Illinois Woman Named 1948 American Mother
Mrs. Helen Gartside Hines of Springfield Illinois was named the 1948 American Mother of the Year by the American Mothers Committee. She heads a 10 child family with service in World War II and will attend events at the Waldorf Astoria in New York before Mother’s Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Gartside Hines
Springfield
Ill
Herbert W. Hines
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Perp Home Institute
Marion Hines Dexheimer
Rollins College
Orlando
Fla
Mildred E. Hines
University of Iowa
Marshall Hines
Michigan State College
Burton A. Hines
University of Ilinois College of Commerce and Business Administration
Donald A. Hines
Springfield High School
Norman V. Peale
Townsend Hall Speaker Knox Sutherland to Speak Tomorrow
Kenneth L. Sutherland will speak tomorrow at 12 noon in Townsend Hall located at 131 West Fifth Street. The event is part of a local lecture series.
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Townsend Hall
Kenneth L. Sutherland
Fifth St
Card Party Luncheon By Claretian Guild At Mt Carm el Hall
The Card Party Claretian Guild will hold a public luncheon and card party tomorrow at Mt Carmel Hall located at 19th Street and Cerritos Avenue.
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Claretian Guild
Mt. Carmel Hall
19Th St
Cerritos Ave
Rummage Sale by Long Beach Fire Dept Auxiliary
The auxiliary to the Long Beach Fire Department will hold a rummage sale tomorrow starting at 8 a.m. at 1154 Pine Ave.
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Long Beach Fire Department
Pine Ave
Rummage Sale by A States Chapter Eastern Star
The A States Chapter Order of Eastern Star holds a rummage sale Thursday and Friday at 432% W Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Eastern Star
W. Broadway
Back From Parley Dr and Mrs Marks Return
Dr and Mrs Max Marks of Villa Riviera returned from the California Medical Association meeting in San Francisco and a few days of golf at Carmel by the sea.
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Max Marks
Villa Riviera
California Medical Association
San Francisco
Carmel
Burgesses of Seattle Welcome Daughter
Mr and Mrs Howard Burgess of Seattle born a daughter yesterday in a Seattle hospital. The couple are former Long Beach residents.
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Howard Burgess
Seattle
Wash
Long Beach
Two Students to Receive Scholastic Honors at Illinois Day
William B. Davenport of 3464 Falcon Ave and Charles R. Brown of 357 Molino Ave will be awarded scholastic achievement honors at the University of Illinois Honor Day ceremonies on April 30.
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William B. Davenport
Falcon Ave
Charles R. Brown
Molino Ave
University of Illinois
Public Card Party by Security Benefit Association
The Security Benefit Association will hold a public card party Thursday at 7 p.m. at Carpenters Hall 1144 Olive Ave. Bridge and five hundred will be and refreshments served.
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The
Security Benefit Association
P. m
Carpenters Hall
Olive Ave
Peace Discussion at Public Library Titled Peace Through Cooperation
Betty Edwards serves as program chairman for Perpetual Peace Inc. The session begins at 7 o'clock tonight in the main Public Library. The discussion topic is Peace Through Cooperation.
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Betty Edwards
Meeting of Perpetual Peace, Inc
Calvary Shrine Social Club to Hold Luncheon and Elections
Calvary Shrine No 25 will host a covered dish luncheon Friday at 11 30 a m in Colonial Hall at 10th Street and Locust Avenue. Election of new officers will be conducted during the gathering.
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Calvary Shrine
Calvary Shrine No. 25
Order of White Shrine of Jerusalem
Colonial Hall
10Th St
Locust Ave
Costello Custody Issue Continues
Hollywood report says actress Costello and her fourth husband George Le Blanc reached a temporary divorce settlement. Le Blanc retains custody of their 6-year-old daughter Diedre until August 15, while a permanent arrangement is pursued. Costello receives 1800 dollars alimony lieu and may apply for divorce within a month.
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Hollywood
I Costello
George le Blanc
le Blanc
Diedre
Miss Costello
Grant Cooper
Man Draws Year for Theft of Calf
David Merle Anderson, 26, Ontario, began serving a one year sentence in the county road camp for the theft and slaughter on March 27 of a calf owned by Ramona rancher George Sanday. He also received five years probation under California law the act constitutes grand theft and without probation could have faced San Quentin Prison.
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San Diego
David Merle Anderson
Ontario
George Sanday
Ramona
Anderson
California
San Quentin
State Farm Realty Values Show Drop
California, Florida and Louisiana led three states with lower average farm real estate values for the year ended March 1948, while national values rose 7 percent after a 12 percent gain the prior year. The Agriculture Department released the figures in Washington.
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Washington
California
Agriculture Department
Ifornia
Florida
Louisiana
Market cashier robbed of 8875 in Los Angeles
Police seek two men after market cashier Mrs Ila Brown was knocked down on the weekend and relieved of the cash bag containing 8875. She said one man jumped from a car, grabbed the bag and fled with a companion in another car while she headed to a bank.
