Weather and local visits in Pierce County notes
It is a rainy Tuesday morning in Piercy. Mrs Campbell of Taft Oregon travels for sunshine but finds similar weather. A column records visits by Rasmussen, Bob Ellis families in Oregon and Washington over summer break. Missionary Sunday features talk on Fred Mitchell who died in an Orient airplane crash. Local families discuss summer cottages, trips, and employment plans for Marian Boyer. Bud Zachary has been discharged from the army.
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Rasmussen
Bob Ellis
Oregon
Washington
Ivan Tozer
Fred Mitchell
Orient
Earl Cook
Cook's Valley
Earl
Harry Edwards
Flourney
Lloyd Cook
Bud Zachary
George Boyer
Zachary
Boyer
Marian Boyer
Arcate
Trolley Wire Snaps Delaying Berkeley Commuters
In Berkeley, a high voltage trolley wire snapped, igniting the roof of a Key System train and cutting power. About 600 riders were delayed from 40 minutes to 90 minutes as fires on the F line roofs at Genesee and Adeline streets were fought. Fire crews evacuated stranded passengers to continue to destinations.
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Berkeley
Key System
Adeline Sts
St Anthony Guild Plans For Bazaar In Willits
St Anthony Guild met at Mrs Ole Losling s home on West Mendocino to review the recent food sale and discuss plans for the Catholic Summer School opening July 12 and the Rummage Sale August 19 to 21. The annual bazaar in September featured completed fancy work and a post office booth plan. Next meeting includes potluck supper July 7 at Mrs Albert Canepa s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Fillmore
Willits
Saint Anthony Guild
Ole Losling
West Mendocino Streat
Glen Carbrey
Lucille Meecum
Jim O'Berin
Guild
Albert Canepa
South Main Street
No-Host Farewell Party for Bill Adams in Willits
A no-host dinner at the Ed Olenick home on the south highway marked Bill Adams's departure to Australia. Guests included Bill and Mrs Adams, Don and Bert Gibbons, Ukiah couple Bert Plant, and Ed Olenick with spouses. Adams sails Friday noon. Mrs Adams and two children plan December join.
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Australia
Council Moves To Get Clerk Replacement
S. E. Mitchell Ukiah city clerk and newly elected county auditor may assume the new post before the January 1955 installation. The council authorized local advertising for a replacement to allow a smooth transition. Mitchell began as city clerk in August 1949 replacing A R Spreckelsen.
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Council
S. E. Mitchell
Ukiah
Mitchell
County Board of Supervisors
Paul Mathews
Mathews
A. R. Spreckelsen
Markets Slip and Rise Across U S Government Bonds and Stocks
U S government bonds advance in quiet trade while stocks hold firm in moderately active dealings. Commodities show mixed moves with silver steady at 85.44 cents and grains mixed. hogs and cattle range in steady to lower territory as livestock supplies in San Francisco and New York wool futures drift with opening prices mostly unchanged to lower.
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U. S
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Library Fostering Nest of Bookworms
Ukiah Public Library offers a summer reading program to 82 grammar school pupils. Each child signs up for a worm themed card, earns green joints for each book read, and updates the reading record on the card. A yellow nine joint worm display represents active participation with green joints replacing yellow as goals are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah Public Library
Stephanie Richards
Adams family heads to Montana for summer with grandparents
Mrs Bill Adams and two children travel Friday night to Hardin Montana to visit Mrs Adams parents Mr and Mrs Ray Jones for two weeks. The Adams children will stay in Montana with their paternal grandparents for the summer.
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Bill Adams
Hardin
Montana
U S seeks to search ships for contraband arms to Guatemala
The United States asks major seafaring nations to stop and search merchant vessels on the high seas to block arms shipments to Guatemala. Officials say actual searches may not be needed, but standby authority is sought if other controls fail. Denmark and Britain are among nations consulted. A Swedish ship reportedly delivered Iron Curtain arms to Guatemala last month.
