Gromek Beats Braves Sain in Mound Duel at Cleveland
Cleveland Indians pitcher Steve Gromek outsduels Boston’s Johnny Sain 2-1 to move within one win of the World Series. Lew Boudreau drives in the first run, Larry Daley hits a key homer, and Marv Rickert homers for the Braves. Attendance tops 78,000 as players anticipate large shares of the proceeds.
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Municipal Stadium
Cleveland
Steve Gromek
Cleveland Indians
Boston
Johnny Sain
Larry Daley
Indians
Lew Boudreau
Marv Rickert
Braves
Detroit Tiger
Chicago Cubs
Boudreau
Feller
Box Score of 1918 World Series Fourth Game Boston at Cleveland
Official box score shows Boston defeating Cleveland 2 to 1 after a two run errorless game. Boudreau and Rickert drove runs for Boston while Doby and Rickert homered for Cleveland. Pitchers Sain and Gromek held the two teams to tight contact as fielding errors were zero.
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Cleveland
Boston
Pirates Escape Gale In Safe Ride With Boy
News brief notes a group of treasure hunters aboard a vessel and a accompanying boy surviving a gale. The item highlights a perilous sea event with a safe outcome and mentions page references for broader coverage.
Plant Life Secret Being Probed by AEC Researchers
Nuclear energy official notes progress in tracing photosynthesis with radioactive tracers at Antioch College University of California University of Pennsylvania and California Institute of Technology. He cautions on timeline and mentions potential long term electric power impacts and hereditary radioactivity concerns.
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Duream
N. H
Lewis L. Strauss
AtomicEnergy Commission
Strauss
Antioch College
University of California
University of Pennsylvania
California Institute of Technology
University of New Hampshire
Joe Strauss
Seven Ships Call Help as Gale Lashes Alaska Coast
A gale drove 30 plus crewed vessels to send distress calls along Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Coast Guard cutters from Alaska and Oregon, two search planes, and a Canadian tug joined the rescue: one man is missing in the Columbia River and several ships suffered hull damage and drifting.
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Battle
Wash
Alaska
Pacific Northwest Coast
Seattle Coast Guard
Columbia River
Coast Guard
Kodiak
Ketchikan
Astoria
Ore
Seabeck
Nora
Paint
St. Elias
Alaska Gulf
Cordova
Prince
Multnomah
Puget Island
Perilous Oil Blaze Halted on Signal Hill
A major oil fire in Signal Hill near Brayton Ave and Burnett St was brought under control after 45 minutes with aid from Long Beach fire crews. Loss estimated well over $10,000. The blaze began in a pumphouse, spread to several tanks, drawing crowds as firefighters fought with fog spray and high pressure. Additional smaller fires in the area earlier and the Elm Ave well fire caused minor damage.
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Lovelady Pool
Signal Hill
Long Beach
Apex Oil Co
Brayton No. 2
Brayton Ave
Burnett St
William Albrecht
Richfield Oil Company
Albrecht
Apex © Co
Willow St
Orange Ave
Ceckriel-Speirs
Twenty-fifth St
California , Ave
F. O. Smith
Battallion
Elm Ave
Signal EG
J. C. Applegate
Carson St
P. C. Henrick
E. Carson St
Airlines Strike Fails to Materialize
New York October 9 A strike threatened for midnight Friday against American Airlines and its American Overseas Air lines division failed to materialize A spokesman for Local 501 the C SO Transport Workers Union said the union still hoped the lay off dispute would be settled peacefully.
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New York
American Airlines
American Overseas Airlines
C.so. Transport Workers Union
Five Japanese Sentenced for Abusing POWs at Niigata
A military tribunal in Yokohama sentenced five Japanese to long terms at hard labor for beating or contributing to the deaths of Allied prisoners at Niigata prison camp. The case highlights wartime accountability for prisoner mistreatment and marks a rare postwar tribunal outcome in Japan.
