Arsonist Hunted In New Outbreaks Near Paramount
Wind driven haystack fires erupted in the Paramount area as Long Beach fire units battled five blazes. Winds up to 40 mph threatened nearby homes and businesses while officials estimated damages from 40 000 to 250 000 dollars. Firefighters fought through the night as sparks sparked new fires, affecting dairies and markets and injuring no one reported.
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Paramount
Long Beach
Dairy Farm
Los Angeles
Hay stack fires blaze near Paramount townsite
A 30 foot hay stack on Sam Marcus property at 7323 S Carfield Ave sparked fires that spread to two additional stacks owned by Frank Boesma as winds lifted embers across Garfield Ave. Two workers, John Carter and Orvan Bradley, drove a hay truck through a fence to save the vehicle. Nearby observers included a man and boy seen near the blaze. The weather man warned of gusts up to 35 mph with a high near 68 as dust and wind linger.
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Garfield Ave
Si Jim van Derlanan
Minnesota Ave
Lake and
Harrison Sts
Hutchins Moore
Long Beach
Sin
Paramount Blvd
Moore
John Duncan
Paramount
S. Carfield Ave
Sam Marcus
John H. Carter
Whittier
Orvan D. Bradley
Ridley Rd
Norwalk
Frank Boesma
Woudn
Mexican Peak Erupts After Dormant Period
Forestry officials in Chiapas state reported Wednesday that the long dormant El Humo volcano in the region erupted after years of inactivity. No immediate injuries were reported as authorities warned residents to stay clear of ash plumes and lava flows, with evacuation orders issued for nearby villages if conditions worsen.
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Tuxtla Gutierrez
Mexico
Chiagas
Weather peril grows from balmy days and drought
L A C warns that pleasant weather masks rising danger as drought dries soil and forests. Water supply relies on the Colorado River for 40 percent now and about 50 percent by summer, with many wells located north of Signal Hill. Continued on Page 14.
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Séclovoel
Colorado
Ten Attack Guards Escape Fort Worth Jail
Ten prisoners including ex Alcatraz convict Floyd Hill escaped from Tarrant County jail after beating three guards. Roadblocks on highways, police from Dallas and Carswell Air Force base joined Fort Worth units in a county wide search. Five armed men in a stolen car were headed toward Dallas, two cars stolen after the break, and Lonnie F Ball was captured soon after.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Alcatraz
Tarrant County
Texas
Carswell Air Force Base
Dallas
Floyd Hill
Manuel Madreiga
Candido de la Torre
Verngm Johnson
U. S. Highway 80
Baby Injured In Auto Wreck
A six weeks old girl was seriously injured in a two car collision at 223d St and Delta Ave Seaside Hospital with a fractured skull. Sherry Ann King, daughter of Charley F King, 20, of 3202 W 135th St Hawthorne Police said the child was injured when Charley King’s car collided with one driven by Robert S Poole, 26, of 937 Truman Boyd Manor, who was rushing his wife to the hospital. Shirley Ann was held by her mother Yolanda King, 19. No one else was injured in the accident, police reported.
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Avith
Sherry An King
Charley F. King
W. 135Th
St.Hawthorne
King
Robert 5S
Poole
Truman Boyd Manor
Shirley Ann
Yolala King
Explosions Hit San Francisco Mission District
A series of underground gas explosions and a shorted electric cable rocked San Francisco’s Mission district on Wednesday, shattering more than 100 windows and cutting electric power in an eight block area. No injuries reported. Local authorities investigated the blast pattern and utility responses.
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San Francisco
Drummer's Wife Pleads Guilty To Heroin Possession
Sylvia Poole 24 pleaded guilty in Long Beach Superior Court to possession of heroin and admitted spending about 70 dollars weekly on narcotics. She faces sentencing March 18. her husband John Poole, 27, pleaded innocent to narcotics possession and is set for trial March 12. Mrs Poole described starting with heroin two years ago and rising to two capsules daily, with each capsule costing five dollars.
