Ship Docks With Tales of Battles and Rescue
A tanker voyage from New York to the Atlantic port ends with a mutiny scare and a dramatic rescue of Capt Charles E Roll. Investigators found crew fights on the Halcyon III after departures and port calls while Roll clung to a line and swam to safety for 17 minutes off Rio de Janeiro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlantic
New York
Liverpool
Port of Spain
Trinidad
David Brooks
Richard Grant
Charles E. Roll
Roll
Halcyon
Rio de Janeiro
Charles E. Roll Sr
China adopts new gold yuan currency amid bank closures
Nanking reports a new gold standard currency named gold yuan backed by 100 percent reserves. Banks closed for two days to implement the conversion. Government spokesmen outline exchange rates: one gold yuan for 3,000,000 old dollars, four gold yuans per U.S. dollar, two gold yuans per Chinese silver dollar. President Chiang Kai-shek returns from Kuling with the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
China
Hollington Tong
U. S
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuling
Swindle Suspect Surrenders in Federal Indictment
Nye A. Wimner surrendered in Los Angeles after being charged on 23 counts in a federal indictment for fleecing stockholders of two silver mining properties in Chloride Arizona. The SEC accuses him in a stock sale violation involving Tennessee-Schuylkill Corp and Great Western Exploration Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Nye A. Wimner
Chloride
Ariz
Arizona
Trenton
N. J
Securities and Exchange Commission
New York
Tennessee-Schuylkill Corporation
Great Western Exploration Company
Son Born to M A Gilbreath Family in Pomona
Lindsey Gilbreath, eight pounds thirteen ounces, was born July 24 in Pomona Valley Community Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. M A Gilbreath of 1431 Armando Drive. Cold supper planned at Jessie Young’s home 2898 Baltic Avenue next Sunday 4 to 6 p m with MacDonald clans participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Lindsey Gilbreath
M. A. Gilbreath
Armando Dr
Pomona Valley Community Hospital
Clan MacDonald
Order of
Lady MacDonald Lodge
Daughters of
Scotia
Jessie Young
Baltic Ave
Kansans Social to Meet at Park Tomorrow Evening
The Kansas State Society plans a monthly social and business meeting at Park tomorrow at 6 p m announced by E E Shoufler, the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State Society
Park
E. E. Shoufler
Daughters of All Nations Club Social Meeting Held
The Daughters of All Nations Club hosts a social gathering tomorrow at 7 45 p m at 5844 Sunfield Ave Bellflower. Mrs Norma Johnson hosts with Mrs Phyllis Brewer as co host All World War II veterans are invited.
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Daughters of All Nations Club
Norma Johnson
Sunfield Ave
Bellflower
Phyllis Brewer
Three Boys to Be Examined for Torture Crimes
Three boys aged 7, 8, and 9 who admitted planning murder and torturing a playmate will be sent to Louisville for psychiatric evaluation. Authorities in New Albany plan to ban comic books after the boys cited such publications as inspiration. The minister’s son was forced at knifepoint into a woodlot, tied to a tree, and burned with lit matches. he was not seriously hurt and the boys confessed they planned a next victim, a girl. the boys’ parents are from Georgetown, and the case awaits final disposition with Indiana law offering no age-based penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ind
Louisville
Eugene Hancock
Hancock
Georgetown
Indiana
Legion Band Plays in Park Tonight
The American Legion Arthur L. Peterson Post No. 27 will present a park concert at 7 p.m. in Bixby Park. Director Anthony F. Gill leads the show with pieces including Overture of Overtures, Begin the Beguine, Spanish Serenade, The New Moon and Bells of St. Marys. Performers include Patti Camm, La Donna Hardman, Nancy Shadduck, Donald Miretti, Gilbert Robbons, and Anne and Virginia Dance Studio pupils.
