Small World Notes From a Bay Area Vacation Journal
A wandering notebook piece recalls San Francisco and Oakland bridges at dusk, encounters with locals including John W. Brase, and a theater visit to A Streetcar Named Desire. It also describes Chinatown shopping, friendly tourists, a telegraph hill stray bobcat, and Aquarium and Zoo adventures. The column links travel, commerce, and a Hawaii dock strike affecting pear crops in Sebastopol and Santa Rosa.
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Atizona Aulus UN Lt BviEpr Tvus
San Francisco
Oakland
Chinatown
Nogales
Kraft Foods Co
John W. Brase
Frisco
Missus
Telegraph Hill
Treasure Island
Arizona
Clare Gross
McDougall and Casson
Dalton
Clare
Sebastopol
Golden Gate
California
Hawaii
Harry Bridges
Honolulu
Santa Rosa
Draft Eisenhower Movement Revived
Oklahoma Republicans revived a draft Eisenhower for president campaign. Harold Brand, former head of State Eisenhower Clubs, announced the rebirth as state Republicans met. Tulsa oilman Joe McGraw said he would mail 2,000 letters to party workers in support of the general.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Henry Wallace Shifts to Labor Party Senate Hope
Henry A. Wallace will not seek any office this year. The decision opens the path for an American Labor Party candidate for U S senator in New York in the November election.
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Henry Wallace Shane
New York
Henry A. Wallace
American Labor Party
United States
Chain Store Heir Marries Cigarette Girl in Nevada
Huntington Hartford II, part of the Atlantic and Pacific fortune, wed Marjorie Steele 19, of San Francisco, in Gardnerville Nevada after a spontaneous plan. The Hollywood couple, who will split time between Hollywood and New York, greeted gifts including a car and a large ring.
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Hollywood
Huntington Hartford II
Atlantic & Pacific
Fortune
Ciro’s
Sunset Strip
Marjorie Steele
San Francisco
Hartford
Miss Steele
Gardnerville
Nev
Auion Neilson
New York
George Headley
Los Angeles
Reno
Actors’ Lab
Marjorie
Sidney Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
Mary Lee Epling
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Prominent Phoenix Soroptimists Urge Dad Child Driving Promises
The Soroptimist Club of Phoenix urged fathers to sign man-to-man or dad-to-daughter agreements to promote safe driving. Forms list eight do s and don ts, available at the State Motor Vehicle Division and Rudolphs Chevrolet for licensed youths. The club aids in license distribution as part of a September safety drive and announced a Jaycee Dudettes meeting with Ed Ziegler as guest speaker. A home safety film will be shown, and 300 people attended a Saturday party to raise funds for the drive.
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Soroptimist Club of
Phoenix
State
Chevrolet
Fourth
Adams Streets
Jaycee Dudettes
Westward Ho
Ziegler
Arizona Seeks 1.6 Million In Back Sales Taxes
Arizona Tax Commission says 42 out-of-state firms owe 1.608 million dollars in delinquent sales taxes for the past three years. One firm alone is pegged at 1.5 million. Auditors uncovered the delinquencies with a 5 thousand dollar state grant. The chairman cited lack of knowledge of tax laws, not evasion, and noted protests and hearings are likely. Names of firms kept confidential by law.
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Arizona
Arizona Tax Commission
Commission
C. Warren Peterson
West
Peterson
Community Club To Open Season
The Cartwright Community Club will open its Fall season with a meeting in Cartwright Auditorium Friday at 2 30 p m Mrs Dan E Garvey wife of Arizona's governor will be guest speaker on a program following the theme The American Home Dennise Rowland will give a reading and musical selections Mrs George Weasel will be chairman Tea hostesses will be Mrs Glen Rowland and Mrs H W Harrison
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Cartwright Community Club
Cartwright Auditorium
Dan E. Garvey
Arizona
Dennise Rowland
George Weasel
Glen Rowland
H. W. Harrison
James Lester Given Three Years Probation For Veterans Allowance Fraud
James Thomas Lester formerly of 1101 West Chihuahua Street pled guilty in U S District Court and was sentenced by Judge Dave W Ling to three years probation and restitution of 572 dollars for fraudulently obtaining a veteran's adjustment allowance through filed claims.
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James Thomas Lester
West
Chihuahua Street
Lester
United States District Court
Dave W. Ling
Communist press attacks Heuss in East Berlin
East Berlin papers led with sharp charges against West German president elect Theodor Heuss calling him Wall Street's governor and Nazi sympathizer. Neues Deutschland argued Heuss aided Hitler while Non Communist papers offered little comment and Tele graf warned of chaos under Adenauer.
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Berlin
East Berlin
West Germany
Theodor Heuss
Red Army
Taegliche Rundschau
Wall Street
Neues Deutschland
East German Socialist Unity (Communist) Party
Heuss
Hitler
Ohio Funeral Planned for Drowned Man Guthrie Jr
Funeral services and burial for Robert B Guthrie Jr who drowned Sunday in the Litchfield Park swimming pool will be conducted in Cleveland Ohio.
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Robert B. Guthrie, Jr
Litchfield Park
Cleveland
Ohio
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Ingrid Bergman
Anna Christie
J. Edward Bromberg
Katherine Cornell
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Radio Kool
Larry
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Aquarium
Zoo
Zoobelle
Sammy
Gnu
Salt River
Pacific Heating
Arizona Mercantile Co
East Jackson
Arizona Hardware Co
Eisenhower
Don Marsh
St.louss
Don
Chain Store Millionaire
Adams Hotel
North Central
Tom Sawyer
Men of Phoenix
Madison School District
Camelback Rd
12Th St
Colter
Oregon
Model Home and
30Th St
E. Moreland
Lamar Homes, Inc
Graf
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
MONET
F.A.A
Fed
Lily Brias Garey
Ocay
Y Cavie
Goldwaters
Prescott
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