Long Beach Called U S Gadget Capital by Rotarian
Don L. Davis, president of the Gadget-of-the-Month Club and editor of Inventor and Gadgeteer, told the Rotary Club that Long Beach is America’s gadget capital as retiree numbers heighten invention during a talk. He mocked ailments, showcased a corrected tea kettle, and claimed Stalin fears American ingenuity.
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Witnesses describe Walker calm after Cook killings
Riverside July 26 three March Field airmen and a Riverside service station operator testified that Sgt Lawrence Walker remained cool and unruffled within an hour after state charges that he killed Mr and Mrs Richard Cook last March 26 Otto L Carter the service station operator said that Walkerstraightened, spoke calmly, and showed no anger as the investigation began
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Renaming Bradley May Stir Up Row
President Truman plans to renominate Army Gen Omar Bradley for a second two year term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The move follows debate over interservice chair rotation and fills the vacancy created by Adm Forrest Sherman's death. Senate confirmation is anticipated.
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United Nations report compares global incomes
A UN survey reports U S average income at 1440 while Russia averages 310 and Asia 50. North America with under 10 percent of world population accounts for about 45 percent of global income. The study, to be discussed in Geneva, notes welfare levels differ and uses 1949 statistics.
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Marriage to W C Fields Told by Chicago Woman
A 11 year old blind Chicago woman testified in her bid for a widow's share of comedian W C Fields estate. She said she escaped an orphanage in a laundry truck, met Fields in New York and married him on June 24 1893 while he used the name Billy Ward. She claimed he promised her leading lady work and that they fled due to potential police intervention. Fields died Christmas morning 1946.
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