Northern California floods risk eases after heavy rain
North Areas, once warned of drought and power shortages, faces potential floods as late snowmelt raises Sacramento River releases from Shasta Dam. Reservoirs fill, generators operate at capacity, and Kings River in San Joaquin Valley rises from 1791 to 2290 second feet with no immediate flood danger indicated.
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San Francisco
California
Shasta
Pacific Ocean
Sacramento River
Kings River
San Joaquin Valley
Fresno District
Ship Officers Get Pay Hike Across Pacific Coast Lines
On April 17 in San Francisco deck officers of 36 Pacific Coast steamship lines won contracts raising pay by just over 7 percent. The agreement, lasting 18 months, was signed by the Masters, Mates and Pilots Union and the Pacific Coast Shipowners Association, affecting about 2500 men and 500 ships. Raises range from 25 to 76 dollars, with masters of large passenger vessels earning about 935 dollars monthly.
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Francisco
Pacific Coast Steamship Lines
US F. L. Masters, Mates and Pilots Union
Pacific Coast Shipowners ’ Association
Auto Club Elects Officers in Southern California
Harry J. Bauer, a leading Los Angeles executive, was reelected president of the Automobile Club of Southern California. Neil Petree and Henry W. Keller were reappointed first and second vice presidents respectively, with Standish L. Mitchell reappointed as secretary and general manager and Ralph Reynolds as assistant manager. Bauer Petree Keller join the club board alongside George M. Wallace, Horace C. Miller, Stuart O’Melveny, Edward R.L. Valentine, and Asa Call.
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Harry J. Bauer
Los Angeles
Automobile Club of Southern California
Matoring
Yester
Neil Petree
Henry W. Keller
Prident
Standish L. Mitchell
Ralph Reynolds
Bauer
Petree
Keller
Club
Ese
George M. Walace
Horace GC. Miller
Stuart O'Melveny
Edwad RL Valentine
Asa ¥. Call
Boy Questioned in Stabbing Case
A 16-year-old boy is held for questioning in a knife wound incident at a school dance. Jack D P Hartigan, 14, of 1254 W 25th St, was cut on the left thigh and treated at Benside Hospital for a minor wound.
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Jack DP
Hartigan
A .School
Benside Hospital
Delegates Attend Library Parley At Occidental College
The Southern District California Library Association meeting draws 600 librarians from San Luis Obispo to San Diego with Long Beach officials led by Mrs. Theodora Brewitt and Bret Harte librarian Mrs. Doris Watts presiding at a youth panel. Attendees include main and branch unit staff such as Betty Sanderson Nora Hacker Blanche Collins and others from the Long Beach Public Library system. Dr. Arthur G. Coons Occidental College president addresses the morning session and Gov. Warren youth conference report is slated for the afternoon.
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Theodora Brewitt
Long Beach Public Library System
California Library Association
Occidental College
Doris Watts
Bret Harte
Betty Sanderson
Nora Hacker
Blanche Collins
Velma Neleus
Olive Titus
Connie Traub
Betty Berbn
Helen Fuller
Nellie Gish
Eve Thompson
Gwendolyn Shakeshaft
Betty Irede
Bertha Wallsworth
Helen Earnshaw
Helen Bourne
Alice Sullivan
Bayshore
Violet Sell
North Long Beach
Navy Ready for Emergency
Los Angeles April 17. Assistant Navy Secretary Mark Andrews said the U S Navy is better equipped today to handle a sudden emergency than in 1942. He noted procurement machinery is fifty times better and plans to inspect naval facilities at Port Hueneme and Port Mugu Monday amid optimistic views.
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Los Angeles
U. S. Navy
Mark ©. Andrews
Andrews
NAACP Long Beach Branch to Host Della Taylor McKnight Speaker
Mrs. Della Taylor McKnight executive director of exhibits of portraits of famous Americans of Negro origin will be guest speaker at the Long Beach branch NAACP meeting tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Recreation Center at 11th Street and California Avenue.
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Della Taylor McKnight
Long Beach
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ceoter Ith St
California Ve
Finnish Parliament Warned by Premier Over Treaty Vote
In Helsinki on April 17, Premier Mauno Pekkals warned the Finnish Parliament that his cabinet will resign unless the Russian Finnish treaty is approved. The defense and military assistance agreement was drafted two weeks ago in Moscow, and Parliament races toward a vote on April 23.
