Boundary Line Agreement Sparks Annexation Speculation
A gentlemens agreement between Hayward and San Leandro signals interest in annexing unincorporated areas from San Lorenzo to Castro Valley. Councils warn the boundary is not an annexation order, urging residents to decide autonomy while mutual policy statements invite scrutiny and debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Lorenzo
Castro Valley
Hayward
San Leandro
Bay City
Valers
San Leads
Crime News and the Fevered Press Reform
The Rev. Duncan Howlett of First Church Boston argues against censoring crime coverage. He compares front page crime reporting to a fever thermometer, saying the constant exposure warns society of its weaknesses rather than harming it. The Santo gang executions last Friday are cited as a broader social warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan Howlett
First
Boston
Howlett
America
Society
Eisenhower ends subsidies for overseas airlines save Pan Am exception
The piece notes a shift to private funding for US overseas airlines, with Pan American World Airways as the sole exception. It highlights White House and Congress backing reduced subsidy appropriations, praising private financing from bankers and signaling strong administration support for self-sustaining profits. It references Pan Am's reported revenue growth in early 1951 and notes bipartisan political action enabling the saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lindbergh
Pan Am
Eisenhower
Juan Tripps
America
Paul H. Douglas
Illinois
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kilgore
West Virginia
Rooney
Brooklyn
Ike
White House
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Senate
Pan Am subsidy fight pits lawmakers against airline expansion
Senator Douglas leads an anti subsidy charge urging Pan Am to audit luxury hotel losses in South America and Cuba. He cites 100 percent ownership of Intercontinental Hotels and offices in the Chrysler Building, demanding deeper subsidy cuts as CAB avoids audits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Pan Am
South America
Cuba
Nationa
Part Am
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
VU. S
Hayden
Congress
Intercontinental Hotels Corporation
United States Controler General
Hotel Corporation
New York City
Chrysler
McClure Syndicate
National and State Legislators and Their Addresses
Listing of senators and representatives with their Washington D C and Sacramento addresses. Names include William F. Knewlana Thoma H. Kucho George Miller Arthur H. Breed Jr and Arxémbilvmnan Carlos Bae with respective office buildings in Washington D C and Sacramento California.
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William F. Knewlana
Thoma H. Kucho
Senate
Washington, D.C
Washington
Arthur H. Breed, Jr
Carlos Bae
Biaie
Sacramento
Calif
World Report Germany Takes to the Air Again
The reborn Lufthansa, government owned, resumes transatlantic service from Hamburg to New York starting June 8 with Idlewild’s June 4 first New York Hamburg flight. US pilots and allies aid training, while Germans gain aviation expertise after a postwar ban.
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Germany
John H. Martin
West Germany
United States
Lufthansa
Atlantic
Hamburg
New York
New York-Hamburg
Idlewild
North Atlantic
Trans World Airlines
Europe
Br Afrmen
Air France
Royal Dutch Air
Scandinavian Airlines
South America
Middle East
Bird Bathing Habits Of Birds In Cold Weather
Ranger Eugene Burns notes birds bathe in water dust and even snow with oil and powder. Robins sparrows chaffinches and blackbirds bathe often as heat speeds, then hide in bushes to shake and preen. Some even bathe in cold near freezing water and birds like marsh hawks and shrikes perform wing bathe while others dust bathe in wet grass and dew.
Politicians Comment on Eisenhower and Court Ruling
Senators Carlson Eastland and Eastock praise or resist court actions while NAACP official Wilkins warns against county by county school desegregation. Chiang Kai shek demands immediate American prisoner releases as blackmail, and Tito’s stance is framed within Cold War alliances.
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New York
Roy Wilkens
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Supreme Court
Washington
James C. Eastland
Air Force urged to accelerate B 52 production and counter Soviet threat
A secret Joint Atomic Subcommittee session blasted U S Air Force for lagging in bomber and fighter production as Russia expands its air power. Talbott and Twining faced sharp questions on heavy bombers and MIGs while Republicans and Democrats united in concern over U S buildup. Bulletins note pay raises for cabinet and top officials amid fiscal debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Harold Talbott
Nathan Twining
Russia
Congress
Joint Atomic Sub-committee
U. S
Reds
Talbott
General Twining
Korea
Air Chief of Staff
Red
Legislator
Red Air Force
Henry Jackson
Wash
Wayne Morse
Ore
Harry Byrd
D. Va
Morse
Virginia
Colici
San Luis reservoir plan outlines vast California water project
Sacramento bureau of reclamation reports support for San Luis reservoir with 1 million acre feet capacity initially and 2 million acre feet ultimate, piping water from Trinity or Feather River projects to Sacramento River and onward to Southern California. The plan includes canals to move about 7000 cubic feet per second and envisions irrigable lands of about 440000 acres in the San Joaquin valley and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
CNS
Trinity River
Feather River
California
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau
San Luis
Sacramento River
Trinity
Mountain
Feather
Fornia
San Luis Project
Kings
Kern
Ap Tral Valley
San Joaqhin
Weste
Ers
Eld
Fresno
Kingscourtly
City of
Los Banas
Kettieman City
Rivalry and a Clever Loan Between Frohman and Belasco
Famous theater managers Charles Frohman and David Belasco were friends and rivals. Belasco secretly pursued a Broadway actress and borrowed five dollars from Frohman to cover a date. Frohman later used the money to fund an act, and she arrived with a gift from Frohman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Frohman
David Belasco
Belasco
Frohnan
Jock
Frohman
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Ray Tucker
Emily and
Mabel
Chicago Sun
Kurt Weigelt
New Line
Hans M. Bonhard Holtje
Lufthensa
Berlin
Templehof
Bonn
Hamburg Fuhlsbuttel
Paris
Teaffic
Ranger Eugene Burns
Eugene Burns
Frank Carlson
Evere
Tito
Eusons
Curtein
Robert 5. Allen
U.S
Sacramento Report
the Water Fight
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