Kiwanians Hear Dictatorship Foe Speech At Lakewood Club
Rear Adm. Leslie E. Gehres ret. spoke to Long Beach Kiwanis Clubs on Opposition to Future Concentration of Power in Federal Government. He cited USS Franklin courage in World War II and warned of centralized dictatorial trends. Uptown Kiwanis hosted as Ray Wyllie presided with guests Howard Hicks and Polytechnic High School Key Club members.
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Leslie E. Gehres
USN
San Diego
Long Beach
Adm. Gehres
Constitutional Foundation
U. S
Uptown Kiwanis
Ray Wyllie
Howard Hicks
Polytechnic High School
Key Club
Pioneer of Valley Dies in California
William Franklin Holt, 87, famed for transforming Imperial Valley into farmland, died after Oct. 27 surgery. He built the first railroad into the valley, started lighting and telephone systems, helped develop water resources, and founded Holton later Holtville. Surviving are his widow, two daughters Catherine and Chloe Holt of Berkeley, and sister Lies Graves of Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Los Angeles
William Franklin Holt
Harold Bell Wright
Imperial Valley
Holt
Holton
Holtville
el Centro
Merced County
Missouri
Arizona
California
Redlands
Calif
Mexican
Colorado
Jefferson Worth
Wright
Barbara Worth
Catherine
Chloe
Berkeley
Laura Graves
Chillicothe
Santa to Ride Copter for Lakewood Visit
Santa Claus announced arrangements for a helicopter landing near Butler Bros. at Lakewood Center at 11 45 a m tomorrow. He will hover for an hour to view the area's growth before landing and handing out gifts to children gathered there.
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Santa Claus
North Pole
Butter Bros
Lakewood Center
Santa
Lakewood
Parakeet Found by Mrs Becker Near Linden Avenue
Mrs George Becker of 312 Elliott Lane reports a blue parakeet found last Sunday morning on Linden Ave near Eighth St while returning from church. She has it in her care and seeks the owner.
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George Becker
Elliott Lane
Linden Ave
Eighth St
Internal Revenue Auditor in Oklahoma Investigated
Washington dispatch reports a formal inquiry into J Frank Wilcox chief of audits in Oklahoma City by the Internal Revenue Bureau. The bureau says the investigation is ongoing with no details given while a broader inquiry touches many bureau employees and a House subcommittee reviews King Cal Calif intervention in Southern California tax cases.
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Washington
UPI
Internal Revenue Bureau
J. Frank Wilcox
Oklahoma City
Internal Revenue
Bureau
House
Ways and Means
Rep
King D
Vene
California
King
Subcommittee
Bremerton to be commissioned at San Francisco yard
The USS Bremerton, the last heavy cruiser mothballed in this area, will be commissioned at San Francisco Naval Shipyard on Friday, Navy officials said.
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San Francisco
Bremerton
San Francisco Naval Shipyard
Navy
Rotary Club Heals Panel of Four Medics
A Rotary Club talk reviews advances in medicine with four physicians detailing sulfa and antibiotics reducing fatalities, new anesthesia methods for heart and lung surgery, and the role of blood transfusions. They foresee cancer and polio cures and note rising prepaid medical insurance in California. Dr. Ferrell chaired the program. President Madden presided.
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Rotary Club
Orville W. Cole
John C. Cottrell
Elliston Farrell
Fred B. Clarke
Press-Telegram
California
Cole
Einston Ferrell
Joseph E. Madden
Site for Laboratory Vultee Picks Texas Site for Laboratory
CP Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp has announced the establishment of its ordnance aerophysics laboratory at Daingerfield Texas as a separate division to handle additional research. Convair president La Motte T Cohn said the facility includes a supersonic wind tunnel Ramjet engine test burner and a high altitude test chamber for testing large scale Ramjet engines at simulated altitudes of 20 miles and at four times the speed of sound.
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San Diego
CP Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Ordnance Aerophysics Laboratory
Daingerfield
Texas
la Motte T. Cohn
Convair
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Internal Revenue Auditor In
Oklahoma
Heals
Vultee
American Avenue
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Astersoy, Trusafe Tubular Steel
Seabright Ave
Buffums
Buffurs
Space Patrol
Terra
Corey
Cadet Happy
Carol
Mom
Dad
Buffumns
Free Park & Slos
Mallinson
Young Californian Shop
Lang Becks
Sanity Ardy
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