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September 11, 1954

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Headlines from September 11, 1954

RED SPY NETWORK SMASHED BY IRAN; Defenses Infiltrated by Ring, Which Is Called Stand-By Weapon for Soviet RED SPY NETWORK SMASHED BY IRAN

By Kennett Lovespecial To the New York Times

Communist spy ring smashed by arrests; reptdly began in '42 during USSR occupation of N Iran; reptdly got detailed data on Iranian Army strength, disposition and equipment, including items supplied by US; members placed in key security posts, enabling assassination of all Govt officials including Shah and Zahedi and preparing for USSR invasion; seized documents indicate action thoroughly prepared but no date set; all of some 300 arrested have Tudeh membership cards; most are officers; 1 was comdr of Zahedi personal guard; plot disclosed with arrest Aug 16 of Capt A Abbasi and seizure of uncoded documents in his possession; 3 elaborate codes broken as result; other data

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WEST REJECTS BID FOR SOVIET TALK; Says Moscow Must First Sign a Treaty on Austria and Permit Free German Vote WEST REJECTS BID FOR SOVIET TALK

By Walter H. Waggonerspecial To the New York Times

Western Allies tall USSR it must agree to all-Ger free elections before they will agree to a Big-4 conf, note rejecting USSR conditions for conf

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U. S. SEEKS ACTION BY WORLD COURT ON DOWNED PLANE; Lodge in U. N. Calls for Talks by Soviet in Good Faith -- Vishinsky Is Scornful RUSSIAN CHARGES SPYING Most of Delegates Support American Stand -- Briton Denounces Attacks U. S. SEEKS ACTION BY WORLD COURT

By A. M. Rosenthalspecial To the New York Times

asks USSR settle by direct talks or through Internatl Ct dispute arising from USSR downing of USN bomber, s, UN Security Council

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ROOSEVELT PLANS CONVENTION FIGHT; Spurns 2d Place on Ticket and Will Carry Battle for Nomination to Floor ROOSEVELT PLANS CONVENTION FIGHT

By Leonard Ingalls

Repr Roosevelt denies interest in Dem nomination

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Adenauer Looks to NATO If Bonn Gets Sovereignty; Chancellor Says Admission to Alliance Is Most Practical Way to Arm Germans -- Demands End of Occupation ADENAUER FAVORS ENTRY INTO NATO

By M. S. Handlerspecial To the New York Times

Adenauer backs Ger role in NATO with full sovereignty; doubts practicability of creating new defense orgn; demands Ger right to curb self; again scores Mendes-France and French Assembly; Eden set for talks with Benelux leaders, Brussels

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1954Hurricane Edna hits New England (United States) as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.^[†]

Hurricane Edna was a deadly and destructive major hurricane that impacted the United States East Coast in September of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season. It was one of two hurricanes to strike Massachusetts in that year, the other being Hurricane Carol. The fifth tropical cyclone and storm of the season, as well as the fourth hurricane and second major hurricane, Edna developed from a tropical wave on September 2. Moving towards the north-northwest, Edna skirted the northern Leeward Islands as a tropical depression before turning more towards the west. The depression attained tropical storm status to the east of Puerto Rico and strengthened further to reach hurricane status by September 7. The storm rapidly intensified and reached its peak intensity of 125 mph (205 km/h) north of the Bahamas before weakening to Category 2 status near landfall in Massachusetts on September 11. Edna transitioned into an extratropical cyclone in Atlantic Canada before its remnants dissipated in the northern Atlantic.

Historical Context for September 11, 1954

In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people^[†]

Headlines from September 11, 1954

RED SPY NETWORK SMASHED BY IRAN; Defenses Infiltrated by Ring, Which Is Called Stand-By Weapon for Soviet RED SPY NETWORK SMASHED BY IRAN

WEST REJECTS BID FOR SOVIET TALK; Says Moscow Must First Sign a Treaty on Austria and Permit Free German Vote WEST REJECTS BID FOR SOVIET TALK

U. S. SEEKS ACTION BY WORLD COURT ON DOWNED PLANE; Lodge in U. N. Calls for Talks by Soviet in Good Faith -- Vishinsky Is Scornful RUSSIAN CHARGES SPYING Most of Delegates Support American Stand -- Briton Denounces Attacks U. S. SEEKS ACTION BY WORLD COURT

ROOSEVELT PLANS CONVENTION FIGHT; Spurns 2d Place on Ticket and Will Carry Battle for Nomination to Floor ROOSEVELT PLANS CONVENTION FIGHT

Adenauer Looks to NATO If Bonn Gets Sovereignty; Chancellor Says Admission to Alliance Is Most Practical Way to Arm Germans -- Demands End of Occupation ADENAUER FAVORS ENTRY INTO NATO

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