Jet fighters join US bombers in training over Germany
Sixteen US jets from the 56th Fighter Group at Selfridge Field Michigan flew to Starnberg near Munich to join 60 B 29s for high altitude interception drills at Furstenfeldbruck. Brig Gen James Powell welcomed the fliers and announced plans to continue the training for about two weeks before returning to Selfridge.
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U. S
56Th
Selfridge Field
Michigan
Munich
England
Atlantic
James Powell
Curtis le May
Furstenfeldbruck
Powell
Selfridge
28 Die As Canadian DC3 Crashes In Quebec Bush
A DC3 airliner carrying 28 lumberjacks and a two-man crew crashed and burned on Cape Desrosiers near Gaspe Quebec after departing Anticosti island in bad weather. Rescue teams found charred remains. Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Royal Canadian Air Force led search and recovery efforts as Rimouski Airlines began an investigation.
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Rimouski
Quebec
Gaspe Peninsula
Gaspe
Cape Desrosiers
Port Menier
Anticosti Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Anticosti
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Air Sea Rescue Center
Royal Canadian Air Force
Halifax
Rimouski Airlines
Greenwood
Nova Scotia
E. Senecal
Que
Pocatello Cards Falter as Billings Wins 4-3 at Park
In Billings, the Mustangs edged the Pocatello Cardinals 4-3 at Convention Hall Park. Ralph Beard pitched six innings for Pocatello with eight strikeouts and four walks before Adolpho Torres took the loss, while John Stillwell earned the win for Billings.
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Pocatello
Billings Mustangs
Billings
Ralph Beard
Pocatello Cardinal
Mustang
Adolpho Torres
Torres
Honest John’ Stillwell
Beard
Mustangs
Strange Sky Lights Reported Over Alabama
Savant surveys a series of bizarre sky sights including a Buck Rogers style rocket object seen at high speed over Alabama. The article weighs theories from Army experiments to space ships from Mars and objects from unknown dimensions, citing pilot and co pilot observations and earlier 1946 1948 reports.
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Los Angeles
Alabama
United Press
Amcame
San Diego
Calif
Wilmington
Ohio
Clinton County
Louisville, Ky
National Guard
Mars
Earth
Convention Hall Restaurateur Cuts Prices for Progressive Party
R H Davis manager of the Convention Hall restaurant in Philadelphia slashed prices 30 percent below levels at Republican and Democratic conventions. He said the new party deserved a little consideration and put gospel to practice on Sunday.
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Philadelphia
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Russia
Wallace
Sen
Glen Taylor
Convention Hall
R. H. Davis
Davis
Western Idaho All Stars Named For Boise Clash
NAMPA, Aug 13 lineup announced for Western Idaho high school All Stars to practice in Boise before facing Eastern All Stars in Boise. Coach Bob Bunker leads Eastern squad with limited guards, as prep shifts begin Aug. 1 for a big Aug. 13 game. Notable selections include Reed Merrill and Andy Christensen at backs, Gene Sato and Paul Shrum at ends, Don Ringe and Lon Renfrew as tackles, Gayle Akers and Glenn Meek as guards, Reed Payne at center.
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Babe) Brown
Boise
Bob Bunker
Preston
Boise Camp
Brown
Joe Burns
Meridian
Reed Merrill
Andy Christensen
Blackfoot
Blaine Butler
Teton
Jack Lindeman
Pocatello
Jerry Kleinkopf
Twin Falls
George Lyman
Rexburg
Dee Ro
Rites Tuesday For Washington Editor
Eleanor Cissy Patterson 63 owner of the Washington Times-Herald died of a heart attack Saturday. Private funeral services are planned for Tuesday in Washington with burial set for Wednesday in Graceland Cemetery Chicago according to reports.
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Eleanor
Cissy) Patterson
Washington Times - Herald
Graceland Cemetery
Chicago
Firefighters Move Lime Blaze By Rail to Scene
Firemen faced a lime loaded box car fire in the railroad yard at Superior Wisconsin. A switch engine towed the burning car five blocks to the fire station allowing quicker access and control of the blaze.
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Wis
Seamen and Naples Party End in Brig for Guest
In Naples a 20 year old Anna Mangione spent the night aboard the U S Fargo at a gay party with six American sailors. Italian police and U S navy officials say the sailors await court martial while Anna faces multiple charges including contraband and illegal boarding.
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Naples
Italy
Blackhair
Anna Mangione
U. S
Fargo
Anna
Naples Bay
Navy
Collision Is Puzzle On Yellowstone Highway
Blackfoot Patrolman C R Dexter investigated a two car collision on the Yellowstone highway near Fort Hall Saturday night. He found two smashed cars but had no report at first and learned later that a man named Lamb reported the crash. Details on other involved persons were not obtained. The cars reportedly sideswiped and ended in barrow pits on opposite road banks.
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C. R. Dexter
Blackfoot
Yellowstone
Fort Hall
Dexter
Lamb
Barrow Pits
Forty Three Saved As Launch Sinks Off Coast
In Santa Monica California a fishing trip turned perilous when the launch Good News began sinking after water flooded aboard. Forty three passengers including women and children were rescued by the live bait boat Leadbrooke which happened to pass by.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Leadbrooke
Spaatz Dedicates Salt Lake Chapel in City Creek Canyon
Gen. Carl Spaatz presided at the dedication of a $200000 Utah Meditation Chapel in Salt Lake City. Banker Ross Benson presented the chapel to honor his World War II flyer son killed in action. the son's body was never recovered and his marker joins 225 Utah war heroes as the chapel’s tribute in City Creek Canyon.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Carl “Tooey” Spaatz
Ross Benson
Young Benson
City Creek Canyon
Congressmen Told War Is Bare Chance
Congressmen were privately briefed that the Berlin crisis poses no immediate war threat. Russia likely will back down if the western powers insist on lifting the Berlin food blockade. Intelligence from the Soviet zone suggests no Soviet plans to eject the western powers from Berlin and Gen. Clay echoed confidence in firm Western stances.
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Walter Rundle
United Press
Berlin
United States
Russia
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Clay
London
Washington
Great Britain
France
Moscow
Charles E. Bohlen
State Department
Walter Bedell Smith
Lewis W. Douglas
Robert Murphy
J. W. Riddleberger
Congress
Britain
Soviet
Train Fire on Arriving Western Train
Union Pacific crew saw a journal box on a westbound train burst into flame as it arrived. The car contained explosives but the Pocatello fire department found flames extinguished on arrival with no damage to the car or its contents.
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Pocatello Fire Department
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