Typhoon Rips Guam Military Installations
A treacherous typhoon veered across Guam and three Mariana islands causing extensive military damage. Huge sheets of corrugated steel tore through Quonset huts as 160 mile per hour winds lashed bases. Rear Adm. Charles A. Pownall reported no serious injuries among Navy Marines or civilians, with one Army man sustaining a broken back as families evacuated to sturdier buildings and personnel were confined indoors.
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Warm Spell To Continue Through Fall Arrival
Weather outlook remains warm with Sunday partly cloudy and light southwest winds. Rain today continues into the night with cooler breezes. temperatures reach about 78 this afternoon after a low 64 Friday night. A Sept 20 heat record of 89 degrees tops previous 85 in 1940.
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Andrew Keller
Weather summary for Eastern New York with rains and cooler air
Occasional rain and cooler today and tonight give way to partly cloudy and warmer Sunday in Eastern New York. Friday high 89, low 52 with sunset 7 05 pm and sunrise 6 52 am Sunday. Record high 91 in 1949 and record low 35 in 1929. Relative humidity 63 at 8 30 pm and 85 at 8 30 am.
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New York
British gale kills eleven as 100 mph winds lash coast
London reports 100 mile per hour winds shipping battered along the south coast causing at least 11 deaths and 22 injuries. Four deaths occurred in shipping and a 60 foot wave swept Isle of Jersey crew. Debris and floods hit Lands End to Dover with seven fatalities ashore in Yorkshire and Lancashire. A plane divert flew Montgomery home from the U.S.
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Southampton
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Lancashire
Legion Parley Faces Famine For National Convention
SAN FRANCISCO hotel and restaurant groups warned that the American Legion convention opening September 29 may face a meager diet due to a rollback in meat prices by the OPA. They warned the shortage could affect meals at the event and related hospitality services.
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American Legion
OPA
Press Lands Condemns Truman on Ouster of Wallace
The Associated Press reports editorials from major papers praising President Truman’s resignation of Henry A. Wallace as restoring White House authority and foreign policy unity. New York Times, Providence Journal Bulletin, Omaha World-Herald, St Paul Pioneer Press, Minneapolis Tribune, and New York Herald Tribune weigh the move as correcting a string of cabinet blunders and balancing leadership with James Byrnes. Concluded on Page 2, Column 8.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Henry Wallace
James Byrnes
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NEW York Herald Tribune
Air Rescue Hustles Survivors From Belgian Crash Site
Air force and coast guard helicopters prepared at Gander Airport to rescue 18 survivors marooned near the crash of a Belgian airliner 22 miles southwest of the base. First transport arrived at 6 49 AM, second 31 minutes later. Helos unloaded and assembled for the hazardous pickup, with 14 injured seriously. Pilots Kleish of Cincinnati and Lt. Bolton of Milton, Mass, predicted landing on a small plateau above the wreck. A Catalina flying boat carried in a power plant, floodlights, and medical gear, while a ground team moved toward the scene by lake and forest toward the hospital at Gander.
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Gander
Survivors Tabulated After Belgian Plane Crash
Airline and Belgian ministry released an official list naming 16 of 18 survivors from the Belgian Sabena crash near Gander in Canada. The list includes Helen Ruth Henderson a 47 year old Girl Scouts executive of New York City and Philippe Henricot a 16 year old student of New York. Other survivors cited include Etienne Perier 14 and his sister Jean Perier both of New York, Charles Kornengold 29 a diamond merchant, his wife Selma Kornengold 27, Elizabeth Kyzer Wanderer 38 Central Park West New York City, and Rudi Revil 30 a compositor of Manhattan. Concluded on page 2 column 4.
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Fifth Av
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Arlington
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New York
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Etienne
Charles Kornengold
Selma
Kornengold
Charles
Elizabeth Kyzer Wanderer
Central Park
Rudi Revil
Niagara Falls Rock Break Question Stirs Officials'
Niagara Frontier parks officials declared an earthquake shook loose large rock from the American Falls yet a U S Army engineer found no evidence of a fall. Whether the tremor caused the break or vice versa remained unsettled as police, fire and newspaper switchboards reported steady inquiries.
