Communists Reclaimed Battle Ends San Severo Uprising
Italian troops and police crushed a six hour Communist insurrection in San Severo, Puglia, as about 10,000 rebels attacked police HQ and armory. One policeman and two children killed, at least 15 others wounded. town of 50,000 placed under curfew as armored cars cleared streets.
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San Severo
Puglia
South Thaly
Foggia
United Press
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Parma
Ther
Chamber of Labor
Palmira Togliatti
Communist Party
Abbadia San
Nine Seek Alameda County School Trustee Posts
Candidacy filings for school trustee posts in Alameda County schools total nine with Superintendent Vaughn D. Seidel' noting eight incumbents and one new challenger Fremond Bux Frembling competing for Col. Douglas Seaborn's seat in the San Lorenzo district. Seaborn not seeking re election. Filing deadline April 19 for the May inc elections. Incumbents listed include John C Gullghen Casiva Valley Ernest J Sabina Center ville BE M Grimmer Leyvington Fred Mellinse Newark Henry A Bruno Hayward Union High M J Barnard S G Scott Washington Union High and George Goodman Emery Unified.
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Bux) Frembling
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San Lorenzo
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Seaborn
Gift Ear Alert From California Plant Board
Californias Bureau of Plant Quarantine seeks help reporting any unopened gift ears of corn mailed in tubes. The ears, from Battle Creek Michigan, tested positive for European corn borer and pose a threat to California crops and ornamental plants. Local agricultural commissioners and inspectors intercept ears and hold them for testing to prevent pest spread. A separate note reports a man in Oakland swallowed his horse, with medical officers removing the animal from his threat.
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California
Bureau of Plant Quarana Fine
California Department of Agricultura
Michiganr
Battle Creek
County Agricultural Commissioners
Bureau of Pliant
Breaks Come Too Fast Fort Worth Man Hospitalized
Robert Floyd Green, 38, was hospitalized after eight breaks occurred when a snowplow overturned near a ranch in Hart County. Despite the accident, he exited with no broken limbs, and the incident prompted local officials to review safety protocols for heavy machinery operation.
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Robert Floyd Green
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Air Force B-50 Crash Near Hyder Kills Nine
A B-50 Superfortress crashed in the Hyder area between Phoenix and Yuma while returning from Davis Monthan Air Force Base California. At least nine crew members were killed though two parachuted to safety. Ambulances were dispatched from Gilg Bend and Yuma to the desert scene as authorities investigated the explosion and burning wreckage reported to the Highway Patrol by a civilian flier.
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Yyowa
Phoenix
Yuma
Hyder
Joel
Arizona Highway Patrol
Wames
Highway Patrol
Maricopa County
City Hall Wall Comes Down After Land Dispute
In Folsom a neighboring property owner pressed for full rights leading to the partial demolition of city hall. John Peavels began work on a three story building, uncovering the hall’s encroachment by his property. A series of monograms measured the wall, ending with a 19 inch violation cited. The city council offered to buy the land but the owner refused. The south wall is being razed.
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City Hall
John Peavels
Puayola
La Vista District to Vote Tuesday in New Board Era
The La Vista district formed by merging Yennyson and Valley Vista holds its first meeting. A $100,000 bond election is set for March 28 to fund property, construction, and equipment of new buildings. Polling will be at Tennyson and Valle Vista schools. local officials include Clarence Hardie as superintendent and Mrs Thelma Pendergast as assistant. Architectural firm Anderson and Simonds chosen for the building program. Regular meetings set for the second Tuesday each month at Tennyson.
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Valley Vista
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Valle Vita
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Thelma Pendergast
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Valle Vista Seriogl Ag‘ Assistint
Anderson and Simonds
T He Architects
Lit- Vista
Tennyson School
Leo Wolfington
Francis Peixoto
Eliazabeth Patterson
Oscar Awards Tonight in Hollywood
Hollywood hosts the annual Oscars as winners prepare for the ceremony in a night of film honors. Fans fill the bleachers while anticipation runs high for top performances of 1949.
