Predicting Longshore Currents Aids Beach Installations
Scientists from the University of California report a method to forecast longshore current directions by analyzing offshore ocean bottom contours. The advance detection could aid engineers in designing breakwaters to minimize sand movement and storm damage, with wartime testing improving wave angle predictions.
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J. A. Putnam
Walter Munk
University of California
American
Geophysical Union Chey Haa
Hiwaili
Maui
Robert S. Arthur
Scripps. Institution of Oceanography
American Gephysical Union
Pacific
Chiang's Men Gain at Anshan
PEIPING Feb 14 Chinese government forces report recapture of a gall point five miles north of Anshan as they press to relieve the siege. Dispatches acknowledge Maoists near Mukden and Red besiegers at Mukden attacking 20 miles northwest. Progovernment reports say Communists on the southern perimeter are weak.
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Peiping
Anshan
Mukden
Student Killed in Collision Near Ventura California
A crash near San Ros highway killed Chaffee Jr. 25, a Stanford student, and injured two companions Herbert Behring 23 and Robert Burger 21, driver Arthur Hitchcock 43 not injured. local Redwood City group had planned a covered dish dinner in the Masonic Temple room.
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North Dakota State Society
Redwoop City
Harold Scott
Chaffee Jr
Masonic Temple
Ventura
Calif
Sani Ros
Stanford University
Herbert Bookrt Behring
Chiao
Robert Burger
Keda
Arthur Hitchcock
San Francisco
WBS
Seal Amphibian Mammal Travels Half mile Inland
San Diego deputies investigated how a young seal traveled inland half a mile at Solana Beach crossing Highway 101. The mammal rested in a sunlit avocado tree on the Ford Ranch shoreline before being rolled into a bag and returned to the sea, where it was released after Mrs. Paul Ford nearly stepped on it.
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San Diego
WR Sheriff's
Solana Beach
Los Angeles
Ford Ranch
Highlands
Paul Ford
Japs Punished for Christianity in School Textbook
Tokyo reports Allied education chief Mark Orr said General MacArthur did not violate press or religious freedom by punishing authors of a Japanese secondary school textbook. The book titled History of the Western Civilization was used as an optional course and allegedly urged deleting passages doubting biblical miracles.
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Tokyo
Allied Education
Cen
Douglas MacArthur
Mark T. Orr
New York
MacArthur
Bri Yn
Scouts of Region To Hold Field Days For National Week
Scouts from eleven troops and Sea Scout ship participate in field day activities at Pan American Park and Silverado Park. The program features fire making signaling first aid and a special 10 day team event with campfires and a community sing along tonight.
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Pan
American Park
Lakewood
Apo
Silverado Park
Windham
Silverado
Therogram
Jack Harper
Troop 43
Chemical Bank Proposes Merger With Continental Bank
Chemical Bank & Trust Co of New York proposes consolidation with Continental Bank and Trust Co. Director N Baxter Jackson says Continental directors find the terms acceptable and a Continental stockholders meeting will be held soon to vote on approval. No statement from Continental.
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New York
Chemical Bank & Trust Co
Continental Bank
N. Baxter Jackson
Chemical
Continental
Greek Flour Mill Destroyed by Fire
In Salonika on February 13 a flour mill on Kayalla street was destroyed by a fire early today. About fifty workers were questioned on suspicion of sabotage. The mill supplied flour for central Macedonia and Thrace. Loss was estimated at 730000.
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Salonika
Greece
Gheorghi Nikofopoulos
Kayalla
Fie
Macedonia
Thrace
Extreme Cold Sweeps Toward Nation From Canada
A cold mass from Canada drove a deep freeze across plains and into the northeast, freezing rain and snow in many areas. Temperatures fell below zero in places like Pembina North Dakota, with wind and continued storms halting air traffic and challenging highway travel. Tornadoes in Mississippi caused limited damage while floods swelled rivers around Nashville and Shelbyville Tennessee, prompting evacuations and state emergency warnings. Oneida Kentucky ordered evacuations as creeks surged.