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Niagara Frontier Parks
Rock Fall Report Sparks Conflicting Accounts at Niagara Falls
Niagara Frontier parks officials announced today there was nothing to report after a huge rock fall at the edge of the American Falls. The statement clashed with earlier official opinions following a sharp earthquake shock felt across the vicinity.
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Niagara Frontier Parks
Noy
American Falls
Rock tumble at Niagara River gorge sparks city inquiry
Police reported no injuries after a rock slide near the chemical industry center, with tremors felt up to ten miles away. Heavy fog hid the cataract base, delaying officials from assessing rock volume as Niagara Gorge erosion concerns rise.
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Park Commission
Niagara River Gorge
Robert L. Rice
Commission
Maybe It's Napoleon May Be Hitler In Hof Hospital
London dispatch reports a man claiming to be Adolf Hitler held in a hospital at Hof Bavaria. The man resembles only by a brown mustache and is under psychiatric examination.
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Truman to act soon to fill Wallace post in Washington
President Truman is expected to appoint a successor to Henry A. Wallace as Secretary of Commerce soon. A recess appointment is anticipated since Congress is not in session. When it reconvenes in January, the formal nomination will be sent to the Senate for confirmation. Undersecretary Alfred Schindler would act as secretary until a successor is announced. Schindler is from St Louis and is a longtime Truman associate.
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Alfred Schindler
Commerce Department
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Eight party squeeze on vote devices in Albany search
The Attorney General's office studies how to fit eight parties into seven party voting machines for the November 5 election. About 500 machines hold seven-party capacity. Onondaga and Westchester officials seek guidance. Assistant AG Wendell Brown says consideration is underway and no action until court decisions are handed down. Concluded on Page 6.
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Albany
Onondaga
Westchester
Wendell Brown
Spencer C. Young
Queens
Peace Hope Endures After Episcopal Convention
In Philadelphia an episcopal pastoral letter closes the 55th triennial convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A. The letter warns mankind faces obliteration from new armaments of fantastic power yet asserts a lasting peace is possible. Read aloud by the House of Bishops to 153 members.
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Philadelphia
Protestant Episcopal Church
U.S.A
House of Bishops
Auto Cash Burned At Schenectady Gas Station
A fire last night at a Schenectady gasoline station wrecked the business. The proprietor Theodore Sulen estimated the damage at 6000 dollars, with 800 dollars in cash from auto sale proceeds lost in the blaze.
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Schenectady
Theodore, Sulen
Wallace resignation blamed for war fears in editorial
David Lawrence cites resigned Secretary Wallace and his "mistaken zeal" as a key factor in spreading international war anxieties. The piece surveys global headlines and the impact of political rhetoric on public sentiment today on the editorial page.
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Wallace
David Lawrence
Strike Ends as Seamen Back on Job in New York Harbor
Seamen resumed work aboard ships in New York Harbor and other East and Gulf ports after votes ending a maritime strike. The decision followed an arbitration award endorsing wage parity across crews. Joseph Curran, president of the National Maritime Union, stated details conclude on Page 2.
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Gulf Ports
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Now Free To Battle For Peace by William T. Peacock
Henry A. Wallace, former Secretary of Commerce, challenges the Truman administration in a public confrontation over foreign policy. In a farewell message he resigns to pursue an ongoing battle, criticizing current policies and urging a new approach to international affairs.
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Clayton ‘Paul ‘A. Porter
Secretary of Commerce
Bfernay A. Wallace
Truman
William T. Peacock
Washington
Henry, A. Wallace
Wallace resigns from U.S. cabinet reported by Moscow
Moscow radio broadcast a London dispatch says Secretary Wallace has resigned from the U.S. cabinet and quotes his letter to President Truman. The broadcast offered no comment. Earlier Moscow had aired other dispatches about Wallace's fallout with the President.
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Moscow
Wallace
U.S
London
Truman
Peace policy fuels wartime stalemate and sharp U S debate
In a nationwide radio address the speaker argued that winning the peace matters more than holding high office. He pledged to press his go easy with Russia approach, despite clashes with the State Department and President Truman. The reflection concludes that policy success depends on enduring effort.
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State Department
Truman
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