Utahn admits starting fires in Salt Lake area including ball park
A 32 year old Salt Lake City man confessed to starting the Derks field grandstand fire and other arsons in recent months. He admitted setting haystacks and fires at the Howe Brothers dairy farm and Van Otten farm, with total losses mounting to thousands. He was jailed for investigation of arson.
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Salt Lake Ball Park
Salt Lake City
George Beckstead
Derks Field
Tuesone
Beckstead
Howe Brothers
Murray
Robert van Otten
Here
Ida Johnson
Howe Farm
van Otten
George Anderson
Murray City
Ernest Caldwell
Suspect Seized in Tulsa Detective Slaying Case
A 23 year old suspect linked to the Tulsa detective murder and a Missouri slaying sits in Elmore County jail awaiting Tulsa officers. Sheriff Love said the man, once known as Victor Everhart, was captured after a 100 mile per hour chase ending near Twin Falls city limits. Tulsa officials allege he fired at officers and faces multiple charges including kidnapping and armed robbery across several states.
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Mountain Home
Elmore County
Tulsa
Okla
8. R. Cormack
Robert Love
Twin Falls
Ana Seneca
Peace conference caravan advances Danube trade clause
A Balkans commission approved a clause guaranteeing freedom of Danube navigation in future peace treaties after U S urging. The decision, nine to five along east west lines, moves toward a broader principle binding riparian states plus major powers within six months of treaty effect. Hungary and Finland limits set military terms and atomic research ban adopted.
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Paris
Balkan
U.S
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Balkans
Romania
Military Commission
Hungary
Finland
Wizard Seeks Farm Work Among Quick Calculations
Albert Hansen, 20, in Twin Falls asks the chief of police for a job on a farm, saying his rapid mathematical mind outpaces his nerves and he wants to stay busy. He can recite multiplication tables quickly, though the article notes he is not distinguished in other ways.
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Twin Falls
Albert Hansen
Hassen
Navy Stays To Enforce Policy Plans In The Mediterranean
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal announced U S naval forces will remain in the Mediterranean to back American foreign policy. The move supports backing Turkey against Russian pressure on the Dardanelles, aiding Greece amid its conflicts, and seeking a peaceful Trieste settlement with Yugoslavia.
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Washington
Forrestal
United States
Mediterranean
Roosevelt
Hawley Warns of Socialized Medicine Danger
Maj. Gen. Paul H. Hawley the medical director of the veterans administration told medical students at George Washington University that government socialization of medicine looms unless doctors devise a workable plan. He warned that rising costs threaten care to lux level and that many physicians underestimate how near we are to government control.
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Washington
Paul H. Hawley
The
Veterans Administration
George Washington University
China Splits Red Forces Near Kalgan
A government column advancing through Chahar province neared its target Kalgan within 40 miles from the northwest. A second column was reported about 60 miles southeast of the city. Nationalist armies elsewhere were regrouping for a potential new large scale offensive as Red forces were split into pockets by recent government successes.
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Shanghai
Chahar
Kalgan
Office Moves to New Address at 120 North Second
The U S employment office moved from 416 West Center to 120 North Second. W B B Com manager said all business will be transacted at the new quarters.
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U. S
W. Center
North Second
W. BB. Com
Weather Man In The City Faces Mixed Reactions
The weather man draws mixed reactions as he predicts conditions for today. Temperatures show a high of 83 and a low of 45 with a mean of 64, above normal by 10. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and wind with cooler temperatures on Tuesday.
Younger Vets In Race for Legion Posts
The American Legion opened its national convention in San Francisco with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s proxy message stressing the need to keep overseas forces strong and pledging to cut expenses while maintaining essential defense. Mrs. Walter G. Craven, national president of the auxiliary, told the convention the 800,000 women stand in unwavering support. Strong foreign policy themes were expected as the gathering began.
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San Francisco
Dwight D. Eisenhower
National American Legion Convention
Floyd L. Parks
Army
Eisenhower
Germany
Europe
Legion
Walter G. Craven
Office Seeks Solution to Meat Price Crisis
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson stated decontrol of meat prices would be unwise and urged cattle growers to help find a lawful solution to the meat famine. Speaking to the New Mexico Cattle Growers, he invited leaders to sit down to work within congressional and central board guidelines to preserve the meat industry. He emphasized abundant cattle but noted the next short supply list would address pork, mutton, and beef. Beef production, he said, mainly comes from feedlots, not plains ranges.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Anderson
The
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
Congress
United States
Peterson Murder Trial Date Set
Caldwell reports the murder trial of Mrs. Ethelyn Peterson, 32, for the fatal beating of her three year old stepson will begin November 18 before District Judge Thomas E. Buckner. Her husband Phillip Peterson, 24, also charged with first degree murder, had a preliminary hearing reset to Wednesday.
