Long-term orders signal continued prosperity in manufacturing
New orders in March reached postwar highs with durable goods leading gains. Manufactures report inventories rising slowly as production surges, yet cautious purchasing persists. Corporate cash buffers remain strong while the outlook hinges on sustained new orders and careful inventory management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Department of Commerce
National Association of Purchasing Agents
Securities and Exchange Commission
U. S
Cardinal Views Red Atheism as Step to Serfdom
SACRAMENTO May 1 Cardinal Stritch the archbishop of Chicago denounced atheistic communism as a path to serfdom before 15,000 at a mass honoring Sacramento’s first Catholic service. He said communism degrades human dignity, inflames persecution of the church, and urged greater devotion to Christ to counter its spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Samuel Cardinal Stritchaid
Chicago
Augustine Anderson
Europe
Calvary
Citrus Market Report Frays Prices For Oranges Lemons
May 4 Citrus Market News reports oranges and lemons slightly weaker while grapefruit holds steady. Various box and crate prices for Valencias, navel oranges, and mixed sizes across regions including Imperial Valley and California exchanges are listed, with bids and grades noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valescita Imperial Valley
Plorkla
Merry
Grapetrust
Arizona
San
S.A
Concha
Inne Ain
INOS
Sonia
California
Tate
Treasury Report Summary Snapshot and Revenue Figures
The report shows monthly receipts and expenditures with a balance and debt totals. Notable figures include total receipts, expenditures, and a rounded debt figure. details reference various treasury categories and year end projections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wan
Tae
Tne
Custame
Kirnold Aspetx
Murra Incuites
Bay City Bakers End Labor Dispute After 24 Hours
In San Francisco on May 1, the AFL Bakers union and Oroweat Baking Company led a 24 hour strike closing 95 percent of the city’s bread supply. Kilpatrick Continental and Largendorf bakeries shut down in solidarity with a dispute over workweek length. Employers offered a 28 hour five day week with six to eight hour days. Late last night representatives tentatively agreed to a five day week of seven and a half hours per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
A. F. L. Bakers’ Union
Oroweat Baking Company
Kilpatrick
Continental
Largendorf
Wnion
Earnings roundup shows mixed quarterly results across firms
Earnings figures from multiple companies include Eastern Airlines posting a net profit of 1,367,299 and 91,209,005 other items. Semimgnwealth Edison reports quarterly data, Hershey Chocolate and Texan Gulf Producing announce cents per share, and L. Smith & Corona shows 82 cents. Also listed are Weatergould Supply and Eyarahaze with earnings per share and year figures in loose, fragmented form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vagreen Co
Eastern Airlines
Semimgnwealth Edison Co
Quatien Et
Tigenta
Hershey Chocolate Corp
VR. Blk
Yinen Foods
VE. Weatergould “Supply
Mlasouti
L. Smith & Corona Typewriters, Inc
Duarter
Texan Gulf
Quaner
Eyarahaze
Imc
Lava
Building Permits Listing for October and Odd Jobs
Frince Building Permits show entries for J M Aneara at 410 Olle Ave and alterations on 37h Lewis Ave with contractor Petey Moody. Also listed are a dwelling and garage at 1313 Somerset, architect Clarence Asari, and alterations at 53x Bay Shore Wk, with agents Helen Lange and Grace DB Barris.
Investment funds and financial entries across multiple firms
A garbled OCR list enumerates numerous investment funds and financial products. It references national dealers, retail trades, various funds with dollar values, and several company names such as Century Sh Tr, Union, Am Mutual, and Wellington Fd SG. The text reads like a fragmented ledger of investments and securities with inconsistent notations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imc
Alfiaied F
Aihara
AE Sleet Co
Kevat
Reston
Breal
Mantat Bond Tepe Biock
Aviation Aigtate
St Toy
Rt Y
Eis Union
Parrotte
Bock
Bock Equip
Ualtet Ene & i
Brog + Wellington
Hep
Jag Sn Ltd
Mutual
Poultry and dairy price listings for retailers and consumers
Wholesale and retail prices shown for butter, eggs, poultry and related goods. Includes grade distinctions, carton pricing, case retailing, and transport costs with various weights and product forms.
Cotton Market Movements Amid World Hunger and Hedge Warnings
Cotton futures showed irregular activity as traders weighed a rally in New Orleans and mission house buying against profit-taking and hedge selling. Old crop deliveries held steady, while May expirations approached on May 2 and traders eyed possible loan extensions into late year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Stork
Gor
Mission House
New Orleans
Pary
May
Dales
Warkington
Ntfer
Student on Trial in Fatal Shooting at Football Fete
James D. Heer 21 goes on trial for first degree murder in the Delta Tau Delta fraternity party killing of Jack D. McKeown 20 a Norwood resident and OSU journalism senior. Heer claimed a reputation as a clean cut student and sought to prove university laxity on liquor rules.
