Gusty Storm Dazes Southern California With Snow and Hail
A powerful gusty storm battered Southern California on day two bringing snow to Santa Barbara hills and Altadena, hail in Hollywood and Beverly Hills, and strong winds that felled trees. Mount Washington and Mt. Waterman logged heavy snow, while forecasts promised more showers and colder weather.
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Amagsnd Press
California
Hollywood
Beverly Hills
Los Angeles
Glendale
Weather Bureau
Altadena
Pasadena
Hermosa Beach
Seaside Aquarium
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Imperial Valley
Rome
Pasda
San Gabriel Mountains
Mt. Waterman
Camp Baldy
AFL Builds Trades Council Orders Picketing of Power Projects
The AFL Building Trades Council ordered pickets to march on Water and Power Commission projects at six sites today unless rain halts activities. Secretary Lloyd Mashburn said the action targets establishing union wage scales and job classifications after rejection of a union shop demand by the Water and Power and Civil Service Commissions. Pickets appeared at the Manhattan pumping plant and were slated for the Wilmington steam plant Baldwin Hills Reservoir and three substations.
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Los Angeles
Water and Power Commission
Lloyd Mashburn
Teike
Water and Power and Civil Service Commissions
Mashburn
Sealey
Pickela
Manhattan
Wilmington
Baldwin Hills
Long Beach Progress Highlighted In Trade And Population Figures
Community progress is shown by retail trade building and population data for Long Beach. The report cites rising consumer activity and urban growth, with implications for planning and services in the upcoming era.
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Long Beach
Pope
Ovary Cerritos Channel
Senate Rent Bill Would End Curbs in Nine Cities
Senate banking subcommittee advances a rent control bill that would lift ceilings and trigger automatic decontrol in nine principal cities. The measure extends controls for four months and may unleash large rent increases for about 1.7 million tenants when leases expire. Cities cited include Memphis Denver Tulsa Portland San Antonio Seattle and the Hampton Roads area.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Banking
Memphis
Denver
Tulsa
Portland
Ore
San Antonio
Seattle
Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Newport News
Portsmouth
Dee
Triplets Born Again in Syracuse Family Record
Forty-year-old Mrs Margaret Tralt Walker delivered a second set of triplets in Syracuse General Hospital on February 6. The first triplet was a boy followed by a girl. The couple has one prior set of triplets Peter Paul and Patricia born April 21, 1943, and they also have three other children. The American Medical Association noted this as a first such case in its records.
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Pracuse
Margaret Tralt Walker
Totey
Syracuse General Holand
American Medical Association
Peter
Paul
Patrcia
Solon Warns of Truman Gestapo Revolt Over Civil Rights
The article reports Senator Russell accusing President Truman of planning a federal Gestapo to end segregation in the south. It notes fears of integrated schools and facilities, FBI and Justice involvement, and preparations for possible partisan realignment as southern Democrats resist civil rights measures.
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Wvashington
A.P
Sen. Rusall J
Truman
South
Russell
Fite
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
FHI
Charman Taft
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Tallahassee
Fla
National Committee
L W U Workers Refuse to Load Red Ship Without Flag
Longshoremen of Local 143 refused to work the Soviet freighter Dnester at Berth 49 Long Beach inner harbor until the crew hoisted the American flag as a courtesy. The ship later resumed loading heavy oilfield machinery pipe and general cargo after the flag was raised. The Max Gorki left the port with a deckload of heavy gear.
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Long’ Beach
International Longstoremen's & Warehousemen’s Union
B. Thomas
I. LW
Thomas
Dnester
Maxim Gorki
Six Children Die in House Fire in St Louis Suburb
Six children perished when a four room frame bungalow burned last night in a St Louis area crib. Their parents Mr and Mrs Charles E Boff were burned trying to save them.
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St, Louis
Charles EB. Boff
Krug Proposes 90 Percent Tideland Revenue Split
Interior Secretary Krug asked Congress to let states receive up to 90 percent of tideland oil revenue with a commission to appraise leases. The plan would distribute funds to state projects and reclamation accounts, set land rents, and set royalties ranging from 12 1 4 to 25 percent with minimums per lease.
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Washington
A.P
Secretary of Interior
Krug
Congress
Supreme ‘Court
California
Truman
Tidelands
al Krug
Gigantic Carrier Planned as Base of A-bomb Plane
The United States plans a 60 000 to 80 000 ton carrier for atomic bomb capable aircraft. President Truman first hinted at the project in his budget message proposing 230 million for advanced design ships. Navy Secretary Sullivan outlined sketchy details and said plans to convert two battleships into guided missile launchers are postponed indefinitely.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Sullivan
Navy
Kentucky
Hawaii
Government cites consumer resistance to high price foods
The Agriculture Department reports shoppers push back against butter and top-grade meat prices, with demand softening in several regions and a shift toward cow and duck beef veal and lamb. Secretary Anderson advocates self-rationing to curb inflation, while hearings on price controls continue with disputes over shortening costs.
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Ashington
Agriculture Department
Areda
Anderson
Senate Banking Committee
Tobey
R.N. H
T. C. Dood
Procter& Gamble
Wood
Congress
Mr. Truman
Senators Refuse to Clear Pauley and Graham
A Senate appropriations subcommittee voted 3 to 2 to not clear Edwin W. Pauley and Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham of any implication of using inside information in commodity trading. The panel continues its probe into speculation in commodity markets. Pauley serves as special assistant to Secretary of the Army Royall and Graham is President Truman's personal physician.
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Washington
Senate
Edwin W. Pauley
Wallace H. Graham
Sen
Knowland
R.-Calif
Appropriations
Green
D-R
Pauley
Army
Royall
Graham
Truman
Paris ex Nazi general Stuelpnagel kills self in prison
Gen Otto von Stuelpnagel former German military governor of Paris hanged himself in Cherche-Midi prison to avoid interrogation on war crimes before a Paris military tribunal. He had previously attempted suicide and followed the pattern of other Nazi leaders who died in custody rather than face trial.
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Otto, von Stusspnagel
France
Cherche- Midi
Paris
Otto von Stuelpnagel
Johannes Blaskowitz
Holland
Nuernberg
Stuelpnagel
Cherche-Midi
Hermanni Goering
Geni Franz Boehme
Blaskowicz
Aso
Studenagel
Wheat and Corn Slide to Full Daily Declines in Markets
Prices showed renewed balance with wheat dropping to the daily limit of 10 cents before recovering, while corn declined the daily limit for the third straight day. Soybeans and oats moved, and butter, tallow, and grease edged higher as the broader markets absorbed the inflation scare.
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New York
A.P
Elton
New York Exchange
Chicago
Lesa
Hether
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Conn
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
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Reclamation Bureau
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Solon
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Interior
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