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Washington
United States
Etary
Guatemala
U. S
State Department
Lincoln White
White
Denmark
United Press
Copenhagen
London
Britain
Alfhem
Bakers Union in Sac spurns overtime to aid Bay Area strike
AFL Bakers Union members in Sacramento will not work overtime at Muzio Sunbeam Wonder Old Home in Sacramento and Golden Crust in Chico to curb bread supply to the San Francisco Bay Area. The action reduces machine wrapped bread entering the region while Bay Area shoppers rely on Sacramento Chico area supplies during the strike. Pickets targeted Langendorf plant in Los Angeles. Langendorf bread was shipped to San Joaquin Valley. Local 37 members went to work despite pickets. stewards say members chose individually.
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San Francisco
AFL Bakers Union
Sacramento
San Francisco Bay Area
Muzio
Sunbeam
Wonder
Old Home
Golden Crust Bakery
Chico
Gaide
Bay Area
Sacramento-Chico
Los Angeles
Langendorf
San Joaquin Valley
San Jose
Bakers Local 37
Local 37
Tuesday Tops at Ukiah Auction Yards
Auction catalog from Ukiah lists livestock prices by category including feeder pigs priced per cwt and per head, veal options by weight class, various sow and bull prices, pens of W F stock, steers and cows with per hundredweight values, and odd lot items such as chicken feed horses at 4.40 per unit. References include feeder pigs light to heavy, fat hogs, lambs, calves, heifers, cows and calves, and utility cows among others.
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W. F
Thursday Story Hour at Ukiah Public Library
Summer story hours are planned for each Thursday at 2 p m in the young people's room at the Ukiah Public Library. The first session on June 17 will feature Mrs Norman Kruke. Additional tellers include Mesdames Henry Mercer Robert Swan Frank Allen Harold Lawrence John Baumgartner Nicholas Zbitnoff Mildred Rousch Lyle Thunen and Leo Cook.
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Young People’s
Ukiah Public Library
Norman Kruke
Henry Mercer
Robert Swan
Frank Allen
Harold Lawrence
John Baumgartner
Nicholas Zbitnoff
Mildred Rousch
Lyle Thunen
Leo Cook
Births at Fort Bragg June 6 welcome three newborns
Dr and Mrs Alan Robertson announce a son Gordon Renwick born June 6 weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces. Mr and Mrs Harry Moe report a daughter Carol Ann born June 6 weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces. Mr and Mrs Anton Trigeiro announce a daughter Annette Marie born June 6 weighing 6 pounds 8 ounces.
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Fort Bragg
Alan Robertson
Gordon Renwick
Harry Moe
Carol Ann
Anton Trigeiro
Annette Marie
Anonymous driver challenged by Massachusetts pedestrians
In Fitchburg Massachusetts a New Hampshire motorist recounts stopping to help a woman with a baby carriage cross the street. She opened his car door, entered, and punched him on the nose three times before leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg, Mass
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Officials Resign Over Cananea Riot Release
Three Sonora officials resign in protest after five men accused of leading last week's riot are released on bail and freed without bond. Atty. Gen. Abraham Aguayo Judge Homero Castro and Asst Prosector Atanasio Zamudio cite Interior Department meddling. Protests preceded the Cananea jail demand by about 300 townspeople.
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Cananed
Mexih
State of Sonora
Atty
Abraham Aguayo
Homero Castro
Atanasio Zamudio
el Imparcial
Sonora
Hermosillo
Federal Department of Interior
Castro
Interior Department
Canane
Cananea Cattle Co
Asylum Granted to Polish Crew Aboard Praca
Twelve Polish crew members of the tanker Praca including Capt Leonard Wasowsk were granted political asylum by Nationalist China. The Praca, owned by China Ocean Transportation Co, was confiscated and its crew members will be repatriated via the Red Cross. The Nationalists seized the ship off Formosa en route from Hong Kong to North China with supplies for the Communists. The freighter President Gottwald remains held with its crew seeking asylum.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Praca
Leonard Wasowsk
China
Nationalist Defense Ministry
China Ocean Transportation Company
Red Cross
Hong Kong
Westport Couple Applies for Marriage License
Fred Lester Haas age 18 and Waun da Lucille Ludwig age 18, both residents of Westport, have filed for a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lester Haas
Waunda Lucille Ludwig
Westport
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Mness Skiffington
St. Anthony Guild
Allen Owen
Napa
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Daily Journal
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Ukiah Auction
NEA Radio
Diegenessen
Leeuwarden
Netherlands
Folkje
Tsitske de Vries
Grocere
Ven
Mendocino
Stle
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