Director of Zoo Arrested for Neglect at Long Beach Zoo
Wesley Dickinson, director of the privately owned Long Beach Zoo on Carson Street, was arrested after state humane officers found most animals without water or food and in filthy conditions. The zoo was closed indefinitely and impounded animals included two African lions, a bear, kangaroo, foxes, many monkeys, coyotes, alligators, and numerous tropical birds.
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Long Beach Zoo
Wesley Dickinson
Dickinson
Carson St
Artesia
Cypress
Long Beach Area
Shaw at Deaths Door in England
Ailing playwright George Bernard Shaw, 94, is described as very weak after a sudden decline. Friends report his condition critical at his London home as Lady Astor visits, expressing fear he may die at any moment.
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Ayot ST
Lawrence
England
George Bernard Shaw
Friends
Lady Astor
Tough Korean Winter Push Toward Manchurian Border
Troops face brutal winter conditions in Korea with temperatures near 40 degrees below zero. Mountain terrain exceeds 1000 feet, rugged passes limit roads as forces advance toward the Manchurian frontier. Guerrilla warfare and harsh weather loom over the campaign.
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Korea
Seoul
U. S
Sonchon
Manchurian
Spooks Disturb Night Citywide Brownouts and Fires
Police recount a night of mischief with fires at a palm tree on Pine Avenue and vandalism across North Long Beach. Reports include broken street lights and switched off public lighting, a home fire on Roosevelt Bank, eggings on a porch, and about two dozen trash fires as officers responded to disturbances.
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Pine Ave
Roosevelt Baink
North
Long Beach
Truman Boyd Manor
Csr
Siteetad
U S Planes Shoot Down Three Yaks
U S planes claim three Yak enemy aircraft down near Namsibong between Sinuiju and the 24th Division on the Chong River as Communist counterattacks with tanks and guns hit the Manchurian border area. Six enemy planes seen near Chongju. one strafing run on U S aircraft.
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Seoul
Manchurich
Namsibong
Sinuiju
Chong River
Chongju
Plane Crash Kills 28 at London Airport
London October 31. A British European Airways Viking transport overshot a fog bound runway at London Airport. Twenty eight people perished including Ernest Friedenheim of New York City. one American among the dead. The aircraft was on a bargain rate flight from Paris.
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Paris
British European Airways
Ernest Friedenheim
New York City
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