Seven killed and 140 injured in Sun Oil refinery blasts
In Marcus Hook Pennsylvania seven people died and more than 140 were wounded as explosions rocked Sun Oil Company's aviation gasoline refinery. Sun Vice President Arthur E. Pewce estimated damage at 300000 dollars to the plant, caused by a packing gland failure that let gas escape and flash. The blaze began at 6 10 p m and raged for hours with volunteer firefighters among the injured.
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Marcus Hook
Sun Oil Company
Sun
Arthur E. Pewce
Philadelphia
Fair Enough on Nuremberg Justice Debate
A critical column questions the United States embracing a Nuremberg style commitment to war crime trials. It argues the process lacks lawful basis and accountability, noting the Nazi sentences and U S participation as dangerous departures from constitutional protections.
Governor Nominee Eugene Talmadge Ill in Jacksonville
Governor nominee Eugene Talmadge of Georgia is seriously ill with stomach hemorrhages at St Vincent's Hospital in Jacksonville. Doctors report he is in satisfactory condition after admission and a recent operation was not performed. Mrs Talmadge and their son Herman are at the hospital. the family had been visiting Atlantic Beach.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Tony
Talmadge
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Talwdge
Legion Raps Vet Handling At San Francisco Convention
American Legion leadership clashed with government policy over veterans affairs during the final convention sessions in San Francisco. Commander John Stelle charged breach of faith by Omar Bradley over the training bill despite Bradley signaling possible raises to the $200 monthly on the job training ceiling if needed.
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San Francisco
American Legion
Omar N. Bradley
Legion
John Stelle
Stelle
Bradley
Congress
Veterans' Administration
Palo Alto
Veterans’ Administration For Veterans
Franklin D'Olier
United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Crash of Big Plane Probed
Investigators from the Civil Aeronautics Administration studied the crash of an American Overseas Airlines DC-4 bound for Berlin in Newfoundland. Forty people perished, including 31 passengers and eight crew, with several women traveling to join husbands serving abroad. The plane had diverted to Harmon Field near Stephenville after bad weather before burning at the crash site 12 miles away.
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Gander
Mid
American Overseas Airlines
Newfoundland
Civil Aeronautics Administration
U. S. Coast Guard
Harmon Field
Stephenville
U. S. Army
Gander Airport
International Air Terminal
New York
Nor
Helen Kent Downing
Thomson, Ga
Laura Elizabeth
Barbara Kent
Britain bars freed Nazis from entry to German zones
U S army officials said Britain refused entry to Hjalmar Schacht and Hans Fritsche into the British occupation zone. France likewise rejected Franz von Papen’s plea to settle in its zone. The acquitted leaders remained jailed in Nuernberg awaiting safe conduct and fearing Bavarian crowds.
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Nuernberg
Col
B. C. Andrus
SS Telite Guard
Allied Control Council
Council
Hitler
Rudolf Hess
Hans Frank
Baruch and Wallace Clash Over UN Atomic Controls
Washington October 4 Bernard M Baruch and Henry A Wallace clash over UN atomic control plans as they trade charges. Wallace blames Baruch for slowing negotiations amid an atomic bomb race while Baruch accuses Wallace of causing public confusion and errors that threaten delicate talks. The dispute complicates government stance between international talks and domestic controversy, with Wallace claiming an impasse over production stockpiling and inspection.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United Nations
Bernard M. Baruch
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Baruch
Russia
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Byrnes
United States
Dreamboat Dreams of Cairo Flight Amid Milk Sanitation Debate
The B-29 Pacusan Dreamboat began a 10 300 mile Honolulu to Cairo run from Hickam Field. The craft carried 77 352 pounds of gasoline from a 147 000 pound takeoff weight as Col. Irvine leads toward Dutch Harbor. Louisiana dairymen face new grade A limits and strict sanitation rules under state health department oversight.
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Honolulu
Army
Cairo
Army Air Forces
Hickam Field
Navy
John Rodgers Field
Associated Press
San Francisco
Beverly Warren
Omaha
Dutch Harbor
Aleutians
C. S. Irvine
Perth
Australia
Columbus
Ohio
Thomas D. Davies
Cleveland
Irvine
Guam
Washington
D. C
Louisiana
L. C. Spencer
Milk Sanitation Division
State Health Department
Ouaeahita Parish
Spencer
Dr. Spencer
Health Department
Trial of 25 Negroes to go to jurors in Columbia riot case
In Lawrenceburg Tennessee the trial of 25 defendants charged with murder attempts and being accessories before the fact in February racial disorders in Columbia moves toward a jury. District Attorney Bumpus closes his argument. Judge Ingram to give the jury charge after recess.
