Oil Blast Toll Rises at Sun Oil Plant Near Marcus Hook
The Sun Oil Company refinery near Marcus Hook loses eight lives in a major fire and explosions at its aviation gasoline cracking complex. About 200 injured, with several burned victims from nearby Chester hospitals. Fire damaged one of three alkylation units. two units remained in operation. Estimated damage around $300,000. Concluded on page 2.
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Allies bar acquitted Nazis from zones of occupation
In a move shaping postwar policy the French and British refuse entry to Hjalmar Schacht Hans Fritsche and Franz von Papen into their zones prompting U S military authorities to face the issue. Segregation of convicted prisoners noted as hangman plans surface with appeals filed by Alfred Frosenberg Wilhelm Frick and others.
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Hull Has Restful Night Still Grave
Washington reports Cordell Hull, former Secretary of State, ill at Bethesda Naval Hospital, spent a more restful night but his condition remains grave. A 9 A.M. hospital update states he had a more restful night than usual, yet his status is still grave.
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Weather forecast for Syracuse area reads warm and fair
The U S Weather Bureau predicts fair and warmer conditions today and tonight for the Syracuse area with a high near today and a low around 31. Saturday should be partly cloudy and warm, with a few scattered showers possible in northern areas Sunday or Monday and again mid next week. Temperature averages run 5 to 8 degrees above normal across eastern and central New York.
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Wallace Baruch clash over atomic energy policy debated
The United States faces a dispute over stopping atomic bomb production until a world control accord is reached. Henry A. Wallace urges a halt while Bernard Baruch seeks to challenge his statements. President Truman endorses urging recantation and Baruch's criticism. The political stakes rise as Wallace’s reply is released amid wider campaign interest.
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UN Council blocks Vienna talks on Danube navigation
The United Nations Economic and Social Council blocked U S efforts to convene a Danube navigation conference in Vienna. U S Delegate John G Winant pushed through a resolution calling for a conference before November 1. Russia warned it would not attend, blocking progress as two other Danubian states were noted.
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Pope Pius XII Will Not Plead for Nürnberg Nazis
A Vatican spokesman said Pope Pius XII will not intervene to seek clemency for the Nazi leaders condemned to death by the Nürnberg International War Crimes Tribunal. The statement was reported from Vatican City via Reuters.
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Meat Shortage Forecast Through 1948 Faces United States
President Truman held a 45 minute cabinet meeting on the meat shortage as a key topic. Secretary Anderson said the issue was discussed but would not elaborate. He had not read Truman's desc ribe statement about possible worsened scarcity this winter. Economists predict meat supply will not meet demand before 1948.
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Pittsburgh Trolley Vote Ends Long City Transit Tieup
About 2,700 AFL streetcar motormen idle almost a week in a protective walkout vote at 3 PM on whether to break picket lines set by a striking independent power union Return to work would end a severe transportation tieup and ease the 11th day Duquesne Light Co. strike.
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China Clash Injures GI at Tianjin Chinwanglao Depot
U S Marine HQ reports one Marine wounded and at least one Chinese killed after a night attack by over 200 unidentified Chinese on a Marine ammunition supply depot between Tientsin and Chinwangtao. An 80 minute repulsion followed. A Chinese wounded is being questioned to determine if attackers were Communists.
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Truman Urges Open Palestine to Jewish Immigrants Now
President Truman called for immediate admission of European Jewish refugees to Palestine without waiting for a British Arab Jewish settlement. He endorsed the Jewish Agency plan for a Jewish state in an adequate Palestine area, rejected a division plan, and urged rapid immigration of 100000 Jews while offering US shipping and economic aid. He also signaled readiness to seek broader immigration liberalization from Congress next January and potential economic development assistance for Palestine if a workable solution is found.
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Steel Shortage Forces Auto Plant Output Cutbacks
DETROIT seven PM The sheet steel shortage hits the auto industry with Briggs Manufacturing Co and Chrysler Corp announcing drastic cutbacks in scheduled output. The curtailments are expected to trigger immediate layoffs of more than 25 000 Briggs and Chrysler workers.
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Korean Outbreak Kills Dozens in Korea Police Losses
The U S Army reports 38 to 50 Korean police killed and an undetermined civilian death toll after clashes in Palku southeastern Korea following a Communist demonstration.
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Hugenberg Arrest Reported in British Zone Estate
The British military government announces the arrest of Alfred Hugenberg a former German politician and industrial magnate on his estate at Rehbraken in the Ulm region within the British occupation zone.
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Fair Skies For Change Over New Week
After a first snowfall and a cold spell earlier in the week Syracuse basks in a noted shift to fair sunny weather. The Weather Bureau forecasts above normal temperatures around eight degrees through next Wednesday with only brief cool spells Saturday night Sunday and again Wednesday. Light scattered showers are possible Sunday and Wednesday, but overall the East enjoys largely fair skies.
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Rail Crash Kills 31 in Ongole Derailment
Beawada Khindla report: Thirty one people die and many are injured when a maln train from Madras to Calcutta derails at Ongole causing indefinite delays on Madras rail services. Authorities and railway officials investigate the crash scene.
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Byrnes Paris Speech Praised in Column Review
Columnist David Lawrence lauds Secretary of State Byrnes' Paris address as one of the finest statements on American foreign policy since Woodrow Wilson. The note appears on the editorial page among Amusements and other sections with references to various pages and features.
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Governor-nominee Talmadge Hospitalized in Florida
Governor-nominee Eugene Talmadge of Georgia entered a Jacksonville hospital in critical condition but later was reported improving. The hospital did not disclose the illness.
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Dreamboat Launches Record Flight From Honolulu to Cairo
The Army B-29 Pacusan Dreamboat departed Honolulu on a projected 10,300 mile journey to Cairo via polar routes. The long range flight aims to test endurance and navigation over the world’s highest latitude airways.
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Italy Reparations Talks Spark US UK Clash at Big Four
Russia denounces the Australian backed Hague reform plan as violating a Big Four treaty clause while the reparations commission proposal advances 12 to 8. Willard Thorp and Glenvil Tall argue the move is a new article not a draft change, and Arutsunian calls the maneuver electoral. The Australian amendment centers on supervision of payments to Austria and certain states.
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