Larkspur Eyes Annexation of Bon Air Area
Marin Musings notes Larkspur plans to annex a 75 acre Bon Air hillside tract after a unanimous council vote following Schultz Co. Greenbrae development petition. Hearing for protests set May 28. annexation proceeds under inhabited territory rules. Major Joseph Thomas calls the move valuable for growth and planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bon Air Hill
Larkspur
Schult& Co
Greenbrae
Ucow UE
Joseph Thomas
Asteins
Lark
Arad
Schult
Schultz. Co
San Rafael Advances Half Million Sewer System
Construction began on San Rafael's new sewer network with Maguire and Hester laying pipe on Embarcadero Way in Maria Highlands. Gatland Co holds a 267000 contract for main lines to the treatment plant on tidelands. Haas and Rothschild of San Francisco secured 255000 for plant work, slated to start next week. In Mexico, Federal troops occupied the oil workers union building near Cluded Madero after a protest meeting. a worker was killed.
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San Rafael
Maguire and Hester
Oaklanda
Embarcadero Way
Maria Highlands
Gatland
San Rafael Tidelands
Haas and Rothschild
San Francisco
Tampico
Mex
p—Feders
Occupied
the- Oil Workers Union
Cluded
Madero
Airman linked to stolen car tale from Hamilton Field
Police untangle report of Sam Rafael case where airman Robert Leo Corliss 38 fled jail on May 11 after being held on charges of stealing another car. He allegedly stole a car from Edswin Vernon Foote at Hamilton Field May 9 then left it at a service station before arrest. The vehicle, registered to Corliss’ Bell Gardens brother, was removed by two airmen. Police and Provost Marshal searched Hamilton Field without success. the other car tied to Foote was recovered in Los Angeles.
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Sam Rafael
Ployee
Hamilton Field
Los‘ Angeles
Fourtht
Aride
Lincoln
Ave. Nue
San. Rafael
Corliss
Bell Gardens
California
Foote
16S
Angeles
Budget Passes But State Funds Held Up
The California State Assembly approved a $1,041,000,000 budget by a 46 to 29 vote. A two thirds majority is required for full effect, leaving many agencies dependent on automatic limits and direct appropriations uncertain for fixed charges such as school grants and pensions.
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Sacramento
State Assembly
House
State Finance Department
National League Baseball Scores Gone Into A Mess
Baseball scores from a condensed, partial game report show St Louis, New York, Chicago, Brooklyn and other teams with inning breakdowns and pitcher changes. The fragment lists Pollet Garagiola Hartung Berkman Liv I Schmitz Hackner Lade Walker Burgess Bran sen Minner Edwards among players and abbreviations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bk Louis
New York
Pollet
Fire Chief and aides killed by falling wall in St Paul
The St Paul fire chief and two aides were killed early today when a brick retaining wall collapsed in the Midway Industries district on the western edge of the city.
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St, Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Midway Industries
Larkspur Corte Madera Lions Club 49er Fiesta Opens Frontiers Event
Fiesta begins in Corte Madera and Larkspur with a parade and a noise parade. The Lions Club hosts a 49er themed event featuring old time entertainment, fashion promenade, and a recorded program on Magnolia Avenue. Trophies await hundreds of winners in49 activities.
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Larkspur
Marin
Idaho
Larkspur-Corte Madero Lions Club
Noor
Corte Madera
Lerk‘spur
Laris Spur
Magnolia Avenue
Corte
Modern School
Twin Cities
Blue Rock Hotel
Rose Bowl
Arch Cu
First Postwar S A Map Is Out At City Hall
City Manager Ray Boege announced the first new San Rafael street map since the war is available in three scales 46 by 56 inches 24 by 29 inches and 16 by 20 inches. Maps cost and can be obtained at city hall. The map includes an eight street directory and a second directory of public facilities such as schools and city offices.
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San Rafael
Ray Boege
Boege
Mill Valley debate on dog rights and fines at city hall
The Mill Valley meeting denounced roaming male dogs as a menace while considering fines for unspayed females and a new permit fee scheme. City Manager Adsit said officials would study how figures were set. Audience voices urged penalties on offsite kennels and shops with a $20 permit in place of a building permit.
