Lawmakers Call for Urgent Pacific Defense Buildup
Five touring members of the House Military Committee returning from a six week eastern inspection urge stronger US military and political positions across the Pacific. They advocate a defense ring from Alaska to Australia with bases in Okinawa the Philippines Hawaii Guam Saipan Iwo Jima and Japan. They warn China is the main trouble spot and urge intensified vigilance against Soviet expansion.
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Washington
America
Pacific
House Military Committee
Russia
Soviet Union
John E. Sheridan
D-Pa
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
George C. Marshall
Nanking
Sheridan
Sikes
D-Fla
Short
R-Mo
Thomas Martin
Iowa
Leroy Johnson
Calif
Rep
Feighan
Ohio
House
Judiciary Committee
Alaska
Honolulu
Kwajalein
Guam
Saipan
Iwo Jima
Japan
China
Korea
Siam
Okinawa
Philippines
Australia
Hawaii
Chinese Red Sees War With Russia
Shanghai report says Chou En-lai, No 2 Chinese Communist, quits peace talks and accuses US and USSR policies of assuming a Russo American war with China as a base. He doubts war prospects though warns a third world war could revive Japanese imperialism and its penetration of Asia.
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Shanghai
Chou En-lai
China
Chou
Churchill calls for end to retribution and united Europe
In Zurich Churchill urged ending punishment after disarmament and backed a federal Germany within a wider United States of Europe. He urged Franco German leadership with Britain, America, and possibly Soviet Russia as sponsors, warning the atom bomb’s spread could threaten civilization.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Winston Churchill
Germany
United States of Europe
University of the Second
Byrnes
Stuttgart
Churchill
Commerce Wallace
Truman
Russia
United States
Europe
Nutton
France
Great Britain
Stocks Reach New Lows Amid Noon Selloff
New York stocks fell below the year’s low during a noon hour selloff that lasted about an hour. Major declines followed with U S Steel down 3.25, General Motors off 2.37, U S Rubber 4.12, Du Pont 4, Norfolk & Western 8, Union Pacific 4.50 as brokers cited labor and political worries fueling the bear market worry.
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New York
Stock Exchange
U.S. Steel
General Motors
U.S. Rubber
du Pont
Norfolk & Western
Union Pacific
Stewart Edward White dies after operation at 73
San Francisco author Stewart Edward White, 73, famed for The Blazed Trail and his dozens of novels, died yesterday at the University of California hospital following an operation. His career spanned gold prospecting in the western United States to adventures in northern Canada and East Africa.
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San Francisco
Stewart Edward White
University of California Hospital
United States
Canada
East
Africa
Girl Suffers Bullet Wound In Discharge of Pistol
Ardella Worthen an 18 year old employee of Fred and Kellys drive in at Fifth and Lewis was wounded in the left hip by a 38 caliber Colt automatic held by Doris Shorten an 18 year old employee of the same drive in Police report say the shooting was accidental and under investigation Officers found Powers Trulon Worthen and Shorten at St Anthony hospital and they told officers of the affair Unclear details remain regarding Powers and Trulon from the Touraine hotel in this incident.
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Ardella Worthen
Fred & Kelly
Fifth
Lewis
Doris Shorten
North Twelfth
St. Anthony Hospital
Paul J. Powers
Tourraine Hotel
Charles Trulon
Miss Worthen
Miss Shorten
Pocatello
Powers
Lewis calls for removal of meat price ceilings
John L. Lewis urged the price decontrol board to lift meat controls as mines in Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky close due to miners lacking meat. He warned of grave unrest across mining areas while dairy price ceilings remain under review amid telegrams to Capitol Hill from restaurateurs.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Decontrol Board
OPA
Trailer Strikes Doctor at 24th and Harrison
Dr J F Wikstrom of Ogden suffered two fractured ribs and a broken toe when a trailer detached from a southbound truck driven by Frank Beeson struck his car as the doctor stepped from his vehicle. Beeson was arrested for driving without a license and without license plates. Hospital staff labeled the doctor’s condition very miserable.
