Christmas travel runs heavy as safety council predicts high deaths
Chicago reports indicate Christmas travel is intense with rail, bus and air terminals crowded. The National Safety Council warns 590 highway deaths during the long holiday, aiming to curb risk with advice to avoid bad weather, start early, and abstain from alcohol. Airlines add capacity. Pennsylvania Railroad runs extra trains. Greyhound deploys all its buses amid forecasts of record demand.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Safety Council
United Air Lines
American Airlines
American
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Greyhound Bus Co
Miami
Hero Rescues Hundreds in Raging Seas
Report describes Captain Balpajy guiding a daring rescue of hundreds from the Champollion as seas rose near Zarhor. Seventy sought shore, 55 survived, aided by Ismail boat crew and multiple trips. Langdon Harris among survivors aboard the perilous voyage.
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Inter
Henri Bourde
T Hem
Cptain
Langdon Harris
Paris
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Champollion
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Zarhor
Balpajy
Hari Walehot
Heagh
Sainh
Sarah
Rose Hills Cemetery
Hear Whittier
Nave Walk Sheriff’s Deputies
Revere Trenzio
Fell
Crige
Mayowomi
L B Woman 22 Hurt In Traffic Crash At Busy Street
Lois E. Wingert of 1810 Harding Street was taken to St Mary's Hospital after a two car collision at Eighth Street and Obispo Avenue. Police said she suffered a fractured nerve and vertebrae in her lower spine. The other driver cited is Paul M. Barry 19 of Temple Avenue and Donald E. Mowery 24 of Fluclid Avenue. Barry was the passenger in his own car and Mowery’s car led the crash. Officers reported the southbound impact occurred on the right side near the Eleventh Street area.
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Eighth St
Obispo
Lois E. Wingert
Harding St
St Mary's Hospital
Donald E. Mowery
Paul M. Barry
Bst Temple
Ave
Colidadt
Barry
Police Sa Sero
Elehth
Autoist Derails Train After Collision at Harbor Belt
A car plowed into the rear of a 23 car freight train at B Street and McDonald Avenue, derailing the last oil car. The Harbor Belt Line train slid hundreds of yards before stopping. Marion F. Berich, 32, of 4831 Bay Street Sac Pedro, was treated at a hospital and released to a private physician after receiving care at Wilming ton Receiving Hospital.
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Wilmen Macoristi
Harbor Belt Line
B St
McDonald Ave
Wils Mington
Marion F. Beriich
Ata
Sac Pedro
Champ Father Putin Shade L B Man Has 133 Progeny
Long Beach man Ernest A Law, a Latter Day Saints member, claims the largest family with 134 descendants. He lists 13 living children, 40 grandchildren, and many great grandchildren. Law traces longevity to temperate living and notes gatherings require a hall for annual family events.
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Putin Shade
L. B
Man
New York
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Ile’s
Ernest A. Law
Broadway
Charles Gailar
Greenfield Cantor
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Ramparizon
Gallor
Laws
Sob Vane
Canada
Latter Day Saints Church
Law
Tip
Lin
Long Beach
Jordan Law
Garden Grove
Harry Law
Lakewood
Gladys Lane
Jenny Curtis
Nina Riley
Kathryn Sheldon
Jordan
If Group
Sil
Kathryn
Laura
Utah
Abandoned Pier E Wells Move to Redevelopment Plan
The Board of Harbor Commissioners approved a program to redevelop Pier E on Terminal Island. Abandoned wells from Long Beach Oil Development will be replaced with new AIIL sites in tighter battery formations to free land. 35 wells and Pier E are currently off production due to earth movement.
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Board of Harbor Commissioners
Januar
Frank Hardesty
Long Beach Oil Development, Co
LBOD
Lawyers Rap Surety Firms Information on Jury Bias
The Long Beach Bar accuses insurance companies in California of running a publicity campaign to warn juries that undue payments in personal injury actions are rising. George E. Wise, secretary of the association, argues the profession believes defendants and insurers enjoy the odds, while insurance defense firms dominate such cases. Wise notes judges may trim verdicts deemed unreasonably large.