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Arthur L. Peterson
American Legion
Bixby Park
Pearl H. Welch
Recreation Commission
Texidor
Panella
Patti Camm
Porter
la Donna Hardman
Anthony F. Gill
Hospital reports improved condition of Russian teacher
New York Aug 19 improvement was reported today in the condition of the Russian school teacher who leaped from the third floor of the Soviet consulate. At Roosevelt Hospital she had been reported sinking overnight. A hospital bulletin said Mrs. Oksana Stenovna Kosenkina’s condition shows improvement and she had a good breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt Hospital
Oksana Stenovna Kosenkina
Sloop Nellie J. Aground Near Edison Plant Seaside
The 46 foot sloop Nellie J. ran aground near the Edison plant at Seal Beach. Coast Guard patrol boat and a private craft freed her after an hour of pounding breakers and towed her to a Wilmington boat yard. Crewmembers were William Pratt Don Sylvester and Don Luce of Redlands. A sheared driveshaft and damaged rudder left the vessel out of control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Nellie J
Edison
Seal Beach
Wilmington
William Pratt
Don Sylvester
Don Luce
Redlands
Widow Thrasher's Farm Transformed by State Soil Drive
A Maryland widow, Nellie V Thrasher, hosts a soil conservation demonstration on her 75 acre farm. About 500 workers and 25 000 visitors overhaul buildings equipment and fields in a day while Gov Preston Lane and Secretary Charles Brannan praise federal efforts to save topsoil. The project costs around 8000 dollars and promises long term farm improvements including lime fertilizer terracing improved barns and fences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Thrasher
Jefferson
Valley Fields
Associated Press
Nerve-Rapery
U.P
Thrasher
Nellie V. Thrashers
Catoctin
Widow Thrasher
Maryland
Preston Lane
Charles Brannan
Commissioners Sell Water Bonds to Firm
The Board of Water Commissioners sold 150 000 par value 4 percent Metropolitan Water District bonds for 183 284 90 plus accrued interest to Mason E. Kight Co local investment brokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Water Commissioners
Metropolitan Water District
Mason E. Kight & Co
Thieves Nab Tools From Car In Los Cerritos
Roy L. Stevens 30 of Los Cerritos trailer court reported a theft from his car last night a box of electrical tools valued at 75 dollars was taken.
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Roy L. Stevens
Los Cerritos
Woman Burned in Bedding Blaze at Gundry Ave Home
Miss Jena Stevens, 38, a housekeeper, was treated at Seaside Hospital for first to third degree burns after a bedding fire at her employer's home 3624 Gundry Ave. Insp. F P Welch said evidence pointed to a wall lamp short circuit as the ignition. Mrs Wiley of 3420 Gundry Ave alerted authorities after Stevens ran to her home with burning clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Jena
Stevens
Seaside Hospital
Gundry Ave
F. P. Welch
Wiley
Gundry
Press-Telegram Fathers Announce Grandchildren Births
H. S. Melvin, head of the photographic department, reports the birth of grandson Michael Melvin Shotwell to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shotwell in San Francisco. Thomas V. Wood, head of the job printing department, announces the birth of granddaughter Patricia Elaine Wood on August 9 to Mr. and Mrs. Wood of 1955 Sterling Street.
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Press-Telegram
H. S. Melvin
Michael Melvin Shotwell
Robert Shotwell
San Francisco
Thomas V. Wood
Job Printing Department
Patricia Elaine Wood
and Et Wood
Stearnee St
Twenty One New Polio Cases Reported in County
Twenty one new infantile paralysis cases were reported in Los Angeles County in the 24 hour period ending at noon yesterday, raising August total to 368 and yearly total to 998. The county hospital network received 32 new cases in the 24 hours ending at midnight, with 243 patients under care and 31 in respirators.
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Los Angeles
NO SAVINGS One in Four Dissavers in year
Washington reports that about 13.5 million families or one in four spent more than they earned last year marking a rise in dissaving. The Fed notes dissaving reflects financial well being and credit access and says new installment buying curbs will start in 30 days under Congressional orders.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Four Civilians Slain by Malayan Reds
Singapore dispatches report additional atrocities by Communist insurgents in north Malaya. A Chinese couple in Johore state were killed as the wife prayed, and a foreman kidnapped days earlier was found slain in Negri Sembilan. A youth died after being taken from a coffee shop in Selangor. Gurkha troops in Johore killed one communist, wounded another, captured another, and arrested nine in Kota Tinggi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Malaya
Johore
Negri Sembilan
Selangor
Kota Tingg
Urging Reportable Animal Diseases to Cut Losses
Dr Karl F Meyer of the University of California told the American Veterinary Medical Association that reporting certain animal diseases could curb meat and protein losses. Colorado and Georgia have already begun this practice. He urged stockmen to act quickly against disease and warned veterinary prevention must work globally. The AVMA ethics committee said state veterinary groups have largely adopted uniform ethical standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Karl F. Meyer
