Hollywood Vacation City Not Ideal for Klumps Visit
ATravel piece notes Hollywood is crowded with tourists during peak season and hotel rooms are scarce. Mr and Mrs Henry Klump of Passaic New Jersey struggle to find lodging and see stars, encountering closed studios, pricey meals, and limited access. The article mentions local sights like orange groves Olvera Street Griffith Park and Grauman's Chinese Theater.
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Hollywood
Henry Klump
Passaic
N. J
Klumps
Hollywood and Vine
Henry
Sunset Boulevard
Homer Gumshoe
Old Lodge Brother
Louis. B. Mayer
Grauman’s
Klumps Orange Groves
Olvera Street
Griffith Park Planetarium
County Museum
Marie Wilson
McLaughlin Case Heads Again Toward Supreme Court
Former Mayor Leo P. McLaughlin and five associates pleaded not guilty at arraignment in Hot Springs Arkansas. Legal moves sought disqualification of Judge Clyde H. Brown and removal of Judge Maupin Cummings with requests for writs to halt or compel rulings.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Leo P. McLaughlin
Supreme Court
Maupin Cummings
Fayetteville
Garland County Bar Association
Brown
Floyd Huff
State Supreme Court
Cummins
Post Office Revenues Hit Record in Peacetime
Postmaster General Hannegan announced a peacetime post office revenue of 1,298,434,794.04 for the year ended June 30, 1947, the highest in peacetime history except 1945 wartime totals. June 1947 revenue reached 114,450,240.16, up 66 percent from June 1946. In Temple, Cotton County, Sheriff Boyd Vantine reports thieves stole three hub caps from his new squad car.
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Washington
Hannegan
Temple
Aug
Cotton County
Boyd Vantine
Special election set for five mill building levy
A special election will be held in Walters August 12 to vote on a five mill building fund levy for the Walters Independent School District.
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Walters
Walters Independent
Woman Climber Barbara Washburn Leads Mt McKinley Feat
The article tells how Barbara Washburn became the first woman to scale Alaska’s Mt McKinley with Bradford Washburn’s expedition. She cooked for the team served strawberry desserts at 20270 feet and radioed home to her three children. The party was well supplied by Army Air Force air drops and she tested clothing.
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Boston
NEA
Army Air Force
Mt. McKiney
Mt. McKinley
Barbara Washburn
Bradford Washburn
Alaska
North America
Washburn
Boston Museum of Natural History
Volunteers Form Fire Brigade At University of Tulsa
A new volunteer fire fighting brigade will protect 76 families in the veterans housing unit at the University of Tulsa. War surplus equipment includes 20 extinguishers 200 feet of hose and metal alarm triangles with a centrally located fire plug supplying water.
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Tulsa
Okla
Veterans’ Housing Unit
University of Tulsa
Saving on vacations fuels better returns than a loaf
A reader muses that skipping vacations saves money and yields a bigger roll of savings, implying prudent budgeting beats regular travel spending.
Doolittle Urges Feeder Airlines for National Air Network
Former Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle urged development of feeder airlines to extend air service across the nation. Speaking at Parks College reunion exercises in East St. Louis Illinois he said two thirds of the country lack direct air service and only about seven percent of cities are scheduled airline stops. He called for a network of local lines to move mail by air and shorten travel times to under 24 hours, emphasizing public support, aircraft suited to feeder routes and improved navigation aids and airports.
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East ST. Louis
James H. Doolittle
Army Air Forces
Doolittle
Parks College of Aeronautical Technology
United States
Farm and Home Week Delegates Set for Stillwater
Women from Pontotoc county will attend Farm and Home Week in Stillwater August 4 to 7 with delegates named from several communities. The event features demonstrations, exhibits, and sessions on building a better rural community, electric kitchens, and health and recreation. Plans include a mixer and a concert by the Ambassadors of Song with a focus on moisture management for fall gardens and tips for jams and exhibits.
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Pontotoc County
Stillwater
Our
Ray Thompson
Jesse
G. A. Pitt
Vaness
Eva Mae Richards
Nellie Dew
Pecan Grove
S. J. Hammons
Allen
Elizabeth Young
Fitzhugh
Rose Faber
Ed Stephens
Union Valley
A. Griffith
Hart
T. E. Jones
REA
Washington, D. C
The
Ambassadors of Song
Double headed rattlesnake captured in West Virginia
Harold Williams and his sister found a foot long double headed rattlesnake in a Logan county field. They coaxed it from the grass with a forked stick and kept it in captivity where it died days later.
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Logan
W. Va
Harold Williams
Williams
Dogs Return to Meet Poundmaster at Gate
Park L. Verner reports that all dogs escaped the city pound in Jim Johnsons absence and waited at the gate to be let back in. Johnson, the poundmaster, says the dogs are a sign of his skill.
