01 Sep 1951
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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1951
Page
1
Myrna Gregston of Artesia told deputies she was brutally horse-whipped by her step-mother Christine Gregston. Deputies searched for the mother on charges of unjustifiable punishment of a child.
The Weather Bureau reports a cloudy morning with clearing by afternoon. High near 80 degrees and cooler overnight. Sun will peek through gaps as clouds drift across the sky.
An editorial questions claimed morale among U S troops in Korea noting uncertainty from stalled truce talks and the looming possibility of renewed fighting. It argues morale would be remarkable if truly high under such unsettled conditions and hints at ongoing considerations about future negotiations.
Marion P. Chenowem aged 26 of 17 Neptune Place was injured in a collision with a three wheel motorcycle at 12th Street and Locust Avenue. She suffered a lacerated knee and forehead and was taken to Seasider Hospital. The motorcyclist was named by police as George E. Roll, 60, of 217 E Burnett Avenue.
Andrew Onda and James Dalsen Western Pennsylvania party leaders were found guilty of plotting violent overthrow of the U S government. The verdict was delivered today in a case tied to Communist party activity in the region.
A Santa Fe diesel struck a stalled gasoline truck at a Norwalk crossing at 9 27 PM. One engineer died, four crew members injured including a fireman and conductor. The 50 mph engine and caboose burned. 4500 gallons of 100 octane exploded, fire spread along tracks. The dead and injured were all train crew from Los Angeles and El Monte.
Searchers on Catalina Island found the body of the fourth airman killed when two Navy torpedo bombers crashed there Tuesday. The deceased areLt. Comdr. Robert Howard Nash 5402 Coldbrook Ave Lt. (jg) Dale Jerome Stearns 26 of Artesia St Vern Dean Cain 23 aviation technician of Traynard Calif and Thomas Chaney 28 engine machinist of Emeryville Calif. The two planes crashed about a mile apart while en route from Los Alamitos NAS to Moffett Field near San Francisco. One plane burned. The missing airman had not been found earlier as the plane apparently passed over him as it slid up the mountainside.
Crystal Bay Nevada report says Frank Sinatra complained of illness after taking two sleeping pills following a dinner with Ava Gardner. He insisted he did not attempt suicide, blaming a stomach upset and an allergic reaction to sleeping pills. His manager Henry Sanicola and Mrs. Sanicola were present earlier in the evening.
An Alaska crash report states a Navy patrol bomber with 10 aboard went down on a small island near Anchorage and a search plane found no sign of life. The incident raises the total dead or missing in Alaska air accidents since July 21 to ten.
Los Angeles August 31. Carpenter Barney Mapes 49 was found innocent of beating estranged wife Viola 35 to death with a claw hammer. An eight man four woman jury deliberated nearly nine hours in Superior Judge Ellsworth Meyer’s court before acquittal. Mapes testified he killed her in self defense after she pulled a gun during a divorce dispute.
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