California War Migrations Fall Amid Lock of War Jobs
LOS ANGELES August 12 The Security First National Bank reports California war industry jobs declining as workers move to other local employment. Film industry earnings rise to about 2.3 billion dollars in 1942, up 14 percent from last year, aided by higher average ad revenues and domestic box office receipts despite lower foreign attendance and rising production costs.
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Los Angeles
P—' Ie Security
First National Bank
Ifornia
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Youghly
Pist National Bank
Ints
Paralysis Victim Has New Son in San Diego
In San Diego an ongoing infantile paralysis case ends with Mrs. Owen Dillon, wife of a war worker, celebrated as the mother of an eight pound boy born at Mercy Hospital. The story notes her long struggle with paralysis and her gradual progress with braces and a cane, as she works to overcome mobility limits while caring for her newborn. A separate item reports a fur coat stolen from Lucille Walker of 121 North Alamo Street during her absence at work.
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Owen Dilion
Mercy
Pital
Lucille Walker
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Dillon
Empty Lifeboats Found in Yucatan
A coastwise schooner captain reported discovering six lifeboats and airdrafts along the Eastern Yucatan coast with no signs of survivors. The detail appeared in a dated note to the general staff, and the report notes a maritime incident with likely loss of life.
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Yucatan
Anthem Singing Brings Fine For Providence Fourth of July
An orchestra leader Marlo of Providence was fined $500 by the musicians union for appearing at a civic Fourth of July celebration without the union's permission. He contends he attended only as a spectator and that he sang The Star Spangled Banner with the crowd, while union officials say otherwise.
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Providence
Acre
Don Marlo
Ia. 7
Celebration Union
Iis Orchestra
Wasj
Lads
Dial
Adwriter
Diabetes Death Rate Rises in Census Bureau Report
Warnington August 12 UP The census bureau reported a steadily increasing diabetes death rate. Total deaths in 1940 reached 36,019 the bureau said, the highest number on record. The death rate per 100 000 stood at 26 8, the peak in forty years.
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Warnington
Census Bureau
Bureau
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