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California News Briefs Highlights From Across State
California briefs cover diverse topics from New Guinea insights to local milestones. Notable items include Warren R. Porter’s death in Watsonville, rapid Los Angeles growth, and statewide civic plans. Reports detail Yosemite traffic, Kern County farming tests, and local honors for tallest man George Messer.
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Warren R. Porter
California
Pajaro Valley National Bank
Watsonville
United States
Congress
San Francisco
Pacific Fleet
Board of Supervisors
Cedarville
Modoc County
Emma Ennis
Surprise Valley Union High School
Red Bluff
Mount Lassen
Manazila Lake
Brawley
Jeff Fruit
Amsterdam Road
Merced
Fruit
Santa Cruz
Builders’ Exchange
Native Sons of the Golden West
Pacific Coast Gas Associaton
Yosemite
W. B. Lewis
Lewis
District of Columbia
Canada
British Columbia
Hawaii
Panama
Yosemite National Park
George Messer
Messer
E. E. Dickey
Hollywood
Tracy
San Joaquin County
San Joaquin Valley
American Petroleum Institute
Pacific Coast
N. P. Barbour
Stockton
California National Guard
143Rd Field Artillery
Carlisle Barracks
Pennsylvania
Army Medical Field Service School
Barbour
Webb
Norby
Yuba County
Frank L. Coombs
Napa
Paris
American Legion Conventioo
Los Angeles
State Builders Echange
San Francisco Builders Exchange
Kern County
D. M. Dorman
California Dairies, Inc
Sunshine State
Caliente Canyon
Bakerfield
Zenda Company
Frank Bewley
Amalie
Caliente
Calico
Panamint
Mojave
Mariposa
Mariposa County
Vanderbilt
Darrah
Calaveras Big Trees
Harry L. Englebright
Senate
Forestry Service
State Park Associaton
Calaveras Grove Association
Franklin Guest Smith
Redlands
Samuel Shortridge
Secretary of War
United States Military Academy
West Point
Miller McClintock
St. Helena
Napa County
S. Barberi