Marin City housing firm faces dissolution suit
A partner in the Liebert and Trobeck construction firm filed suit in Marin Superior Court to dissolve an eight year wartime partnership. Trobeck seeks an accounting and dissolution over a $25,306 payment held by the U S Federal Housing Corporation tied to a $135,000 contract to erect wartime dwellings between 1942 and 1944. The government has withheld payment pending resolution of ownership.
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Liebert and Trobeck
Marin City
Marin
Trobeck
San Anselmo
Myers and Carter
Liebert
C. W. Caletti
San Rafael
San Francisco
Marin Officials Assess Impact of Nationwide Railroad Strike
Marin county faces limited disruption as Santa Fe services pause due to a national rail walkout. Only Santa Fe barge traffic to Tiburon remains active via interchange with Northwestern Pacific, while perishable goods move to avoid spoilage.
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Pennsylvania, Southern Railway
New York Central
Santa Fe
Marin County
Richmond
Tiburon
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
NWP
Northwestern Pacific
California
Eureka
United States
Western Pacific Railroad
Work May Begin Soon On C. M. Marina Tract
Tentative plans by Golden Gate Salt to develop 160 acre Corte Madera residential tract with dredged channels and a 150 foot wide bay channel. Dredged 200000 cubic yards to build a levee and fill area north of the turning basin. Walter Sutter secretary. Land previously eyed for low cost housing and county fairgrounds site.
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The
Golden Gate Salt Company
Corte
Corte Madera
Paradise Cove Drive
Walter Sutter
San Anselmo Council Ends Quiet Three Hour Session
San Anselmo city council met for three hours in a largely orderly session last night. The hall was crowded as residents witnessed action on the reinstatement request of Otto Bortfield, health concerns at a local horse stable, zoning discussions, and a slate of public works items including crosswalk painting and new fire alarm boxes. The council declined rezoning of the Yolanda Court area amid neighborhood opposition and directed studies on Drake Boulevard lighting and next year’s project report.
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San Anselmo
Bortfield
County Health Department
D. Frank Monte
Butterfield Road
Edward Brown
Anna
Charles W. Lavaroni
Saunders and
Railroad Avenue
Yolanda Court
Yolanda
al Seim
Sir Francis Drake
Tamalpais Union High School
Nello Marcucci
Church of the Nazarene
Frank Watkin
Ernest Ongaro
San Anselmo Avenue
Tamalpais
San Rafael Avenues
Missing Marin City cat prompts reader help
Marin City residents seek aid after their Angora cat Taffy vanished last Friday. Alfred Henno, a San Quentin officer, notes his wife and children miss the pet as census outreach draws Marin readers into a call for better counting across Center Lane Novato Granton Park Kentfield Elm and Maple avenues.
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Taffy
Angora
Alfred Henno
Marin City
San Quentin
Granton Park
Kentfield
Elm and Maple Avenues
The High Calling Graduation Rites Tomorrow at San Anselmo Seminary
The San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo will hold its 79th commencement tomorrow afternoon with 50 graduates earning bachelor of divinity and master of arts degrees. Rev Elwyn G Williams of Highland Park Presbyterian Church Los Angeles delivers the commencement address.
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San Francisco Theological Seminary
San Anselmo
Elwyn G. Williams
Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Los Angeles
Netherlands
Japan
Mississippi River
Scott Hall Chapel
Miner C. Bruner
Logan
Utah
Rev. Williams
Seminary
Jesse Hays Baird
L.L.D
State awards contracts to Raisch and Leonardi
The State Public Work Department awarded A. G. Raisch Co. of San Rafael a 108 414 50 contract to surface 9.2 miles of county road 757 Chico Paradise cutoff in Butte county. It also granted L. H. Leonardi Electric Construction Co. of San Rafael a 7 042 contract to install traffic signal systems at the intersections of San Pablo Avenue with Fairmount Avenue and Potrero Avenue in Oakland.
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Sacramento U.P
State Public Work Department
A. G. Raisch Co
San Rafael
Chico-Paradise
Butte County
L. H. Leonardi Electric Construction Company
San Pablo Avenue
Fairmount Avenue
Potrero Avenue
Oakland
Bridge death scare ends in alive man return
Jack Amter, 40, a San Francisco painter, was listed as the 126th bridge death case but turned up alive. He claimed he crawled over the rail and clung to a girder to Marin County, then traveled to Reno before surrendering to his wife in San Francisco. He said he did not want to die, while police questioned his measures and timing of the ascent.