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Columbus
Ohio
James D. Heer
Ohio State University
Heer
University Veterinary College
Jack D. McKeown
Norwood
Delta Tau
Ohio State
Bigger
Delta Tau Delta
McKeown
Lantern
Ohio State Daily
Maytag Cuts Prices on Washers in Iowa
Maytag announces a ten dollar price reduction on its automatic washer and a five dollar cut on three conventional washer models at Newton Iowa effective today Roy A Bradt Maytag vice president attributed the cut to large scale production economies amid rising material costs and trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Iowa
Maytag Co
Roy A. Bradt
Maytag
Small Boat Shelter Opens in Carlsbad Oceanfront
CARLSBAD May 1 A small craft shelter the only one between San Diego and Newport was opened here today The 70 foot wide channel into Agua Hewiona Lagoon was opened yesterday as a sand levee raised during dredging was cut Contributions and donated labor aided the project sponsored by the Oceanside Carlsbad Sports Men's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlsbad
San Diego
Newport
Agua Hewiona Lagoon
Oceanside-Carlsbad Sportsmen's Club
Patrolman Garrene Suspended For 20 Days Without Pay
Patrolman Robert Garrene was suspended for 20 days without pay following charges that he used excessive force while handling a prisoner identified as Navy sailor Millard P. Thompson at the city jail on March 3. Chief William H. Dovey signed the order outlining the disciplinary action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Garrene
U S Visible Wheat Supplies Fall in Week
CHICAGO may 1 UP The U S visible supply of wheat decreased 1 068 000 bushels to 154 237 000 last week The Board of Trade also reported declines in corn oats rye barley and soybeans with each commodity moving lower by hundreds of thousands of bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
I. S
Board of Trade
Stork Birth for Dr Thurman and Family
A baby girl named Shelley Helene Thurman was born April 27 to Dr Hill C Thurman and his wife at Community Hospital. The couple already has two children, Gary, age 5, and Pamela Lynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley Helene
Hill C. Thurman
Thurman
Community Hospital
Gary
Pamela Lynn
Foreign Exchange Rates From New York May Day
Foreign exchange rates published from New York on May 1 show Canadian dollar near parity with slight discount, while British pound remains unchanged. Futures data indicate minor moves in francs and marks, with several currencies listed as unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Exchange
Aettenane Itranes
Ires
Mexico
LM Ue
Videla Visits Texas Amid Chilean Riots Charm Persists
President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla of Chile, touring Texas on a state visit, ignores unrest at home. He plans to speak briefly, tour an irrigation project, attend a football stadium event, and depart for New Orleans. He blames Chilean strikes on Communists amid U. S. aid reinforced industrial programs. The party arrived aboard President Truman's Sacred Cow after landing in Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ubbock
Texas
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Chile
Ilve
New Orleans
Gonzalez Videla
Taneh
Lubbock
Interior Ministry
Santiago
U. S
Houston
President Truman
Rolland Truman
United States
Townsend Organization
Townsend Hall
We Fifth
St. Tonigh
Los Cerritos School
Wrigley District Jmprovement Association
Hosmer
Townsend Clubs
Compton Young Democrats
James G. Butler
James Roosevelt
Compton Club
Roosevelt
Butler
Welburn Mayock
Bullrry
Walts
Compions
Gotham Students Resume Attendance After Protests
New York May 1 Students returned to classrooms after a week of riots demanding higher teacher pay and restored activities. City Hall area was guarded by over 100 officers, seven mothers protested at mayor’s office, officials raised salaries by 250 dollars to end the strike and resume after school programs and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City Hall
Brooklyn
Brownsville
William O'Dwyer
Officers Probe Skeleton Found in Stream Near Cooper Canyon
Montrose May 1 sheriffs officers led a search party into Cooper Canyon to locate a human skeleton found by four South Gate fishermen in Little Rock Creek. A skull jawbone pelvis and part of a spine were recovered. A missing person report tied the bones to 81 year old William Salter of Los Angeles last seen October 5, 1946. Shreds of clothing matched those Salter reportedly wore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrose
South Gate
Little Rock Creek
Cooper Canyon
Wiliam Saiter
Los Angeles
Salter
Pulitzer Winners to Be Named Today
New York May 1 Pulitzer prizes will be announced late today at Columbia University. The awards honor public service by a newspaper, best reporting, and outstanding works in fiction verse and biography. The prizes were established by Joseph Pulitzer who died in 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia University
Joseph Pulitzer
Justice Douglas Will Ride Across Iran
Tehran May 1 embassy source says Supreme Court Justice William Douglas plans a summer horseback ride across Iran arriving in July. He will travel from Azerbaijan in the north to the southern coast, accompanied by Gerald Dooher who joined him on a prior Iran climb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Pi Ui
Sureme Court
William Inglas
Iran
U. S
Douglas
Azerbaijan
Gerald Dooher
Ache
British Aid Sent To Freighter Seized By Chinese Nationalists
The Royal Navy sent frigate Mounts Bay to aid the Incharran, a British freighter seized by Nationalist forces while en route from Hong Kong to Macao. The incident follows prior seizures near Amoy and evacuation efforts around Hainan's capital Hothow, marking a third clash since Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Royal Navy
Mounts Bay
Macao
Thailand
Wandering Woman Found on Highway in Colorado Springs
A 37 year old woman who left a private mental hospital last Wednesday was found yesterday twelve miles south of Colorado Springs on State Highway 115. She had been missing during a sheriff led search and spent nights outdoors under dead leaves and grass. she is unharmed and in hospital authorities care.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Curfew Imposed on Soviet Ships in Singapore Harbor
Immigration authorities impose a curfew on three Soviet merchant ships in Singapore Harbor. Soviet crewmen may not land from 5 p m to 3 a m. Only five men per ship may land at a time and shore parties are watched by plain clothes officers from the criminal investigation department security branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ngapore
Singapore
Security Branch
Criminal Investigation Department
Woman Tells Sister and Ends Life
Angeles May 1. Agnes Flora told her sister she would commit suicide and then slashed wrists and took sleeping tablets. Her sister Mrs Avis Doaks summoned an ambulance, but Flora died en route to a hospital Saturday.
