Dense Southern California fog persists for 14th day
Heavy coastal fog blankets Southern California for the 14th consecutive day though thinning slightly from the prior day. Dr. Irving P. Krick predicts a white Christmas in some inland parts and a wet Christmas coastward, with two storms slated around the 15th and just before Christmas. Weather bureau warns more fog and hazy sunlit afternoons. Two accidents linked to the fog: a 1930 board coupe hit on Pacific Electric tracks near Del Mar Ave and San Antonio Dr after passing a barricade, and Frank J. Miner Jr drove through an airport fence at Municipal Airport, causing an eight foot hole but no injuries.
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California
Irving P. Krick
American Institute of Aerological Research
Pasadena
Long Beach
Chamber of Commeree
Los Angeles
Bnaw
Krick
Weather Bureau
Pacific Electric
del Mar Ave
San Antonio Dr
Tolol Pokee
Frank J. Miner Jr
Lime Ave
Miner
Temple Ave
Spring St
D. J. Goldsmith
J. T. Lind
Municipal Airport
Leroy Bendigen
Miner's Auto
Freel
One Found Guilty in Holdup of Club
A jury in the Superior Court found James I. Newman, 36, a truck driver, guilty of 10 counts of armed robbery in the Labor Day holdup of the San Pedro Yugoslav American Club. Witnesses placed him with the trio, the men robbed guests at gunpoint of about $1451, and Newman admitted three prior felonies. He faces 19 years to life with a possible minimum of 100 years. Judge George Francis set December 6 for sentencing.
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George Francis
James IT
Newman
San Pedro
Francis
Two to Be Honored at Annual Commodore Ball
Rear Adm Louis B Olson 11th District Coast Guard commander leaving for Boston to lead First District and Roland W Snow commander of the 11th District Coast Guard Auxiliary will be honored at the fourth annual Commodore Ball at Allen Center on the evening of December 5.
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Louis B. Olson
11Th District Coast Guard
Boston
Mystery Veils Fates of Two in China Red Hands
Mrs. William C Smith of Long Beach seeks news on her Navy chief petty officer husband and Marine Sgt Elmer C Bender of Cincinnati missing since a training flight near Tsingtao over a year ago. US officials press for information while two ECA officials held in North Korea may be freed, and Angas Ward affair looms as China expels a consul general and aides. Senator Downey urges action, Washington weighs response amid unclear prospects for the missing servicemen.
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William C. Smith F
Long Beach
State Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Elmer C. Bender
Cincinmati
Ohio
Tsingtao
Washington
ECA
Albert Willis
Brooklyn
N. Y
Alfred T. Meschter
Kinderhook
North Korea
Angus Ward
Mukden
North China
Tientsin
Sheridan Downey
Acheson
Night and Morning Fog and Sunday Hazy Sunshine
A night and morning fog persists with hazy afternoon sun on Sunday. Temperature remains largely unchanged across the period.
Soldier Honored for Heroic Fire Rescue in Silk House Blaze
Sgt Murphy Cornaux of Long Beach receives a citation for heroism after rescuing 15 Japanese painters from flames in the Silk House Billets Yokohama following a November explosion. Wounded in WWII, he carried several men from the burning building despite pain in his right shoulder and knee. His wife Mrs Esther Cornaux, 2115 Chestnut Ave, learned of the award this week.
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Murphy Cornaux
Long Beach
Silk House
Yokohama
Navy
Esther Cornaux
Chestnut Ave
Murphy
Cologne
Germany
Japan
Camaux
104Th
Timberwolves
Stars and Stripes
Mail Map Zones Aid Deliveries In Long Beach
Hundreds of letter carriers call on the public to zone all mail to speed Christmas deliveries. Post office officials say zoned mail helps temporary staff handle letters correctly, and a six by four inch map of city postal zones will be published in the Press Telegram for clipping and future use.
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Long Beach
Press-Telegram
Street numbering reform urged in Los Angeles County
An effort to simplify street naming and numbering across Los Angeles County was urged at a meeting in Los Angeles. Long Beach planning director Werner Rudhti noted misaligned numbers in 40 cities and communities, and the unified committee proposed starting from First and Main Streets to standardize all county streets.
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Los Angeles
Werner Rudhti
Long Beach
Rudhti
W. K. Bowden
House
Broadway
California
Orange
Walnut
Main
Ruditt
Burglars Net $100 And Diamond Ring Stolen
Police report two burglaries yesterday. A ring valued at 350 dollars and 55 dollars in currency were taken from Mrs. Minnie E. Bradfield at 225 Roycroft Ave as occupants were in another part of the house. Entry was via an unlocked window. Earlier, a purse on 4038 Elm Ave was reached through a cut screen and 845 dollars were stolen.
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Minnie E. Bradfield
Roycroft Ave
Mabel E. Bennett
Elm Ave
Quadruple Grief as Twin Toddlers Treated at Seaside Hospital
At 5:43 p.m. yesterday, Bob and David Tague, 2, of 3952 Lescust Ave, were found playing with iodine. Simultaneously Susan and Larry Sobelman, 4, of 4521 Banner Dr, were found with ant paste. Both pairs received emergency care and were released.
