Gas Menace Blasts From Marine Depot Near Daggett
An explosion at a Marine depot near Daggett California released chlorine gas clouds drifting toward Daggett. About 1 700 Marines were believed safe with no reported injuries as a scrubbed evacuation plan loomed.
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Calif
Frank Shine
Barstow
Desert Depot
Weenie Mojave Desert Base
US Highway 66
Yermo
US 91
Annex
Chester Allen
Union Pacific
Marine Establishment
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
Military
Marine Depot
Daggett and
Santa Fe
Food Price Index Figure Unchanged
The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index held at 6.77 this week, near the highest level since 1948. The index, up 17.9 percent from a year ago, covers 31 staple foods and shows mixed Pete changes with flour and beef up while cocoa cotton seed oil potatoes and lambs declined.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Coca Cola Bottling Co Announces First Price Increase
The Coca Cola Bottling Company of New York said price per case rises to 96 cents from 0 and retail to six cents from five. Company cites higher material costs and wages as reasons for the first ever price increase.
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Coca-Cola Ops
New York
Coca-Cola Bottling Company of
Coca-Cola
Russians Threaten West German Supporters with Death
The Soviet Zone in Berlin passed a law declaring death for Germans who back Western defense. East Germany aims to target West German war propagandists including travelers crossing the zone. NATO experts in London announced agreement on political and military recommendations for using West Germans in Western defenses.
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Berlin
North Atlantic Alliance
London
Europe
West Germany
East Germany
West German
West Berlin
Ilse Koch Collapses During War Crimes Trial
Red haired Ilse Koch broke down in court and three doctors ruled she cannot follow proceedings. Chief Judge George Maginot ordered her returned to Aichach Prison Hospital until she settles. Her outburst interrupted the Schwenwald atrocity trial and was described as a nervous reaction by the defendant.
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Augsburg
Germany
Ilse Koch
George Maginot
Mrs. Koch
Aichach
Schenwald
Texan Killed as Car Struck Raised Galveston Bridge
Ralph E. Murphy 29 of Lamarque was killed instantly when his car hit the raised Galveston Causeway drawbridge and burst into flames. The accident halted traffic, routing hundreds of vehicles over the old two-lane causeway. Murphy was a tugboat engineer for W. D. Haden & Company of Galveston.
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Galveston
Ralph E. Murphy
Lamarque
Galveston Causeway
W. D. Haden & Company
Scorpion Threat Surpasses Rattlesnakes in Southwest
Scorpions are blamed for more fatalities in the Southwestern United States than rattlesnakes, highlighting a growing danger from this arachnid in the region.
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Southwestern
United States
Evacuation Efforts Intensify As Korean War Grips Region
Military authorities step up evacuation for 60 000 troops amid massive northern refugee flows and looming Red Fifth Column threats. Allied air forces report heavy strikes against North Korean concentrations while refugees suffer from cold and hunger.
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Korea
Red
Korean
Tenth Corps
Seoul
Eighth Army
North Korea
Sariwon
Pyongyang
Five hundred head sell at Green Valley sale in San Marcos
Five hundred cattle sold with steady to higher market. Notable consignors include Raleigh Skaggs Martindale Julius Schnautz Maxwell ER Linebarger Staples and many others from Fentress Martindale New Braunfels Wimberley Driftwood Lockhart Staples and San Marcos. Hog and calf lots also sold with several calves fetching near 29 dollars per hundredweight.
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San Marcos
A. E. Mercer
Fentress
J. N. Mudd
Martindale
Alfred Soechting
New Braunfels
Glen Bouldin
Harwood
Roland Meadows
Cresinro
D. Waldrip
Staples
L. C. Hey
Lockhart
C. E. Tolhurst
T. E. Hightower
Marcus Allen
Mrs. H. Hunt
Wimberly
Roger Linebarger
C. E. Eckols
Driftwood
C. Calhoun
B. H. Ohlendorf
Roy Owens
A. A. Harper
Gay Harris
Wimberley
Senators Ponder Bill For Schoolboy Training
The Senate armed services committee weighs a plan to train high school youths in civilian defense with military emphasis. Proposed by Senator Elmer Thomas the bill would authorize a President approved program in any high school. Students 14 and up would attend a 12 week summer encampment and receive five dollars monthly during camp.
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Washington
INS
Senate Armed Services Committee
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
That Old Stickup Stuff Can Really Be Tiresome
Salt Lake City reports sergeant Bruggeman, a veteran station owner, faced a fourth attempted robbery in under a month. This time he locked the door when the suspect approached. the would be thief fled after Bruggeman warned him to leave.
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Salt Lake City
Richard Bruggeman
Bruggeman
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