Attlee Protest Confirmed
London reports Britain confirms Prime Minister Attlee sent a personal note to President Truman in reply to his demand for immediate Jewish immigration into Palestine. A foreign office spokesman said the note was not for public release and expressed Britain's puzzlement at Truman acting precipitately. The note asserts Britain retains sole control under the League mandate and bears no obligation to accept outside ultimatums.
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London
Foreign Office
Attlee
Truman
Palestine
Holy Land
Britain
United States
Talmadge Remains Under Observation After Illness
Governor candidate Eugene Talmadge lay in St. Vincent's hospital Jacksonville Fla after a stomach hemorrhage. He was brought in and remained under observation on October 5 as doctors monitored his condition for a potential fourth term bid.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Eugene Talmade
Georgia
St. Vincent's Hospital
Iceland Nears Vote on U.S. Bases
Iceland's althing readied a roll call vote on ratification of the U S airport agreement. Opponents pressed to delay by demanding an aviation referendum, while the session aimed to conclude tonight.
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Iceland
U.S
Reykjavik
U. S
Hull's Condition Remains Critical
Washington reports Cordell Tul continued his courageous fight for survival from a cerebral hemorrhage and remained in grave condition.
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Hull
Washington
TNS
Cordell Tul
Entire U S Army To Move by Air
The air force unveiled a plan to make the entire U S Army portable by air. Brig. Gen. William M. Miley of Fort Benning’s airborne school said a real beginning has started and that the program is supported from within both air and ground forces. The RAF Review notes redesign of ordnance gear and aircraft loading to fit new air transport standards.
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Washington
Air Force
Brg
William M. Miley
Airborne School
Port Benning
Milly
RAF Review
United States
Fort Benning
Army Air Force
Army Air
Miley
Rioting mobs kill 53 in Taegu Korea police clash
In Taegu region southeastern Korea rioting mobs killed 33 Korean police and wounded 20 more before U S troops restored order. One hundred police reported missing. Lt Gen John Hodge said leaders were vicious extortors and communist demonstrators linked to a plot to discredit U S occupation forces. Civilian casualties not known.
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Seoul
Taikyu
Taegu
Korea
U. S
U. S. Army
Johnn. Hodge
Oes Eagiekal
Rea
Hodge
Pinehart Pinchot Dies Former Pennsylvania Governor and Forester
New York Oct 5 Clyde Barber 36 was accidentally shot and killed near Denton on a hunting trip. Pinchot 81, twice governor of Pennsylvania and forestry expert, died last night in Columbus Presbyterian Medical Center.
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New York
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Colunt
Presbyterian Medical Center
Denton
Clyde Barber
Enlistment Surge in September Affects G I Bill Benefits
Washington report states about 50,000 volunteers joined the army in September, far surpassing earlier planning of 25,000. The G I Bill of Rights educational benefits will depend on service date with three years of eligibility for those enlisting on or before October 5. Benefits accrue at 90 days of service per year plus extra per month in uniform until the war ends.
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Washington
Army
Gay
War Department
Uniter
Flour Mill Strike Ends at Pioneer Mills
The long strike at Pioneer Flour mills ended Saturday as Local 172, Food Tobacco and Agricultural Workers union members returned to work. Regional director Harry Roger announced members accepted a 20 cent-an-hour wage increase plus other benefits. A closed shop was not obtained but a satisfactory union security clause was secured.
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Pioneer Flour Mills
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers
Harry Xroger
Roger
Lutheran Meet Opens in Cleveland During Convention Service
Delegates representing 4086 congregations across the United States Canada Alaska and Hawaii opened the annual United Lutheran Church convention in Cleveland with a communion service at Massie Hall. About 564 delegates attend sessions scheduled to run through Friday.
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Lutheran Meet
Cleveland
United States
Canada
Alaska
Hawaii
United Lutheran Church
Cleveland Massie Hall
Saturday Forecast Paints Showers With Warm Weekend
Mostly cloudy with occasional showers and thundershowers Saturday afternoon and night and Sunday. Highs near 82 Saturday, around 86 Friday. Low around 70 Saturday night, 72 Sunday. Additional weather details on Page 2.
