Hancock Plans $9,500,000 oil refinery expansion
Hancock Oil Co. announces a planned $9.5 million refinery to boost gasoline output while its existing refinery runs at capacity. The move comes after NPA certificates for defense industry tax amortization, including Hancock’s Long Beach project, though company officials caution construction may not begin immediately. Other NPA certificates cover Riverside Cement Co. Oro Grande project at $2.733 million and Aerojet Engineering Corp Azusa ordnance plant at $1.07688 million.
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Hancock Oil Co
San Francisco
National Production Authority
Defense
NPA
Long Beach
Riverside Cement Co
Oro Grande
Aerojet Engineering Corp
Eat Azusa
Bomber Wing Set for Overseas Duty
The 22nd Bombardment Wing, just back from Korea, has been alerted for a temporary overseas assignment, likely England. Personnel expect a convoy of 20 to 60 B-29s with substantial ground support, with many notified individuals guessing a base near London for movement in early September.
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March Air Force
Calif
22Nd
Korea
England
Air Force
Lanton
Lost 3 Days in Gale Survive in Tiny Boat
Crescent City, Calif. Aug. 18. Asherman and a 1d-year-old boy drifted three days at sea in a 22 foot boat before washing ashore unharmed as Coast Guard called search hopeless. Fishermen credited Providence for survival after drifting roughly 65 miles down the coast with no food or water.
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Crescent City
Calif
UPA
Port Orford
Ore
Asherman
Coast Guard
Jess Richmond
Kenneth Hensley
Providence
St. George Point
Wayne Piland
Rogue River
Oregon
Young Hensley
Lake Earl
Pelican Bay
Here
Minnie R
Richmond
Piland
Eviction May Scatter Family in Columbus Adoption Offer
A Columbus father of seven, Richard Davey, 24, offered his three girls and four boys aged 1 to 9 for adoption to avert eviction. He and his wife, expecting another baby, live in two rooms and faced relocation when rent authorities intervened. Davey described illness and debt over three years and two prior detentions, hoping others will provide clothing, food, education.
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Richard Davey
Columbus
Ohio
Rosanna Mae
Carl James
Richard William
Charles
Margverite
Nancy Ann
David Michael
Associated Press
Tye
Columbus Dispatch
Davey
Per Capita Income Up $116 in Past Year
Americans averaged 1436 for each person in 1930 as reported by the Commerce Department. The 9 percent gain over 1949 comes despite a higher cost of living and a tax burden averaging 160. Incomes ranged from 698 in Mississippi to 1909 in Delaware and 1986 in the District of Columbia, with Arkansas, South Carolina, and Alabama near the bottom.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mississippi
Delaware
District of Columbia
Arkansas
South Carolina
Alabama
Copper Workers Strike Postponed in Utah
Salt Lake City August 18 UP a scheduled strike of 3000 Utah Kennecott Copper Corp workers was postponed indefinitely tonight H B Douglass co chair of a joint negotiating committee for 12 AFL unions and International Mine Mill and Smelter Workers at Kennecott said the Monday strike deadline would be postponed
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Kennecott Copper Corp
H. B. Douglass
AFL
International
Thrion of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Kennecott
Cycles Crash Injures Three Navy Men
Three sailors were hurt early today when a motorcycle driven by Jane Mitchell 21 of the USS Pritchard hit the rear of another cycle on W Ocean Blvd near Santa Clara Ave Two men Georges S Goulart 20 of USS Rochester and Alton N Jones 21 of USS Manchester suffered severe head injuries cuts and abrasions Mitchell sustained rib and elbow injuries and facial lacerations All were treated at Seaside Hospital
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Navy
W. Ocean Blvd
Santa Clara Ave
Jane Mitchell
Pritchard
George S. Goulart
Rochester
Alton N. Jones
Manchester
Mitchell
Izio
Seaside
Kingston Devastation Tops $16 Million as Hurricane Rages
Damage in Kingston Jamaica from a 125 mph hurricane killed 40 people in the capital, left thousands homeless, and blew down prison walls allowing 70 convicts to escape. Power and telegraph lines failed, and many ships were driven aground as Port Royal was obliterated. The hurricane threatened Mexico as its center moved northwest toward Cozumel.
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Kingston
Jamaica
West Indies
Associated Press
Linda Darnell
Hollywood
Mexico
Miami Weather Bureau
Nouthern
Clmenco
England
Port Royal
Woman Killed by Train at Norwalk Crossing
Eva Theresa Studley 36 of Whittier died when her car was struck by a westbound Santa Fe mail train at the Norwalk Blvd crossing in Norwalk. Deputies said the auto was dragged about three four miles down the track. she was alone in the vehicle.
