Motorcycle Officer Killed Responding to Wilmington Crash
In Wilmington last night a two car crash left motorcycle officer Glenn TH. Clark dead and traffic officer E W Sawyer seriously injured. Three drivers sustained minor injuries including Harold Speak er. investigations seek the other car’s driver.
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Wilmington
Glenn TH. Clark
W. 153Rd Stoly Lawndale
Alameda St
Robidoux Ave
Myron F. Schafer
Corona
Clark
Georgia St
Los Angeles
E. W. Sawyer
Eighth St
San Pedro
Harold Speaker
South Gate
Pacific Coast Hwy
Coil Ave
Robert Sparleder
Macelaine
Bennett
Hall Mihaijevic
Hollywood
Ford Output at Plan to Hike At Local Plant
Ford Motor Co will add a 160000 dollar plant expansion and raise daily production from 311 to 341 vehicles next month. The upgrade includes a 2300 by 175 foot dynamometer testing facility on the north side, with a few more workers added as tooling is installed.
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Ford Motor Co
Aubrey L. Edwards
Edwards
Aed &S & Dynamometer
Loggers’ tree fall kills boy in Springfield
In Springfield Oregon three loggers were cutting a tree when it fell, killing three year old Bradley Chase, son of David and Mrs. Chase, near their home. Police say loggers David Smoot and Curtin Skinner were held on negligence charges as authorities review the case.
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Springfield
Ore
Bradley ‘Thorns Chase
David Chase
James &. Ramey
David W. Smoot
Curtin Skinner
Bu- Rome
Smoot
Skinner
Puti
Leukemia Strikes Connie Marrs at Four
Connie Sue Marrs four, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Marrs of 7931 East Fifteenth Street, Westminster, has leukemia diagnosed at Hollywood Children's Hospital. Parents fear no cure but seek shared notes from recovered patients and prayers for a possible breakthrough. The illness appeared a week ago and she was admitted Thursday.
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Hiness
Connie Sue Marrs
O. B. Marrs
Fifteenth St
Westminster
Hollywood Children’s Hospital
Reserves Asked to Volunteer for Year or Longer
Washington reports the Army and Navy urged reservists to volunteer for extended active duty as Korea reverses continue. The Air Force also sought reservists for trained roles, while the Army targeted enlisted reservists for at least a year or longer, including Medical Corps officers urged to apply without delay.
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Washington
Korea
Army
Navy
Air Force
Reserve Medical Corps
Moscow Reiterates Trieste Complaint
Moscow repeats that Britain France and the United States violate the Italian peace treaty on Trieste. A new Soviet note broadcast by Moscow radio renews students remarks from April 20. The United States Britain and France sternly rejected the first note.
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London
iSunday
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Trieste
Moscow Radio
Moscow
U. S
Local News Highlights and Budget Vote
May retail trade rises 21 percent from last year per Census figures. Customs Service to open national convention tomorrow. City Council to vote on a $16,000,000 budget at the session tomorrow.
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Census Bureau
Customs
Fire Situation Worst in State's History
AP report from San Francisco on July 8 describes California’s worst fire season. More than 110000 acres burned in state and national areas, with 40000+ acres aflame recently and 6000+ firefighters engaged. Santa Margarita and Mt San Gorgonio fires were among the largest, while weather remained extreme and improvisations included reinforcements from Oregon and Washington.
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Francisco
California
E. L. Baxter
U. S. Forest
Baxter
Santa Margarita
Indian Valley
Tassajara Hot Springs
Monterey County
Los Padres National Forest
Oregon
Washington
Los Padres Forest
Cuyama
Los Pasires National Forest
Santa ‘A
Friant, Dam
Fresno
Mt. San Gorgonio
San Bernardino National Forest
San Marcos
Santa Barbara
Soledad
National Guard
Heat-Dodging Crowds Stream To Sea Front
Bathers flocked to Long Beach beaches to escape humid heat as a muggy pattern persisted across Southern California. The U S Weather Bureau expected the high humidity to continue with low 80s expected inland and scattered afternoon thundershowers in mountains and interior. Lifeguards noted cooler afternoon breezes kept beach crowds around 10 000 amid mild coastal conditions compared with inland heat.
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California
U. S. Weather Bureau
Long Beach
Tass Reports Peace Appeal Signed by Cardinal
Tass from Warsaw says Cardinal Sapieha signed a peace appeal amid accusations from Moscow Pravda of a campaign among Polish Catholics against the allies. The so-called peace appeal was adopted at a meeting, with limited readable details in the dispatch.
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London
Tass
Warsaw
Sapieha
Moscow
New Pravda
Convict Attacks Gov Williams in Michigan Prison
North Korean forces encircle a U S battalion near Chonan in Korea as Gen MacArthur reports failed relief attempts. Front reinforcements and tanks race up to the front while air forces pummel targets along the Chonan Pyongtaek Suwon front with heavy combat continuing.
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Gov. Williams
Michigan
2nd Infantry Alerted for Far East Duty
SAN FRANCISCO July 8 AP The Second Infantry Division and several supporting units in the Sixth Army area have been alerted for movement in the near future to the Far East Command under Gen Douglas MacArthur. The alert follows news that an antiaircraft unit from Sixth Army and another from Fourth Army may head to MacArthur, tied to plans to dispatch Marines and Marine Air Force units from the San Diego area. The Second Infantry Division, stationed at Fort Lewis Washington, is led by Maj Gen Laurence B Keiser and has a storied World War II record including landing on Omaha Beach on D Day and battles across France and Germany, with notable actions in Cherbourg and the Battle of the Bulge.
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San Francisco
Sixth Army
Far East
Douglas MacArthur
South Korea
Department of the Army
Fourth Army
Omaha
France
Germany
Cherbourg
St. 2
George Patton
Casablanca Air Crash Kills 23 in Morocco
A French DC-3 commuter plane crashed near Casablanca airport killing 23 people and injuring seven others early today. Casualties include passengers and crew from multiple nationalities as rescue teams fanned out to the crash site.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Governor Williams Escapes Knife Attack at Marquette Prison
In Marquette Michigan a berserk life-term inmate attacked Governor G Mennen Williams with a kitchen knife during a prison tour. Guards and inmates clashed as Stearns Hyatt and Halstead assaulted Williams and wounded Officer Herr. Stearns surrendered after a threat to shoot him.
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Marquette
Mich
G. Mennen Williams
Marquette State Prison
Williams
Wiliams
Emory Jacques
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
WWO
Jacques
Jack Hyatt
al Haukneen
Hyatt Atrack Haukneea
George Kerr
John Halstead
Herr
Stearns
Detroit
London Picture Criticizes Queen Elizabeth Dress
London Pictorial blasts Queen Elizabeth’s dress at the July 5 wedding of David Somerset and Lady Caroline Ayne. It mocks the floral dress with cape, black hat, gloves, and open toe shoes, calling the ensemble unfashionable and ill suited for a fashion conscious nation.
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London
Queen
Ondon
The
Sunday Pictorial
Queen Elizabeth
Pictorial
David Somerset
Caroline
Ayne
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Connie Marrs
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Southlard Magazine
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Chonan
MacArthur
United Press
Rutherford Poats
Tol
Chonen
Trejon
Chonan - Pyongtaek - Suwon
Samchok
Twentieth Air Force
Strife Chinnampo Harbor
Taejon
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