Mary Pickford Adopted Son Tries to Kill Himself
Ronald Rogers 21 adopted by Mary Pickford and Charles Rogers attempted suicide at their Los Angeles home. Police say an overdose of medication followed marital tensions. a note was found. Rogers, an apprentice machinist, had been despondent and was treated at Harbor General Hospital in critical condition with his wife Lenore nearby.
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Los Angeles
Ronald
Lenore
Charles Rogers
Mary Pickord
BBC
Miss Pickford
H. E. Kirk
Palm
Ale Springs
John B. McDon
Young Rogers
Charles
Buddy
Igor Shock
Rogers
Hawaircraft Field
Thorne
General Hospital
Critices
Hos-L
VPs vs Bedalle storm clouds rescue four stranded students
Frantically searched medical books to identify poison that felled three little girls. Doctors finally determined the toxin after extensive review.
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High Sierra
Seven TB patients escape hospital ward by sawing bars
Across the Nation reports seven highly contagious tubercular patients fled Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia during Palm Sunday services after sawing bars from their third floor isolation ward. They looted a clothes closet and remain unreturned.
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Philadelphia
Episcopal
N Ward
Ahawal
Lucius R. Wilson
Philadelphia General Hospital
Wilson
California Legislature Deadlocked In Special Budget Session
Sacramento AP reported the Legislature closed its budget session without a state budget. The Assembly 39 39 rejected the final conference report containing water funds totaling 61 million. The Senate approved after word of Assembly rejection, while a special session was called by Gov. Knight. The stalemate centered on water development funds and constitutional guarantees for the South.
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Sacramento
Assembly
Southern California
South
Sonate
Senate
J. Howard Williams
Porterville
Hugh P. [Donnelly
Turlock
Stephen P. Teale
West Point
Lloyd A. [Lowrey
Rumsey
Jack A. Beaver
Redlands
Gordon H. Winton Jr
Merced
Gov. Knight
Low Down WM Deflates Amid Pressures
WM reports feeling deflated and pressured as he contemplates easing his unitization. He quips about deflating the situation and considering a change to relieve stress.
Poisoning News On Ship Reported In Long Beach
A Long Beach resident reports a Manila dispatch stating a ship’s crew of 21 were stricken by suspected poisoning. The message notes a nationalist Chinese fishing vessel and a close-pressed interception, with officials unsure of the cause and fearing health impacts.
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Long Beach
Manila
RCA
Rine
Crowd riots at Gardena speedway over gate receipt seizure
About 250 fans stormed the box office at the Los Angeles Speedway in Gardena when races were canceled after drivers learned gate receipts were attacked by the marshal's office. Police busted the crowd, jailing two men described as ring traders, Richard E. Smith and Stanley Mitchell, on interfering with an officer charges.
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Gardena
Los Angeles Speedway
Los Angels
Sheriff's Deputies
182Nd St
Vermont Ave
Richard E. Smith
Market St
Stanley Mitchell
Los Angeles
Carrillo Shaken in 101 Crash
Movie actor Leo Carrillo was shaken after a collision on the Pacific Coast Highway near Colorado Street while returning home from Santa Monica. Carrillo 64 said the other car crossed the white line striking his vehicle. The other driver William P. Kesling 52 of Cardiff claimed he swerved to avoid a car ahead. Neither driver was injured and traffic halted for 30 minutes.
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Leo Carrillo
Saruna Beach
Pacific Coast
Colorado St
Carrillo
Santa Monica
William P. Kesling
Cardiff
Avid
Hwy
Two Uninjured in Plane Crash at Sunset Beach
Two Midway City fliers escaped unharmed Sunday after a light plane lost power on takeoff from Sunset Beach airport. Pilot George H. Presley, 34, of Roosevelt Avenue, dipped to avoid lines, hit a fence, and crashed into a nearby field. Francis Breitenbach, 24, of Oasis Avenue, pulled Presley from the wreck, crediting seat belts and lack of fire for saving them. Animal caution: gasoline spilled over the craft as the Piper Cub’s propeller, wings, and tail were crumpled. James G. Smith of Bolsa Chica Avenue stood nearby.
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Sunset Beach
Midway City
George H. Presley
Roosevelt Ave
Bolsa Chica
Francis Breitenbach
Oasis Avé
Breitenbach
Presley
Egret
Haster 4
Garden Grove
Sunset Field
Water Skier Killed After Collision on Lake Havasu
Needles area reports a water skier, Ruby Hawkins, 32, of Monte, dies after ramming a stopped boat's motor near Parker Dam. Her husband Larne Hawkins, 34, operated the towing boat as Richard E. Miller, Covina, stopped to aid skier Lawrence Tomlinson of Los Angeles. The impact crushed her chest and collapsed both lungs. The lake lies about 30 miles south of Needles.
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Richard E. Miller
Covina
Lawrence M. Tomlinson
Los Angeles
Tomlinson
Needles
UAW Votes to Authorize NAA Strike in California Ohio
Five thousand Southern California Local 881 members approved striking authority by secret ballot with eighty percent support. In Columbus Ohio, 70 percent of 3,000 NAA workers backed strike power. Negotiations continue in Los Angeles over wage increases severance pay extra holiday and cost-of-living provisions. The contract expired in March.
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United Auto Workers
North American Aviation, Inc
California
A. .L. Haener
UAW
Columbus
Ohio
NAA
Los Angeles
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Douglas Camera Guild Committee
Barbara Wood
Las Vegas
Bob Shumway
Mary Pickford
Vps
Bedalle
Texas City
Tex
Union Carbide Co
R. Cridder
Lamarque
R. E. Stoner
H. F. Smith
Houston
Grownsville
Mercy Hospital
Domingo de la Pena
Mavio Alvarez Hernandez
Rafael Leyva Barrado
California Highway Patrol
Mayers
Echo Summit
M Myers
Myers
Washington
Ray M. Gidney
George Presley
Jeff
eSse
Deyais
Scott
James G. Smitil
Bolsa Chica Ave
Marquis
Marquis de Cuevas
Blaru
Paris
Serge Lifar
de Cuevas
Lifar
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