Uranium Found in British Columbia Prospectors Strike
A prospector reported a radioactive uranium discovery in Gunn Lake area Bridge River district about 120 miles north of Vancouver. John Johnson confirmed by Dr. J F Walker deputy minister of mines that ore is intensely radioactive though ore quantity and mineral type are not yet identified. Johnson and Egil Lorntzen formed the Pacific Uranium Syndicate to develop the claim amid 1948 Dominion guarantees to buy uranium ore for five years.
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Gunn Lake
Bridge River
Vancouver
J. F. Walker
Johnson
British Columbia
State sues pauper estate over pension funds
Sacramento reports the Social Welfare Department has filed a Superior Court suit to recover 9354 from the estate of William H. C. for an old age pension paid while he held more than a thousand dollars in the bank. The action claims 1138 cash was left and the estate owes double the 4677 paid in pension checks from September 1 until his death.
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Sacramento
Social Welfare Department
William H. C
Jordan
Eigh
Woman 79 Leaves 1.9 Million in Philadelphia Estate
A 79-year-old Philadelphia woman, Mrs. Helen D. Beatty, left an estate valued at $1,912,314. The inventory shows $1,000,000 in cash and $800,000 in her checking, plus $13,000 in small bills and coins and over $70,000 in uncashed bond coupons. The heir was daughter of Charles O. Groome, a former insurance officer. the estate funds will support education and charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Helen D. Groome Beatty
Beatty
Charles O. Groome
Girard Life Insurance Annuity and Trust Co
Seafarers Union Wins Record Pay in New Contract
The Seafarers International Union and nine ship operators reached a two year agreement giving unlicensed crew $12.50 and monthly raises. Effective Aug. 17, the contract covers about 10 000 jobs and is the highest wage in the maritime industry. It preserves manning scales, adds rule improvements, and drops penalties on coke and coal cargoes and copra. The deal runs to Sept. 30, 1950 with open talks on wages. Signatory companies include Alcoa Steamship Bull Baltimore Insular Eastern Bernstein South Atlantic Smith and Johnson Seas Set Train Lines. Talks with 16 other dry cargo 16 tanker and Gulf firms will follow.
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New York
Atlantic and Gulf Ship Operators’ Association
Alcoa Steamship Co
Bull Steamship Co
Baltimore Insular Line
Eastern Steamship Co
Bernstein Steamship Co
South Atlantic Steamship Co
Smith and Johnson
Seas Shipping Co
Gulf of Mexico
Grandma Takes Free Flying Lessons At 61 In Pa
CHAMBERSBURG Pa August 14 Grandma Mary Wingert who is about to turn 61 joins Chambersburg Flying Service free lesson program for seniors She takes daily half hour flights and says she is crazy about flying Her interest began after a hop with her son Earl and she is mother to three children and a grandmother
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Chambersburg
Mary Wingert
Chambersburg Flying Service
C-74 Globemaster Lands in Frankfurt for Berlin Air Lift Support
A U S Air Force C-74 Globemaster touched down in Frankfurt to deliver spare parts and supplies for planes aiding the Berlin air lift. The 174 foot wingspan aircraft, commanded by Capt. Brady Cole of Cleveland, departed Mobile, Alabama on Aug. 11 with stops en route, described as a training run.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Airforce
Frankfurt-Berlin
Brady Cole
Cleveland
Ohio
Mobile
Ala
Westover Field
Mass
Stephenville
Mld
Azores
Brady
Dingell Charges GOP Sleight of Hand in Budget Talk
Rep. John Dingell accuses Harold Knutson and John Taber of using statistical tricks to claim huge 1948 budget cuts while risking a 1949 deficit. He credits Truman and the Budget Bureau for trimming agency requests.
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Washington
John Dingell
D.-Mich
Truman
Dingell
Administration
Harold Knutson
R.minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
John Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Mr. Truman
Budget Bureau
Pachuco Gangs Roundup Ordered in Oakland
Oakland Police Chief Robert P. Tracy ordered a roundup of Pachuco gangs after three teens beat 15 year old Dempsey Deadder for his looks. Ringleader Mike Leazarraraz and two others confessed. Deadder suffered facial injuries. Warrants and arrests were extended to other Pachucos upon a 17 hour manhunt.
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Oakland
Robert P. Tracy
Pachuco
Pachucos
Dempsey
Alameda
Mike Leazarraraz
Deadder
Richard Lugo
Ronald Dominici
Tracy
Commander Fined for Drunk Driving
Navy Commander Robert Decousey Baker skipper of the U S S Diptha was fined $100 in Municipal Court after a near collision on a road near Orinda. Highway Patrolman John Cox said Baker driving a Navy station wagon swerved to the wrong side of the road and ended up at the bottom of a 40 foot embankment, unhurt. Baker told the officer I guided her in safely sir.
Army Navy Union Chieftain Re-elected
James A. Callahan of Victor Iowa was unanimously re elected as national commander of the Army Navy Union at its 60th encampment in Cincinnati The group amended its constitution to allow renomination and set the 1949 encampment for Chicago.
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Cincinnati
James A. Callahan
Victor
Iowa
Army
Navy Union
Union
Callahan
Chicago
This Preacher Aims at Higher Things
COLORADO SPRINGS Aug 14 Paul E Brown operates a sight seeing ride to Pikes Peak and conducts weddings for couples at the summit He wears western garb and offers a church minded experience to tourists Saturdays feature a Go to Church Sunday sign His affiliation is Roswell Union Church a Methodist interdenominational group Brown notes passengers gain confidence when they discover they are riding with a minister but says he does not push the fact.
