Port Chicago disaster aftermath and fire risks noted
The article describes radiation from a blast and a fire risk statement by Agriculture Director T Browh about cigarette litter near crops. It also reports a massive ammunition explosion at Port Chicago with extensive damage, casualties, and evacuations including 200 sailors loading ammo, four deaths, four missing, and widespread destruction of Port Chicago and nearby areas.
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EUS
Daha T. Browh
Obie
Hla
Champaign County
Ohio
Brown
Navy
Red Cross
Coast Guard
Port Chicago
Santa Cruz
Contra Costa
Mike
Blaze Originates In Wastepaper Basket At Home
Firefighters from a nearby company responded to a blaze at Br and Mrs Saundacs residence 808 Middle Avenue shortly after 1 this morning. A blade in a wastepaper basket burned furniture and damaged a dresser end a window shade while a firefighter sustained minor burns to a finger from contact with a heated pipe.
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Saundacs
Middle
Howard Sepbert
Port Chicago Blast Strikes Navy Area Killing Many
A massive explosion at Port Chicago shattered a San Francisco Bay area neighborhood. Navy personnel suffered most casualties as debris and collapsing structures sent glass and plaster flying. Rail and utility lines were disrupted. rescue and relief teams mobilized with Red Cross sending plasma, blankets, and supplies to shelters.
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San Francisco Bay Area
Willems
Winaig Navy
Vort
Chicago
Santa Fe
Southern Pacfic
Sacramento Northern
Pacific Greyhound Bis
Carequines
Port Chicago
Pacific Coast Red Cross
San Francisco
Fed Cross
Martitez
Maisteve
Watts
Death Records and Obituaries from New London Area
Death records list H C Deck 88 Plymouth resident died Saturday night. funeral 2 p.m. at Millers McQuate for H C Deck. Mrs Sam Randleman died Toledo hospital. funeral 2:40 p.m. Sackett Funeral Home. burial Grove Street Cemetery. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Murr died from whooping cough. burial Grove Street Cemetery. Eugene S Prentice, pioneer family member, died at daughter Grace Spauld home on Clifton Boulevard. funeral at old Laundry Home on Kaplan Thursday July 20 at 2 p.m. Friends may call at William Street Funeral Home. Miss Mary L Hoylan died at 25 a.m. at Jesse Huber home after three months illness. born in Eastia May 14 1877. widow of five. calls at Westl Power Home. Funeral at St Marys Church Thursday 8:30 a.m. Rev Fr Joseph LeHane officiating. private burial at St Marys Cemetery. Mrs Miller, 58, of Flint L matter died at home on Take Avenue. survived by brothers Karl and George Andress and others. Services at Wetta Nhe odes. Ellen Herrington died at home on Fuller Row. age 76. worked for G B Aho Ve and retired last year. Mary and several grandchildren survived. Collections and local notices follow with various payments and tax items.
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New London
Sackett Funeral
Sam Randleman
al ‘Toledo
N. J. Johnson
Second Methodist Church
Grove Street Cemetery
Murr
Suckett Funeral Home
Floyd Murr
Eugene $. Prentice
Loran County
Emmy Meet Hurleys
Grace Spauld
Clifton Boulevard
Elyria
Lanndy
Kaplan
William St.ana
A. Daniels
Detroit Avenue
Mary L. Hoylan Mos
Mary L. Buyhin
Ale Bartholomew
Sarah Hoston
Ridge + street
Jesse Huber
West River Street
Eistia
Here
Wieder
St. Mary's Eluer
Jared
Buy - Jan
William Dt
James C
Frank Hoy
Sarah Suvheartner
St. Mary's Ehureh
Joseph LeHane
Butwal
St. Marys Cone
Fevy
Motorist Fined In Elyria Court For drunken driving
Paul Dargi of 116 Broad Street was fined 50 dollars and costs and his driving license suspended for six months after Mayor's Court found him intoxicated. Patrolman Payne observed Dargi weaving along Oberlin road area near West Avenue and Overtin road. Chester Noel of Fuller Road was fined 5 dollars and costs for an intoxicated condition in a car at Middle Avenue and 17th Street after police responded to a report of a sick or drunk man in a vehicle.
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Paul Dargi
Broad Street
Elyria
Mayor's Court
Russel Payne
Oberlin Road
West Avenue
Overtin Road
Costa
Chester Noel
Fuller Road
Middle Avenue
17Th Street
Vincent
Filizabeth Dargo
Lelington
Earl
Birkimer
New Lexmatan
Dhed
Magnetic Springs
Roosevelt backs Wallace while urging convention independence
Roosevelt writes Sen Jackson praising Wallace as personal friend and urges delegates to decide his fate, stressing he could vote for Wallace if chosen but will not dictate. Roosevelt notes party need to balance appeasing conservatives and selecting a strong ticket as Wallace remains a central factor in the convention.
