Manila Racket Gave Foe Aid of 32 Million Dollars
Honolulu dispatch reports a vast post office money order scheme that diverted 32 million dollars to Chinese Communists via Manila. Agents forged signatures on treasury checks and certificates, converting military pay to dollars in Hong Kong banks. Four U.S. veterans linked to the ring were arrested in 1950 as Manila tightened controls and Washington imposed a war materiel embargo through Hong Kong.
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Honolulu
China
R. Frank Ogden
Orient
Postal Service
Manila
Ogden
U.S
Treasury
Hong Kong
U. S
Philippines
U. S. Treasury
U.S. Treasury
Charles Clarance
San Francisco
James Hanley
Akron
Ohio
Walter E. Mason
Fort Wayne
Ind
Carlos Moore Turner
Florida
National City Bank
United States
Navy Grounds Alaska Squadron For Morale Reasons
The Navy grounded Patrol Squadron 9 in Alaska for morale reasons after a string of crashes near Alaska since July. Francis P. Whitehair informed Rep. Hugh B. Mitchell that three Privateer bombers were involved in crashes and that nine crafts have crashed or vanished in the Alaskan sector, with deaths and disappearances approaching one hundred.
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Washington
Naval Air
Alaska
Navy
Hugh B. Mitchell
Wash
Francis P. Whitehair
Mitchell
Whitehair
Patrol Squadron 9
Air Force
Pilotless B-61 Bomber Unit Formed for Tactical Use
The Air Force announced the creation of its first guided missile squadron at Cocoa Florida set to activate October 1. It will operate the Matador B-61 pilotless bomber, train under Air Research and Development Command, then become combat ready under Tactical Air Command supervision. The missile is ground launched and pilotless, with tests at Holloman and Cocoa.
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Washington
Air Force
Cocoa
Fla
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Air Research and Development Command
Tactical Air Command
Truman
Holloman Air Force Base
Alamogordo
N. Mex
Dewey Talks With Truman On Far East Policy
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York met with President Truman at the White House for a noon conference on Far Eastern affairs. The session marked a high level exchange between the rivals as Dewey aims for the presidency.
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Truman
Dewey
Far East
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
White House
Allies Bar Czech Airline Flights Across West Germany
The Allied High Commission barred all Czech airline flights over West Germany with no stated reason. An American official said the United States, Britain, and France agreed to the joint action, effective last Tuesday midnight.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Allied High Commission
West Germany
High Commission
United States
Britain
France
RFC Officers Hiring Probed By Senators
Senate investigations opened with sworn testimony on American Lithofold Corp hiring a government official who approved a 1944 loan, as Wm Boyle Jr. faces scrutiny over RFC lending patterns and a 1949 $565,000 loan after Boyle joined as lawyer. hearings continue with Toole and Williams as next witnesses.
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Washington
American Lithofold Corp
St. Louis
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
William M. Boyle, Jr
Hoey
N. C
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Litheford
Boyle
J. Frank Williams
RFC
War Plants Corporation
Williams
E. J. Tool
Boyle Denies Reports Merl Young Was Sidekick in 48 Party Affairs
William M. Boyle Jr. told senators he had no official role with the Democratic National Committee in 1948 and volunteered to help elect Truman. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith had alleged Young acted as Boyle’s alter ego at party headquarters, a claim Boyle disputed as confusion. The hearing before Sen. Guy M. Gillette examined campaign practices and expenditures as possible reforms.
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Boyle
Merl Young
Washington
William M. Boyle Jr
E. Merl Young
Democratic National
Young
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
National Democratic
National Committee
Truman
White House
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Gillette
Guy Gabrielson
Allied Forces Gain Up To Five Miles In Hills
United Nations infantry and Marines across the 135 mile front fight hard in Korea. U.N. troops captured four hills in the central front and pressed toward a key Communist supply base. Air battles continue with jets and propeller planes engaging, and night sorties set a record as 119 missions were flown. Communist broadcasts criticize U.N. cease-fire talks while no official response is made to Ridgway’s proposal for a new site.
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Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
United States
U.N
Reds
Air Arm
Kaesong
Matthew B. Ridgway
Light Frost Nip Northern Arizona Valley
Northern Arizona valleys had light frost this morning with Flagstaff at 32 degrees. Daytime temps fall briefly then rise. Phoenix may reach near 97 today with cooler highs later. A weak tropical storm offshore could bring afternoon showers to southern and southeastern areas tomorrow.
