Nation Enjoys Weekend Warmth Amid Dry Conditions
A cold air mass ended a heat wave across the north Atlantic states as mild weekend weather spread nationwide. Temperatures were projected from the west coast to the east from 80 to 90 plus, with scattered thundershowers in some areas. Farmers in the Midwest faced drought while rain threatened a modest 1947 corn crop, though optimism lingered about possible recovery.
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Weather Bureau
North Atlantic States
Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
Obhlo
Keeler Named Court Commissioner in Los Angeles
District Attorney Harry Keeler of 3616 Marion Ave was appointedSuperior Court commissioner by judges in Los Angeles. Keeler, born in Colorado, educated at Colorado and Michigan, moved to California in 1928 and joined the Long Beach DA staff in 1936. The post pays 7500 annually. Vernon W. Janney was named court clerk and jury commissioner.
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Harry Kétler
Marion Ave
Superior Court
Los Angeles
Leslie E. Still
Robert Brock
Keeler
Longych
Colorado
University of Colorado
University of Michigan
California
Long Beach
Ethel Keeler
Cammoner
Vernon W. Janney
Tokyo Memorial to Ernie Pyle Unveiled at Army Theater
A life size memorial plaque for war correspondent Ernie Pyle was unveiled in Tokyo. Brig. Gen. C. A. Willoughby praised Pyle as a gallant soldier and recalled his frontline reporting and death on Te Shima.
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Ernie
F Pyle
Te Shima
C. A. Willoughby
General Headquarters
Ernie Pyle
Grain Market Prices and Terms from August Grain Sale
Grain market notes show a range of prices for wheat and corn, including No 1 yellow at 2.43 and No 3 at 2.42, with heavy mixed oats and other feeds listed. Milling and malting references appear with nominal values, indicating standard commodity pricing amid a fluctuating market.
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Yanks Are Not Coming Author Dies in San Francisco
Mike Quin, 42, a leftwing San Francisco author who wrote The Yanks Are Not Coming in 1940 before Nazi attacks, died yesterday after a cancer illness. Born Paul William Ryan, he also wrote as Robert Finnegan producing many bestselling detective tales and Dangerous Thoughts which fed material for Meet the People. Widowed with a one-year-old son Colin, he is survived by his wife.
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San Francisco
Mike Quin
San Franciseco
Russia
Quin
Paul Willam Ryan
Robert Finnegan
The
People's World
Colin
Prince faces Nazi party membership charge in Berlin case
Central figure in a Berlin jewelry mystery, Prince Ferdinand von Schoenalch Caro, was tried before a British military government court on Monday for concealing Nazi party membership. British authorities said he remained the central figure in the case as proceedings continued.
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Bsilin
Prince Ferdinand von Schoenalch-Carolath
Berlin
Iturbi Charges Child Theft in custody dispute
Violinist Stephan Hero, 33, was booked on a warrant in Beverly Hills for stealing his own two young daughters from Jose Iturbi’s home. The case ties to custody battles. Hero says the charges are ridiculous and that he took the children to raise them as American, while Iturbi’s family continues legal action.
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Stephan Hero
Jose Iturbi
Hero
Rerilands
Maria Terasa
Maria Antonia
Maria Iturbi Hero
Thurbi
Paris
New York
Mason Chair of Naval Group Forms New Commission
J E Mason was elected chair and Capt W W Fenneman named vice chair of the Naval and Military Affairs Commission at an organization meeting in Mayor Chace's office. Violet Dovey was chosen secretary as the 30 member group organized. The first activity is a homecoming party for Congressman Willis W Bradley at Lakewood Country Club on Saturday night Aug 23. A military ball in autumn was discussed.
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Ma‘son
Capt. Feineman
Jareme T. Tower
Russell Smit
Howard K. Goodwin
L. S. Whaley
Philip A. Adkins
Chace
T U Opens 89th Convention Today
Cleveland Aug 10 With more than 200 resolutions to be studied the International Typographical Union opened its 89th convention for a seven day session. Officials said about 4000 delegates were expected to attend the meetings which will focus on pension increases and a report on collective bargaining under the Taft Hartley bill. A report on policy authorizing ITU members to cross picket lines of allied craftsmen in the printing trade was also set to draw debate.
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I. T. UG
Diver Suffering Bends Gets Aid
VALLEJO Aug 16 Jack Fonner 28 year old abalone diver owed his life to a 20 mile mercy flight and government equipment after being stricken with the bends following a two hour dive seven feet under the ocean at Cambria near San Luis Obispo He was flown to Hamilton Field aboard a Coast Guard plane and taken to a decompression chamber at Mare Island Navy Yard recovery followed.
