Fires Roar Across Southland In Wind Driven Blaze
A series of brush fires swept through San Bernardino and Orange counties with winds up to 50 miles per hour. Hundreds fled as flames blackened a two mile wide strip near Cajon Pass and threatened Orange Park Acres. One home was lost, several damaged, and 14 firefighters treated for non serious injuries. Firefighters battled through the night and into dawn as new fires flared along Santiago Creek.
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Orange
Santiago Creek
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Winds Howl Across Southland Halting Highways
A severe windstorm closed U S Highway 99 south of Bakersfield amid dust gusts up to 74 mph. Damage and power outages surged through Orange County as storms threatened coastal and inland areas. Coast Guard units battled drifting vessels and an oil field fire while Tehachapi and Mojave routes were reopened as winds eased.
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Weather Bureau
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Highway Patrol
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Mojave
Upland
San Bernardino
Point Concepcion
Newport Head
Newport
San Diego
Long Beach
Coast Guard
Orange County
Edison Co
Point Mugu
Oxnard
Sandberg
Tehachapi Mountains
Fontana
Etiwanda
Boldero Peak
Santa Ana Mountains
Santa Ana
Bees Overrun Port Shed In Mombasa Barrage
A swarm of bees invaded a port shed near Mombasa on November 10 and routed the stevedores. Fire Chief Jack Bennion, famed for wartime service in Liverpool, led the fire brigade to regain control of the gin and beer storeroom.
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Ceorge
Mombasa
Kenya
Jack Bennion
Liverpool
Pickets Slow Long Distance Phone Service Across Nation
Striking C I O Communications Workers of America members began a new push button strike tactic delaying long distance calls. Pickets announced roving lines would concentrate in select areas on specific days while others began or paused. Union seeks substantial wage gains from Western Electric, with current pay $1.55 to $1.62 hourly and unknown exact demands. Local service mostly unaffected as officials scramble to interpret the strategy.
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New York
C. I. O. Communications Workers of America
Western Electric Company
Western Electric
Dallas
Texas
Denver
Newark
New Jersey
Springfield
Missouri
Southwestern Bell
Union
Puerto Rican Indicted for Murder in Truman Plot
A federal grand jury indicted Oscar Collazo, 37, for murder in the November 1 attack on Blair House during the Truman residence attempt. Co-defendant Griselio Torresola was killed. Coffelt, a White House guard, died. The indictment cites four counts including murder and felonious assault. Judge Edward A. Tamm had appointed counsel for Collazo.
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Oscar Collazo
Truman
Leslie Coffelt
White House
Collazo
Griselio Torresola
Blair House
Torresola
District of Columbia
Torresota
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Coffelt
Grand
U. S
Edward A. Tamm
Civil Economy to Feel Pinch of Rearming
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer said the full impact of rearmament will hit industry next spring or summer and the government will rely on mandatory orders through the National Production Authority. He noted steel capacity should reach about 120 million tons a year by 1954 and cited looming bottlenecks in key materials as essential to expansion.
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Sawyer
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NPA
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Sawyers
Tough Trucker Dragged Miles After Chain Entanglement
George Stump of Marion Indiana was dragged 244 miles on a cement highway after his leg tangled in a tow chain. He remained in serious condition at a local hospital with friction burns on his left leg arms and hands. Chester Palmer of Canton Ohio had used the chain to help start Stump's truck before.
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George Stump
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Chester Palmer
Canton
Ohio
Stump
Palmer
Wisconsin
Governor Warren Surprised by Landslide Victory
Governor Warren expressed astonishment and happiness at a landslide third term win and praised James Duff’s Senate election. He noted cross-state support, anticipated cooperation from Attorney General Pat Brown, and disappointment over Proposition 10 approving public financing for low cost housing.
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Warren
Nina
Thomas E. Dewey
James Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
James Duff
U. S. Senate
Duff- Warren
Senate
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Brown
San Francisco
Allies Link U S Tenth Corps With Eighth Army In Korea
Allied forces connected east and west fronts southeast of Tokchon North Korea as Chinese troops near Manchuria total about 300000. U S jets hit tanks and transport along the border while bombers struck supply lines near the Yalu River. Marines mark the 175th anniversary by advancing toward Changi in mountainous terrain.
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U. S. Tenth Corps
Eighth Army
Associated Press
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Korea
Manchurian
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Yalu River
Manchuria
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Sinuiju
U.S
Changiin
Southern California Storm Warnings Continue Coastally
Weather warnings posted along the Southern California coast through noon tomorrow for northeast winds 30 to 45 mph with stronger gusts. Winds shift to east to northeast 15 to 25 mph through tonight and decrease tomorrow as dust and wind ease.
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California
Marshall urges woman as chief aid in Defense Dept
A terse News High Lights summary notes Marshall recommends a woman to serve as key assistant in the Defense Department. The brief mentions union leaders pressing A S to stop defending the Ku Klux Klan on the South Carolina line, amid page references and assorted features.
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Vage
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South Caroline
US Demands UN Call for Red China to Exit Korea
The United States and five nations urged the UN Security Council to demand the immediate withdrawal of Chinese Communist forces from Korea. Britain France Cuba Norway and Ecuador co-sponsored the resolution, with China possibly facing a veto from Russia. The council invited a Peiping representative but debated prior to his arrival.
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Russia
General Assembly
Council
Red China
Korea
United States
Peiping
Gen. MacArthur
U. N
Ingrid Bergman’s Daughter Becomes Citizen and Names Herself Jenny Ann
Paula Lindstrom, 12, daughter of Ingrid Bergman, became an American citizen and changed her name to Jenny Ann Lindstrom. Her father Dr. Peter Lindstrom filed under Friedel Pia. oath joined a class of 250. Her mother Ingrid Bergman was abroad with Roberto Rossellini. custody arranged with Croatian periods noted.
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Los Angeles
Paula Lindstrom
Ingrid Bergman
Jenny Ann Lindstrom
Peter Lindstrom
Friedel Pia
Pir
Pia
Maly
Trajan
Roberto Rossellini
Lindstrom
Miss Bergman
Paris
Earthquakes Hit Orient Area Again
New tremors rocked Shilong Assam state at 2 30 p m today following August and September floods and quakes. The government radio broadcast said the quake lasted about a minute with no new damage reported.
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Shilong
Assam
Long Beach
Humidity Readings At Zero Shock Angeles National Forest
A Forest Service lookout on Warm Springs Mountain reported a humidity reading of zero with wind gusts to 65 mph. The 4021 foot peak sits about 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles, a rare meteorological occurrence.
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Los Angeles
Forest Service
Warm Springs Mountain
Weather Bureau
Angeles National Forest
Here
General Clark Reassures Pvt Hunt After Mother's Letter
Pvt John Hunt of Dunmore Pennsylvania with the 28th Infantry Division at Camp Atterbury was summoned to meet Gen Mark Clark after his mother Mrs Margaret Hunt wrote to the general. The meeting eased the private and Clark assured him about clothing food and care. Hunt said the general spoke kindly and treated him like family. He expects playful razzing now the episode is public.
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John Hunt
Dunmore
28Th Infantry Division
Camp Atterbury
Mark Clark
Army Field Forces
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John
Margaret Hunt
Clark
Guard
Gen. Clark
Pvt. Hunt
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