Malibu Fire Devastates Home of Walter Brown Family
In Malibu the Brown family narrowly escaped a blaze that destroyed their Ballard Road house of about 25 000. The family woke to a crackling glow before dawn and fled as flames swept the canyon. Neighbors offered shelter and aid while Mrs Brown reflected on survival and loss of possessions including a Christmas tree and coins.
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Malibu Sheriff’s Station
Malibu
Walter Brown
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Walter Jr
Skip
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Wilson Honored As Symbol Of U S French Friendship
Paris reports President Eisenhower hailed Woodrow Wilson as a symbol of enduring U S French friendship formed since Lafayette era. Message read at Wilson birth centennial ceremonies by C Douglas Dillon notes Wilson defender of human rights and law based world order. Former presidents Truman and Hoover also praised Wilson’s role in drafting the Covenant of the League of Nations and influenced the United Nations.
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Eisenhower
Woodrow Wilson
United States
France
LaFayette
U.S
C. Douglas Ditlon
Eischhower
Wilson
Crillon
League of Nations
Truman
Hoover
United Nations
New Stunt Purse Thief Baffles Chicago Police
Chicago police hunt a purse snatcher described as using perfect timing. Miss Mildred Frohman, 45, a clerk, stopped for a motorist on a northwest side street when the driver halted, flashed his hand, and grabbed her purse containing $3.50, checks, and three $25 government bonds before speeding away.
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Chicago
Mildred Frohman
Britain Grants Gasoline Access to Visiting Tourists
Britain’s Ministry of Fuel and Power announced that visiting tourists may obtain enough gasoline to meet their reasonable needs while in the country. The policy applies whether travelers bring their own car or hire one in Britain, lifting the gasoline restrictions that apply to residents.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Fuel and Power
Forest Service probed after Southern California fires
Representative Clair Engle announced a congressional inquiry into the U S Forest Service for its handling of recent California fires. He blamed brush burning by Indigenous peoples before white settlement, saying locals burned brush each winter to manage the hills.
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Washington
Clair Engle
Calif
U. S. Forest Service
California
House unit urges restoration of capital school segregation
Beir ut Lebanon reports 38 smallpox cases and government orders compulsory inoculation throughout the colonies. A House subcommittee backs reestablishing racially segregated public schools in the District of Columbia, arguing for separate facilities on a wholly separate basis while noting evidence of integration since the 1954 term.
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Woodrow W. Try
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Joel T. Bray
Titetchill
R-Va
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Camnelan Uineomutvade
Washington Public Schools
James C- Davis
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John Be
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