Layoffs Predicted If Rail Strike Continues Longer
The Ukiah based Ukiah Pine Lumber Company signals possible layoffs of five men at the Ukiah loading dock if the Northwestern Pacific Railroad strike is not settled soon. Frank Klaisner said two freight cars remain to be loaded, likely finished by tomorrow night, as the 276 mile railroad remains closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdina Reinholt
Mendocino County
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Ukiah Pine Lumber Company
Ukiah
Frank Klaisner
Maple Avenue
Conciliation Service
J. P. Colgar
San Francisco
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
NWP
Southern Pacific
State Conciliation Service
Colgar
Mediation urged as engine men strike drags on
The governor calls for mediation to end the N L A B driven walkout that has halted mills, logging, and transport. Officials say negotiations failed over more than a year with federal mediation aid, while local scenes show a town watching for resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.L.A.B
Federal Mediation Board
Northwestern California Weather Forecast Summary
Northwestern California storm warnings bring heavy rain and southerly gales this forenoon. Diminishing this afternoon, expect partly cloudy skies with showers tonight and in the north portion Tuesday. cooler tonight with coastal winds 12 to 25 mph. Ukiah 55 high 40 low, Santa Rosa 56 40, Napa 58 40. Fort Bragg region: southeast storm warnings with heavy rain and southeast winds 30 to 45 mph. Winds shift west to southwest 12 to 25 mph tonight and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Garberville
Ukiah
Santa Rosa
Napa
Fort Bragg
Civil Defense to Test Statewide Emergency Net
Lee Trowbridge of the Mendocino county office of civil defense announced today that 108 California radio stations will take part in a nationwide test of Conelrad early Wednesday morning November 17. Listeners can tune to the emergency network between 1 30 and 4 30 a m by dialing 640 or 1240 on their radios. During the three hours the air will be cleared of all broadcasting except from those stations in the Conelrad system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Trowbridge
Mendocino County
Office of Civil Defense
Caliifornia
Civil Defense
Conelrad
Federal Communications Commission
Defense Department
FCC
U.S. Air Force
Six Traffic Mishaps Mar Weekend on Highway Near Ukiah
A string of six weekend highway accidents along the Redwood Highway from Calpella to Robinson Creek road near Ukiah injured several, with drivers cited for speed on poor roads. Lawrence Crockett and daughter Suzanna were treated after a car overturned near Robinson Creek road. James Brower and Jesse Thompson incidents injured James Thompson. Anthony Herzog rolled over near Robinson Creek road. Olive Osteen and a passenger escaped injury. Glenn Klein’s car rolled. Austin Mallory and party were hospitalized while others found shelter at a local home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood Highway
Calpella
Robinson Creek Road
Ukiah
Warren Truitt
Lawrence Crockett
Crockett
Suzanna
Ukiah General Hospital
C. L. Adams
Lawrence
Jesse Thompson
Redwood Valley
James Brower
Lindberg Lumber Company
Caipella
Brower
Thompson
James Thompson
Anthony Herzog
Oriek
Humboldt County
Herzog
Stultz
Olive Osteen
Modesto
Osteen
Studebaker
Stipp
Glenn Klein
Walnut Street
Austin
Blade
Myrtle Heise
County City Meet to Consider Sewers Tonight
Ukiah city council and county board of supervisors plan a joint 8 PM meeting to craft a unified sewerage disposal plan. Previous talks on a single plant stalled as city officials worried about maintaining the existing plant. Engineers will present ideas while Mayor Nix seeks a plan better suited to the city. If no agreement, two additional valley plants may be built to handle fringe sewerage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah
Leonard Nix
Ukiah Village
Four year old Bobby Roy redeems cookies at home
In Hartford Connecticut a four year old boy named Bobby Roy repeatedly fetches cookies from the house. When his mother asks who the treats are for he replies they are for his mouth. The innocent exchange captures a humorous domestic moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Bobby Roy
Freeman's Antics Described at Friday Hearing
A wild scene at Bob's Bar on October 30 led to John nie Freeman 37 facing assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest. In court Friday his stabbing victims Forrest King and Pauline Banks testified of knife wounds and chaos as Freeman fought police and hurled insults, with a continued hearing set for November 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie Freeman
Bob's Bar
W. S. van Dyke
Freeman
van Dyke
Pauline Banks
Forrest King
Wayne P. Burke
King
George Barnes
Barnes
Arnold Bouk
Perkins Street
Absentee Ballot Count to Be Released Friday
