Los Angeles Harbor Sees Sharp 1947 Rise in Traffic
Harbor activity at Los Angeles Long Beach averaged nearly ten ships daily in 1947, rising 36 percent from 1946 with 3,995 vessels. Tonnage climbed 38 percent to 15,063,983 tons as heavy passenger cargo ships led the increase, according to the Marine Exchange and Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
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Los Angeles- Long Beach Harbor
Marine Exchange
Los Angeles
B. O. Miller
Chamber
Exchange
Prison reform pioneers from Howard to Lawes
A reader questions if Warden Lawes of Sing Sing was the first advocate of prison reform. The piece credits Lawes with notable progress while tracing early reform to English High Sheriff John Howard, who in 1774 pushed for humane treatment, ventilation, and sanitation in prisons. The essay urges consistent nationwide reform, work for inmates, and earnings for families.
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George T. Amman
New York City
Warden Lawes
Sing Sing
Ossining
N. Y
Amman
Lewis E. Lawes
Lawes
John Howard
England
Veterans' preference for Arizona Gila Project homesteads announced
Veterans of all wars will receive preference in filing for 54 irrigated homesteads totalling 4940 acres on the Gila Project near Yuma Arizona. Applications must be in by 2 p.m. March 29 1948 and awards may be by drawing if qualified veterans exceed units.
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Gila Project
Yuma
Arizona
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Jack Hare
Shafter Vet Center
Hare
Tulelake Division
Klamath Project
California
Shafter Veterans Service Center
Central Valley Highway
Shafter
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