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Never-Never Land
New Jersey to pursue kidnapping case against LaSalle
Federal and New Jersey authorities will press a grand jury indictment charging LaSalle with abducting 12 year old Sally Hlorner in Camden and transporting her for immoral purposes. He faces a federal Mann act count and a New Jersey kidnapping charge with a 30 year minimum penalty. LaSalle to be held in federal custody in San Francisco before state proceedings. A separate California case reports a 21 year old woman Mary Briggs kidnapped in Artesia and held captive since October, terrorized with a dagger before escaping in Oklahoma City and being brought back to Long Beach.
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W.P
New Jersey
LaSalle
Camden
Joseph Karesh
U. S
San Francisco
Nanty
Sally Hlorner
Sally
Karesh
Department Ofice
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Iive
Ate
Santa Clara
County
Mary Briggs
Domingo Street
Artesia
Long Beach
Calif
Oklahoma City
Weather Forecast: Rain Then Clearing and Warmer
Rain will fall this afternoon and tonight with clearing by Friday and a warmer night. Yesterday's high reached 58 degrees and today's low is forecast without a exact value.
Castro Village plans unveiled for vast Castro Valley center
R T Nahas of Peralta Land announces Castro Village to be the bay areas largest true shopping center. The plan features three major store blocks, a self contained traffic system, extensive planting, and a two avenue layout with a central structure for events. Groundbreaking tentatively set for the first week of June.
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Castro Village
Castro Valley
Bay
Te Cost Bay
Hayward Avea
RT. Nohas
Pevilla Land Company
Oakland
Castor Village
Local Boy Shot in Eye Near Bartlett Avenue
Richard Ferreira fourteen of 1041 Bartlett avenue was accidentally shot in the left eye while playing with Raymond Phil lips fourteen of 1022 Bartlett avenue. A pellet from a .22 rifle caused a retinal hemorrhage. Deputy sheriffs Anderson and Mingham reported. Ferreira was treated at Fairmont Hospital then moved to Highland Hospital for eye consultation.
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Richard Ferreira
Bartlett Avenue
Raymond Phillips
Raymond
Richard
Anderson
F. Mingham
Fairmont Hospital
Ferreira
Highland Hospital
El Portal Seeks Zoning With Valley Community Effort
El Portal residents back Astro Valley zoning along Foot hill boulevard to 50th avenue. The El Portal Improvement Club voted to appoint a delegate to Castro Valley Businessmen's Association and to Ashland Community Council zoning committees. Support for Castro Valley opponents of West Coast Meat Company’s Madison avenue slaughterhouse was voiced. The club plans safety crossings at Kent and Dulane streets and cites county expansion along Rolando and William streets. A new folk modern square dance venture was announced for April 29 at Ashland serial, with dances every second Saturday thereafter, chaired by Roy Parker.
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Astro Valley
Foothill Boulevard
50Th Avenue
el Portal Improvement Club
Ashland
Vernon Davis
Castro Valley Businessmen’ Association
Valley
Valley Basiness
Castro Valley
Davis
Ashland Community Council
el Portal Clab
West Coast Maat Company
Madison Avenue
Portal Club
Ashland Dads' Club
Kent and
Dulane
Rolando Avenue
William Street
Rotando Avenue
E Portal
el Portal Club
Roy Parker
Arnold G. Luchker
Sylvia Luehker
Groub
Tayward
Elsa Luebker
Blanche Chappell
Lloyd Speights
Don Meyers
Dave Laine
Ralph Shu- Bark
San Leandro Vet Building Addition Bid Awarded
The county board accepted the $50,991 low bid by Steedman and Powell Galland for a San Leandro Veterans Memorial building annex on Bancroft Avenue. Architect Alvin Scott Watts estimated the reinforced concrete project at about $70,000, with a meeting hall and added rooms. Groundbreaking date to be announced.
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Vetsrans’ Memorial
Bancroft Avenue
San Leandro
Steediniin and
Powell
Galland Contractors
County Board of Supervisors
Stedman
George Janssen
Goon
Alvin Scott Watts
Hayward
Woule
Tocker Voor
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