Mendocino County will release the official absentee ballot tally Friday as 409 of 438 issued ballots remain to be counted. County Clerk James Broaddus warned candidates that campaign expenditure and support statements are due by 2 p.m. Wednesday November 17 and that failure to file is a misdemeanor. The assessor race currently shows Wilburn Brown leading Arthur Church by 42 votes, with final results pending the Friday count and possible court action for late filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendocino County
James Broaddus
Broaddus
Wilburn Brown
Arthur Church
Hope Abandoned Mine Traps 15 Men in Fire
Grim vigil surrounds Jamison Coal Mine after an explosion and methane fire entombs 15 maintenance workers. Officials seal all entrances as rescue teams pause, fearing danger. the disaster becomes West Virginia’s worst in a decade with Howard Jenkins named as the first victim. The fire could take days to a month to extinguish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington
Jamison Coal & Coke Co
No. 9
United Mine Workers Union
Howard Jenkins
West Virginia
McCarthy Faces Watkins Over Peress List At Hearing
In a tense Washington exchange Sen. Arthur Watkins says McCarthy’s subcommittee has the Peress promotion list. Watkins urges closed session questioning and hints Stevens gave a confidential roster as investigators clash over waste of time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
Joseph
R. McCarthy
McCarthy
Peress
Watkins
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Army- McCarthy
Maj
Irving Peress
Subcommittee
Stevens
Internal Security Subcommittee
Repossession of trailer ends in gunfire at Star Trailer Court
Extralegal repossession of a house trailer at Star Trailer Court led to a gun standoff. C. H. Baugn, manager, was charged with displaying a firearm battery and malicious mischief, while four youths Arvy Whitney Gary Lane Dennis Davis and Kenny Shrum faced district attorney complaints. Both sides offer conflicting accounts of the events Saturday night. shots were fired at the fleeing vehicle and a deputy sheriff was summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
North Highway
C. H. Baugn
Baugn
Arvy Whitney
Gary Lane
Dennis Davis
Kenny Shrum
Whitney
Bauga
Travis Simpson
District Attorney's Office
Navy Rescues Four Survivors Of Plane Crash
Four survivors from a Navy PV2 patrol plane were rescued by a Coast Guard seaplane off the North Carolina coast near Pamlico Sound. The missing include one crewman and an F3D fighter from Cherry Point. Surviving officers are Lt. Robert Lawton Marlonee Towson Md Lt Cmdr. George B Smith Fairfax Va Lt Albert W Funkhouse Edgewater Md and Seaman Dimitrius D Soliropoulos Washington DC. The body of the fifth crewman was not recovered. The plane reported mechanical trouble and forced landing at sea 30 miles off Cape Lookout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Caroline
Pamlico Sound
Ocracoke Island
Washington
Naval Air Station
Anacostia
Robert Lawton Marlonee
Towson
George 8. Smith
Fairfax
Albert W. Funkhouse
Edgewater
Dimitrius D. Soliropoulos
D. C
Richard Garlenski
Coast Guard
Miami
Cape Lookout
N.C
Cherry Point
N. C
Marine Air Station
Hospital Annex Impresses Sunday Visitors
Ukiah General Hospital unveiled a new 125000 dollar wing drawing praise from several hundred locals at an open house. Patients will move in after state approval. the 40 bed facility expands local hospital capacity as bonds funded the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah General Hospital
Ukiah Area
Reading Hospitals
Myrtle Heise
Hospital Corporation
Blanche Maher
Luo
Ukiah Chamber Names New Board Directors
Ukiah Chamber of Commerce announces new directors Robert Pearce of Ukiah Retail Credit Bureau and Rivard Heil of Mendocino County Tithe Company join the board. Other newly named directors include Don Stanwood Karl Fullerton George Eckman Jack Smalley Ted Burnette John Wander Claude Fatconer and Leo Blier amid tabulated election results. Outgoing directors Frank Johnson and Russell Johnson leave the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah Retail Credit Bureau
Robert Pearce
Mendocino County ‘Tithe Company
Rivard Heil
Ukiah Chamber of Commerce
Don Stanwood
Karl Fullerton
George Eckman
Jack Smalley
Ted Burnette
John Wander
Claude Fatconer
Leo Blier
Frank Johnson
Russell Johnson
McCarthy supporters seek 10 million petitions to oppose censure
Fire departments report a four alarm blaze at Oakland Engineering Company Saturday night causing about 125000 dollars in damage after crews fought the fire for over an hour. In Honolulu a fire across industrial land in the southwestern sector burned three acres, with damage estimated at one million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph KR. McCarthy
Weday
Senate
Wisconsin
Oakland
Oakland Engineering Company
Honolulu
Also Mentioned on This Page
America
Sccan
P.i.o.p.b
U.S.A
State Street
Reka
Tiburon
Fni
Goodwin J. Knight
H. M. Ivey
Ariff Stultz
Book
Joe
Ambrose H. Nugent
Merrill, Wise
North Korea
Nugent
Olga
Frances
Ett
Marsha
Navy
Heil. Pearce New Ukiah Chamber Board Directors
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!