Burglars Loot VFW Clubhouse. Gunfire Fails to Stop They Escape
Three burglars broke into the VFW Post 8015 clubhouse at 5019 South Second Street and stole about $325 from an improvised steel cabinet safe. Leo Phillips, 26, post custodian, fired twice as the trio fled in a car and on foot, pellet hits lodging in the ceiling. Deputies see no wounds. alarm sounded after a window was smashed. bartender Sam Sellers confirms the safe held around $325.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
South Second Street
Leo Phillips
Phillips
Chris Sheets
N. A. George
D. L. Macgovney
Sheriff's Identification Bureau
Sam Sellers
Landrum and Mills
Second Street
Washington and
Jefferson Streets
Water Company
H. W. Blaine and
Charles N. Walters
Sox and Cards Hold Narrow Leads in Tight Races
Boston Red Sox lead 10-5 over the Senators after five innings while the Yankees trail 4-1 to the Athletics at seven. In the NL, the Cardinals sit 3-4 behind the Cubs at four innings as a loss would widen the gap to the Dodgers. a win could pull St Louis into a tie for the lead. Vern Stephens drove in two in Boston’s big second and third frames as Kramer exited after wildness.
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Nyton Senators
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Brooklyn Dodgers
Senators
Jack Kramer
Oiff
Red Sox
Bostonians
Nats
Kramer
Mickey Harris
Sid Hudson
Vern Stephens
Sox
Boston
Washington
Masterson
Tebbetts
Harris
Hudson
Weik
Dick Fowler
Athletics
Yanks
Sam Chapman
Ferris Fain
A’s
Philadelphia
New York
Fowler
Rosar
Lopat
Porterfield
Berra
Cub
Roy Smalley
Hank Sauer
Marty Marion
Stan Musial
Baseball
Page
Seven Die as Fire Ravages Kansas City Home
Seven persons perish and four are injured when fire sweeps a three story frame building in Northeast Kansas City recently converted to a convalescent home for elderly residents. About 20 lived there and several escaped in night clothes. Dead include Florence Richards 85 Cora Andrews 68 Owen Richards 45 Lorraine Ellis 17 Myrtle Hershey 25 Myrtle Marie Hershey 9 months and Cletus Hershey Jr 26 months. Cletus Hershey the husband was a night watchman nearby and helped reach the second floor before casualties. The fire gutted the interior. a milkman first reported the blaze.
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Kansas City
THE
RED Cross
Florence Richards
Cora Andrews
Owen Richards
Lorraine Ellis
Myrtle M. Hershey
Myrtle Marie
Cletus M. Hershey, Jr
Cletus M. Hershey
Hershey
Famie Pre
Eadh
American Ship Faces Attack By Chinese
Shanghai dispatch reports three American merchant ships held by Chinese Nationalist warships. Captain Henry Skurr of the Flying Indian transmitted that a destroyer was alongside with crew at battle stations and guns loaded bearing on his ship. U S naval stations in the Orient were alerted while the Navy denied any plan to intervene per governmental policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
INS
Henry Skurr
Flying Independent
U. S
Orient
Navy
Mexican Village Planned in Phoenix for Winter Visitors
Phoenix plans to erect a half block U shaped Mexican Village with a central plaza to entertain winter visitors. Gabriel Peralta, owner of El Rey Cafe, is president of Mexican Village Incorporated with $500000 capital. Incorporators include Mexican Chamber of Commerce president A C Salcido and El Sol editor Josefina Franco among many local business leaders.
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Phoenix
Gabriel Peralta
Sonora
Mexico
James S. Riggs
Peralta
Peralta and Riggs
A. C. Salcido
The
Mexican Chamber of Commerce
Sefina C. Franco
el Sol
A. F. Peralta
Y. L. Camacho
Gus Rodriguez
Fender
Sam Balderas
Jose N. Larranga
Nicholas Mendez
Harry J. Dunham, Sr
Arizona Citizens’ Council
Adam Diaz
Luhrs Properties
Carlos
Mexico City
Brakeman slain while battling speeding locomotive crew
The incident reports a brakeman killed in a fatal clash with a speeding locomotive crew. The event details the dangers faced by railroad workers and the line of duty tragedy with official reactions and ongoing investigations. The paper notes the broader context of railroad safety and memorials for fallen workers.
Lewis Orders 102000 Union Coal Miners Back To Work
Associated Press reports John L. Lewis ordered 102000 United Mine Workers miners back to the pits while about 400000 remain on strike. The move targets mainly bituminous regions in the North South and Midwest, with 80000 in Eastern Pennsylvania and 22000 elsewhere resuming work Monday. The telegram cites wage talks as ongoing and aims to minimize losses. Violence subsided with only one disorder reported as 250 men pressured a nonunion shaft in Linton Indiana. State police in Western Pennsylvania said all quiet.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Washington
Iowa
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Missouri
Wyoming
Utah
Montana
Linton
Ind
Congress Deadlock Over Interior Budget Persists
House and Senate conferees could not break their funding impasse for the Interior Department. They plan to reconvene Monday. The United Nations postponed action on China's charges against Russia, which a Soviet bloc spokesman warned could turn the General Assembly into a war assembly.