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Caldwell
Ethelyn Peterson
Thomas E. Buckner
Phillip Peterson
W. &. Jeppesen
Nazi Jewels Theft Conviction Shocks Frankfurt Court
Former Wac Captain Kathleen Nash Durant is sentenced to five years hard labor and dishonorable discharge after a military court convicts her of three counts of larceny embezzlement and absence without leave in the theft of 1.5 million dollars worth of Hesse family jewels from Kronberg castle. Her husband Col Jack Durant and Maj David Watson face complicity charges as trials loom.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Wac
Kathleen Nash Durant
Hesse Family
Durants
United States
Rescue Party En Route to Free Five Americans
A U.S. Graves registration team plans a rescue flight from Shanghai to Chengtu carrying jeep, currency, silver, medical supplies, food and medical staff to establish a base and locate five American airmen believed held by Lolo tribesmen. A second plane stands by. bodies of three airmen recovered from a 1944 B 29 crash were found during the mission.
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Shanghai
Chengtu
China
U. S
Sichang
Tragic Lovers End In Double Homicide Suicide At OSU
Two Ohio State University juniors from the College of Engineering were found shot dead in what police call the climax of a lover’s quarrel. Alice Krone Patterson, 20, and Donald Throne, 20, died from gunshot wounds in Columbus. Police say Throne shot Patterson and then killed himself with a .23 caliber pistol after Patterson tried to end the relationship.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
College of Engineering
Alice Krone Patterson
Allan DeWitt Patterson
Lock Haven
University Bureau of Education Research
Donald Throne
Alma G. Throne
Eau Claire
Wis
Throne
Dworshak Ripps Foes At GOP Rally In Coeur d Alene
Republican senator candidate Henry Dworshak attacked Democratic farm policy at a Sunday GOP kickoff in Coeur d Alene. He argued pump priming caused debt, noted farmers earned 73 percent of 1935 39 prices in 1940, and blamed New Deal spending for 200 billion added debt 1942 46. He said the New Deal never balanced the budget and the federal deficit ran about one billion monthly early in the year.
Threat rises as Russia renews Dardanelles demand
The renewed Russian push for joint control of the Dardanelles excludes Britain and the United States and threatens international relations. The issue ties to England’s effort to hold a foothold in Greece near the Soviet sphere of influence, with Uncle Sam’s interest framed as a broader regional stake in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East.
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Russia
Turkey
Dardanelles
Britain
America
England
Greece
John Bull
Mediterranean
Middle East
Uncle Sam
Blast Fatality At Welding Shop In Salt Lake City
Gordon Stout aged 25 died in a hospital from burns after an explosion of blasting powder at a welding shop where he and his brother Kenneth 21 worked. Kenneth was severely burned but improving in hospital.
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Salt Lake City
Gordon Stout
Kenneth
OPA Sues Two Idaho Lumber Firms Over Ceiling Price Violations
The OPA filed complaints in the northern district of Idaho charging Balch company owner John L. Balch of Bonner county with selling lumber above ceiling prices and seeking an injunction and records. A second suit targets Otto Westfall and Anthony Bubb of Mountain States Lumber Company with similar relief and potential treble damages of 1540 dollars.
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Boise
Northern Idaho
OPA
Northern Division of Idaho Federal District Court
Spokane, Wash
John L. Balch
Balch Company
Bonner County
Balch
Otto Westfall
Anthony Bubb
Mountain States Lumber Company
Oil fire worker dies in Utah vehicle crash
A Bangley Colorado oil fire worker, 30, Bard A Stockton, was killed when his automobile overturned 18 miles east of Vernal Utah. The death raises Utah’s total for the year to 136.
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Vernal
Utah
Bard A. Stockton
Bangley
Colo
Here
I Utah
Gunman Everhart Refuses Oklahoma Extradition Fight
Victor Everhart, 23, captured after a 100 mph highway chase, says he will fight extradition to Tulsa Oklahoma for the slaying of Detective R. Cormack. He also acknowledges warrants in Indiana for kidnapping armed robbery and reckless driving, speaking casually to reporters in Elmore County Jail.
