Norden Light and Radar Trained USSR Naval Wing
The New York Journal American reports the U S Navy trained and equipped the basis of Soviet naval air power in World War II under project Zebra. Starting April 1944 at Elizabeth City North Carolina the U S supplied Russia with 15 squadrons of long range bombers and radar capable gear including the Norden bombsight. The operation involved 100 million dollars and was overseen by Vice Admiral P N L Bellinger with Fleet Air Wing 5.
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New York
New York Journal-American
United States Navy
Soviet Russia
The
Journal-American
U. S. Navy
Elizabeth City
N. C
United States
Russia
U. S
Journal- American
P. N. L. Bellinger
Air Force
Atlantic Fleet
Fleet Air Wing 5
Atlantic
Search Team May Rescue Missing Men
In western China a U S Army search team led by Lt. Col. Herbert Wurtzler penetrated toward the Chinkiang valley to locate enslaved white captives believed to be U S airmen from the India China air route. The mission, aided by Catholic missionaries and a French priest, faces delays from ongoing intertribal conflict and the Lolo region’s slave economy.
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Chengtu
China
OU. B
Chinkiang
Sichang
Wurtsler
David Crockett Graham
West China University
Wurtzler
Engine Fire Report at Empire Airlines Flight
Fire officials say a Empire Airlines transport caught fire in the air and landed safely with only the engine burning before firefighters arrived. The Empire Airlines manager later contradicted the initial report saying the incident did not occur.
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Empire Airlines
Britain to Withdraw Forces From Greece Pending Transport
The Daily Herald states British troops will leave Greece as soon as transport is provided, while a Foreign Office spokesman says a new political decision will cause immediate withdrawal. He notes troops are in Greece at the invitation of the Greek government and the move requires government consultations.
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London
The
Daily Herald
British Labor Party
Greece
Foreign Office
Former Wac Held For Murder In Reno Case
A 30-year-old former Wac is in Washoe County jail charged with murdering William H. Appleton, a 24-year-old navy veteran. Appleton, a truck driver, died after being stabbed with a bayonet brought home from the Pacific. Det. Gene Cowan said the bayonet was found in a hotel room closet and blood on the bedspread. The couple formerly lived in Clifton New Jersey and had been registered at the Reno hotel since July 10.
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Reno
Wac
Washoe County
William H. Appleton
Clifton
N. J
Harold O. Taber
Mary
Drew
Appleton
Blast Hits Shops Near Atlanta Capitol Fronts Cratered
A powerful blast, likely dynamite, shattered the fronts of four downtown area shops in Atlanta near the state capitol. No injuries were reported as Parker's Sno White Laundry Pickup Station and three nearby shops including two delis and a beauty salon suffered damage.
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Atlanta
Parker
Washington Street
S. W
State Capitol
Hotel Strike Ends
LOS ANGELES six thousand AFL workers return to work ending a week long strike that halted food and bar service at leading hotels and restaurants across the city.
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Los Angeles
AFL
Sanborn Attacks Leguineche Over Phosphate Development
Idaho politicking escalates as John Sanborn Republican candidate accuses Pete Leguineche of eyeing private gain from public funds to push Bonneville power into Idaho via a private corporation. Senator Glen Taylor criticizes Henry Dworshak’s voting record on rural power bills during a Grangeville address.
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Associated Press
Idaho
John Sanborn
Congress
Glen Taylor
Grangeville
Henry Dworshak
Senate
Boise
Sanborn
Pete Leguineche
Bonneville Power
Civil Strife Raging on Greek Border
The article reports civil war turmoil along Greece's northern frontier with Albania and Yugoslavia blamed by a Greek embassy spokesman as invaders aided by subversive groups. Britain backs that view, while the Soviet Union is not accused of direct responsibility. The piece notes global east West tensions and signals Kremlin influence as a potential turning point.
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Greece
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
London
Albania
Yugoslavia
Russia
Kremlin
Dream Roads to Span Nation with 40000 Mile Highway System
Washington launches a nationwide effort to build a 40000 mile dream highway network over 20 years. Plans call for routes linking coast to coast and border to border with an estimated cost exceeding 12 billion dollars, pending funding. William A. Stinchomb of Cleveland, AMA highway chair, says designation is nearly complete and the system would shift 20 percent of highway traffic to major cities and resources. He urges durable annual funding from federal, state, and local levels.