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Helsinki
Finland
Mauno Pekkals
Moscow
They All Want His Money Fortune-giver in Iowa to give away estate
Herman R. Schultz a 75 year old Iowa bachelor announced he will donate 1 000 000 in farms and property to relatives and friends. He says the fortune began as farm labor and now includes 42 farms across Iowa Nebraska Minnesota and South Dakota plus 10 000 acres of land and securities. Widows and others have sent begging letters and marriage proposals though he says he is not seeking marriage but urges others to wed. He reflects on his life noting how he started poor and paid 40 an acre for his first farm and now farms nearby worth 250 to 300 per acre. He says he enjoys life and will give the rest to those who have fun earning it.
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E Mars
Iowa
Herman R. Schultz
Schultz
Nebraska
Minnesota
South Dakota
Armour Talks With C.1.0 Fail As Strike Rages
Armour & Co said wage talks with the striking C.1.0 United Packinghouse Workers ended. The union, with about 100,000 members, has staged a nationwide walkout since March 16 seeking a 2 1/2 cent per hour wage increase. Ralph Helstein, UPWA president, called the move a refusal to bargain in good faith and said talks continue with other firms.
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Chicago
Armour & Co
United Packinghouse
Armour
Ralph Helstein
Truce Declared in N Y Bus Strike
New York city officials announced a temporary truce ending a bus strike on six Manhattan routes. The deal, reached after talks with the CIO Transit Workers Union and bus company reps, halts the walkout and suspends plans to spread the action to other lines carrying about 3 200 000 daily riders. Mayor William O Dwyer said negotiations would continue.
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New York
UPA| Temmoorat
Manhattan
William O'Dwyer
C. I. 0. Transit Workers Union
Doctor to Attend Bay City Parley
Dr Raymond Swinney of the Community Hospital staff left Long Beach today to attend the annual convention of the American College of Physicians in San Francisco next week. He is a senior fellow of the college, and this year marks the first western hosting since 1932.
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Raymond Swinney
Community Hospital
Long Beach
Amerian Bollege of Physicians
San
France
Swinney
West
Eleanor Roosevelt Arrives in Brussels
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt arrives in Brussels by air from Switzerland. After a two day visit she is due to leave for Holland by road Monday morning. The report places her visit in Brussels on April 17.
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Brussels
Eleanor Roosevelt
Switzerland
Tor Holland
Indians file claim to offshore California lands risk
Norman M. Littell on behalf of Mission and other California Indians filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in the case that held federal rights to lands off the California coast from low water to three miles. The Indians ask the court to halt dispositional actions, enjoin trespassers, and appoint a receiver to manage oil lands pending final determination of the claim.
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California
Supreme Court
Associated Press
Norman M. Littell
U. S
Tuna Fleet Streams In As Long Beach Canneries Reopen
A long lull ends at Long Beach Los Angeles Harbor as purse seiners arrive with about 500 tons of yellowfin skipjack and tuna from Mexican waters. More than 75 vessels fishing south of here are largely laden, signaling a busy cannery period for weeks. new purse seiner Pan Pacific is en route from Tacoma to join the fleet and be christened tomorrow.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Fishermen's Cooperative Association
Pan-Pacific
Tacoma
Wash
Cap
Andrew Kullis
A&a
Nin Harbor
Idaho G. O. P. Picks Delegates
Coeur d Alene Idaho April 17 The Idaho state Republican convention opens to elect 11 delegates to the national convention. Delegates will attend without instructions. Dewey and Stassen backers appear among about 600 delegates with Young Republicans favoring Stassen while older members lean toward Dewey. Ezra Whitia of Coeur d Alene to retain his post as national committeeman for 16 years. Possible rivals Real y Atkinson Boise and Lawrence Heagle Halley mentioned. A national committeewoman will also be chosen.
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Stassen
Ezra Whitia
Youth hot rod racers jailed under tough new county rule
Judge Fred J. Smith of Seal Beach sentences Gerald Baker of Long Beach and Robert Summerville of Wilmington to 15 days in county jail and 5500 fines for staging hot rod races on public streets. Other youths arrested April 6 near Westminster were released to juvenile court as CHP notes mark a first move on Orange County highways. The judge urges safer highways and cites prior $100 fines as ineffective.
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Fred J. Smith
Seal Beach
Long Beach
Wilmington
Gerald Eugene Baker
Linte Ave
Robert
Earl Summerville
E. L Sh
Smith
Baker
Summerville
Westminster
California Highway Patrol
Orange County
H. G. Meehan
Highway Patral
Rumanage Sale Opti Mrs Clay to Sponsor Event
Mrs Clay will sponsor a rummage sale at 4324 West Broadway next Monday and Tuesday. Proceeds support local programs. The sale offers clothing, home goods, and miscellaneous items.