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Cnet
Roosevelt
Samuel D. Jackson
Indiana
Jackson
Henry Wallace
Andey
Wallace
Reavevelt
Homeelf
Cao Thang Die Wess
Biseker
Wallaem
Byres
Chandler
Roberts
Wright Proposes Tax Cut to Retire County Bonds
County Treasurer Walter Wright urges a tax rate of one tenth of a mill next year to retire county bonds and cover payments, a reduction from 0.5 mill this year. The 1945 total county tax rate is projected near two mills for operating costs and debt service. Outstanding bonds total 1,600,200 with 169,801 due in 1945, including principal and interest.
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Walter Wright
Létain
Weight
Lorain County
Ghia
Avon Lake
Lorain Bridges
LaPorte
Tuberculosis
Lorain
Battleships Join Guam Assault Under Nimitz Command
U S Pacific fleet battleships revealed to have joined the Guam bombardment led by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. The ships operated alongside cruisers and destroyers after preinvasion Saipan action, aiding a weeklong assault while carrier aircraft extended the campaign to nearby Rota Island. Japanese return fire was weak and undisclosed results followed the Saturday bombardment.
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Perrl
U. S. Pacific
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipan
Cuam
Rota Island
Nimitz
American forces close on St Lo front in Normandy drive
Reports from the Normandy front describe American units pushing toward St Lo. Engineers closed a river-link system near Le Mesnil Durand, flooding German positions as air bombardment pounded the area. Advances continued northwest of St Lo with columns reaching near the St Lie Periers highway at multiple sectors.
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McGinney
McGiney
St. la
London Daily Mail
Normandy
le Mesnil-Durand
St. Lie Periers
Henry T G.¢rej
United Press
Diermans
Vna Vaventile
St La-Petiets Highway
le Slesmieury
Court Grants Adi Vote In Elytia Case
In And About The Court House four Coates of Elytia were granted adivoteé yesterday from Filbert Coates. Judge D A Cook’s Court granted Geraldine Myers of Lorain a divorce from Charles Myers on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Mrs Myers received custody of two children, a five and a half year old and a three month old.
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Elytia
Filbert Coates
Geraldine Myers
Lorain
D. A. Cook
Charles
Myers
Ohio Delegates to Hold Caucus at Democratic Convention
Ohio delegates at the Democratic National Convention will caucus tomorrow hours before the opening to decide on a vice presidential candidate. Roosevelt’s endorsement of Wallace leaves the choice wide open, with labor派 supporters backing Wallace and names like Truman, Rayburn, and Byrnes mentioned by various factions.
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Chicago
Ohio
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Buickeye
Harry S.truman
Missouri
Sam Rayburn
Texas
James F. Byrnes
Office of War Mobilization
N. J
Raritan
Ann Nounce
Cincinnati
Louis KE. Voorheis
Portsmouth
New Gatlinburg, Tenn
Smoky Mountain National Park
Standard Carbonic Co
American Tonl Works Co
Cincignati
Five Jap Vessels Sunk Or Damaged In Pacific Action
Allied warplanes in widespread action struck Japan in New Guinea and the western Carolines. A 1500 ton transport was sunk off Hatmaherd in the Moluccas. a 7000 ton vessel damaged. four loaded barges and a small craft destroyed. Beaufighters damaged two 4000 ton merchant ships near Plofes island. Enemy fighters shot down as Allied bombers ranged over Woleai, Palau and Yap with losses. Ground fighting eased in Wewak area as ships bombarded Japanese positions.
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Batifire
Stel New Guinea
Hatmaherd
Moluccns
Royal Australian Air Force
Plofes Island
Java
Carolines
Woleal
Palat
Yap
Wewak-Aisace
British New Guinea
Brazilian Expeditionary Force Goes Overseas
Washington reports the War Department says the Brazilian Expeditionary Force has landed near Naples on July 18 and will join Allied armies in Italy. The force, described as large and possibly including air and land units, marks the first Latino American army to go overseas in this way. Mexico hints readiness to contribute if asked.
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Washington
War Department
Naples
Italy
Mexico
Ezequiel Padilla
Dayton
Robert W. Kerstetter
Toledo
Patterson Field Hospital
Robert Shellbarger
Cal
Rudolph Fink
Wright Field
Shelbarger
Market Report Amid Mixed Grain and Livestock Prices
Prices for corn, oats, barley and feeder stock show mixed movement with demand cited as slow for California. Quotations list No 2 corn at 1.57, white and mixed oats varying by grade, and barley around 1.288 to 1.441. Livestock market notes Cleveland area buyers and sellers, with active attendance and ranges for calves, steers, and heifers.
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California
Ic Fed
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