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Ogden
J. F. Wolkstrom
Ben Lomond Hotel
Frank Beeson
24Th and
Harrison
C. L. Pettit
Wikstrom
Beeson
Pirates blank Dodgers in a four hitter pitcher duel
National League game details show Pittsburgh vs Brooklyn with Strincevich Lanning Bahr Walsh and Salkeld for Pittsburgh and Gregg Edwards Anderson St Louis for Brooklyn, final score 7 0. Brooklyn bats 9 hits while Pittsburgh makes 3 runs on 0 left on base.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Strincevich
Lanning
Bahr
Walsh
Salkeld
Gregg
Edwards
Anderson
Wells Family Leaves for Stanford as Fargo Reenters
Chester G. Wells of 710 North Garfield departs Friday morning for Palo Alto California with his son Fargo Wells who is to reenter Stanford University. Fargo previously studied at Stanford before joining the merchant marine where he served as an officer in the Pacific area.
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Chester G. Wells
North
Garfield
Palo, Alto
Calif
Fargo Wells
Stanford University
Fargo
Stanf
Merchant Marine
Pacific
County hospital bond petitions reach board for November ballot
Nema Asiiton Bannock county planning board chief clerk reports 99 petitions with 1692 signatures returned to the board office requesting that county commissioners place the proposed county hospital building bond issue on the November general election ballot. Petitions also arrive from the Downey area with 300 signatures.
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Nema Asiiton
Bannock County Planning Board
Board of County Commissioners
Downey
Tass denies troop concentration in Northern Korea report
Moscow based Tass denies a Stars and Stripes item claiming Soviet forces concentrated in northern Korea. Tass says the Inter national News Service source gave details from an unnamed high official and calls the report an invented provocation with no foundation.
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Moscow
Tass
Korea
Stars and Stripes
Doomsday Prediction Shifts From 1945 to 1999
Pasadena pastor Charles G. Long, 73, founder of the remnant Church of God, forecasts doomsday on October 17. He previously claimed Sept. 21, 1945, and now alternates between October 17, 1946 or 1999, citing disputed Biblical calendar math.
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Pasadena
Calif
Charles G. Long
Church of God
Long
Veterans to buy surplus motor vehicles at Gowen Field sale
Idaho World War II veterans may purchase surplus motor vehicles and trailers at a set aside sale at Gowen Field Boise on September 26 announced by Joseph S Willes Salt Lake regional director of war assets administration. Twenty nine vehicles total are available at fixed prices to veterans with proper certification first choice given to earliest dated certifications. Certification may be obtained at the veterans certification office 310 Baird Building Boise.
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Salt Lake City
Idaho
Gowen Field
Boise
Joseph S. Willes
Salt Lake
War Assets Administration
Veterans Certification Office
Baird Bldg
Heatwave Roasts California Cities Overnight
A late spurt of summer heat sent the thermometer to 97 degrees in Los Angeles yesterday, the highest reading since October 3, 1945. San Francisco also sweltered, hitting 87 degrees as residents awaited relief.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
US presses for full Trieste pact observance at peace talks
The United States served notice to the Slavic bloc that the four power agreement on Trieste and the Italian Yugoslav frontier must be accepted in full or not at all. Ambassador Dunn stressed the need for a truly free Trieste with guarantees, while debates over boundaries and zones continued among Slav and other delegates.
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Paris
United States
Trieste
James C. Dunn
U.S
Italy
Free Territory
Dunn
South Africa
Istrian
Belgrade
Tetra
Men Survive Mine Blast in McCoy Mine
McCoy Va. 80 miners at Great Valley Anthracite Coal Corp mine escaped as explosion at about 10 30 am left one unaccounted for. R G Stevens Radford said two men burned one injured and others accounted for after rescue with gas masks. Officials noted no fire inside the mine.
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Mccoy, Va
McCoy
Great Valley Anthracite Coal Corporation
R. G. Stevens
Radford
Stevens
Soviets Cite Global Troop Deployments As Threat to Peace
London report quotes New Times claiming its survey shows American and British forces stationed worldwide without lawful justification. The magazine asserts Anglo-Saxon troops bring conflict and bloodshed wherever they establish restoration of law and order.