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Colorado Springs
Paul E. Brown
Pikes Peak
Brown
Mr. Brown
Roswell Union Arch
Methodist Interdenominational Co
Czech Waiters Adopt Uniform Jackets Moffing Tuxedos
Prague Aug 14 Waiters in Czechoslovakia adopt gray mess jackets with some white summer variants. They keep black trousers as tuxedos and frock coats are ruled out as unhealthy for wearers.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Italians and Soviet to discuss reparations and trade
A large Italian trade delegation arrives in Moscow on Monday to discuss reparations deliveries from Italy to the Soviet Union and to negotiate a treaty of commerce and navigation. Ugo Lamalfa, head of the Italian Chamber of Deputies finance and budgetary commission, will lead the delegation.
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Moscow
Italy
Ugo Lamalfa
Ber of Deputies
Modern Portola Trek Sets Off Recall Foe
San Luis Obispo Supervisor Richard Kleck portraying Portola faces a recall movement as he journeys from San Diego to San Francisco in California’s centennial tribute. Ventura welcomed him amid the controversy while he argues the three and a half month leave supports the trek.
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Richard Kleck
San Luis Obispo County
Kleck
Portola
San Diego
San Francisco
Don
Father Junipero Serra
California
Ventura
Don Richard
Board of Supervisors
Lads Attorney Seeks New Judge in Tommy Harrington Murder Case
In Martinez California on August 14 attorney George T. Davis petitioned for disqualification of Superior Judge Hugh Donovan. Davis says the judge has already indicated disposition without hearing evidence in the murder case against 11 year old Tommy Harrington for killing Mrs Daisy Ebling during an attempted robbery.
Mackenzie King Leaves for Secret Vacation
Prime Minister W L Mackenzie King departed for a week long vacation today with the destination kept as a state secret. It was believed he would visit Seal Harbor Maine or Sea Island Georgia. Sources in Ottawa refused to reveal the chosen spot.
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Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
Seal Harbor
Maine
Sea Island
Bullfighting Costs Soar From 750 Pesetas to 100000 Pesetas
Madrid reports the cost of staging bullfights has risen from 7500 to 1,000,000 pesetas over two centuries. In 1743 a star bullfighter earned 950 pesetas for an afternoon, while Manolete once received 275,000 pesetas for killing two bulls.
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Madrid
Spain
Digame
Manolete
Matador
Tyrone Power and Linda Postpone Wedding in Rome
James Denton, spokesman for Tyrone Power, says Power and Linda Christian have postponed their wedding date. They plan to marry in Rome after Power finishes work on the film Prince of Foxes, allowing a longer honeymoon.
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Rome
James Denton
Tyrone Power
Linda Christian
Power
Denton
Union Rejects Boeing Strike End Proposal
The Aeronautical Mechanics Union Ind rejected Boeing Airplane Company’s proposal to end the strike and mandating members to return to work by midnight.
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Boeing
Seattle
Aeronautical Mechanics’ Union
Ind
Boeing Airplane Company
Arrest of Mexican bankers ordered in Hermosillo case
TIJUANA Mex Aug 15 Judge Gabriel Moreno Lozano ordered Eloy Martinez former general manager of Banco Del Pacifico Hermosillo and Juan S Alessio Tijuana branch manager held on charges of fraud and abuse of confidence
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Tijuana
Mex
Gabriel Moreno Lozano
Eloy Martinez
Banco del Pacifico
Hermosillo
Juan S. Alessio
Lightning strikes twin chimneys in Portsmouth storm
In Portsmouth Virginia residents reported lightning hitting the chimneys at 93 and 95 Wyoming Ave during a single storm. Witnesses said twin bolts struck within minutes of each other, damaging the structures.
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Portsmouth
Wyoming Ave
Oil Workers Kill Proposed Strike Legislative Plan
In Toledo on August 14 the C I O International Oil Workers Union reports a unanimous vote against a proposed legislative program. The plan demanded workers’ right to strike without government interference and included farm hours regulation and criminalizing certain goods and resources with life imprisonment. O A Knight of Fort Worth was re elected to a ninth term as union president. T M McCormick of Fort Worth was not opposed for treasurer.
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Toledo
Ohio
C. I. O. International Oil Workers Union
O. A. Knight
Forth Worth
Texas
Guard Unit Open House Honors 234th Antiaircraft Group
After a two week field training at San Luis Obispo, officers and enlisted from the 234th Antiaircraft Artillery Group under Col. Clifford Beyers will host an open house at 7:30 p.m. at the Armory 854 W Seventh St. Trophies and awards won during the encampment will be presented, including best battery and best sergeant, with officials expected to attend.
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California National Guard
San Luis Obispo
234Th
Clifford Beyers
Seventh St
Long Beach
Doctor plugs wound with finger to save youth at hospital
A 19 year old, Daniel Coates, was stabbed in the heart July 29 during a street fight. Dr Frederick R Mautz and Lake Side Hospital staff stabilized him with plasma transfusions and a finger plug to stop bleeding before a silk stitch secured the wound.
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Cleveland
Daniel Coates
Frederick R. Mautz
Lakeside Hospital
Coates
Mautz
Mrs Jung Fends Off Burglar With Broom Riot
Mrs Helen Jung surprised a burglar in her Chicago bedroom seized a broom and hit him causing him to retreat the incident reported from Chicago on August 14.
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Chicago
Helen Jung
Home Moved 65 Miles to Beat Housing Shortage
Virginia Minnesota August 14 A two story house was relocated sixty five miles to Virginia to ease the local housing shortage. The Inter State Iron Co executive Harry A Kullberg found no lodging so the firm moved the Calumet residence of the Kullbergs. The house traveled since late last week and ended just outside the Virginia city limits after detours to dodge traffic bridges and underpasses.
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Virginia
Minn
Harry A. Kullberg
Inter State Iron Co
Calumet
Kullbergs
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