Marin men admitted to California bar in historic exam
Six Marin county residents joined 490 new California lawyers after October bar exams, the largest class in state history. Names and firms include Jasper De Cobbeleer of San Rafael, Philip Wilber Leslie of Belvedere, Robert D. Carter of Sleepy Hollow, Morton R. Colvin of San Anselmo, Harold Redfield Rooks of Ross, and Thomas E. Schaal of Mill Valley. Hastings College faced criticism over accreditation.
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Marin County
California
State Bar of California
State
Jasper C. de Cobbeleer
Lincoln Avenue
San Rafael
Freitas, Keating
Morton Robert Colvin
Brookside Drive
San Anselmo
George A. Corwin
Colvin
Hastings
Marin
Harold Redfield Rooks
Emlin Drive
Ross
Thomas E. Schaal
Bayview Avenue
Mill Valley
State Bar
David E. Snodgrass
Hasas Tan Actes
Asite
Snodgrass
University of Southern California
Stanford
University of California
Boalt Hall
Berkeley
UCLA
San Rafael to Zoning Forbes Ave for 5 Lot Housing Plan
Planning Commission meets 8 p m tomorrow at City Manager Ray Boege office to consider rezoning five easterly Forbes avenue lots between Mission avenue and Culloden Park road for a proposed five lot multiple family housing project. Petitioners are George Kerrigan and Marian Arnold Ross. Tentative plans show two two family dwellings per lot.
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San Rafael
George Kerrigan
Santa Rosa
Marian Arnold Ross
Boege
Hospital district debate on nurse housing and local development
Marin County Hospital District discussed nurse housing options for the proposed hospital, weighing on site quarters versus external housing and citing past opposition to a Garden Apartment project on Bon Aire hill. The courthouse lot remains underused amid Christmas shopping crowds.
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Henry X. Jackson
Phil Kennedy
Kennedy
Schultz Co
Bon Aire Hill
Santa's dog stays with drunk driver as judge releases him
Alexander Weir, 49, of Mill Valley, was arrested Friday night for being drunk in an automobile. Judge Walter Derr released him without bail after Weir promised to bring bail later, claiming Santa Claus would help in San Francisco. The dog was allowed to spend the night in jail with him.
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Santa Claus
Walter Derr
Alexander Weir
Mill Valley
Weir
Camino Avenue
San Francisco
Here's One Way To Pay For Presents
Delbert Leroy Schmier alias Charlie Adams a 19 year old Hamilton Field airman was arrested in San Rafael for forging checks to buy Christmas gifts. He admitted writing the checks using a Hamilton Field pass signed Charlie Adams for identification. Bail not set. A Jay Vee salesman alerted police after Schmier's girlfriend returned an incorrectly sized blouse and skirt.
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Delbert Leroy Schmier
Charlie Adams
Hamilton Field
San Rafael
Schmier
Jay Vee
Albert's
Brent’s
Mercury Dips to 26 in Marin County Frost Returns
Cold snap across Marin County records 26 degrees at Kentfield and Woodacre while San Rafael drops to 31. Nationally, winter begins with freezing conditions from the Dakotas to the Pacific coast with record lows in North Dakota and Minnesota.
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Marin
Kentfield
Dallas Barrett
Woodacre
Mercury
San Rafael
United Press
California
Mississippi
Missouri
Central Plains
Pacific Coast
Dakotas
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Arizona
Phoenix
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Burbank
Los Angeles
Black Point housewife reports two weeks old crash
Harriet Winster of Black Point told San Rafael police that a rear end collision occurred on Thursday December 8 at Villa Avenue and Highway 101 in San Rafael. Her minor back sprain kept her from filing an accident report, and she received private medical care.
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Black Point
Harriet Winster
San Rafael
Villa Avenue
Highway 101
Carlo Clerico
San Francisco
California Meat Co
Winster
Dynamiters Try To Blow Up Auto Union Headquarters
In Detroit last night dynamiters placed 39 sticks of dynamite at the CIO United Auto Workers' headquarters but two fuses burned out near the explosives. The building was empty except for two night workers. nearby GM personnel faced potential danger. Police tied the incident to earlier attacks on Walter and Victor Reuther. investigators assume a conspiratorial motive against the union.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
Union Building
General Motors
Auto Union
UAW
Reuther
Walter Reuther
Victor Reuther
Reuthers
Joseph A. Krug
Police
Special Investigation Squad
Special Investigation
General Motors Research Laboratory
G.M. Laboratory
Albert Langtry
Police Scientific Laboratory
Krug
No Merry Christmas For Stranded Family Of Six
A World War I veteran, Jabez Johnson, 57, stranded in a 1934 Pontiac with his son in law, daughter, and their six children aged 9 months to 14 years. They sought lodging in San Rafael after running out of gas near Riverside county. Police arranged meals and hotel lodging with the county welfare department. A $5 county grant was provided to cover gas and basic needs as they head toward Redwood country, hoping to reach Portland before nightfall.
