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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1947
Page
3
Oklahoma farmers report thieves dubbed wheatleggers tapping grain bins with augers and stealing wheat worth up to 3000 dollars in nine western counties. State investigators note the scheme as a modern read of bank robbers with a better racket.
Portland Maine October 28 A P grimly Maine guards against resurgence of forest fires after two days of high southwest winds predicted by the Weather Bureau Lightning sparked dozens of blazes injuring 22 and causing 32 million dollars in property losses. Cochairman Edward Whitney said 20 000 firefighters remained on vigil. A new blaze near the Machias River endangered timber camps while rehabilitation sped and arson investigations began as Bar Harbor prepared to receive 150 prefabricated metal houses from Syracuse New York. The state reported 1148 homes lost, 851 of them permanent dwellings.
FBI photographs from a Georgia convict camp show eight Negroes were slain after a disturbance. The trial resumed for farmer Warden Worthy and guards Bazemore McNab Holmes Lawler and others on civil liberties charges. Defense says 27 convicts rebelled and guards fired after being attacked.
A 14 month old girl, Sandra Green, was rushed to Seaside Hospital after sampling a bottle of cleaning fluid at 741 W 17th St. Emergency treatment was given and she was released to her father L.
In Los Angeles on October 28, fashion adviser Bert Bacharach predicted pastel lightweight hats for men would revive headwear as a counter to the trend of going hatless. He linked hatlessness to sinus trouble skin irritation and baldness.
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