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Seaside Hospital
Bob
David Tague
Lescust Ave
Susan
Larry Sobelman
Banner Dr
County Supervisor calls for refinery shutdowns over smog
County Supervisor John Anson Ford urged all oil refineries in Los Angeles County to close until the current smog blanket lifts. He cited eye irritation across Long Beach and area cities during the 13th straight day of acrid haze and noted refineries are a major sulfur dioxide source. Ford said operations should resume only when gasoline reserves meet minimum public needs.
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John Anson Ford
Long Beach
Los Angeles
H. W. Schwalm
Ford
Nut
Bankers Attend Craft Dinner in Los Angeles
Bankers R. E. Dickinson W. R. Horton J. B. Ivey and Kenneth G. Walker from Farmers and Merchants Bank and C. E. LaBree from Long Beach National Bank attended a dinner of the Independent Bankers Association of Southern California in Los Angeles. FBI Special Agent R. B. Hood spoke on the FBI role in investigating bank robberies and frauds.
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R. E. Dickinson
W. R. Horton
J. B. Ivey
Kenneth G. Walker
Farmers and Merchants Bank
C. E. LaBree
Long Beach National Bank
Long Beach
Independent Bankers Association of
Southern California
Los Angeles
R. B. Hood
Federal Bureau of Investigation
PBI
Smog Studied as Menace to Public Health
The state environmental sanitation committee declares smog a public health problem. Dr. L D Litwack, city health officer, returned from San Francisco where he attended the committee’s first meeting. Air pollution will be studied. the group is headed by Dr Edward Lee Russell, Orange County health officer. The initial focus is on health effects and constituent parts of smog.
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L D. Litwack
San Francisco
Edward Lee Russell
Orange County
Smog Complaint Offices Open in Los Angeles
Offices of the County Air Pollution Control District will remain open today and tomorrow in Los Angeles to check smog complaints or furnish information. Telephone calls should be made to Logan 3111.
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County Air Pollution Control District
Los Angeles
Logan
Long Beach Named Chairman Of Harbor Medical Air Panel
Dr Otto L Glogauer chairs an air pollution committee for the harbor branch seeking source elimination. Dr W H Halvyorsan state health director presided at a San Francisco meeting with US Public Health Department reps as state agencies prepare to test and study smog effects.
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Litwack
Harbor
County Medical Association
Otto L. Glogauer
Long Beach
W. H. Halvyorsan
San Francisco
U S. Public Health Department
Tax Deadline for 1949 50 Taxes Announced
City Tax Collector Frank W. Brejcha warns that Monday at 5 p.m. marks the deadline to pay the first installment of the 1949 50 taxes with a penalty on unpaid bills after that time. He urges paying by mail from 213 W Broadway to ease handling, notes second installment due January 20 1950, and adds county taxes also become delinquent after Monday.
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Frank W. Brejcha
W. Broadway
Brejcha
State Warned to Prevent Lethal Pollution of Water
Frank Stead of the State Health Department warned at a Southern California Public Health Association convention in Long Beach that California faces five years of risky water management. He stressed that water resources limit growth, require reuse, and hinge on equitable allocation for industrial and non industrial wastes, with health hazards tied to waste polluted water.
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Alifornia
Frank Stead
State Health Department
Division of Environmental Sanitation
Southern California Public Health Association
Stead
California
Frank Ford Tallman
Tallman
State Department of Mental Hygiene
Columbia Pacific Network
Columbia Broadcasting System
Lulu K. Wolf
School of Nursing
U.cla
Harrison Eilers
Harriman Eilers
Souther California
American Health Association
Mary Jane Neal
Long Beach City
Gas Output in City Wells Drops After Earthquake
City wells produce about 30,000,000 cubic feet daily, down from 530,000,000 a year ago. Councilman Raymond C. Wealer cites normal decline and quake disruption on November 17. Losses include 7 to 10 million dollars from production drop and repairs. 32 of 217 wells on production. Union Pacific casing damage also noted.
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Raymond C. Wealer
Kesler
Municipal Gas Department
Industrial Consumers
Terminal Island
Harbor Department
Kealer
City Wells
Councilman Sale
Union Pacific Company
Opening of Downtown Boys' Club Vaudeville Show
Rotary Club sponsors a two hour vaudeville opening at Chestnut Ave and 15th St as nearly 990 attendees celebrate the new Downtown Boys' Club building. H F Burmester presents a Stars and Stripes and Boys' Clubs of America flag to Curtis Cassill. club facilities open Monday at 3 p m with staff led by M A Bugbee. Mayor Burton W Chace and city officials attend. Norman Masterson hosts a program featuring Grey and Diane, Hector and his Pals, Johnny Romero, Captain Jones, Jack Aronson, and the Sciots Band under Roy Manks.