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Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Columbia
Paul F. Bumpus
Joe M. Ingram
Mink Slide
Bumpus
Alexander Looby
Nashville
Maurice Weaver
Weaver
Crescent Limited Derails Near Gulfport. No Injuries
The Crescent Limited traveling from New Orleans to New York derailed three cars on the Louisville and Nashville line near Gulfport. Two baggage cars and a Pullman left the rails but did not overturn. five Pullman passengers were moved to other cars. Engineer W. E. Ezelland and Conductor D. H. Nutt led the train. a transverse rail fracture caused a three foot section to jump the track.
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Gulfport
Miss
Crescent Limited
New Orleans
New York
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
W. E. Ezelland
D. H. Nutt
Bon
Mobile
W. G. Thompson
Russia blocks Danube conference plan amid pressure for free navigation
The U S backed bid for a Vienna conference on free Danube navigation failed as Russia Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia declined to attend. UNECOSOC action meant to convene before November 1 was blocked with a technical point raised by Yugoslav chair Dr Andrija Stampar and Lie to decide next steps.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U. S
Vienna
Danube River
John G. Winant
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Russia
Danubian
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Andrija Stampar
Council
U. N
Trygve Lie
Control Council
Austria
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Yugoslava
United States
Meat Demand Decline May Outpace Supply Through 1948
Washington reports from October 4 indicate agriculture economists expect meat supplies to lag behind demand into 1947 48 as incomes fall and nonfood purchases rise. Meat output this year could stay relatively low due to prior markets and unpriced periods, with per capita supplies possibly matching this year’s level in 1947.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
OPA
Bureau of Economics
Ballots May Hinge On Meat In Missouri Race
Missouri voters face a pivotal choice in the November elections as meat shortages, housing woes, and toilet paper scarcities fuel debate over the Truman administration. Republicans seek the so called mad vote to swing Briggs and Axtell while Democrats argue shortages are myths.
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Kanus City
Missouri
Truman
Frank P. Briggs
James P. Kem
Albert L. Reeves, Jr
GOP
Fifth
Rep
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Brown
National Republican Congressional Campaign
Reeves
Enos A. Axtell
Axtell
Kansa City
Pendergast
National Administration
Washington
Roger Slaughter
Harry Morris
Jackson County
Briggs
Kansas City
Truman Urges Attlee Open Palestine Jewish Immigration
President Truman called Prime Minister Attlee to open Palestine immediately to Jewish immigrants from Europe and back the Jewish agency plan for a Jewish state in an adequate area. He rejected Arab Jewish division and urged substantial immigration now with American aid. He also pledged to seek future liberalized displaced persons admissions and possible economic assistance for Palestine's development. He stressed immediate action before winter worsens Jewish homelessness.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
Britain
Palestine
Europe
Jewish Agency
Holy Land
Congress
Mr. Truman
London
Russia accuses US and Britain of breaking Big Four pact
In Paris on October 4, Russia charged the United States and Britain with violating Big Four reparations accords by backing an Australian amendment to create an international commission to supervise payments. The panel would oversee non-Russian reparations to Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Ethiopia and Poland, while Russia would be excluded. The vote 12 to 8 split saw Australia briefly drop Russia before reinserting its name amid protests.
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New York
United States
Germany
Hitler
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Stalin
Finland
Rosevelt
Russia
Goering
Tme
Nuremburg
Supreme Court
Elliott
Winston Churchill
Paris
Britain
Italian Economic Commission
Italy
France
China
Yugoslavia
Albania
Greece
Ethiopia
Poland
A. A. Arutiunian
Soviet Union
Willard Thorn
Glenvil Hall
Australia
Arutiunian
Commission
South Africa
Thorp
Arukunian
Three Japs Sentenced for Cannibalism on Guam
On Guam Chichi Jima war crimes trial convicts include Lt Gen Yoshio Tachibana Navy Captain Shizuo Yoshii Major Sueo Motoba. Sentences call for death by hanging for cannibalism with two thirds of the seven-member commission concurring. Others receive life imprisonment or lengthy terms.
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Guam
Navy
U.S
U. S
Chichi Jima
Yoshio Tachibana
Shizuo Yoshii
Sueo Motoba
Arthur G. Robinson
Secretary of the Navy
Adm
Kunzio Mow
Mori
Army
Kosakichi Sato
Sato
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Pegler
Legion Raps Vet Handling
Star Boarders
U.S. Army
Ouachita
Danube
Raps
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