San Marinans Named G. O. P. Directors
Five San Marinans are named on the Republican director slate led by Judge Kenneth C. Newell as club president. Members named include Mrs. James Boyle Mrs. Robert Dunlap William M. Martin Edward Graham and Sherman McFedries. The piece notes national party divisions Radio Veterans Research and Foreign Affairs and mentions Herbert C. Brownell Jr. and Hugh R. Gibson, with a page four prompt to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marinans
Kenneth C. Newell
Pasadena
Republican Club
James Boyle
Robert Dunlap
William M. Martin
Edward Graham
Sherman McFedries
Los Angeles
Herbert C. Brownell Jr
National Republican Committee
Bir
Brown
Ils
Duniep
Republican Party
California
Republican Organization
Helman Returns From Pacific Area
Ward R Helman son of Mr and Mrs Floyd A Helman 140 Mirasol Drive has returned home after eleven months in the Pacific Theater of Operations He will go to Washington D C for special training Helman studied architecture at the University of Southern California and attended Midshipman training at Plattsburg N Y He trained at a Phibious Base at Coron In the Pacific war he participated in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ens
Ward R. Helman
Floyd A. Helman
Mirasol Drive
Pacific
Washington, D. C
Helman
University of Southern California
School of Architecture
Plattsburg, N.Y
Phibious
Coron
Iwo Jima
Oki Rawa Shima
Police Sergeant Norweine Thwarts Gunman in Pasadena
San Marino Sergeant G. E. Norweine stopped two youths after they burglarized homes in Pasadena and San Marino. He wrestled a loaded .45 from John F. O'Brien, then fired at a fleeing suspect, wounding one man who remained in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marino
G. EB
Eddy
Norweine
John F. O'Brien
Worchester
Mass
General Hospital
Pasadena
Garfield Avenue
Mission Street
Glenn C. McClung
O’brien
O'Brien
South Pasadena
Alhambra
Huntington Drive
Douglas P. Downey
Arthur O. Boyd
William M. Prindle
Hillcrest Avenue
R. D. Bayley
A. F. Pond
Euclid Avenue
Denver
Boyd
Thanksgiving Prayer for Victory and Peace
A religious thanksgiving prayer thanks Almighty God for allied victory and the end of the war. It asks for wisdom to endure peace, remembrance that fallen soldiers did not die in vain, restraint in triumph, guidance in truth, health for nations, comfort for the bereaved, and courage for days ahead.
D Day Memories From Marine Lt Roy Hodge On Leave
Marine First Lieutenant Roy B. Hodge describes D Day on Mindanao and Luzon with the Douglas Dauntless squadron attached to the First Marine Air Wing. He details 72 hours of sleep deprivation during loading operations and praises Army Marine cooperation and close air support while serving from Emirau and Mindanao. He joined in 1941 and was commissioned at Quantico in 1943 after Alhambra High School and Pasadena Junior College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First
Marine Air Wing
Philippines
Emirau
Luzon
Mindanao
Lst’s
Hodge
Emisau
Army
Marine Air Group
Quantico
Alhambra High School
Pasadena Junior College
Tribune Office Announces Thursday Closure
San Marino Tribune owner Edith Kent Collins told readers the office and job shop would stay closed all day Thursday with business resuming Friday. The staff remained on duty Wednesday to publish this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marino
Local Pilot Frank Wood Killed in France Training Mission
Lt. Frank Wood, a 1941 South Pasadena-San Marino High School graduate and recent flight leader of ten planes, was killed July 23 during a training flight over Poix France. His mother Mrs Isobel Wood of San Gabriel and wife Mrs Margaret Tuffs Wood of South Pasadena confirmed the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isobel Wood
San Gabriel
Margaret Tuffs Wood
South Pasadena
Frank Wood
Poix
France
South Pasadena - San Marino
Elizabeth Stocker Services Held
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at W. B. Temple Chapel Monrovia for Mrs. Elizabeth Knudsen Stocker author of Adventures in Eating in the San Marino Tribune. She died Saturday night of acute appendicitis and is survived by her husband William H. Stocker and her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Temple
Monrovia
Elizabeth Knudsen Stocker
San Marino Tribune
Walter C. Scott
Live Oak Cemetery
Stocker
San Gabriel
City Council Meeting Postponed Amid Victory Day Observance
Due to Victory celebration on Wednesday August 15 the City Council meeting was rescheduled to Friday August 17. San Marino suspended most business for two days and residents took short trips as gas rationing ended and vacation season paused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marino
