Surviving Benevolence Disaster Recounted At Sea
Shocking survivors described the cold Pacific as the Benevolence and the freighter Mary Luekenbach collided off Guadalcanal. Navy and civilian crewmen recounted emptying life rafts, forming rings to stay afloat, and helping others as rescue ships reached the scene near Fort Mason.
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John Graham
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H. L. Qunnels
San Pablo
Calif
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Sheridan
Wyo
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Excess Profits Tax Proponents Lose Ground in Debate
Washington August 26 Advocates of an immediate excess profits tax on corporations lost ground as the move to strike wage and price controls from the economic bill progressed. Senate Finance Committee Chairman George warned a super tax would spur inflation without controls, while O Mahoney remained confident the general tax boost bill would pass without the excess profits feature. The weeklong truce paused a fight over an 85 percent levy on earnings above normal profits, targeting profits above four year average plus ten thousand dollars.
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Washington
George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
O'Mahoney
D.wyo
Senate
O’mahoney
Connally
D-Tex
Armour Hears Plea to Be Diplomat
Washington Aug 26 The State Department reportedly urged former Ambassador Norman Armour to return to active duty as American envoy to Venezuela Armour conferred with Secretary of State Acheson who is said to have pressed him to come out of retirement The current ambassador Walter J Donnelly was named by President Truman to be U S high commissioner to Austria
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Washington
State Department
Norman Armour
Venezuela
Armour
Acheson
Walter J. Donnelly
Truman
U. S
Austria
Nurses Sing and Pray on Raft in Collision Tragedy
In a harbor disaster account, nurses recount clinging to boards as the ship listed and sank. Captain Cecil Riggs organized rescue efforts while Helen Harrington and Lt Matthews spoke of prayers, panics, and two young sailors sacrificing to shield others.
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Matthews
Griggs
Lt. Harrington
Harrington
Ship's Mate Held Reserve Post Here
Capt. John R. Sanford, USNR, second in command of the hospital ship Benevolence, led Naval Reserve submarine training at Long Beach. He is a licensed master of merchant vessels and served aboard Benevolence as mate. The Sanfords reside at 70 Portuguese Bend Rd Rolling Hills. Sanford graduated from the Naval Academy in 1922 and commanded the USS Pamagansett in the last war.
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John R. Sanford
USNR
Naval Reserve
Long Beach
Military Sea Transport Service
Sanfords
Portuguese Bend Rd
Rolling Hills
Capt
Sanford
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
U. S. S. Pamagansett
Storm Moving to Gulf Area
An unusually dry squall wave moved into the Gulf of Mexico after buffeting the Caribbean and south Florida with 35 to 40 mile per hour winds. The disturbance, a hangover from a 120 mile per hour tropical hurricane, was moving west after swamping about 40 small boats in Neuvistas Harbor Cuba. Small craft warnings were in effect from Miami southward through the Florida Keys and northward to Naples, with warnings from Vero Beach to Miami ordered down at 10 pm.
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Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Islands
South Florida
Antigua Island
Neuvistas
Camaguey
Cuba
Florida Keys
Naples
Vero Beach
British Study on Red China Formosa Threst
London reports the British foreign office refused to discuss Red China’s declaration of readiness to liberate Formosa. A spokesman denied a Chinese Communist complaint that British forces in the Hong Kong area violated Red territory.
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London
Red China
Formosa
Hong Kong
Red Territory
Lonely Hearts Club Leader Freed on Bail in Los Angeles
George Ashley, 52, once head of Life's Estate, Ltd., was released on $25,000 bail after being charged with bilking members of the Lonely Hearts Club. A preliminary hearing was set for Sept. 15 as he faces one conspiracy count and 27 charges of grand theft.
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Los Angeles
George Ashley
Life's Estate, Ltd
Lonely Hearts Club
Hospital Ship Sinks in Dense Fog Fatalities Rise
A hospital ship Benevolence sank after colliding with the freighter Mary Luckenbach near the Golden Gate in thick fog. Captain Havens and Captain Bacon survived. 18 known fatalities reported. A court of inquiry was ordered to determine the crash cause as Navy and Coast Guard units aided in rescue and evacuation efforts.
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Golden Gate
Oak Knoll Navy Hospital
Oakland
Mare Island Hospital
Letterman Army Hospital
San Francisco
Treasure Island
G. L. Kauffman
Military Sea ‘Transport Service
Naval Service
Mare Island Group
Pacific Reserve Fleet
William Murray
Military Sea Transport Service
Ship Line
Red China Guns Fire on British Tanker
Communist Chinese shore batteries opened fire on a British oil tanker near Hong Kong as it approached the harbor. The Ho Kwang, owned by the Asiatic Petroleum Co, reported no damage or casualties aboard the vessel.
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Hong Kong
Ho Kwang
Asiatic Petroleum Co
Chicago's mayor Kennelly dances at ward picnic
In Chicago on August 26, Mayor Martin H. Kennelly, 63, appeared at a ward picnic in Pilsen Park. He seized Mrs. Catherine Connelly, a grandmother, and danced with her to an Irish tune. She praised him as both dancer and mayor, noting his charm and Irish spirit.
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Martin H. Kennelly
Pilsen Park
Kennelly
Catherine Connelly
Invaders Shift Attack in Korea Front
The article reports Reds mis trying to smash Taegu and Pusan sectors. About 15,000 Reds gathered in the southwest while front lines stabilized. American troops repelled two Red attacks and reportedly halted a mountain assault. Kumhwa saw fierce clashes with heavy casualties.
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Taegu
U.S
John J. Muccio
Pusan
Stan Swinton
Mount
Sobuk
Kumhwa
A. P
Don Huth
Eighth Army
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Whitehead
Chongno Road
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Korea
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Kum- Hiwa
American Artllery
New Russ Arms Aid to Korea Reds Bared
Washington reports new evidence of Russian ship ments of fighting equipment to the Korean Reds. An Army briefing officer said 120 heavy tanks were shipped to North Korea in July via Dairen. China Reds near the border may move south, threatening UN forces and forcing rapid U S decisions on airstrikes and strategic withdrawal.
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Dairen
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August Cool Snap Baffles Midwest Weather Watch
Cold air gripped the Midwest as temperatures fell to near freezing in parts of upper Michigan and northern Wisconsin. Grand Marata Michigan recorded one of the coolest spots while warmer conditions persisted in the eastern states, south, and west. Overcast skies prevailed in the Great Lakes and eastern gulf states with scattered rain in the central Rockies and Missouri Valley.
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Vet Unemployment Increases in July
Washington Aug 24 The Labor Department reports more World War II veterans had jobs in July than any month since VJ Day but 673000 veterans were unemployed, 133000 more than June. The rise attributed largely to veterans leaving school to seek work.
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Washington
Labor Department
Weather and tide details from Long Beach lifeguards
Friday's weather statistics report tides with high and low times and heights, sunrise and sunset, moon phase, water temperature 62 degrees, and calm surf. Includes foreword credit to the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
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U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Long Beach
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