Beauty contest feud shuts all Meigs County schools
Meigs County High sparked a dispute over a beauty queen causing all 122 county schools to close. Principal Culvahouse and Science Teacher Powell faced transfer and resignation tensions. the board voted to transfer Culvahouse while suspending school operations until resolution. Miss Annette Hipns won the pageant with funds to buy sweaters for athletes.
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Jecatur
Tenn
Meigs County High
Annette Hipns
D. B. Powell
Meigs High
Culvahouse
Powell
Culva- Shouse
Culyahouse
Tt Ten
Dudley Culvahouse
Hipps
Nashville
R. R. Vance
Tennessee Board of Education
Meigs County
Vance
J. A. Barksdale
West Oregon Flooded East Oregon Hires Rainmaker
In Condon Oregon farmers in Gilliam Morrow and Sherman counties hire Water Resources Development Corp of Pasadena to seed clouds and bring rain. R. T. Beamant of Oregon State College notes tests began Sept. 1 with silver iodide from ground generators along the eastern Cascade slopes. Contract runs to June 30 1951 with a 15000 dollar fee plus rainfall bonuses up to 55000 dollars. Western Oregon saw record rainfall in October including Astoria 17.70 inches. Rivers burst banks after storms and heavy October deluge.
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Condon
Ore
Richt
Taim
Oregon
Gilliam
Morrow
Sherman
Water Resources Development Corp
Pasadena
Calif
R. T. Beamant
Oregon State College
Pacific
Cascade Mountain Range
Reamant
Astoria
Three Conclaves Booked for City to Bring $750 000
City officials anticipate a $750 000 economic boost from three conferences booked recently. The National Industrial Exposition and Conference by the National Foremen's Association runs Feb 14 2000, the United Rubber Cork and Linoleum Workers of America meets Sept 17 22, and the Order of Eastern Star Grand Chapter of California holds Oct 14 22 with sizable attendance.
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Long Beach
David Olmsted
Convention and Visitors Bureau
National Foremen’s Association
United Rubber, Cork & Linoleum Workers of America
Order of Eastern Star
Grand Chapter
California
Leedom Hutton Aid Named Registered Representative
Donald E. Leedom appointed as a registered representative of the Long Beach office of BE F Hutton & Co. He is a Long Beach resident since 1925 and a University of Oregon graduate who served in the European theater during the last war. Son of realtor Lloyd C. Leedom.
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Donald E. Leedom
Long Beach
BE. F. Hutton & Co
New York Stock Exchange
W. C. Ferguson
T .Leedom
University of Oregon
Lloyd C. Leedom
St Louis Phone Workers Strike Ends After Walkout
In St Louis the crippling strike by about 5000 Southern Bell workers ended as L McCowen of the Communications Workers union ordered employees to return to work. The walkout began yesterday morning and disrupted local and long distance calls, prompting the union chief to call for an immediate resumption of duties.
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St. Louis
UPI
St Louis
L. McCowen
Southwestern Division 20
Southern Bell Telephone Co
City Worker Killed When Hit by Auto
Herman Grandlenard a 65 year old city street department employee was killed when struck by a car on Orange Avenue near Spring Street. The driver Harriet Merritt 59 was not cited and Grandlenard died at Community Hospital. He had 28 years with the street department and is survived by his widow Emma.
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Herman Grandlenard
Eighth St
City Street Department
Orange Ave
Spring St
Long Beach
Grandlenard
Harriett Ie Merritt
Gundry Ave
Community Hospital
B. W. Coen Funeral Home
Street Department
Emma
Arizona gambling bill faces tribute payments for licenses
Governor Dan E. Garvey charged that racketeering interests backing a legalized gambling bill in Arizona have begun collecting tribute from prospective casino license owners. He said 15 people paid 10 000 each, totaling 150 000, with a further 15 000 due if the bill passes.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Dan E. Garvey
Garvey
Snow and rain chill vast football crowds across the nation
A wintery mix dampened the day as 96,000 spectators in Ann Arbor and 71,074 in Cleveland watched Michigan and Notre Dame. Snow, wind, and rain disrupted games from Ohio to the Midwest while 104 degree heat shocked fans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Cold fronts and snowfall hit eastern Canada, travel slowed in New York, and air defense drills were postponed due to weather.