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Oklahoma
Mountain Home
Victor Everhart
Tulsa
Ohla
8. R. Cormack
Oklahom
Elmore County
Indiana
Everhart
Love
Vincennes
Naval Plane Starts on Distance Trip
The Tru culent Turtle, a new navy patrol plane, began a Pacific flight linking two hemispheres in search of a 10 000 mile plus distance record. With four crew and a baby kangaroo aboard, it aims toward Seattle or a point south of there and could surpass the 8 199 mile world record set by the B 29 Dreamboat.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
George
Seattle
United States
Perth
Australia
Atlantic
Globe
Bermuda
Pearce
Guam
Army Air Force
Taylor cites Truman curtailment order on Idaho reclamation
Senator Glen H Taylor announced that President Truman's budget curtailment order does not affect the Anderson dam project or other Idaho reclamation work in progress. He released Steelman’s statement to counter Republican charges that the curtailment reduced funds for Idaho reclamation and campaigns in support of Democrat George Donart.
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Clark Fork
Truman
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Taylor
John R. Steelman
Anderson Dam
Steelman
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
George Donart
Henry C. Dworshak
Dworshak
Flood Crest Nears Sea As San Antonio River Rises
San Antonio river crest marched toward the sea about 100 miles away after hitting 46 feet at Falls City. Eight deaths confirmed from the flash flood near the city, with two boys drowned in backwaters of the river on a municipal golf course. Looting reported on the west side as residents salvage belongings from wrecked homes.
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San Antonio
Tex
Falls City
Here
Coast Strike Could Start At Midnight Amid Talks
Washington observers expect a merchant marine officers strike if no deal by midnight as Conciliation Director Edgar Warren says a final statement is unlikely before late tonight. Government and shipowners and the two unions pressed for agreement with sessions continuing toward the deadline. Warren avoided predicting outcomes and urged coast representatives to remain in talks through midnight.
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Washington
Edgar Warren
Labor Department
Warren
U S Accuses Yugoslavia Of Disregard And Propaganda
The United States protested Yugoslavia for disregarding Allied military regulations and spreading mischievous propaganda. In Venezia Giulia six Yugoslav soldiers were detained on Sept 9 for carrying concealed hand grenades. they were released after an American military board found the action justified.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Will Clayton
State Department
Venezia Giulia
Two Survive Naval Plane Crash In Corpus Christi Bay
Two men survived a large naval patrol bomber crash in Corpus Christi Bay shortly before noon. The navy said five others were missing and would not release base or destination. Survivors are in critical condition. Rescue boats and a plane dropped a life raft as the aircraft burned.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Corpus Christi Bay
Navy
Court Ruling Defines War Crimes
Berlin reports that Nazi defendants sentenced to death by the international military tribunal are expected to be executed October 16. The Allied Control Council, charged with carrying out sentences on 22 Nazi leaders, discussed confinement for prisoners and appeal procedures. The council remains the defendants’ last resort with a four day window to appeal before execution confirmations.
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Berlin
International Military Tribunal
Allied Control Council
Nuremberg Trial Rules Aggressive War a Supreme Crime
The tribunal declared conspiracy to commit aggressive war a supreme crime and sentenced 22 former Nazi leaders to gallows or prison. The German high command and Reich cabinet were acquitted as criminal organizations while groups such as the SS SD and Gestapo faced conviction. Leaders including Goering Hess and von Ribbentrop were pursued for broader crimes.
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Nuernberg
Germany
International Military Tribunal
Nazi Germany
General Staff
High Command
Reich Cabinet
Gestapo
United States
Great Britain
Russia
France
Hermann Goering
Rudolf Hess
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Picket Action Returns at Major Studios in Labor Test
Picketing resumes at seven studios after a weekend lull as 150 plus march at a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer gate despite a court limit of eight per entrance. Violence reported at MGM with stoning and overturned cars though no injuries or arrests. CSU members, 4500 of 7000, struck over mass dismissals tied to rival unions. The 34 week strike echoes last year’s dispute.
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Hollywoods
AFL
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
MGM
CSU
AFL International Alliance of
Army Calls 39 000 Men for October Draft Quota
The selective service system announced an October draft quota of 35 000 men, up 10 000 from September, with no change in the 19 to 39 age range. Officials said the move saves money and boosts efficiency by replacing near-end-of-service veterans with new volunteers due to the extended draft law requiring 18 months of service.
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Washington
Army
War Department
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Hawley
Red
Mip
Crown
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Margaret Higbee
Scottsbluff
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