Explosion at Guam Navy depot leaves several missing
A Guam gasoline storage depot explosion and fire last night left at least four Navy personnel missing and three seriously burned. The Guam site was described as the western Pacific’s largest gasoline storage station near Apra Harbor. Firefighting units and hundreds of sailors fought the blaze as flames and smoke rose high.
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Washington
Navy
Guam
Pacific
Apra Harbor
Marianas Island
Largst Naval Base
U S At Work on 5000 Mile Atom Missile
General Carl Spaatz disclosed that Air Force scientists are developing a guided missile with a 5000 mile range for carrying an atomic warhead. In his final report as Air Force chief of staff he warned Congress may be asked to expand the service beyond the 70 groups approved last session.
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Ashington
Air Force
Carl Spaatz
Spaatz
Congress
Aire
United States
Defense Chief Seeks Accord on Air Tasks
Secretary of Defense Forrestal presses the joint chiefs to agree on when air war becomes a strategic operation. Talks at Newport seek a clear demarcation of Navy, Army and Air Force roles, with emphasis on strategic air warfare and new jet and missile developments.
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Washington
Defense Forrestal
Plane crash at Compton Airport leaves three dead
A two engine plane took off from Compton Airport last night, struck a power line, exploded, and burned. Dick Gwynne is believed to have been piloting with Mildred Miller and Martin Brooks as passengers. The wreckage occurred near Rosecrans and Central, firefighters battled the blaze and three bodies were taken to Moreland mortuary.
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Dick Gwynne
Compton Sportsman-Flier
Mildred Miller
Los Angeles
Martin Brooks
Montana
Rosecrans Ave
Central Ave
Associated Press
Moreland Mortuary
Victory Over Rebels Told by Greeks
Athens reports Greek Army victory in Grammos campaign led by Gen. Stelios Kitrilakis deputy chief of staff. He said most of about 5000 guerrillas have fled to Albania and praised morale while noting Vafiades forces near the Albanian border are compressed into an eight square mile area from Ginkova to Kouria along the Aliakmon River.
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Stelios Kitrilakis
Kozane
Grammos
Markos Vafiades
Kitrilakis
Grammos Mountains
Albania
Second
Vafiades
Ginkova
Aliakmon
Kouria
Artesia Teen Attacked In Hatchet Incident
A 16 year old Artesia girl was hospitalized in critical condition after hatchet blows to the head. Her half brother Arthur A. Crooder, 22, was detained for questioning and held by the sheriff’s office. he had recently been paroled from San Quentin.
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Artesia
Sheriff's Office
Joan Vanderstilt
Arthur A. Crooder
San Quentin
Atomic Workers Still on Strike at Los Alamos Project
Three thousand construction and maintenance workers remained off their jobs at the Los Alamos atomic energy project for the fourth day. They walked out Wednesday to protest a contractor’s non union labor policy.
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Los Alamos
N. M
Los Alamos Atomic Energy Project
Hacksaw Worked But Prisoners Recornered by Deputies
Four inmates escaped Imperial County Jail after a hacksaw blade was smuggled to L. C. Treppert Matthew Hensley Shelley Jean Miller and Herbert Ryans. Deputies tracked the men as they wore themselves down sawing and finally reached the outside, where awaiting officers recaptured them.
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EL Centro
Imperial County
Robert Ware
L. C. Treppert
Mathew Hensley
Shelley Jean Miller
Herbert Ryans
Ware
Local News Page Fragments Listed By Sections
A collapsed OCR listing shows newspaper page codes and sections such as Forum, Oil News, Theaters, Water Front and Women’s Activities with page coordinates. It appears as an index of section locations rather than a full story to summarize.
Allied MPs confront Soviet troops in Berlin border clash
Heavily armed British and American military police faced 165 Soviet soldiers and German police across Potsdamer Platz as tension rose in Berlin. More than 150 U. S. and British MPs patrolled on foot and by jeep to deter kidnappings, with Lt. Kelly declaring American forces would clear only on American ground.
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Berlin
U. S
Potsdamerplatz
Eanes
Platz
Times Square
Potsdamer Street
Tresmann Street
Kelly
Russ Pulls Gun on Photographer in Berlin Incident
An Acme News photographer, Jack Chitman, was chased for about 50 yards inside the British sector near Potsdamer Platz by a Soviet military policeman at noon. The officer drew a pistol as Chitman snapped a photo, then retreated to a Soviet jeep as British MPs observed.
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Berlin
Jack Chitman
Acme
Potsdamer Platz
Chitham
Riders Escape Bus Fire On Willow Run Expressway
Nine teenage passengers fled to safety when a Chicago Detroit bus owned by Delux Motor Stage Co. caught fire after a flat tire sparked ignition on the Willow Run Expressway near Detroit. Driver Michael Mosenek halted the bus. the blaze destroyed the bus and stalled traffic for over an hour.