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Ann Arbor
Winvis
Michigan
Municipal Stadium
Cleveland
Notre Dame
Navy
Ohio State
Northwestern
Evanston
Dyche Stadium
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Egon State
China Calls for Volunteers to Support Korea War
The New China News Agency broadcast a Peking issued declaration from the democratic parties of China including the Communist Party urging volunteers to resist United States aggression in Korea. It accuses U S imperialists of crossing the 38th parallel toward the Yalu and Tu men rivers and threatening China's northeastern border.
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Tokyo
China
North Korea
United Nations
United States
Orient
New China News Agency
Peking
Communist Party
U.S
Far East
U. S
Formosa
U. S. Navy
Indochina
America
Korea
Korean Democratic Peoples Republic
Asia
38Th Parallel
Yalu
Tumen Tivers
5000 Casualties Evacuated From Korea by Ship to Japan
The Defense Department reports that about 5000 casualties have been evacuated from Korea to Japan by Military Sea Transportation Service ships since mid September. More than 1400 wounded have been moved from Japan to the United States by air. Officials say ships were used to clear Japanese hospitals in case Inchon casualties were higher.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Japan
United States
Military Sea Transportation Service
Navy
Inchon
Preachers Power Revealed in Book
Paul Higgins of Long Beach now an ordained minister at Washington Methodist Church Chicago writes Preachers of Power The book analyzes the lives of Henry Ward Beecher Phillips Brooks and Walter Rauschenbusch Higgins is a Rock River Conference minister and a Whittier College and University of Chicago Divinity School graduate
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Paul Higgins
Long Beach
Washington Methodist Church
Chicago
Henry Ward Beecher
Phillips Brooks
Walter Rauschen-busch
Higgins
Rock River Conference
The
Methodist Church
Whittier College
Divinity School
University of Chicago
Lunatic Roped Atop 70-ft Chimney Hauled to Safety
An escaped lunatic in Upton England climbed a 70-foot hospital chimney and held on for about ten hours before a rescue. His brother and a fireman on a ladder brought him down after braces, tea, and pleas from his mother, amid rain and smoke from a nearby fire.
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Lunatic
Upton
England
One Dead Two Hurt in Ixtaccihuatl Peak Climb
A group of ten climbers attempting Ixtaccihuatl's 17743 foot peak were caught in a snowstorm. One man died when a boulder crushed his brother Ruben. Two others were injured Esperanza Santillan Sanvicente with frostbite and Mario Gutierrez Gonzalez with fractured ribs. Survivors sought shelter in a cave before rescue teams reached them forty miles from Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Esperanza Santillan Sanvicente
Mario Guitierrez Gonzalez
Mario
Ruben
S M U Students Hurt as Coaches of Train Separate
Three Southern Methodist University students from Dallas were injured when two coaches on a special train came uncoupled and fell between rails in Pflugerville Texas on November 4. Miss Shirley Royster suffered possible concussion. Clayborn Umbertfield and BI Bob Brown had broken legs and broken feet.
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Pflugerville
Texas
Southern Methodist University
Shirley Royster
Clayborn Umbertfield
BI Bob Brown
Dallas
Royster
Umberfield
S. M U
Puerto Rico Voters Sign Up for Territorial Constitution Referendum
In San Juan on November 4 voters began registering for a referendum on a new territorial constitution after a week of tension from a Nationalist revolt. Women registered today for June 4 1951 and men will register tomorrow. Officials expect turnout could surpass 70 000, Governor Luis Munoz Marin urged a strong vote citing free elections as defense against disorders. National guardsmen were withdrawn and 106 registration sites were guarded. About 200 of several hundred prisoners in custody will be freed without charges.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Luis Munoz Marin Ina
Spejg
Vicente Geigel
Indoctrination Ends for Pvt James Dresser at Lackland AFB
Pvt James F. Dresser 19 son of Mr and Mrs L B Dresser 671 Western Ave Buena Park completed indoctrination at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio Texas and will enter training in specialized work at the same base.
