Deadly refinery blast claims seven lives
A massive blast at a Delaware River oil refinery killed seven workers including Glenn Jones and William Gallagher and injured about 140. Eighth victim Leland Bailey died by drowning after slipping into the river. Police say one more man, Joseph Risso, was critically injured directing traffic. Hospitals treated dozens. fire ignited gasoline as flames toppled a 25 foot fractioning tower and spread across the site.
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Mont
Del
Glenn Jones
Linwood
William Gallagher
Twin Oaks
Grifith Davie
Chester
William Ward
Leland Bailey
Shin’s Cook
Delaware River
Bailey
Joseph Risso
Mateus
Explosion Injures Firemen and Spectators at Hall Event
An explosion knocked down firemen and spectators as ambulances rushed the injured to Chester Pennsylvania and Wilmington Delaware. Hospitals struggled to treat the victims with emergency corridors opened and blood plasma rushed from nearby banks to bolster facilities.
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Chester
Wilmington
Del
Miners Prepare To Talk Wages At Atlantic City Convention
United Mine Workers hold a major wage policy session in Atlantic City seeking new demands from government and coal operators. A scale committee sifted 1200 resolutions while delegates weigh increases of 20 or 3 percent, shorter weeks, and higher royalties for miners welfare funds. John L. Lewis, convalescing in hospital, sends supportive message to the delegates.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United Mine Workers Convention
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Economists Foresee Prolonged Meat Shortage and Price Shifts
Economists predict meat shortages will persist as producers delay cattle sales to seek higher prices this fall while sheep and lamb slaughter may dip next year. Prices for cattle and hogs could run about 10 percent higher, lambs over 15 percent, compared with the first half of 1946, though a midyear income drop could push meat prices down in the fourth quarter. The Decontrol Board paused action awaiting data from OPA, Agriculture, and the dairy industry, delaying daily price announcements.
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Delmar Beman
OPA
Agriculture Department
Paul Porter
Water Survey Is Authorized For Hagerstown System
Commissioners and Pitometer Company officials urged a $34,500 leak survey to detect waste, locate leaks, and map the distribution system. The study, to start within weeks at night, aims to show savings and boost revenue by testing pumps, master meters, and meters on 4 inch or larger services across the city.
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Richard Willson
William D Hudson
Homer E. Beckwith
Pitometer Company
Willson
Hagerstown
Willison
Water Department
Potomac
Town Clock Replaces Old Ticker In Hagerstown History
A long history of the town clock in Hagerstown's City Hall is recalled as the newer electric clock, installed in 1939 with the third City Hall, supersedes the older windup timekeeper. Clockmaker Arthur Johnson installed the original 1822 town clock, later wound by Mobley of Burnett and Mobley jewelers, with a 109 foot rise and a loud tick. The face cracked from bells and vibrations, and the clock was moved to the Purchasing Office before sale. The original clock was donated to the Washington County Historical Society.
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Hagerstown
Arthur Johnson
I. M. Wertz
Charles L. Mobley
Burnett and
Mobley Jewelers
Mobley
Ralph Coombs
Washington County Historical Society
Training Issue Upsets Legion at convention
San Francisco October 4 The American Legion faced a brewing dispute over government handling of veterans affairs as Veterans Administrator Omar Bradley and Legion Commander John Stelle clashed over the training bill. Stelle accused Bradley of breaking faith and urged Congress to amend the bill while Bradley suggested raising the $209 monthly on the job training ceiling if needed. The confrontation pushed back convention speeches and reports, with elections of new officers, including Pennsylvania’s Paul H. Griffith expected as next national commander, on the agenda amid continued support for Byrnes foreign policy.
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San Francisco
American Legion
Omar N. Bradley
Legion
John Stelle
Stelle
Bradley
Congress
Veterans Administration
Palo Alto
Veterans’ Administration
Steele
Franklin D'Olier
United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Paul H. Griffith
Pennsylvania
Byrnes
Wallace Baruch Remain At Odds In Atomic Debate
Presidentially connected clash over atomic policy sharpens as Wallace claims UN negotiations have hit an impasse on core issues. He cites Baruch’s stubbornness and cites debate over continuing production and stockpiling of atomic bombs amid the Soviet relations fallout.
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Wallace
Byirnes
Baruch
Walllace
United Nations
Negotiation hurdles cited over atomic energy control pact
Wallace argued that U S insistence on eliminating veto rights by the great powers and Russia’s rejection of a universal inspection system have hindered progress toward an international treaty to control atomic energy production.
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Russia
Wallace
United States
Walke
Brazil closes propaganda bureau and keeps news service
Rio de Janeiro reports that Brazil has abolished its National Department of Information created in 1945 to oversee wartime censorship. The news service it ran will be kept to provide non political news from government departments.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Department of Information
Tibpaswadd
Polonia Restituta Awarded to US Army Crew
The president of Poland’s national council dedicates the Polonia Restituta to seven U S Army personnel for returning Krakow’s Wit Stwosz star from Nuremberg. The artifact, world famous, had been carted away by the Germans.
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GIS
Warsaw
Poland
The
National Council of the Homeland
U. S. Army
Krakow
Nuernberg
Cause Of Plane Crash A Mystery
An emergency landing in bad weather at Gander Airport led to a crash in a wooded area near Table mountains. Lieutenant Fletcher Brown Jr. of Gloucester piloted a Coast Guard helicopter from Argentia, refueling en route at Buchaus, aiming for Harmon Field before noon, with three five-gallon gas cans aboard.
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Gander Airport
International Air Terminal
Skymaster
New York
Harmon Field
Gander
Table Mountains
Fletcher Brown, Jr
Gloucester
Mass
Coast Guard
Belicopter
Air Sea Rescue
Argentia
Buchaus
Brown
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National Brewing SO
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