Return From Los Angeles and San Francisco Facts
Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Jacobsen have returned from Los Angeles where they spent about 10 days recently. The piece notes Sacramento clerks were paid in gold rush days and mentions San Francisco Bay discovery by Jose Ortega in 1944. It cites the California State Unemployment Fund totaling over 500 million dollars in June 1944.
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Sacramento
San Francisco
Jacobsers
Los Angeles
Rolf Jacobsen
San Francisco Bay
Jose Ortega
California
War Bonds Promise Rewards After Victory
A brief note explains that war bonds fund the nation and ensure citizens receive benefits and assurances following victory. It emphasizes civic duty and collective support while outlining the ongoing purchase of bonds as a patriotic act.
Miss California Pageant Sets Grand Final at Shrine Auditorium
The 1944 Miss California preliminaries will be held at four Southern California Army and Marine bases with sponsors presenting events. Miss California to compete in Atlantic City in early September with Grand finals at the Shrine Auditorium on August 26.
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Fornia
Atlantic City
Miss America Minter
California
Army and Marine
Lieu- Ann Army Air Base
Navy
Coast Guard
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
Shrine Auditorium
Los Angeles
Hijacking Of Liquor Raises Alarm Across Nation
Washington D C The liquor hijacking surge in the last six months tied to a shortage alarms officials. J Edgar Hoover director of the FBI warned the problem could spread nationwide if not halted and noted convictions for hijackers have more than doubled this year.
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Hoover
Washington, D. C
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Prisoner Aid Through War Chest Growth Report
The National War Fund notes War Prisoners Aid as a member agency. A wireless message to Chairman Mettler shows daily visits by hundreds of prisoners seeking news on world affairs. About half of inmates at the largest German camp study for exams, with language classes in German French Russian Spanish and more.
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National War Fund
War Prisoners Aid
Mettler
Boy Leaves Mined Areas After Big Job
A young worker departs from dangerous mining zones after completing a major task. He leaves behind a safer area as authorities note the accomplishment and ongoing caution for remaining sites.
Mentally Gifted 12 Year Old Amazes Yale Teachers
Kenneth Wolf, age 12, shows an IQ of around 20 for his age and plans to earn a PhD in philosophy by 16 while majoring in music. He is described as a normal kid who enjoys candy, roller skating, swimming, and humor, with parents Morris and Mrs. Wolf, Cleveland lawyers, proud of his precocious talents.
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Yale
Kenneth
Morris Herbert Wolf
Cleveland
Chef Loses Loved Medal Recovered by Actor
A chef mourned the loss of a cherished medal worn on his chain. Jose Ferrer, actor in the Theater Guild’s Othello, found the medal on the kitchen floor and returned it, earning the chef’s gratitude and a playful note about the finder’s creed.
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Cafe Dubois
Parising Society
Jose Ferrer
Iago
Theater Guild
Gaston
Ferrer
Crary
Exalted
Order of Finders
Free Spender Ousted Finds War Work and Pays Up
A New York tale tells of a man nicknamed the free spender who vanished after defaulting on a cafe bill. Six months later he returned, repaid $200 to the owner, explained he works in a defense plant in Trenton, and left without protest as the owner watched him depart with the debt settled.
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New York
Trenton
Home Blown on Tracks Injures Family in Storm
In Jackson Mississippi a storm toppled the Mullins family farm home onto Illinois Central tracks injuring Mr and Mrs Thomas Mullins and their six year old son. A good man pulled his wife and child from the wreckage before a train smashed the house.
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Jackson
Miss
Thomas Mullins
Navy Doctor Wassell Story At Minter Field Talk
Commander Wassell renowned Navy doctor who aided 42 wounded sailors from Java spoke at Minter Field orientation. He recalled Java evacuation, improvised repairs by mechanics, and the perilous voyage to Australia, noting his Navy Cross and malaria prophylaxis work.
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Dr. Wassell
Minter
Java
Corydon ML Wassell
Wassell
Anchorage
Little Rock
Arkansas
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Soerabaja
Australia
Aus
U. & Army
Navy
Far East
Los Angeles
First Micropipette for Single Bacteria Made in 1913 Philippines
The earliest device for isolating a single bacterium was developed in the Philippines in 1913. John Wycliffe is noted as the first translator of the Bible into English.
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Philippines
John Wycliffe
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