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San Luis Obislpo
Hamilton i\Field
Coast Guard
Mare Island Navy Yard
Bean Appointed Aid to Publicity Director
Tucnard Lean, California newspaperman, has been appointed assistant publicity director of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, announced today by Chamber president Beesemyer. Bean is USC School of Journalism graduate, class of 1928, moving to the Chamber from Santa Monica where he was telegraph editor of the Santa Monica Evening Outlook.
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Zoltnemn California
Los Angeles
Arctic posts planned in Arctic coast aid stations
United States and Canada will establish three navigation aid stations on the Arctic rim to speed travel. Officials said the stations will assist ships navigating northern waters and strengthen northern cooperation between the two countries.
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Washington
United States
Canada
North American
Duck Returns Iron Ornament After Two Years Gone
In Grand Rapids Michigan on August 16 a homeowner named John A White found a note on his doorstep claiming a homing pigeon would return the iron duck that had vanished two years earlier. He then discovered the duck back on the door frame with fresh white paint.
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John A. White
Overell Girl Defends Love After Letters Read in Murder Trial
Beulah Louise Overell declares her love for George Bud Gollum remains strong after a jury reviews their intimate jailhouse letters. The 16 letters, spanning 100 pages, reveal marriage plans and a possible jailbreak, and discuss their private life and inheritance concerns if convicted of killing her wealthy parents.
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Louise Overell
George
Bud) Gollum
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Buddy
Gollum
Otto Jacobs
Sally Rand and Finkelstein Charged in Springfield
Sally Rand and Harry Finkelstein were arrested on a disorderly conduct charge in Springfield Illinois after a dispute raised by Finkelstein's wife. They posted $500 bonds and await a Monday hearing before City Police Magistrate William D Conway.
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Harry. Finkelstein
New York City
Eisler Convicted Faces Prison Term
Washington August 16 Gerhart Eisler a 12 year old German Communist faced possible five year prison term and a $5000 fine after a Federal Court jury found he fraudulently concealed Communist connections and other information when applying for a permit to return to his native land Sentencing was deferred pending a defense motion for a new trial
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Gerhart Eisler
Intruder Attacks Man in His Home at Ninth Street
Carroll E. Thompson, 29, of 429 W Ninth St, returned home yesterday afternoon to find a man springing from the front room. Thompson was severely beaten and could offer no reason for the assault. He was taken to Seaside Hospital.
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Finger Injury on Speedboat Near Rainbow Pier
Anthony E. Jackomin of San Fedro sustained a cut finger while replacing a belt to a water pump on his speedboat offshore from Rainbow Pier. He required three stitches at Seaside Hospital.
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Anthony E. Jackomin
San Fedro
Trial Again May Bar Spectators
SANTA ANA August 16 More closed sessions of the yacht murder trial loom as jurors read sensuous letters of George KR Bud Gollum and Beulah Overell while awaiting trial The defense plans to seek exclusion of portions of the letters and press access next week as arguments over admissibility stretch into a probable two day hearing The case centers on an alleged crime involving an 18 year old heiress and her 21 year old college lover with the defense poised to present next after the letters are settled
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Blaet
George KR
Bud) Gollum
Beulah Louise Overell
Blud Voning
Walter E} Overell
Mary E
Sins
Newport Harbor
Kenneth E.morrigan
Got Yum
Lucky at 72 Rib Hart in Nine-Foot Fall
Mrs. Marie Jacobson 72 suffered a nine foot fall from a garage overhang at her home 224 West 12th Street Thursday afternoon. X rays showed a broken rib and bruises as the only injuries. She is in Seaside Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition described as excellent and lucky.
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W. 12Th St
NLRB warned by Truman per union report
The United Mine Workers Journal says President Truman warned the National Labor Relations Board that he will not reappoint members who let the Congressional committee on labor relations interfere or dictate policy. It notes Jo seph Balt. pressured the NLRB and that Taft-Hartley expanded the board to five with a new general counsel post. The Journal says confirmation of nominees Gray Mur dock and Denham blocked by Taft-Ball forces.
