Typhoon Kills 1,500 in Japan Disaster Afterstorm Toll
Reports say a typhoon battered Honshu flooding towns and sinking ships. In Iwanai 52 died when a fire destroyed most homes, Hakodate lost power, and 1,100 fishing boats were lost or damaged. U S air and naval units aided search while 57 American personnel were aboard with one survivor confirmed.
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John C. Randolph
U. S
Misawa
Iwanai
Hakodate
Japan
Maritime Safety Force
Jakodate Bay
U.S
Kyodo
U.S. Far East Command
Avore Thomas M. West
Dean Leeper
Cantos
Til
MCA
Pfc
Frank Goedken
Dubuque, Towa
Californian CrownS ENSENADA surf tragedy at Hal Way House
A Californian, Olsen, 28, of Riverside, drowned while swimming in the surf at the Hal Way House between Ensenada and Vijuana. Classified notice mentions spare rooms with phone listing 6-9071.
Toya Maru Sinks After Typhoon Strike
The Toya Maru, a large passenger ship between Hakodate and Aomori, sank Sunday night after 40 to 45 degree rolls during a typhoon. Once carrying U S troops and Hirohito, the vessel held over a thousand people who perished, and its interior housed rail cars and freight while seaworthy legends warned of danger in rough seas.
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Hokkaido
Tokyo
U.S. Engineers Corps
Japan
Hakodate
Aomori
Honshu
England
France
Gi’s Wife Describes Hell Sinking On Toyo Maru
Emiko Champagne, 24, of Homer Louisiana, lost husband Charles Champaign and survived a brutal sinking near Hakodate. She recounts boarding the Toyo Maru on Sept 27, life jacket warning, waves flipping the ship, being crushed by debris, a Negro soldier’s attempt to rescue, and a severed leg injury as she sought help and awoke in a hospital bed.
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Hakodate
Japan
Emiko
United States
Lemiko
Charles Champaign
Homer
Kokohama
Aomori
Russians Predict Moon Missions Within Near Future
A London radio broadcast reports confidence that rockets will reach the Moon soon with missions planned to extend to Mars and Venus. Engineers are drafting meteor protection and flight paths as Soviet designer Hamed Shternfele maps trajectories for Moon Mars and Venus.
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London
TOR
Runm @xper
Moon
Mars
Hamed Shternfele
Shi
Venus
Witness in Assault Trial Kills Herself
In Frederick Maryland a 38 year old woman Reva Wiles Clary who was a material witness in the death case involving William W Bennett shot herself in the head at a house near Lewistown after a call to her employer. Sheriff Horace Alexander said she had testified recently before a grand jury that indicted Bennett on a charge of assault with intent to murder.
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Albert i Stolings
Lewistown
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