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Opti-Mrs
Clay
W. Broadway
No G. M. Shutdown Now in Southland
Los Angeles reports that UK officials and GM assembly plant spokesmen said plans to shut the eastern fabrication facilities this week will not affect Southern California installations this month. A May shutdown was considered possible for Buick Olds and Pontiac operations.
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Los Angeles
Focal General Motors, Corp. Assembly Planta
California
Buick-Olds mobile-Penline
Revere's Rin to Race Time in Milk Truck
Boston on Patriot's Day will feature Paul Revere reenacting his ancestor's ride in a milk truck along the 11 mile route from Lexington to Boston. He plans to shave time and earn a prize, with Milton Babcock of Quincy supplying the trophy horseshoe and a six month milk supply at stake if he fails.
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Revere
Boston
Paul Revere
Paul
Lexington
Milton Babcock
Quincy
Babcock
Vet seeks war widow for eight thousand dollar pledge
Marine veteran from Cheyenne says he promised his fallen buddy in the Second Marine Division on Iwo Jima to give eight thousand dollars to the bereaved widow and her three year old daughter. He has enlisted the Marine Corps League and pursued Mrs Barr of Jersey City to fulfill the pact made before April 4, 1945. The money was found in Marken's sea bag, later stored in a California bank.
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N. J
Iwo Jima
George Marken
Cheyenne
Wyn
Pfc
William Barr
Jersey City
Barr
Marken
Marine Corps League
Jack Brennan
Harkness
League
Newapappy's
Noth
Second Marine Division
South Pacific
California
Lumber Expert Sees Lower Home Costs in California
Seattle lumber consultant James B. Lunke told a Southern California Retail Lumber Association meeting in Los Angeles that supply and demand are stabilizing home costs. He said some materials remain short, but the industry cooperates to offer consumers greater value per dollar.
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Los Angeles
Seattle
James B. Lunke
Southern California Retail Lumber Association
A bomb survivor and veteran wed in radio ceremony
WB Kay Polchikoff, 26, Hiroshima survivor, becomes Mrs. Paul Drage, 21, after a Malibu radio program ceremony. They met in Japan in 1946 while he served as an Army private. Following a Laguna Beach honeymoon, they will return to Camden with her $2500 jewelry gift.
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Hollywood
WB Kay Polchikoff
Paul Drage
Camden
N. 3
Drage
Japan
Laguna Beach
Calif
Burns Up Judge Raps Man Married Fifteen Times
In Los Angeles on April 17 a 72 year old woman, Irene C. Shale Mantz, obtained an annulment after naming William Mantz as her 15th husband. Superior Judge Ingall Bult condemned Mantz as a "human vulture" and sentenced him to prison. The court criticized the county charity department for approving relief checks to Mantz for about a year, and Mantz was accused of profiting from marriages.
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Los Angeles
Irene C. Shale Mantz
Wiliam Mantz
Mantz
Ingall Bult
Students Deplore Disruption at Pasadena Rally
In Pasadena on April 17 at Pasadena City College, students apologized for lunchbox leftovers that disrupted a Wallace for President rally by radio commentator Averill Berman. About 1900 listeners, mostly hostile, booed the speaker. six students were arrested for alleged disturbance but released. Bud Lorbeer, junior class president, defended student views while condemning violence.
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Pasadena
Pasadena City College
Averill Berman
Berman
Bud Lorbeer
Douglas MacArthur
Hirohito
United States
Russia
Kentuckians Fight Cresting Waters
Ohio River flood crest eased past Cincinnati as workers in Newport Kentucky battled rising waters. Police warned thousands could be affected as four deaths were linked to the flood and 31,000 people across Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and Indiana faced impact.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Newport
Newport City
Licking River
Thad Aed Sandba
Ohio
Mary Jane Burchett
Wanda Mowery
Friendship
Portsmouth
Red
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
Singapore Docks Paralyzed by Strike
Singapore, April 17. Nearly all the port’s harbor labor force of 600 men struck demanding higher wages and protesting police raids on union headquarters. The action delayed 20 steamers and halted waterfront activity as police squads earlier raided the union office for the second time in four days and seized pamphlets prepared for distribution to workers with the strike’s outbreak.
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Singapore
Stand St
Victim of Fall in Serious State
Luther Stewart, 48, of E 63rd Street, suffered a skull fracture and remained in serious condition at Community Hospital after a roofing fall at a construction site on 550 N Alameda Street. The roofing worker fell 11 feet when a piece of roofing paper broke.
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Luther Stewart
E. 63Rd St
N. Alameda Stampton
Community Hospital
Stewart
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