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Detroit
Chicago
Willow Run
Frank Chesney
Wayne County Sheriff's Road Patrol
Delux Motor Stage Co
Ile
Michael Mosenek
Naples Homicide Squad Arrests Man for Selling Marble as Flour
Naples reports Salvator Rosso arrested on charges of selling finely ground white marble as flour. The incident highlights a meat market scale of deception tied to a broader bread supply crisis.
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Naples
Italy
Salvator Rosso
Forest Fire Kills Woman Near Lufkin Texas
A roadside forest fire between Shepherd and Coldspring swept onto the highway burning a woman to death and injuring her husband who was driving. Texas Forest Service officials identified the survivor as S J Blanks and a K B Ivie official confirmed the couple fled the car as flames shot high into the air. The woman’s first name was not released.
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Lufkin
Texas
Shepherd
Texas Forest Service
K. B. Ivie
The
Forest Service
S. J. Blanks
Ivie
Tree Top
Jets Complete Atlantic Flight Ends at Selfridge Field
Fifteen F-80 jet fighters finished the first jet propelled roundtrip across the Atlantic and landed at Selfridge Field in Detroit at 4 21 p m Edt marking a historic milestone for wartime aviation.
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Detroit
Selfridge Field
Farmer Ends Life With Blast
Hopkins Minnesota August 21 a 68 year old farmer John J Roushar a native of Czechoslovakia killed himself near his home by placing 56 sticks of dynamite and detonating them He had lived on his farm for 38 years and is survived by his wife Coroner Russel R Heim reported the death occurred in a field away from the house after he removed his shoes and pants
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Hopkins, Minn
John J. Roushar
Czechoslovakia
Russel R. Heim
Roushar
Earthquake Damages 500 Italian Homes
An earthquake rocked southern Italy injuring five and damaging over 500 houses. The tremor struck at 8:48 a.m. and was felt strongest in Foggia Ortanova and Bari reports said.
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Italy
E.s.t
Foggia
Ortanova
Bari
Steel workers strike from Duluth council over Wallace support
Eight thousand steel workers at Morgan Park plant withdraw from the Duluth Industrial Union Council in protest of its backing Henry Wallace. CIO A L Overton says the council did not open with national CIO policy. The move halves council membership. Elmer Benson and James Shields are invited to speak at Labor Day events. Joseph Paszak says no official notification yet.
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Duluth, Minn
Morgan Park
American Steel and Wire Co
Duluth Industrial Union Council
Textile Workers’ Union
Elmer Benson
Wallace
James Shields
Democratic- Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Joseph Paszak
Steel Workers
Cool Bandit Uses Taxi in Holdup
A young gunman described as a cool customer held up a Stockton grocery store, taking about $1000 in receipts. He hired a taxi in downtown Stockton, entered via a side entrance, and threatened bookkeeper Charlie Hawkins before escaping with the cash. Police reported no trace of the unidentified suspect.
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Stockton
Olice
Charlie Hawkins
Hawkins
Unius
Lomakin Faces Deportation Despite Stay-Try Plan
State Department says Soviet Consul General Jacob Lomakin will be deported if he attempts to ignore the expulsion order. Aides suggested Lomakin may not leave on schedule aboard the Stockholm, awaiting his decision.
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Washington
Jacob Lomakin
United States
State Department
Lomakin
U. S. State Department
Zot
Chepurnykh
New York
Stockholm
Aid
Somakin
Man Survives Morgue To Die Of Pneumonia
Juan Medina Gutierrez a 48 year old man awoke on an operating table at a Santiago morgue while doctors prepared an autopsy. He had been among corpses for two days before collapsing on O’Higgins Avenue. He died after being revived and diagnosed with pneumonia from cold morgue temperatures.
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Santiago
Chile
Juan Medina Gutierrez
Medina
O’higgins
Warren urges wider U S social security benefits
Gov Earl Warren speaking at a Fraternal Order of Eagles convention in Seattle argued for expanding social security in America He said every working American should be entitled to benefits and praised international generosity as part of a stronger nation
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Seattle
Earl Warren
California
Order of Eagles
America
Warren
Eagles
Truman Resumes Yacht Cruise Near Annapolis
President Truman sailed the yacht Williamsburg up Chesapeake Bay after a day at anchor near Solomon’s Island. The trip included a stop at Patuxent Naval Station to visit a Navy escort ship seaman who had surgery aboard the Williamsburg. An overnight anchorage was planned about 20 miles upriver with an arrival in Annapolis expected tomorrow morning.
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Truman
Williamsburg
Chesnake Bay
Here
Patuxent Naval Station
Illiamsburg
Annapolis
Redskins Star Baugh to Lead West in All-Star Game at Burcham Field
Slinging Sammy Baugh headlines Long Beach's 6th Washington Redskins East-West All-Star game at Poly High's Burcham Field today at 2 30 p. m. Gates open 12 30 p. m. with 10000 seats, box office opens 9 a. m. Eastern college team to face West led by Mont. Last year West won 36 35.
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Washington
Eastern College
Tommy Mont
Uversity of Maryland
Baugh
Long Beach
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