Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1944, Cairo, Egypt Sailors Are victims of wartime tragedy c a it it n j san Francisco death loll has risen to 350 in the greatest Domestic wartime disaster in the history of the explosion two ammunition ships and a naval ammunition depot at port Chicago in upper san fran Cisco Between goo and 800 most of whom Are Navy Are the Accident occurred on Mon Day evening when two oceangoing vessels loaded with ammunition completely vanished in a huge explosion which rocked towns and communities within a 50mile a its flames were seen a Hun dred Miles the Navy estimated that s50 enlisted and nine officers Are missing and presumed dead approximately 250 men plus the ships Crews were on Board at the time of the explosion and 200 negro sailors were loading Armuni other boats destroyed explosion destroyed two Small coast guard a crash a fire and damaged nearby port Chicago was badly damaged by the blast which wrecked almost 200 House in the City and blew out windows and doors five Miles there was a Flash that went Over feet in the then pieces of Metal ruined like reported one another said a big it Imp of Metal landed one mile Small were warned away from the port area after explosives were reported floating or oils licked the Navy announced on tuesday morn ing that everything was under con Dewey talks with gop strategists ans during the Thomas Dewey continued his conferences with Republican party leaders in to talk to a group of High school indicated that he favors parts of Ibe new Deal tout would curb by Dewey announced that will attend a conference of re publican state governors at the first week in concerning the foreign policy Plank in the gop Warren Austin told up this week that a general International organization for Security and peace and been and Clare Booth with n similar told the press that ame Rica wants to join in an International organization which will keep peace by Force if she emphasized that the last four words were quoted As spoken by in new Wendell Willkie released the text of a re publican platform he submitted to gop party leaders before the re publican convention in asserted that his representatives were Given no Opportunity to offer to the convention his suggestion which differed from adopted platform in rep cards to foreign states the racial problem and other White House film on music Forari sked inside the White House and paratroops will be shown wednesday evening in the own War film series at music for this is the fifth in the wednesday Nighta nine film other music for All events of the week include a recorded version of Han dels the Messiah sunday night at the last of the Dora and Ger hard Willner Schubert series thursday night at programming the sonatas in d and c minor and eight songs of the spirits Long with full orchestra and the concert version of Ger Merrie England will be repeated tues Day and the following july 25 and fire in downtown Durham a sweeping fire raged in the tobacco Ware House District of downtown Dur Ham last destroying Worth of property before being brought under no deaths or injuries were gis give to go on stars and Middle East up leaves War work 01 sacrificing Washington thousands servicemen have been their leaves to work in War jobs and thus fill gaps in the nations manpower revealed Paul chairman of the Wai Man Power Mcnutt said that More than servicemen have held jobs in Chi Cago plants in the last 30 Days in Northern sol Diers and sailors were placed in jobs during mar and june the employment about servicemen find such jobs daily in Wisconsin and in san hundreds of men leave service clubs nightly to join night shifts on the docks and help Load cargo ships for War outlaws widow Dies Excelsior Ann widow of Frank a the notorious Missouri out died Here at the age of Betty new onetime former Compton Dies York Hetty actress Ami a wife of Mavor James Walker of new died after she was ill new York City kids learn beat of the Central Park in some is rather the As Tussel l heat of summer in their version of the ote sol main at the mine can be in the background the can be seen in the wide world photo Ooms a democratic caucus gets off Chicago the curtain went up on the second act of this years great political drama wednesday morning when the ral lied in the Windy City for their convention in the same same stadium where republicans had trod a few weeks few changes were made for the democratic a rear Eleva Tor to the speakers platform was installed to Avert jamming on the a committee Hung 5fi illuminated v for Victory the pictures of u democratic presidents were added to Wall Deco rations and two Ivery live donkeys found themselves grazing grass near the stadiums highlights of the Prean noticed by National chair Man Robert were organisational formalities opening mor the keynote address of Robert Kerr of Oklahoma in the submitting of the party platform on thursday naming of the presidential Nomi Nee that nomination of Ops a nervous wreck a Fox hound of came through for All the kids in the neighbourhood by having a record of 23 Here they Are just one Day old and Treyve All been promised new by excited Acme the vice presidential candidate the following morning and the acceptance speech by the presidential nominee on Friday evening to Cli Max the president clears Issue the vice presidential nomination Early loomed As the conventions wan nest but on the president revealed his attitude towards the renomination of Henry a decision Long awaited by tiie supporters of favorite sons for the in a letter to Samuel Jack permanent convention chair president Roosevelt wrote that if be were a he would vote for Wallace but that the Deci Sion was entirely up to the con i like him and respect him and he is my personal said the adding that for those he would personally vote for his As a brisk fight had been expected Over wallaces Reno Nina ton the presidents attitude virtually threw open the snot among the supporters of Many including James sen Harry Josenh Oma Robert Kerr and other congressmen and state Foa numerous including Wendell had been unofficially mentioned for the Nomi Short As possible concerning the democratic party Roosevelt is represented As wanting the shortest possible covering Only major is new York predicted that it might be As Short As goo other pre convention indications had been made by top democratic leaders who declared that the lat Fonn must contain a strongly plan stating that America will take a hand in postwar inter National two carpenters of the platform committee added it should emphasize foreign affairs rather than Dom stir and committee chairman John Mccoy Inick of said the first Job of the committee would be to draft a Plank calling for effective inter Nal collaboration for world orc adding International co1 Lai oration would he the major is if of the baseball scout dead new York Lawrence Larry known As Dean of baseball died at the age of angry Bear Biferi off Arm of in new York the right Arm of miss Catherine society was bitten off Early by a Polar Bear in Central Park miss Earlea was rushed to Roosevelt Hosto ital n to critical Coli edition following extreme Shock and the loss of after a party at the Stork miss Earlea and her companions miss Gertrude Cpl sited the Central Park zoo at and stopped at an open air Cage in which a male Polar his Meil and awaking the and Cheney waved his Garrison Cap through the from Cheney hands the Bear grabbed the Cap which was recovered with a Branch broken from a nearby miss earies k011 her handkerchief through the the Polar Bear made a lunge for the handkerchief clawed her wrists and Sank his teem into her Arm above the Al tragic ending the Bear Hung on lighted matches thrust in the bears face but he refused to Lea go until a bundle of lighted news papers was held beneath his Chin miss earies was removed to a nearby building to await the Arri Val of an an operation removed the remainder of her Arm up to the the socially prominent girl was a Volunteer ambulance Driver for Knickerbocker torpedo sinks freighter in med own sink ing of the freighter is Maiden Creek by submarine in the Mediterranean announced by the War shipping the one of a was approaching the North Afri can Shore when the torpedo penetrated the hold and flooded the engine a second torpedo broke the Freigh Ter in six crewmen were lost and were