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Long Beach
Wise
Santa Kidnapped at San Pedro Scout Tree Lot
Boy Scouts report a dummy Santa Claus was stolen from their tree lot at Seventh and Gaffey Streets in San Pedro. Police seek the man who passed a bad check for a Christmas tree from a lot labeled 1299. The jet is run by youth groups sponsored by the police department.
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Seventh
Gaffey Sts
la Lot
Gaffey St
Garden Grove Soldier Killed in Korea
Garden Grove sergeant Pfe Loren Rylance was killed in action in Korea. He is the son of Mr and Mrs George Rylance of 13222 Hope Street. The Defense Department also said Pvt Edgar J Denning Jr son of Mrs Catherine B E Denning of 518 Orange Avenue was wounded in Korea.
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Pfe
Loren Rylance
Korea
Dept of Defense
Rylance
George Rylance
Hope St
Department
Edgar J. Denning Jr
Catherine BE. Denning
Orange Ave
Air Force praises C-124 crash crew and survivors
An Air Force inquiry into Saturday's crash of a C-124 transport near Del Rio found no evidence to ground the fleet. The report praised the crew's performance and repair work, while memorial services were held at San Antonio and the base theater. The disaster killed 87, reducing survivors to 29 after one more death. First California casualty named as Airman Robert M. Jacobs of Burbank.
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ATI
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Hase
Mesa
Werrdell L. Burston
Temple
Okla
Eh Army Hospital
San An
Nnie
Burton
Robert M. Jacobs
James Jacobs
Burbank
iPhone Firm Fills ILD Staff to Aid Christmas Calls
The Associated Telephone Co says all available operators will be on duty from Christmas Eve through Christmas Day. Services are expected to be swamped with delays possibly up to six hours in distant areas. Patrons are urged to make long distance calls today or Friday and limit calls to five minutes to ease demand.
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Associated Telephone Co
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VFW Hosts 65 Local Children at Christmas Party
Sixty five children selected by Joseph Kenrick superintendent of the City Juvenile Bureau were guests Tuesday night of Golden State Post No. 279 VFW and its auxiliary at the post's annual Christmas party in Veterans Memorial. Arthur L. Peterson Post No. 27 American Legion held its Christmas cheer party in the veterans' building as well with De Vore Walden Long Beach 13th District commander extending greetings to the Legionnaires.
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Joseph Kenrick
City Juvenile Bureau
Golden State Post No
VFW
Post
Veterans Memorial
Arthur L. Peterson
American Legion
Veterans
de Vore Walden
Long Beach
Legionnaires
New Alien Law Bans 269 on Liner Liberte
Washington AP reports the first direct use of the McCarran Walter Act bars 269 crewmen from shore leave on the French liner Liberte when docking in New York. The inspector notes two with Communist ties and one theft conviction, all affecting admissibility and signaling a tough new immigration enforcement era.
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New York
Justice Department
U.S
France
Liberte
Fire Station Site OK'd in Lakewood
Lakewood officials approve a site on the north side of Spring west of Pato Verde Avenue for a county fire station at a cost of 3850 dollars. County Fire Chief Cecil Gehr hopes the new stallion can be completed and occupied by next July, replacing the single existing station at 5161 Arbor Road.
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Lakewood Plaza
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Spring
Pato Verde Ave
Cecil Gehr
Lakewood
Arbor Rd
Publicity scraps mix temperance, songs, and local notes
A collage of notices from Southern California groups, reports on temperance activism and public debates over holiday songs, excerpts about Hughes subsidence plans, local theater and school happenings, and light community anecdotes featuring Long Beach figures and student actions.
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ILD
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Center
Anshein
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Southern California
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Gust
Roed
Seulge St
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ED Lundburg
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Tom Thorley
Hughes
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Eisenhower
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Bob Hope
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Long Beach General Hospital
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Oianne Truitt Day
Ickie Engly
Atlantic Ave
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Rickie Fouad
Pine Ave
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Stephens Junior High
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Mountain View Duties, Inc
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Buffurs
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