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Mill Valley
Omar
Athe, Co
Téd ‘Adsit
Joose
Four Marin Communities Cited for No Pedestrian Deaths in 1948
The American Automobile Association and affiliated clubs awarded San Rafael Sausalito San Anselmo and Ross for a perfect pedestrian death record in 1948. Letters to city leaders praised accident prevention efforts and urged continued progress amid rising traffic.
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Marin County
San Rafael
Sausalito
San Anselmo
Ross
American Automobile Association
D. E. Watkins
California State Automobile Association
Robert F. Austin
Clyds Hildreth
Arthur W. Smith
Frederick Fisher
Gity
R. A. Boge
Frank Kelly
James F. Doyle
Sausanito
Donald T. Wood
Sam Anselmo
Joseph J. Regeni
Watkins
American Automobil Association
California
Automobile Club of Southern California
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Mrs Armstong Dies In Larkspur At Ninety Two
Marin county obituary notes long life of Mrs. Armstrong a longtime resident born in Nevada City her husband Fred Armstrong guard at San Quentin for 28 years they moved to Larkspur in 1937 after marriage at Ukiah she survived by two daughters Edith Warren and Margaret Ryan a son Ralph E Vernon eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren funeral services Saturday at Keaton Mortuary San Rafael burial Mt Tamalpais cemetery she had been deaf and attended a Berkeley school for the deaf
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Bhe
Sheri
Fred Armstrong
Sen Quentin
San Quentin Village
Armstrong
Work Toward Blockade End Vishinsky Says
Soviet foreign minister Andrei Vishinsky proposes instructing the Berlin commander to seek agreement with Western counterparts by Monday on remaining blockade issues. Dean Acheson had urged the Four Powers to resolve Berlin blockade matters by next Monday in a council directive.
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Vishinsky
Paris
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Berlin
Dean Acheson
Council of Foreign Ministers
Next Mongar
Marin County Looks To Lease Angel Island For Resort
Marin County supervisors plan to apply for the remaining two thirds of Angel Island for recreation and discuss leasing with Holiday Island to finance a resort project. A prior one third grant would be free as a historical monument. A bond issue or private operator contract would fund the remaining cost, with a June 3 deadline for applications.
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Marin County
Angel Islan
Board of Supervisors
Angel Island
Holiday Island
Maris
Alta Mira
Sausalito
War Assets Administration
National Parks Service
Citizens’ Committee
San Francisco
Marin Aeooriated Chambere of Commerce
Mitter
Angellstead
Fred
Bagshaw
Riand
Marin
Aubrey
Nessham
National
Vanzin Offers To Pay Settlement After Fatal Auto Crash
The widow Mabel Dolighite of Corte Madera filed a notice in Marin Superior Court seeking approval of a settlement offering 36 500 to her five children and herself after contractor Deann Joseph Vanzin 28 21 was convicted in a fatal auto crash last December. The offer would provide compensation to the victim’s family.
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Joseph Vanzin
Bentfield
Mabel Dolighite
Corte Madera
Marin
Marin Slayer Receives Five Year Manslaughter Sentence
Arthur Callaghan known as Figearne was convicted of manslaughter in Marin Superior Court and sentenced to five years. He killed Rudolph Luedenberg, operator of Reyes Hot Springs near Lichtenberg Ranch on February 14, 1948, with the case tried in San Rafael. He is to serve the term in California Institution for Men at Chino.
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Arthur ¥. Callaghan
Figearne
Rudolph Luedenberg
Maule
California Institution
Chino
Callaghan
Lichtenberg
Reyes Hot Springs
Tat House
Marin-Soenims
Yin
Petaluma
Marin Superior Court
San Rafael
Robertson Arraigned In Bridges Case
In San Francisco Harry Bridges longtime West Coast labor leader was arraigned on conspiracy and perjury charges related to denying Communist party membership when he became a citizen four years ago. ILWU Vice-president J R Robertson also arraigned as a witness in the case connected to the Tava Lingab affair.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
Ag. Bridges
ILWU
J. R.robertson
Mhi Valley
Robertson
Bridges
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