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Angeles
Carolé Agnes Flora
Avis Doaks
Flora
Tidelands Oil Debate Drives Campaign in 18th District
The tidelands oil issue dominates campaigns for Craig Hosmer in the 18th District and incumbent Clyde Doyle. Hosmer sends a nationwide appeal to vote and predicts a presidential veto but vows to press ahead in Congress. Doyle defends his earlier Walters bill support and plans active debate. Bonzer and endorsements add to party tensions as pensions and tax topics surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tidelands
Craig Hosmer
Clyde Doyle
Hosmer
Lynwood
Congress
Long Beath
18Th
Doyle
House
California
Yorba Sr dies heirs in California frontier family
Yorba Sr 57 a descendant of California s oldest farm family died today at St Joseph s Hospital Orange after an extended illness Two days before a dedication ceremony for a landmark plaque on Yorba lands the family said the death will prevent representation at the 32 pm dedication The Yorba family widow Enna two sons Bernardo Jr and Jack one brother Vincent and four sisters were named as survivors from the Yorba ranch area with ties to Placentia Anaheim Hollywood Pomona and Santa Ana Canyon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Placentia
Bernardo
Yorba Sr
California
California Centennials' Commission
Yorba
Santa Ana Canyon
St. Joseph's Hospital
Orange
Campbell & Kaulthars
Anaheim
Ywale Seputcher Cemetery
Jose Antonio Yorba
Don Bernardo Yorba
Yorza
Enna
Bernardo Jy
Jacl
Vincent
Martina Pelanconi
Hollywood
Mary Vejat
Hortencia Palomares
Pomona
Avenia Wents
Building Craftsmen Strike Paralyzes San Diego Area
San Diego May 1 1926 Building trades halted as A F L plasterers lathers and carriers walked out to demand higher pay. Union says workers will return for $26 eight hour day for plasterers and lathers and $24 for carriers. Existing scale was $22.50 for plasterers and lathers and $20.70 for carriers. Local talks unclear on duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
A.F. L
Fragmented Local Fire Report Amid Aerial Noise
A damaged OCR fragment lists fires and dangers across multiple streets including Cedar Avenue Pike and Ontario Avenue. Mentions stove and apartment fires with heavy damage at several locations, referencing Alma Carson, Hermant Bert Poy, and other unclear names. Lacks clear dates or authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raya
ONG
Fashion Aga
Alma Carson
Bert
Almport
Pike and
Cedar Ave
Rom
Marher
Auriart
Ontario
Atlantic
Grace Artem
Chamar
Gag Aptl
Montay
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Cardinal
Treasury Report
Bay City Bakeries
Asm
iCattone
Cartone
Capopellea
Fmm
Depto
Sal
Fear
Waahsile M
Yorcambue
Anton Bulur
Fae
Matson
Yi Line
Honan Rovia Gooefellow
Ftales Manne Cine
Antwerp
C. & Jones
Guarams
Cape ‘Corp
Vancouver Mane
Tagetinia
Weyerhseuser
Rattimore
Wagie
Ebana
Alex
Ukria
Slaraantho
Aurelio Leannelsco Ruckenbach
Sentll
Miia Bophara
Long Beach
Victor H. Ee
Ae Niegen Bay
Evelyn Cline
Padi
Pregiexland
M. Cline
Sieum
Tor Weernreceewren
Francisca
Stork
Dina ” Dt
Long Beach Council of Republican Women
Women's Republican Study Club
American Ave
Mary Blue
Charles F. Scharfenstein
Rosalie Maitland
Richard A. Bixby
F. M. Young
Raymond G. Grobaty
Videla
Gotham
Justice Douglas
Fresno
Arthur Bonzer
18Th District
Republican Central Committee
Bonzer
Frank Merriam
Frederick N. Howser
M. Philip da
Vis
Merriam
Howser
Davis
Harbor District
Democratic Club
Tom D. Vejanis
Manchester Boddy
Thomas H. Kuchel
Eugéne Biscailuz
Herbert C. Legg
Carl Fletcher
Junge Edward R. Brand
Superior Court
Williar G. Bonelli
Board of Equalization
Grant
William S. Grant
Building Craftsmen of
Redlands University
Geonce S. May Company
Weatern Division
Geary Stavet
Sen
Fromistol T
Cott
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