Dust From Vacant Lot Sparks City Nuisance Probe
City Manager Carl B Wirsching to investigate alleged nuisance from a vacant lot at the northwest corner of W Burnett Street and Adriatic Avenue where earth dumping and weed cover disturb the neighborhood per a petition filed with the City Council by Joseph B Backus and 25 others. Council also directs study of recurring flood waters at 1461 Canal Avenue feared by Shaw Machine and Tool Co and Arthur L Armentrout. lighting improvements near Chestnut Avenue between Fourth and Fifth Streets discussed after a request by Mrs E J Bagwill citing recent assaults on the district.
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Carl B. Wirsching
W. Burnett St
Adriatic Ave
Joseph B. Backus
Wirsching
Canal Ave
Shaw Machine and Tool Co
Arthur L. Armentrout
Armentrout
Chestnut Ave
Fourth
Fifth Sts
E. J. Bagwill
Fourth St
Wild Ponies to Swim to Chincoteague for Pony Penning Day
Virginia report details the annual Pony Penning on Chincoteague Island where 200 to 300 wild ponies are swum 1000 yards from Assateague. About 100 ponies expected to be sold with most owned by the fire department and Clarence Beebe as another major owner.
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Hincoteague
Assateague Island
Chincoteague
Woman Kills Self in TujuanG a News Report
Mrs. Selma Carlson aged 56 from Laurel Montana, under medical care for a nervous breakdown, killed herself yesterday in TujuanG with her policeman son's service revolver, police reported today.
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Tujunga
Selma Carlson
Laurel
Mont
Fire chief reopens firehouse beds for rest needs
Philadelphia Director of Public Safety James H. Malone ordered the return of 1000 beds and cots to firehouses after four months in storage. The beds are for emergency use only and aim to ensure firefighters get proper rest after a 60-fireman smoke incident forced many to stay in hospitals or at home until rested.
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Philadelphia
James H. Malone
Malone
Little Eva the Flying Kitten Finds a New Playmate
In Kansas City on July 28 a six month old kitten named Little Eva meets a new playmate, a dog named Topsy. The odd pair arrived at the scene together and began a curious friendship.
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Ruth Gosnell
Chillicothe
Ohio
E. C. Gosnell
Kansas City
Columbus
Little Eva
Topsy
Weather Outlook Promises Widespread Heat and Humidity
Chicago reports hot humid conditions likely across a large swath of the nation. Temperatures run high from the west central states to the Atlantic coast and from the Ohio Valley to the gulf, with the Rocky Mountain region also hot though Idaho cools somewhat. Some northern Wisconsin Michigan and central Oregon Washington see cooler pockets while readings vary from the 50s in Wisconsin to 109 in Blythe California and 96 in Wichita Kansas.
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Chicago
West Central States
Atlantic Seaboard
Ohio Valley
Gulf States
Southwest
Rocky Mountain
Idaho
Wisconsin
Michigan
Oregon
Washington
Mercury
New York
Tulsa
Oklo
Blythe
Desert
California
Wichita
Kan
Oklahoma Voters Gather Outside Door as Police Respond
In Oklahoma City on July 28 Mrs. Bennington, 54, reported a suspected assault when a group of men gathered outside her door. Officers Gates and Higginbotham responded to a polling place scene where the men were revealed to be citizens waiting to vote.
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Oklahoma City
Ben Bennington
W. B. Gates
O. E. Higginbotham
Oklahoma
Grange Plans Off-Season Sugaring-Off Snow Party
In West Dummerston Vermont Grange leader Richard A Wilson says it is a great night for snow and uses 16 bushels of snow to chill maple syrup for a sugaring-off supper in Grande hall. More than 200 grange members and visitors have bought tickets for the out of season event featuring snow cooled maple syrup, baked beans, potato salad, boiled ham, pickles and coffee.
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West Dummerston
Grange
Richard A. Wilson
Grande Hall
Brattleboro Ice Company
Wilson
Food Prices Still Climbing in Chicago Dairy Push
CHICAGO July 28 News reports from across the country indicate food prices keep rising as Congress reviews President Truman’s proposals to halt the spiral. Capital Dairy will raise milk by one cent per quart to 22 cents starting Sunday and add boosts to cream and cheese. Other dairy firms plan similar increases due to higher costs under a new marketing order. A load of 20 Hereford steers sold for 41 dollars per hundredweight at Chicago stockyards, 22 cents below the all time Chicago record, marketed by Swanton Brothers of Goose Lake, Iowa.
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Chicago
Truman
Swanton Brothers
Goose Lake
Clinton County
Iowa
Purse Stolen From Dress Shop at 112 East Third Street
Mrs. Melba R. Blum reports her purse vanished while she waited on a customer at her dress shop 112 E Third St. She had placed the purse on a counter and later found it missing. Loss estimated at 146 dollars and 75 cents.
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E. Third St
Melba R. Blum
Park Ave
Bank Official Sees No Low Mood At Stanford Conference
L B Bank vice president Robert Reid, in charge of the Long Beach branch, said optimism prevailed among labor leaders and experts at Stanford Business Conference. He noted hopes real estate values will hold and that wartime scares did not preoccupy speakers. The seven day event hosted about 325 attendees and resumed after wartime interruption.
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California Bank
Long Beach
Stanford
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Reid
Council Grants Pensions to Widow and Ex Fireman
On recommendation of City Attorney Irving M. Smith the City Council voted to grant a widow’s retirement pension to Mrs. Lorraine C. Kern widow of Henry S. Kern a retired fireman who died after service under the old pension system. The pension equals half of Kern’s salary. The council also approved a retirement pension for J W Schmidt a Fire Department captain after 27 years service at 5 23 percent of his $3780 annual salary.
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Irving M. Smith
Lorraine C. Kern
Henry S. Kern
Police and Fire
Kern
J. W. Schmidt
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Los Angeles
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Ramona Room
Club 21
Las Vegas
Los Andres
Last Frontier
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Council
Howard's
Perker Sheaffer Eversherp
Clarence
Howard
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Giass
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Were
Ford
Freeman A. McKenzie, Inc
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Young-Johnson Co
Anaheim
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