Owen's Maid to Be Chief Witness at Slaying Inquest
Riverside April 25. The maid who found John E. Owen dying will be the chief witness at the inquest into the bedroom slaying of the millionaire, former Michigan representative and president of the National Association of Apartment House Owners. Mrs Agnes Garnier, 53, Owen's secretary, is jailed on suspicion of murder.
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Riverside
John E. Owen
Irene Rich
Owen
Riverside Ranch
National Association of
Michigan
Agnes E. Garnier
William Mackay
Miss Rich
Marathon Fliers Refuel in Los Angeles Visit
A high profile refueling display by the Sunkist Lady pair thrilled spectators at Municipal Airport in Long Beach. Frank Miller and Don Janson described a near flawless operation as crew passed 3 gallon fuel cans to the plane at 75 miles per hour. The mission, part of a 1000 hour endurance flight, is sponsored by Fullerton Air Service and local groups. The pilots follow a fruit and milk diet prepared by a Southland physician and have not drank coffee or tea since departure 40 days ago.
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Edward
Long Beach
Municipal Airport
Frank Miller
Buena Park
Don Janson
Fullerton
Lloyd Colbath
Santa Ana
Southland
Richard C. Jewett
Fullerton Air Service
Fullerton Chamber of Commerce
MacMillian Petroleum Corp
Landburg
Clyde Schlieper
Wes Carroll
Schlieper
Carroll
Local Briefs and Community Notices Roundup
Police reserves meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the squad room with Sgt William Mooney as instructor. Southern States Society to hold tonight a covered dish dinner music and games at 835 Locust Ave. California Ottumwans semiannual picnic set for Sunday May 1 noon in Sec 8 Sycamore Grove Los Angeles. coffee provided. Cpl John W Brown US Marine Corps recent Guam service visits parents at 1900 W Hill St. Ecuadorian music program with Joannes Riedel set for 8 30 p m tomorrow on KUSC World in Tune series. Mrs Leah Flashburn elected president of Calvary Shrine 25 White Shrine of Jerusalem social club. officers list and May 27 luncheon/card party chair named.
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Southern States Social
C. D. Works
Southern States Society
Locust Ave
California
Ottumwans
Sec. 8
Sycamore Grove
Los Angeles
Viola du Ree
John W. Brown
Marine Corps
Guam Island
Kenneth H. Brown
W. Hill St
Barstow
Johannes Riedel
Long Beach
Ecuador
KUSC
University of Southern California
Leah Flashburn
Calvary Shrine
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Colonial Hell
Mary Ahrens
Elizabeth Markell
Long Beach Attorney Granted U S Supreme Court Admission
Vern E. Garten of 263 St Joseph Long Beach has been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. The oath was given in Washington DC by Chief Justice Fred E Vinson. Garten was admitted in Illinois in 1927 and to practice in California courts that year. he has practiced in Long Beach since 1927 and is a former trustee of the Long Beach Bar Association.
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Vern E. Garten
St. Joseph
St. Long Beach
United States Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
Fred E. Vinson
Garten
Illnois
California
Long Beach
Long Beach Bar Association
Amvets to Install L A Post Officers
Long Beach Amvets will attend a charter presentation for Flyers Post No 31 at 2611 E Spring St Los Angeles at 7 40 p m on April 29 with Paul R Rioth Long Beach state department vice commander as installing officer.
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Long Beach
Amvets
Spring St
Los Angeles
Paul R. Rioth
State Department
Municipal Band Concert Program With Schedule
Concert program for the Municipal Band lists performances on Tuesday at 2:00 PM and Wednesday at 4:00 PM with conductor J Medards and changes in program. Items include Overture and selections with intermission notices and broadcasting from Badin Station, plus performances by Afri Zan and Karan.
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J. Medards
Samen
Badin
NEER
Afri Zan ‘Cays
Sasondoer
B. Stephens
Waite
Herbert J
Yangtze battle sparks British Chinese clashes
Pravda reported British naval vessels opened fire in last week's Yangtze River clash. The dispatch cited Sinhau News Agency saying Chinese Nationalists and British forces formed a combined fleet, with the People's Army suffering 252 deaths. Amethyst grounded then refloated. other British ships damaged with no sunk reports.
