Necklace of Lady Hamilton sold by Nelson descendants
The diamond necklace once linked to Lady Hamilton and Nelson fetched £2600 at Christie's auction, bought by a middle aged woman after a sale that totaled £54,145. The Sixth Earl Nelson cited death duties as forcing disposal of properties. Lady Hamilton aided Nelson at sea and died impoverished in France years after his death.
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Dahlia Exhibit to Lead Passadena Spring Flower Show
Brookside Park in Pasadena hosts the Southern California Spring Flower and Garden Show April 12 to 15. A yard of dahlias trained in greenhouses, rare varieties, and a mass of burnt orange clina blooms will be featured alongside a hillside waterfall and Hawaii exhibit at the Morrison Horticultural Center. The orchid princess coronation will occur on opening day at 4 p.m. with the first 100 spectators receiving tropical blooms.
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Brookside Park
Pasadena
Hawaii
Morrison Horticultural Center
Broadside Park
Verne K. Jackson
92 000 000 Plan to Expand Pipeline System
New York April 5 El Paso Natural Gas Co plans to spend 92 000 000 over three years to expand its pipe line system in California Texas New Mexico and Arizona President Paul Kayser told the annual meeting About 23 000 000 will be spent this year 50 000 000 is earmarked for 1952 and the balance for 1953
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el Paso Natural Gas Co
California
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Paul Kayser
Briton to Ask Peace Office Name Change
Labor MP F S Cocks proposes renaming Britain's foreign office to the peace office and asks Prime Minister Attlee to consider the change as part of a peace policy. He seeks the secretary of state for peace title and a ruling on the name change next Wednesday.
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Forest Service seeks 5 million for national forest road work
Washington April 5 The U S Forest Service asked Congress for an additional 5 million dollars for access road improvements in national forests including 800000 for flood damage repair in calliounte Oregon and Nevada last fall. Assistant chief C M Granger said rapid opening of forest areas is needed due to a lumber shortage and the funds could be obligated this fiscal year. He noted 30 million dollars a year is requested for roads in a separate bill and cited Mount Hood Oregon and Sierra California as examples of road projects boosting annual lumber production.
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Ex-police and firemen to Meet Tomorrow
Long Beach chapter of Retired Police and Firemen of America will hold its regular quarterly meeting at St. Anthony's gymnasium 543 Alamitos Ave Friday at 730 pm. All retired officers and their wives are invited. Membership open to retired policemen and firemen nationwide.
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Long Beach
City Accepts Two Improvements as OK by City Manager
The city manager’s office approved two completed projects. Suily- Miller Construction Co. refurbished Santa Fe Ave between Pacific Coast Hwy and 20th St plus Hill St to Willow St at a cost of 58727 dollars. Long Beach Sewer Co. completed a 2823 dollar sewer project in the Ransom St. district.
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20Th St
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Suily- Miller Construction Co
Ransom St
Long Beach Sewer Co
Oil Meeting Set in Santa Fe for April 26 27
More than 350 delegates from 20 states have reserved spots for the Interstate Oil Compact Commission gathering scheduled in Santa Fe on April 26 and 27.
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