Virginia Hill Reported In Good Condition
MIAMI August 25 Virginia Hill a 30 year old dark haired companion of the slain gambler Benjamin Siegel was said to be in good condition at St Francis Hospital She was brought in coma last Friday and Detective Chief Charles W Pierce says she had taken sleeping pills in what appeared to be a suicide attempt
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Miami
Ginia HW
Benjamin
Bugsy Siegel
St. Francis Hospital
Hih
Charles W. Pierce
Refugees Seek U S Resettlement Request to Truman
In Frankfurt on August 25, it was learned that about twenty thousand Estonian displaced persons in Germany and Austria petitioned President Truman to be resettled in the United States. The long issue involves postwar relief and immigration, with the petition highlighting urgent humanitarian concern.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Austria
Truman
United States
Gromyko Demands Atomic Bomb Figures in Data Plan
The Soviet delegate insisted that any UN data plan on troop and arms counts from 1955 member governments must include atomic bomb stockpiles. Gromyko called it unrealistic to report forces without listing bombs, as the commission debated arms reduction and data collection. The US Britain and France opposed on grounds of timeliness, leaving little progress after a year of debate.
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Lake Success
Russia
United Nations
Andrei A. Sromyko
Gromyko
Lmited
United States
Britain
France
Australia
Syria
Belgium
China
U. N
Adaline
Molotov
General Assembly
Security Council
Commission
Assembly
Winners in Horse Show Announced
Young riders from Lakewood and their mounts were honored at the teen age Western Rangers horse show. More than 200 entrants aged 10 to 17 competed at Lakewood Stables with Donna Marie Decker, 13, atop Southern Scandal and Chico Knight, 4, winning English horsemanship bareback and stock horse events. Dean Hunter, 17, rode Topaz to Western horsemanship honors. Bonnie Sundow, 15, on Atomic Bab, won the girls stake race. Jadi Buddy Redmond, 15, performed well in balloon and b oy stake events. George Kelly, 16, won ride and lead race and hackamore. Curt Raney supervised the show as manager amid judges Rudy Benley, Hugh Ruble, Claude Fooshe and Anne Manning with Marshall Kelly as ringmaster.
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Lakewood
Western Rangers
Donna Marie Decker
Southern Scandal
Chico Knight
Palomino
Dean Hunter
Topaz
Bonnie ‘Sundow
Atomic
Jadi Buddy Redmond
George Kelly
Curt. Raney
Rudy Benley
Hugh Ruble
Claude Fooshe
Anne
Manning
Marshall Kelly
Moose Band Rehearsal Time Revised at Long Beach Lodge
The Moose band of Long Beach Lodge 600 will meet for rehearsal tonight at 7 45 rather than Thursday as previously announced. Directed by Arthur Gray, former Army bandmaster and leader of the Navy Dry Docks band, the group invites local musicians to join. George Singer chairs the band committee.
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Moose
Long Beach Lodge 600
Arthur’Gray
Navy Dry Docks
George Singer
REA program covers 20 years to electrify farms
Washington Aug 25 The Agriculture Department indicated it will take at least 20 years to bring electric power to all farmers and rural residents who want it. REA adds about 22 000 customers monthly, 264 000 yearly, the highest rate in the agency. Yet about 2 500 000 farms and as many other users remain without service as of now. Mississippi leads in farms without power with 138 481.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Crossroads
Mississippi
John .E. Rankin
Rankin
Rea’s
Texas
Tennessee
North Carolina
Kentucky
Missouri
Arkansas
Fresh Water More Deadly Than Salt
Galveston Texas doctors report fresh water more lethal than salt water in drowning tests at the University of Texas School of Medicine. Anesthetized dogs studied. fresh water causes rapid blood absorption, tabled times show fatalities in three to six minutes, while salt water fatalities occur in six to eight minutes. Researchers seek a $10,000 Army Air Forces grant.
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Galveston
Texas
University of Texas School of Medicine
Vicj
Army Air Forces
Retired Admiral Now Missionary
Retired rear admiral Corydon Wassell, famed for Java war service, resigns from the Navy to become an Episcopal missionary without pay. He and his wife plan to sail from Los Angeles on October 18 to Molokai in the Hawaiian Islands where he will oversee the Episcopal Church's 32 bed hospital.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Corydon Wassell
Java
James Hilton
Los Angeles
Molokai
Hawaiian ‘Islands
Episcopal Church
Tucson Legion Nine in Series Victory
Tucson's Morgan Der mott Post 7 team, champions of the Anaheim Junior Legion baseball tournament, dropped two of three to the Arizona Post team. Their only victory was Saturday by a score of 6 to 8 in the series.
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Tucson
Ariz
Morgan’ Dermott
la Verne-San Dimas
Anaheim Junior’ Legion
Arizona Post
Wide Awake Rebekah Lodge to Host Social in Monte Vista
District Deputy President Wildur Kinder of District No. 10 will lead a social visit at Monte Vista Masonic Temple on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Maric Che will serve as social chairman and organize an instructional hour for attendees.