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Los Angeles
Ilarown
Italians vote as Christian Democrats gain air in Milan
Returns show Christian Democrats ahead in Milan and Genoa as the anti-Communist vote leads in several key regions. Rome stock markets rise on anti-Communist victory while Parliament set to convene May 8 to organize the republic. The Senate and deputies races remain uncertain amid Japan-like vote-juggling details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pietro Ingrao
L'Unita
Pius XII
Moscow
West
Milan
Christian Democrat Party
Genoa
Florence
Popular Front
Christian Democrats
Rome
Senate
Childhood Memories Named Pasadena Rose Parade Theme
Christine Erikson of Pasadena won the 1949 Pasadena Tournament of Roses theme contest with Childhood Memories. The selection, announced by President Harold C. Schaffer, gives her two seats in the guest stand and invitations to the guest luncheon and Rose Bowl game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold C. Schaffer
Southern California
Christine Erikson
Thorndale Rd
Pasadena
Schaffer
Alfred L. Gerrie
Wallace Sees Fascist Trend at $100 Dinner Speech
Wallace denounces a pseudo two party system moving toward a police state while condemning Communist fears as a red herring. The former Vice President spoke at a fund raising dinner attended by 1200 and introduced by Rexford Tugwell.
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New York
America
Henry A. Wallace
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Puerto Rico
Wallace
Truman
Stassen
Martin
Dewey
Type Designer's Home to Be Shrine in New York
The home of Frederic William Goudy, a noted type designer, known as Deepdene, was bought at auction by Ralph C. Coxhead of New York. The 17 room white frame farm house on nine acres sold for $18,000 and will be preserved as a shrine to type artists.
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Marlboro
N. Y
Frederic William Goudy
Deepdene
Ralph C. Coxhead
Ralph C. Coxhead Corp
New York City
Coxhead
Seoul Rightist at Red Parley in April 2012
Rightist Kim Koo left secretly Monday night to attend a Soviet promoted north Korean political conference. He predicted he might wind up in Siberia for earlier anti Communist talks. American occupation authorities made no effort to halt Kim's trip and even implied it would help South Koreans view what communism offered.
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Seoul
Kim Koo
Siberia
Kim
Prisoners Escape Chino Prison After Slugging Guard
Two inmates escaped Chino men's prison after slugging a guard with a sandbag. Officials identified the fugitives as Arthur Clary, 24, of Oakland, and Lester G. Coffey, 23, of Los Angeles, both jailed for first degree robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Chino Men’s Prison
Arthur Clary
Oakland
Lester G. Coffey
Los Angeles
Pipe Inspector Survives Long Beach Underground Drudgery
Blakeney, a Long Beach city water department inspector, crawls through miles of 20 and 50 inch pipelines on a roller platform. He has traveled 14 miles underground in 2 1/2 years and fears valves opening or earthquakes. he jokes about making a new manhole after a quake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Blakeney
Water Department
Blakeney
Melvin T. Jacobson
R. H. Hayward
Press- Telegram
City Water Department
Long Beach
Department
Blasenev
Wounded Officers To Receive Aid For 1930 Injuries
W H Waggoner, wounded in December 1930, receives hospital care, while Don C McMahan and Henry Schlecht who were shot on March 23, 1930, will also get city aid. Waggoner’s spinal injury left him permanently disabled. he comments that injured officers deserve wage support and hospital expenses under city funds.
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Don C. McMahan
Henry Schlecht
W. H. Waggoner
Waggoner
McMahan
Schlecht
Seaside Hospital
Red Cross Seeks Musical Instruments for Patients in Long Beach
Long Beach Chapter of the American Red Cross calls for musical instruments in good condition for United States Naval Hospital patients. Vases 12 to 14 inches high are needed for hospital flower arrangement courses, with a mandolin and instruction book requested for a patient eager to learn. Items may be presented at chapter headquarters 317 West Broadway, per Mrs. R L Taylor, chair of production and supply.
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Long Beach
American Red Cross
United States Naval Hospital
Red Cross
W. Broadway
R. L. Taylor
Bavarian Court Convicts Bundist Kuhn in Absentia
Fritz Kuhn, missing former Bund leader, was convicted in absentia by a Bavarian court as a major Nazi offender. He received a 10 year labor camp sentence if found, after an all documents trial showing ties to Hitler’s Reich and attempts to transplant its ideology to the United States. He previously faced embezzlement charges and was deported from the U.S. and stripped of American citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Dachau
Kuhn
United States
Contempt Case In UMW Coal Strike Continues
Morison urges heavy civil penalties for Lewis and the United Mine Workers for defying court orders as Goldsborough weighs fines and potential jail, while Hopkins appeals and bond is set. The dispute centers on independent action and free speech amid a stoppage involving 400000 miners.