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Yokohama
Niigata
Stern Gang Jailbreak Shocks Jaffa Jail Escape
Tel Aviv reports a mass breakout from Jaffa jail as 75 to 100 Stern gang members escaped or went into hiding. The prison held about 250 Sternists roundups followed Sept 17 assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte. Some fled to sea or visited with friends, others swam, with initial aid from outsiders unclear.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Stern
Jaffa
Folke Bernadette
United Nations
Non-Red Oath Demand Delays San Francisco Waterfront Talks
San Francisco October 9 A mass demonstration by about 400 strikers paralyzed the waterfront as they urged shipowners to resume bargaining. Owners demanded anti Communist affidavits from union leaders, warning negotiations would not restart until Bridges and Bryson were ousted from leadership. W E A and P A S A leaders reaffirmed a policy stance, insisting only responsible union membership will negotiate, citing longshoremen and marine cooks unions. CI.G officials arrived to pressure the strike, signaling continuing labor tension on the bay.
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San Francisco
Waterfront Employers Association
Pacific American Shipowners Association
W.E.A
P.A.S.A
Harry Bridges
Hugh Bryson
C. I
J. B. Bryan
Foisie
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Marine Cooks and Steward's Union
Communist Party
Allan Haywood
R. J. Thomas
C. I.G
Philip Murray
Man Nabbed as Mirror Wielder
Albert F. Hockney, 31, of 355 Coronado Ave Long Beach, arrested after allegedly using an 18 by 40 inch mirror to reflect sunlight into Union Oil plant office windows in Wilmington. He is free on $200 bail on a disturbing the peace charge. Mirror also used on vehicles leaving the plant.
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Albert F. Hockney
Coronado Ave
Long Beach
Union Oil Plant
Wilmington
Policymaker Returns From U N Conclave
President Truman and Secretary of State Marshall met at the White House after Marshall flew in from Paris. The talks followed rumors of plans to send Chief Justice Vinson to Moscow to meet Stalin, a possibility not officially denied but likely abandoned.
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A.P
Truman
Marshall
Paris
United Nations
White House
Buffalo
N. Y
New York State
Justice Vinson
Moscow
Stalin
U. N
Venson
State Department
Nudist Camp Forces Detour on Old Appalachian Trail
Dr. Lewis Rosenberg of the Union County Hiking Club said the group will carve a mile and a half detour around a newly established nudist colony blocking the historic Appalachian Trail between Upper Greenwood Lake and Lake Wawayanda. The club, maintaining 8.6 miles in Sussex County, would rather cut through woods than hike naked, despite the nudists offering access with an annual crossing fee.
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Lizabeth
WN. J
New Jersey
Lewis Rosenberg
Union County Hiking Club
Rosenberg
Sussex County
Greenwood Lake
Lake Wawayanda
Churchill Warns A Bomb Edge Stops Red Tyranny
In a Wales conference speech Churchill says only the American atomic bomb stockpile can avert a third world war. He warns the United States would risk murder of freedom if agreeing to disarm. He condemns Soviet aggressiveness and foresees Russia with atomic power as a threat to Europe. Continued on Page A-10.
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Landudno
Wales
U.P
Britain
Winston Churchill
United States
Churchill
Conservative
Russia
Hitler
Germany
Europe
U. S
Liquid glow in the sky from Van Nuys research
KMPC reports a Van Nuys scientist has created a energized liquid that glows when ejected by airplane jets. The radio station says it has first option on the sky writing method, set to be used next month across Southern California skies.
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Los Angeles
VFI
Southern California
KMPC
van Nuys
Five Ton Gas Roller Reported Missing Near Salem
In Salem Oregon a five ton gas powered roller used for paving work disappeared from a parking lot just north of the city limits. The item is described as a spirited away type mishap and is being investigated.
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Salem
Ore
Salem City
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Summers
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Pinel
Paparella
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Warren
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John D'Alfonso
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Jet Sky
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