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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1950
Page
2
Long Beach may face a decade delayed start this week as ticket sales lag for a junior football bowl game in Pasadena on Saturday. Local sponsors fear poor support will blacklist the city, risking postponement and signaling broader doubts about organized major sports events here.
In Muskegon Michigan two men uncovered the body of four year old Carol Smith buried in a 12 foot grave in the back yard of a relative’s home. Police seek the child’s mother and stepfather as a broader search unfolds with possible additional graves in the field. Coroner reports possible malnutrition and polio as a factor while rain delays further digging.
The American embassy announced that Ambassador Alan G. Kirk will depart by air Monday for the United States for routine consultations and a brief Christmas leave.
Dorothy Warren, 19-year-old daughter of California governor, will leave Mercy Hospital tomorrow after injuries from the Nov 19 auto crash. Dr. John G. Walsh said the injured lung is fully expanded and all looks rosy. Dorothy will reunite with sister Nina at the executive mansion, and will be confined to her room for about a week after returning home.
A 58 year old Long Beach fisherman Ed ward Abrahamson died after an accidental gun discharge aboard the Gay Hawk off Long Point near Avalon Bay. He was struck in the chest and shoulder while attempting to shoot a sea lion. partner Roy Kelly was aboard when the accident occurred. Abrahamson died at Avalon Hospital. his body shipped to the Los Angeles County Morgue. A second death followed minutes later as Earl G LeSage of San Pedro died of a heart attack aboard the Kigora after entering Avalon Bay.
Film actress Pegey Cummins announces she will marry Derek Bunnett, British businessman, at the Essex Unitarian Church in London. Rev E Saville Wicks of Dublin will perform the ceremony before a honeymoon on the continent and a return to film work.
The notice reports tidal forecasts with several errors. It lists high tides at 3.7 feet around 3:51 p.m and two low tides at 10:44 a.m and 8.0 feet at 10:01 p.m. Tomorrow high tides noted as 0.9 and 3.7 feet, with low tides around 12x and 1.9 feet at 10:56 p.m.
Ottawa reports Canada has rationed steel and banned new steel use in non essential construction. The move follows the 1951 policy and assigns priority ratings to defense contractors to support military needs.
A garbled dispatch claims North Korea will receive an oil heater ordered from a Minneapolis store. It says the heater is needed because a person cannot light a fire without attracting enemy attention, likening it to an old-fashioned domestic item.
Senator McCarthy charges that Congress should impeach President Truman for not accepting Chiang Kai-shek troops for Korea. He cites the 358,090 Chinese Nationalist troops and says American forces are outnumbered and suffering. Wellesl (Varsell) and the Navy League urge using Chiang’s army from Formosa. Truman ordered the Seventh Fleet to guard Formosa to prevent invasions.
Ralph W. Thomas, 39, of 2628 Magnolia Ave and former Jaguar store operator, was found dead in his car last night. His wife Helen discovered the body in the family garage. A vacuum cleaner hose connected to the exhaust ran into a window, police said, with officers reporting death by own action.
In Korea, aircrews from the Marine and Air Force evacuated more than a thousand wounded Marines and soldiers from the Chosin reservoir area amid harsh weather and enemy fire. Large transport planes began evacuations Friday, peaking Saturday, with 1st Lt. Bobby Carter and other crews transferring many seriously wounded despite anti aircraft fire and rough airstrips.
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