Speakers announced for Oil Centennial in Titusville
Governor David L. Lawrence of Pennsylvania and General Ernest Thompson, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, will be keynote speakers at the oil centennial celebration in Titusville on August 27. Two granddaughters of Edwin L. Drake will attend the event marking 100 years since Drake drilled the first oil well nearby.
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Titusville
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Gen
Ernest ©. Thompson
Texas Railroad “Commission
Ol Centennial Inc
Edwin L. Drake
Drake
Population estimates show California up to 15.28 million
State Finance Department released four figure population estimates for 34 cities to guide state gasoline tax distribution for road work. July estimates place California's population at 15,280,000, up nearly five million since 1950, with Southern California towns like Anaheim and Compton listed with specific counts.
S.F. Millionaire Sued for Divorce in 2nd Revolt Jail
Leopold Lerner, real estate magnate, is sued for divorce citing cruelty as a motive amid reports of a Georgia prison hunger strike and a future court action in what appears to be a broader cascade of civil and political tensions. The article also notes a desegregation-related incident in Knoxville with John Kasper and a Tallahassee prison transfer, reflecting nationwide civil rights unrest.
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Leopold Lerner
Vienna
UPI
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Sybil Lerner
Darest
Lerner
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Money Center
George Mahovetz
Frances Slutkin
New York
United States
Knoxville
Frank Quarles
Lee Foster
Poverny of
Ivan V. Zhoakovsky
Vio-92
Russia
Aid figures show 94 million to Taipei in flaca year
The United States Aid Council reported that in the flaca year ending June 80 a total of 94 million dollars went to Nationalist China through the Council for the United States Aid. The aid included farm surplus commodities and carry-overs from earlier programs under CUES and related agencies.
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Taipei
China
Council For the United States Aid
National Cabinet
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