University of California Health Authority
Meyer
American Veterinary Medical Association
Colorado
Georgia
A. M. V. A. Committee On Ethics
Six year term for selling dope
Beverly Hills attorney Henry Fischer, 39, was sentenced to six years after pleading guilty to selling dope. Police found $400 heroin purchase bills on him. Wade Matthews, 28, Fischer’s confederate, also pleaded guilty to narcotics charges and awaits sentencing. Judge Charles W. Fricke condemned the conduct of an attorney violating the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Henry Fischer
Beverly Hills
Fischer
Wade Matthews
Matthews
Charles W. Fricke
Board OKs Grading Plans for Reservoir Site
The Board of Water Commissioners approves grading plans for the Johnson Reservoir site on Dominguez Hill as part of the $6.4 million water department expansion. Estimated grading cost is $110,847.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Water Commissioners
Johnson Reservoir
Dominguez Hill
250 Chinese Students Sought as Communists
Peiping authorities prepare war rants to arrest 250 university students over Red agent charges. Students are on summer vacation, and the published suspect list could let them evade arrest by delaying return to campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
Urgent UN Security Council session on Palestine set
The Security Council will meet in urgent session on Palestine after Count Folke Bernadotte requested immediate action to prevent a break in the Holy Land truce. He warns Jerusalem violence between Jews and Arabs is spiraling as both sides ignore UN authority. The report notes doubts about demilitarization of Jerusalem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
U.N
Holy Land
Bernadotte
U. N
Jerusalem
United Nations
United States
Russia
Kremlin
Danube River
Austria
State Department
Belgrade
Soviet Union
Cities to Hear Monorail Plan
A proposed monorail linking Long Beach to Van Nuys with a downtown Angeles spur will be discussed at a Long Beach Chamber of Commerce meeting chaired by George D. Roberts. Thirteen invited communities including Compton Lynwood Bellflower Maywood South Gate San Fernando Van Nuys North Hollywood Burbank Glendale Newport Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach will hear details at 3 30 p m tomorrow.
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Long Beach
van Nuys
Angeles
Bellflower
Maywood
South Gate
San Fernando
North Hollywood
Burbank
Glendale
Newport
Huntington Beach
Laguna Beach
Californians Like Air Mail
San Francisco and Los Angeles account for almost a quarter of the domestic airmail revenue among the 18 largest U S cities. Despite representing only 9 percent of the population, they handled 24 percent of domestic and 10 percent of foreign airmail. Director Warren E Carey cites the figures as proof airmail boosts California’s economy and improves state communication.
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Sacramento
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Emegen Cack. Aeronautics Commission
Warren E. Carey
California
1914 Killer Dies Following Injury in Bay Shore
Chester B. Duryea aged 60 died in South Side Hospital after being found on the Bay Shore LI Railroad station steps. Once labeled insane for the 1914 Brooklyn murder of his father, he spent 26 years in Mattewan State Hospital and later won freedom suits, with estate control restored in 1941. Pneumonia listed as cause.
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Bay Shore
N. Y
Chester B. Duryea
Brooklyn
Angels
South Side Hospital
Mattewan State Hospital
Long Island
Long Island Railroad
Swedes Denounce Russian Maneuvers Over Swedish Girl
Swedish press denounces Soviet attempts to secure Lydia Makarova's return as a government possession. Ivanska Dagbladet and Dagens Nyheter condemn Russia's tactics and call for the foreign office to warn the Soviet embassy. Makarova says she refuses to go back to the USSR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Rosenkina
Lydia Milieu
Makarova
Sweden
Russia
Leningrad
Associated Press
Soviet Union
Ivanska Dagbladet
Lydia Makarova
Foreign Office
NKVD
Fall From Porch Injures Baby
Two year old Sherrie Lee Kemp suffered a serious head injury after falling from a second story porch at her home on 15th Street. She was rushed to Seaside Hospital by her father Fred Kemp. Betty Kemp said the child was playing on the porch while she washed clothes. An officer noted the railing was three feet high and the child climbed to a table then the railing before landing on rocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherrie Lee Kemp
15Th St
Fred Kemp
Betty Jean Kemp
Robert E. Cabot
Cabot
Heart Attacks Fatal to Two Residents
Two elderly residents died of heart attacks yesterday. Nellie E. Sawyer, 71, was pronounced dead at 1029 Cerritos Ave. Isaac Edgar McMahan, 66, collapsed at a recreation hall on 420 W Broad Way and died en route to Seaside Hospital. Both bodies were taken to Holton & Son Mortuary.
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Nellie E. Sawyer
Cerritos Ave
Isaac Edgar McMahan
Golden Ave
W. Broadway
Seaside Hospital
Holton & Son
Uncle of Actress Kills Self at Studio
Hollywood August 19. Virginia Bruce's uncle Ben Morris 57 nightwatchman at Universal International Studio was found shot to death there. Sheriff investigators said Morris in ill health for years killed himself with his service revolver. Morris is survived by widow Hilda and daughter Mrs George Robinson.