Fair Honors o Groups Fair Honors o Groups
The State Fair of Texas opens a 25 day run with five groups honored and guests including the Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers, rural youths, West Texas, Waxahachie, and the press. In Stephenville Newfound west Texans parade up Contland as Texas vs U S Seavil Tech college band performs. A fatal crash near Newfoundland kills 39 aboard a DC4 Skymaster after departing Harman field. wreckage on rock faces. two bodies identified as Joseph Percy and Helen Kent Downing.
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Dallas
Texas
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
West Texas
Waxahachie
The
Press
Stephenville
Newfoundwest
Contland
Stern Methodist University
Ihuyldéay
George Gay
Probers
Harmen Field
Newfoundland
Gander
Nolan
Perey
Joseph Percy
Woodmere
Helen Kent Downing
Thomson
120 Missing in Azores Storm
One hundred and twenty fishermen were reported missing today at Santa Maria island after a Samena davy typhoon destroyed twelve fishing vessels two tugboats and several launches. Four fishing boats were missing and reports from San Miguel and Santa Marta Island described catastrophic damage to crops homes and communications.
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Ponta Delgada
Azores
Santa Maia
San Miguel
Santa Marta
Nazi Fritzsche Fails To Surrender At Nuremberg
Nazi propaganda minister Hans Fritzsche, acquitted by the war crimes tribunal, attempts to surrender as lawyers press clemency pleas for other convicted defendants. American military police prevent his exit. Fritzsche sends a message urging German authorities to come and fetch him for trial.
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Mernberg
INS
Hans Fritzsche
Behal
Fritzsche
Nirvis
Karl Daenitz
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Gorying
Walter Funk
Aldred Soul
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Gestano
t _international military tribunal
Fritssche
Veo Stelluexberg
Fists and Stones Mark AFL Strike Riot in Harbor District
In New York on October 5 a street fight erupted between rival AFL factions as police with bare arms dispersed the melee. Masters Mates and Pilots, a maritime union, clashed with another union during the five day strike. Paul Hall of the Maritime Trades council warned of a general harbor strike if 30 percent wage demands were not granted by Monday. Amid the chaos 587 workers poured from a hall, factions clashed, bottles and stones flew, and a new strike committee demand surfaced before police ended the violence after twenty minutes.
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WEW
York
Arewa
AFL
Peace Conference approves Balkan reparations plan
PaRish Oct 5 The Peace Conference commissions completed treaty work and sent items to plenary. A Balkan economic commission ended a deadlock by approving a British proposal for Bulgaria to pay 125 009 000 dollars jointly to Greece and Yugoslavia with later division by the foreign ministers council. Vote 9 to 5 followed west Slavic lines as delegates, exhausted, adjourned.
Leavenworth Officials Indicted in Liquor Conspiracy
TOPEKA Kan Oct 5 The mayor and police chief of Leavenworth are indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to violate liquor laws tied to a bootlegging ring. The panel says officers were told not to raid certain saloon areas and taverns were tipped off before raids. The jury also charges a Wichita liquor ring move of about 70 truckloads valued over 2 million dollars from Chicago to Wichita.
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Topeka
Kan
Leavenworth
Kansas
Leaven- Worth
Leavemworth
Federal
Alcoholic Tax Unit
Carl Kirmayer
Roy W. Murray
Wichita
Chicago
Shot Kills Flying Tiger in Manila Lobby Crash
MAWA officer G L Prescott former Flying Tigers member of Manhattan Beach Calif killed by a stray bullet in a Manila hotel lobby gunfight. Filipinos wounded and a hospital questioned. assailants fled as 45 bullets fired. Prescott had just arrived from Shanghai to buy surplus planes for Flying Tigers Airlines run by his brother Bob Prescott.
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MAWA
Nenpows
G. L Prescott
Chenault
Flying Tigers
Manila
Prescott
Manhattan Beach
Calif
John A. Ray
Martha
Ofda
Wyo
Luis Obispo
U.S. Army
Obispo
Ray
Shanghai
Flying Tigers Airlines
San Princisco
Bob Prescott
Nazi Trio Trial Sought by Western Occupation Officials
In Bremen Oct 5 officials from the British and American occupation zones proposed that the three Nürnberg acquittals be retroactively tried by a German court for crimes against the German people. The resolution, adopted unanimously at a German unification conference, named Hjalmar Schacht, Hans Fritzsche, and Franz von Papen as the defendants. Russian and French zone officials were invited but did not attend.
