Horatio Alger life of Bill O Dwyer to Mexico envoy
A compressed portrait traces William O Dwyer from Irish immigrant roots in New York to a law career, Brooklyn district attorney and mayoral candidacy. His rise includes fireman, magistrate, judge, wartime service, and as mayor facing labor and crime challenges, ending with his appointment as U S minister to Mexico and marriage to Sloan Simpson.
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Bill O'Dwyer
Mexico
Horatio Alger
York
Extranary
William O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
U. S
Jimmy Walker
Fiorella la Guardia
Patrick O'Dwyer
County Mayo
Bridget McNicholas
Sohola
William
Bulo
Mike Doyle
Spain
Jesuit
Salamanca
Mike
Michael Doyle
Luyerne
Minn
America
Dwyer
U.S
Gotham
Hudson
New York City
Albany
Woolworth
Baghdad
James
West Side
Brooklyn
East River
Park Ave
Vanderbilt Hotel
Vanderbilt
Catherine Lenihan
Rooklyn
Fordham University
Force
Joseph Vu
Mckee
Herbert FH. Lehgman
Murder, Inc. Ring
Louis «Lepke Buchalter
Combine
Fioretlo la Guardia
D. A
Ma Tor General's Department
Roosevelt
Allied Control Commission
Italy
Husky O'Dwyer
Sloan Simpson
Local Club Events and Meetings In Long Beach Area
A batch of community notices lists upcoming gatherings in Long Beach and San Pedro. Royal Neighbors of America chapters plan meetings and social hours at Machinists Building with ham dinners and bazaars. Other groups host rummage sales at 1154 Pine Ave and a public card party at Elm Avenue venue to fund a building project. The California State Society meets after a covered dish dinner at Machinists Hall with singing and games. Woodcrafters and Neighbors of Woodcraft join a Cub Pack session at J. Reid Memorial Park. A Canton party for Junior Odd Fellows occurs at EO. O. F. Temple in San Pedro with local officers named. United Commercial Travelers members get a talk by James Harvey at K of P Hall. Disabled American Veterans hear convention reports at Long Beach Chapter 1 with a social hour after, and veterans are urged to register with the county recorder as part of the D A V program.
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California
California State Society
Machinists
Ocean View Circle
Thimble Club
Woodcraft
Will J. Reid
Daisy ,Ave
del Amo St
D.A
Enrollment Dates Set for Long Beach Schools in September
Long Beach public schools announced advance enrollment dates for thousands of new students. Elementary registrations on Sept. 7, junior and senior high enrollments Sept. 5 6 7, with later City College matriculation exams at 1305 E Pacific Coast Hwy and group verifications Sept. 6 7 11 12. Classes begin Sept. 13.
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Ates
Long Beach
Douglas A. Newcomb
City College
jCity College
Guidance Center
E. Pa
Cific Coast
Com
Lakewood
Num
Business Division
Business
College
Institute
Pacific Coast Hwy
Lot College
Buffums
Walker
Tijuana Blisters San Bernardino in Sunset League romp
In Tijuana Mexico on August 26 Irv Coutts pitched strong for two big innings as the Tijuana Blisters defeated San Bernardino 7 to 4 in a Sunset League game. The Mexicans surged with a four run third after trailing 4 to 3, while San Bernardino had four safeties in the second to push four runs.
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Tijuana
Mex
Irv. Coutts
San Bernardino
Pianist Wins Feature at Longacres Track
A Canadian two year old named Pianist won the $2000 added George Drumheller Memorial six furlong feature at Longacres race track. Crean Mist finished second and Ruderu third. Pianist timed in 1:11.45 and paid $18. The crowd contributed $157,513 to the mutuels.
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Seattle
UPI
Pianist
George Drumheller
Longacres
Crean Mist
Ruderu
Downey Area Chest Chairman Announced
Walter Shack, owner of a large dairy at 7401 E. Florence Ave in Downey, was named chairman for the Downey Community Chest drive this fall. He will announce committee chairmen soon. Southeast area chairman is Alton E. Allen of Huntington Park and Fred T. Scheil of Compton is area vice chairman.
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Downey
Walter Shack
Florence Ave
Alton E. Allen
Huntington Park
Fred T. Scheil
Compton
Harbor War Mothers to Attend Confab in Long Beach
Mrs. Marguerite Hellbach president of the Wilmington Chapter of the American War Mothers will lead a delegation to the national convention in Long Beach from August 27 to 31 She will serve as an official hostess during the event The convention opens with vesper services on Sunday August 27 and business sessions begin Monday August 28
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Wilmington
Marguerite Hellbach
The
American War Mothers
Long Beach
City Provides Blood for Wounded in Korea
The first shipment of 1000 pints to wounded troops in South Korea will depart from the regional Red Cross Blood Center in Los Angeles today. Mrs. Lucking and Mrs. Smeking of Long Beach cited a 25 percent rise in donations due to special blood banks. Donors can designate their blood for military, personal, or group credit. A weekly bank operates Tuesdays 4:30 to 8 p.m. at Red Cross HQ on West Broadway.
