Swindling of Service Personnel Abroad Hit
A House investigation broadens its probe into overseas life insurance sales to U S GIs. Texas licensed firms accused of exploiting troops in Europe, with profits cited as high as 80 percent of premiums. Witness Col F W Richards testified McAuliffe tightened policies and the Army now handles direct sales. The inquiry targets firms selling to GIs overseas despite existing government coverage.
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Washington
House
Eietecs
Gi's
Europe
F. Edward Heberts
D. Lj
Supromito
John Courtney
Air Force
Col
F. W. Richards
Germany
Heidelberg
Anthony McAuliffe
McAuliffe
gom-Army
U.S. Seventh Army
Hebert
Army
Navy
William Hess
Ohio
European Association of Life Underwriters
U.S
Texas
Water project legislation hits new snag in assembly committee
In Sacramento a compromise on water legislation stalled as Assemblymember Francis Lindsay's bill to create a new state department of water resources failed to gain floor passage. Critics argued the plan would disrupt an efficient system and give the attorney general only a nominal role. A separate measure by Sen. Paul Byrne, amended to mirror an Assembly bill, seeks 3.5 million dollars to buy Oroville dam site and San Luis reservoir and includes an urgency clause.
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Sacramento
Assembly
Francis Lindsay
Loomis
Lindsay
State Department
Yeater Resources
Wallace Howland
Henry Holginger
Division of Water Resources
Assembly Committee of Conservation, Planning and Public Works
Howland
Holsinger
Paul Byrne
Chico
Oroville
San Luis Reservoir
William W. Hansen
Fresno
Byrne
Hansen
Central Valley Purchase Fund
Nbly
Senate
F. Presley ‘Abshire
Geverville
Alameda County Bonds Sell For Four Districts
Alameda County Supervisors sold 8314,000 in bonds for Centerville, Castro Valley, Livermore, and LaVista. American Trust bid $84,000 for Centerville, $40,000 for Castro Valley. Centerville rate 2.775%, Castro Valley 3.03%. Bank of America bid $131,000 for Livermore at 2.0918% and $39,000 for LaVista at 3.2051%.
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Oaxland
Alameda
Alameda County
American Trust Company
Centerviille
Castro
Centerville
Castro Valley
Bank of America
Livermore
LaVista
In Own Trap Newington Conni An Accused Hit and Run
Police said the accused driver was trapped by his own car after a hit and run. The vehicle stalled when radiator damage caused the motor to overheat, ending the escape a few miles from the crash site.
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Newington
Negligence Cited by Jury in Van Deaths
A coroner jury blamed negligent maintenance and human failure for a runaway moving van that killed seven people in San Francisco on Clay Street last Friday. Five pedestrians, a policeman, and the van driver William McCandless died. the panel found the deaths accidental and urged immediate corrective actions by federal and state agencies due to inadequate inspection and enforcement facilities and personnel.
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San Francisco
Clay Street
William McCandless
Lost Boy Says He Ate Grass During Wandering Ordeal
Bobby Davenport, seven, told doctors he survived three days in the rugged north California woods by eating grass and wildflowers. Rangers said he wandered in a 15 mile circle around Oak Bottom Forest Ranger Station and avoided rainwater and dogs during the search while his family waited.
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Eureka Ff
Bobby Davenport
North
California
Oak Bottom Forest
Bobby
Pabco Gets Permit For Newark Plant
Alameda County Board of Supervisors granted a use permit to Pabco Products Inc for a factory at Cherry road and Central avenue in Newark on a 26 acre site. The plant, costing about 2.1 million dollars, will produce gypsum wallboard lathe and sheathing with groundbreaking planned next Wednesday.
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Oakland
Pabco Products, Inc
Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Cherry Road
Central Avenue
Newark
Wednesda
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FL Rancho Verde
Rancho Verde
Grive
Wad
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CREEM
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