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Hollywood
Virginia Bruce
Ben Morris
Universal International Studio
Morris
Hilda
George Robinson
City planning leaders to attend National Planning Congress
New York trip set for Werner Ruchti city planning director and Fabe C Blackman of the City Planning Commission. The pair were authorized to attend the National Planning Congress in New York City October 11 to 13. Ruchti will serve as a principal speaker at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werner Ruchti
Fabe C. Blackman
City Planning Commission
Commission
National Planning Congress
New York City
Ruchti
Belmont Shore barbecue draws 5000 for Fiesta de la Playa
Belmont Shore anticipates about 5000 attendees at tonight's Western barbecue on the old Pacific Electric right of way at Quincy Ave and Livingstone Dr. Don May says lights are up and tables moved. entertainment includes Westerner's orchestra, accordionist Phil Arden, dancers Mark Brown, trick rider Paul Gordon, rope artist Jack Cavanagh, juggler Johnnie Romero, and a color film crew to promote Long Beach as a convention city.
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Belmont Shore
Pacific Electric
Quincy Ave
Livingstone Dr
Don May
Phil Arden
Mark Brown
Paul Gordon
Jack Cavanagh
Johnnie Romero
Long Beach
Vital Statistics Babies Born at Cottage-Maternity Hospital
A compiled birth notice list shows numerous families welcoming children. Entries include names such as Lupe J., Carl E., Jose Marquez, Gerald Snyder, and Jose Sunderland, with birthdates Aug. 12 to Aug. 17 and locations across Newport Beach, Wilmington, Huntington Beach, Clearwater, and surrounding areas.
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Cottage
Anaee Coe
Lupe J
Rt Ave
Jackson
Carl E
Los Cerritos Tr. Ct
Marquez
Jose
San Pedro
Snyder
Gerald W
Paramount
Tugwell
Ee C
Lomita
Harriman JU Jones Hospital
Brown
Eg Edgar
Wardrow Rd
Ralph Franklin
Wilmington
Sunderland
Deag
Village Rd
Bee
Wil Ox
Sete Wr
A Donald
Huntington Beach
Carretero
Thomas
Clearwater
An My
True Manor
Davis— R
Glenn A
Joe
Ee World
Chestnut Ave
Lascano
Mrs
Jesus
Paras Mount
Madsen
Jes
Theodore
Poshy
Ave
Ts. Garland
W. St
Watson
Aon Jack Jr
Los Cerritos
Ivan
Dream Ave
Long Beach Office List of Names and Addresses
A Long Beach office listing presents multiple surname pairings and given names in grouped entries. The note includes two specific addresses at the Santa Ana office: Rodgers Norvell Thomas H. and Dorothy H., ages 30 and 31, respectively.
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Long Beach
Jesse
Betty
Reed-Pocius
Arthur
Marianne
Moore-Zaharson
Joel
Patricia
Doyle-Goyette
John
Marilyn
Groteau-Mayer
Robert
Audrey
Reutter-Parlett
William
Anna
Johnson-Teague
Dorothy
Sunder And-Connor
Paul
Louise
Frank Tiemann
Jerry
Lebow-Goldberg
Charles
Sunshine
Anderson-Holton
Vernon
Frances
Henderson-Miller
Rupe-Chism
Albert
Gertrude
Santa Ana
Rodgers-Norvell
Thomas H
Dorothy H
Long Beach Divorces Filed In Court Docket
Divorce actions filed include Catherine Madden vs Edward Madden Glennford Duncan vs Edna Duncan Marion Myers vs Alvin Myers Rachel Schultz vs Walter Schultz Louis Nance vs Phyllis Nance presented in a Long Beach court filing listing multiple petitioners and respondents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Catherine
Edward
Duncan-Glennford
Edna
Myers
Marion
Alvin
Schultz
Rachel
Walter
Nance
Louis
Phyllis
Divorces Granted In Local Cases
Divorce actions granted include Farlow O L and Rhodesia, Peters Edwin versus Mary, and OA EAN Jule versus Ernee. The notices list involved parties and outcomes in regional filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Court
Farlow
O. L
Rhodesia
Peters
Edwin
Mary
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Legion Band
By Harman W. Nichols
Jan
George Edward
U.N. Council
Lane
Svenska Dagbladet
Self
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