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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1948
Page
12
BERn Switzerland issues a new 5 franc coin commemorating the era of the Swiss constitution. The release in Bern on July 31 highlights a period of constitutional history with a minted design honoring the nation’s governance.
A gray Persian known as Sister or Sissy at 18 years old is the town’s oldest cat. Owned by Mrs. Fred Williams and daughter, she patrols the 16-unit court building where they live, catches rats, visits neighbors, and chats for food and catnip. She keeps all her teeth and sleeps with shoulders covered, bossing the household as she ages.
Toledo executives announce the Packard Motor Car Co finalizes plans for a 10 million dollar plant near Toledo devoted to aircraft and guided missile engines. Since May 1945 the site has housed gas turbine research with nine buildings, three wind tunnels, and extensive laboratories under Air Materiel Command, with only equipment installation left.
Petey and the Wood Witch will be presented by Paddock's Puppets for the Recreation Department at Bixby Park Thursday at 7 p.m. The Arrowbear orchestra conducted by Fred Ohlendorf will play. The event is directed by Pearl H. Welch, park play director.
The Newport Harbor Boat Race features the Snowbirds, 12 foot flat bottom boats, at 1 30 p m with 200 plus youth skippers. Other events include Sonoma Fair at Santa Rosa and Long Beach Flower Show beginning Thursday with horticulture exhibits and lectures. The Days of San Luis Rey Fiesta opens Thursday at Oceanside with a Coronation Ball and rodeo parade next Sunday.
Girls from 16 playgrounds and recreation centers will join one of the summer's largest play days at Silverado Park Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mae Mathers, recreation supervisor, leads the event. An all city girls volleyball tourney opens Thursday at Washington Junior High, with a mixed tournament at Franklin Junior High Friday.
Bloomington Indiana July 31 Mrs Vernon Pease a veteran policewoman says her main duty is curbing youth misbehavior. After seven years on the force she is awakened by a call insisting she intervene with a sleepy girl and bring her to wake up.
Dr Robert Ehrich and Dr Carleton Coon report in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology that cradle methods may explain flat heads among Balkan peoples. The researchers note similar head shaping in Near Eastern groups and suggest migration and changes in cradle practices affect skull form.
Marta Mischke arrives in America with her son Rudi Mischke and family after years in German territories. The 75-year-old plans naturalization as she begins life in their new Long Beach home on Rhea Street.
Berlin reports 13 American doctors tour Germany to demonstrate U S medical techniques of the past decade to German doctors cut off from advances. The mission, sponsored by the Unitarian Service Committee, will donate updated medical textbooks and surgical instruments to German universities.
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