Warrens Enjoy Summer Vacation at Santa Monica Beach
Governor Earl Warren and his family, excluding eldest son James, vacation at their Santa Monica summer home. They arrived from Santa Barbara to relax, swim, fish, and grunion hunt, with campaigning paused until after Labor Day. The party includes Mrs. Warren, daughters Dorothy Nina, and sons Earl Jr Bobby, with James joining later.
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Santa Monica
Earl Warren
James
Santa Barbara
Combiny
Guardsmen Picnic at Peck Park Honors Coast Guard Week
More than 200 Coast Guardsmen retirees officers and families gathered at Peck Park San Pedro for the 11th District annual picnic. The event marked Coast Guard Week and the service’s 158th anniversary with cakes ice cream a cold lunch and various games for children. Commodore L L Bennett retired district commander attended along with other senior district officers.
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Coast
L. L. Bennett
Lost Archer Found Safe in Mendocino National Forest
Robert Rouleau 31 of Los Angeles was found safe by Forest Service crews in Mendocino National Forest after an intensive 28 hour search. He disappeared during the 10 day archery deer season, saying he got turned around and walked until found.
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Willows
Calif
Robert Rouleau
Forest Service
Los Angeles
Mendocino National Forest
Rouleau
Truman Dewey Dedicate World's Largest Airport
President Truman and Governor Dewey dedicate the New York International Airport aging the world’s largest and most costly commercial facility. The 7.5 square mile site spans 4500 acres and has cost about 60 million dollars since work began in April 1948, with total spending around 250 million projected by 1954 on field hangars buildings and approaches. Idlewild Airport comparison noted.
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York
New York International Airport
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
la Guardia
Newark
N. J
Port Authority
Idlewild
East
Washington
Jamaica Bay
Bank Teller Jailed in Embezzlement Case
New York July 31 Former Burbank bank teller Frank A. Williams, 23, held on $1000 bail after arrest on charges of embezzling more than $1500. Indicted on eight counts by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, Williams faces hearings August 6 in Hastings on Hudson.
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New York
Frank A. Williams
Burbank
Williams
FSI
Hastings-On- Hudson
N. Y
Dobbs Ferry
U. S
Garrett W. Cotter
Bank of America
Los Angeles
Chinese Industry Warned on Standards
Hong Kong exporters urge Chinese manufacturers to meet sample standards to compete with Japanese industry. They warn that careless deliveries harm reputation as shipments are often short or not as sampled, reducing buyer confidence.
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Hong Kong
Northwest Naval Units Arrive at Waikiki Harbor
The Pacific Northwest Navy reports destroyer escorts Rombach of Seattle Charles E Bran non of Tacoma and Johnnie Hutchins of Grays Harbor Wash arrived at Waikiki on Friday for naval operations.
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Northwest
Waikiki
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Northwest
Rombach
Seattle
Charles E. Brannon
Tacoma
Johnnie Hutchins
Graysbor, Wash
Collegian Admits Killing Rider on Crowded Bus
ENTON HARBOR Mich July 31 Police said a signed admission from 20 year old Duain C Witherspoon a Benton Harbor Junior College student confessed to shooting Edward Stowe 29 on a crowded bus at Bentons main intersection The motive cited was remarks about colored people Witherspoon was arrested after tracing medicine bottles found at the scene He faces a murder charge and a grand larceny count Stowe a fruit picker from Wardell Missouri left a nine week old daughter behind The two men apparently had not met prior to the incident.
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Enton Harbor
Mich
Edward Stowe
Benton Harbor
Duain C. Witherspoon
Verne
Witherspoon
Story
Benton Harbor Junior College
Stowe
Wardell
Rent Hikes Sought for 2678 Harbor Units
Landlords seek rent increases on 2678 harbor area dwellings for July 1 1947 to July 1 1948 under 13 adjustment grounds including capital improvements and service upgrades. Of 2609 cases disposed, 1913 approved, 696 denied. 73 percent overall. Since April 1 1948 petitions on 783 units: 454 granted, 225 denied, 104 pending.
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Harbor Area
Charles H. Blaylock
Blaylock
Chapter aids polio victims in Long Beach rally
Long Beach chapter of the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis funds three special nurses at Community Hospital and supports care at Adelaide Tichenor Orthopedic Clinic and Los Amigos Hospital. The group may seek national help as cases rise, with Mae Algeo recording 66 infantile paralysis cases since January.
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Long Beach
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis, Inc
O. P. Hanna
Community Hospital
Adelaide Tichenor
Los Amigos Hospital
IClark Calls Vets Housing Contact
Twenty one United States attorneys were summoned to Washington by Attorney General Tom Clark for a veterans housing conference on August 5 and 6. The meeting aims to coordinate prosecutions in districts with the most complaints over construction, sale, and financing of veterans homes. Attornies hailed from San Francisco Los Angeles Washington Miami Atlanta Chicago Des Moines Topeka New Orleans Baltimore Boston Detroit Kansas City Billings New York Brooklyn Houston San Antonio Madison Grand Rapids.
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Washington
United States
Tom Clark
Clark
San Francisco
Los Angeles
D. C
Miami, Fla
Atlanta
Chicago
Des Moines
Topeka
Kan
New Orleans
Baltimore
Boston
Detroit
Kansas City
Billings
Mont
New York
Brooklyn
Houston
San Antonio
Madison
Wis
Grand Rapids, Mich
Italy Ratifies Pact for Western Europe Federation
Rome July 31 The Italian senate ratified the European Recovery accords signed in Paris on April 16 and called for their early development into an effective federation of western European nations.
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Rome
Paris
Former Solon Says Private Power Firms Set to Exit Northwest
Former Senator Clarence Dill of Spokane told a Columbia Basin Commission meeting that private power companies will disappear in the Pacific Northwest and public utility districts will take over as power distributors. He argued government operation lowers cost and that lower rates spur investment, while challenging Washington Water Power President Kinsey Robinson on government promises to supply adequate power.
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Phrata
Wash
Columbia Basin Commission
Pa Northwest
Clarence C. Dill
Spokane
Commission
Dill
Northwest
Pacific Northwest
Kinsey M. Robinson
Washington Water Power
Columbia River
Bonneville Power Administration
Robinson
Quaker Unit Rejects Draft Alternatives in Policy Shift
Philadelphia July 31 The American Friends Service Committee urged friends to reject all warlike measures including a Selective Service draft or universal military training It will not set up alternative service programs for draft age men as during World War II but will welcome eligible men into the service committees relief rehabilitation and educational projects The decision followed a conference on conscription and war at Earlham College Richmond Ind
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Philadelphia
American Friends Service Committee
Friends
Service Committee
Earlham College
Richmond
Ind
Colombia approves U S Army study of possible new canal route
U S officials say Washington received permission from Colombia to send an Army mission to survey an interocean route near the Atrato and Sina rivers in the northwestern region. The move is not a proposal to build a canal but a step to monitor potential alternate crossings of the isthmus. The plan recalls earlier discussions tied to postwar base access and congressional interest.
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Washington
United States
Colombia
Panama
U. S
Isthmus
Atrato
Sina
Congress
Panama Congress
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