Jean Hersholt Last Rites Attended by Screen Luminaries
The funeral for Jean Hersholt 69 a Danish American actor and humanitarian was held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale with Lauritz Melchior singing and Frank Freeman of Paramount delivering the eulogy. Hersholt died of cancer Saturday in Beverly Hills after a 50 year career in film and radio.
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Jean Hersholt
Glendale
Calif
Hollywood
Quiet
California
Denmark
Hersholt
Beverly Hills
Lauritz Melchoir
Sholt’s
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Frank Freeman
Paramount Studio
Former Film Beauty Katherine MacDonald Holmes Dies
Hollywood mourns Katherine MacDonald Holmes once hailed as the American beauty of silent film. She died at St. Francis Hospital Santa Barbara after a long illness at 12 27 a.m. Her sister Mary MacLaren lives in Los Angeles. Holmes married Christian R. Holmes heir to Fleischman Yeast Co fortune and resided at Twin Oaks Montecito. She supported animal protection and antivivisection work. Her physician noted medicines and surgery were used and that her right leg had been amputated.
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Hollywood
Katherine MacDonald Holmes
St. Francis Hospital
Santa Barbara
Miss MacDonald
Mary Pickford
Mary MacLaren
Los Angeles
Christian R. Holmes
Fleischman Yeast Co
Holmes, Montecito
Twin Oaks
Heart Surgery Saves Life of 4 Year Old L A Traffic Victim
In Los Angeles a four year old boy, Lee Melvin Payne, was revived on the operating table after being pronounced dead in a three car crash that killed one man and left nine others injured. He is at Harbor General Hospital with his sister Marilyn, among five passengers in the car driven by Alfonzo Richardson. The crash occurred at San Pedro and 135th with Oliver Higgens's car. Richardson died at Harbor General. Other injured include Higgens passenger Jerry Mitchell and Harold McKetham and his passenger Charles A. Smith. Two more cars were involved. Three other traffic deaths were reported, bringing LA County total to 347 for the year. The deceased are Mrs. Perina Ledri, Charles Sweet, and Albert C. Crowder.
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Los Ngeles
CNS
Lee Melvin Payne
Harbor General Hospital
Sister
Marilyn
Alfonzo Richardson
W. 41St
Los Angeles
Perina Ledri
San Pablo
Charles Sweet
Bonner
North Hollywood
Albert C. Crowder
Saugus
No Liquor Sales Sunday Urged In California
A Sacramento lobbyist urged a state law to keep package liquor stores closed on Sundays. At the California Retail Liquor Dealers Institute convention, about 700 of 5000 members attended and two thirds favored the measure for study at the next legislative session.
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San Francisco
Harry Tarnoff
Sacramento
California Retail Liquor Dealers Institute
Tarnoff
Woman in Political Mix Up Over Party Proxy
Mrs. Bertha Ritter says her membership in both Shelby County Republican and Democratic executive committees is a mistake. She switched to the Republican party and signed what she believed was a Democratic resignation, but the form was a proxy placing her on the Democratic committee.
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Memphis, Tenn
Bertha Ritter
Shelby County
Republican
Democratic
Harriman Plans Rest at New York Home After Hospital Stay
Gov Averell Harriman leaves the hospital and says he is feeling fine. He will spend the next few days at his New York City home to recover.
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New York
Averell Harriman
New York City
Buried Climber Johnson in Yosemite National Park
Dr. Robert F. Johnson, a young San Francisco intern, was buried yesterday on a dirt ledge high above Yosemite Valley after tumbling hundreds of feet from a sheer cliff. Rescue efforts moved the body about 50 feet but deemed retrieval too dangerous from the canyon wall.
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Yosemite National Park
Robert Franklin Johnson
San Francisco
Yosemite Valley
National Park
Johnson
Hollywood Hills bandits seized in lure and robbery ring
Ten men held in Hollywood jail and three teenage girlfriends in custody as detectives probe assault and robbery schemes. Six Marines a sailor and three civilians jailed for luring victims with underage girls on Mulholland Drive, linked to recent Hollywood hills robberies. Suspects named include Henry King Allen Spuda James Anderson Kenneth Lavin Gerald Beauregard Louis Bently Robert Hood Richard Bates David Morehard Donald Sorenson.
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Hollywood
CNS
Hollywood Hills
Pendleton Marines
Henry King
Allen
Mike) Spuda
James Anderson
Kenneth Lavin
Gerald Beauregard
Louis Bently
Robert Hood
Essex
Richard Bates
Cardiff Sr
David Morehard
Donald Sorenson
Sierra Vista Ave
Parade of Progress June 1 weekly item recap
A concise weekly roundup from the Sunday Independent Star News PARADE Magazine highlighting new and useful items recorded for June 1. This issue surveys notable inventions consumer goods and practical innovations showcased to readers.
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Parade OF
Sunday Independent
Star News
Admiral Edwards Dies at 71 After Naval Career
Star News reports Adm. Richard S. Edwards former deputy commander in chief of the U S fleet died Saturday in Oakland Naval Hospital at age 71. Naval services will be held tomorrow at Treasure Island Chapel, following his retirement in 1947.
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Star-News
San Francisco
Apon- Mendey
Treasure Island Chapel
Richard S. Edwards
VU. S. Fleet
Edwards
Oakland Naval Hospital
Author Siegfried Trebitsch Dies at 81 in Zurich
Swiss born author and translator Siegfried Trebitsch died Saturday night in Zurich at age 81. He was renowned for translating the works of George Bernard Shaw into German and shaping German language reception of Shaw.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Siegfried Trebitsch
Shaw
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N. Main
California Highway Patrol
San Pedro
Oliver Higgens
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Higgen
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Harold MecKetham
Charles A. Smith
MecKetham
Armando Payne
Ella Williams
Schubert Gaddy
Discover
Packard
Pac Quwan
Noll Auto CO
Colorado
Kabc-Tv
Channel 7
Pasadena
Yosemite
Los Robles
Camp Pendleton
Mulholland Dr
Bryan
Bryan's Cleaners & Dyers
South Arroyo Parkway
Sycamore
Kleppers
Alia Beta
Teu
Food Club
Rome
Alpha Beta
N. Los Robles
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