Posthumous blast at public officials taints San Francisco memorial
An embittered real estate dealer Elva Strandberg witnessed the tearing down of Martin Hanson’s monument opened in 1925 for peace and justice after a 1918 street realignment dispute. Hanson, who died two decades earlier, left a 21 page letter denouncing officials and urging better conditions. Mrs. Rust recalled his ideals and doubt about today’s world.
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Market St
Martin Hanson
Fred Rust
Orinda
Calif
Rust
Philip
Hanson
Elva Strandberg
St. Widening
Elva
Gvinde
Henson
Caltech President urges 50 percent faculty pay rise
Dr. Lee A. Dubridge says private colleges should raise faculty salaries by 3 percent and push endowments to three billion dollars to match rising costs from business and industry. He hails last year’s Flora Foundation grant of 280 million dollars as pivotal to college financing.
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Flore
Lee A. Dubridge
California Institute
Stirl of
Caltech
Atty Gen in Hawaii Gets Boot
Honolulu report: Gov Samuel King dismisses Attorney General Edward N. Sylva amid looming Communist hearings. Sylva fired for attending a testimonial dinner honoring ILWU regional director Jack W. Hall, a convicted Communist out on bail. Political observers warn attendees face Senate scrutiny and potential political backlash. Hall leads 24,000-member union. dinner attendance strains territorial politics.
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Honolulu
Samuel King
Mawei
Edward N. Sylva
Republicss
Jack W. Hall
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Independent Union
Harry Bridges
James Bird
D-Miss
Senate Internal Affairs Subcommittee
Hewaii
Hall
Infant Freezes to Death After Missionary Party Strands
Glimpses of a stranded missionary party near Glennallen Alaska unfold as a 3 month old dies from cold. A 30 foot boat, rough seas and sub zero conditions leave the group penniless somber and praying for rescue. A nurse notes the infant’s death while others remain hospitalized and hopeful for a miracle.
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Glennallen
Alaska
Alaskan
Jim Paulson
Ellemar
Paulson
Dor
Ffrith Ta Vala
East Germans donate goods to Hungary valued at 5.2 million
The East German government announced a donation of goods worth 5.2 million to Hungary led by Premier Janos Kadar. The aid aims to foster cooperation between Berlin and Budapest amid Cold War tensions.
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Berlin
East Geran
Janos Kadar
Radla
Missing Girl Believed After Wedding License
In a Vermont case linked to a Chicopee Massachusetts elopement, Elaine Baron and officials pursue a missing teenager Priscilla Whitcomb 18 who vanished five days prior with Richard Thatcher 19 a restaurant worker. Whitcomb’s father Louis Whitcomb fears for his daughter while Thatcher faces an FBI charge for transporting a stolen car across state lines and a license request is denied due to identification issues.
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Inday
Vermont
Nerie
Chicopee
Mass
Smith
Whitcomb
Panion
Louis Whitcomb
Priscilla
Richard Thatcher
Thatcher
Arthur Baithezer
Colorado Mar
Navy
FBI
Miss Whitcomb
Grandmother of Japan Murdered by Burglary
Mrs Suma Marusi known as the Grandmother Moses of Japan was found slain in her Tokyo home. Police said she was apparently killed by a burglar. The 84 year old painter learned from her artist son Ini Maruki and daughter-in-law Toshiko. Her works were featured in exhibitions and a folio published last year was a best seller. A critic praised fantasy and abstraction in her pictures.
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Suma Marusi
Grandma Moses
Japan
Fiain
Sums Hed
Ini
Maruki
Toshiko
Ma- Tuk
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