61 Die In Far Apart Plane Crashes
A search plane found the wreckage of a missing Mexican airliner near Pococatepetl with no sign of life. Crashes elsewhere killed 61 people total, including crews of B-29s, RAF Lincolns, and a US Superfortress crew in Guam.
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Mexico City
Popocatepetl
United Press
Oklahoma
England
Royal Air Force
Staythorpe
London
United States Air Force
Guam
Mexico
Yankees Fined For Roughing Umpire After Boston Game
President Will Harridge of the American League fined New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel and two players a total of 500 dollars for demonstrations against umpire Bill Grieve during and after the game with the Boston Red Sox. Stengel was fined 150 dollars for pushing Grieve and whirling him around after a close play at home plate. Catcher Ralph Houk was fined 150 dollars for protesting the call, as Boston's Johnny Pesky scored the winning run.
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Casey Stengel
Ralph Houk
Bill Grieve
Boston
Johnny Pesky
Charles Berry
Cliff Mapes
Jim Turner
Yogi Berra
Bobby Brown
Chicago
Will Harridge
American League Today
Boston Red Sox
Stengel
Grieve
Red Sox
Pesky
Yanks Edge Athletics to Narrow Gap in Pennant Race
New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia Athletics 3 to 1 behind Vic Raschi four-hit effort to move within a half game of the league leading Boston Red Sox. Red Sox play the Senators in Washington tonight. Line score shows Yankees 3 runs on 4 hits, Athletics 1 run on 4 hits.
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New York
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
Vic Raschi
Red Sox
Senators
Washington
Philadelphia
Fowler
Shantz
Guerra
Raschi
Berra
Police Money Stolen in Portales Robbery
Portales police were robbed last night as a padlocked box belonging to Police Judge F T Burke and another box with 425 dollars in fines were taken. The four man force is actively investigating the incident.
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Portales
N. M
F. T. Burke
Two Die Of Thirst Three Miles From River
In Yuma on September 27 AP reports two men found dead of thirst less than three miles from the Colorado River on the California side. Believed to be Mexican nationals who entered illegally, a deer hunter named Mike Mendivil said two men from an original six party reported two dead and two dying. A search recovered the bodies two miles from Bear Tanks about 25 miles from Yuma, with no further details from the El Centro sheriff.
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Colorado River
California
Mike Mendivil
Mendivil
Bear Tanks
el Centro
Calif
Flag Battles At A Glance
American League standings show Boston at 94 55 0.631 and New York 94 56 0.627 with four remaining games. National League lists St Louis 95 54 and Brooklyn 94 56, each with four games left as Chicago and Philadelphia chase positions.
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New York
Philadelphia
Washington
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Brooklyn
St. Lapis
Awan
Chicago
Pao
Hiladelphia
Yankees and Mapes Penalized After Postgame Remarks
The decision left Boston up 7 to 6 and the AL lead. Cliff Mapes of the Yankees received the largest $200 fine for remarks to Grieve after the game. Commissioner Harridge warned Mapes to apologize and warned Stengel that repeats would trigger automatic suspension.
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Boston
Cliff Mapes
New York
Harridge
Mapes
Stengel
Yankees
Earthquake Strikes Southern Alaska No Casualties Reported
An Anchorage dispatch says a prolonged quake hit southern Alaska this morning near the epicenter. The tremor lasted about a minute, buildings rocked, dishes dislodged, and clocks stopped with no deaths or injuries initially reported.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Kidnapping Tale Tries Bizarre Ruse to Stir Up Cash
A 30 year old welder, Buel Wilson Hall, told police a kidnapping plot with two men and a $5 000 ransom ending at Roy's Buffet. Investigators found most of the tale imaginary, confirming only that Hall had been with two men and feared robbery. He was jailed for making a false report after detectives probed the tale.
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Kenneth Arline
Buel Wilson
Hull
Hul
Arrizonans Bid High On Fox Parking Lease
The Phoenix City Council heard a $2,500 monthly bid from Landrum and Mills Realty for the Fox Parking Lot lease on Second Street. Bids ranged with rivals from local and California investors, with a Chicago syndicate later bowing out after open bid.