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Bremen
Nuernberg
Hjalmar Schavki
Tans Fritsche
Franz von Papeny
Army Delays Jet Speed Run At Muroc Field
Adverse weather and mechanical problems halted an attempt by the Army Air Forces to set a new British speed record of 616 miles per hour. The P-84 Thunderjet and P-80 Shooting Star would have flown at Muroc Field, with officials noting low temperatures hinder performance and suggesting spring as a possible reschedule.
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Los Anununa
vPi
Army Air Forces
Muroc
Army
Walter
Five U.S. Warships Sail To Chile For Gonzalez Videla Inauguration
Five American warships will visit Chile for the November 4 to 5 inauguration of President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla. The group includes the 43,000 ton battleship Wisconsin the 27,000 ton carrier Leyte and destroyers Massey Douglas H Fox and Joseph P Kennedy.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Chile
Presidenteluel Gabriel Gonzalez Vi Dela
Navy
Leyte
Massey
Douglas H. Fox
Joseph P. Kennedy
Summer Time Ends in England
London report says British Summer Time ends at 3 a m tomorrow and clocks revert to Greenwich mean time, six hours ahead of central standard time.
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England
London
Greenwich
West Side Troubadours Pocketed Cash During Serenade
Jose Garcia Lopez of 11 Fest Commerce Street hired three troubadours to serenade his girls on North Laredo Street. After enjoying the entertainment he borrowed a guitar and sang, but one troubadour picked his pocket, stealing 875 dollars while the performance continued. Police report filed.
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West Side
Jose Garcia Lopez
Commerce Street
North Laredo Street
Huge Craft Nearing North Pole
London reports an American official stating the Pacusan Dreamboat, a converted B29 flying fortress, may attempt to reach Khartoum and surpass last week’s 11,290 mile distance record set by the Turtle. The mission hinges on favorable winds as RAF Mosquito aircraft poised to greet the voyage.
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London
J¢hartoum
Cairo
RAF
Northol
Dreamboat plane nears Arctic Pole on Hawaii to Cairo trek
The Pacusan Dreamboat, a B17, reports nearing the magnetic North Pole while flighting from Honolulu to Cairo. Skipper Cole Irvine communicates via amateur radio as the crew climbs to 15,000 feet and eyes Alaska and northern Canada, with an estimated Cairo arrival Sunday afternoon.
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Abattle
Arctic Circle
Magnetic North Pole
Boothia Pennsa
Canada
Hawaii
Cairo
Joe Schobert
Zenith, Wash
Sitha
Sitka
Alaska
Honolulu
Pacific
Juneau
Cole Clarence
Irvine
Miter
Arctic
Mackenzie Eer Pasin
Victoria Lands
Goa
C.S
Pacusan Airmanship Term From War Dept Joke
Washington reports a wartime joshing term Pacusan meaning Pacifier air command United States army. The name arose in relation to the Honolulu Cairo air route with a playful back formation and the trailing letter n. The explanation notes the term does not stand for anything else.
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Washington
Army
Cairo
War Department
Pacifier Air Command
United States Army
Many Cafes Won't Hike Meat Meals
Washington October 5 1943 restaurant owners welcomed OPA action allowing meat meal prices to rise up to 15 percent next Thursday National Restaurant Association President Walter Clark said many eateries will not use the full increase except where costs rose earlier Restaurant groups said the move would restore restaurant meat prices to roughly their normal relation to other meals and reflect adjusted costs
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Washington
OPA
Walter ¥. Clark
National Restaurant Association
Claris
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Talmadge
Pinehot
Dreamboat
Shannon
Eire
Robert A. Nolan
Dunn-Loring
Harmon
Glen Baler
Oklahoma City
Ecgs-Stolin
C. Resendiz
West
Labor Rowndup
North Pole
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