Flood Victims Press City for Flood Control Action
A group of W Commerce Street store owners led by A Spector and Max Penner blocked a city council meeting to demand flood relief. They reported basements flooded and water pouring into streets due to a boxed culvert under MKT tracks and blamed the Martinez ergels overpass near Casa de Mexico for higher flood levels than in 1946. The council blamed the box culvert and said track-related issues require railroad cooperation and funding.
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Death claims former beauty in Los Angeles twenties star
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 26. Heath reports former beauty Helen Worthing, aged 47, once famed in the golden twenties with the Ziegfeld Follies and praised by Mary Pickford as one of America's most beautiful, was found dead in bed last night of natural causes. She lived in a three room apartment with Jerry Oro, a 39 year old Filipino man who said he had been her friend.
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Johnson Cites Congress Record in Senate Race
Yallas August 26. Sye don Johnson cited his own record and challenged his opponent to stand up and be counted. He claimed progress and preparedness while criticizing the opponent’s platform and public record. Johnson boasted carrying six equations around Austin and warned against expensive billboard ads. He addressed charges of voting with Communists by citing choices aligned with Gen Marshall and Senators Vandenberg and Connally, and denied links to Communism. He noted opposing a pork barrel appropriation for the World American activities committee.
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Man Found Dead In Forest River Near Estes Park
Loveland authorities searched for the identity of an elderly man whose body was recovered yesterday from the Big Thompson River near Estes Park. The coroner’s office said the man appeared to have been in the water for at least three days.
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Ship Operators Reach Agreements With Sailors
NEW YORK, Aug. 26. Ship operators have reached new agreements with three maritime unions representing about 25,000 merchant sailors and swap technicians. Shipping operations on the East, Gulf and West coasts are affected by these settlements.
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