Sally Rand Memories and Fairground Feats Span Careers
A 1940s style profile follows Sally Rand as she plans to leave Indiana State Fair for Citrus Junior College in Glendora California. The article notes her shift to science with a chemistry emphasis and her long road from hardship to artistic ambition. Also included are brief items on a jail Bible, canine nose prints for reinsurance, and a rat named Waxy causing classroom mischief.
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Sally Rand
Sally
Glendora
Calif
Citrus Junior College
Puss Rand
Fred Lalla
Haseen
Tim
Ethel Barrymore
Chicago
Stanley Shaffer
Harold Guerin
Sheffer
Oroville
Shaffer
Sacramento
SHE Anemal Insurance Co. of America
New York
Milton M. Weiss
Wells
Miss America prelims highlight talent and beauty winners
Atlantic City N J Friday night featured Miss Pennsylvania Miss Gregon Miss Astoria Miss North Carolina Elaine Hern and Miss Herndon among the top talents. Rebecca Blatchford a Duke student wowed with baton routines while Miss Hansen sang Mimi The event drew about 1 370 spectators as part of the 39th National Exchange Club convention with Miss Blatchford’s fire baton finale and a near flawless performance by Miss Hansen.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Ph—Hansen
Pennsylvania
Gregon
Astoria
Ore
North Carolina
Elaine Hernoff
Miss Herndon
Durham
Jennies
Rebecca Blatchford
Duke University
Édaysburg
Judith Faye
Blatchford
Hansen
Mimi
Miss. Hansen
Ron
Girard Shot for Sport Court Told in Japanese Trial
In a Japanese court on manslaughter charges, 23 year old Girard of Ottawa Illinois is described by shell pickers as among U S soldiers who fired at scrap collectors for fun during a patrol guarding a machine gun. The shooting killed 46 year old Mrs Naka Sakai, an act Girard contends was an accident.
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Japan
Girard
U.S
Ottawa
Eee
Billy Mohan
Comyn
Tex
Girard Wa
Naka Sakai
Itsuro Hayashi
Woman Dies in Knife Attack. Husband Fled Scene
Mrs. Carol Sonnenberg, 26, stabbed in a Silver Lake apartment during a quarrel and died on the steps. Husband John Sonnenberg, 35, fled in his car as youths pursued, breaking a window and wounding him. Son Mark, 4, slept inside. couple married in Mexico last December.
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Los Angeles
Vfi
Silver Lake
Ick
Carol Smith Sonnerberes
Efaer
Hansen
John Sonj*nenberg
Ex Real Estate Dealer Kills Self in San Pedro
Walter E. Fowler a 66 year old prominent San Pedro real estate dealer of the 1930s was found dead in his bed with a bullet wound to the head and a .38 pistol on his chest. Despondent over poor health for some time he was last seen alive Friday night at his residence on West 18th Street.
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San Pedro Ren
Walter E. Fowler
18Th St
Fowler
Pam
St Laurent quits as Liberal Party leader in Canada
Ottawa reports former prime minister Louis St Laurent resigned as Liberal Party leader for health reasons. He led the Liberals since 1948 and lost office to John Diefenbaker after the recent Conservative resurgence in the elections.
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Ottawa
Louis St. Laurent
Liberal Party
St. Laurent
John Diefenbaker
Seal Beach Car Smashup Inures Four In Early Crash
In Seal Beach two cars collided on Pacific Coast Highway early Friday injuring four. Kon Pluss and Allen D Waller were hospitalized with serious and minor injuries respectively while Rose Hebbes and Joseph McGianis sustained minor injuries and refused aid. the other driver Jonnie Comer suffered a broken thumb.
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Urred
Pacific Coast
Seal Beach
Kon
Blackbird St
Garden Grove
Allen D. Waller
Uss Midway
San Diego
Community Hospial
Walter
Naval Dispensary
Rose Hebbes
12Th St
Huntington Beach
Joseph Mc
Gianis
Mira Mar Ave
Long Beach
Jon
Cuba Rebels Fight On In Cienfuegos After Claimed Crushed
Heavy fighting erupted in Cienfuegos as government forces, claiming a crushing victory, faced renewed rebel resistance led by Fidel Castro. Eyewitness and official reports put casualties around 73 to 125 killed or wounded as jets, armor, and troops attacked multiple buildings in the coastal sugar port city. The day ended with rebels allegedly driven to the mountains, though renewed strikes targeted the police station and other sites.
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Havana
Cuba
Cienfuegos
South Centrall
Fulgencio Batista
Cienfuegas
Cuban High Command
Fidel Castro
I Oeel
National
Maritime Police
Arts and Trades School
Two Bandits Sentenced to Prison in Robbery Case
Two confessed 19 year old bandits from Los Angeles were sentenced by Superior Judge Beach Vasey to two concurrent 20 year state prison terms after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted robbery. They were tied to an April liquor store hold up in Wilmington where an off duty Harbor Division officer fired, killing Lucious Williams and wounding Hawkins and Walter. Hawkins also received a concurrent five year to life sentence for a separate Garden Hills service station holdup on February 2.
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Beach Vasey
Sonjaleb Dixon
Whitmore
Charles Spencer Hawkins
Los Angeles
Lucious Williams
Wilamington
Albert Estrada
Harbor Division
Dalles W. Walter
Walters
Williams
Hawkins
Mrs Bonner Widow of L B Ex Aide Dies
Mrs Minta L Bonner widow of former Long Beach city manager James E L Bonner died here Thursday. She lived at 5605 Seaside Wic and came to Long Beach in 1923 from Big Timber Montana. She was a University of Montana graduate and member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Minta Springer and Mrs Betty Lee Pressey both married to Navy men and living in Hawaii. Graveside service at Sunnyside Memorial Park at 2 p m today. Sheelar McFadyen Mortuary in charge.
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Minta L. Bonner
Long Beach
Seaside
James EL. Bonner
Bonner
Big Timber
Mont
University of Montana
Kappa Alpha ‘Theta National
Minta Springer
Betty Lee Pressey
Hawaii
Sunnyside Memorial Park
Sheelar- McFadyen
Independent News Delivery Ad Costs and Filing Details
The notice lists per month rates of 200 dollars and a 24.00 charge for delivery, with a single copy price of 9 cents and mail price of 2.00 plus 24.60. It states publication in Long Beach California daily with Sunday excess at Sixth Street and Pine Avenue. An adjudication to the Superior Court of Los Angeles County occurred October 6, 1941 under Decree No C 0280.
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Barbier
Sixth St
Pine Ave
Long Beach 12
Calif
Long Beach 2
Superior Cpurt
Los Angeles County
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United States Weather Bureau
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Omaha
Saa
Miami
Thermat
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Washington
New Yorke
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Batista
Castro
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Better Business Bureau
Suite
California
Independent
Fied
Orange County
Jeferson
South Bay
Fairfax
Bell
Torrey
Lakewood
Metcall
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