Long Beach Independent (Newspaper) - May 2, 1949, Long Beach, California Bookie Author CHARGES CALIFORNIA PARTNER IN CRIME Z Killed In L B Accidents A man 58 and a boy 6 both pedestrians were killed in traffic accidents Sunday The fatalities brought the total number of deaths for 1949 to 13 Ervin R Helt 58 19 W ant St died at 3 a m from in- juries received at a m when he was struck by a car driven by Richard Gertie South Gate at and Long Beach Blvd The second death occurred less than 12 hours later at a m when Gordon Masao 6 of 490 Truman Boyd Manor was hit at Saratoga Dr and Essex Rd by a car driven by Yoshio R yama 19 of 945 Truman Boyd Manor Also involved in the crash was a bicyclist Phil G Downey 8 of 105 Truman Boyd Manor He is re- covering in Seaside Hospital Police said was hit when he ventured out on toga from behind parked cars He was killed instantly He was a son of Mr and Mrs Kyoji The boy's body was taken to Patterson Snively Mortuary Services will be announced Services for Helt whose body was taken to Dilday Mortuary are pending He was a resident here five years Surviving are his widow Merle daughters Elma Mae Miller anc Avis Jean Helt both Long Beach sons Clarence Ralph Darrell anc Ervin Dean all Long brother Clifton D Helt Great Continued on Page 2 LONG BEACH INDEPENDENT Police Hunt Cause Of Hayride Smashup HOLLYWOOD INS Police Sunday were investigating the cause of an early morning sion between a hay wagon Ing UCLA students and an auto- mobile which Injured 11 persons were injured when the frightened team of horses drawing the vehicle bolted lowing the collision and crashed into a barbed wire fence Thousands at L A May Day Rite LOS ANGELES Thou sands of Catholics and members o other faiths jammed Los Angele Coliseum Sunday in an May Day demonstration the sec ond annual Mary's Hour program sponsored by the Los Angele diocese Prayers for peace and for thi Russian people to remove thi Communist taint of May Day wer offered Besides the laity priests am nuns by the hundreds left churches and convents to tak part in the mass tribute to th Virgin Mary MONI Long Beach Calif Monday Morning May 2 1949 5 Cents j t O SHANGHAI ENDANGERED BY REDS guerrillas are unofficially reported to have driven into Kashing 1 and cut the rail line from Shanghai to Hangchow 2 and 3 were abandoned to Reds as was Hangchow Capture of these towns by Reds complete a steel ring that cuts Shanghai 5 from South China To the north Quin- san anchor in the Shanghai defense line was reported captured Meanwhile mounting unrest and outbreaks of violence were reported in Shanghai as Communists closed their trap on the city Story on Page 2 Indicates Reply The fornia legislature will be told day that the state through horsa race bookmaking already is in partnership with gangsters and racketeers The declaration came from Thomas J Doyle of Los who firmly asserted lis to legalize bookmaking will keep the gangsters out of the bring them in as some public officials contend Doyle declared his will bring in an estimated million an- in new state revenue and said the racketeers have been and are now operating in the state and not paying in one cent in taxes to the state treasury Let's not be naive about this important tion Without mentioning Gov ren by name Doyle made his statements following Gov attack on the Doyle to legalize betting Warren asserted it would put the state in partnership with the Capone and Costello mobs of Chicago and New York respectively Doyle's was approved last week in committee and the Los Angeles assemblyman said he is gathering support of other makers and will wage a stiff battle in its behalf the latter part of this week on the floor of the lower house TORNADO TOLL 9 DEAD 85 HURT DALLAS Deaths due to tornadoes which ripped through Northeast Texas and tered areas of Oklahoma were counted at nine Sunday night 85 persons were injured were listed as Cal West near Antlers Jesse Harve Spencerville Anita True 7 Tulsa Newt Pruitt 30 Utica and Hettie Fain neo City Lake The Oklahoma highway patrol Estimates of the damage from j was checking reports that a boy Saturday night's twisters ranged had been killed near Shawnee City from million upward Four persons were killed near Bonham Texas The highway patrol at homa City reported five known dead and was attempting to verify reports of two other deaths Three bodies were found Sunday in the wreckage of a farm home near Telephone Texas They were identified as Bryant Wade 60 his wife 54 and a grandson Malcolm Wade 8 The other Texas victim J E Miller died of a heart attack near Bonham while trying to reach a storm cellar and safety Oklahomans who lost their lives Weather Gentle variable winds today and Tuesday except moderate to locally fresh southwesterly this afternoon and fresh ly Tuesday afternoon erable cloudiness slightly cooler afternoons Stock Market Doldrums Editorial The break in the stock market was blamed by many for the great depression of the It was the break in the market that first awakened the people to thj fact that thing was terribly wrong This writer stood in the doorway of the New York curb market on the day of the big break in October 1929 It looked like a speeded up picture of a Keystone comedy The market ticker ran hours behind as the sales ran into 20 million and a day Millions of people saw savings wiped out overnight Banks closed men jumped from high office windows when they knew the market had Continued on Page 14 Lake and a man near the north campus of the University of homa at Most of the injured were not seriously hurt About 30 national guardsmen were injured by the tornado that lashed the north campus at Norman Features Index Comics 22 24 Dorothy Dix 10 Drew Pearson 14 Peggy Nichols 10 Radio Log 22 Ray Tucker 14 Sports Stargazer 22 Television Log 20 Town Meeting 14 We the Demos Urge Trade to Assure Law Repeal A house Democratic leader said Sunday the administration's to repeal the Act has only a slim chance unless its backers openly support some compromise ments The Democrat said there must be a a definite ment by someone in authority that amendments will be accepted by sponsors of the administration's The house will renew its ging on the labor issue Tuesday with a vote anticipated that day on the Wood substitute Rep Cox leader of the Republican Southern Democratic coalition backing the Wood said administration forces were losing ground and bidding for time He said he still thought the Wood will be passed by a margin The senate will spend at least the first part of the week on the federal aid to Education which it passed 58 to 22 last year Chairman Thomas of the senate labor committee pre- the upper chamber will approve the without tial change He added that for its getting through the house are good The which would provide million In federal aid for Continued on Page 2 I Acini SPONSORS NEW LABOR John S Wood holds a copy of his which a coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats hope to pass in place of the labor The measure would repeal the Act by name and then re-enact mosf of its provisions The house is scheduled to resume debate on the measure
