Seven Die As Bus Dives Over Bridge
A Greyhound bus plunged forty feet from an Oakland Bay Bridge ramp killing seven and injuring twenty two others. Survivors endured an hour and forty six minutes as rescuers cut the mangled wreckage. An 11 year old boy, James Pete Smith of Vallejo, was among the injured and asked for his mother. A car crash just before the bus hit a concrete divider sent debris into the lane, contributing to the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Bay Bridge
James Pete Smith
Vallejo
Plan Against Vote Frauds in New York City
About 300 assistant attorneys general special deputies and investigators will be on election day duty in New York City to curb fraud and improper electioneering. Attorney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein said extra focus will target districts with past trouble and deputies will collaborate with the police. The Election Frauds Bureau has 350 names on its challenge list of allegedly illegal registrations. Election day is Tuesday November 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Nathaniel L. Goldstein
Goldstein
Mobilization Bill Drafted In Egypt
Egypt's State Council approved general mobilization of manpower ages 18 to 30 in war or threat of war. A high council of war under Prime Minister Mustapha EL Nahas will oversee conscription, supplies, and national production with cabinet decree power if Parliament is in recess. Britain has reinforced the canal zone amid Anglo Egyptian tensions and protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Mustapha EL Nahas
Pasha
Supreme Court
Suez
Sudan
Abdel Razak el Sanhoury Pasha
State Council
Britain
Canal Zone
Canal
High ‘War Council
Army
Federal payroll falls by 10000 in September
Washington AP reports total federal civilian employment stood at 2 503 000 on Oct 1 a drop of 10 000 in September the first monthly decrease since the Korean outbreak The Interior and Agriculture Departments contributed to the seasonal decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Interior and Agriculture Departments
Plane Lost Four Hours Lands Safely Over Troy Area
A World War I pilot, William T J Foster, 32, of Salem Oregon, endured four hours of peril in a clouded sky with ground visibility under 200 feet before landing in a cut corn field near Eagle Mills at 3 20 p m yesterday. He and his Air Force BT 13 suffered minor wing damage from a fence post but escaped unharmed. He reported fuel nearly exhausted with only one gallon left for the final two minutes and twenty four seconds of flight. Foster plans repairs and aims for Providence Rhode Island to train as a helicopter instructor at Hills Grove New England Helicopter Service School after completing the cross country trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Mills
William T. J. Foster
Salem
Ore
Toledo
Providence
R. I
Troy
William T.J. Foster
Oregon
Arthur Shaver
Eagie Mills
Foster
A.I
New England
Hillsgrove
Foster Construction Co
New York State
Monoxide Kills Air Force Man Near Schoharie County
An Air Force sergeant, William A. Valenzuela, 22, from El Centro California, died of carbon monoxide poisoning after a car with engine running was left parked near Richmondville. Sgt. Massimo T. Pavone, 21, of Chicopee Massachusetts, was found in critical condition at Bassett Memorial Hospital in Cooperstown. State Police said headlights were on and the ignition key engaged when a passerby found the vehicle about a mile south of the village. The coroner ruled the death accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmondville
Ohe Air Force
Schoharie County
William A. Valenzuela
el Centro
Calif
Bassett Memorial Hospital
Cooperstown
Massitmo T. Pavone
Chicopee
Mass
New York State
Franz » Komta
Schoharie
Valenzuela
Churchill Cabinets and Liberal Offer Tilt Britain’s Postwar Grip
London AP reports Churchill wins slim Commons majority, Liberal leader Clement Davies offered a government post but undecided. Liberals pledge six votes to aid the Conservative majority as talks with Churchill continue at Westerham. Cabinet lineup eyed as Parliament reconvenes Wednesday amid political tension over economic and foreign policy challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchis
Last Light
Liberal Party
House of Commons
Clement ‘Davies
Conservaties
Davies
Churchill
Britain
Red Tudeh Party Plot to Overthrow Shah Uncovered
Tehran authorities raid an underground Red Tudeh Party HQ seizing what they call the most important discovery in three years. The outlawed Communist group, declared illegal after the Shah survived an assassination attempt in February 1949, continues covert operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Red Tudeh Party
Cease-Fire Talks Stall Over Korean Buffer Zone
At Panmunjom, Allied and Communist negotiators met for the fifth time to resolve a deadlock over a buffer zone in Korea. The Reds push a 5 to 12 mile zone south of the present battle line while the Allies demand the line inside North Korea. A UN spokesman said the gap covers about 1000 square miles with no quick settlement in sight. An earlier balloon warning sparked an injury to 13 U S soldiers as talks continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
Panmunijom
North Korea
United Nations ‘Command
Panmunjom
U.N
38Th Parallel
Skirraise
United Nations Command
Fpanmunjom
Universal Military Training Plan Outlined by Commission
