Welch family car crash near Carlsbad kills father and girl
Redondo Beach man Bert Welch Jr. 23 and his 5-year-old daughter Phyllis died when their car struck a bridge abutment and was hit by a truck near Carlsbad New Mexico. Wife Ruth 20 and two sons Philip 3 and Danny 18 months were seriously injured. Driver of the truck Tommy Walker 18 of Dell City Texas was less seriously injured.
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Nolan Utz
Ruth
Philip
Danny
Tommy Walker
Dell City
Texas
Utz
Welch
Robbery at East Fourth Street Liquor Store
Two men aged about 21 robbed Guy J. Metcalf aged 49 at his liquor store on East Fourth Street. They entered claiming a whiskey purchase, one drew a revolver and demanded cash from the register. They fled on foot, leaving behind a $5 bill they had supposedly paid with.
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E. Fourth St
Guy J. Metcalf
Scouts Aid Wreck Victim After Bus Collision
A bus carrying Boy Scouts to a New Mexico scout ranch struck a truck injuring a girl and a woman. The bus driver Melvin Reese, 41, of Augusta Georgia, and the Scouts aided the injured and directed traffic until officers arrived.
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Alg
Welch
Melvin Reese
Augusta
New Mexico
Long Beach Obituaries Preserve Local Ties and Services
A sequence of Long Beach obituaries notes Anna S Ferr Busen 73 of 1029 Pacific died at home after moving to Long Beach in 1914. Surviving relatives include daughter Mrs Grayce Lawrence Griffin and several Huffine brothers. Funeral at Patterson Snively Chapel with Sunnytide interment. Stephen W Cawthon 82 of 330 Cedar Ave died in hospital. survived by wife, daughter, sister and brother. Private service at Patterson Snively with Sunnyside Mausoleum entombment. Guy Fulbright 77 of 2323 Lemon Ave died Friday. service Tuesday at 2 pm at B W Coon Funeral Home. Masonic Lodge to officiate. Angeles Abbey Mausoleum entombment. Panagiota Mary Dovolos 49 of 2048 Golden died in area hospital. survived by husband John, three daughters, mother, five brothers, sister and grandson. Greek Orthodox service Wednesday 2 pm with burial Sunnyside Memorial Park. Henry R Deberry 70 retired chef 339 Atlantic Ave died Saturday. survived by wife Emma, daughter Ethel Smith, son Henry G De Berry, four brothers and granddaughter Jean Huggins. service Tuesday 2 pm Mottell's Chapel. Sunnyside Memorial Park burial. Mary Louise Pollard 25 Gardena died Sunday. survived by husband Horace, two sons, parents Mr and Mrs Abe Sperling, five brothers. service Wednesday 11 am Mottell's chapel. Sunnyside Memorial Park burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnytide Cemetery
Cawthon
Stephen W. Cawthon
Cedar Ave
Long Beach
Norman
Jewell Ireland
Effie Cardar
R. F. Cawthon
Patterson & Snively Chapel
Sunnyside Mausoleum
Fulbright
Guy Fulbright
Lemon Ave
B. W. Coon
Chapet
Samuel E. Witty
Masonic Lodge
Angeles Abbey
Covington
Oklo
Della
William
Glenn
Orion
Roy
Whittier
Russell
Compton
John
Raymond Crow
Edna
Cleo Dovolos
Mary Eliakedis
Anastasia Papazionopoulos
George
Kleanths
James
Michael Pagagionopoulos
Amelia Pagagionopoulos
Nicholas Billinis
Sunnyside Memorial Park
Disday Mortuary
Henry G. DeBerry
Dia
W. V
Charles
Sanford DeBerry
Jean Huggins
Pollard
Gardena
Mary Louise Pollard
Horace Bj
Richard
Mark
Abe A. Sperling
Hugh Sperling
USMC
John Sperling
Bellflower
Sam Sperling
Herman Sperling
Frankie Sperling
Servce
Mottell’s Chapel
Destroyer Division heads home after locking up Wonsan harbor
Destroyer Division XI, led by Capt. Carl M. Dalton of Rector Ark, sailed from Wonsan Harbor after symbolically locking the harbor door with a wooden key bearing the inscription Welcome to Wonsan Harbor the place of eternal rest. The ships Chevalier Chandler Hamner and Wilsie paused at Honolulu en route to Long Beach.