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Truman
National Labor, Relations Board
Congressional Committee On Labor Relations
John L. Lewis Union
Joseph Balt
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Joe
J. Copeland
Gray
Abe Murdock
Utah
Robert N. Denham
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Mine Workers Journal
Taft-Ball
Tax Rates Cut on Colorado Water District
The Metropolitan Water District board cut the 1947 48 water tax rate by about 27 percent for Colorado Water and Beach property owners and other member cities. The last fiscal year rate was 48 cents per hundred dollars. district Controller James M. Laney said individual bills will drop only slightly due to higher assessed valuations, with Los Angeles County seeing a very small percentage tax reduction while Orange County rates likely stay the same. The rate cut cites higher valuations, San Diego County Water Authority annexation, and increased Colorado River water sales.
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Five More Victims of Volcano Found Near Mt Asama
Five more Japanese climbers were found dead after Mt Asama erupted on Thursday. Sightings by searchers bring known dead to eight, with fifteen others believed unaccounted for. No Allied personnel involved.
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Japan
Mt. Asama
Clark Sees Russians Avoiding War Says Principles Key
Gen Mark W Clark former Allied administrator in Austria and now commanding the Sixth Army expressed belief that the Russians do not want war. He told a civic gathering in Los Angeles that the chances of avoiding war will be much better if their principles are not sacrificed.
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Mark W. Clark
Austria
Sixth Army
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Presidential Primaries Set to Start in March
Washington dispatch notes that nearly half of the delegates to the 1948 nominating conventions will be chosen in six state primaries starting next March. Fifteen states will hold primaries, with many delegates pledged to a candidate, while others may favor favorite sons. California’s Democratic primary draws attention as Wallace supporters challenge a Truman-pledged slate.
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Trenry A. Wallace
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Philippines
Miehlwan
No Rooms Assured Visitors to Austria
The War Department said the Army can no longer provide rooms, board, or transportation for businessmen visiting Austria. Austrian offices now supply hotel accommodations and meals for combat travel, with calories tied to payment in shillings or collars.
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War Department
Austria
Orchestra Leader Weds His Secretary in Europe Trip
Boston Symphony conductor Serge Koussevitzky disclosed he married his secretary Olga Naumotl, 46, after they boarded the liner Queen Elizabeth for a European vacation. Olga is a niece of the conductor’s late wife who died in 1942.
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Serpe Koussevitzky
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Olga Naumotl
Spaghetti Diet Blamed as Cause of Bride’s Divorce
A 24 year old Chicago bride was awarded a divorce on grounds of cruelty after testifying she gained 55 pounds from a steady diet of spaghetti and pork insisted on by her husband since their November wedding. She weighed 125 pounds at marriage, rising to 180 as meals continued and she was struck when blaming the diet. Her husband, also 24, and his parents ran a store selling the two foods.
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Olive Duan
Chemit
Leonard C. Reid
Robert
Duan Haid
Tobin Re-elected Leader of Teamsters Union
San Francisco, Aug. 16. Daniel I. Tobin, 71, began his 42nd year as president after a unanimous election by 2060 delegates at the Teamsters convention. Ten vice presidents were chosen, none opposed, with Dave Beck nominating Tobin. Tobin urged delegates to avoid wildcat strikes and racketeering efforts.
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Daniel I. Tobin
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Dave Beck
Seattle
Yobb
Body of Mountain Climber Recovered
The body of Emmitt Pett, 23, of Brookline, Massachusetts, a member of a hiking party, was recovered after a fall of 500 to 600 feet on Twin Peaks above Tahoe City. Pett died Thursday while climbing the 8925 foot summit in the Sierra Nevada region.
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Am Young
Emmitt Pett
Brooktine
Mass
Records Broken as July Private Homes Start Rally
Washington reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show private contractors began work on 80,000 new homes in July, shattering two decades of records and nearing the all time peak set in 1925. This marks a strong surge in housing activity and signals continued momentum in construction.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
$100 Plate GOP Dinner Explained
Milwaukee, Aug 16. National Republican Committee member Cyrus L. Phillip said plans for a Sept. 24 $100-a-plate dinner aim to broaden party responsibility by attracting more contributors. He described the event as a fundraising effort despite a cool reception from state officials. He estimated the meal would cost about $2.50 in food, bread, coffee, and ice cream.
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National Republican
Nekets
Phillip
Arraignment Set in Robbery Case
Clyde M. Farrar 32 of Los Angeles faced preliminary hearing on armed robbery charges before Montcipol Judge Benton Worley. Arraignment in Superior Court was set for Sept 3. Farrar and James King 29 were linked to a burglary and robbery at Mons Belmont Shore Cafe on Aug 11.
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Farrar
James King
Mons
Belmont Shore Cafe
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