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Portland
Oregon
San Rafael
Jabez Johnson
Joe Brusatori
County Welfare Department
Lemon Grove
Riverside County
Johnson
Charles Ingram
Redwood Country
Marin Water District Plans $1 Million Bond Sale For System Work
The Marin Municipal Water District authorized its general manager and attorney to draft a bond sale resolution for $1,000,000 to fund next summer’s water system extensions. The proceeds will start the $4,000,000 bond issue, including $350,000 for pipelines and balance for dam, Bon Tempe tunnel, and southern Marin line preliminary work. A separate assembly measure seeks federal funds to study the Rebel plan to create a fresh water lake from San Francisco Bay.
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Sacramento
State Assembly
Congress
San Francisco Bay
Marin Municipal Water District
James Peters
Sam Gardiner
Water District
Bon Tempe
Marin
San Franciscan Faces Drunk Charge After Wreck
Richard Schulz a 33 year old San Francisco man was arrested at 11 30 p m yesterday by the highway patrol on a drunk driving charge after his car caused a head on collision on Waldo grade Highway 101 involving Jack Ross 41 San Rafael and Robert Chaffee 44 Kentfield There were no injuries Schulz was arraigned in Sausalito justice court today
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Richard Schulz
San Francisco
Highway Patrol
Waldo Grade
Highway 101
Jack Ross
Irwin Street
San Rafael
Robert Chaffee
Bon Air Road
Kentfield
Schulz
San Francisco Adopts 20 Member Rapid Transit Advisory Committee
Mayor Elmer Robinson names a 20 member advisory panel led by Henry E. North to plan a Bay Area rapid transit authority. The group will coordinate with eight neighboring counties as the board of supervisors allocates $5,000 for initial committee expenses.
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San Francisco
Elmer Robinson
San Francisco Bay Area
Henry E. North
Bay Areas
North
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Board of Supervisors
Petaluma Woman Fatally Struck by Freight Engine
Mrs Dolly Coates Fowler a 73 year old widow from Petaluma was killed crossing tracks near Windsor in Sonoma county when a Northwestern Pacific freight locomotive struck her. She carried Christmas presents and apparently saw the engine but could not retreat in time.
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Petaluma
Windsor
Sonoma County
Dolly Coates Fowler
Northwestern Pacific
McCollister Vet Loan Bill Passes Assembly
In Sacramento the Assembly moved the vote on authorizing new bonds to finance California’s veterans home and farm purchase program from November to June. The measure, championed by Assemblyman Richard H. McCollister, Mill Valley, had already passed the Senate. The governor recommended the measure.
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Sacramento
Assembly
California
Richard H. McCollister
Mill Valley
Senate
Electric Power Fails In Southern Marin
Electric service in southern Marin and parts of Greenbrae and Corte Madera were out for nearly an hour after an old 60,000 volt line was cut during repair work at Alto. The break occurred at 4 24 p m with restoration at 4 54 p m to Alto, while Sausalito, Marin City and areas in between remained without power until 5 13 p m.
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Marin
Greenbrae
Corte Madera
Alto
Sausalito
Marin City
Stinson Beach
Muir Beach
Mill Valley
Larkspur
P. G
Winter Arrives in Marin with Shortest Day Debate
A humorous Marin newspaper note says winter will arrive around 8 30 pm with mixed beliefs among residents. It cites the Naval Observatory forecast of the shortest day, stating the moment occurs near 11 24 pm EST with a split in whether Dec 21 or 22 is the solstice in the eastern time belt.
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Marin
Marin County
Associated Press
U.S. Naval Observatory
Indictment Proposed for Assemblyman John W. Evans
Sacramento county grand jury to decide if Assemblyman John W. Evans of Los Angeles should be indicted for bribery for allegedly accepting 1805 dollars from the citizens' committee for old age pensions.
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Sacramento County Grand Jury
John W. Evans
Los Angeles
Citizens’ Committee For Old Age Pensions
Man Hurt In Flash Fire At Martinez Shell Plant
M. P. Kidwell, 23, sustained serious facial and hand burns after a flash fire at the Shell chemical complex near the refinery. An explosion in the alcohol unit blew off the top of a small building before firefighters contained the blaze.
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Mar
Martinez Shell Plant
Gas Ration End Aimed By Australian Cabinet
Sydney report says the conservative cabinet led by Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies ordered a survey of gasoline supplies with plans to end rationing. Rationing had been in effect amid the postwar fuel controls and was a campaign promise of the new government.
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Sydney
Australia
U.P
Labor
Robert Gordon Menzies
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