Van Zeeland Opens Push for Arms Balance to Foil War
In Ottawa the Belgian foreign minister Paul Van Zeeland tells the 12 nation NATO council that the scales of fate tilt toward peace or war. He urges a rapid arms balance to deter Red aggression while Greece and Turkey may join Western defenses. Dean Acheson arrives with the aim to broaden the pact as police guard parliament during a Communist picket line.
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Ottawa
Ont
Paul van Zeeland
North Atlantic Treaty Council
van Zeeland
House of Commons
Canada
Pariament
Greece
Turkey
Europe
Treaty Organization
Treasury
John W. Snyder
ECA
William C. Foster
Rockcliffe
Labor Progressive
Parliament
Korea
Youth Arrested On Suspicion Admits Firing and Robbing Rialto
A 15 year old reformatory escapee confessed to setting fire at the Rialto Theater to divert the manager while stealing the night's receipts. He was nabbed by Detectives William Black and John Wolf and Airport Officer Jack Gardner as he prepared to board an El Paso bound plane, with nearly $400 in his possession.
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Rialto
Reformatory
Rialto Theater
William Black
John Wolf
Jack Gardner
el Paso
Melvin Roman
Black
Jack Brause
Buffalo
Brause
New York State
Chicago
New York
Rube DeLaunty
Dayton
Margaret Harris
Little Falls
N.Y
Red China accuses U N of new Kaesong violations
In a Peiping broadcast, a Communist correspondent claimed Kaesong’s neutral zone was violated in the past few days by South Korean troops in American uniforms. Allied HQ denied violations beyond one navigational error strafing Kaesong. The Reds halted truce talks on Aug 23 and press for a next move by the Reds.
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Kaesong
Tokyo
Red China Radio Today
United Nations
Peiping
Alan Winnington
London Daily Worker
Matthew B. Ridgway
Public Information Office
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Reds
Prison break by armed convicts traps guards at Alabama prison
Twelve heavily armed escapees led by inmate Frank Green seized weapons from the Draper State Prison arsenal after locking six guards in an office. Guards were dismissed or suspended, state troopers blocked roads, and searches spread across four counties as seven fugitives were captured.
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Speigner
Ala
Draper State Prison
South Alabama
B. R. Reeves
Birmingham
Reeves
Frank Green
J. M. McCullough
R. W. Nims
B. A. Turner
C. White
J. W. Lee
Selma
Green
Nogales Hotel Guests Driven Out By Smoke
Smoke from a burning overstuffed chair sent guests at the Bowman Hotel in downtown Nogales into a near panic as firemen used ladders to reach the second floor. An elderly woman and child were rescued after becoming trapped between the wall and a neighboring building. The fire, believed started by a cigarette, began in the owners living quarters as guests were awakened by the smoke with no damage estimate yet provided.
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Nogales
Bowman
H. Hordyk
Ralph Woodhouse
Fire Department
Hordyks
Illinois Club Owner Slain in Calumet City Shootout
Calumet City Illinois September 15 Arthur Helfer aged 53 owner of five night spots on Calumet City's honky tonk strip was killed in a gangland style shooting outside his garage. Police said he was struck 11 times and apparently drew a revolver in his holster which remained clenched in his hand. His wife Lilling heard a disturbance about 230 am and found the body later beside the garage.
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Calumet City
Ill
aArthur Helfer
Honky Tonk
Lilling
Helfer
Allies Hurl Near Record Artillery Barrage At Foe
Allies bombed North Korean positions with heavy artillery in the six week battle of the hills. Thousands of rounds, including high explosives and white phosphorous, were fired by an Allied division, nearing the record set by the U S Third Division during the Imjin River action. Seoul blackout followed an 11 minute alert as Seoul residents debated a possible Chinese air offensive. A Hong Kong dispatch claimed 106,000 militia were moving into Korea.
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Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
U U. S
Imjin River
Seoul
Hong Kong
Reds Rage At Big Three Plans in West Germany Entry
AP dispatch from Germany reports mixed reactions to the Big Three move to integrate West Germany into a European defense system. East German leaders denounce remilitarization as a prewar plan while West German papers show cautious optimism or reserve, and Moscow aligned press urges resistance.
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Reds
Germany
West Germany
East Germany
Moscow
Soviet Union
Phoenix Man Killed In Leap From Truck
Raymond Bartley Bowers, 64, of Phoenix, died after leaping from a pickup as it went off Arivaca road west of Amado. Passenger Carl Wolfe, 60, also jumped with minor injuries. Vehicle traveled about 400 feet. Bowers transported to Nogales then Phoenix. An earlier Highway 60 accident near Phoenix injured Loyal Wells, 51, of Wittmann.
