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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1948
Page
9
A Tennessee mountaineer Uncle Bush Breazeale staged his own funeral on a bright day with neighbors traveling by car horse and buggy. The narrative blends humor with local color including a mule a hound and a walnut coffin while a parson preaches and neighbors share picnics.
California unemployment claims show a continued downtrend with 197,844 people seeking assistance last week, compared with 200,824 prior and 220,902 a year earlier. Regional totals include San Francisco Bay, Los Angeles County, San Joaquin Valley, and other districts.
Samuel F. Keener of Salem Ohio touring Europe in his own airplane reports French industrial possibilities are ten times prewar levels. Keener, representing Salem Engineering Co., says Germany’s withdrawal from European industry benefits France and keeps the country very busy with orders.
President Truman reappoints Frank C. Squire of the District of Columbia to a new term as member of the railroad retirement board.
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