Explosion Hits Washington Post Office Building
An explosion and ensuing fire rocked the U S Post Office Building on Pennsylvania Avenue causing ceiling collapses and smoke. Several government agencies were affected including the Federal Communications Commission. Fire officials blamed a transformer as water flooded floors and records risked damage. Nine lines of text condensed to reflect incident details and injuries were limited to a reporter cut on the shoulder.
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Associated Press
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Two Killed In Rioting At Krugersdorp
In Krugersdorp natives rioted over a new Native Affairs Department employment policy. Police opened fire, killing two natives and wounding several others as unrest rose today.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Krugersdorf
Native Affairs Department
What Noted People Are Saying
International News Service reports remarks from Dean Acheson Harold Ickes Robert A Taft and John Foster Dulles in Cleveland New York and Cincinnati. They discuss concerns for individuals while touching on government power labor law and constitutional Authority in the Taft Hartley era.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Dean Acheson
Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
Congress
New York
John Foster Dulles
Pattern For Other Steel Settlements Set By Bethlehem
CIO officials expect settlements soon with four more major steel firms based on Bethlehem's $100 a month pension formula. Philip Murray conferences with steel company officials as CIO convention continues in Cleveland.
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Ohio
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Philip Murray
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Youngstown Sheet and Tube
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Jones and Laughlin
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New York
United Steelworkers
Allegheny-Ludlum
Murray
Czech Priests Enter State Payroll Under Copyrighted Church Law
Czechoslovakia’s churches come under government control as of midnight, priests become civil servants on state payroll, and must swear allegiance to the Czech Republic and the People’s Democratic Regime. Archbishop Beran led the fight against the bill while authorities arrest hundreds of clergy and nuns.
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Josef Beran
Coast Brush Fire Destroys Eight Homes in Chatsworth
A wind whipped brush fire in Box Canyon Chatsworth area of the San Fernando Valley destroyed at least eight homes. Firefighters faced shifting 35 mph winds as residents evacuated and Red Cross set up emergency headquarters. Firefighters from Los Angeles and Ventura counties battled the blaze, with early reports noting several small homes lost and occupants from over 20 homes evacuated before 2 am. The fire began near a rugged peak where a summer airliner crash occurred, with explosions from butane tanks observed as flames roared through the pass.
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Admis. Nimitz Blandy Mentioned To Succeed Denfeld As Navy Chief
Washington November 1 Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Blandy emerged as leading candidates to succeed Louis Denfeld as chief of naval operations amid a Navy shake up. Secretary Matthews seeks a replacement with Sherman's return from the Mediterranean expected to trigger a top command reorganization. Blandy and Nimitz both backed the unification case while Denfeld’s two year term drew debate.
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Louis E. Denfeld
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Defense
Louis Johnson
White House
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Arthur W. Radford
City Prepares For Arrival Of Teachers
The advance guard of 3,500 teachers will arrive in Phoenix for the 53rd Arizona Education Association convention Friday and Saturday. Hotels and motor courts report solid bookings as Miss Peggy Brannen notes many will stay through Sunday morning for the State Fair. The theme Good is a Good Teacher, per AEA president James I. Stewart. Registration starts Thursday noon at Phoenix Union High School.
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Arizona Education Association
Walter Maxwell
Peggy Brannen
Brannen
James I. Stewart
AEA
North Phoenix High School
Stewart
Phoenix Union High School
Taylor Street
Arizona Association For Supervision and
Phoenix College
West Thomas Road
Alex Frazier
Phoenix Secondary Schools
Arizona Music Educators Association
Emerson School
North Seventh Street
Beatrice Perham Krone
University of Southern California
Phoenix Gazette Business Directory expands with diverse listings
The new directory appears as a permanent fixture in the Gazette classified ads, guiding readers to reliable Phoenix business firms and highly skilled local craftsmen across multiple trades and services.
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Gazette
Phoenix
Halloween Vandals Damage Property
Halloween night vandalism left Mrs. Para Ellis and neighbors cleaning up after water damage in a home at 6202 South Sixth Avenue. A hose placed in a mailbox flooded the house, soaking plaster and drying rugs lay outside as eight neighbors helped for over ninety minutes.