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Sons Beach
South Korea
Red Cross
Los Angeles
Gus‘ Lucking
Long Beach
American Red Cross
Smeking
Atomic Energy Commission
Cordova Fishermen Strike Rich Crab Haul in Gulf of Alaska
Fishermen from Cordova Alaska have turned to the Gulf of Alaska for crab trapping with daily earnings often in the hundreds. A handful of boats now report 1800 to 2500 crabs daily, packing plant workers earning high wages as shakers extracting meat for canning and freezing.
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Cordova
Alaska
Clarence Martin
Cordova Times
Pacific Coast
Prince William Sound
Sound
Gulf of Alaska
North Pacific
Seattle
San Francisco
Washington State
Oil City Niteball Season Ends Sept 2
Huntington Beach August 26 The end of the niteball season sponsored by the City Recreation Department will be marked September 2 with a trophy dance at the recreation center at 27th Street and Orange Avenue. The dance begins at 8 30 p m Awards include the Championship Perpetual Trophy the Shaughnessey Trophy and the Batting Trophy, said Recreation Director William Procter.
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Huntington Beach
City Recreation Department
27Th St
Orange Ave
Willam
Procter
Permit to Be Taken for $60,000 Building
Compton August 26 A permit will be taken out Monday for an eight storey, $60,000 business structure on the south side of Olive Street between Kelly School and Castlegate Street. Eastern Builders Co. owners announced the project. Ed Shaheen said six stores front Olive Street along 100 feet of frontage and two stores on Castlegate. They will be of frame and stucco.
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Compton
Olive St
Kelly School
Castlegate St
Eastern Bullders Co
Ed Shaheen
Castlegate
Russia Controls North Korea Shown in New Report
A government report, never made public, claims North Korea is fully dominated by the Soviet Union with over half its imports from Russia. It says Moscow directs major policies, provides thousands of advisers, and maintains naval bases while North Korea relies on China and Manchuria for other trade.
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Russia
North Korea
Shington
Soviet Union
United States
United Nations Commission
Celal
Kim Il Sung
Communist Party
Ho Kai
Kazakstan
Ussr
Yeman
Korea
Manchuria
Political and Economic Academy
Vvice
Terenti Shtikov
Far East
Shtikov
Kim Ti Sung
Shukov
Red China
Hungary
China
Soviets
Hong Kong
Yok Chiangjin
Najin
Wonsan
Angel
Mortrans
Two Californians Clear Forests With Highball Method
Two California contractors using a novel highball method clear timber lands at Hungry Horse Montana. Diesel tractors pull eight-foot diameter steel balls along a 1800 foot cable to uproot trees rapidly, reducing a 200 acre area in four hours. The pair, Wixson and Trisdale of Redding, project large savings and have contracts to clear thousands of acres near Hungry Horse Dam in 1950.
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Hungry Horse
Mont
California
Paul Bunyan
Highball
S. L. Wixson
John Trisdale
Redding
Calif
Hungry Horse Reservoir
Wixson
Trisdale
Flathead River
South Fork
Montana
Laugh at Hillbillies Amid Peaceful Appalachian Life
A Tennessee feature extols the peaceful mountain folk living near Oak Ridge and their crafts. It highlights the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild and Southern Highlanders nonprofit groups keeping the hill culture alive, preserving skills, funding education, and inviting visitors to a crafts fair.
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Linburg
Tenn
Hazy Mountains
Southern
Appalachians
Silent Hills
Oak Ridge
Southern Highland Handicraft Guild
Southern Highlanders, Inc
Matt Owenby
Europe
Owenby
Jean Ritchie
Vital Statistics: Names and addresses from historic records
A cluttered OCR snippet lists numerous names and places including AME Pahick Miron, Wilming nv AUS, 1938 aug 18, and various surnames such as GONRAL, WHATLEY, WHITE, ARNOLD, and BIXBY KNOLZA ROAPTTAL. It appears as a fragmented public notice or genealogical roll with multiple personal entries and locations.
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Willard At
Dickens
Ashe Carta
W. Gonral
Gundry Wa Whatley
L. K
Clraewater
Boy
Andorea
Faymouth
Arnold
Taro Dolby
anAward
Gurdan
Jack
Sorwall
Ken
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Royal Neighbors
Royal Neighbors of America
Long _ Beach
Suilding
Mr. and Mrs. Club
First Presbyterian Church
Pine Ave
National Business and Professional Women’s ‘Club
Long Beach Court
Order of the Amaranth
Elm Ave
Canton
Canton San
James Harvey
United Commercial Travelers
Tommorrow
K. of P
South St
John F. Nycum
College Park, Ga
Fop
Sharman
EM —Sharman Douglas
Lewis Douglas
Great Britain
Roland Young
Nile Asther
Madrid
Associated Press
San Bedroo
Downey Area Chest
Oil City
By Clarke Beach
By Merrill England
Britteny Junior
Atlantic Ave
First St
Beeoths
J. Frank Hubbard
BEM Price
Jean Ainga
Scotland
Ireland
England
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