Signal Hill Opposes Draw Poker Ballot Measure
L A C voices opposition to bar owners seeking to legalize draw poker in Signal Hill claiming it draws crime and corruption, endangers families, and prey on workers and pensioners while officials cite strong city finances and low taxes as reasons not to gamble away municipal welfare. The column argues organizers will spend big to push the ballot while public resolve can block it.
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K of C Elects Cleveland Official to Board of Directors
Charles B. Humelsine of Baltimore was elected to the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council Board of Directors for a three year term at the 76th convention held here Wednesday.
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Independent Daily Ad Ad History and Madison Route Note
A clipped article text from the Independent newspaper describes publishing details for the Long Beach California daily, noting sixth street location, second class entry date in 1943, adjudication in Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1941, and miscellaneous carrier and pricing fragments. The readable content focuses on publication logistics and archival references rather than current events.
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Man Bares Secret He Killed Wife
Albert H. Lewis, 48, a San Francisco brewery engineer, confessed to killing his wife Dolly, 36, after a drinking bout on August 5. He led Nevada and California officers to her grave in a central Nevada desert gully four days later, where her body was found in a car trunk buried under three feet of sand. District Attorney Johnson W. Lloyd said the body was badly decomposed with bruises and a battered face. Lewis claimed he was prompted to confess after seeing a prison movie in Sacramento last Thursday.
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