U N approves U S plan for Korea conference
United Nations General Assembly approves 43 to 5 a plan to limit the UN side to nations that sent troops to Korea plus the Republic of Korea. India withdraws. Soviet Union hints at attendance if invited. China and North Korea await action. The conference may convene before Oct 28 in Geneva with possible invitations to Poland and Czechoslovakia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
Korea
Republic of Korea
India
Soviet Union
China
North Korea
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Andrei Vishinsky
Geneva
United States
Dag Hammerskjold
Vishinsky
Sanity of Slayer Will Be Tested
In Somerville Massachusetts Mildred McDonald faces sanity tests as a grand jury weighs possible murder charges in the killing of 14 year old Mary di Rocco. Police say McDonald admitted the act after claiming taunts over a failed romance. Prosecutor not seeking the death penalty.
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Somerville
Mass
Slim Mildred McDonald
Massachusetts
Joseph di Rocco
di Rocco
Mildred McDonald
Mary di Rocco
New York
Miss MacDonald
Embessies to Bet on Boss Horses
Sidney Warnick a 38 year old Detroit bookkeeper embezzled 37000 dollars from his employer to gamble on race horses. He received five years probation on forging a 250 dollar check and must repay the money at 150 dollars monthly, having repaid 2500 so far. The employer Henry Thornton sold the horses to cover the deficit.
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Detroit
Sidney Warnick
Sidney
Henry Thornton
Budget Gap Looms as Congress Weighs Taxes and Spending
The Eisenhower team sees a possible path to a balanced budget next year but warns Congress must cooperate. Automatic tax cuts reduce revenue by about five percent, leaving a nine billion dollar gap to bridge via tax changes or spending cuts. Two tax cuts proceed January 1, while further reductions in corporate and excise taxes may be avoided or offset by other measures.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
Budget Bureau
Defense Issues Put Before American Legion
American Legion convention in St Louis hears that US air strength lags behind Russia in numbers and capabilities. Retired Adm Dewitt C Ramsey warns 12000 annual aircraft output vs 3000 in 1950 and Russia's 1000 long range bombers. Ramsey notes hydrogen and atomic programs and MiG-15 as signs of future superiority. Sen Joe McCarthy vows continued investigations despite Eisenhower era tensions. General Raymond McLain cites Korean War as call for universal military training.
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ST. Louis
American Legionnaires
Legion
National Security Commission
United States
Adm
Dewitt C. Ramsey
Russia
U.S
Ramsey
Aircraft Industries Assn
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Investigation Committee
Legionnaires
Eisenhower
Commission On
National Security
State Department
Raymond McLain
National Security Training Commission
Lodge Tactics at U.N. Work Highlight Korean Talks
The piece notes behind the scenes maneuvering in forming the Korean Peace Conference decisions led by Chief Delegate Lodge. It mentions Andrei Vishinsky’s dramatic push on the floor and his later retreat, illustrating a clash with Malenkov’s restrained approach and Vishinsky’s intolerance of opposing views during U.N. proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Lodge
U.S. Senate
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Russia
U.N
Malenkov
Butte Man Wounded and Another Jailed After COD Tavern Shooting
Ray Phillips, 50, is in St James Hospital with a serious abdominal wound from a .22 slug after a late night fight with Bill Crane, who is jailed on an assault with a deadly weapon charge. Officers Maddock and McCallum witnessed the incident. Phillips alleged Crane struck him at the COD Tavern in front of 252 E Park.
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St. James Hospital
COD Tavern
E. Park
Ray Phillips
Irwin
Travona
Hospital Atendants
William Leland Crane
Harrison Avenue
Crane
Vern Maddock
Willard McCallum
Maddock
Phillips
James Clark
John O’mara
Bill
California Blaze Partly Checked Near Lake Arrowhead
Firefighters halted a 4000 acre forest blaze in the Lake Arrowhead area as humidity rose and difficult terrain aided containment. Brisk winds persisted with no confirmed structures burned and the fire near Arrowhead Springs Hotel remains not yet controlled.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Lake Arrowhead
Arrowhead Springs
San Bernardino National Forest
Lake Arrowhead Village
Gold Indicted for Denying He Was Red
Ben Gold, Russian born president of the International Fur Workers Union, was indicted on three counts of perjury for denying he was a Communist. A warrant was issued for his arrest with bail set at 10000 dollars. Gold, 54, who led the 100000-member union, faced up to 15 years in prison and a 30000 dollar fine if convicted on all counts.
