Overhead Tree Watering Condemned at Santa Barbara Meeting
At the 15th annual Western Chapter National Shade Tree Conference in Santa Barbara attendees from Long Beach, including Park Superintendent J. J. Scherer and commissioners, discussed overhead sprinkling that makes roots surfaceward and kills trees lacking deep roots. Los Angeles forester F. W. Roewekamp warned against this practice as harmful to future growth.
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Long Beach
J. J. Scherer
J. S. Harris
Park Commission
Milton W. Phillips
Frank H. Brown
George Thompson
F. W. Roewekamp
Los Angeles City
Roewekamp
Southland
H. Dana Bowers
Son of Local Couple to Receive Degree at Mines
Frederick Charles Starich son of F E B Aldrich of 219 Prospect Ave will graduate as a petroleum engineer at Colorado School of Mines 74th commencement in Boulder on May 28 He will receive a diploma etched in silver Aldrich is a member of Beta Theta Pi Theta Tau Scabbard and Blade and Interfraternity Council He was assistant business manager of the Prospector and on the Oredigger staff He served three years in the Army during the war and earned the American Theater and Victory Medals.
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F. EB. Aldrich
Prospect Ave
Colorado School of Mines
Boulder
Aldrich
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Theta Tau
Scabbard and Blade
Interfraternity Council
Prospector
Oredigger
Pineapple fleet and coast guard plans invade Southern California
The 110 foot former subchaser Calpania delivered about 50 tons of Mexican pineapple to Southern terminals as part of a coastal trading fleet. The Western Queen with 200 tons and the Las Vegas and Western Star follow, while El Taybak loads 16,000 cases of beer in San Diego. Coast Guard and Army engineers may regulate anchorage near Scripps Institute pier, and Dagmar Salen, en route home to Stockholm, travels with her sons Ham, pus and Christer Salen aboard Gripsholm.
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Oong Beach
Tustin
Calpania
Panama
Western Queen
Las Vegas
Western Star
San Diego
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
la Jolla
Coast Guard
Army Engineers
Scripps Institute
Dagmar Salen
Salen Line
Dagmar
Salen
Stockholm
Gripsholm
Hampus
Christer
Sven Salen
Ribbons Available to Qualified Officers and Reservists
Frederick H. L. Ryder announces that Asiatic Pacific and European African Middle Eastern campaign ribbons will be available to qualified officers and enlisted men after June 1. Reservists eligible to receive the medals should apply to their unit instructors before the deadline.
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Frederick H. L. Ryder
Southern Military District
U S Due for Nine Million Jolts
New York May 25 lightning will strike the U S 9 000 000 times this year kill one American and injure four others each day and start fires on 30 000 farms Science Illustrated magazine for June warns your chance of being struck is one in 70 000. The piece cautions safety during storms with activities such as standing on beaches playing golf hiking and working in fields and suggests lying down if no shelter is available.
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New York
U. S
Science
Hlustrated Magazine
Jone
Love Stories Fade From Readers Says Book Dealer
Michael ONeill Jr reports American readers favor realism over romance as love novels decline. Los Angeles dealer Campbell notes wartime disillusionment, marriage engineering, and practical dating guides replace idealized love stories, with demand shifting to books on marriage and sex.
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Michael O'Neill JR
Ganeags
Bob Campbell
Campbell
American Book Sellers Association
Los Angeles
Dick Pow
Hawaii’s Hobnailed Go Near Extinction Warns Park Official
Washington reports the National Park Service voiced concern over Hawaii National Park issues. Declines in the nene and Hawaiian owl, rising mynah bird numbers, and increasing wild goats plus disappearing pigs cats and mongooses threaten the area. Park Superintendent F R Oberhansley cites likely fewer than 100 nene remain.
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The
National Park. Service
Hawaii National Park
F. R. Oberhansley
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