Word: calif
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tongue-Tied. In Berkeley, Calif., police heard over the phone a feeble, gagged "Help!", traced the call, rushed to the address, unhooked Mrs. Gertrude Gumbs's tongue from under her lower plate...
Claptrap. In San Jose, Calif., a new electric rattrap was demonstrated: the rat walked in, the door banged shut, the machine buzzed threateningly, the door opened, the rat walked...
Hollywood, Calif...
...Angeles, Calif...
Died. Vice Admiral Howard L. Vickery, 53, wartime vice chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission; of a heart attack; in Palm Springs, Calif. He steered Henry Kaiser into shipbuilding, plumped loudly for a long-range program to make the U.S. a postwar maritime power...