Corsair Yacht Beached After Hitting Rock Off Acapulco
The Long Beach-Mexico liner Corsair ran aground after striking a rock while leaving Acapulco. Passengers were evacuated, salvage teams from Long Beach and San Francisco were en route, and insurance details were not disclosed. The ship’s bow remained embedded in the beach as crews worked to control flooding and assess salvage needs.
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Long Beach
Allen
Associated Press
William Collins
Pacific Towboat & Salvage Co
Long Head
Walter Martignani
San Francisco
Salvor
Deranged Nurse Imposter Haunts New Mothers
In San Francisco authorities warn of a deranged woman posing as a nurse calling new mothers with cancer fears. calling herself Nurse Collins she urges a medical test that could cause dangerous bleeding, hospital says one mother required transfusions after hemorrhage.
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San Francisco
Collins
Churches Guarded After Second Fire Strikes Newport
Pastors and lay officials guarded all Monmouth diocese churches after a second fire in six days. A government arson expert arrived to investigate the damage, estimated at 126000 dollars to the Church of St John the Evangelists. Holy Trinity last Sunday burned out, leaving only its tower.
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Newport
Wales
Monmouth
St. John the Evangelists
Holy Trinity
Hopes Rise for Lost Flier in Alaska Search
FAIRBANKS Alaska Nov 12 undecipherable radio messages intensified the search for Lt Alexander N Murphy a 10th Rescue Squadron pilot from Kansas City missing since Nov 3. Signals were heard at Ladd Air Force Base Ophir Nome and as far as McChord AFB near Tacoma Wash.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Alexander N. Murphy
Kansas City
Ladd Air Force Base
Ophir
Nome
Here
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Police Call Medina Plot Report Hoax
New York November 12 police said after eight hours of inquiry a reported death plot against Federal Judge Harold R Medina was only talk by four youths. They released all four with a warning and lifted guard around Medina's New York apartment. The judge presided over the nine month Communist conspiracy trial and sentenced the top eleven defendants to prison. Investigators said there is nothing to the plot and the four youths were not involved.
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New York
Harald R. Medina
Medina
FBI
Saroyan Sues His Wife for Divorce in Las Vegas
Nov. 12 14 William Saroyan novelist and playwright filed for divorce in Las Vegas from his wife Carol 24 alleging cruelty. The petition names no other parties and requests dissolution of marriage based on acts of cruelty alleged by the author.
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Saroyan
Las Vegas
William Saroyan
Carol
Delegates Prepare for California Farm Bureau Meeting
Delegates begin registering for the annual California Farm Bureau Federation meeting as local news highlights the event. The Post Office plans to hire 800 additional employees to handle anticipated Christmas mail, boosting seasonal capacity. A telegram notes the new Communist government will not recognize Catholic church marriages, and priests are told that a loyalty oath will not be accepted.
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California Farm Bureau Federation
Find It Local News Highlights Across Sections
A listing shows diverse newspaper sections and page references from Armed Service News to Women's Activities. It outlines topics including aviation beaches business classifieds and school sports with multiple page indicators across A B and C sections.
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Armed Service
Magazin
Aviation
Baylie
Tele Lsinn
Waterfront
Ote
Soviet Foreigner Minister Vishinsky condemns Hiroshima attack
U S. assault on Nagasaki and Hiroshima draws strong Soviet critique. Vishinsky urges an urgent ban on atomic weapons with strict enforcement to prevent a feared atomic war. He argues for peaceful uses of nuclear energy and opposes unlimited inspections of Soviet facilities.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Vishinsky
Japan
Donges
Russia
Steel Workers hail costly strike end in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh November AP reports back-to-work parades mark the end of a 42 day steel strike that cost nearly a billion dollars in wages and production. The United Steelworkers say most big producers signed, with $100 monthly company pensions and a shared half-cost insurance program. Federal social security is acknowledged, and national losses estimated at about 725 million in wages and output.
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Dittsburgh
America
C. I. O. United Steelworkers
Iinto
Leven
Allegheny-Ludium
Crucible Steel
Pittsburgh Steel
Sharon (Pa.) Steel
Wheeling My. Wad Steel
Allegheny Ludium
Wheeling
U. S. Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
Fairless
David J. McDonald
U S Planning Next Move in Dispute Over Coal Wages
Washington officials outline plans to seek a court order to stop another coal strike by November 30. Cyrus S. Ching, mediation director, says no action before Monday while Justice Department lawyers prepare a Taft-Hartley court order to delay a potential strike. White House aides expect Truman to compel lawyers to pursue injunction if no agreement with John L. Lewis and the coal industry emerges in the coming week.