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Long Beach
Wonsan
Carl M. Dalton
Rector
Ark
la Sollte Galt
Dalton
Chevalier
Chandler
Hamner
Wilsie
Wonsan Harbor
Honolulu
Temporary PO Chief Weighed for Long Beach Postmaster
Rep. Hosmer weighs a temporary Long Beach postmaster appointment with civil service exams planned after September. Goldwater adds to Bixby Park Republican picnic lineup. Kuchel and Roosevelt discuss September appearances and special elections to fill vacancies in Los Angeles County Assembly and Congressional seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Craig Hos Mer
Howard Goodwin
Hosmer
Washington
Committee World
U. S&s
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Bixby
Kuchel
James Roosevelt
Goodwin J. Knight
Los Angeles
Norris Poulson
Huntington Park
Roosevelt
Legisature
Congress
Captain Gordan Assigned Medical Officer in Navy District
Captain John C. Gordan USN Medical Corps son of Mr and Mrs Robert A Gordan of 237 Roswell Ave has been named medical officer of the Fourth Naval District and the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. A Cincinnati Medical School graduate he has served 28 years in the Navy Medical Corps including a 1932 Johns Hopkins postgrad course and prior commands at Oakland Naval Hospital and Long Beach Naval Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Gordan
USN
Robert A. Gordan
Roswell Ave
Oakland Naval Hospital
Gordon
Long Beach Naval Hospital
Korean Citation Honors 52nd Bomb Wing for Korea War Air Actions
The 52nd Bomb Wing received a Korean citation as Gen Kessler listed awards including Soldier's Medal to T/Sgt Robert E. King and Air Medal to 1st Lt Harold R. Hack. A parade at March Air Force Base preceded a read citation by President Rhee praising the 452nd Light Bomb Wing for night interdiction attacks that disrupted enemy logistics and supply lines.
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Kessler
Robert E. King
St. Joseph Ave
Harold R. Hack
Los Angeles
Kenneth D. Woodward
North Hollywood
Robert BE. Keslgon
Afrtic
Long Beach
Eugene C. Hoffman
E. Ocean Blvd
Vernon H. Gerdes
Cedar Ave
Purple Heart
George F. Roy Jr
16Th St
Sweet Field
March Air Force Base
452Nd Light
Korea
Air Force
Rhee
452Nd
Red China
Indoor Sports Club Lunch Meet at Hutch Willow Willow
The Indoor Sports Club will meet on Wednesday at noon for lunch at The Hutch located at Willow Street and Locust Avenue. Members discuss upcoming indoor sports events and club activities.
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Hutch
Willow St
Locust Ave
Man Jailed for Wife's Bar Beating
NORWALK A young mother of two is in serious condition at Los Angeles General Hospital after a severe beating by her husband Bobby George Howard 34 of 10122 Jersey Ave He was booked on suspicion of felony wife beating after initial statements and testimony from witnesses and his sister in law placed him at the East Los Angeles bar where the attack occurred He allegedly dragged her from the bar and admitted striking her unconscious before returning home where she remained unconscious at Rancho Los Amigos Emergency Hospital with a fractured skull broken jaw multiple fractures and extensive injuries.
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Norwalk
Los Angeles General Hospital
Sheriff’s Deputies
Bobby George Howard
Jersey Ave
Mary Lou Howard
Lenora Howard
Farris St
Lynwood
Howard
Los Angeles
Rancho Los Amigos Emergency Hospital
Defense Fails in Attempt to Bring Civic Unit Into Trial
In Santa Ana the defense to the Seal Beach Good Government League's involvement in the Airport Club conspiracy failed as Judge Thompson sustained prosecution objections. Witnesses linked Archibald Paterson and the Airport Club raid, while defense motions for mistrial and not guilty verdicts were denied or deferred. The six defendants face charges tied to inducing visits to the gambling site.
