Admission by Auditor Targets State Mental Hygiene Director
Legislative Auditor Rolland Vandergrift calls for the removal of the director of California’s mental hygiene department citing inadequacies in state facilities. The piece critiques public finance, noting $557,784,583 in general fund taxes were collected in excess of expenditures from 1942 to 1948 and questions ongoing tax reductions and spending habits, including gasoline tax levels.
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Rolland Vandergrift
State Department of Mental Hygiene
California
Television Here To Stay Says Stanford Dean
Dr. Frederick E. Terman of Stanford University says television is here to stay. He cited rapid growth with 800000 sets made in 1948 and about 60000 in 1947, predicting 1949 production around 1500000. He does not foresee price declines due to set complexity and expects a twelve inch tube to dominate, replacing the ten inch tube.
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Frederick E. Terman
School of Engineering
Stanford University
Terman
San Francisco
California observes Conservation Week amid forest and water concerns
California marks Conservation Week highlighting the state’s water resources and large forest holdings. It notes four national parks and the value of soil while warning that two ancient groves the Southern Calaveras Big Tree Grove and the Butano Forest in San Mateo County face threats from logging.
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California
Calaveras Big Tree
Sugar Pines
Butano Forest
San Mateo County
Time For California to Modernize Ballot Counting
California secretary of state Frank M. Jordan advocates a shift from manual tallying to automatic sorting and a punch card ballot. He argues modernization would reduce costs and errors, speeding results and easing candidate worries after lengthy post election counting.
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California
Frank M. Jordan
Jordan
California Speaks! Contained Voices From Notables
Lane D. Webber L A tax expert discusses federal policy and socialism. Dr Andrew C Ivy physiology professor reflects on managing stress and ulcers. Benson Ford discusses US progress as unfinished business. Fanny Andrews after theft jokes about the thief choking. Father James Keller notes that a small minority causes global troubles.
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Lane D. Webber
L. A
Ilice
Andrew C. Ivy
Univ. of Chicago
Important Dates This Week In California
A timeline of notable events during March including Arbor Day on March 7 and the State Legislature reconvening in Sacramento. It lists Alameda incorporation on March 7 1872 and Ukiah incorporation on March 8, with other milestones such as the 1844 John C. Fremont arrival and the 1854 treaty opening relations with Japan.
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Sacramento
Alameda Incorporated
National Convention of Young Women’s Christian Association
San Francisco
John C. Fremont
Sutter’s Fort
Japan
Ukiah
Francisco Lopez
Santa Feliciana
Placerita) Canyon
Potato Planting Nears Completion in Kern County
Wascoarga area nears completion of potato planting while planting continues further north in Kern County. With the seed potatoes sold, the planted acreage may not fall far from last year as far as Shafter.
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Wascoarga
Kern County
Shafter
California milestones born in 19th century court and schools
Chronology notes the 1840 founding of California's first Supreme Court, 1870 San Jose Teachers College as the state’s first normal school, 1889 Paso Robles incorporation, and 1870 Gilroy incorporation with nearby Nevada City in 1851 touches. National Girl Scout Week begins March 12.
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California Supreme Court
Tribunal de Justicia
San Jose Teachers’ College
California Normal School
Paso Robles
Gilroy
Nevada City
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