Flood wreckage deepens damage claims in San Rafael district
Residents and business owners in San Rafael's Irwin Street and Francisco Boulevard area blame city and Northwestern Pacific railroad for flood control failures. Estimates rise for ruined industrial properties with losses to machinery and storage, while some owners threaten legal action if negligence is proven.
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San Rafael
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Brot Marte
Ight
H. G. Little
Irwin
Little
Irwin Street
Francisco Boulevard
NWP
Rufus Rhodes
Rhodes
Crard
Irwin Streat
Ray Booge
Bret Harte
Mare
Mesquito
Trwin Street
Pierce van & Storage Company
Girard
Bret Harte Lumber Company
Marin Musings: County Law Library Urges $1000 Books
Attorney Wallace Myors told the board that the county law library needs about $1,000 to acquire books including a bankruptcy volume. Chairman Bagshaw quipped a bankruptcy book could help if such needs persist. Belvedere council meeting featured a Christmas decorated Community Hall with councilmen on the platform and a pine tree backdrop.
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Wallace Myors
County Law Lbrary
Board of Supervisors
Myers
Fred Bagshaw
Law Library
Belvedere
Iasb
Community Tall
Counels
Charlie Yates
Barbour Tickets Selling Fast for Mill Valley Talk
About 46 tickets remain for a talk by Dr. Richmond Barbour of San Diego, director of guidance and counselling in the San Diego school system. The event, hosted by Marin Mental Health Society, will be held in Tan High School with an audience of around 200, tickets on sale at Strawhbridge's in Mill Valley.
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Marin Mental Health Society
Mill Valley
Richmond Barbour
San Diego
Barbour
Independent Journal
Tan High School
Tlekela
Strawhbridge
Taft Won't Enter California Primary
Senator Taft announced he will not file for California's presidential primary. He read a prepared statement at a Los Angeles press conference, saying he has told trends in California what he does not want his name entered here.
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Taft
California
Los Angeles
VPI
Robert Taft
Golden Gate Bridge Repairs After Windstorm
Repairs will be needed on the Golden Gate Bridge after a 69 mile per hour windstorm last Saturday night closed the span for three hours. General manager James B. Rickets of Sleepy Hollow announced the plan, stressing repairs do not affect safety or traffic. The work targets the expansion joint guide assembly and other wear areas as engineers continue inspection under Clifford E. Paine. A board meeting is set for Friday at 10:30 a.m. to review preliminary reports.
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Golden Gate Bridge
James B. Rickets
Sleepy Hollow
Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District
Rickets
Golden Gate
Clifford E. Paine
Joseph B. Strauss
Sullivan Quits Utilities Staff Frank
Sullivan, the California Public Utilities Commission public relations director for ten years, resigns effective December 1. He joined the commission in 1941 and plans to enter private public relations work after the first of the year. He lives at 44 Filbert Street, Sausalito.
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Sullivan
Frank ©. Sullivan
California Publi Utilities Commission
Commission
Filbert Street
Sausalito
Yule Shopping Guide Highlights Marin Retail Spree
Albert's 16 page Christmas Value Guide appears as a separate supplement to tomorrow's Independent Journal. It marks one of Marin's largest advertisements by a retail store, aiming to help shoppers locate last minute gifts in the 16 remaining shopping days before Christmas.
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Albert
Independent Journal
Guide
Marin
Senate Unit Rejects Low Level Bridge Approach Waldo Plan
The Senate interim committee on Golden Gate bridge affairs, by a unanimous vote, reaffirmed support for widening Waldo Grade and rejected a low level approach proposed by the San Francisco-Marin Freeway association. Five of seven members heard legal and engineering status updates, with witnesses outlining cost estimates and route options.
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Senate
Waldo
San Francisco-Marin
Mill Valley
John F
Jack) McCarthy
McCarthy
Arthur W. Way
Humboldt
Presley Ayshire
Sonoma County
Randolph Collier
Dela Norte
Siskiyou
Gerald J. O'Gara
San Francisco
Robert E. Reed
Department of Public Works
Glass
Bridge Board
Sausalito
Caledonia Street
Sen. McCarthy
Fairfax Hump Project to Be Reconsidered in January
Fairfax city council members delaying final action on three options to modify the railroad right of way between the business district and Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. Plans include removing sidewalks for double parking, lowering the hump to Drake level for more space, or cutting Bothrias Avenue to Drake and adding a signal. Mayor Elliott says parking prospects look good but warns against future shortages.