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Buena Park
James F. Dresser
L. B. Dresser
Western Ave
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Illinois society events and campus dance highlight brief
Local news notes a covered dish dinner for the Illinois Society of Sound films and music next Friday at 6:30 p.m. in Machinists Hall, plus Isaiah lecture at Temple Sinai. Rebekah Lodge No. 71 holds officer nominations, a rummage sale is planned at 1143 Pine Ave, and a Harvest Bazaar benefits Bay Shore Church parlor. O Bryan visits King, and University of Arizona alumni host a dinner dance in Los Angeles at the Rodger Young Auditorium on Nov 11.
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Illinois Society
0Lineis Society
Machinists Au
Bay Shore Community Congregational Church
Temple Sinai Sisterhood
Pine Ave
U. of Arizona
Long Beach
University of Arizona
Rodger Young
Washington Blvd
Los Angeles
William Roy Williamson
Bob Confer
Orchard
Fred W. Hoar
Gladstone
A. Lovett
Mutual
Bul Grimwell
Ax-Minster
Mae Murray Names Twenty Movie Idols in Indiana Talk
Mae Murray lists her top twenty idols led by Rudolph Valentino in a Hollywood diary style address at the Indiana Society meeting. She recalls discovering Valentino in 1919 and will discuss each actor as film clips flash onscreen. The silent star, once a Ziegfeld beauty, now appears on stage and in nightclubs.
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Hollywood
Mae Murray
Indians Society
Dr. Agathe Pictures
Vickery
Vienna
Indiana Society
Hall
Don May
Rudolph Valentino
Clark Gable
Francis X. Bushman
Wallace Reid
Douglas Fairbanks Sr
John Barrymore
Bert Lytell
Richard Barthelmess
Conway Tearle
Conrad Nagel
Richard Dix
Rod la Rocque
Ricardo Cortéz
John Gilbert
Lew Cody
Ronald Colman
Adolphe Menjou
Lloyd Hughes
Harrison Ford
Milton Sills
Miss Murray
Pictures
Ziegfeld
New York
Bazaar and Luncheon Benefit at Terminal Island Auxiliary 4144 Veterans
Bazaar runs 9 a.m. to 9 a.m. next Wednesday with luncheon in the Veterans Memorial dining room to aid hospital work. rummage sale at 145 W. Third St run by a handicapped group with Denni Vader in charge. various club meetings and events follow including election of officers, a German American Club gathering, and a Women’s Benefit Association luncheon at 728 Elm Ave.
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Terminal Island Auxiliary
Veterans Is Foreign Wars
Veterans Memorial
Third St
Dennie Vader
Ww. B. A
Women's Benefit Association
Elm Ave
Minnie Buchanen
Michigan
Michigan State Society
Saboteur Blackouts Large Area of Salt Lake City
A deliberate power sabotage cut electrical service across much of Salt Lake City from 7:50 to 8:30 pm local time. The outage disrupted Holy Cross Hospital as two babies were delivered using emergency flood lamps. A copper wire was thrown over a 44 000 volt transformer at a northeast substation, plunging the area into darkness.
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Salt Lake City
Holy Cross Hospital
Truman
St. Louis
George Badshby
Utah Power and Light Co
F-84 Pilot Parachutes to Ocean Uninjured
Lt. H. E. Martin of Los Angeles bailed from a Thunderjet after hitting a towed aerial target seven miles off Point Reyes. He was rescued by a Coast Guard PBM and transported to the Coast Guard air base with no injuries. Martin is stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base, San Rafael.
