Two Traffic Pileups Kill Four in Orange County
Two late night crashes on Orange County highways killed four people. Oscar L. Markham of Huntington Beach and Cpls. Martin Busch and John T. Kelly, from the San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot, died in a head on collision on Coast Highway in San Clemente. Cpl. David T. McCann of Santa Ana died when his motorcycle hit a field near Newport Boulevard. McCann’s passenger, Joseph Edward Manderfield, survived with minor injuries. The truck driver in the first crash, Charles Heald of Burbank, was treated for concussion. Markham and Busch were pronounced dead at the scene. Kelly died at Camp Pendleton Hospital. Bodies were sent to local mortuaries. Police noted McCann had speeding tickets prior to death.
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Huntington Beach
Orange County
Oscar L. Markham
Palm St
Martin Busch
John T. Kelly
San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot
David T. McCann
Santa Ana Marine Corps Air Station
San Clemente
Markham
Busch
Newport Blvd
Joseph Edward Manderfield
California
McCann
Newport Beach
Basch l
Diver
McCami
Blower Brothers
Santa Ana
Gen MacArthur to Speak Tonight in Cleveland
Gen Douglas MacArthur arrives in Cleveland for a 24 hour visit and a public Hall speech expected to draw about 10 000. His arrival from New York was delayed by engine issues and his address will be broadcast by Mutual and Liberty networks.
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Cleveland
Douglas MacArthur
Municipal Airport
New York
Gen. MacArthur
San Francisco
Far Pacific
Matthew Ridgway
Tokyo
Mutual
Liberty
Long, Beach
Vicious prank injures car by cigarette arson
Police report a vandal placed 13 lit cigarettes inside 1950 car owned by J. Koch at 345 Corona Ave in the 200 block of Park Ave. Koch drove to Belmont Fire Station where the smoldering fires were extinguished. motive unknown.
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Jack J. Koch
Corona ‘Ave
Park Ave
Koch
Belmont Fire Station
Fire and Explosions Damage Standard Oil Refinery
A fire and two small explosions hit the El Segundo Standard Oil refinery causing shutdowns and damage. The blaze, burning about 30 minutes, produced no injuries. Cause unknown. heat hindered damage estimates even after control.
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el Segundo
Standard Oil Company
Family of Seven Dies in Canadian Blaze
A Septiles Quebec fire destroyed the two story home of Mr and Mrs Lager Lapierre and their five children on Sept 6. The blaze, detected too late by residents, left seven dead in the port town of Septiles on the north shore of the St Lawrence River, about 250 miles northeast of Quebec City.
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St. Lawrence River
Lager Lapierre
Quebec
U S and Portugal Sign Pact for Azores Bases
The United States and Portugal signed a pact allowing allied use of Azores bases for defense. It replaces the postwar Lagens Field arrangement and creates a new relationship, with Lisbon and Washington noting expanded rights. Lagens Field remains a key MATS mid Atlantic waypoint.
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Washington
United States
Portugal
North Atlantic Alliance
Azores
Lisbon
Paulo Cunha
U. S
Lincoln MacVeagh
State Department
Lagens Field
Germany
Military Air Transport Service
Prisoner walks ledge atop courthouse during forgery trial
In Wilson North Carolina on September 6 39 year old Daughn Arthur Cain paced a four foot ledge 75 feet above ground as a jury heard his forgery case. He escaped jailers and moved onto the courthouse roof then onto a narrow ledge where officers and a priest and former matron urged him to descend. After two hours Cain was pulled to safety and taken to a hospital. Judge Henry L Stevens presided as Cain’s lawyer R Mintz contended innocence.
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Arthur J. Racette
Annie Lee Williams
Henry L. Stevens
Ien
Cain
Lodge
R. ¥. Mintz
Nations Ignore Russ Warning as Delegates Sign Pact
At the San Francisco conference delegates declared their intent to sign the Japanese peace treaty despite Soviet warnings of a new Far East war. Ambassadors from El Salvador Norway Haiti Egypt Laos and Ceylon voiced support or reservations, while Moscow’s Gromyko faced setbacks and possible future moves.
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San Francisco
Russia
Far East
Andreij Gromyko
el Salvador
Washington
Hector David Castro
Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne
Norway
Jacques M. Leger
Mohammed Kamil Bey Abdul ‘Rahim
Gromyko
State Department
Moscow
Copper Workers Returning Slowly
Copper workers who supply copper, lead and zinc for defense were slow to resume in Denver after a 10 day strike. The International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers telegraphed return to work instructions from Nogales Arizona. Union officials report no immediate effect and say operations may take up to three days to reach peak production.
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Denver
U. S
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Nogales
Ariz
Jil
Miami
Idaho
Montana
Strike ends at Standard Steel Car Co
Washington reports government mediators announced a settlement ending a two month strike by 5000 CIO steel workers at four plants of Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co. The walkout had halted about 3000 freight cars monthly, roughly one third of national output.