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Washington
Truman
Cyrus S. Ching
Ching
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Justice Department
White House
Lewis
U M W to Pay Huge Fine Monday
Cambridge Ohio November 12 The 1 420 000 in contempt fines against John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers will be paid Monday a U M W spokesman said today John Owens secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America told a Cambridge newspaperman that he will pay the fines in U S District Court in Washington D C at that time Owens resides in Cambridge.
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Cambridge
Ohio
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
John Owens
United Mine Workers of America
U. S. District Court
Washington, D. C
Owens
Falls Five Floors but He's Unhurt
A 23 year old man, W A Riggsbee of Carrboro, plunged from a fifth floor hotel room in Raleigh but escaped injury. Police said he was reported at a hospital and is getting along nicely.
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Raleigh
N. C
J. G. Nichols
R A. Liles
W. A. Riggsbee
Carrboro
Weather forecast predicts 80s with clear skies and desert winds
The Weather Bureau says today will again reach into the 80s with warm, dry conditions. Skies should be mostly clear with scattered clouds possible tomorrow as northeast desert winds push temperatures higher. Yesterday’s high was 83 and the low 50, with clear visibility to Mt. San Jacinto and Mt. San Gorgonio near Palm Springs about 100 miles away.
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Weather Bureau
Mt. San Jacinto
Mt. San Gor Bento
Palm Springs
Prince Charles Turns One Amid Daily Royal Life
The No 1 baby of the British empire, Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Edinburgh, will be one year old Monday. He is described as plump and healthy, often seen sunning in Green Park with two nurses a detective and a frisky white terrier. His cousin Prince Richard of Gloucester accompanies him on some outings, with Charles dressed plainly and his blond hair neatly cut.
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British Empire
Charles Philip Arthur George
Prince of
Edinburgh
England
Charles
Green Park
Clarence House
London
Princess Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Prince Richard of Gloucester
Richard
St. James’ Palace
Duke of Gloucester
King George
Bas
Lions Battle Impromptu Thrill at Shrine Circus
At Atlanta indoor Shrine Circus ten lions fought with their trainer for ten minutes as the audience screamed. Dick Clemens, a veteran handler, was injured, with his knee wrenched while trying to separate the animals. The attack began over a she lion, and the lions tore at a wooden pole Clemens used. Dr Reichert said injury extent could not be determined immediately.
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Tlanta
Dick Clemens
Clemens
F. E. Reichert
Mother Stricken by Polio as Boy Arrives in Compton
COMPTON November 12 Mrs Burnett Kee Maxwell Jr wife of a Compton attorney was placed in an iron lung at Los Angeles County General Hospital today critically ill with polio shortly after giving birth to a pound boy Hospital doctors said the baby appeared healthy Their other child William age 3 was quarantined for observation The Maxwells reside in South Pasadena Maxwell is in law practice with Judge Ralph C Dills Mr and Mrs B K Maxwell Sr publish the Journal at Paramount near Pasadena
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Compton
An &Pound
Burnett Kee Maxwell Jr
Los Angeles County General Hospital
Maxwell
Maxwells
William
South Pasadena
Ralph C. Dills
B. K. Maxwell Sr
Paramount
Prince Philip Falls During Malta Fleet Hockey Trials
Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh tripped over an opponent’s stick and fell face down near the goal during center-forward play at fleet hockey trials in Valletta Malta. He recovered quickly amid fans’ applause as observers judged his bearing and facial features, while Charles has begun walking alone. Official correspondents reported the future king’s first steps. Continued on Page A-5.
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Prince Philip Comes Cropper
Valletta
Malta
Prince Philip
Duke of
Edinburg
Todlay
Philip
House of Windsor
Charles
England
Storm Rolls Toward East
Storm clouds moved from the Great Lakes toward the Gulf of Mexico driven by warm Pacific air. A new Oregon coast storm sank two seamen overboard on a cargo vessel in rough seas. Chicago reported rising temperatures ahead of the front while New York and the Midwest faced rain, fog, and cool to mild conditions.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
Oregon Coast
New York City
Minnesota
Hain
Michigan
Towa
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Acapulco
Punta Grifo
Judd
William Ry Wood
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Clarence V. Wallace
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Wallace
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
L. B.-Acapulco
Africa
Bryan McCallistar
Johannesburg
South Africa
Florence Jaf
Rl McCallister
Children’s Hospital
Bryan
U. S
Russ
U.S
Prince of Edinburgh
Prince Charlie
Lions Battle
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