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Wide Awake
Rebekah
Loo
Wildur Kinder
Monte Vista Masonic Temple
W. Plymouth
Maricche
Esquire Night Knights of Pythias Meeting Listed
Esquire Light event for Long Beach Lodge 210 set for Tuesday evening in Castle Hall at 1630 E Anaheim Street. Proceedings include formal honors and lodge duties for members and guests.
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Esquire
Knights of Pythias
Long Beach Lodge
Esquire Light
Castle Hall
Anaheim St
U S Developing Electric Brains
The government unveiled new National Applied Mathematics Laboratories with branches in New York Los Angeles and Washington to advance atomic research aviation radio explosives and other fields. It notes two ultra high speed electronic computing machines already being built to solve complex problems quickly and aid industry and national knowledge.
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Washington
U. S
Applied Mathematics
New York
Los Angeles
Edward A. Condon
Bureau of Standards
Condon
Institute of Numerical Analysis
University of California
Pollution Probe Opens Tomorrow in Los Angeles Channel Study
State sanitary engineers and city officials will start a multi day probe of the Los Angeles flood control channel and its tributaries to locate pollution sources after a Health Department order closed a portion of Long Beach's west beach. The team includes J A Harmon Rey Hertel and other city and state officials. samples will be taken from the river mouth and upstream to locate major pollution sources. warnings posted. the investigation could take several days.
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Los Angeles Flood Control Channel
Health Department
Long Beach
West Beach
J. A. Harmon
Board of Health
Rey Hertel
Waleer Brown
City Water Department
RK. Kennedy
RK. Kennedy, Head of the Pipe Line
I.D. Litwack
Harmon
Kennedy
City Health Department
Artesia St
el Monte
Downey
Litwack
Three Hear Check Charge In Superior Court
Three men faced probation hearings before Superior Judge Leslie E. Still. Jackson W. Callendar, 48, who pleaded guilty to passing a forged check, was sentenced to 1 to 14 years in San Quentin. Basil C. McCarty, 24, who pleaded guilty to forgery, received five years probation with the first year in county jail. Harry P. McClure, who pleaded guilty to cashing a bad check, was placed on three years probation with restitution for losses and abstinence from intoxicants during probation.
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Leslie .E. Still
Jackson W. Callendar
San Quentin
Basil C. McCarty
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Harry P. McClure
Stil
Pilots in Iceland on Round-world Hop
Former Army Air Corps pilots George Truman and Clifford Quant began their round-the-world flight from Teterboro, New Jersey, Aug. 9. After a 804 mile hop from Greenland they reached Meeks Field Reykjavik Iceland. Bad weather and one pilot’s illness forced a one day layover before continuing toward Prestwick Scotland. Truman is 39 of Los Angeles and Quant is 26 of Washington DC.
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New York
Prestwick
Scotland
Army Air Corps
Teterboro
Wiliam ‘Strohmeier
Meeks Field
Revijavik
Iceland
Greenland
George Truman
Los Angeles
Clifford Vw.quant
Washington
Arabs Plan Illegal Immigration to Holy Land
An Arab official said Arabs intend to use illegal immigration to populate the Holy Land, planning 10 Arabs for every Jew moved in, if the United Nations delivers an unfavorable Palestine decision.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
United Nations
Palestine
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic Lunch
The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic will hold a luncheon on Wednesday at 11 30 a m in the Veterans Memorial building.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Veterans Memorial
Child's Concert by Three Year Old in Chicago Church
Three year old Margaret Harris performed a full program of simplified classics from memory before 200 listeners in a south side Chicago church. Her improvised pedal attachments aided her recital of works by Brahms Bach Schubert Tschaikowsky Mozart and Rimsky Korsakov, praised by her teacher Mildred Gedfrey Hall for remarkable skill.
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Chicago
Alg
Margaret Harris
Negress
South Side
Margaret
Mildred Gedfrey Hall
Siamese Twins Condition Reported as Fair in Wyoming
ROCK SPRINGS Wyoming August 25 Attendants at Wyoming General Hospital report the condition of rare Siamese twins born to Mr and Mrs Harding Brown of Pinedale Wyoming as only fair The doctors earlier said the twins united at the front pelvis weigh a total of 12 pounds four ounces and are normal in every other way with very slim chances of survival The twins are both girls and the attending physician Dr K E Krueger noted the medical records show the prognosis as very poor
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Wyoming General Hospital
Harding Brown
Pinedale
K. E. Kreuger
Krueger
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Associated Press
REA
Zeus
Foreman & Clark
Broadway
Pine
Tucson Legion
U.S
Bach, Tschaikowsky
Pacific
Famous Department Store
DuPont Paint Service
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Spellens Furniture
4Th St
Sears, Roebuck and Co, Amaricen
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