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Lavaronis
Jack Skinner
Jack Amter
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Marin
Reno
Amster
San Francisco Trustee Refuses Resign Question on Tamalpais board
San Francisco resident Van Allen Treat, former Sausalito resident, says he need not resign his Tamalpais Union High School District trustee seat. A district attorney ruling on his residency status is pending, with colleagues backing his stay as plans for a new San Anselmo high school advance.
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van Allen Treat
Tamalpais Union
Treat
Sausalito
San Francisco
Trom
Willard van Dyke
van Dyke
Sir Francis Drake High School
San Anselmo
State Department of Education
Camping Limit Enforced at Taylor State Park
Sacramento reports the state division of beaches and parks has set a 15 day camping limit for busy season. Earl P. Hanson said the rule will free campsites for other visitors. The 15 day cap applies in summer across parks including Samuel P. Taylor in Marin.
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Sacramento
Earl P. Hanson
State Division of Beaches and Parks
Samuel P. Taylor
Marin County
Kaiser to name car Henry J derived from founder
Kaiser-Frazer Corp announces the new low price Kaiser line will be named Henry J after founder Henry J Kaiser. The name was chosen in a prize contest, with first prize awarded to Mrs. Charles S Atkinson, wife of a prominent Detroit resident.
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Detroit
Kaiser - Frazer Corp
Henry J
Kaiser
Henry J. Kaiser
K-F
Plwe
Charles S. Atkinson
School Trustees Consider Woodland Site for New Intermediate
San Rafael board of education and planning committee planned a 4 p m meeting to approve a 20 acre Woodland avenue site near Lindaro street for a proposed intermediate school replacing E Street. Superintendent Hartzell notes it lies in a residential area with a playground south of Albert Field.
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San Rafael
Board of Education
Gordon Corning Oxtoby
D.D
Board of Trustees
William Ehmann
Woodland Avenue
Lindaro Street
Oliver Hartzell
Planning Commission
Angelo Turrini
Arques Petition Seeks Return of Impounded Car
Sausalito boat builder Donlan J. Arques asked Marin Superior Court Judge Edward I. Butler to review the impounding of his 1939 Plymouth. Arques, who refused to pay four parking tags, seeks a writ of certiorari claiming Justice Court judge Walter Derr exceeded his jurisdiction in timing and seizure. The hearing was set for 10 a.m. Friday May 26.
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Donlan J. Arques
Sausalito
Plymouth
Edward I. Butler
Marin Superior Court
Arques
John Miller
Sausalito Justice Court
Butler
Walter Derr
Justice Court
Wallace Myers
Derr
Oppenheimer Denies Communist Meeting Charges
In Oakland, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer denies a former Communist claim that he hosted a secret meeting of Communist at his Berkeley home in July 1941. A second ex Communist testifies that Oppenheimer attended a housewarming with 50 to 75 attendees at Kenneth May’s Berkeley residence.
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Oakland
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Berkeley
Paul Crouch
State Senate
U.P
State Legislative Committee
Alfred Barbosa
San Leandro
Oppenheimer
Kenneth May
University of California
Mission Fiesta Queen Contest Ends Tonight
Final votes for the Mission Fiesta Queen in San Rafael must be mailed by midnight tonight. Earl Grady announces the contest from Marin county high schools with contestants from four schools. An entry blank appears on page 16.
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San Rafael
Earl Grady
Marin County
Trapped Well Digger Pronounced Dead After Rescue Attempt
Dominick Atteo aged 49 died in a 20 foot well shaft after being trapped for about 26 hours. Dr. Harold Berson declared him dead five minutes before the rescuers reached him.
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New York
Dominick Atteo
Harold Berson
Annual Mussel Quarantine Enforced Along California Coast
The summer mussel quarantine runs May 1 to October 31 from the California coast to the San Francisco bay shore. Marin County health officer Dr. Clarice Haylett says the ban protects human lives as the shellfish flesh can be contaminated with a deadly poison in summer. Mussels may be used as fish bait only if not opened. cleaning methods include soaking in saltwater or formaldehyde solutions.
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California
San Francisco Bay Shore
Clarice Haylett
Marin County
Haylett
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