Hill Hill Council Delays Oil Lease Review
Signal Hill City Council postponed action on a lease with Golden Dome Oil Co for surface oil drilling on city water land to allow time for study and clarification. Five acres on Wardrow Road between Brayton and Gundry Avenues are under consideration with a 5,000 dollar bonus and royalty terms. The council set October 11 to act and requested amendments five days prior.
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Golden Dome Oil Co
Signal Hill
Frank Bartee
Wardrow Rd
Brayton and
Gundry Aves
Golden Dome Co
Ted Murphy
Murphy
Murr
Ralph Mutschler
Horace W. Green Jr
Socialite Slain Sweetheart Held
SAN FRANCISCO October 2 Handsome Thomas Cahill a shipping clerk and former Los Angeles bellhop was booked on suspicion of murder after a four day vigil beside the slashed body of his sweetheart Dorothea Hooker Cahill 28. He said he could not explain how a background of wealth and social position shared with him a poverty stricken existence in a dingy flat on McCallisT St.
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San Francisco
Thomas Cahill
Cahill
Los Angeles
Dorothea Hooker Cahill
Marine Corps
Richard S. Hooker
Newport
R.I
Sardine Fleet Sets Opening Day Catch Record
Long Beach Los Angeles harbor fishermen announce a record opening day haul totaling 9000 tons worth about 400000 dollars. The 150 purse seiners started at midnight Sunday and returned with the largest opening day catch, though 1390 tons shy of the all time one day record set on October 7, 1950.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Avenues to Be Called Streets in Alamitos Circle
City Council conducted first reading of an ordinance renaming Roada Galeano La Cara Lavante and Cerrato Aves to streets in the Alamitos Circle area. The east west routes will be styled as streets replacing avenues.
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Roada
Galeano
la Cara
Lavante
Cerrato Aves
Alamitos Circle
Harbor Board Tables Cadillac Bid Call
Harbor commissioners voted to table inviting bids for a seven passenger sedan described as a Cadillac or approved equal due to wording uncertainty. The car would be used mainly to carry distinguished visitors, with commissioners planning to use their own car on harbor business.
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Boarney Tarvor Commissioners
Harbor Board
Harbor Commissioners
Annapolis Alumni to Hear Gen Smith at Allen Center
Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Smith USMC will address Annapolis alumni at Allen Center Terminal Island. The former Camp Pendleton commander and ex first Marine Division leader in Korea will discuss Marine activities in Korea. Fred Bradman president of the Naval Academy Alumni Association announced the talk for tomorrow night.
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Oliver P. Smith
USMC
Camp Pendleton
First Marine Division
Korea
Annapolis
Allen Center
Terminal Island
Fred Bradman
U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association
Gen. Smith
26 More Sabre Jets Arrive in England
Twenty six more U S F-86 Sabre Jet fighters arrived in Britain yesterday to bolster American air strength in these islands. The Third Air Force, which controls all American air strength in Britain, now has 75 Sabre jets.
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London
U. S
Britain
Third Air Force
Stateless financier Rubinstein faces deportation decision
In Los Angeles on October 2, Serge Rubinstein a Russian-born financier and former Wall Street figure described himself as stateless at a deportation hearing. The United States seeks to deport him for a 1943 draft dodging conviction after 18 months served in 1947-48. He said he has no country he would enter if expelled and currently leads oil and real estate firms with assets too complex to detail.
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Rubinstein
United States
Lenter
Burns Lead Giants 6-0 in seventh inning
Dodgers and Giants clashed as Burns sparked a late rally and Spencer stepped in for Jones. A series of plays featured misplays, hits, and a tense late inning, with Hodges, Spence, and Labine contributing as rain delays and field conditions affected the game.