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Moscow
Pravda
Yangtze River
Communist Party S
Tass
Peiping
Sinhau
People’s Army of Liberation
People's Army
Yangtze
Man Fined $200 for Drunken Driving
Bernard J. Sullivan, 50, was arrested Saturday in the 1900 block of Walnut Ave after a minor crash and failing sobriety tests. In Municipal Court, Judge Harry F. Keeler sentenced him to pay a $200 fine or 20 days in jail after pled guilty to a drunken driving charge.
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Bernard J. Sullivan
Walnut Ave
Serr
Harry F. Keeler
British Fear China Reds Hold Sailors
British authorities fear two wounded sailors from the sloop Amethyst are in Communist hands after an attack last week. The Amethyst reported a quiet night on the Yangtze with 60 crewmen aboard in good spirits as Communist shore artillery drove off nearby ships the London Consort and Black Swan.
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Shangbat
Changcchow
Yangtze
London
Destroyer Consort
Black Swan
Ex-clerk Seeks Dismissal of Indictment in Coplon Case
Judith Coplon asked the U S district court to throw out one of two indictments tied to an alleged rendezvous with a Russian agent. Her lawyer argued eligibility issues since nine of 17 grand jurors were government employees. prosecutors countered such questions are settled by court decisions.
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Washington
Judith Copton
U. S. District Court
Archibald Palmer Fof
New York
Washington Prand
Justice Department
Miss Coplon
United States
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
Miss Copson
Brunette
Albert L. Reeves
Missouri
Gubitchey
Health Plan Legislation Introduced in Congress
Health plan legislation unveiled in Congress sparks debate over government role in health care and farm support. Key figures include D Thomas and committee chairmen, with Republicans arguing against socialized medicine while Democrats defend voluntary plans. Estimates of cost vary widely, from billions annually to higher figures, amid broader talks on social security and rural road aid.
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Washington
McGrath
D-R. L
Hum
D-Minn
D. Mich
D-Wis
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Congressional Developmen Fite of Agriculture
Brannan
House Agriculture Committee
Western
Europe
North Atlantic
Te Manor
Social Security
J. Douglas Brown
Princeton University
Fed
Brown
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Senate
Ransom Aldrich
American Farm Bureau Federation
Costa
Eldrich
Michigan
Ciocan City
Miss
Issieippi Farm Bureau Federal
Pate Cnn
McClellan
D.-Ari
Longshore Crews Show Higher Activity Across West Coast
The Water Front Employers Association reports first quarter 1949 longshore hours rose 7 percent in the Long Beach Los Angeles harbor versus 1948. San Francisco fell 30 percent due to miscounted cargo, while Seattle held steady and Portland rose. Overall coastwide activity improved except San Francisco, with January to March showing mixed week by week gains and Pacific ports generally ahead of 1948 except San Francisco’s noted slump.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Waterfront Employers Association
San Francisco
Seattle
Portland
Bay Area
West Coast
Attle
Columbia River
Bowsngeles- Long Beach
Putti
California
High Court rules on pensions unions and pricing cases
The Supreme Court in Washington held that employers must bar bargaining with unions on pension plans for firms under federal reach. It also split on price-fixing questions, upheld a California ban on unlicensed carriers selling travel tickets, affirmed two wartime court martial convictions, and set to hear a Puerto Rico power case with no formal opinion issued.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
Indy
California
Frankfurter
Pfc
Frederick W. Wade
Leavenworth
Kaw
Germany
Bernard W. Smith
Lewisburg
Penn
England
Puerto Rico
Centennial Parade Honors California Pioneers in Long Beach
May 7 to 11 Long Beach will celebrate its centennial with a pioneer parade led by Native Sons and Native Daughters of the Golden West. The event recalls westward migration, California gold discovery, and the city’s growth from a desert waste to a thriving center, with covered wagons, camel trains, and Civil War era costumes along Pine Avenue to City Hall. General Chairman Gary G. Lynes heads the planning, with multiple committees guiding arrangements for the 7 p.m. start from Cedar Avenue to Broadway and the reviewing stand.
