Book Plans Based at Dockside
Independent Press Telegram reporter Herb Shannon recalls his Army Pictorial Center days with Willian Saroyan in 1948. Saroyan, aboard the SS President Wilson at Wilmington, outlines his new book Fifty Fifty, planned as a year long project with 52 chapters reflecting life’s contradictions.
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Independent, Press-Telegram
Herb Shannon
Army Pictorial Center
New York City
Ine Signal Corps Training Company
Pvt
William Saroyan
New Bishop Gets Official Approval
The governing body of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York approved the election of The Very Rev. James A. Pike, dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, as bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of California.
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New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
James A. Pike
St. John the Divine
California
Too Much Iron in His Diet in Belmont
Chester man William Hinkle 25 nicknamed Scrapiron ingested metal pieces from a meal including cans nails and tips while at Menard State Prison. Charles Gilchrist 69 died at home on Glendora Avenue, long tied to building Belmont area’s first home in 1920. He leaves wife Ethel and Eleanor and C W Gilchrist. Rev. Milton Gabrielsen to officiate.
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Chester
William
Hinkle
Menard
Belmont
Hinkdle
Shore
Charles H. Gilchrist
Eleanor G. Gilchrist
C. W
Milton G Gabrielsen i
Ex Publisher of L B Sun Dies at 79
Clark F. Waite, 79, former publisher of the Long Beach Sun from 1928 to 1932, died at his Beverly Hills home after a stroke. He retired as chairman of Southern California Associated Newspapers last July. Waite started the San Pedro Pilot in 1909 and led LA County papers as president of the group until 1948. Survived by wife J Esther and son Alden Waite.
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Clark F. Waite
Long Beach Sun
Beverly Hills
California
Waite
J.esther Waite
Alden Waite
Southern California Associated Newspapers
Los Angeles County
The
San Pedro Pilot
Copleyspaper
the News
Shriners
San Pedro
Column of Rebels Attacked Near Oriente Province
Havana reports government troops repelling two large rebel offensives in Oriente with many rebels killed or wounded. police in Havana rounded up over 30 suspected July 26 movement and Communist agents amid raids seizing a radio station bombs grenades and anti government propaganda. The army also said it crushed a motorized rebel column near Santiago and fought intense battles at Dos Palmas and Haire allowing garrison reinforcements. Rail service was disrupted into the eastern third of the island as workers refused to man trains near Camaguey amid ongoing rebel sniper activity.
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Havana
Oriente
Fidel Castro
Santiago de Cuba
Dos Palmas
Santiago
Cuba
Garison
Haire
Ise
Camaguey On
Camaguey
Woman 45 Strangled in Los Angeles Office Home
Mrs Bertha Lipson a 45 year old real estate operator was found strangled at her office residence in Los Angeles on Monday. A milkman John W Ogburn said he found the rear door open and the body in a hallway with hands tied by wire. Det Sgt J A Strand noted signs of a struggle and said the motive was unclear. Diamonds remained on her fingers and rings were not taken. police planned to question family members to learn what was in her wallet. Her husband Leon and daughters Marilyn and Joan were home later. The killing is estimated to have occurred about 8 am.
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Los
Angeles
Bertha Lipson
John W. Ogburn
J. A. Strand
Central Homicide
Strand
Leon
Fire ruins school. history book saved with handwritten note
In Maysville Kentucky the Mays Lick High School gym burned to the ground while the main building was damaged. A history textbook survived among the wreckage with a handwritten flyleaf instruction about what to do in a fire.
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Maysville
Mays Lick High School
Relieve That Painful Bunion Free Sample Offer
An advertisement promises relief for bunion pain with a safe home treatment and offers a free sample by mail. Readers are urged to request the sample from Dept bil4, Fairyviot, 12238 Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL, with a postcard. Samples are stated as limited and no obligation.
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Fairyviot
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Bid Fails to Restore Farmstead in Virginia Campaign
In Fredericksburg Virginia Mrs J D Zenker leads a campaign to save the George Washington era 101 acre farm and homeplace from industrial expansion She sought $57000 to pay mortgage and a million for restoration after sending 5000 letters to top American business leaders none of which yielded more than about $300.
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Fredericksburg
George Washington
Ferry Farr
J. D. Zenker
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