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Washington
Ben Gold
International Fur Workers Union
Gold
Justice Department
Fur Workers Union
New York City
New York State
Communist Party
National Labor Relations Board
Union
Russia
United States
Furmiers Union
International Fur and Leather Workers Union
Canada
Gold Heads
CIO
Loot Recovered After Two Bank Heists In North Carolina
Bandits robbed two banks in eastern North Carolina on Friday. The Williamston Guaranty Bank and Trust Co. yielded $18,842, while a Garner First Citizens Bank and Trust Co. branch took about $17,000. Police say one fugitive is Quitman Strickland, an AWOL Marine from Camp Lejeune, who confessed to taking part. His younger brother, 16, was found asleep in a car nearby. no charges filed yet.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Guaranty Bank and Trust Co
Williamston
First Citizens Bank and Trust Co
Garner
FBI
Quitman Strickland
Apopka
Fla
Martin County
M. W. Holloman
Strickland
$15 Million Granted to Aid Refugees in West Germany
The Foreign Operations Administration issued fifteen million dollars to build new housing for Soviet Zone refugees in West Germany and West Berlin. The funds aim to ease overcrowding in West Berlin by relocating refugees to areas with available employment.
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Bonn
Germany
U.S. Foreign Operations Administration
West Germany
West Berlin
Soviet Zone
First Hockey League in North Michigan Born in 1903
In Northern Michigan the first professional hockey league began in 1903 as the International League. The notice also references Want-Ads and a boat sale by ad writer with contact 5451, mentioning a 5 man rubber boat sold for an advertiser Redwood.
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Michigan
Commies Fail to Confiscate Food Parcels Near Berlin
East Germans clashed with Communist police at the Babelsberg station as officers moved to seize Eisenhower Parcels in West Berlin. Western officials reported about 80 000 parcels distributed on the second day of the relief program while Communist troops deserted in large numbers since July 27.
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Berlin
U.P
Babelsberg
Potsdam
West Berlin
U.S
East Germany
Forest Area Receives 8.4285 Million for Beetle Fight
Congress approves 8 428 500 dollars to build spruce access roads in northern Idaho and western Montana for beetle control. Regional Forester P D Hanson notes logging, trap trees, and chemical treatment as methods while the Bureau of Public Roads funds and builds 206.7 miles of main access roads.
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Missoula
Congress
Idaho
Montana
P. D. Hanson
Region 1
Hanson
Forest Service
Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau of Entomology
Flathead National Forest
North Fork Flathead River
Whale Creek
Teepee Creek
Coal Creek
Tally Lake
Good Creek
Kaniksu National Forest
Myrtle Creek
Lightning Creek
Battle and Porcupine Creeks
Canuck Creek
Kootenai National Forest
Pete Creek
Meadow Creek
Chicago Democrat Quits Party Job Over Conflict Claim
John Kelly a Chicago lawyer resigns as head of the Sept 14 Democratic fund raising dinner saying his ideas conflicted with National Chairman Stephen Mitchell. Mitchell will run preparations for the $100 plate event expected to raise $250000 to wipe national debts. Former President Truman and Adlai Stevenson were to speak with a two day national Democratic leaders conference Sept 14 15. Stevenson planned a nationwide TV radio report Sept 15 from 7:30 to 8 p.m. MST.
