Martin L. Martin dies at 69 famed air pioneer and industry leader
Glenn L. Martin, 69, renowned air pioneer and industrial figure, passed away. He founded multiple plants including Middle River in Baltimore and an Omaha site, won the 1933 Collier Trophy and 1944 Guggenheim Medal, led Wright Martin Corp, funded aviation education, and planned a Santa Ana funeral with services in First Presbyterian Church before entombment beside his mother.
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Street Clinic Misleads Arthritis Sufferer in San Francisco
Cornelius Collins a 73 year old resident says a stranger posed as a arthritis specialist and charged him a 100 dollar fee after an on street examination. The man allegedly patted Collins chest and wallet pocket during the quick check and Collins later found his wallet empty.
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President Addresses Combined AFL CIO Ceremony
The combined AFL CIO gatherings open with a joint address and a musical salute as George Meany and Walter Reuther, leaders of the former AFT and CIO, conclude a formal merging moment by striking an oversized gavel on the rostrum.
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AFL trades banner greets 1400 delegates in Santa Cruz
Mayor Robert F. Wagner welcomes 1,400 delegates at a brightly lit hall featuring a 4Q-foot AFL-CIO banner. He notes optimism about federal aid and school mergers while praising industrial life and urging unity among unions and workers.
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Martin's Early Flight Feats Highlight Long Beach Area
The article recalls Glenn L. Martin's aviation firsts in the Los Angeles region, including a 1909 Santa Ana test flight and a 1913 Santa Ana to Long Beach record. It notes early aircraft building in family settings, Newport Bay Catalina trips, and a 22 minute Santa Ana to Long Beach flight with parents aboard.
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Rock Peace Fails as Union Votes to End Strike
Union members met at the El Monte American Legion Hall and voted to return to work if the dispute is sent to arbitration. Management rejected the plan last week over pension terms, the central issue, with a six month pension proposal and retroactive 15 cent wage raises. The strike by rock, sand, gravel and ready mix firms has been ongoing since October 2.
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U S Opens Open Sky Fight at U N Geneva Summit Talk
United States pushes for an Open Sky disarmament plan at the U N with Lodge outlining why aerial inspection matters. He cites ground observers and U S bases, urging acceptance of a U S British French Canadian resolution and noting a need to extend talks to other nations. The U S pledges not to use atomic weapons outside UN Charter defense.
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Scranton Transit Workers End Eight Month Strike
The Scranton Transit Company's 265 striking employees began returning to work today, ending an eight month walkout that left the city of 125,000 without mass public transportation. Workers voted Sunday night at a special AFL membership meeting to accept a revenue sharing plan offered by the company.
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Six Die as Speeding Train Crashes Car
Train moving 75 mph struck two cars at a grade crossing killing six near Greenville. A 10-month-old baby, Benny Sutton, survived with minor injuries. The child’s parents James F Brooks, a three-year-old sister, and three others perished.
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Birth in polio ward on respirator at Colorado General
Mrs Manuel Ghevez delivered a healthy six pound baby boy on Sunday while in a respirator in the polio ward at Colorado General Hospital in Denver.
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Illinois Doctor Charged With Killing Wife in Skokie
Dr Hobart Todd 43 is charged with murder in the death of his wife Hazel 45 in their Skokie home. Police say he admitted giving two sedatives and beating her then summoning aid hours later after she became unresponsive. He allegedly administered morphine at her suggestion and later gave himself a dose as well.
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Cowboy game ends in death of youth
Four companions playing cowboys in Drexel Hill accidentally burned 14 year old Lawrence Booth to death as they “smoked him out” of a wooden shack. An autopsy by Dr. Jerry Hearns found no immediate cause. microscopic tests will take two weeks. An inquest was scheduled at the Cook County morgue.
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