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Arizona
Flagstaff
United States Weather Bureau
Phoenix
Mexico
Big 3 approve unified European Army plan
The Big Three foreign ministers backed Gen. Eisenhower’s proposal to form a unified European Army including German forces. They viewed it as best for integrating Germany into Europe’s defense while addressing fears of renewed aggression and paving the way for a peace contract granting West Germany independence in exchange for cooperation with the Western defense effort.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Europe
Free World
Union Urges Labor To Establish Party
The International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers endorsed creating a labor party, saying neither major party serves workers. A wage talks plan with Phelps Dodge is set for Douglas, with talks sought with Anaconda, Am. Smelting, Am. Brass, and others. The union notes a 19.4 cent package with a 15 cent raise and pension boosts. They are operating under an 80 day Taft Hartley injunction signed Sept. 5. Turn to MINERS on Page 2.
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Bob Berrellez Nogales
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Independent Union
Labor
America
United States
Phelps Dodge Corp
Federal Conciliation and Mediation Service
Orville Larson
Phelps Dodge
Douglas
Federal Service
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
American Smelting and Refining Co
American ® Brass Co
Coeur d’Alene, Ida
Miami, Ariz
Kennecott Copper Corp
Joe H. Black Dies In Fiery Truck Wreck
Joe H. Black 46 of Phoenix died after his pickup exploded when struck by a semi on Washington Street near Torrea Feeding Pens. Bernard H. Schreckengost 29 pulled through flames to help but could not save him. Black served as leader of the 228th Quorum of Seventy and taught a missionary class. He leaves a wife Margaret and five children, with one son missionary in the Tongan Islands.
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Joe H. Black
E. Coronado
Quorum of Seventy
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Fifth Ward
Phoenix Stake
Black
Washington St
Torrea
Bernard H. Schreckengost
W. Coronado
Shreckengost
Rural Fire Protection Co
Kirtland
N. Mex
Arizona
Phoenix
State Highway Department
Flagstaff
Margaret
Joseph Layne
South Pacific
Kelly
Sheila
Jeannette
LaDawn Powell
Los Angeles
Fires Spread In California Across State Uncontrolled Blazes
At least five fires swept tinder dry California forcing evacuations of about 200 people from Buck Lake in the High Sierra. A 25 000 acre blaze along Feather River Canyon in Plumas National Forest drew 1 000 firefighters and halted heavy traffic while other fires burned in Mendocino Humboldt Shasta Trinity and Riverside counties.
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Associated Press
California
High Sierra
Feather River Canyon
Plumas National Forest
Buck Lake
Canyon
Mendocino National Forest
Humboldt, Shasta
Trinity
Riverside County
Senate Panel Backs Lovett for Defense Secretary
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved Robert A. Lovett unanimously to succeed Gen. George C. Marshall as secretary of defense. Chairman Richard B. Russell indicated a possible Senate vote later today. Lovett had appeared before the committee previously, and most lawmakers praised the choice despite Republican criticism of Marshall.
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George C. Marshall
Secretary of Defense
Truman
White House
Robert A. Lovett
Marshall
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Richard B. Russell
Senate
Lovett
Ralph Flanders
Congress
Pyle To Talk At Winslow in This Is a Year of Decision
Gov. Howard Pyle travels to Winslow for a noon joint civic clubs meeting a group of women and school children in the afternoon and a dinner by women’s clubs in the evening The governor centers his speeches on This Is a Year of Decision and urges civic involvement
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Howard Pyle
Winslow
Sleeping Bag Issue Held Up In Korea
A U S Marines dispatch reports the army will not issue winter sleeping bags to combat troops for some time. Cold nights in Korea force men to use three to four blankets in windproof tents, a practice hampered by limited proper shelter. Bitter complaints followed the decision.
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Tokyo
United States Marine Sector
Korea
Secretary Of Labor To Tour Phoenix Plant
Secretary of labor Maurice J. Tobin plans a visit to Reynolds Metals Co. in Phoenix after addressing federal employment representatives from Western states. He will be hosted by Reynolds officials and regional labor leaders during a defense production focused tour.
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Secretary of Labor
Phoenix
Maurice J. Tobin
Reynolds Metals Co
Reynolds
Tobin
Glenn Bakken
Nicholas Dragon
CIO
James A. Rork
Arizona State Employment Service
Bakken
Dragon
Labor Department
Defense Manpower Committee
Mexican National Farm Labor Import
Hotel Adams
Arizona
Winslow
Window Rock
Tribal Council
American Airlines
San Francisco
American Federation of Labor
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Post Office
Navy Grounds
Florida Center
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Litteford
William Oatis
Berlin
German Federal Republic
Czechoslovakia
Oatis
THE
Czechoslovak Airlines Co
Switzerland
Holland
Sky Harbor
Wester
Pyle
Frontier Airlines
Northern
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