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Mr. Ellis
Two Guards Ousted In Prison Escape
Special to The Phoenix Gazette reports at STATE PRISON Florence that Warden Lon E. Walters Jr fired guards T M Musgrave and Charles Gomez for laxity during a Sunday night escape by six convicts. Five shots were fired at the fleeing inmates. three prisoners Elias Doulamis James E McCormick and Charles Schultz face auto theft charges after being recaptured in Queen Creek district. If convicted they could receive additional prison time.
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Charles Gomez
Walters
Elias Doulamis
Charles Schultz
James E. McCormick
Queen Creek
L. B. Lisenbee
Chandler
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Schultz
Three escapees captured after jail break near annex
In Bisbee McCormick, jailed for armed robbery, earlier sentenced to five to seven years. Escaped trio Earl Risner Cecil Thomas and Dan Robertson were tracked down by a posse of over 50, including guards and deputies, about six miles north of the annex yesterday morning and recaptured north of the annex late yesterday. The escape occurred last February with sentences of one to two years for burglary.
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Bisbee
Earl Risner
Cecil Thomas
Annex
Dan Robertson
Frost Sweeps Wide Area From Great Lakes To Gulf States
A frosty cold spell stretched across the eastern half of the country with a frontal boundary from the Great Lakes to the West Gulf and into New York and Pennsylvania. Below freezing readings appeared in Arkansas and Mississippi while Tennessee, Louisiana, Kentucky, and Texas hovered near 32 degrees. Chicago logged 26, the season's low so far, as milder air moved in from the Midwest with warmth expected to reach the eastern states tomorrow. Temperatures stayed mild from the Great Plains to the Pacific Coast with 90-degree readings reported in Los Angeles and Fresno yesterday.
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Calif
Temperatures Today Early Morning Readings
The report lists scattered hourly temperatures from 1:30 a m through 9:30 a m with values ranging from 2 to 50 degrees and incomplete entries.
Phoenix Demands Balanced Budgets End Sales Tax Deficits
City leaders push for fiscal reform to end reliance on sales taxes to cover deficits created by the city manager. Editorial urges tighter controls, sound budgeting, and transparent spending on municipal projects.
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Boettiger Weds Mrs. Lunn in Hague Civil Ceremony
John Boettiger married Virginia Daly Lunn 33 of Phoenix Arizona in a Hague Town Hall ceremony. The pair had Boettiger’s prior divorce from Anna Roosevelt Boettiger finalized last August. Witnesses included Sydney Gruson and embassy officials while Lunn’s arrival with her 4 year old daughter Victoria was noted. Boettiger later worked as a public relations adviser to Dutch authorities on Indonesia.
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the Netherlands
John Boettiger
Virginia Daly Lunn
Phoenix
Ariz
Hague Town Hall
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Loyd V. Steere
United States
Sydney Gruson
The
New York Times
Richard Lunn
Wallace H. White
Maine
Mrs Lunn Resident Of Phoenix Seven Years
Mrs Lunn a vivacious blue eyed brunette lived in Phoenix seven years entertaining friends at 505 West Glendale Avenue. A Pasadena native she sold her home on returning to New York City last August. Educated on the West Coast she won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Arts in London before her first marriage and gained a reputation for poetry writing.
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Phoenix
Glendale Avenue
Pasadena
Calif
New York City
Royal Academy of Arts
London
25 Bodies Found After Capital Plunge
A Bolivian fighter plane collided with an Eastern Airlines DC-4 near National Airport, sending the airliner to the Potomac River edge. Officials reported 25 bodies recovered, with hospital reports reaching 32, as uncertainty lingered over survivors. One passenger was Representative George J. Bates. The Bolivian plane, a P-38, had been recently acquired, and the Eastern flight 537 had left Boston and stopped in New York before approaching Washington.
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Red Cross
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Potomac
Rios Bridoux
United States
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Bolivia
Boston
New York
CIO Boot Assured For Union
In Cleveland on November 1 United Electrical Workers declared withholding per capita tax payments from the Congress of Industrial Organizations until the CIO returns to democratic industrial unionism. The move seals expulsion from the CIO, with the pro Communist union slated for removal tomorrow.
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Ohio
United Electrical Workers Today
National Congress of Industrial Organizations
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CIO
27 City Candidates Step Up Campaigns
The Phoenix Municipal Primary enters its home stretch with a mayoral race and six council seats up for grabs. If no majority emerges, runoffs on December 13 will pit top mayoral and council nominees. A special election on four City Charter amendments runs concurrent.
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