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House
Senate
Congress
Interior Department
United Nations
China
Russia
General Assembly
Markets At A Glance
Markets at a glance show irregularity in stocks with select issues. Bonds trade light while cotton hedging remains active as mills buy. Chicago wheat firm near close with easy corn on weaker demand for cash grain. Hogs uneven with modest price shifts, around 20 to 25 cents. cattle prices mostly lower. Classifieds guide reader to Polly etc and Dorothy Dix. sports and financial sections noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Nss
Two Die in McCleary C-82 Crash Near Forested Site
Searchers recovered two bodies from a burning Air Force C-82 Flying Boxcar wreckage five acres of forest land five miles northeast of McCleary Washington. A third crewman remains missing after the routine training flight crashed Thursday near McChord Field.
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Mccleary
Wash
INS
Air Force
William Pratt
McChord
Boy Thrown From 220-Foot West Virginia Building
In Huntington on September 30 a shabbily dressed man tossed a small boy aged 3 to 4 from the 220 foot West Virginia Building, then killed himself. Both bodies crashed on Fourth Avenue as midday shoppers watched, with police reporting the boy suffered every bone broken.
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
Fourth Avenue
Noted Leaders Offer Views on U.S. Economy and World Peace
President Truman forecasts a possible $4,000 per family annual income, stressing it can be achieved with effort. United Nations Assembly President Romulo warns history demands consensus for peace, or peril. General Eisenhower urges confidence in free expression and future of the U.S. system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Kansas City
Truman
Lake
United Nations Assembly
Carlos Romulo
Neither Side Gives Ground In Steel Issue
Pittsburgh report details a Federal mediator saying there is no basic change in positions between Big Steel and CIO during nationwide steel strike talks. William N. Margolis noted continued negotiations while preparations for a strike escalated with banked furnaces nationwide and wildcat walkouts by United Steelworkers members.
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Pittsburgh
Big Steel
Congress of Industrial Organizations
William N. Margolis
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Philip Murray
CIO
United
Berserk brakeman wounds engine crew with hammer flare
A Portland bound freight train attack left brakeman Kenneth W. Hopkins mortally injured after a struggle in the locomotive cab. He boarded at Eugene and attacked Engineer Brent W. Campbell and Fireman Ben J. Mackowiak with a lighted flare and a hammer before being burned and fatally injured at Salem hospital.
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Portland
Ore
Kenneth W. Hopkins
Fortland
Salem
Hopkins
Eugene
Brent W. Campbell
Ben J. Mackowiak
Junction City
Campbell
Mackiowiak
Mackiewiak
Mackowiak
Telephony Stars Hunt For Fliers
New York Sept 30 AP mysterious mind waves started an ocean search for two missing Italian fliers after a garbled message suggested they were alive near the Bahama Islands. Planes and ships joined the hunt until it emerged the report came via telegraphic currents to a Rome doctor, not by radio, ending the rescue effort.
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New York
Bahama Islands
Rome
John M. Brondello
Camillio Bartoglio
Truman Talk To Lead Chest Radio Appeal
National Community Chest publicity begins with a half hour 8 p m radio show tonight as Phoenix forms a drive to raise 365 497 dollars from Oct 19 to Nov 3 Walter Bimson president Valley National Bank elected vice chairman Policy and Executive committees announce Lynda Harper 8 year old Santa Monica blue baby will introduce Truman on four network broadcast to KTAR KOY KOOL and KPHO with Ethel Barrymore tells her story Henry Ford II leads response Jack Benny Dinah Shore and others perform
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National Community Chest
Phoenix
Walter Bimson
The
Valley National Bank
Phoenix Community Chest
Hollywood
Lynda Harper
Santa Monica
Truman
Community Chest
KTAR
KOY
KOOL
KPHO
Lynda
Ethel Barrymore
Henry Ford II
Jack Benny
Fred MacMurray
Dinah Shore
Frank Sinatra
Ann Sothern
Ralph Edwards
Mayor Udall Welcomes Fifth Child At St Josephs Hospital
Mayor Nicholas Udall and wife Sybil welcomed a son at 10 15 PM at St Josephs Hospital weighing pounds and 13 ounces. The father learned of the birth during a City Council meeting. Both parents reported doing fine. The child has not yet been named. The Udalls already have Johnny 8 Kim 5 Lee 4 and Teresa 2.
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Nicholas Udall
Sybil
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Udall
Udalls
Johnny
Kim
Lee
Teresa
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DC Iake
VFW
Fas
Council
Fox
Landrum and Mills Realty Company
Arizona Water Company
John B. Mills
Hotel
Westward Ho Corporation
Neely G. Landrum
Dallas
Tex
Oilman
City
J. H. Welsh
Joseph T. Meltzer
Melczer
Associated Press
Midwest
UMW
United Press
Polly Woos
Dorothy Dix
Heres
M. m
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Lead Chest Radio Appeal
W. W. Knorpp
Phoenix Drive
Bimson
Bell Aircraft
Buffalo
N. Y
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