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Santa Clara
Calif
Onetime Chicago Beer Baron Big Joe Dies Penniless
Immigrant from Austria Hungary known as Big Joe Alus, 62, a major illicit beer trader in Chicago during Prohibition, died natural death in a north side hotel from acute liver ailment. He once ran operations from the stockyards district, built a multi million fortune, and allied with Bugs Moran against Capone before losing most wealth after repeal. His wife Anna and son Joseph Jr were present. funeral plans to be handled by Mrs Sultis. He asked the doctor to remember him as the beer baron.
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Chicago
Big Joe
Alus
Austria-Hungary
Joe
Kim
Everly
Hills
Anna
Joseph, Jr
Sultis
Wiscov ‘Sin
Oice
Ernest A. Keller
Huge Dam to Tame Rio Grande and End Border Shifts
A US Mexico treaty plans Falcon and Agua Verde dams on the lower Rio Grande to control floods and share irrigation for up to 1.5 million acres while generating about 400 million kilowatt hours annually. A potential third dam at Sullivan Springs may be built if needed. The project would submerge towns, relocate highway segments, and establish joint US reclamation systems on both sides.
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Wallace Perry
NEA
San Benito
Tex
Mexico
United States
Rio Grande
Rio Grande Valley
Falcon Dam
Roma
Laredoes
Great Aswan
Nile
Fort Peck
Missouri River
Montana
Agua Verde
Martin Canyon
del Rio
Sullivan Springs
Falcon
Zapata
Lamation Service
Odom Sets Out On World Flight From Chicago
William Odom, 27, former Army Air Forces captain, prepares for a 19 600 mile solo flight around the world in the Bombshell A 26. He aims to beat Wiley Post’s 1933 record with stops in Paris Karachi Shanghai Tokyo and Fairbanks Alaska. He plans to drop a wreath bearing a piece of Winnie Mae fabric near Point Barrow where Post and Rogers died in a 1935 crash.
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William Odom
Army Air Forces
Odom
Milton Reynolds
Wiley Post
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France
Karachi
India
Shanghai
China
Tokyo
Japan
Fairbanks
Alaska
Winnie Mae
Post
Point Barrow
Will Rogers
Costly Mistake In Topeka Man Catches Liquor Stash
A Topeka man named Lewis Thomas hailed what he thought was a taxi but rode with a police car. Officers found two heavy suitcases containing 17 fifths of whiskey, resulting in a possession of liquor charge and his jailing.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Lewis Thomas
Mother Of County Agent Is Dead
Mrs. Fred E. Hailey, mother of County Agent C. H. Hailey, died at her Marlin Texas home Friday. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hailey were at her bedside. Funeral services were set for 4 o clock Sunday at Adams Funeral Home in Marlin with burial in Marlin.
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Fred E. Hailey
C. H. Hailey
Marlin
Texas
Japanese wage protection under new accident law
About 6,000,000 Japanese will be protected for the first time by a national Accident Compensation law. Employers bear the costs and the Japanese government will administer the program under General MacArthur's headquarters.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Bagpipes Feature In Edinburgh Festival Coverage
NEA report notes Edinburgh Festival of Music and Drama sells out with 100000 tickets. 250 volunteer interpreters will assist visitors as 75 to 80 bagpipe bands compete in world championship events amid performances by international orchestras and stars.
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NEA
New York
Edinburgh
U. S
Duncan
Scotland
Edinburgh Castle
Princess Street Gardens
Nobles Heads to Bowling Green as Student Instructor
Billy Scott Nobles, after postgraduate work at Southeastern State College Durant, will teach at Bowling Green College Ohio as a student instructor. His speech team helped Southeastern win the national tournament at Point 1 with 78 teams debating. Southeastern defeated USC in finals. The team claimed 43 wins out of 45 debates across U S trips.
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Billy Scott Nobles
Southeastern State College
Durant
Bowling Green
Ohio
Bowling Green College
Nobles
Southeastern
University of Southern California
United States
Extortion note targets bank VP in Hobart case
Federal officers detained an 18 year old African American girl who used the name Rosa Lee Johnson in connection with an extortion note mailed July 29 to Ralph Hobbs, vice president of the First National Bank at Hobart. The note demanded $995 under threat of death to Hobbs and his wife. the suspect formerly worked in Hobart.
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Oklahoma City
Rosa Lee Johnson
Ralph Hobbs
First National Bank
Hobart
D. A. Bryce
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bryce
Illinois clubman’s wife granted divorce
An Illinois clubman’s wife was granted a divorce and, as reported, one of these days he will hear about it.
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Illinois
Is Your Child Ready For School Emotionally
Miss Neva Kennon outlines how emotional readiness affects a child entering school. The home shapes emotional balance through peace praise and tolerance, while parents should cultivate positive routines and avoid harsh punishment to ease the first days away from mother.
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Neva Kennon
Nowata County Names New Farm Agent Aubrey Christian
Nowata Oklahoma August 2 county commissioners name Aubrey L Christian as the new farm agent for Nowata County succeeding Claude S Sullivan who has begun a six month leave to be with his invalid wife.
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Nowata
Okla
Aubrey L. Christian
Nowata County
Christian
Claude S. Sullivan
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