The National Security Training Commission proposes mandatory training for 800000 youths annually at a first year cost above 4 billion dollars. It warns the nation must prepare as modern warfare enables sudden attacks and urges a frontier style response focusing on survival and self defense for physically and mentally fit youths. James W. Worth leads the five member panel formed last June to draft UMT implementation details for Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Security Training Commission
Congress
United States
James W. Wadsworth
Adenauer Wins Election In North Rhine Westphalia
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democrat party retained two parliamentary seats in by elections to fill vacancies in North Rhine Westphalia State Parliament. The coalition with center parties holds a slim three vote majority over the opposition. loss of the seats could force the government's resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamm
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democrat Party
North Rhine-Westphalia
Christian Demo Bcrat
Center Parties
Chinese Reds Renew Assaults Near Central Korea Hills
US and Allied forces faced fresh Chinese attacks southeast of Kumsong as merciless fighting continued. Reports say 1,000 Reds hit hill positions at predawn while another earlier assault was repulsed. Allied jets, tanks, and artillery pressed to probe Reds north and west of Kumsong, with heavy air and ground actions across northwest and central fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Korea
U. S
Kumsong
U.N
Matthew B. Ridgway
Farnell
Enen
Union Leaders Press Back-To-Work Move In New York
Union president Joseph P. Ryan told President Truman that longshoremen would push through wildcat picket lines as the Port of New York reopened and thousands returned to work. Sampson, a wildcat leader, urged an inquiry into grievances. Dewey ordered mediation talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph P. Ryan
Truman
Sampson
John R. Steelman
Ryan
International Longshoremen’s Association
Thomas E. Dewey
New York State Mediation Service
Israel Asked For Defense Pact Ideas
Israel is urged to submit proposals on a Middle East defense command by the United States Britain France and Turkey. Egypt rejected the plan and tensions rise between Israel and Arab states, with ongoing armistice constraints and stalled UN peacemaking efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Israel
United’ States
Britain
France
Turkey
Middle East
Egypt
U. S
Monnet B. Davis
Sir. Knox Helm
Edouard Guyon
Seyfullah Esin
Foreign Ministry
Middle East Alliance
Suez Canal
Fom
Canal
Sudan
Palestine
United Nations
Tragic Guatemalan Plane Crash Kills 25
A Guatemalan Army Air Force C-47 crashed shortly after takeoff near Flores killing 25 of 27 aboard. Two entertainers survived with injuries and are expected to recover. The dead include five military men and twenty entertainers returning from a Flores theater benefit. The capital flew black mourning flags for the mass funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Flores
Five Die In Head-On Crash West Of Phoenix Arizona
Five people perished in a head-on collision seven miles west of Phoenix just after midnight. Three Luke Air Force Base airmen died in one car and a Phoenix couple in the other. Victims identified include Raymond J. Burney Jr., 20, Pittsburg Pennsylvania. Robert L. Stephenson, 19, Highland Wisconsin. Richard W. Forsee, 19, Columbia Missouri. J. G. Gillihan. and Peggy Gillihan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix, Ariz
Here
Luke Air Force Base
Phoenix
State Highway Patrol
Raymond J. Burney,Jr
Whitehead Street
Pittsburg
Robert, L. Stephenson
Highland
Wis
Richard W. Forsee
Columbia
J.g.gillihan
Peggy
Nevada test site explosion seen 50 miles away
Las Vegas reports a medium sized atomic blast over the Nevada desert. A B 29 dropped the device at Yucca flat and Mt. Charleston observers saw a bright flash and rising mushroom cloud though the blast was not felt 75 miles away. The event marked America s 19th atomic detonation and the world total at 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull Becker
Las Vegas
Nev
America
Nevada Desert
Mt. Charleston
Yucca
Atomic Energy Commission
Charleston
Russia
AEC
Nevada Test Site
Air Forces Strategic Weapons Command
Kirtland Air Force Base
Alpiqergue
N. M
Death of Dr Albert Gononer prompts organ exams
Lynn Massachusetts AP investigators await an organ examination to determine cause of death of 51 year old Dr Albert Gononer found in North Reading woods, 20 miles from his Nahant home. His car lay about 500 feet away and a bottle of tro glycerine heart stimulant was found with several pills in his pockets. Relatives say he was upset since teen babysitters Roberta McCauley and two other girls fled with a strong box in a New York spree. The medical examiner said results may take about 148 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Albert Hi" Gononer
North Reading Woods
Nahant
Roberta. McCauley
Ivo
New York
Thomas Py ‘Devlin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Air Force
U.S
Anthony Eden
Lord Woolton
R.A. Butler
Exchequer
Lord Ismay
Commonwealth
Marquess of Salisbury
David Maxwell Fyfe
Walter Monckton
Jabor
Oliver Lyttelton
Red
Shah
Adenauer
Pukhan
Nanggu
Milo -Farnell
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Songchon
J. Lawton Collins
Union
Arizona
Assa
Pulse of the People Radio
Woman's Fae
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!