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Eva Theresa Studley
Whittier
Santa Fe
Norwalk Blvd
Norwalk
Sabre Jet Sets Bendix Record in Transcontinental Dash
Col. Keith K. Compton 35 of St Joseph Missouri flew an F 86E Sabre jet from Edwards California to Wayne County Wayne Major Airport Detroit in 4 hours 26 minutes 56.4 seconds unofficially covering over 1900 miles at 555.73 mph to win the Bendix transcontinental trophy race setting a new speed mark. Second place was nearly tied as Col Emmett Davis and Maj Gilbert Pederson both F 84 Thunderjets posted 3 hours 33 minutes 47.6 seconds and 3:34:82.4 respectively with other pilots finishing close behind at Selfridge Air Force base.
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Air Force
Detroit
California
Keith K. Compton
Vernon A.ferdinan
Rosamond Dry Lake
Calif
Cleveland
St. Joseph, Mo
Wayne Major
Edwards ‘Air Force Base
Los Angeles
E.s.t
Col
Emmett
Selfridge Air Force Base
Col. Davis
Maj
Pederson
George B. Thabault
Winooski, VI
Bernard A. Watts
Langley Air Base
Local fiscal outlay and traffic code updates
Highlights note 1950 51 fiscal year public works spending 5 363 099 and police plan to enforce added state traffic code. Also hospital to open physical therapy department Tuesday with other briefs on national and regional news across pages A 2 A 13 A 14 and C 1 2 10 19 23.
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Cuty
St. Mary's Hospital
Senator Morse Attacks GOP MacArthur Report
Sen. Morse of Oregon condemned eight Republican Senators for a biased report on General MacArthur’s ouster. He argued President Truman was justified in relieving MacArthur and warned the GOP inquiry harms national policy. Colleagues defended the report as timely and necessary over Far Eastern policy.
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Morse
MacArthur
GOP
Sen
Wiley
Wisconsin
United Nations
Korea
United
Truman
Pacific
Bridges
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Joint Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee
Tam
Fireboats Quell Wyoming Ship Fire Near Long Beach Harbor
Four fireboats battled a fire in the hold of the freighter Wyoming as it neared Long Beach inner harbor. Reported at 12:40 a.m. by a night watchman, the blaze was under control in the upper hold by 2 a.m. deck work continued before final entry. The Quaker Line vessel, from San Diego, serves Albany to Los Angeles intercoastal freight.
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Wyoming
Long Beach
Quaker Line
San Diego
Albany
N. Y
Warren Hops Off for Japan Today
Gov. Warren flies from Travis Air Force Base at 2 a.m. on a trans Pacific visit to Japan to meet about 10,000 California veterans in the Army’s 40th Division now serving there. He plans to return by Sept. 4 for the San Francisco peace conference opening. The trip includes a refueling stop at John Rogers Field in Honolulu.
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Sacramento
Warren
Japan
Travis Air Force Base
California
Camp Cooke
San Francisco
Here
John Rogers Field
Honolulu
Orient
Red Sincerity Key to Truce, Allies Assert
Tokyo dispatch reports a general headquarters bulletin urging that an armistice may be near if the Communists show sincerity. The bulletin states the onus is on the Communists to prove they are likewise sincere about the truce and ends with a call for verification through official channels.
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Red
Tokyo
General Headquarters
Public Information Office of
Gon
Communists Charge Truce Violation Near Kaesong
Communists charged a United Nations violation of the five mile Kaesong neutrality zone this morning. A joint UN Communist inspection team was dispatched immediately to conduct an on the spot investigation.
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U. N
Kahsong
Kaesong
United Nations seek new cease fire subcommittee aid
Matthew Ridgeway and UN officials described another chance for the Communists to show sincerity at cease-fire talks. The subcommittee proposal to redefine a demarcation line was seen as a possible step toward broader agreement as members returned from Kaesong to the camp.
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Matthew B. Ridgeway
United ‘Nations Command
U. N
United Nations
Kaesong
Long Beach
Round Table
Jets tangle in two clashes over northwest Korea
U S and Red jet fighters fought two air battles high above northwest Korea on Saturday. Allied ground troops pressed sharp actions on the eastern front aided by heavy artillery from New Jersey, Toledo, and two destroyers. The naval and air actions occurred near the Yalu River boundary. 11 jets tangled with one Red jet probably destroyed and others damaged.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
U. S
New Jersey
Toledo
Sinaiju
Yalu River
Manchuria
Yanggu
Eighth Army
U. N
Train Run Over Gardena Tot with Fair Condition
Gardena Aug 18. An 18 month old boy Donald Staggs crawled onto Santa Fe tracks and lay between rails. The 0 car freight could not stop. Engineer Hugh Donahue watched the boy beneath the train. Surgeon reports a possible skull fracture a broken leg and internal injuries but says the boy’s condition is fair.
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Gardena
Donald Staggs
Santa Fe
Hugh Donahue
Donald
Harbor General Hospital
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Southland Magazine
Morse Raps
Gops
R.-Ore
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