ZUM4878671: Sep. 09, 1953 - Karl Valentin made of wax... Now nearly it will happen: the immortal Munich popular comedian Karl Valentin is to get a monument which will be set up in Munich. Professor Ernst Rauch, left, is just talking over the last details with the Italian brassfounder Agostino Zuppa, right. A wax replica of the monument is already made. The are now going to work so that the monument will get its rights place on Munich Viktualienmarket on October 18th. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4878767: Sep. 09, 1953 - Senator Joseph McCarthy the American Communist hunter is in New York to question men known to be active in Communist causes. He held a public session at the Federal Court where his investigations sub committee sat. The investigation of Abraham Unger a lawyer who was of the defence council for 11 top Reds who were convicted of violating the Smith Act, was the main business of the day - but as Unger refused to state whether or not he was a Communist, McCarthy ordered a guard to remoce him from the session, and said he would file papers citing him for contempt. Unger challenged McCarthy; s right to question him on his political beliefs, and did not claim the fifth Amendment as a justification for his refusal to answer. The senator in an aggrevated mood, despite the announcement that he is to marry his former secretary ~ former beauty queen Jean Lee of washington / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4878938: Sep. 09, 1953 - The Buichu Sector Transferred to the Vietnam Authorities in Indo China; Photo Shows Monsignor Phan Ngoc Chi the Bishop of Buichu seen with General Cogny when they were greeted by the villagers after the ceremony of transferring the De Buichi sector to the Vietnam Authorities during the long drawn out Indo China war. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4879071: Sep. 09, 1953 - VICTORY SMILE FROM NEVILLE DUKE AND HIS WIFE... WORLD SPEED RECORD BROWN... KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS: SQADRON LEADER NEVILLE DUKE and his wife MRS > GWEN DUKE drink a toast - at a Littlehampton Hotel last evening after he had broken world speed record at 727 m.p.h. in a Hawker Hunter aircraft. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4879054: Sep. 09, 1953 -” 725” M.P.H.” SAIS NEVILLE DUKE AFTER WORLD'S AIR SPEED RECORD ATTY: Neville Duke made a new attempt on the world air speed this afternoon in his swept -wing Hawker hunter Jet Fighter. He made four runs over the course off the Sussex coast - then did three victory rolls over Tangmere RAF Station. Dukesaid afterwards” my average speed was about 725 m.p.h., although the official figures may be several miles either side of that”. A speed of 723 m.p.h. was necessary for a new record. Keystone Photo Shows: - General view at Tangmere R.A.F. station, shows Neville Duke waving to the crowd after his record attempt today. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4879340: Sep. 09, 1953 - Randy Turpin and Jack Solomons watch Marciano beat La Starza in New York.: Photo shows Randolph Turpin seen with George Middleton his trainer on left and Jack Solomons - at the ringside as they watched the fight in which Rocky Marciano beat Roland La Starza - at the Polo Grounds, New York. The referee stopped the contest in the 11th round. / Bridgeman Images