Livestock Key To Mendocino County Economy
The Ukiah Daily Journal surveys Mendocino county's livestock industry, noting it remains the foundation of the agricultural economy. It cites a 1952 shift with fewer sheep and slight drops in slaughter, while beef cattle numbers stay steady and total county livestock value reaches 6.22 million dollars. The piece previews continuing discussion on page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Ken
Mendocino County
Mendodino County
U.S. Department of Commerce
Escalon Man Hurt In Freak Wreck
Escalon resident John H. Denney, 47, suffered major injuries in a Tuesday morning crash near Lanes Flat, 90 miles north of Ukiah. A stalled southbound car left on the roadside was hit by a southbound truck and trailer whose brakes failed. Denney’s pickup then struck the wrecked vehicle and the truck. Denney was hospitalized at Garberville. no citations were issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Denney
Escalon
Mack Sennett
California Highway Patrol
Lanes Flat
Ukiah
Joseph Woodard
Denney
Garberville Hospital
Roy Burton
CHP
Coast Guard watches man drown after 21 hours at sea
F. J. Murphy of Sause Brothers Towing Co. perished 21 miles south of Crescent City after drifting for nearly a day. Coast Guard pilot Lt. R. A. Lemmon spotted him in a crippled boat, but Murphy could not be saved as currents swept him out and life boats failed to reach him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent City
Pacific
Here
Coast Guard
F. J. Murphy
Sause Brothers Towing Co
Astoria
Ore
Murphy
Sause Brothers
Kiihyam
San Francisco
Eureka
Calif
R. A. Lemmon
Lemmon
A. B. Scott Taken To Ukiah General Hospital In Illness
A. B. Scott, former county probation officer, was taken to Ukiah General Hospital this week after a four year illness. His condition is described as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Scott
Ukiah General Hospital
Recreation Budget Submitted for 1954 55 City Budget
The recreation commission proposed a budget of 38520 for the 1954 55 fiscal year and submitted it to the city council during a special session. The budget was tabled for further discussion after reviews of budgets from 13 other departments. A 20 minute color film on landfill benefits preceded the meeting highlighting odor smoke and disease control and land reclamation for playgrounds housing settlements or parks. The city fathers and county supervisors are reviewing a new garbage disposal site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Commission
Russian River Water Rights Parley Called
Three county supervisors and the Sonoma District Attorney traveled to Sacramento to confer with state and county officials on Russian River water rights. The conference, called by the Department of Public Works, will discuss protecting river recreation interests and reserving water for domestic and industrial uses. Busch said state agency attorneys will offer advice on disputes from greater river use tied to the proposed Coyote dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Sonoma County
Russian River
Department of Public Works
FE. E. Safford
Paul Poulos
Joseph Hartley
James E. Busch
State Engineer's Office
Department of Water Resources
Busch
Coyote Dam
AWOL Calpella Man Held for Fort Ord
Paul R. Wehrman, 22, of Calpella, arrested after being absent without leave from Fort Ord since April. San Francisco provost marshals’ officers to collect him in Ukiah tomorrow. Wehrman enlisted in February. Deputies Slim Witter and Mack Miller assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Wehrman
Calpella
Fort Ord
Provost Marshals’ Office
San Francisco
Ukiah
Wehrman
Sheriff's
Slim"” Witter
Mack Miller
Oddities in the News: Atomic items and a tailed tale
In New York the Atomic Energy Commission chief jokes about a directory listing such items as atomic books and even underwear. In Chicago a man laments tailess fox terrier pups. in Washington a weather forecaster finds his fog joke unofficially noted. in Rio Linda a man rejects a 90 day suspended sentence, preferring jail over returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lewis L. Strauss
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Nortiy
Sacramento
Calif
Leonard Geer
Rio Linda
Lil
Cut Off French Troops Under Attack Near Dien Bien Phu
Communists pushed within 50 yards of the Isabelle outpost three miles south of Dien Bien Phu, threatening to trap French Union forces. If Isabelle falls, the southern road to Laos could be blocked as red forces tighten their siege amid a major naval air raid disrupting supply lines from Red China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanoi
Bien Phu
Isabelle
Muong Khoula
Dien Bien Phu
Vo. Nguyett Giap
Dien Bein Phu
French Union
Laos
Red China
Arromanches
Red
Two Temblors Record Seismic Shocks Near Mexico Gulf
BERKELEY UP The University of California seismograph today logged two strong earthquakes likely off the West Coast of Mexico or the Gulf of California. Assistant Seismologist Don Toucher said the UC instruments recorded two separate shocks about 1000 miles southeast of Berkeley. Pasadena California Institute of Technology spokesmen said the quakes may have caused damage along the southern end of the gulf but the region was nearly uninhabited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
University of California Seismograph
Mexico
Gulf of California
Don Toucher
Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Gulf
Weather Summary Northern California and Bay Region
