Three Injured in Wilmington Refinery Blast
A blast at Union Oil Company's Wilmington plant injured three men and caused about 10000 dollars in damage. Charles Welty 33 of Long Beach was treated for shock and bruises after being blown off a 15 foot platform but grabbing a pipe. J E Somerville 39 of Bell suffered second degree burns to ear shoulder and hand. Ed Fultz 51 of Wilmington suffered burns to neck and shoulder. The fire in a nonoperational unit started from an oil leak in a second unit and was under control by 9:45 a.m.
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Union. Oil Company
Wilmington
Charles Welty
Fifth St
Long Beach
Hlm
J. E. Somerville
Clara St. ‘Bell
Ed Fultz
Fe.i St. Wilmington
K. E. Kingman
Union Oil Company
Welty
Press-Telegram
Russia Said to Deploy Rocket Bases Across Eastern Europe
Allied and German sources claim the Soviet Union built a network of rocket launch sites from the Baltic to the Black Sea in occupied and satellite territories including Peenemuende and Rechlin. U S intelligence cautions on exact locations and possible launch regions while noting Soviet fears of Western attack. Rocket tech is said to be advanced by German scientists aiding Soviet programs.
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Germany
Russia
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Europe
Baltic
Black Sea
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Balkans
Peenemuende
Hitler
Rechlin
England
U. S Army
Franco
Sex Taft
Ohio
Spain
North Atlantic
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Community of ‘Nations
Taft
Madrid
Yugoslavia Blasts Russia at U N Meeting
Yugoslav Foreign Minister Edvard Kardelj accused Russia of using every kind of pressure including armed demonstrations to compel Marshal Tito to submit to Moscow. He urged peace by Yugoslavia remaining free, addressed the Assembly in Russian, and noted Andrei Vishinsky’s quiet reception while warning Russia against threats. No immediate move for U N intervention was signaled.
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New York
Yugoslavia
Russia
Marshal Tito
Moscow
United Nations Assembly
Edvard Kardelj
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
U. N
Tokyo Rose Treason Case Goes to Jury
The Tokyo Rose treason trial went to the jury in San Francisco as the 13th week began. Judge Roche instructed the six men and six women to decide whether the defendant is proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Foreigners Leaving Communist China Aboard SS Gordon
The first large-scale exodus of foreigners from Communist China began as the SS General Gordon carried 1219 people from Shanghai toward Hong Kong. The vessel reports no encounters with Nationalist or Communist forces enforcing the blockade, and both sides have granted it safe conduct.
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W. H. Gordon
China
President Lines
Ving
Shanghai
Hong Kong
General i Gordon
Red Sox Lead Yankees 3-0 After Three Inning Catchup
New York fell behind as Lefty Byrne walked two of the first three batters and allowed three runs in the first. Dom DiMaggio Ted Williams Johnny Pesky Vern Stephens Al Zarilla Birdie Tebbetts and Maurice McDermott appear in the action as Boston builds a 3-0 lead before the fourth inning.
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New York
Boston Red’ Sox
Tomamy ‘Byrne
New York Yankes
Byrne
Dom DiMaggio
Ted Williams
Johnny Pesky
Tommy Henrich
Lit
Vern’ Stephens
Fred Sanford
Byrnes
al Zarilla
Bomb metal experts meet in London amid Soviet claim
United States Britain and Canada atomic scientists gather in London to share locating and producing uranium details behind closed doors at the Geological Survey and Museum building. The meeting, planned weeks earlier, gains urgency after Soviet Russia’s bomb announcement.
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London
United States
Britain
Canada
Soviet
Russia
Atomic arms talk and Santa Ana home invasion
The story blends international tension over Russia and atomic control with a local assault in Santa Ana. Four members of Roscoe Fisher’s family were injured when Pvt. Harvey J. Besnette allegedly forced his way into the home wielding a baseball bat, fleeing only after police intervention.
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Santa Ana
Pvt
Harvey J. Besnette
Santa Ana Marine Corps Air Station
Roscoe P. Fisher
Cypress St
L. Straub
Good deed costs man after dragging drunk in street
In San Antonio on September 26 Adrian Quesnot saw a man lying in the street and pulled him to the sidewalk. At home he found the money he carried missing from his billfold, a consequence of his good deed.
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San Antonio
Texas
Adrian Quesnot
Billford
21 Grid Players Bail Out of Burning Plane
ITAZUKE AIR FORCE BASE Kyushu Japan Sept 26 Twenty one American service football players bailed out near Kokura when an engine failed on a transport plane piloted by Col M M Munn of Oakland California. The fire was extinguished and the plane landed safely. Twelve other members were still aboard. The team had been returning from Tokyo after a game on Saturday. None of the twenty one bailed out were seriously injured.
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Itazuke Air Force Base
Kyushu
Japan
Kokura
Col M. M. Munn
Oakland
Calif
Tokyo
Roving Pickets Hint Violence in Coal Fields
United Press reports widespread mine strike tensions as roving coal field pickets threaten violence in West Virginia while negotiations resume in steel and auto disputes. Workers rallied in about 250 cars toward central West Virginia, with authorities estimating 1000 to 1200 miners.
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United Press
West Virginia
C.S.C. Electrical
West Inghouse
General Electric
U. S. Steel Corp
Charles R. Cox
C. S
Philip Murray
Murray
Cleveland
Eugene M. Klein and Associates
C. S. United Electrical Workers
New York
Westinghouse
C. S. United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Ford
Ford- Uaw
Off the Teletype Navy bases bomb targets seen
Navy bases and ship clusters are described as potential bomb targets in reports. The note lists where to find related coverage across the paper, including pages for editorials, sports, and classifieds.
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