Explosion in La Jolla Burns Navy Ammunition Truck
One thousand people homeless after a loaded Navy ammunition truck exploded near the Torrey Pines and Camp Callan housing centers in La Jolla California. Three blasts shattered windows, caused a gas main break, and disrupted utilities with nine injured and no deaths reported.
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Calif
Navy
Torrey Pines
Camp Callan
San Diego
Camp Matthews
John Ayala
Fallbrook
Ayala
San Diego Gas & Electric Co
John Arvin
Red Cross
Mobile Arsenal
Diego Harbor
Fallbrook Navy Ammunition Depot
Eleventh Naval District
Naval
West Coast Ports Jammed With GI's
Thousands of returning Pacific war veterans face a bleak Christmas as as many as 100,000 men may be stranded at west coast ports due to a railroad equipment shortage. Across San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle Tacoma and San Diego more than 80,000 awaiting discharge or furloughs plus 23,000 expected arrivals and 19 transports threaten delays. The Navy reported 15,000 daily returns from the magic carpet fleet through Christmas with 30,000 aboard 20 vessels as a record day.
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U.P
West Coast
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
San Diego
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Navy
Army
Red Cross
Office of Defense Transportation
Port of Embarkation
Schools Present Christmas Programs in Safford and Mansfeld
Mansfeld junior high and Sam Hughes elementary offered Christmas programs this afternoon featuring solos by Jo Dell Underwood Jimmy McLain John Garretson and Boyd Snoddy. Safford junior high scheduled an 8 pm nativity tableau with carols and a Nativity scene at Mansfeld. The Safford program titled The Other Wise Man includes pageantry chorus and solo speakers.
Clouds Hide Moon Eclipse Over Tucson
Cloud cover prevented most observers from seeing the total lunar eclipse in Tucson last night. Dr. Paul D. Jose of Steward Observatory noted clear sightings briefly around 6 30 as the earths shadow began to pass over the moon and clouds again obscured the view.
Vet Catches Mother's Fiance In Homemade Burglar Alarm
Arnold Olsen 19 built a homemade burglar alarm using a 3 inch shell in his mother's home in Chicago. The blast injured Frank Carr 37, the mother's fiance, who survived with superficial cuts after triggering the device while helping clean houses for Christmas. Carr joked about his demolition squad past in France.
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Arnold Olsen
Germany
Olsen
Hazel Olsen
Frank R. Carr
Arnold
Young Olsen
Carr
France
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