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Washington
Congress
National Highway Transportation Congress
William A. Stinchomb
Cleveland
American Automobile Association
Highway Congress
Stinchomb
Driver Loses Arm in Idaho Collision
Merle Kemp age 33 of Hansen was in a Twin Falls hospital after a collision last night between his pickup and a gravel truck driven by Billy F. Thorson 26 of Pocatello. Kemp lost his left arm and is reported recovering.
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Hansen
Merle Kemp
Twin Falls
Kemp
Billy F. Thorson
Pocatello
Idaho supreme court upholds $19 weekly industrial award
The Idaho supreme court affirmed a state industrial accident award of $19 a week to Elmer F. Beard for the loss of his left eye and impairment of his right eye in mining work. The ruling supports Beard’s compensation for eye injuries sustained on the job.
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Boise
Idaho Supreme Court
Elmer F. Beard
S Mining Oe
Nation's Hospitals Get More Meat
Paul Porter national director of OPA said an order is being prepared to increase meat for hospitals nationwide. Packers will be directed to set aside the same amount as during 1944 base period. Details to be announced in Washington.
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Santa FE
N. M
Paul Porter
OPA
Washington
Porter
House Pushes Probe of Ship Profits
The House Merchant Marine Committee shifts focus from Kaiser to a probe of profits earned by merchant shipbuilders. It cites St Johns River Building Corp Florida with a 600 thousand capital input and estimated profits of 2.08 million, while critics call figures misleading.
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House
Washington
House Merchant Marine Committee
He Kaiser
St. John’s Riverbuilding Corp
Florida
Maritime Commission
Kaiser
Bland
D-Va
Commission
Rep
Keogh
D-N. Y
Rep. Herter
R-Mass
Internal Revenue Bureau
Herter
Blind man sentenced for slaying mother-in-law in Oklahoma City
Orbie T. Guthrie, a 43 year old blind secondhand dealer, received 20 years in the penitentiary for the slaying of his former mother-in-law Mrs. Elizabeth Hinds. He was convicted of first degree manslaughter by a district court jury on Sept. 17, with his blind former wife Katherine Hickman as the principal witness.
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Oklahoma City
Lucius Babcock
Orbie T. Guthrie
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Elizabeth Hinds
Katherine Hickman
Idahoan Drowns Found In Surf Identified As Irene Warner
The body recovered from the Long Beach surf on Monday is identified as Irene Warner, 44, a Huntington Park school teacher. She was six feet tall, daughter of Mare and Mrs. F. Warner of Twin Falls.
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Long Beach
Calif
Irene Warner
Huntington Park
F. Warher
Ill Winds Blow A Weather Note On Drought Or Rain
An informal weather summary discusses wind, rain, and the chance of flood or drought. It notes today’s high 86 and low 50 with no precipitation and provides sunrise and sunset times. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered showers, cooler temperatures, and local frost potential.
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Mip
Three Firms Oppose Bonneville Power for Southern Idaho
A joint statement from Idaho Power George M. Gadsby Utah Power and Light Frank W. Bird argues there is no power shortage in Idaho Utah and Montana and opposes Bonneville Power administration expansion into Southern Idaho. The firms note they paid hundreds of millions in taxes during wartime while government generated power pays no taxes.
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Salt Lake City
Bonneville Power Administration
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Interior Department
Bonneville
Siefty
Montana Power
C. J. Strike
Boise
Idaho Power Company
George M. Gadsby
Utah Power and Light Company
Frank W. Bird
Butte
Montana Power Company
Paul J. Raver
Bonneville Power
Spokane
Quake Near Weston Mass Registers at Seismograph Station
An earthquake near Weston Massachusetts, part of a long series in the West Indies area near Puerto Rico, was logged by the Weston College seismograph. The tremor began at 5 09 41 EST and lasted about 1 1/2 hours, with the priest noting previous August 8 events caused fatalities and a tidal wave.
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Weston
Mass
West Indias
Puerto Rico
Weston College
Daniel Linehan
Father Linehan
Roosevelt Estate Valued At About 1.82 Million In Poughkeepsie
An appraisal filed in Dutchess County Surrogate Court shows Franklin D Roosevelt’s net estate before taxes at 1,085,486 with an overall estate value of 1,821,887 after deductions for funeral expenses debts and other costs. Executor Henry E Hactt and attorney Frederick Quinterro arranged the filing in Poughkeepsie New York.
