Turtle Flies 11,237 Miles Record Flight
The Turtle navy patrol bomber landed in Columbus at 11:28 p.m. completing a record nonstop flight of 11,237 miles from North Australia. Official elapsed time was 55 hours 38 minutes. The mission eclipsed Des Moines distances and compared with the army’s planned Hawaii to Cairo flight. The P2V Neptunie and the Dreamboat B-29 updates follow the cross-ocean race.
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Columbus
Ohio
Port Columbus
Nerth
Australia
Des Moines
Iowa
Army
Nowa
Hawaii
Cairo
1040 WACs For Japan
Tokyo October first announces Capt Agnes A Masitid Jansky of Brockton Massachusetts named WAC director at General MacArthur headquarte rs. First 210 enlisted WACs expected to arrive at Yokohama base and be assigned to the Eighth Army. Later contingents totaling 880 WACs will be assigned to Tokyo HQ.
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Tokyo
Agnes A
Masitid- Jansky
Brockton
Mass
WAC
MacArthur
Imsohama
Eighth Army
Yokohama
Japan
Armed Gang Robs California Grocery Store
In NewaoaD California on October 1 five men and a woman, masked and armed with a submachine gun a Browning automatic rifle and a .38 pistol, robbed a Chinese owned grocery, looting $7000 in checks scattered in living quarters above the shop. The six Chinese operators were dining when the raiders entered through a roof access via a ladder.
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gEne Newoad
Calif
Ieen
Yohbed
Sutotl
Greece Loses in Border Decision
Paris dispatch reports a peace conference commission voting 10 to 1 to maintain the 1941 Bulgarian border and reject Greek demands for frontier rectifications. Greece and South Africa backed a proposal to move the frontier northward. Britain India New Zealand abstained.
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Greece
Gnry
Holland
South Africa
Kimony Diamantopoulos
Panhandle
Britain
India
New Zealand
United States
Australia
City to Get Bank Loan From Corns Bank
The Bank of Corns agreed to lend the city $430,000 for the budget on condition the general fund tax rate rises from $1.23 to the charter limit of $125. Mayor Gus EB. Mattermann proposed adding $30,000,000 to tax assessments beyond natural increases from new buildings.
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Bank, of Corns, Mentee
Gus EB. Mattermann
Flood Trouble on South Laredo Street
An autoist repairing a flat tire on South Laredo Street encountered a sudden flood as water from a fire hose emptied a basement, creating a glittering stream that left him midway through work and surprised at the curb.
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South Laredo
Two Burned in Plant Blaze at Port Worth Factory
In Port Worth the C. and J. Manufacturing company was destroyed by a fire late yesterday causing $25,000 in damage. Owner Charles A. Cragan Jr. suffered a leg injury while fighting the flames, and his wife Mrs. Charles A. Cragan Sr. sustained second degree burns as she moved records from the burning plant.
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Port Worth
C. and J. Manufacturing Company
Charles A. Cragan Jr
Charles A. Cragan Sr
U.S. Studies Turk Issue
Undersecretary Acheson said the United States is actively watching Russian demands on Turkey over the Dardanelles. He noted Washington is weighing how to respond to Russia's second note and denied reports of Turkey seeking U.S. help or that Turkish forces are at war alert.
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Acheson
United Statees
Turkey
Dardanelles
United States
Russia
Coat Holder Takes $120 in Feud Incident
Albert-Orr Martinez at 2176 West Laurel street reported a fight in the 100 block of South Concha street after pulling off his coat and watch and handing them to Roque Bueno at 308 North street to hold. A third man remained holding the items as the fight ended. Martinez valued the possessions at $120.
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Albert-Orr Martinez
Laurel Street
South Concha Street
Roque Bueno
North Street
Martinez
Ex Governor Guy Park Dies in Hotel Collapse in St. Louis
Former Missouri governor Guy B. Park, aged 74, collapsed and died in a hotel lobby in Jefferson City. Police and medical teams responded, with no immediate cause available. Park served as state chief executive in earlier decades and remained a prominent political figure. His death prompted tributes from local officials and former colleagues.
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Dles
Jefferson City, Mo
Guy B. Park
Weather Outlook Forecast for Tuesday to Wednesday
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday night. Temperatures rise from a Tuesday high near 80 and low 59 to a Wednesday high near 82 with a low around 62. Monday’s high was 77 with a 67 degree low.