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Amado
Raymond Bartley Bowers
S. 18Th St
Phoenix
Arizona
Bowers
Arivaca Road
Here
Carl Wolfe
S. 12Th St
Balbimir Velasco
Desert
Nogales
Wittmann
Richard Merrill
Oakland
Calif
Loyal Wells
Memorial Hospital
Neal Pennell
Wells
Allies and Reds Hold German Maneuvers in Europe
At dawn in the north German plain Allied forces led by Britain and the United States begin eight days of mock battle with about 150 000 troops from seven western nations and German auxiliaries Soviet forces meanwhile enter the second day of autumn maneuvers with 250 000 troops studying sweeping pincer movements Russian General Chukov is said to judge Red Army drills Eisenhower and other Allied leaders plan to observe next week as separate American and French games are set for later.
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Bom
Germany
Europe
Iron Curtain
Atlantic Pact
North German
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vassily Chukov
Red Army
Krajcovic
Bank of Slovakia
United States
Patton
Slovakia
Driverless Vehicle Runs Over Owner in Field Collision
Clarence Schinlaub, 45, a Sharpsville farmer, was knocked unconscious when his driverless truck circled a farm field and ran over him after skidding through ditches. He remained in critical condition at St. Joseph's Hospital while police investigated the incident that occurred yesterday.
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Kokomo
Ind
Sharpsville
Clarence Schinlaub
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Schinlaub
Free Haircuts For Senators In Senate Budget Fight
Washington AP reports senators will keep free barber service and leaders retained chauffeurs as a $74 million budget for Congress passed amid unusual debate and unrecorded voting. Sen. Paul Douglas urged trimming the barber bill, while Sen. Carl Hayden defended tradition citing historic figures and long-standing perks.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Sen
Paul Douglas
Swift Armour To Continue Slaughtering
Swift and Armour packing houses said they would not follow Wilson & Co. in halting beef slaughtering next week. Wilson announced Chicago cattle slaughtering would stop for a week to dodge OPS penalties and to limit cattle slaughter to 50 percent of last year during each pricing period while prices stay high.
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Chicago
Swift and Armour Packing House
Wilson & Co
Wilson
Weather Pattern Shifts Slightly Across Regions
The Associated Press reports the nation's weather pattern shows little change with warm humid conditions along the Atlantic Seaboard and Gulf Coast while other areas remain a touch cooler.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Coast
Noted People Speak On Marital Rejection and Politics
International News Service surveys quotes from Hollywood and Washington figures. Tom Neal laments being left at the church door as Barbara Payton refused marriage. Senator Nixon urges an RFC loan probe, calling Boyle a sworn witness. Belgian Foreign Minister Van Zeeland praises NATO efforts and urges urgent action to preserve peace.
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Hollywood
Tom Neal
Barbara Payton
Washington
Nixon
Calif
Boyle
Nixon presses Boyle to testify before probe
Washington dispatch reports Senate investigator demands sworn testimony from Democratic Chairman William Boyle over alleged influence on a half million dollar RFC loan to American Lithofold Co. The push follows testimony and a diary reference, with committee action and related firings and party official questions noted.
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Washington
INS
Senate
William Boyle
Sen
Nixon
Calif
Boyle
Hoey
N.C
RFC
American Lithofold Co
St. Louis
Ernest Howard
J. E. Toole
Lithofold
Toole
Harley Hise
Lithoford
Truman To Open Drive For Community Chest Campaign
President Truman will open the annual Community Chest drive with a nationwide radio and television address at 8 55 p m Phoenix Time on September 30. The speech will be broadcast over all networks.
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Washington
Truman
Phoenix
Hawaiian Pineapple Strike Settled After Talks
In Honolulu on September 15 a seven month strike of about 750 workers at Lanai Island pineapple plantation ended. An ILWU spokesman said a settlement was reached late yesterday applying to the island pineapple industry which supplies 95 percent of US consumed pineapple.
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Honolulu
International
Lanai Island
ILWU
United States
Czech Underground Alleges Reds Evict Peasants For Forts
Washington reports Dr. V. S. Krajcovic of the Slovakia liberation group says Soviet forces disguise as farmers to concentrate troops. He cites deportations of 120,000 Slovaks, displacement at Zilina Cadca Jablunka Pass, Nove Mesto and Kosice, and dispersion of war materials. Exiled Czechs urge economic pressure on Prague to resist Soviet demands.
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Washington
Russia
V. S. Krajcovic
National Committee For Liberation of
Slovakia
United States
Czechoslovakia
Carpathian Mountains
Prague
Zilina
Cadca
Jablunka Pass
Poland
Nove Mesto
Vahom
Trencin
Moravian
Bratislava
Austria
Kosice
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Hitler
RED
Berlin
Kremlin
Paris
Rene Pleven
Gover
Charles de Gaule
France
Hayden
Douglas
Carl Hayden
Ariz
William Borah
Idaho
Borah
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
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Associated Press
Sky Harbor
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Oliver R. Kraft
Kraft
Litheford
R. J. Blauner
Lake Spider
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Maine
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