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END OF FISHING PARTY
A giant floating crane lifts the ill-fated army tug, T-Pj
from the water at San Francisco after the partially sub
merged vessel had been towed to Fort Mason, Army transport
docks. The craft, carrying 17 Air Force officers and men and
three army crewmen on a fishing trip, capsized off the Gol
den Gate. Six persons are listed as missing. (A*wirephoto)
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ANY RADIOACTIVITY?
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More or less typical of the nonchalance with which resi-’
dents of Las Vegas, Nev., accept periodic test atomic explo-i
sions in the desert northwest of the city is this scene. Terry!
True is the girl using the Geiger counter to determine if
there’s any radioactivity in the beard of Prospector Smiley
Washburn. And if you suspect the fine hand of a press agent
behind this, you’re quite right. (A’wirephoto)
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explains
Secretary of Treasury John
W. Snyder (above) explains tc
the House Ways and Means
committee in Washington, the
new tax proposals by which
President Truman plans to
meet the defense effort.
(^Pwirephoto)
Fire In Car
A passenger car, owned by
Jim O’Reilly of Kodiak Naval
Station, caught fire in front of
Tony’s Bar Sunday night
around 7:45 pm.
The fire siren sounded at
7:52 pm and a booster pump
on one of the fire trucks was
> used to extinguish the blaze.