Card From POW Matkin Reaches Mrs Gregg After 20 Months
Mrs. Robert Gregg of 2435 Roanoke Road received a long delayed card from her son Walton R. Matkin, prisoner of war in a Japanese camp. The Dec 2 1943 card, posted during his capture near Bataan, notes his health and asks not to worry, while reporting no mail received from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gregg
Roanoke Road
Walton R. Matkin
Principal Elmer Erickson Returns to Local High School
Lt. Elmer Erickson resumes duties as principal after Navy service. He thanks acting principal Carpenter and vice principal Russell Adams for steady leadership during his absence. The Ericksons discuss travels and family, noting Navy education policies align with local high school ideals and stressing the value of a high school education for officer training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Erickson
Salt Lake City
Navy
Erickson
Local City Hall Changes Planned
Alterations of the east wing of San Marino City Hall will create a modern offices and dormitory for the city fire department. The City Council has approved preliminary plans by Marsh, Smith & Powell Architects and will have priority contracts handled by that firm. An approximate cost estimate of 10 000 dollars is provided by Herbert J Powell of the same firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Marino
Marsh, Smith & Powell
Herbert J. Powell
Seamen Report on USS Clubs Aids Occupation Ports
Dryden reports to Har old Dryden chairman of the San Marino Community Council that merchant crews shuttling Atlantic routes to supply occupation forces will benefit from new USS Club facilities in Copenhagen Bordeaux and Hamburg. The National War Fund funds establish these clubs offering brief respites as ports bustle with war material transfers to the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Copenhagen
Bordeaux
Hamburg
Harold Dryden
San Marino
Mrs Erie Named New Leader of Tigers Den
Mrs Leona Erie takes over the Teen Agers Tigers Den for the summer replacing Mrs A M Whistler. Whistler organized the weekly gathering on Huntington School grounds and will be missed by a large turnout of Tigers Den members. Erie, a Huntington School teacher, will continue the tennis court venue with cake doughnuts and dancing to music by Mr Weber and popular Fred tunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Erie
A. M. Whistler
Tigers den
Fred
Weber
Mrs. Nellall Bell Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs. Nellall, wife of William Donald Bell, died August 12 at 1 a.m. in Huntington Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness. Dr. P. Martin Baker officiated private services at Forest Lawn Little Church of the Flowers with entombment. She lived at 536 Mirada Avenue, San Marino, formerly of Eaton Ohio, and is survived by her husband, parents F. B. and Mrs. Young, sister Miss Lora Young of Grand Junction, Colorado, and sister Mrs. Ruth Cullman of Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellall
William Donald Bell
Huntington Memorial Hospital
P. Martin Baker
Church of the Flowers
Forest Lawn
Bell
Eaton
Ohio
Mirada Avenue
San Marino
F. B. Young
Lora Young
Grand Junction
Colorado
Ruth Cullman
Angeles
Coast Guardsman Beach D. Lyon Jr. Serves in Pacific War Zone
Coast Guardsman Beach D. Lyon Jr. son of Mr and Mrs Beach D Lyon of 1223 Did Mill road served as range finder operator aboard a Coast Guard manned troop transport in the Pacific war zone. He is a Los Angeles High School graduate and Pasadena Junior College alumnus prior to enlisting in 1942. His wife is Winona Wyland of Sam Gabriel. Lyon's ship the C H Muir arrived in New York on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guardsman
Beach D. Lyon Jr
Beach D. Lyon
Mill Road
Coast Guard
Lyon
Los Angeles
Also Mentioned on This Page
Veterans’ Division
National Veterans Republican League
Warren Atherton
American Legion
Republian Party
Congress
Washington
Hugh R. Gibson
Germany
Ens. Ward
R. Helman
Torney Hospital
Victrola
Blue Star Guild
Torney General Hospital
Palm Springs
Roy B. Hodge
U. S
Virginia Blythe
Los Robles Avenue
Marine Air Depot
San Diego
Tribune
Elizabeth Stocker
Matkin
Bataan
Nicolas Field
del Monte
Mindinao
International Red Cross
Gregg
Carpenter
Russell Adams
Carl
Sylvia
Winthrop Road
Columbia University
New York
University of Minnesota
Indiana State University
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal
Randall Jacobs
9Th Naval District
Dryden
Wm. D. Bell
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