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San Francisco
Opi
Point Reyes
H. E. Martin
Los Angeles
Coast Guard
Fourth Air Rescue Squadron
Martin
Harillton Air Forc
San Rafael
Equestrienne Urges U S to Improve Olympic Horses
Ann Morningstar, 21, Greenwich equestrienne and seven time National Horse Show competitor, argues the United States must field better show horses for international events including Helsinki 1952. She notes U S aid recipients bring strong horses abroad and calls for a civilian Olympic team.
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York
Ann Morningstar
Equestrienne
Greenwich
Conn
Miss Morningstar
New York
Madison Square Garden
United States
Europe
Helsinki
U. S
America
Ann
International Equestrian Competitions Corporation
U. & Army Cam
Equestrienne Internationale
Morningstar
Afred B
Beach Area Wall Torn Down for Pier Construction
Sections of the old concrete sea wall along the seaward side of West Seaside Boulevard at Magnolia Avenue are being torn up to allow a timber pier. Johnson Western Constructors under a 74 305 24 contract will remove wall sections and build a 480 foot long pier with a 24 foot width and a boat landing float for small boats and fishing.
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W. Seasside Blvd
Magnolia Ave
Johnson-Western Constructors
Seaside Blvd
Palm Beach Park
Los Angeles River
Johnson-Western
Helena and Toledo Sail Toward Long Beach Arrival
The heavy cruisers Helena and Toledo on the way home from Korean waters are due to enter Long Beach Harbor at 1 p.m. Wednesday per Pacific Fleet. Helena, commanded by Capt. H. Co. Larson, will stay about two weeks before sailing to Hunter's Point for overhaul. Toledo, under Capt. R. F. Stout, has undisclosed plans.
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Helena
Toledo
Long Beach Harbor
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Far East
C. C. Hartman
H. Co. Larson
USN
R. F. Stout
Navy
Hunter's Point
San Francisco
Great Soviet Encyclopedia criticizes United States in harsh terms
Moscow reports the second volume of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia describing the United States as aggressive imperialist power leading an anti democratic camp. It accuses U S of racism inequality and parasitic wealth, printing images of lynching and economic disparity between Wall Street and slums.
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Moscow
America
United States
Seroi Vavilov
Endemy of Sciences
U. S
Wall St
Washington
Virginia
Cloudburst Ties Up New York City Traffic
A heavy rain in New York City tied up subway service in Queens and stalled more than 50 moving cars and other vehicles outside Ebbets Field for a Brooklyn football game. A cloudburst dropped 0.77 inches of rain at 10 p.m., with high winds causing thousands of dollars in damage in Berks and Lancaster counties, especially Adamstown.
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New York
Queens
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Berks
Lancaster
Adamstown
Lancaster County
Two Injured in Two Car Crash At Atlantic Ave Intersection
A pedestrian Lotte MacClintock of Anaheim suffered a fractured right elbow and possible internal injuries after being struck by a car driven by Howard Gavin of Burbank, which collided with Patricia Payne’s car driven by Patricia Lever. The pedestrian was taken to Seaside Hospital and the Payne car passenger received treatment for a minor forehead laceration at Bixby Knolls Hospital.
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Atlantic Ave
Armando
Yestersday
Lotte MacClintock
Anaheim
Seaside Hospital
Howard F. Gavin
Burbank
Patricia L. Payne
Banner
Patricia Lever
Banner Dr
Bixby Knolls Hospital
Romulo Replies Sharply to Vishinsky at UN Session
Philippine foreign minister Carlos P. Romulo issued a sharp rebuttal to Andrei Vishinsky during the 56th United Nations session. Romulo accused Vishinsky of using malicious and angry remarks when facts and law do not support him. He likened Vishinsky to a lawyer relying on chest pounding to distract judge and jury from the truth.
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New York
Carlos P. Romulo
Andrei Vishinsky
Philippine Republic
United Nations
Romulo
U. N
Vishinsky
USN
Insky
Russia
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Order of the Easton Star
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Marvel Marie Freeby
Ralph R., Freeby
Locust St
Women Students’ Government Association
Anderson College
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