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Poughkeepsif
N. Y
Franklin D. Rovevelt
Dutchess County
Friderick Quinterro
Henry Ehactt
Rooseve
Cross
Starvation in Madoera Island Warps Dutch Java Aid
A prominent Madoerese in Batavia reports thousands starve on the island of Madoera as 2.5 million people are cut off from Java for over a year. Dutch authorities confirm the figure and note more than 5,000 Madoerese crossed the three mile shark infested channel to Soera Baja, Java in the last three months by swimming or raft.
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Batavia
Java
Madoera
Soera-Baja
White House Delays on Scarce Foods
Washington reports show the White House avoiding discussion on lifting meat price controls for 60 days amid a national meat shortage. Army orders 25 percent of federally inspected meat to be allocated to services, with 60,000,000 pounds monthly target unclear. House leader McCormick pressed Truman aides as pre election tensions rise.
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Washington
White House
Administration
Charles G. Ross
Liberty
House
McCormack
D-Mass
McCormick
Boston
Mr. Truman
Army
Armed Services
War Shipping Administration
Veterans Hospitals
Massachusetts
Paul Porter
OPA
Po catello Hosts Junior Chamber With Seldon Waldo Visit
Southeastern Idaho Jaycees hold all day events in Pocatello to welcome Seldon Waldo of Gainesville Fla national JCs president. The program includes a 10 am tour of the naval ordnance plant with luncheon, 2 pm business session, and 7 pm banquet and dance at the Memorial building with Idaho Falls leader Jack Packer presiding.
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Jack A. Packer
Idaho Falls
Waldo
Pocatello
Donald Ingvoldstad
Kellogg
Brenzel Transfers to Decatur in Three I League
Brenzel, manager of the Pocatello Cardinals, is assigned to Decatur in the Three I League. Mike Carpenter, Cardinal business manager, said today that Bob Williams has also been assigned to the same club.
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Bill Brenzel
Pocatello Cardinals
Decatur, Sr
Mike Carpenter
Cardinal
Bob Williams Haye
Campbells Return to Pocatello for Coastal Ties
Here From Omaha Mr and Mrs Alex Campbell longtime Pocatello residents now dwelling in Omaha where Mr Campbell works in clerical work plan to return to Pocatello for a new chapter.
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Alex Campbell
Pocatello
Omaha
Poca
Rioting and labor unrest rock film capital and coast
Mounting unrest spreads from Pittsburgh where power workers strike halting production to Hollywood studios where police escorted non-strikers breach picket lines. Pacific ship operators snub a peace conference as a nationwide ship engineer strike looms, with minor injuries and arrests reported amid a 25 percent wage rise at studios.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
Warner Brothers
Metro-Crosswyn-Mayers
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Washington
Hollywood
Dodgers Down Phils 8 2 To Trim Lead In Half
Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 8 to 2 to cut St Louis’ first place margin to one game. In Paris, Secretary of State Byrnes said President Truman’s support for Byrnes’ policies reassures the world after Henry Wallace’s resignation as commerce secretary.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Dodgers
Phils
St. Louis
Paris
Byrnes
Henry Wallace
Commerce
Truman
Five Cars of Fast Train Go Into Ditch
Wreck of Union Pacific Transcontinental Limited near Victorville leaves six dead and up to 75 injured. Fireman, two women among the deceased. rescue efforts move to Victorville station and air field as authorities assess the scene.
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U.P
Victorville
Calif
Union Pacific
Chicago
Union
Here
California
Walter Terry
Victorville Army Air Field
Terry
Gazelle Boys Alleged in Middle East Sagas Grow
bizarre recall of five Gazelle Boys reported over six years across Trans-Jordan Palestine Iraq Syria and Lebanon. tales claim boys run fast eat grass and speak foster language. latest versions describe one trained for oil pipeline patrol and another learning English at Beyrouth American University.
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Jerusalem
Middle East
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Trans-Joredan
Iraq
Syria
Lebanon
American University
Beyrouth
Meat supplies and cattle trends defy simple answer
Washington writers discuss why meat remains scarce with no single cause. Farmers may hold back for price policy or fatten cattle for later markets, while some push to sell. past open ceilings led to a record market influx, complicating supply forecasts. Continued on Page Twelve.
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Washington
OPA
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Junior
Detroit
Arthur Bockford
Michigan Livestock Exchange
By Glenn Babb
Roosevelt
Jaycees
Brenzel Goes East
Roots Bandit
Mary Block
Baltimore
Bulletins
Gazelle
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