Adrian W McLeod Retired Merchant Rites Wednesday
Adrian W McLeod 76 retired local store owner died yesterday at a local hospital after a short illness. A native of Canada he came to the United States in 1923 and lived in Tennyson since 1937. Funeral rites from Garden Chapel Pratt-Flier Mortuary at 3 p.m. Wednesday will be conducted by Rev Floyd Guernsey with closing services at Mt Eden cemetery. He was the husband of the late Edna McLeod and father of Mrs Hazel Wass of Castro Valley. He is survived by brothers Roger Norman McLeod of Kelso Washington Wellington McLeod of Alberta Canada Alex McLeod of Windsor Canada and Frank McLeod of New York.
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United States
Tennyson
Hayward
Manon Avenue
Pratt-Flier
C Street
Floyd Guernsey
Tennyson Union Church
Mt. Eden Cemetery
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Edna McLeod
Hazel Wass
Castro Valley
Roger and
Norman McLeod
Kelso
Wash
Wellington McLeod
Alberta
Alex McLeod
Winsor
Frank McLeod
New York
Effigy Burner Faces Choice Of New Jobs
Harry S. Thompson, 30, fired by the Oklahoma Public Expenditures council after burning an effigy labeled True man Acheson, received job offers from Dallas Oklahoma City St Louis Indianapolis Tulsa Shawnee Okla and Portland. He plans a west coast interview in Portland with airline tickets provided Thompson is a war veteran whose son Snuffy will continue treatments for spastic paralysis even as Thompson seeks new work.
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O.R
Harry S. Thompson
President Truman
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Ore
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Oklahoma Public Expenditures Council
Trueman-Acheson
Gen
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Dallas
Oklahoma City
St. Louis
Tulsa
Shawanee
Oklo
Snuffy
Mrs Alice Hampton Dies After Illness
Last rites for Mrs. Alice O. Hampton wife of Robert B. Hampton 1538 166th avenue San Leandro were set for 10 30 a m Wednesday at Garden ary 1044 C street by Rev Paul Rhodes Hayward Presbyterian church She was a Minneapolis native resident since 1927 Survivors include husband sisters Mrs Anne Speedy Nellie Donnelly of Minneapolis brother W J Donnelly of Los Angeles and she belonged to Hayward Presbyterian church Also a public notice urges city sanitation officials to scrub paved and flag stone approaches and wash doormat mailbox terraces patios and porches during outdoor season
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Robert B. Hampton
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San Leandro
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C Street
Paul Rhodes
Hayward Presbyterian Church
Hampton
Minneapolis
Anne Speedy
Nellie Donnelly
W. J. Donnelly
Los Angeles
Baltimore
May Forecast Cot Harvest By Temperature
Temperatures will be recorded hourly for apricot and vegetable crop production using a thermograph placed at the J Burt Porter nursery on Walnut Way in Niles in cooperation with Dr D Brown UC College of Agriculture and Farm Advisor Lee Benson. The six week temperature record after apricot bloom aims to forecast picking dates within two days and help schedule harvest hands in July.
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Dick Contino Disappears Before Induction
Dick Contino, 20, arrived at Fort Ord pre induction barracks with his parents. He failed to answer roll call Friday and has not been found since. Contino won a $5,000 Horace Heidt talent contest in 1948, leaving Hollywood baffled. An army spokesman said the issue concerns the draft board as he was not sworn in.
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U.P
Dick Contino
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Fort Ord
Horace Heidt
Draft Board
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Warner Baxter Resting After Emergency Operation
Veteran film star Warner Baxter aged 60 is resting comfortably after an emergency operation at St Johns hospital. He had been convalescing at his Beverly Hills home following a long illness and was rushed to hospital Saturday when his condition worsened.
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U.P
Warner Baxter
Baxter
Beverly Hills
St. John's Hospital
Air Force Plane Crash Injures Three Crew Members
Three airmen aboard a C-47 were injured when it crashed into a hillside in heavy fog near Cordelia California two miles from Travis Air Force Base. The craft flew from Riverside Municipal Field and a motorist later helped one crewman to a Suisun hotel before vanishing.
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Cordelia
Calif
Travis Ai
Riverside
Hantlion Field
Suisun
Travis Base Hospital
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Truman Adviser to Speak at Pacific Coast Conference
President Truman's top economic adviser Dr. Leon H. Keyserling will fly to Berkeley for a two day meeting of the 25th Pacific Coast Management conference at the Claremont hotel on April 17 and 18. He is expected to outline inflation control plans and the role of emergency planners for industry and labor, with possible discussion of wage and price controls and the Wage Stabilization board.
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Berkeley
Claremont
Leon H. Keyserling
California Personnel Management Association
Western Management Conference
Washington
Keyserling
Wage Stabilization Board
White House
Dr. Keyserling
Socialite jumps to death at Stanford Hospital
Mrs Marie Stauffer Sigall 51, a San Francisco socialite and ex-wife of painter Joseph Sigall, leapt from her fourth floor hospital room window. Police suspect depression linked to a brain ailment. she was to undergo tests to check for a tumor.
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San Francisco
U.P
Marie Stauffer Sigall
Joseph Sigall
Stanford University Hospital
Federated Improvement Club Discusses Dues and ByLaws
At the Federated Improvement club meeting in Southern Alameda county discussions covered dues increases bylaws and constitutional changes and funds drives. The executive board will propose recommendations next meeting. A March donation to March of Dimes was matched with gifts to Red Cross and Cancer Fund. Kenneth Whiteman to head a legislative committee Dorothy Bayliss publicity chair. An animal picnic for delegates and friends planned. Delegates hosted the Thursday session.
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Federated Improvement Club
Alameda County
March of Dimes
Red Cross
Cancer Fund
Kenneth Whiteman
Dorothy Bayliss
Secretary Likes Luxury Misleads Hotels Then Charged
32-year-old Patricia Thomas, a San Francisco secretary, faced charges totaling 15000 after police say she used deceptive schemes to obtain travel, hotel, and shopping services across California. She allegedly used rubber checks for steamship tickets and posed as a wife of a business executive to reserve rooms for herself.
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Los Angeles
Banco
Patricia Thomas
Beverly Hills
Miss Thomas
Foundation Aims to Save Angel Island for Recreation
Ange Island Foundation forms to raise funds for Angel Island preservation held by National Park Service in cooperative agreement with Bureau of Land Management. Island, 640 acres, 770 feet high, 300+ buildings valued at 2.25 million dollars, with utilities and paved roads. Located in San Francisco Bay fifteen minutes from Fisherman’s Wharf. 1950 US auto registrations total 48,484,001, up nine percent from 1949.
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Ange Island
National Park Service
Bureau of Land Management
Angel Island
San Francisco Bay
Fisherman’ Wharf
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