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Washington
CIO
Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co
Off the Teletype Close Friend M Street Murder Hint
A brief item notes a close friend asserts Reds murdered Louis Adamiz, with related references scattered across internal pages. The tease points readers to A-15 for full report and directs to other sections on Bogie A-27 and various feature pages.
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Sure Reds
Louis Adamiz
Draft Quotas Increase for October and November
The Defense Department raised its October draft call to 44,600 men with 3,600 going to the Marine Corps and 36,000 to the Army. November requests total 83,700 with 29,000 for the Army and 4,700 for the Marine Corps. Since resumed operations last September, total draft requests amount to 712,480 men across October, January, and November calls.
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Washington
Defense Department
Marine Corps
Army
Department
Shipyard Workers Threaten Walkout Near Long Beach
More than 2500 CIO shipyard workers threaten a strike vote if a new contract is not reached by midnight Friday. The action follows wage demands and potential overtime bans, with Bethlehem Yard and Todd Yard workers set to refuse tools after the deadline. Three Isthmian Line freighters idle as longshoremen threaten broader coastwide disruption.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
CIO
CI Industrial Union of Marine and Shipyard Workers
Wilmington Bowl
Bethlehem Yards
Terminal Island
Todd Yards
San Pedro
Isthmanian Line
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Associated Press
ATL Marine Engineering
la Code Tavide
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Pacific Maritime Association
Allies Demand New Parley Site
Tokyo dispatch reports General Ridgway demanding a new cease fire conference site and urging North Korea and China to halt deceit and resume talks. He dismissed U N accusations about Kaesong neutrality as false and malevolent and challenged the Reds to set a time for new negotiations or face a breakoff.
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Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Reds
United Nations Supreme Commander
U. N. Forges
Kaesong
U. N.I
Ridgway
Kir 1 Sung
Eng Teh Huai
U. N
Weather outlook with clouds and sun by tomorrow
Low clouds tonight and tomorrow morning giving way to sun in the afternoon. Temperature remains nearly steady with light variable winds becoming west to south at 10 to 20 mph tomorrow afternoon.
Two Missing in Fire at English Oil Depot
An explosion of undetermined origin touched off a raging fire in a compound with 30 oil tanks at Avonmouth near Bristol. Two men were missing as flames swept through nine tanks within an hour, storing about 90,000 tons of petroleum, with the remaining 21 tanks feared at risk.
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Avonmouth
England
Avon
Bristol
USC Pair Freed After Jail Term Ending Errant Voyage
Two USC graduates Frank E. Beebe and Philip O. Kraft from Ojai Calif were released from a Japanese jail after a sea captain signed them on the Liberty ship Volunteer State. They had skipped their ship in Yokohama while traveling in Japan, triggering penalties and a 22 day sentence that was ended by the signing. The men planned a round‑the‑world voyage, visiting Nikko Mount Fuji and Lake Yamanae before the incident. The U.S. consul notes penalties deter ship hopping. Kraft and Beebe now face a return to America to start anew.
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Yokohama
Japan
University of Southern California
Ojai
Calif
America
Volunteer State
Frank E. Beebe
John Beebe
Philip O. Kraft
Kraft
William Mowat
Pasadenia
USC
Beebe
Nikko
Mount Fuji
Lake Yamanake
U.S
James B. Lindsey
Miami
Florida
Second Paris Bank Damaged by Blast
An explosion in central Paris damaged the Worms Bank front and shattered windows at the Printemps department store. Earlier in the day an explosion struck Banque Commerciale for Europe du Nord, believed linked to anti Communist actions, with the incident affecting key financial sites and attracting tourist attention.
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Paris
Worms Bank
Printemps
Banque Commercial
Europe du Nord
Communist Party
Major Drive Seen Likely as Enemy Strikes Near Seoul
Chinese Communist forces launched a second savage attack north of Seoul with battalion-strength forces estimated at 1000-plus. Allied units reported a retreat north of Yonchon while Reds pressed from a mortared barrage and used T 34 tanks in an attempt to seize Seoul. U S infantry fought a 16 hour fight to rejoin lines as front reports warned of a possible wider offensive. Continued on Page A-7, Col 4.
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Yenchen
Bloody Ridge
U.S
U.N
Yanagu
Eighth Army
Korea
Seoul
Long Beach
Yoncthon
Yoctor
United States
Korean Republic
Yonchon
Officer Wins River Clean Water Crisis Standoff
Patrolman Joseph McClellan persuaded a middle aged woman not to jump from an East River pier as she neared the edge. He warned about the dirty water as the crisis ended with the woman surrendering and being taken to Bellevue Hospital.
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New York
Joseph McClellan
East River
McClellan
Bellevue Hospital
Wilson Sees Top Gear Arms Output Hitting Civil Economy
Mobilization chief Charles E. Wilson announced arms output nears peak in quantity and production while warning the civilian economy faces a pinch. He said military programs will add inflationary pressure but output is a favorable development as copper strikes and steel cuts threaten industry.
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Wilson
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Eric Johnsson
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