Pacific Queen captain faces harbor clash over fees and stay
Kissinger, skipper of the Pacific Queen, accuses Harbor Department officials of pressuring him with a 40 percent fee in exchange for staying moored at Pierpoint Landing. He says the city owes him $1000 in overcharges and seeks reprieve until September, while Harbor and Pierpoint officials dispute authority and leases.
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Yi “Pye
Twe
Amar
Frosty W.R. Martin
Harbor Commission
Kissinger
Harbor Dept
Martin
Frosty
Commission
Tarwater
Pierpoint Landing
Amay
San Francisco
Irving Smith
Pierpoint
Smith
Slasher Suspect Arraigned and Put Under Bail
Charles W. Howton, 50, was arraigned before Municipal Judge Charles D. Wallace and held on a 1500 bail for cutting the throat of Mrs. Alice D. Brunsteter, 42, during a June 25 quarrel in Howton’s auto. Mrs. Brunsteter, not seriously injured, did not wish to prosecute. Howton, a steel company employee, must appear July 1 for a preliminary hearing.
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Charles W. Howton
Charles D. Wallace
Alice D. Brunsteter
Brunsteter
Howton
Cedar Ave
Mimeno
Wallace
Harbor Dirt Contract Awarded to Livingston Rock and Gravel Co
The Harbor Department awarded a $283 250 contract to Livingston Rock and Gravel Co for furnishing and delivering dirt for dikes and fills. The Board of Harbor Commissioners also approved a $12 745 contract to B and B Supply Co for 150 war surplus Navy pontoons used as small boat landing floats.
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Harbor Dept
Livingston Rock & Gravel Co
Board of Harbor Commissioners
B & B Supply Co
Texas Picnic Plans Move Forward at Linden Hall Meeting
The Texas State Society discussed plans for the annual Texas picnic at Bixby Park on August 2. More than 100 former Texans attended the Linden Hall session, with several picnic committees named and a vote to join the All State Society recorded.
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Texas
Bixby Park
Texas State Society
Linden Hall
All State Society
United Nations rejects Soviet germ warfare bid in vetoed veto
The United Nations Security Council repudiated the Kremlin germ warfare proposal as 39 abstentions and one yes vote produced a blank result. The Soviet motion, backed by Jacob Malik, was not voted against, drawing laughter from the gallery. The United States called the attempt a crude fraud.
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United Nations
Russia
Security Council
Jacob A. Malik
Kremlin
Ernest A. Gross
Soviet Union
United States
William White Named NY Central Railroad President
New York June 26 16 year old clerk on the Erie railroad William White rose to president of the New York Central Railroad today. White at the time also served as president of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western and is noted for a rapid ascent in the rail industry.
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Army Post
Los Angeles
Daniel C. Imboden
William A.wood
Army
Armed Forces Public Information
Col. Imboden
Far East
Douglas MacArthur
Matthew B. Ridgway
William White
Erie Railroad
New York Central Railroad
White
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
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Goo
U.N
Disarmament Commission
Penn-Hodges
Modi Ietstre Lia
Crosley
Belmont Shore
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