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Reed
Bridge District
Waldo
L. A. Weymouth
Weymouth
Fairfax City
Heve
Sir Francis Drake
Lloyd Elliott
al Fox
Harry Heifetz
City Planning Commission
Fairfax Lions Club
Drake
Bothrias Avenue
Fairfax
Marin
Elliott
Japanese Scouts Honor Sausalito Visitor Honored
In San Francisco yesterday Michiharu Mishima Japan's chief Scout announced the Boy Scout movement carries a Sausalito link into Japan. He pinned a Silver Beaver badge on Martin H. Seaver a Sausalito resident and Hastings Law School student honored for service as a naval lieutenant stationed in Japan.
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Japan
Michiharu Mishima
San Francisco
Mishima
Martin Hl. Seaver
Buckley Avenue
Sausalito
Seaver
Hastings Law School
Scouts
U N Jets Down Or Damage 10 Red Jets
United Nations air forces reported destroying or damaging ten Russian built jets in North Korea. Five Red planes were destroyed and five damaged while no UN aircraft were harmed in the Wednesday engagements.
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U.N
Hlonin sanMy Headquan«Ters
United Nations
North Korea
Yule Decoration Contest Planned For Entire County
The Independent Journal and Matin Junior chamber of commerce sponsor their fourth annual Christmas decoration contest with prizes of 50, 25, 15, and 10. Decorations judged 7 to 9 p.m. December 20 and 21. Winners announced December 22. Applications on page 2, postmark by 5 p.m. December 19.
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Independent Journal and Matin Junior Chamber of Commerce
Independent
Dam Clearing Bid Accepted at Marin Big Carson Site
Ford Drayer of Alameda won the Marin Municipal Water District bid to clear a 300 acre dam site. The contract calls for completion within 60 days if weather cooperates, with a bid of 535 per acre, the lowest of ten bids. others reached up to 42,800 per acre.
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Marins
Big Carson
Ford Drayer
Alameda
Marin Municipal Water District
Drayer
San Rafael Building Permits Hit Low Noted in November
San Rafael Building Official Walter Hellwig reports November permits total $100,875, the lowest in two years, due to weather and material shortages. Residential permits dominate with six homes valued at $73,150. four commercial permits total $5,575 for additions or alterations. Largest projects include N. K. Reinhart at 95 Twin Oaks Avenue for $16,650 and HLL Detjem at 78 Sea Way for $15,200.
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Hellwig
N. K. Reinhart
Twin Oaks Avenue
Custom Building
Hll. Detjem
Sea Way
F. Antontole
Would-Be Span Jumper Saved On Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco patrolmen Blair B. Barclay and John O Malley saved 26 year old Dorothy M. Collins from leaping from the east rail of the Golden Gate Bridge. Collins, of San Francisco, was taken to a city hospital psychiatric ward after the dramatic rescue.
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SAN Insancisco
California Highway Patrol
Golden Gate Bridge
Blair B. Barclay
Dorothy M. Collins
San Francisco
John O’malley
O'Malley
Barclay
Collins
Eureka
Ignacio Motel Expands with 30 Room Addition at Rancho Rafael
The Ignacio motel plans a 30 room and banquet hall addition costing about 175000 dollars. The project doubles room count to 70, follows a mission style, and includes a western ranch interior. Claude T. Lindsay of San Francisco leads construction with completion aimed for April 1952.
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Rancho Rafael
Ignacio
Claude T. Lindsay Construction Company
San Francisco
Lindsay Company
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Yule Shopping Guide
Warren Glass
Freeway Association
Sausalitan
BEC
OMES
Pierce
Lovell
George Wheeler
IPAL
Lawrence Daley
Norwood Avenue
Ross
Larkspur
Howard Clark
Piedmont Road
Magnolia Avenue
Hugh Campbell
S. A
Walter Hellwig
Ignacio Motel
Washington
LLP
Charles Oliphant
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Truman
Corte
George A. Bertram Construction Company
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