Eight States Join Civil Defense Paper Maneuver
In Sacramento the state civil defense staff joined eight western states in a paper drill simulating atomic attacks on San Diego Los Angeles and San Francisco and the Shasta Dam hit. Officials simulated emergency logistics and communications with Red Cross volunteers serving coffee and doughnuts as the exercise ran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Shasta
Sacramento River
Douglas
Lockheed Aircraft
California
Los Angeles International
Walter M. Robertson
Civil Defense
Bacamental Red Cross
Headquarters
Last Month's Quake Damage May Surpass Long Beach Loss
Los Angeles reports indicate 1952 earthquake damages may exceed the 1933 Long Beach catastrophe. AP survey shows structural damage at least 20 million dollars, with railroads, highways, utilities near two million and cotton losses around 20 million. Tehachapi and Arvin report heavy destruction, irrigation damage hampers harvests, and officials fear 125 million dollar crop loss with 25 million extra potential losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arvin
Los Angeles
J. W. Boehm
Klis
Long Beach
California
Associated Press
Bear Mountain
Tehachapi
Gus Koutroulis
Main St
Kern County
Boehm
Yugoslavs Ban Foodstuff Export
BELGRADE Yugoslavia Aug 16 alarmed over possible winter food crisis Yugoslavia clamps a complete ban tonight against export of grains cereals livestock and foodstuffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Reporter Posing as Red Pays for U S Entrance
San Diego Union reveals in a serialized report that reporter Gene Fuson, posing as a Czech Communist, fraudulently entered the United States from Mexico multiple times. He details payments, disguises, and routes used to penetrate border controls, including smuggling, fraudulent papers, and underground networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
San Diego Union
United States
Mexico
Gene Fuson
Tijuana
Mex
Fuson
U. S
Imperial Valley
Oxnard
Calif
Horder
Chicago
Second Cortisone Maker Lowers Price 40 Percent
BLOOMFIELD New Jersey August 16 A second manufacturer of cortisone a vital drug for rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions announced a 40 percent price cut today The Schering Corporation said it would drop the price per gram from 16 dollars to 9 60 a gram A gram lasts about 20 days for one arthritis patient
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
N. J
Schering Corporation
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dorothy Gray
Walker's
THUR
Walker's Street
Royal of California
Jerse
Thalspan
DuPont Orlon
Sportswear
Loungees JR
Walker
Blouse
Waleeh's
Bile Becker
Ax Tre
Is Lal
Eanl Scheth Ucm
Anaheim
The
Long Beach __ Heart Association
Long Beach Heart Association
Pine Ave
Fas Red
U.S
Pieter
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!