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Spencer
Dodgers
Pafko
Nise
Jock Conlan
Insield
Hodges
Nntie Fanner
Snider
Lockman
Westrum
Dressen
Plate Umophs
Goetz
Notung
Giants
Reese
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Eddie
Dark
Robinson
Slueller
Irvin
Rainea
Tavine
Carl Erskine
Dodger
Thomson
Lugine
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Walker
Labine
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Mays
Granader
West
Furilla
Stanks
Spencer Stonpine
Rather
Lorriman
Mueller
Dneout
Test
Notting
Drake Nattson
AL Corwin
Falko
Corwin
Jeta
Cate
Sabine
Hadeed
Cox Walker
Wil
Rome
Bounece
Thomson J
Lanine
Darkin Soelman
le Fils
Bass
Hast Stanky
Train Derailment Injures Six Near Grand River
A Grand Trunk passenger train derailed near here after a broken engine axle sent a baggage car into a 31 foot Grand River embankment. Six people, three trainmen and three passengers, were injured though not seriously. four cars left the rails and the derailment halted play in related baseball notes.
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Midh
Grand River
Grand Trunk
Propeller Club Reception Set by Harbor Board
The Board of Harbor Commissioners voted to host a reception for 65 Propeller Club members at Virginia Country Club on November 9, after a suggestion by Commissioner Emmett M. Sullivan.
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Board of Harbor Commissioners
Propeller Club
Virginia Country Club
Harbor Board
Emmett M. Sullivan
Lon E Peek Leaves for Texas Morticians Meeting
Lon E Peek president of Mot tells Mortuary plans to join the National Selected Mortisians annual meeting at the Shamrock Hotel in Houston Texas. He and Mrs Peek left today by plane for the event which will include about 700 funeral establishments from the United States Canada Latin America and Great Britain. The couple also plans meetings in Atlanta New Orleans and business engagements in New York City and Chicago before returning in November.
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Mottell’s Mortuary
Shamrock Hotel
Houston
Texas
Peek
United States
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Latin America
Great Britain
Pen
Atlanta
New Orleans
New York City
Chicago
Home Raider Steals Steaks
Webster C. Sheets a yard worker of 1210 Magnolia Ve reported a burglary at home. Four beefsteaks were missing and Sheets valued the loss at 44 dollars. Police theorized the burglar used a passkey to gain entry.
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Webster C. Sheets
Magnolia Ve
Youth Nabbed for Robbery in Wisconsin Bank Heist
FBI identifies Arthur Dredske Jr of Rockford as the robber who escaped with 15712 from Woodford State Bank in Wisconsin. Dredske was arrested at home and held in Winnebago County jail. Authorities recovered 12382 of the loot and say he rented the getaway car. cashier Arleigh Johnson and assistant Jean Campbell positively identified him.
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Rockford
Ill
FBI
Woodford
Wis
R. L. Murphy
Madison
Arthur Dredske Jr
Dredske
Winnebago County
Murphy
Arleigh Johnson
Woodford Bank
Jean Campbell
Illinois State Line
Monroe
Wisconsin
Equestrian Units to Elect Chiefs in Long Beach Dinner
Equestrian Trails Inc Los Angeles County corrals gather in Long Beach for a dinner meeting to elect a new president and vice president. Since July the county president Bruce Lemon of San Fernando has been dead, leaving no executive chief. Councilman Raymond Kealer will welcome delegates as Paul Little presents slides on county riding-trail progress with music interludes.
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Los Angeles County
Long Beach
Dean Hook
Corral No. 1
Equestrian Trails, Inc
Bruce Lemon
San Fernando
Jhack
Raymond Kealer
Pacific & Hwy
Ernest
Lipret
County Parks and Recreation Department
Paul Little
Sharp Prank Divorce Fight Over Fishhooks Bed
Mrs. Stanley H. Langdon filed for divorce in Sydney claiming her husband sprinkled fish hooks in her bed as a cruel prank. The action highlights alleged domestic strife and harmful conduct within the marriage.
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Sydney
Australia
Stanley H. Langdon
City approves land deal for West Library site
City Council authorized purchase of two adjacent lots at Northeast I Street and Adriatic Avenue for 215,000 to build a West Side Library. The Bret Harte Branch will be replaced. parcels owned by Mrs Flora Mayer and B F Gilbert, each at about 7500 dollars, totaling roughly 113 dollars per front foot.
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West Side
I St
Adriatic Ave
Samuel E. Vickers
Bret Harte
Willow St
Flora Mayer
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