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Civic Unit
Seal Beach
Santa Ana
Good Government League
Airport Club
Még Thompson
Horace Losch
Fourth St. Seal Beach
Albert Bergman
Desy Dist
Robert P. Knee- Loesch
Archibald G. Paterson
Red Top Cabin
M.D. Williams
Walker
Georgianna Marshall
Bergman
Paterson
William L. Robertson
Delaphine Buckley
Miller
Marshall
Huntington Man Killed at Cypress
Cypress crash injures four others as Paul Vandruff 53 of Huntington Beach dies after his auto collides at Orangethorpe Boulevard and Walker Street. Witnesses say Henry Yamada 23 failed to stop. Vandruff’s companion Allie Miller 57 severely injured. Yamada and passengers Yoshiko Nakagawa 24 and Kwanji Kamagawa 26 also seriously hurt. Vandruff taken to Smith’s mortuary for inquest. Anaheim crash on Manchester near Loara injures five including Victor Madrid 43 and Aril Banks 34. John Torrison 43 also hurt. Other victims listed with varying injuries treated locally.
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Walker St
Vandruff
Allie J. Miller
Bonita Ave
Yamada
Yoshiko Nakagawa
Kwanji Kamagawa
Los Angeles
Vandruffs
Smith
Huntington Beach
Anaheim
Manchester Blvd
Loara Rad
Victor P. Madrid
Aril L. Banks
Crane Ave
John C. Torrison
Willis L. Jones
Center St
E. G. Madrid
Anaheim Hospital
Poulson Pledges Move to Restore Harbor
San Pedro reports Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson used a radio address to promise greater harbor attention. He condemned deterioration and stressed a stronger harbor department administration, noting changes to two commission members and that a citizens committee urged retaining A. O. Pegg of San Pedro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Norris Poulson
Harbor
Poulsen
Fletcher Bowron
A. O. Pegg
Poulson
Monterey Oil Islands Before Appeal Court
Monterey Oil Co appeals a Fourth Appellate District ruling in San Diego over offshore drilling rights off Beal Beach. The case centers on authority to drill on submerged tidelands leased from the state, with Long Beach weighing similar ambitions and the city asserting police power beyond its shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beal Beach
District Court of Appeal
Fourth Appellate District
San Diego
Monterey Oil Co
On Peach
California State Lands Commission
Seal Beach
Monterey Old Co. Jease
Long Beach
Seag Beach
Terminal Island Ferry Crew Resignations Do Not Halt Service
Two crewmen on the San Pedro Terminal Island ferry resigned over wage increases. The Los Angeles Harbor Department said service remains normal as vessels continue operating with overtime. Replacements will be sought via civil service procedures. Kemp and Sharp, who left Wednesday, had not reported for work since then.
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San Pedro
San Pedro-Terminal Island
Bernard J. Caughlin
Los Angeles Harbor
Caughlin
C. A. Kemp
Gerard Sharp
Kemp
Sharp
Picnicker 93 Wins Prize At Arizona State Picnic
Donald McIntyre, a 93-year-old retiree and former territorial legislator from Yuma, receives the prize for being the oldest Arizonian at the Arizona State Society picnic in Recreation Park. Lynda Brown, once of Bisbee, now in Houston, wins as the traveler from farthest away.
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Arizona State Society
Recreation Park
Donald McIntyre
United States
Territorial
Yuma
Lynda Brown
Bisbee
Houston
Texas
Commodore of Matson Fleet Dies
Capt. Frank A. Johnson, 62, master of the Matson liner Lurline and commodore of the Matson fleet, died of a heart attack at his Los Altos home. He led the Lurline on regular calls for six years and served Matson 22 years. Survived by his widow and a married daughter.
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Frank A. Johnson
Matson
Lurline
America
Los ‘Altos
Johnson
Los Altos
Randolph Sevier
Matson Lines
J. A. Jackson
Matson Navigation Co
Wilmington
San Francisco
Honolulu
Yale
Harvard
Los Angeles Steamship Co
Los Angeles Long Beach Harbor
Matsonia
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Dora Johnson
Pasadena Ave
Houghton Park
Michael Cady
Thomas Cady
Nell Hardy
F. W. Hardy
Hunseker Ave
Paramount
L. B
52Nd Bomb Wing
By Don Brackenbury
Kneeland
Huntington
Cypress
Monterey Oil Islands
Terminal Island
Picnicker
Freestone
SWIFT
Dubuque Brand
Morrell's
Yorkshire
I TY
Oregon
Safeway
Matson Fleet
Reds Furniture
House of Fabulass
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