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New’ Albany
Ashland
Ripley
Miss
Rockies
North Atlantic Seaboard
Plains
Pembina
N. D
Jand
Plains States
New York
LaGuardia Field
Canada
Montana
Wyoming
Florida
Mark Ucross
Jacksonville
Miami
Tennessee
Cumberland
Nashville
PWC
Newton Miss
Monticello
Shelbyville
mid-Tennessee
Hargest
J. R. Adlnydagkeon
Hilton
Butler
National Guide
Columbia
Murfeeshoro
Fayetteville
Lancaster
Carthage
Lebanon
J. “H. Gilmore
Kentucky
Oneida
Wallace Beery Accused in Actress Paternity Suit
Los Angeles February 14 Wallace Beery the film star is named as the father in a paternity action filed in Superior Court by Mrs Gloria Schumm known as Gloria Whitney The suit seeks temporary child support medical expenses and attorneys fees and sets Beery to appear March 2 to show cause Beery 63 or 58 according to studio records denies the charge saying there is no truth and notes he has been married since He is said to have intimate relations at his Beverly Hills home last May with the child Johan Richard Wallace Schumm Mrs Schumm is a former wife of actor Hans Z Schumm and reportedly remarried him last August Both marriages ended in divorce.
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Wee
Gloria Schumm
Gloria Whitney
Johan
Richard Wallace Schumm
Wallace Beery
Associated Press
Ios Angeles
Beery
Solons Offer Way to Cut Aid Costs
Washington March 14 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee proposed a plan to reduce European recovery aid to 5.3 billion dollars for the first 12 months instead of 6.8 billion for 15 months President Truman asked for. Critics said the change offers little real savings yet committee chairman Vandenberg called it an improvement over the original State Department proposal.
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Washington
Tech
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Pruner
Crites
Hon
Wherry
R-Neb
G. O. PB
Re-Gram
Vandenberg
Mich
Vandenbers
State Department
Yugoslavia Refuses Greek Diplomatic Body Request
Athens reports Yugoslavia will not deliver the body of a Greek diplomatic corps employee who allegedly died by self inflicted wounds in Belgrade. Belgrade officials buried the body in a Belgrade cemetery and rejected a Greek postmortem examination request.
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Athens
Foreign Ministry
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Belgade
Alen
Jurist Speaks at Illinois Fete
Since 1906 the Timolsans transplanted to Southern California meet in Bixby Park each year near Lincoln's birthday. They hear Lincoln speeches sing Minis songs and eat fried chicken and apple pie. Today Superior Judge Frank Collier of Pasadena gave the principal address.
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California
Bixby Park
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Frank Collier
Pasadena
Water Department Man Enrolled in Civil Engineers Society
Kenyon Wells of the Long Beach Water Department has been enrolled as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Col William N Carey executive secretary announced the membership at the society’s national headquarters in New York. The ASCE, with about 22 000 members, is the oldest national engineering group in the United States and has 69 sections nationwide.
Missing US flier searched over Honshu
Tokyo February 14. Captain Far Ray Bailey of Clark 5 is missing four days on a routine flight over Honshu. A search for the veteran fighter Spilet continues as efforts to locate him proceed in difficult weather and terrain.
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Tokyo
Farre. Ray Bailey
Clark, 5
Honshu
Spilet
Senators Charge Defense Gag On Armed Forces
Washington February 14 three senators charged that Secretary Forrestal ordered top Army Navy and Air Force personnel to avoid future statements or speeches on controversial subjects. They argued the rule curtails testimony to Congress and stifles free discussion among military leaders. Some support the policy, others fear censorship while lawmakers demand full public information from qualified witnesses.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Army
Navy
Air
Igak
Armas
Sen. Johnson
D.corp
Gurney
RS di
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen. Morse
R.ore
Congress
Sen. Thomas
Utah
Senate
Bible Class Installs Head John Watt New President
John Watt is elected president of the Dr Jensen Bible Class of First Baptist Church and, with other officers, was installed at a church banquet by Pastor Dr Winfield Edson. Also noted were officers Clarabell Cahoon Alice Mun Ruth Nye Willie Hinton Frances McIntosh Earl Martin and a musical number by Mrs Constance Brouner.