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Trail
Long Beach
Golden West
California
William Erwin Willmore
Kit Carson
Steve Kearny
Anaheim
Pine Ave
Gary G. Lynes
Montall Ave
Lakewood
N. S
N. C
Lynes
Kenneth L. Reynolds
Bette Camrin
John M. Johnston
Hetty Campbell
Eugenia Smith
al Tachin
Joseph E. Sousa
Martin L. Moxley
Ey John Martin
Clarence 5
Hunt
Otto Beck
Cliff Hubbard
John M
Johnston
John Schwamm
Bob Richey
James R. Ray
Ron
Broadway
City Hall
Drum Barracks
Wilmington
Yuma
Ariz
Aral Y Jefferson
Davis
United Carriers
States Circuit Court
Chicago
Inland Steel
Circus, Co
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
National Labor Board
United Steel Workers
Burma Rebels Seize Government Plane
In Rangoon on April 25, rebels believed to be Karens captured a Burmese government passenger plane after it was forced down by bad weather, according to the government.
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Rangoon
Burma
Case proposes national tidelands reserve and school endowment
Representative Case introduced a bill to create a national tidelands reserve from one mile offshore to the US limit, granting states mineral rights within the outer zone and guaranteeing inland water land titles. Proceeds would fund public schools via per capita distribution, aiding needy districts.
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Washington
Rep. Case
Case
United States
Supreme Court
U S Newsman Held in China
Shanghai April 25 International News Service editor George Vine of the North China Daily News and several Shanghai press figures were questioned by the garrison. Others questioned included China Press editors K S Chang and N F Allman and Reuters correspondent Graham Jenkins. Officials ordered war news to be limited to centralized official bulletins.
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Shanghai
George Vine
International News Service
North China Daily News
Garrison Head Quarters Today
K. S. Chang
China Press
N.F. Allman
C. ¥. Chang
China, Tribune
Graham Jenkins
Reuters
Vine
Central News Agency
Associated Press
Rebels Advance Toward Rangoon in North and East
Burmese reports say two rebel columns moved toward Rangoon from the north and east on April 2. Karen forces struck south from Nyanglebin toward Daiku, 12 miles farther south, as government troops prepare to meet the attack near Daiku on the Rangoon Mandalay road. A separate push from the east by P V O members, white drag communists, and army deserters has reached Taikkyi, 42 miles north of Rangoon.
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Rangoon
Burma
Nyanglebin
Daiku
Karenistan
Rangoon-Mandalay
People's Volunteer Organization
Taikkyi
Navy man given four months for felonious assault linked to robbery
Jack C. Hammer, 20, a Navy enlisted man jailed since December 5, pleaded guilty to felonious assault after withdrawing a robbery plea. He faced a four month county jail term and three years probation. Co-defendants Albert F. Cummings, 31, and Buddy Onis, 24, received six months jail and three years probation. Hammer awaits court‑martial upon release.
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Jack C. Hammer
Clyde E Dowell
Pepperwood Ave
Fred Miller
Albert F. Cummings
Hager
Buddy
Onis
Cummings
Oaks
Miller
Hammer
Navy
Comedian Alex Munro Collapses On Stage In England
Comic Alex Munro clutched his throat and fell on stage at Bishop Auckland while the audience laughed. He crawled to the wings then, after a bow, whispered to an assistant that a plate and a false tooth were stuck in his throat. A doctor was summoned.
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Bishop Auckland
England
Alex Munro
Munro
Mrs Roosevelt condemns Russia on U N women delegates
Mrs Roosevelt attacked Soviet policy on women and urged the United Nations to ratify a committee report. She said Russian wives are enslaved and urged that Russian women be allowed to decide, with their husbands, whether American women are exploited. The remarks came during debate on Chilean proposals at the United Nations Assembly in Paris.
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York
Russia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U. N
Aresia
Paris
Roosevelt
U. S
United Nations
Ac Assembly
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Norton St
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Press-Telegram
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L. A
William Mooney
U. S. Supreme Court
L. B
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Man
Red
Congress
Leelee
Ameri
Native Daughters
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America
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