Pacific haze theory shifts blame from Mauna Loa
Honolulu reports the great Pacific haze may stem from the Southern California desert rather than Hawaii's Mauna Loa. Weather officials in Washington and Honolulu debate the origin as a desert windstorm and airborne ash from Mauna Loa, with trade winds moving haze across the islands.
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Stan Carter
Honolulu
California
U. S. Weather Bureau
Loa
Hawaii
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Robert H. Simpach
Gaid
Simpson
Wake Island
Bea
Mesa Ee
Mauna Loa
Wey
Associated Press
Roy Esso
Hawai
Amog
Tourgts
Los
Shasta Dam Dedication Night Parade and Lighted Spillways
REDDING June 16. Color floodlights light the 487 foot spillways as Shasta Dam near completion is to be formally dedicated tomorrow. Lt Gov Goodwin Knight and Danny Kaye will lead a Market Street parade while a Shasta cavalcade with hundreds of locals performs. The dam creates a reservoir extending 3 miles into canyons of the Pit McCloud and Sacramento. Florence Guarrao will sing as gates open and the ceremony proceeds.
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Danny Kaye
Market St
Shasta
Shasta Cole@ stadium
Dar
Pit
McCloud
Sacramento
Metropolitan Opera
Giar
Florence Guerrararo
Shasta Dam
Woman with no driving skills hit four tickets in Hyde Park
Mrs Viniet Labash, 35, was charged with four traffic violations by Hyde Park police claiming she was behind the wheel of a truck that collided with another car and fled the scene while intoxicated. Police noted she cannot drive and lacks a license.
Police Chief Denies Affair With Mayor's Wife
Fay F. Dalrymple of Highland Heights denies any affair with Mayor Clem Ley's wife. Mayor Ley contends the chief humiliated him and has suspended Dalrymple awaiting council action while pursuing divorce-related disputes with his wife.
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Cleveland
Lune
Fay F. Dalrymple
Highland Heighs
Dalrymplé
Clem
Ley’s
Datarle
Politihe
Ley
Dalrymple
Hhin
Bomb making boy traced by one-man arson squad
A nine year old in ST PAUL Minn was taunted for a day as arson detectives traced a garage fire to the boy. Det Paul Gillen pursued the culprit who confessed tossing a bomb over a fence after admitting play gone wrong. Evidence included a red candle and improvised device components.
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St, Paul
Minn
Jos
Nicholas Evenett
Paul Gillen
Now He'll Count Cookies by Himself
DETROIT June 16 Hom Gilbert Clements' mother-in law testified in divorce court that he was so stingy he counted the cookies in the bologna and ice box to keep his wife from eating while he worked. The wife Mary received the divorce.
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Detroit
Hom
Gilbert Clements
Mary
Crime Didn't Pay at All in Campaign Fund Theft
Gilbert 42 pleaded to stealing a few dollars from a can used to collect funds for a heart disease campaign. His attorney asked Judge Musmanno to allow $50 per month to the Pennsylvania Heart Association for a year instead of jail.
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Hee Ee
Gilbert
Michael A. Musmanno
Pennsylvanian Heart Association
Musmarino
Plana Part-time Egg-sitter for Bird
Brainerd June 16 reports BA mother Bhuany sharing her maternal duties with a bird named Plane. She nurtured four eggs and described balancing caregiving tasks with daily life.
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Plana
Brainerd
She Didn't Practice What She Preached in Cleveland Incident
Cleveland June 16 A girl to captain the safety program at Lincoln Element Lakewood was blonde faced Jane Esley 12 But last night Jane forgot to be careful swerved bicycle into the path of an object and was hurt in the collision with a somabie and her somabie remains unclear.
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Cleveland
Lincoln
Lakewood
Jane'Eesley
Lost key returns home after tire repair mishap
A garbled text fragment from Monroe Louisiana dated June 16 describes a key lost during auto tire repair. The key was crushed while the route from Mourne to Jacksonville to the garage is mentioned, though many details are unreadable.
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Monroe
Barney
Mourne
Jacksonville
Roundup on tax dodgers and tax cuts in Congress
Washington June 16 AP reports the House ways and means committee revised plans for tax dodgers offering a later chance to settle with Uncle Sam before prosecution. It cut refunds interest to 3 percent from 6 and ended exemptions for government civilian or military workers in possessions like Guam and Puerto Rico. The drive for excise tax cuts gained support from Sen. Lucas and a Senate House committee urging spending restraint and inflation guards.
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House
Ways and “Ineans
Sam
Treasury
Gustee
United States
Guam
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
Congress
Sen. Lucas
Tllinois
Senate
Senate House Economic Committee
House Ways and Means
Truman
Joint Aconomic Committee
New Polybutadiene Rubber From Phillips Petroleum Reported
AP reports Phillips Petroleum Co announced a new polybutadiene synthetic rubber made from butadiene derived from petroleum. The PB rubber reportedly surpasses GR S and may rival natural rubber in some tests, aided by a modified process and carbon black reinforcement. The project cited Office of Rubber Reserve support and aims for highway use.
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York
Phillips Petroleum Co
Tilps Petroleum Company
Phillips
Warm Humid Weather Spreads Across East and South
A sluggish heat persists in the east and south as a cooler Canadian air mass unsettles the central states. Thunderstorms moved through the Midwest and western Great Lakes with winds racing to high speeds. Some readings topped 105 in Pennsylvania and surrounding areas amid sporadic showers.
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Chicago
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Weress
Alppi Valley
Indiana
Ohio
Great Diainn
Duinneaein
Philipa Durg
Colorado Kids in Truman Cabinet Shift
In Washington, the Truman administration fills key posts with two Coloradans. Charles F. Brannan, new Agriculture Secretary, and Oscar L. Chapman, Interior Secretary, are veteran New Dealers linked to Roosevelt’s era. Brannan’s budget role and public farm plans draw mixed business and party reactions. Chapman, a longstanding political operator, travels for the president and marks Colorado’s cabinet influence.
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Paul
Martin
Washington
Colorado
Truman
Charles F. Brannan
Oscar L. Chapman
Brasman
Chapman
Roosevelt
Orp
Dent Truman
CCC
Japman
Brannar
Sack Chapman
West Coast
Fruran
California
America
Truman Brannan
National Farmers-Union
Brannan
Clint Anderson
Denver
New Deal
Farm Security Administration
Cha
Interior Department
Julian’ A. Krug
Charles Brannan
Onear L. Chapman
Electrical Power in State Held Ample
Pasadena report quotes A Lott saying California and Arizona will have ample electrical power through 1952 as demand doubles yearly, met by new steam plants, reducing dependence on weather and rain for power.
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Pasadena
California
Arizona
A. Lott
Solos Move to Curb President's Arm Shift Power
The article reports that two Senate committees approved measures restricting presidential control of armed forces and ordering broader oversight. It notes debate on expanding war powers limits and potential funding implications, with focus on committee actions and ongoing political contention.
Bank Robber Shot After One Day Crime Spree
Portland dispatch reports a convict robbed a bank in a single day, engaging in a gun battle as police and bystanders pursued. Bullets shattered windows and struck cars during the chaotic chase before the suspect was finally subdued.
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Portland
Wayne
Tides and Temperatures Weather Statistics From Coast Survey
Sunrise and sunset times with tide feet and currents. Coastal station data attributed to U S Coast and Geodetic Survey. Long Beach lifeguards report water temperature sixty five and small breakers in surf conditions.
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Moonhet
Fis
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Long Beach
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