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London
New Times
Moscow
Big 500000 Pound TNT Blast Set At Arco Naval Test
Army officials said observers will monitor a 500000 pound TNT detonation at the Arco naval ordnance plant on Oct 1. Capt Walter E Brown, commander of the plant, called it the largest powder explosion in U S history. The test, begun in 1945, seeks the best way to store surplus munition, with sound measuring instruments placed in southeastern Idaho communities.
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Acorn
Navy Ordnance
Arco Naval
Belgian Liner Crashes in Newfoundland Wilds
In Newfoundland a Belgian airliner crashed, with survivors reported by separate sources ranging from five to seven. A TWA pilot sighted three near the wreck and four walking about four miles away. the coast guard noted five seen by a search plane. The Sabena plane was said to burn in one piece, with trees leveled along 500 yards of impact. Rescue planes dropped survival kits as survivors, including two men, two women, and a child, were evaluated.
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New York
Newfoundland
Transworld Airlines
Coast Guard
Boston
Cairo
Gander
TWA
North Atlantic
Wallace to Stay Silent Amid Paris Peace Talks
Washington report notes President Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes spoke by tele type for 20 minutes but did not disclose contents. Wallace plans no public speeches or comments until after the Paris conference ends, with aides saying he is satisfied with the arrangement and views foreign policy as the top national issue.
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Washington
Truman
Byrnes
Ross
Wallace
Commerce
Mr. Truman
Commerce Department
Oklahoma man seeks retrial in first blind manslaughter conviction
Seven attorneys for Orbie T. Guthrie 42 said they would seek a new trial after Guthrie was convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of his mother in law Elizabeth Hinds. District Judge Lucius Babcock set September 26 for sentencing. Guthrie's divorced wife, also blind, testified for the prosecution.
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Oklahoma City
Orbie T. Guthrie
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Elizabeth Hinds
Lucius Babcock
West Provides Grain
The agriculture department bought 1,387,465 bushels of wheat for export from the Portland market during Sept 9 to noon Tuesday as part of 14,229,465 bought by the United States.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Portland
Ore
United States
It Is a Nice Day and a Frost Tonight
A reflection on mornings and dreams ends with weather notes. The day is clear with warm daytime temperatures and frost tonight. Temperature highs reached 61 and lows 30 in the past 24 hours, with no precipitation. year-ago highs were 56 and lows 46. Sunrise and sunset are 6 14 and 6 33 respectively.
Fire Threatens Coffey Memorial Hospital in Portland
A fire on the third floor nurses dressing room at Coffey Memorial Hospital in Portland was brought under control with no injuries among 125 patients. Nurses moved patients to safety within 10 minutes, eight patients were moved to a nearby Volunteers of America guest house, and the fire was contained by 1 15 a m.
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Portland
Coffey Memorial Hospital
William Gouerz
the Volunteers of America
Albert Haney Dies in Car Accident Near Pocatello
Albert J. Haney 28, Union Pacific machinist of 1538 East Center, was killed when his 1936 sedan rolled five times on the Pocatello Creek road north of the Eli Boyd place. His brother James William Haney 23 was critically injured with mangled leg and internal injuries. They had left Wednesday night for Buckskin basin and had returned home from army service shortly before Christmas.
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Albert J. Haney
Union Pacific
East Center
Pacific
Aleutians
Pocatello
Pocatello Creek
Eli Boyd
Anderson Dairy
Ray Reynolds
Haney
James William Haney
Lee
Reynolds
Buckskin Basin
Tragic dates pass with little notice
By Glenn Babb the Sept. 18 1931 attack on Manchuria is framed as a turning point toward World War II. The piece notes Mukden incident origins and how the Japanese conquest reshaped Asia, foreshadowing aggression across Europe and the Pacific. It reflects on memory and future dread surrounding historic anniversaries.
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Glenn Babb
Manchuria
Japan
Hitler
Poland
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Albania
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Pearl Harbor
Mukden
Manchurian
South Manchuria
China
Gases and Germs See War Weapon Warnings
Three sources warned of new chemical threats. Secretary Wallace’s letter hints at radioactive poison gas. Dr. Gerald Wendt speaks of a super deadly poison that could wipe out populations. Maj. Gen. Waitt states chemical experts have worked with agents far beyond prior warfare research.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Wallace
Truman
Gerald Wendt
Alden EE. Waitt
Army
Chemascal Corps
Waitt
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