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John Watt
Dr. Jensen
First Baptist Church
Winfield Edson
John Wilsor
Jordan High School
Clarabell Cahoon
Alice, Mun
Ruth I. Nye
Willie Hinton
Frances McIntosh
Earl Martin
Constance Brewner
First Methodist
Grain Market Sees Price Break Prompt New Trading Moves
Grain market notes traders expect farmers to place stocks into government loans rather than sell at current levels. Major grocers expedite price cuts across many items as commodity declines spread. Grand Union will tag 27 meat cuts lower starting Monday with beef prices dropping 4 to 5 cents per pound, including chuck roast, brisket, and rib roasts.
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Grand Union Co
Grand Union
Briton Appointed First Sea Lord of Britain’s Naval Staff
London February 14 Lord Bruce Austin Fraser has been appointed first sea lord and chief of Britain's naval staff. He will take over next August from Admiral Sir John Cunningham, the admiralty announced last night.
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London
Valentines Not Enough Treat Mate Like Guest Says Lawyer
MESCAGO February 14 A divorce lawyer Mrs Coula Psaras Butler 36 and a partner in marriage says Valentine Day observance is not enough for lasting harmony. She argues marriage needs ongoing effort not purely romantic splurges and treats the couple as a joint venture with balanced responsibilities. Her experience as both spouse and attorney informs her view that kindness and shared duties sustain relationships beyond holidays.
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Mescago
Coula Psaras Butler
Senate G O P Leaders Fear Big Rent Inflation
Hincron February 14 United Press report notes Senate Republicans fear rent controls ending could spike rents up to 100 percent. Senator Morse of Oregon says this view emerged at a closed Republican conference. The party plans an extension of rent controls in the public interest, with the current law set to expire February 29 and possible continuation to March 31 while House and Senate committees study bills.
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Hincron
Senate
Morse
R.ore
Griffith Company Wins $1 057 126 Freeway Contract
C H Purcell director of public works announced that Griffith Company of Los Angeles was awarded a 1 057 126 contract for highway work on the Santa Ana parkway in Los Angeles. The project calls for paving and grading two miles of highway between Soto Street and Eastman Avenue and the construction of a pedestrian underpass.
Cabrillo Beach Fund Approved by City Council
Los Angeles city council approved an additional 32600 to be deposited with the federal government for sand placement at Cabrillo Beach. The plan dredges the outer harbor and uses sand on the beach rather than dumping over the breakwater. The city had earlier approved 167000 for the project, but the government warned costs could reach 206000 and requested that amount be deposited, with any excess returned to the city.
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Los Angeles
Cabrillo Beach
Seven Valentine Babies Born Here
Seven Valentine babies were born at Long Beach hospitals before noon. At Los Cerritos a boy was born to Mr and Mrs Robert L Haworth. At Seaside Hospital a girl to Mr and Mrs Tierney and a boy to Mr and Mrs Henry Thebedeau. At St Marys a girl to Mr and Mrs Hebert Caramana. At Community Hospital a boy to Mr and Mrs D A Haggerty. At 2008 W Willard St a boy to Mr and Mrs Frank Bergkvist and a boy to Mr and Mrs Harland Flock.
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Valentine
Long Beach
Los Cerritos
Robert L
Haworth
Market St. Ar
Seaside Hospital
Inla
Ito
F. Tierney
Termino Avé
Henry Thebedeau
Nolan Ave
Hebert CaraMena
St Mary's
D. “A. Haggerty
Neptune PL
Community Hospital
Frank Bergkvist
W. Willard St
Harland Flock
Conant Sr
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Chemical Bank
Simonson’s Electric Appliance Repair Service
Paul E. Carter
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Erorte
East Second Street
Redondo Beach
The
L. & M. Investment Corp
West Emerald Redondo Beach
Frontier
Jurist
Illinois
Water Department
U. Ss
Mecoo Poneeon
Deakins
Logan
West Virginia
Guyandotta
Guyan
Marvin L.arrowsmith
Cabrillo Beach Fund
Sherry’s Fine Foods
Ocean Blyd
Roe Meers
Merce
Parkley
Brien Chesh Fe
Sherry
Shehhy
Fine Foods
Ocome
Pine Ave
Californie
Wulsina
Mommie Enea
Teke Orange Ava
San Antonio
Pratareece
Orange Gardens
San Amonio Drive
Aviva
Union Plastics Products
West Ninth Street
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