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Chicago
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
John Kelly
Kelly
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
National Committee
Truman
Stevenson
National Broadcasting Co
Laird Bell
Elected Officers Named in Boys State Races
Leroy Wilkes of Thompson Falls won the governorship on the Pioneer Party ticket defeating Nasby Rhinehart of Missoula a Frontier Party candidate. Bob McIlhattan of Bozeman won lieutenant governor and Jim Snyder of Missoula joined the Frontier Party winners on the Public Service Commission. Additional Pioneer Party victors include Dick Riddle Libby state secretary Ronnie Williams Anaconda state auditor Mac Peterson Butte attorney general Larry Nitz Red Lodge superintendent Dean Swank Walker public service Bob Schessler Laurel Don Rosena Anaconda chief justice Stan Nicholson Missoula associate justices Don Roach Billings Bill Bierrum Dillon Charles Content Billings Tom Flynn Anaconda. Gov J Hugo Aronson to address delegates Saturday afternoon.
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Dillon
Leroy Wilkes
Thompson Falls
Boy’s State
Wilkes
Pioneer Party
Nasby
Pete) Rhinehart
Missoula
Frontier Party
Bob Mcllhattan
Bozeman
Jim Snyder
Public Service Commission
Rhinehart
Dick Riddle
Libby
Ronnie Williams
Anaconda
Mac Peterson
Butte
Larry Nitz
Red Lodge
Dean Swank
Walier
Bob Schesseler
Laurel
Don Rosena
Supreme Court
Stan Nicholson
Don Roach
Billings
Bill Bierrum
Charles Content
Tom Flynn
J. Hugo Aronson
Korean Kocktail Supposed Prison Camp Drink Story
Kalmazoo's first POW Ronald Underly, 22, recalls a prison camp drink made from rice mash sugar potatoes and water. He warns readers about the mixture after it sets, saying look out Mac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ronald Underly
Underly
Mac
Red fugitives rounded up in Sierra Nevada cabin raid
Two top American Communist leaders and four subordinates were captured by 16 FBI agents posing as campers in California. Robert George Thompson, 38, the party’s highest ranking leader, was sent to Alcatraz after hiding since July 1951. Sidney Steinberg, 38, labeled assistant national labor secretary, was also seized amid the New York indictment.
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San Francisco
Sierra
Sonora
Calif
New York
Sidney Steinberg
FBI
American Communist Party
Weekend Weather Outlook With Showers Likely
Mostly cloudy with showers Saturday and Saturday night. Sunday brings a few showers and cooler highs around 60 to 62 degrees. Western areas show rain and variable clouds, while eastern portions expect thunderstorms and continued cool temperatures.
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Divide
Repatriation of American NCOs Begins in Big Switch
The first large group of American non commissioned officers returned from Red prison camps at Panmunjom as part of Operation Big Switch. About 50 Americans and 50 South Koreans arrived in four Communist trucks, followed by a second group of 50 Americans and 45 in the third section. The exchange totaled 400 people including 145 Americans, 250 South Koreans, 3 Turks and 2 Australians. A prisoner noted the release as real freedom while others spoke of torture and germ warfare confessions.
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Panmunjom
Reds
Yowie
Pyoktong
Manchurian
Roy T. Byrd
Winnetka
Ill
United Nations Command
Jail Cell Fall Kills Prisoner in Glendive
Glendive police reported Dennis Calhoun, 34, died in a local hospital from a concussion after a fall in a jail cell where a belt was found around his neck. He and David Burke were held in a morning arrest for an alleged robbery. an inquest is set for Monday.
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Glendive
U.R
Zurr Cady
Dennis Calhoun
Calhoun
March
Cadiz
David Charles Burke
Cady
M. A. Shringham
French Workers End Rail Strike After Postal Patrols
In Paris troops patrolled streets as rebellious Rouen rail workers voted to return to their jobs ending a two day shutdown. Police guarded the Seine river docks where longshoremen had been locked out by employers. 17 Algerian strikers were injured in Chaumont clash with security guard riot squads over games of railroad cars being moved.
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Paris
U.P
Rouen
Rai
Seine River
Locke
Chaumont
France
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