G I Bill Reaches Third Birthday In Southern California
The G I Bill marks its third year helping thousands of World War II veterans in the Los Angeles region. In the past year 162,856 Southern California veterans received eligibility certificates for schooling and on the job training. The GI loan program also surged with home, farm, and business loans rising from 3,000 to 42,000 loans totaling 325.8 million dollars due to relaxed loan provisions.
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Jeles
Iedekid
Annie Ution
Ats
Joe
Eh Gries
Los Angeles
Southern California
New Type of College Started Near Fullerton
Dr. Claude L. Welch leads the Los Angeles University of Applied Education project near Fullerton as 94 acres of campus unfold. Plans include 20 acre initial housing for 1 060 residents and families of ex service men, with a downtown Los Angeles branch to remain active.
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Mojave Desert
Los Angeles University of Applied Education
Claude L. Welch
Michigan
Mojave Des
Ned
Vorabetgys
Angeles
Cis
Kod
Lanyord
Omark
Moxican Estates
Campias
University
Fullerton
Southern California
Los Angeles
Welch
Mrs Lachenmaier Recounts Relatives Visit and Fishing Trip
Mrs. Wm Lachenmaier returned Monday evening from a two week visiting trip that took her to Lodi and into Mexico. Her sister Mrs Clyde Grant of San Diego joined her in Shafter and they visited their mother in Lodi. They traveled with another sister Mrs Ed Walters of Lodi. They fished Rodrigues Lake, catching twenty six fish.
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William’ Lachenmaier
Lodi
Mexico
Clyde Grant
San Diego
Shafter
Ed ‘Walters
Avénte
Grant
la Jolla
Osmaelin
Jin McCormick
Orange
Rodrigues Lake
Walter
Shafter-Avith
Lachenmaier
Sher
Important Dates This Week In California
Key dates include July 9 1846 flag hoisted at Yerba Buena and Sonoma July 9 1862 Lincoln signs Overland Railroad Bill July 9 1909 Muir Woods becomes a National Monument July 18 1845 Mexican decree bans further American immigration and bars Mexican officials from re election until a new term ends
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United States
Yerba Buena
Sonoma
Lincoln
Muir Woods
Marin County
National Monument
Wasco Shafter Telephones Counted In Local News
The Wasco and Shafter areas report counts of telephone numbers with unofficial tallies around 859 and 922 respectively, claiming Wasco trails by about 43. Officials note street repair progress on Lerdo Street from 5 Points west to city limits, while other streets remain in need of work. The piece also mentions Joan Crawford’s reported earnings prior to taxes and a 1946 US dairy milk usage figure.
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Wasco
Wasto
Shaffer
Shafter
Lerdo
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Shafter Press
G.I. Bill
ABC
Patricia Dow Patterns
Sixth Ave
New York
Wm. Lachenmaier
California
Sam Lachenmaier
Central Ave
Income Tax Service
Chester
Bakersfield
By Phil Horwith
Seaday Evening Post
Kien County
Tomerlin Brothers
James Street
Joan Crawford
Miss Crawford
California Division of Fish and Game
San Francisco
Ferry
H. S. Giddings
Wasco, California
Baldwin
17Th Street
Kern County
Case & Fairbanks
Magnetos
Magneto
Weather & Wilcut
Chester Ave
Myrick’'s
Myrick’s Corner
Esa Eer
Best Buys
Home Canning Bulletin
Agricultural Extension Division
University of California
Giannini Hall
Berkeley
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
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