Stow Away Record: Girl Aboard Warship Five Weeks
Madeline Blair stowed aboard the USS Arizona for five weeks during World War II, disguising as a sailor to reach Long Beach Los Angeles. She boarded in New York, rode the Caribbean, and was captured in the Panama Canal after hiding atop ammunition. Twelve sailors were court-martialed. she was not prosecuted.
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U. S. Navy
Madeline Blair
Lennie Lb. Hocking
St. Seal Beach
Madeline
Press-Telegram
Hudson River
New York
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Navy
Caribbean Sea
Panama Canal
Jerrby
Panama
Hocking
Apartment Group for Budget Cut
A fragment from Page B-1 discusses budget cuts affecting the municipal band and tax assessments. Former Councilman Charles Dooley argues for annual salary raises to offset inflation, while Spangberg stresses voter persuasion and better living costs amid debates on public employee pay and city finances.
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Walong
Spangberg Seaid
Charles “R. Doolepearing
Dooley
Love Rejected Man Kills Himself After Shooting Rival
Doris L Gimmy Martin a 44 year old Huntington Beach suitor fired at Dwight Bryson 48 at his home on Beach Boulevard then shot himself five hours later in San Diego. Police say Martin had threatened Bryson after Bryson's wife Julie Faye returned to him. He went to the attic and later asked his estranged wife to shoot him.
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Huntington Heath
Doris L. Gimmy Martin
San Diego
Dwight Bryson
Beach Blvd
Huntington Beach
Martin
Bryson
Julie
Faye
Death notices reflect multiple obituaries and services
The page lists numerous death notices including Mrs Florence Rogers, James L Womack, Les B Howard, Stephen E Miller, Stanley Spencer, John Vogel, George Sakraida, Willard Tenney, Ruth Robertson, Nellie Newlin, Herndon Neal Vaughan, Nina North. Surviving relatives, service times, and mortuary details are provided for each.
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Emma Quelch
Pearl DeVries
Gladys Maltrean
Hazel Horsmann
Hunter Mortuary
Miller
Stephen E
7Th St
Marthason
Carter
Spencer—Stanley
Patterson & Sni- Baoz
Easy Ave
Edalt
June Meichel
Faye Cupp
Mottell's
Peek
Willard Tenney
E. 56Th St
Samuel Thomas Post
American Legion
Robertson
Ruth
Ethel Marguerite
E. Broadway St
Morris
arelieVie
Esther Topliff
Newlin
Nellie A
W. Ocean’ Blvd
Minta, Robinilson
Fay Hollis
Vaughan — Herndon
Neal
Marron Ave
Lois
Norman
Mary
Elizabeth
Thompson
Mattell's & Peek Mortuary
Science Shrinks Piles With New Non Surgical Remedy
A New Healing substance Bio-Dyne Claims to shrink hemorrhoids stop itching and relieve pain without surgery. Doctors report striking improvement with maintained results over months. Preparation H suppositories and ointment offered with a guarantee.
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New York
L B Wire in Nevada Crash Claims Two Lives
Mary D Sieg 40 of 941 Olive Ave dies in a head on crash near Minden Nevada while en route to Lake Tahoe. Passenger Hubert Norton 23 from Sacramento also dies. Howard Sieg husband 46 and two children Ronnie 9 and Diane 15 survive with minor injuries. Driver John Sanderson 24 Sacramento treated for minor injuries and jailed for drunk driving and two counts of manslaughter. Sieg employed at Douglas Aircraft and Vine Firestone Rubber Co.
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Lake ‘Tahoe
Minden
Nev
Mary D. Sieg
Olive, Ave
Sieg
Hubert Norton
Sacramento
John Sanderson
Sacrament
Sheriff's
Lake Tahoe
Vine Firestone ‘Rubber Co
Douglas Aircraft
Illinois judge argues against pre marriage tests in divorce cases
Illinois Circuit Judge McCarthy, a practical realist with two children and three grandchildren, questions mandated pre marriage psychological testing. He says many marriages fail because of illusion and that attorneys act as mediators, while he rarely intervenes in court unless cases threaten children or are flagrantly bad. He recalls probing cases revealing messy, incomplete stories and warns against state psych programs deciding personal life.
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McCarthy
Char Facter
Sheriff Pledges Enforcement for Curfew Law
Los Angeles County Sheriff Peter J. Pitchess pledged strict enforcement of the county 10 pm curfew for youths under 18 as deputies cracked down on violators over the weekend. He warned parents may be cited for negligence with fines up to 500 dollars or up to six months in jail.
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Los Angeles
Peter J. Pitchess
Pitchess
Police Seek Thip Using Table Leg to Assault Pair
Three men used a table leg to beat two motorists who followed them from Compton to a motel at 4916 Lang Beach Blvd Lowell Wise 36 of the motel and Oren Holliman 32 of Garden Grove cited to police that the trio shouted obscenities and attacked the motorists before fleeing as officers arrived
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Compton
Lang Beach Blvd
Lowell A. Wise
Oren E. Holliman
Crosby
Garden Grove
Three Women Injured in Auto Crash at Locust and 10th
Three women were injured in a two car collision Sunday at 10th Street and Locust Avenue. Mary Lou Rivera, 40, of 1305 Stanley Avenue, a passenger in the Rivera car driven by husband Lawrence J., 45, Betty Jane Northup, 36, and Mabel Finn, 33, both of Whittier, were treated at Long Beach Memorial Hospital and released.
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10Th St.rand- Locust Ave
Mary Lou. Rivera
Stanley’ Ave
Lawrence J
Betty Jane Northup
Mabel Finn
Whittier
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Two Teenage Girls Stop Attacker With Knife
Sunset Beach deputies report two teenage girls disarmed a would be attacker, Frank Moss, 37, of Arcadia, then stabbed him with his own knife after he brandished a blade and threatened them. Moss was captured by officers after fleeing the scene.
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Sunset Beach
Sheriff's Deputies
Wellman
Frank £. Moss
Arcadia
Moss
Orange County
Hospital
Hong Kong Beauty to Represent City at International Congress
Miss Lena Woo, 20, selected to represent Hong Kong in the International Beauty Congress in LB from August 4 to 14. She earns the honor following her portrayal as Hong Kong Beauty in local events and competition.
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Hong Kong
Lena Woo
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William Jones
Apartment Group
California
Phillip F., O'Brien
Turlock
Rile G. Eldridge
Santa Ana
Reg Roslin
San Gabriel
Vogel
John
Fuclid Ave
Virginia Gossen
Leona Parr
Louise Schuster
Stretchen Vogel
Mortell's
Peek Mortuary
North
Nina
el L. B
Beach
Oakdey
Shis
Acme
Tod Shigryard
Bronter
Bulge
Sven Cece
Hector Buoys
Jarvis
Pier
el Cos Angaia
Mansfield Marsh
Scuola Escs Aetntehemn
Shtewart
Ceanside
Pleking
Tewar Prichett
Princeton
Feedbird
GM Pene UE BB Rencador
Scccc
Supcharine
Sumanl Gaui
Sagvertsem
Standice Martin
Rolls Royce
Jaguar
Atlantic Avenue
Bixby Knolls
C. Standice Martin
Long Beach Blvd
L. B. Wire
Nevada
IL. B
Thip
Westminster
Memorial Park
Joe Paricone
S, Pacific St
James Lovatt
S. Pacific St
Pye
Lgn
Obispo Ave
Geneva
G.A.C. Wan
GAC
Coletion
East Fourth Street
South Bellflower Boulevard
Trey
ANGEL
West Pico Boulevard
South Broadway
Penton
North Vine
Holywood
Morth Toke Avene
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