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Sylvia Poole
Bus Missing In Wyoming Snowstorm
A bus with seven passengers and a driver vanished during a severe Wyoming blizzard between Rawlins and Casper. The vehicle left Rawlins at 4 p.m. Wednesday and was due in Casper at 8 p.m. The storm dumped three to four foot drifts, blocking all roads into Casper and leaving the bus missing.
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Rawlins
Goads
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Iity
Omob
Surety Fraud Ends in Jail
Curtiss Franklin Rogers, an aircraft worker from Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to grand theft for reporting the theft of a 1948 Cadillac and collecting $820 in insurance. He was sentenced to four months in county jail and five years probation after being spotted driving the car with a changed motor number.
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Los Angeles
Curtiss ‘Franklin 'Rogers
Rogers
Long Beach
Ghorse
Long Beach Superior Court
Lost Navy Patrol Plane Guides Crew to Safety
A twin engined Navy patrol plane carrying 13 crew and two passengers went missing northwest of the Hawaiian Islands after departing San Diego for Pearl Harbor. Navy spokesmen said the PBM aircraft ran low on fuel and landed safely at Port Allsland, near Pearl Harbor, after being guided to a safe landing by an Air Force unit.
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mid-Pacific
Pels
San Die
Cate Rand
Jg Wee
Navy
Hawaiian Islands
Diego
Pearl. Harbor
Five Billion Defense Cut Urged by Citizens Commission
Washington AP reports a citizens commission urged the Defense Department to cut spending by 10 percent and reduce personnel by about 500,000, saving roughly 5 billion dollars. The panel led by David Sarnoff of RCA warned the Pentagon’s size risks an unbalanced national budget and suggested releasing drafted soldiers or lowering draft calls.
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Citizens’ Commission
Defense Dept
Defense Department
Jin
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Sarnoff
Pentagon
Planners OK Six Tracts in L. B. Suburbs
The County Planning Commission approved four new subdivisions totaling 318 acres and 1693 lots in Lakewood Bellflower Norwalk and Harbor City. Alden Construction Co will develop 127 acres into 549 lots south of Los Coyotes Diagonal and west of Studebaker Rd. Louis Boyar Lakewood developer gains 65 acres south of Carson St east of Studebaker Rd for 1480 single family lots. J L Alperson gets 202 lots on 35 acres north of Rosecrans Ave west of Woodruff Ave in Bellflower.
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Engineering Service Corp
Carson
Studebaker
Norwalk
Reno
Sirrene
Rosecrans
Vacreage
Sepulveda
Vermont Ave
Lakewood-Bellflower
County Planning Commission
Harbor City
Alden Construction Co
Los Coyotes
Studebaker Rd
Louis Boyar
Lakewood
Carson St
J. L. Alperson
Rosecrans Ave
Woodruff Ave
Bell, ‘Flower
Harper Woods bank robber crashes police car escapes
A mid day bank holdup in Harper Woods ends when the robber crashes a patrol car and flees on foot with a bag of cash. Police later find the suspect in a pigeon coop two blocks away, carrying a loaded pistol but making no attempt to use it.
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Detroit
Harper Woods
Gergen
Trio Killed in Camp Behind Own Lines in Korea
In Korea a U S fighter bomber accidentally struck U S troops behind the front near a frontline battalion admin area about 23 miles behind the main lines on February 2 killing three soldiers and wounding five. The Fifth Air Force and U S Eighth Army deferred comment to Far East Headquarters in Tokyo while an immediate joint investigation proceeds.
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U. S
Fifth Air Force
U. S. Eighth Army
Mark Clark
Far East
Tokyo
Far East Command
U.S
Svar
Downtown Long Beach stores kick off two day Dollar Days
The gala sale opens today with top spring merchandise from markets nationwide. Fred Sykes of Beach Retailers Association says customers will enjoy ample free parking and bus service on City Lines for convenience during the event.
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Long Beach
Fred Sykes
Leng
City Lines
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