Melcolm Champlin Chosen Legion District Head
Delegates from American Legion posts in Alameda County joined 200 Legionnaires at Albany Veterans Memorial building to elect Tolvoiin M. Champlin as commander of the Tenth district. Champlin, an Annapolis graduate and Navy Cross recipient, led a unanimous vote for district head with Joseph L. Meltec elected as second vice commander.
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American Legion
Adtults
Theegion
Alameda County
Agairst
Legionnaires
Joseph L. Meltec
Ferkeley
Legion
Prank S
Canaria
Oakland
Navy
Admiral Halsey
Champlin
Annapolis
University of California
FBI
Atlantic
Philippine Islands
16Th Naval District
Pacific
Manila
Cavite Navy Yard
Bataan
Corregidor
Kallunki Swims Alameda Course Shatters Record
Alamedan swimmer WA Al Kalluntsi, from Oakland, completed a 14 2/3 mile circuit around Alameda in 7 hours 38 minutes and 394 seconds. It was his third attempt and broke a 24 year old record by 13 minutes 15 seconds, surpassing Byron’s 1947 mark of 7 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds.
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Alameda
Calif
al Kalluntsi
Oakland
Kallunki
Bryon
Senate Eyes Deep Cuts in Foreign Aid Bill
Washington reports show Senate economists pressing to slash the 8.5 billion dollar foreign aid request further. Sen Walter George plans formal cuts near 2 billion in the economic program, with Byrd backing. House rivals Moody McMahon urge restraint, warning deep cuts risk jeopardizing security and risking atomic war.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Tyuman
Bram
Senate Forci(n) Relations and Armed Services Committee
Sens
Blair Moody
Mich
Brien McMahon
Conn
Moody
Europe
McMahon
Young Hermit Prepared Even for Mosquitoes
LA PORTE IND A P After a two day search for a missing boy police found young Denny Norman camping out in a makeshift tent in a thicket near his house Denny 3 had built a tent by propping a blanket on tree limbs He took his puppy along and provisions for roughing it They included five boxes of cookies a dozen apples peanuts a few cans of sardines a can of salmon a stack of magazines and a spray gun to kill mosquitoes
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LA Porte
Ind
U.P
Denny Norman
Denny
Adirondacks at War On Black Fly Post
Albany dispatch reports central Adirondack resorts funding DDT spraying in a large 100 mile wilderness to combat black flies. Hunters later join crews paid by resort owners to extend tourism by two months each season through aerial control efforts.
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Albany
U.P
Adirondack
Hayward couples attend legion barbec ue event near Half Moon Bay
Mr and Mrs Joseph George of Hayward joined Ameri can Legion post 474 at a picnic in Datra park near Half Moon Bay fronted by a recent annual barbecue. Dr and Mrs H Cless Crockett and children Richard David and Jay people from Hayward finished a visit in Toorle Utah with Mrs Crockett s brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Foster Barrus
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Joseph George
Hayward
American Legion Post
St Datra Park
Half Moon Bay
H. Cless Crockett
Richard
David
Jay
Toorle
Utah
Morality in Government Attack Triggers RFC Probe
Two Republican senators Capehart and Bricker assail President Truman and Boyle as corrupt and urge a full investigation of the Democratic National Committee. They charge the Treman era graft and warn of new scandals, while Democrats defend the RFC probe and call the GOP report partisan diatribe.
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Washington
Truman
William M. Boyly, Jr
Homer E. Capehart
Indiana
John W. Bricker
Ohio
GOP
Senate
HFC
Oyle
Alse
Donald S. Dawson Sigbe
Boyle
Democratic National Committee
Chairan J. William Fulbright
D. Ark
RFC
Capehart-Bricker
Fulbright
Capehart
Bricker
James Eb, Murray
Mont
RIC
Miami Beach
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
Instron Corp
REC
Abright
Treman
Democratic Party
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Economic Pinch Hurts Russians
The United States economic squeeze on the Soviet Union and Red-controlled nations is harming Russian trade and fueling calls for peace. Russia protests the cancellation of the 1937 American-Soviet trade pact, blaming U.S. policy for worsening relations. State Department confirmation of the note is noted, with expectations of a rejection by Secretary Acheson.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
Trussia
Tass
Truman
Nicholas M. Shvernik
Ussr
Kremlin
Congress
Acheson Denies Knight Charges Over Formosa and Hiss
Washington, U S secretary of state Dean Acheson answered and denied a series of charges raised by California Lt. Gov. Goodwin Knight. Knight accused Acheson of remarks on Formosa policy and Alger Hiss. Acheson said the Formosa claim was propaganda and denied supporting Hiss or Currie. Public accusations were forwarded by Johnny Elliott after Knight described Acheson as distrusted.
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Washington
U.2
Dean Acheson
Formosa
Alger Hiss
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Isnight
Acheson
State Department
Knight
Convidud
Laughlin Currie
White House
Congressional
Hiss
Currie
Big Pike Breaks Line Then Reappears on Crooked Lake
In Autm Rin Indiana Robert Frank saw a large pike tear a line off his pole at Crooked Lake. Thirty minutes later another pike leaped near the Lobber and Frank retrieved it by hand. A 28 inch fish was firmly hooked.
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Autmirn
Ind
Robert Frank
Crooked Lake
Frank
Troopship Arrives in San Francisco
The transport Gen. J. C. Heckenridge docked in San Francisco today with about 1100 men aboard. Most are Korean veterans returning home on leave or awaiting reassignment.
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Sawn Francisco
J. C. Hecekenridge
Insurance policy applications rise in 1950 era decline rate noted
Nearly eight and a half million applications were filed for ordinary life insurance in 1950 with about 97 of every 160 accepted. By century’s end the decline rate exceeded ten percent, indicating growing screening and rejections in the industry.
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Edwards
Hayward Fleisher
Geslidey To
PVR Ly National
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Monchone Lucerne
Duke Feed & Rahch
Street
Setternetty
14Th ST. Lucerne
Goversam
Elsie’s
Lucerne
RKO
Lewia Catlaw
Adirondacks
Bourbon
By Warren Duffee
Eing
American Lithford Corp
St. Louis
AFC
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Dawson
E. Merl Young
Fruman
William E. Willett
Massachusetts
C. Edward Rowe
Rowe
Capehart and
E. Meri Young
Young
Capchart
RBC
Walter Lot Dusham
Chrysler
irePower
Hydraguide
Jackson-Goldie Motors, Inc
Gastro ST
tAcue Telephotad Red
Communist Party
Steve Nels
Philadelpha
Arrial Guurent
Sevipps Institution of Oceanography
Fac Sor Uenies
Lt. Gov
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