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Treasury
Justice Department
Lewis
Morison
Goldsborough
William Green
Welly K. Hopkins
United States
Union
Hopkins
Film Writer Lawson Plans Appeal Of Contempt Conviction
Hollywood writer John Howard Lawson, 53, says he will appeal after a federal jury found him guilty of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer whether he was a Communist before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Judge Cur ran postponed sentencing pending the appeal. The maximum penalty is up to one year in jail and a $1000 fine.
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Washington
Hollywood
John Howard Lawson
House Committee On un-American Activities
Lawson
Committee
J. Parnell Thomas
Edward M. Curran
Democratic Group Backs Douglas in Ann Arbor Drive
A Michigan PA effort to name William O. Douglas as the Democratic presidential candidate was launched in Ann Arbor with a group of University of Michigan faculty members and local businessmen endorsing him. The organizers plan a national Democrats for Douglas organization and will mail requests for support to hundreds of Democratic leaders at local, state and national levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
U. S. Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
University of Michigan
Son of James Craig Dies After Kidney Illness
Robert Craig, three year old son of film actor James Craig, died in a Los Angeles hospital after a long illness. He suffered a severe attack yesterday and passed away within hours. James Craig also has two other children, James Jr. aged eight and Diane, twelve months old.
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Los Angeles
Robert Craig
James Craig
James Jr
Diane
Australian Plan Avoids Replacing Ministers Abroad
Canberra reports Australia will not replace ministers in Washington and Santiago for now due to dollar shortage. Alfred Sterling, who helped Ambassador Norman Makin in Washington, has returned home. J. S. Duncan, minister to Chile, is en route back.
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Canberra
Australia
Washington
Santiago
Chile
Alfred Sterling
Norman Makin
J. S. Duncan
Barefoot Detective Chases Burglars Through Night
Oklahoma City police report detective Mark Bain chased two burglars from his home in the dark. He pursued several blocks barefoot while holding his pajamas and pistol, then returned home hobbling with tender feet.
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Oklahoma City
Mark Bain
Senate predicts swift passage of housing bill compromise
Sen. Taft forecast Senate passage of the Taft-El lender Wagner long-range housing bill by nightfall saying differences with Sen. McCarthy over amendments appear nearing settlement. The measure would extend authority to insure home loans through March and allow 2 billion dollars more in insured loans with 400 million in a stopgap, plus liberal terms for low-cost housing and slum clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sen
Taft
McCarthy
R.-Wis
Senate Banking Committee
Ohio
Bay Shipyards Change Hands In Coast Consolidation
Todd Shipyards Corporation has taken over Matson Navigation Co facilities at San Francisco and Alameda including United Engineering Co, expanding to eight yards nationwide. The Alameda yard spans 25 acres with four piers, a 1560 foot wharf, two dry docks and four gantry cranes. The San Francisco shop will repair ships not requiring dry docking.
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Todd Shipyards Corporation
Los Angeles Shipbuilding Dry Dock Corporation
Los Angeles Harbor
Matson
Pacific
San Francisco
Texas Democrats Face Showdown in Fort Worth and McGregor
Two factions of Texas Democrats race to show strength before sunset. At Fort Worth and McGregor, leaders court supporters and funds while offering barbecue incentives to rally delegates for an uninstructed Texas delegation to the national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
McGregor
Democratic Executive Committee
Young Democrats
Factions Clash as Kuomintang Rivalry Affects China Vote
Nanking April 29. The Kuomintang unity under Chiang Kai-shek faces a sharp split over the vice presidency. Chiang appears involved in a bitter campaign while factions consider backing Vice President Sun Fo after promising not to support any candidate.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Kuomintang
China
Chiang
Rivas Rheorge
Sun Fo
Woman Charged With Enticina 21 355
Los Angeles April 20. Elsie Abbott, sister-in-law of Bud Abbott, is accused in a Pasadena court of enticing 21355 from Harold H. J. Brickman via supposed love and arts. Brickman says from Oct 10, 1945 to Feb 21 he gave 20000 in cash and paid 1355 on her car loan, while she allegedly had no marriage intent.
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Los Angeles
Bud Abbott
Elsie Abbott
Pasadena
Harold H. J. Brickman
Abbott
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Illinois
Herbert W. Hines Jr
Hines School of Business
Bedell Hines
Paul H. Hines
U. S. Marine Corps Band
Harold C. Hines
Southern Illinois University
Wallis G. Hines
Costello
Hails
Here
Porto San Rocco
Sesto San Giovanni
Pasadena Rose
Chino Prison
By Don Brackenbury
Seasiae Hospital
Terminal Island
Highway 10
Ray L. Murphy Jr
Gaffey St
San Pedro
Samuel Field
San Gabriel Ave
Press-Telegram
Bundist Kuhn
Democratic
Douglas
Chase
Barefoot
China Party
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