E. Coronado
Superior Court
Carl M. Holland
E. Mohave
Vanderpool
Holland
John D. McAuliffe
E. Latham
McAuliffe
Arrayo
Sunnyslope
Cavecreek Road
Noted People Speak on Peace and Feats
International News Service reports Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson says peace hinges on weapons that even the Russians will fear. Florence Chadwick, in Dover, England, reflects on becoming the first woman to swim the English Channel both ways and contemplates a Gibraltar Straits attempt.
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International News Service
Washington — Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Dover
England
Florence Chadwick
English Channel
Straits of Gibraltar
First Hint Of Autumn Is On Way
The first touch of fall is forecast for Phoenix with cooler temperatures. Frost is expected in Northern Arizona valleys above 6000 feet tomorrow morning. lows 30s to 32, Phoenix around 68 overnight, highs near 95. The Northwest cold air mass brings frosty Utah Nevada Wyoming Idaho readings and warmup begins after tomorrow and Friday.
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United States Weather Bureau
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Utah
Nevada
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Idaho
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Big Piney
Wyo
Weather Bureau
Noisy Harry Bridges Promised Much Company At Mine Union Session
Washington dispatch describes Harry Renton Bridges joining the 47th annual convention of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. Bridges attends a Nogales copper workers meeting as a federal injunction halts a copper strike harming defense efforts.
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Harry Bridges
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