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Fox Parking
Lewis Thomas
Arizona Realty
Fox
Second Street
Washington and
Jefferson Streets
Riney B. Salmon
Landrum and Mills Realty Company
Arizona
California
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Los Angeles
Parvin
Fred A. Ironside
Louis B. Whitney
Phoenix
Chicago
Bernard B. Bucholtz
Thomas J. Imler
Bucholtz
Landrum and Mills
Nicholas Udall
Truman Sees Welfare Programs Guarding Peace at Home
President Truman asserted that American prosperity guarantees world peace and urged public support for Democratic measures on housing education health and social security. He defended welfare state aims against critics and highlighted plans for resource use power development and rural water access. The address from the White House marked Democratic Women’s Day activities.
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Truman
Times
Democratic Party
Congress
United States
White House
Women’s Division
Democratic National Committee
Wanger to receive life term for wife slaying
John W. Wanger 31 a private patrol operator faces a life sentence for first degree murder in the slaying of his wife Bessie Lee. The Maricopa County jury fixed the penalty after a four ballot process. Prosecution sought death, defense claimed accidental shooting.
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John W. Wanger
Bessie Lee
Wanger
Maricopa County
Charles C. Bernstein
W. L. Hash
South 40Th Street
Hassayampa River Deepened by North Rains in Arizona
Heavy rains to the north and northeast caused the Hassayampa River at Wickenburg to run two feet deep through the night. Wickenburg reported .27 inch of rain yesterday afternoon, with Stanton receiving .42 inch in about 20 minutes. Crown King area saw about .46 inch, while Antelope and Slaughter House Creeks rose but not as much as a week earlier. The reservoir at Horse Thief Basin will gain storage from the rain. Tempe had a light shower, and more storms were reported in the Walnut Grove area.
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Prescott
A. R. Barnett
Stanton
Congress Junction
Crown King
Bradshaw Mountains
Walnut Grove
Hassayampa
Maurine Sanborn
Co-Operative Observer
Weather Bureau
Mayer
Tempe
Ocean fog grounds coast fire danger and counts losses
An ocean fog delayed firefighting along two North Oregon coastal towns as crews battled multiple fires across western Oregon and Washington. One firefighter was killed amid widespread blazes.
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Oregon
Washington
Markets At A Glance and Early Commodities Notes
Markets report mixed moves across assets with declines in some stocks and steadier rails. Cotton soft due to hedging. Chicago Wheat and Corn show gains from short covering. oats rise with March futures nearing 20.25 while hogs steady near 34. Temperatures listed at multiple times reflect a busy weather snap.
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Chicago
Phoenix Girl Vanishes After Leaving Home
Lazette Miller a 17 year old North High senior disappeared after leaving her home at 714 East Montecito Avenue last Friday night. Her mother said she could not find anyone who saw her board a bus near the residence or at the football game or post game dance. Police statewide have issued broadcasts in a bid to locate the missing girl described as a good student and glee club member. She is 5 feet 7 inches, slender, about 118 pounds with light brown hair and was wearing a white cotton dress with black pin stripes.
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Lazette Miller
Montecito Avenue
East Montecito Avenue
W. L. Miller
Miller
Phoenix-Mesa
Montgomery Stadium
Morristown Man Shot in Wickenburg Incident
Ole Harvey, 45, of Morristown, was treated at Wickenburg Community Hospital for a gunshot wound to his left leg near his home. Deputy Sheriff William Holmes said a woman acquaintance, mother of three, shot him around midnight. no charges were to be filed and the cause remains unknown.
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Phoenix Gazette
Wickenburg
Ole Harvey
Morristown
William Holmes
Harvey
What Noted People Are Saying
International News Service reports from Flushing Meadow New York and New York City quotes from British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith. Bevin warns sovereignty may endure while other losses mount if an atom bomb strikes. Smith estimates the Soviet Union will need about ten years to reach the current U.S. level of atomic bomb production.
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N. Y
Ernest Bevin
New York
Walter Bedell Smith
United States
Russia
Soviet Russia
Phoenix City Council votes for vice conditions report
The Phoenix City Council asked City Manager James T. Deppe and Police Chief Earl O Clair for a report on vice conditions after Mayor Nicholas Udall cited a Sept. 17 Phoenix Gazette article. Councilman H W Blaine proposed the motion, with Councilman Charles N Walters seconding, while others abstained.
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James T. Deppe
Earl O’clair
Phoenix
H. W
Jack) Blaine
Charles N. Walters
Deppe
Nicholas Udall
Phoenix Gazette
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