Million Dollar Fire Destroys Norwalk Plant
A four hour blaze destroyed the Clay Products Plant north of Norwalk, causing over 1 million dollars in damage to the 300 by 1250 foot wooden building. Six fire departments fought the flames as a captain was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Oscar Jacobson and other workers escaped entrapment during the lunch hour blaze. Fire drew crowds and Civil Air Patrol planes observed the billowing smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk Blvd
Norwalk
Here
Los Nietos
Civil Air Patrol
Bellflower
Seal Beach
Long Beach
Pico Emergency Hospital
Charles N. Hamlin
Chico
Oscar Jacobson
Whitter
Ife
Gas line blast tears mile of pipe near Norristown
Flames shot hundreds of feet into the air as a section of the Texas to New York natural gas pipeline exploded near Norristown Pa. Firemen reported about a mile of steel pipe torn from the ground in the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
New ‘Texas
New York
Ports allow shipments to China amid tensions with Communists
A dramatic remark questions U S port policy amid reports ships load copper steel scrap iron and rubber for Communist China as Americans face dangers abroad. The speaker likens it to early wartime errors shipping fuel and scrap to Japan before Pearl Harbor. The note hints at page continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Soldier Robs Hosts During Thanksgiving Dinner Scene
A Thanksgiving guest who did not stay for dinner was blamed for stealing an $80 purse from the home of Lamar R. Tessier at 2209 W. 19th St. The host reported his soldier son, en route from Fort Ord, had invited the guest to join the feast. After introductions, the purse vanished along with the family purse from a cupboard shelf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar R. Tessier
19Th St
Fort Ord
Puest
Heat Prostration Strikes Dozens At LA Coliseum Event
In Los Angeles on Thanksgiving Day a heat wave affected about 30 to 60 girls from high school drill teams and bands at the LA Memorial Coliseum during a PTA Mik Bow football carnival. Official city heat reached 85 degrees while direct sun likely hit around 110. No girls were hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Parent-Teachers Association
Ringlings' Sister Fatally Stricken Stroke News
SARASOTA Florida November 23 Mrs Ida North sister of the Ringling Brothers suffered a stroke and was in serious condition at a hospital in Sarasota She was the last survivor of the eight member Ringling family that built the Ringling Brothers Barnum Baily Circus into the greatest show on earth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota
Fla
Ida North
Push Aimed At Speedy Korea Victory
MacArthur took the front to direct a major push after a massive artillery barrage along a 60 mile front. UN planes supported as 100,000 UN troops advanced at dawn while Chinese and North Korean forces, also around 100,000, held positions further ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
MacArthur
United Nations
At & Am
Macarthour
Four Train Wreck Victims Clutching Cards Identified
In New York on Thanksgiving Day mourners identified the Long Island crash victims in a somber morgue scene. Families wept as two priests consoled them while four men found dead clutched playing cards. Some held cigars, and many prayed before entering the identification room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Long Island
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tex
N.Y
Soldier Robs
Ringlings
Bernard Baruch
Bob Considine
Drew Pearson
Radio Log
Logic Town Meeting
We, the Wormen
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!