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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1947
Page
11
Washington reports three inventors received patents on gadgets to ease Labor Day travel. A parking device lets a car slide into a space sideways, hydraulic jacks lift the car via a dashboard button, and a device holds a fishing rod while the angler naps.
Three wells scheduled in the Wilmington field for early September. Other projects include L.A. River Community No. 1-1 spud by Richfield in Bandini district and new drills by General Petroleum at Lost Hills. Additional tests planned by Apex in Kern County and Seaboard near Westminster.
Tokyo reports Japan's industrial output at about one third of Far Eastern Commission limits, with coal shortages restraining key exports such as cotton and wool textiles and rayon. Textile production rose modestly during occupation, but postwar levels remain far below prewar highs.
New York August reports that American Legion officials expect about one million visitors for the annual parade, doubling Manhattan’s 902000 residents. Parade committee head James V. Demarest aims for a 12 hour event with 9000 marchers, prioritizing noise over length.
Johns Hopkins Hospital reports Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd showing considerable improvement after admission Friday night for diagnosis and treatment of a medical condition. The famed Antarctic explorer is hospitalized in Baltimore.
Fresno August 28 with plentiful labor supply San Joaquin Valley cotton producers recommend a basic wage of 2.50 dollars per 100 pounds for the first picking of this season's crop.
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