Thousands Flee as Northern California Flood Crest Rises
The American river crested at 42.7 feet at 6 30 am forcing hundreds of suburban residents to evacuate. Merced and Kings rivers rise threatening Laton Fresno County and Tulare basin areas while Snelling Merced Falls remain isolated. Army engineers blasted a temporary dam on the Yuba river to relieve rising floodwaters.
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Sacramento
High Sierra
Merced
City of
Ee Max Joaquin Valley
Laton District
Fresno-Kings
Kings
Piedra
Tulare Lake Basin
Snelling
Merced Falls
Weather Bureau
Yuba River
Yuba
Hammonton
Severn Men
PLC
Supervisors Seek State Survey of Rural Fire Protection
Marin county supervisors authorized chairman Fred Bagshaw to ask the state forestry board to survey rural fire protection and consider state takeover. The move follows a budget clash with county fire chief Camillo Mello, whose expenditures exceed the new county budget. Bagshaw planned to present the request in San Francisco.
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Board of Supervisors
Fred Bagshaw
State Forestry Board
Marin County
Bagshaw
Camillo Mello
Six injured in Marin County weekend crashes
Six persons were injured on rainswept Marin County highways during the weekend. In San Rafael a couple remained in hospital with serious injuries after a Saturday afternoon crash on St. Vincent's hill when a car driven by Pvt. Leslie Jones of Hamilton Field skidded while passing another vehicle on a four to three lane transition.
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Perent
Marin County
Santa Rosa
San Rafael
St. Vincent's Hill
Pvt
Leslie Jones
Hamilton Field
Jones
Marin artists prize and traffic crashes in Marin County
Lucienne Bloch Dimitroff of Mill Valley won $100 at the San Francisco Art Festival for a painting, a contrast to a prior rejection at the San Francisco Museum of Art. In traffic news, several crashes on slippery highways injured multiple people, including a head on collision involving Lester F. Thayer and wife, a Strawberry Village crash with Betty and Frank French, and a Kentfield incident on Sir Francis Drake boulevard. Hamilton Field airman was cited for speeding after a 1 a.m. accident on the Geath strip.
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Lucienne Bloch Dimitroff
Mill Valley
San Francisco
Lester F. Thayer
Santa Rosa
Thayer
Marie
Jones
Hamilton Field Hospital
Highway Patrol
Ricardo Road
Strawberry Village
Betty French
Frank French
Strawberry Circle
Paul Elder Jr
Maria Parra de Matiz
Sir Francis Drake
Kentfield
Vern Hudgens
Fairfax
Hudgens
Hamilton Field
John Myers
Novato
San Rafael
Myers
George Harri
Marin storm leaves 12 families homeless and one man dead
Heavy wind driven rains in Marin cause severe flooding and wreckage with 12 families displaced on Franklin avenue Novato. George H. Hunter, 42, a Farley Ranch milkhand near Nicasio, drowned in a swollen creek after a horse ride to gather cows. Deputies guard damaged homes as Red Cross and Hamilton Field aid stricken residents.
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Marin
George H. Hunter
Farley
Nicasio
Hunter
Charles Backes
Kenneth Volk
Tom Rogers Ranch
Franklin Avenue
Novato
Saeki ‘Fecteau
Hamilton
Hamilton Field
Red Cross
Graham Answers Critics In Letter To Supervisors
Matt Graham replied to critics by letter as the Board of Supervisors again considered his reappointment. He defended his record, cited reserve funds at 9 million for bond retirement and 3 million for emergencies, and admitted voting for costly conference tables and director quarters while denying abuses. He proposed a 500 monthly salary for a bridge attorney and argued expenses claimed.
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Graham
Matt Graham
Board of Supervisors
Carl Spring
Sausalito Citizens Council
Woman seeks $5,000 in damage suit over delivery trucks
Brigida Ferrario of San Rafael files in Marin Superior Court asking for $5,000 in damages and an injunction to bar delivery trucks from using her property. She contends trucks delivering to Tamalpais Market at Second and D streets damaged her house and property. defendants include Willard Hall owner Cecil Coleman William Calbach Bosco Sousa and twenty Does.
