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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1947
Page
5
A satirical fashion column weighs the new fall styles on Fifth Avenue, mocking a horse collar and wagon wheel hips. It predicts social hazards for men and notes drastic changes from padded shoulders to exaggerated hips and waisted gowns, calling out impractical, constraining designs.
In the Los Angeles Basin the wildcat list targets multiple sites around Newhall, Del Valle, and East Los Angeles with many wells planned or spudding. Notable actions include E A Pellegrin Auroroa No 1 near Newhall, Havenstrite at Lincoln lease, Mutual Development LaSalle No 1, and Apex Petroleum exploring San Joaquin structure.
Mrs Jessie Hallack Nash 83 wife of Charles W Nash a Beverly Hills automobile manufacturer died in a hospital last night after an illness of a week.
Washington reports rail accidents climbed after wartime lows. Total accidents for 1945 reached 15 892, up from 6 074 in 1939, with 1946 showing a drop to 15 556. In the first six months of the current year, Interstate Commerce Commission figures show a rise again to 404 accidents.
In Los Angeles on August 10, Superior Judge Charles E. Haas granted divorce to Mrs. Ireline Hobson, 77, a beauty rejuvenation expert. She testified Count Rudolf Stefenelli had a list of 33 women who would marry and support him, and she denied marrying for his title or expecting alimony. He had not contributed financially to the household, she said.
Washington Aug 19 The United States aims for a four power agreement on disposal of German assets in Austria despite a Soviet impasse. Joseph M Dodge, US member of the Austrian treaty commission, returns for consultations. The commission, formed by US Britain France and Russia at Moscow, has argued over procedure since May. Soviet sale of Labau oil refinery without notice worsened the stalemate, prompting protests labeling it Anglo American rather than German asset.
U S Army officer Col Rufus Bratton testified at a war crimes trial that key parts of the Japanese war message had been decoded and known to U S officials the night before Pearl Harbor. He said a 14 point Japanese ultimatum reached the War Department between 8 15 and 8 30 a m Dec 7 1941 and was sent to the State Department immediately. A pilot message directing presentation to the United States at 1 p m EST Dec 7 was available by 9 a m, and the text was relayed to Gen George C Marshall and other officials.
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