Pixie Park battle and meat shortage inquiries
San Antonio mayor accuses Police and Fire Commissioner P L Anderson of attempting to sabotage a Browns park deal by pushing tax exempt park proposals. Boston reports mass meat shortages with 4 million pounds civilian and 4 million pounds army property identified. Tobin seeks army release and possible legal action while hearings debate ending the famine.
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P. L. Anderson
Gus B. Mauermann
St. Louis
Hall Park
Anderson
San Antonio
San Antono
John Zeller
Ball Park
Boston
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusetts
Tobin
Robert Patterson
Army
Mo Data On Tito Rumor Reds Say No Data
The Soviet Monitor news ticker said it had no information on reports of an attempt to assassinate Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia.
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Tito
Reds
London
INS
Tas
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Berserk Vet Kills 1 Wounds 2 in Denver Lounge Killing
A Marine veteran Ronald Smith 23 Grand Junction Colorado killed Dr James Mullen 26 of Pocatello Idaho in the Brown Palace hotel cocktail lounge. Two others Dr Roy Green and Philip Van Slyck were wounded as patrons moved for cover while witnesses restrained the assailant.
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Denver
Get
PIA Marine
South Pacific
Jtoric Brown
Roy M. Green
Colorado A
College
Fort Collins
Philip van Slyck
Salt Lake Cit
Goliad Braces for Flood After San Antonio River Rise
Goliad prepares as the San Antonio River swells to flood levels. Talbot reports 4 feet at the bridge at 8 a.m. and a crest possible near midnight with rain absent. Crops flooded include park grounds and fields while most crops were harvested and cattle moved to safety. Broad flood damage reported between Goliad and San Antonio to crops livestock and real estate.
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Goliad
San Antonio
Charles H. Talbot
Goliad Chamber of Commerce
Talbot
Snow Falls in Vermont
Snow in Vermont blankets towns with up to two inches. power lines toppled as temperatures dipped below freezing. Crops and grain in fields were damaged, with farmers facing losses from the early season storm.
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Snow Falls
Vermont
Tay
Green Mountains
Twelve Die After Mexico City Bus Collision
Twelve dead and seven injured were found in a deep gully after a Mexico City Puebla bus toppled following a head on crash with a freight truck on a mountain curve. Neither driver was hurt.
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Mexico City
Mexico City-Puebla
U S May Ease Short Meat
Representative Spence said after a White House conference with President Truman that the government may take some formal action to ease the meat shortage. Spence, chairman of the house handling committee, reported he was not at liberty to discuss specifics. Further details on page A.
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U.S
Christian A.herter
R-Mass
Congressional Committee On
Washington
Spence
D-Ky
Truman
Spenc
House
White House
Wberry
Hull Suffers Stroke Near Bethesda Naval Hospital
Cordell Hull former secretary of state suffered a slight stroke last night the navy reported. His condition is satisfactory and he is staying at Bethesda Naval Hospital where he had entered on September 12 for a checkup and rest.
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Cordell Hull
Navy
Hull
Bethesda
Mad
Naval Hospital
War Crimes Tribunal Hangs 12 Hitler Aides. Goering Among Executed
The international war crimes tribunal decreed death sentences for twelve leaders of Hitler's regime and sentenced seven to prison. Russia protested acquittals of Franz von Papen, Hjalmar Schacht, and Hans Fritzsche. Notable deaths include Goering, Ribbentrop, and ten others. Keitel Kaltenbrunner Rosenberg Frank Frick Streicher Sauckel Jodl Inquart Bormann in absentia. Others, including Hess, were given life sentences. Doenitz received five years. Schirach and Speer got twenty years.
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Fritz Spuckel
Harngley
Alfred Todlaves
Franz von Papen
Sete
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Albert Spoer
Constantin von Neurath
Mans Fritkehe
Martin Bormann
Hans Fritsche
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Z. T. Nikitchenko
Rudolph Hess
General Staff
High Command
Wilhelm Keitel
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Alfred Rosenberg
Hans Frank
Wilhelm Frick
Julius Streicher
Fritz Sauckel
Alfred Jodl
Arthur Seyss Inquart
Mar’ Ltiy Bormann
Hess
Walter Funk
Erich Raeder
Karl Doenitz
Germany
Fuehrer
Baldir von Schirach
Ui Jzoatts Jeader
Albert Speer
Lere
Bohemia
Freed Nazis At Noisy Press Meet
In Nurnberg Ost, freed Nazi leaders Schacht Papen and Fritsche faced reporters after acquittal. Schacht lamented lack of laws and free opinion in occupied Germany, while Papen argued no further trial was needed. The press room erupted as correspondents shouted, and the trio offered autographs for chocolate.
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