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Brigida Ferrario
San Rafael
Marin Superior Court
Ferrario
Tamalpais
Second
D Streets
Willard Hall
Cecil Coleman
William Calbach
Bosco ,Sousa
Legion To Initiate 25 San Rafael
The George Washington Post of San Francisco will oversee the initiation ceremonies for the 25 members of the San Rafael Legion Degree team.
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Legion
San Rafael
George Washington Post of
San Francisco
Tam Valley School Contract Award Considered by Board
Mill Valley school district trustees meet at Park School to discuss awarding a contract for Tamalpais Valley school. Bids were opened two weeks ago but none awarded as all bids were deemed substantial. The district can spend $157,000.
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Mill Valley School
Park School
Tamalpais Valley
Marin Doctors Report Two Cases Of Influen Zal Meningitis
Marin county health officer Clarice H Haylett said two influenzal meningitis cases in one week are unusual but not alarming. A 10 month old girl in Marin City and a 2 1/2 year old boy in Sausalito are in Children's Hospital San Francisco and recovering. The disease affects very young children, spreads via nasal passages, and prevention focuses on general influenza measures.
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Health Department
Clarice H. Haylett
Marin County
Marifi City
Sausalito
Children’s Hospital
San Francisco
Haylett
UN Forces Retreat Below Pyongyang
United Nations troops formed a rear guard shield about ten miles north of Pyongyang to cover a retreat south from the former Korean capital amid limited fighting. General MacArthur reported Chinese forces massing five armies, totaling about 150,000 troops moving from Manchuria and Central China toward the battle fronts.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Pyongyang
Walton H. Walker
U.S
Eighth Army
MacArthur
Korea
Manchuria
China
Truman Attlee to Open High Level Talks on World Crisis
President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee plan top level talks at the White House at 1 p.m. about the grave world situation. Attlee, arriving via Cathay with a British staff, seeks to align policies to uphold what is right as Chinese forces push toward Hamhung and Hungnam and U.N. forces fight to break the Changjin reservoir trap.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
White House
Charles G. Ross
State Acheson
Defense
Marshall
Sausalito Forum Hosts India Talk At Alta Mira
The Sausalito Forum at the Alta Mira Hotel will discuss India, Her People and Her Problems at 8 15 p m. Dr Anantha Rao Baji of Gauhati University in Assam India and a UC history fellow will speak. He is sponsored by the U S State Department under Fulbright and Smith Mundt acts.
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India
Alta Mira Hotel
Anantha Rao Baji
University of Gauhati
Assam
University of California History Department
U. S. State Department
Smith-Mundt
Marin to appoint civilian defense director
Carl Engelhart named as Marin County civilian defense director by the Board of Supervisors. The board has not yet received recommendations from cities and will meet again on December 15. Engelhart will open a temporary office next to the courthouse chambers at 9 a.m. Wednesday for inquiries.
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Board of Supervisors
E. Carl Engelhart
Mia Engelhart
Ton Heute
Albert Barrows
Kentfield
Fred Bagshaw
Marin County Taxes Due By Tomorrow Night
County Tax Collector M F Donohue reminds Marin county residents that the first installment of taxes is due in his office by tomorrow end of day. Personal payments must be made before 5 p m tomorrow to avoid delinquency.
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M. F. Donohue
Marin
Donohue
Truman nominates Murphy for northern California federal judgeship
President Truman nominated Edward P. Murphy as a federal judge for the northern district of California. The appointment would create a new judgeship to be filled.
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New North
Washington
Edward P. Murphy
President Truman
California
Clubhouse Planned Above Muir Woods
Muir Woods Park Improvement Association directors have signed with Anshen and Allen San Francisco architects for a clubhouse on the highest point off Panoramic Highway. The three acre Ridge avenue site will be built by volunteers with materials costing about 8000 dollars. Plans to be completed by spring.
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Muir Woods Park Improvement Association
Anshen and Allen
San Francisco
Stephen McReavy
Muir
McReavy
Leota O'Rourke
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Walter B. Sellmer
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Keith McCormick
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Changjin Reservoir
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