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Boys' Club
Chestnut Ave
15Th St
Johnny Romero
Rotary Club
Press-Telegram
Boys’ Club
H. F. Burmester
Boys’ Clubs of America
Curtis Cassill
Bob Helfseran
Leona Kippels
Jim Sharrar
Joe Chapsman
Paul Lloyd
Burton W. Chace
William S. Grant
A. Lynn Parmley
Samuel E. Vickers
M. Kenrick
Norman Masterson
Grey and
Diane
Hector
Pals
Captain Jones
Jack Aronson
Sciots
Roy Manks
Burglaries Reported in North Long Beach Area
Two homes in North Long Beach were burgled before 5 30 p m yesterday while occupants were away. Willard H Hill at 5895 Lewis Ave found his house ransacked with 34 50 in cash and 4 in costume jewelry missing. Janet Gourley at 5576 California Ave returned about 3 30 p m and found entry by cut screen with 325 missing. Cylvia L Horn at 318 Temple Ave reported her purse and 80 stolen while she slept.
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North
Long Beach
Willard H. Hill
Lewis Ave
Janet Gourley
California Ave
Boy Struck by Car After Dashing Across Street
Six year old Barry S. Ford of 4540 Banner Dr. suffered possible concussion and abrasions after being struck by a car on San Antonio Dr near Barner Dr at about 6 p.m. yesterday. Driver James C. Doyle, 22, of 6157 Lakewood Blvd Bellflower, reported that the boy darted into the street from behind parked cars. The child was taken to Seaside Hospital. Royle was not cited.
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Barry S. Ford
Banner Dr
San Antonio Dr
Barner Dr
Seaside Hospital
James C. Doyle
Lakewood Blvd
Bellflower
Royle
Coast Guard Rescues Sinking Fish Boat Molly T
Coast Guard patrol boat pumped out and towed the s sinking mackerel boat Molly T to Newport Harbor off Dana Point this morning. Two men were aboard the vessel, the Coast Guard district office reported.
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Molly T
Dana
Point
Coast Guard
Newport Harbor
District Office of
The
Doyle To Give Vets Pearl Harbor Day Task
Rep Clyde Doyle will give a Pearl Harbor Day task to Long Beach Amvets at 8 p m December 7 in the Veterans Memorial Auditorium Cedar Avenue and Broadway Hampton Hutton state department Amvets leader will be present Frank Martz commander of Amvet Fest 13 will preside Public is welcome.
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Clyde Doyle
Long Beach
At & P.m
Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium
Cedar Ave
iBroadway
Hampton Hutton
Imnander
State Department
Amvets
Frank ‘Martz
Woman Robbed After Struggle Near Ocean Boulevard
Mrs. Anna G. Geil, 65, of 11 Hermosa Ave, was robbed of $4.85 after a man attacked her at Ocean Blvd and Hermosa Ave around 11 10 p m yesterday. She resisted, was dragged 15 feet before the purse strap broke, and she pleaded for the purse to be spared.
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Anna G. Geil
Hermosa Ave
Yesterndey
Realty Agent Extradited After Waiving Warrant
John H. Betts a 74 year old local real estate man was extradited from the city after waiving extradi tion on an Arizona warrant. Betts left for Arizona with Sheriff L C Boise and Deputy County Attorney D B Rough following his appearance before Municipal Judge Harry F Keeler. He was arrested at his office at 359 E First St by Inspectors E Q Carroll and C A Wiggins on the charge that as president of Southwestern Mines Inc he swore to the in equal report and delivered it to the Arizona Corporations carrying knowing it was false.
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Arizona
John H. Betts
L. C. Boise
Phoenix
D. B. Rough
Maricopa County
Betts
Harry F. Keeler
Getts
Hts
E. First St
E. Q. Carroll
C A. Wiggins
Southwestern Mines, Inc
Carr Inn
Collection agency licenses awarded to 29 new testers
In Sacramento yesterday secretary of state Frank M. Jordan announced that 29 applicants completed the collection agency examination. Among them were Long Beach residents Lee Ellsworth Dickerson Ravi n Rae Hopkins and Robert William Warson with listed addresses at 152 E. Home Sty vian Rae Hopkins 2282 Earl Ave and 5245 Abbeyfield St respectively.
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Long Beach
Sacramento
Frank M. Jordan
Lee Ellsworth Dickerson
E. Home Sty
Vian Rae Hopkins
Earl Ave
Robert William Warson
Abbeyfield St
Classified Ad Coach Promises Quick Local Help
Let Me Prove That I Am Music to Your Ears offers help with vacancies property sales and personnel short ages. Call 6-9066 for a powerful Preston-Telegram Classified Ad. ads accepted until 8 9 pm Saturday for Sunday issue, with results in hours. Open till midnight Sunday for cancellations corrections and new copy.
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Tillie
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China
L. B
Comaux
Sgt
Murphy Comaux
J. DB. Litwack
Press
Delearam
Long Beach Calif
Amer
Wealer
Doyle
Pearl Harbor
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