Brush Blaze Razes Homes in Box Canyon
A brush fire near Chatsworth California burned since last night and today destroyed at least one home and a cabin in Box Canyon while threatening many more. The blaze covered about six miles of front and burned into Bell and Dayton canyons. Firefighters from Ventura Los Angeles County and City departments plus 100 Navy Seabees fought the flames with bulldozers sprayers and hoses. No injuries reported though some structures were saved by brush clearance and rock ground. The fire neared the North American Aviation rocket-testing lab and scorched Walter Moss’s lumber yard.
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Chatsworth
Calif
Box Canyon
Canyon
California
Bell
Dayton
North American Aviation Co
Walter Moss
Moss
Ventura
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles City
Navy
Port Hueneme
Ida A. Knapp
Santa Susana Pass
Angeles National Forest
Three Children Die in House Fire in Bay City
BAY CITY TEXAS NOV 1 Three small children died when fire swept their home. Victims were Jimmie Sliva 3 Robbie 2 and baby sister La Verne.
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Bay City
Texas
Jimmie Sliva
Robbie
la Verne
Bolivian Fighter Plane Collides With Airliner Over Washington
A Bolivian fighter and an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 collided near Washington airport killing 54. Only one survivor, an unidentified man babbling in Spanish, was found two hours later. The plane carried 50 passengers and four crew. one famous victim was Rep. George J Bates. Bodies sprawled along the Potomac and river, with 25 recovered by mid afternoon.
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Vvashington
Washington
Eric Rios Bridany
Rios Bridoux
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Bridoux
Bolivia
United States
Fort Deposit
Air ‘Niner
Potomac
Air Force
Potomac River
Eastern Air Lines
National Airport
D. C
Cupid to Blame Brides Britons Meat Strike
In Romford England a wedding caused a three day honeymoon strike at a wholesale meat depot. Meat loaders Jack Murton and three colleagues refused substitutions and walked off, delaying meat rations for the area.
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Romford
England
U. A
Jack Murton
Mediators Hope Bethlehem Pact Ends Steel Strikes
Optimism rose as Bethlehem Steel and the CIO steelworkers union reached a pension plan with cost sharing and strong wage protections. The settlement could unlock coal talks, while 12 Allegheny Ludlum workers began a separate strike over similar issues.
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Washington
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Murray
Bethlehem
New York
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp
Galveston
West Gulf Coast Shipping Companies
A. F. L. Yongahoresmen
Texas
Poryp
Blasts Rock Capital Post Office Building Fire
Fire and a series of explosions damaged the $11,000,000 Post Office Department building on Pennsylvania Ave between 12th and 13th Streets N. W. Heavy smoke and water damage followed as crews fought the blaze on the eighth floor. Twelve people injured from flying glass and debris. one reporter cut and several firemen treated for smoke. Fire began in an electrical transformer room.
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Pennsylvania ‘Ave
12Th
13Th Sts
N. W
Iin
Robert Farrington
Associated Press
Post Office
Martin Levy
Federal Communications Commission
Fhremen
First District
Pennsylvania Ave
12Th St
Man Pleads Guilty Before Trial Starts
Bennett F. Rickard, 35, pleaded guilty yesterday just before trial on murder charges. The Ambrose victim was 22 years old and the case moves to a verdict in court tomorrow.
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Bennett F. Rickard
Ambrose 0. Rickard
Purse Seiner Burn Invests Readers In Losses
A brief item notes a purse seiner vessel was burned with attention to the financial impact on crew and owners. No injuries reported. The piece appears in the B section summaries of the edition.
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Washington Airport
Cupid
Electrical Union
P.D
Cleveland
Ohio
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Electrical Workers
GLO
Albert Fitzgerald
U.E
C.L.O. Winions
C.lo
Fitzgerald
Long Beach
Herbert R. Klocksiem
Lawrence O. Jackson
Klocksiem
Earl Warren
Warren
Samuel ©. Vickers
Truman
Boyle
Ween
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