Northern California shows fair weather today and into Friday with high coastal fog at night and morning and slightly warmer temperatures. Winds expected from the northwest at 12 to 25 mph near the coast. In the San Francisco Bay Region morning fog persists, otherwise fair through Friday with slight warming and westerly winds 10 to 18 mph in the afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
California
San Francisco Bay Region
American French pressure near peace talks in Geneva
American and French leverage won Bao Dai’s consent to end his boycott of talks including Indochinese Communists. The move clears a path for early Geneva negotiations to end the Indochina war and evacuate French wounded from Dien Bien Phu, with Western powers seeking a prompt conference amid Korea talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Dien Bien Phu
Bao Dai
Vietnam
Indo-China
Joseph Laniel
Paris
United States
France
Korea
Kremlin
Dein Bien Phu
Graves Schedule Visit to Ukiah for May Campaign Stop
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Graves is set to appear in Ukiah on Tuesday May 4. Committeeman Roger Kent northern California Graves for governor chair met county Democrats last week to finalize meeting plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Graves
Ukiah
Roger Kent
California
Round Valley Queen Contest Ends Friday
Covelo hosts a three day gala May 14 15 and 16 for the Round Valley centennial queen contest with final midnight Friday vote deadline. Mrs Christine Schultz publicity chair urges voters to mail penny votes to Queen Contest Box 308 Covelo before postmark deadline. Overnight visitors are warned to bring blankets as it’s a cow town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covelo
Round Valley
Christine
Schultz
Eisenhower Defends War Rights and Indochina Policy
President Eisenhower asserted the United States will not engage in war without a congressional declaration but opposed a House plan to curb presidential troop deployment without consent. He avoided discussion of the Army McCarthy dispute and delays to his legislative agenda, urging quick closure on Pvt. G. David Schine matter while deferring Indo-China details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Indo- China
House
Senate
Pvt. G. David Schine
Willits Lumber Firm Takes Over Blewett Mill
Willits Lumber Firm导 Willits and Eugene announce they have taken over the former Blewett Lumber mill on Thompson Street and will convert it into a modern remanufacturing plant with a capacity of about 110000 feet per eight hour shift. Ross Lumber will employ about 44 on two shifts under Bob Roberts as general superintendent. The firm owns timber in Mendocino and Humboldt counties for a 20 year run, with fir blocks near Ukiah Boonville Elk and northwest of Willits. A portable mill to cut 20000 feet daily will move to Upper Lake to access 8,000,000 feet and other timber. Walter Beister will oversee logging. The new company will color end packaging and vermin treat all products to prevent mold and discoloration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willits
Eugene
Oregon
Blewett Lumber
Thompson Street
Ross Lumber
Bob Roberts
Mendocino
Humboldt
Ukiah
Boonville
Elk
Upper Lake
Walter Beister
McCarthy-Army Probe Involves Pvt Schine Photograph
Pvt G David Schine testified he was asked to pose for a photo with Army Secretary Robert Stevens last November at McGuire Air Force Base Fort Dix N J He said he was told only to stand by a certain individual while Stevens arrived and was photographed Stevens denied ordering the photo and McCarthy's counsel alleged obstruction in the Army McCarthy hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
David Schine
Fort Dix
N. J
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Schine
Ray H. Jenkins
Stevens
McGuire Air Force Base
Roy M. Cohn
McCarthy
Robert
Fort Monmouth
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
John G. Adams
Army-McCarthy
Senate
New Jersey Signal Corps Laboratory
Adams
Anti-Polio Vaccine Test Runs Smoothly Across States
The nationwide test of the Salk anti polio vaccine progressed with inoculations in 83 counties across 27 states yesterday and more areas added today. Coverage ranged from 73 to 90 percent with only minor fevers lasting an hour or two and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis expects over one million children to have participated by June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
National Foundation For
Foundation
Lodi coroner links deaths to negligent surgery in hospital
San Joaquin county coroner's jury says a woman physician caused the deaths of Mrs. Margaret Shelby 38 and Claudia Lynn Jones 5 from suffocation due to improper anesthesia at Lodi Memorial Hospital on April 13. The report names alleged medical negligence and references an inquest outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodi
Lodi Memorial Hospital
San Joaquin County
Margaret Shelby
Claudia Lynn Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
Potter Valley
Fran Gibson
Jon Nystrom
Frances Hulbert
Chickie Cahill
Djournal
Hubbell
Ukiah Daily Journal
Eth Evans
Woodard
A.B. Scott
Marshall Carl Lidener
Stir Rone
Howard Memorial Hospital
Redwood Highway
Aooslick Road
Mack McIminna
Wls. Pote
Chicago
Charles Colletti
Wasilington
Weather Bureau
National Aiport
Virginia
Ike
Thailand
Siam
Fakseng
Poksan
NEA
Muong Sai
Luang Prabang
Joseph W. Grigg
Graves
Round Valley Queen
John L. Cutter
Fox
Willits Lumber Firm Takes
Blewett Mill
Division of Highways
Mendocino Lake
Lakeport
Arthur B
Siri, Inc
Santa Rosa
Pierce
Consuegra
Lollar
Lopat
Reynolds
Berra
Cleveland
Boston Garcia
Werle
OD Cleve
Hegan
Nixon
Ier
Brewer
Baltimore
National League
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!