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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1948
Page
2
Police in Bellefontaine Ohio report a flaming object resembling a tire rim crashed in a residential area. The remains were sent to Wright Patterson Air Base for study, with officials pondering an experimental guided missile link and noting extreme heat changes.
In Shanghai an explosion sank the 2100 ton refugee steamer Klangya off the coast. About 2150 passengers were aboard en route south from Shanghai. Rescue vessels brought nearly 1000 survivors, including 26 seriously injured, with other ships reporting more people being saved.
INDIO December 4 A violent sand storm disrupts the airplane endurance flight by Bill Harris and Dick Riedel. Nearing three weeks aloft they faced hours of buffeting as they searched for calmer air along the desert Gorghella Valley and Southern California coast to complete a 14th lay aloft and beat the 726 hour record set in 1939 by a Long Beach pair.
The Weather Bureau reported a forecast of warmer but still cool conditions. A cold northwest flow yesterday cooled coastal Southern California to 42 in Long Beach with a high of 63, marking the coldest December 4 in years. Snow covered Old Baldy and the high peaks as light rain and squalls yesterday added only a tenth of an inch, keeping the season total at 13.
Amon Students in American Universities and Colleges mentions Paul Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Perry of 494 Dawson Ave, Los Angeles area. A Wilson High graduate, he is profiled in Pepperdine College officials edition.
Temple Israel in Long Beach marks 25 years as a Reform congregation with events December 10 11 and 12 led by Rabbi L Elliott Grafman and featuring talks by Rabbi Edgar Magnin and Louis Browne. The celebration includes services sermons a community social and a silver jubilee banquet with Isaac Sukman as master of ceremonies.
Nearly 5000 Bewag electrical workers in the Soviet sector of Berlin threaten to strike at 3 p.m. Monday unless police guard withdrawals from Bewag installations and six Bewag workers arrested are released. The move follows their mass meeting in the American sector and comes as Gen. Clay cautions recognition of the Soviet puppet administration, pending a Berlin settlement.
The Long Beach Furniture Dealers Association voted to affiliate with the Long Beach Retailers Associated. Officers elected at the Coast Inn meeting include Pe Schultz secretary and Sam Gerber treasurer. Jack Horner remains secretary with office at 601 Pacific Ave. Furniture members will become sustaining subscribers to the retailer association and form an autonomous furniture division for policy and promotions.
Former state undercover agent Wiley Buck Caddel and two accomplices were found guilty of bribery and gambling conspiracy in a protection racket tied to slot machines. Bail set at 10 000 dollars with sentencing scheduled for December 18. potential penalties reach up to 59 years in prison and a 5000 dollar fine per defendant. They will appeal convictions immediately and declined to comment. The trial alleged a protection syndicate backed by state authorities, aiming to organize slot operations across the state.
Richmond reports renewed violence fears in the C. T. O. strike against Union Oil Co. Two nonstriking workers, Robert Sinclair and Robert Jetmore, received threatening letters warning them to leave the plant by Monday. Bricks were thrown at the homes of three other workers in Rodeo yesterday.
Army weather officials said the typhoon Beverly was centered 250 miles southwest of Guam moving west northwest at 15 mph. Warnings remained for the western Caroline Islands while an all clear was sounded for Guam and the Marianas.
The Annual Christmas Party of the Fleet Reserve Association Long Beach Branch 43 and the Ladies Auxiliary will be held Friday at 7 30 p m in the Veterans Memorial Building located at Cedar and Broadway. Party committee heads include Gladys Lorek and Mary Baker.
A 50 000 square mile relief map weighing 10 tons and built from 250 000 fiberboard pieces will be installed at the Southern California Edison Co office at 135 East Third Street and open for public inspection tomorrow. The map highlights topography from Santa Monica to the Mexican border and the Pacific to the Colorado River, sponsored by the Long Beach Water Department and the Junior Chamber of Commerce committees.
A burglar targeted the Dotson residence and that of two Long Beach school officials last night, stealing valuables valued at over $1 000. At George E. Rotach’s home on Seven Ave a screen was opened and fur coats and purses taken. The same entry was used at Thomas R. Wattelet’s house on Caspian Ave where the intruder toppled a statue and escaped with no loot. Dotson directs City College. Wattelet is a Wilson High counselor.
Oceanside reports a taxi driver identified as Lewis C. Gaus, 24, died when his cab collided with a Santa Fe Trailways bus on Highway 101 three miles north of Oceanside. Six bus passengers were injured as the bus driver William F. Dunham of Dallas said the crash happened as the cab attempted a U turn on the three lane highway.
William Wallace Young retired attorney died last night at his home in Long Beach born in Guelph Ontario Canada he moved from New York nine years ago Survivors include widow Winifred son Paul L Torrington Conn and a grandson Funeral arrangements to be announced by Dilday Mortuary
The Long Beach Chapter 11 of the California Physical Therapists Association hosts a Tuesday 6 30 p m Christmas party at 1335 American Ave. Dr u Scott Brown Assemblyman William Ss Grant will speak. Gift exchange follows a turkey dinner with accordion and folk songs by Donna Roach and Betty Wla sick. Wilbur C Abbott presides as chapter president.
Southern California Edison reports a $90,000 gas regulating station completed by Bechtel Corp to handle gas for three fuel sources. The upgrade kept the 137 million cubic feet daily boilers supplied with gas without interruption and avoided fires during hot-line work.
Across the Hwai River front near Nanking and Shanghai Chinese Communist forces retreat under heavy attack. Nationalist commands claim encirclement of about 104,000 troops and reports say Suchow has been abandoned as government officials flee toward safety. Rail fare hikes for unofficial refugees are ordered and Tang Expo imposes travel restrictions.
A benefit dance sponsored by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of Adm. J. S. McCain Ship V F W was misdated and now set for December 15 at the McCain Ship clubhouse 439 West Anaheim Street Dick McIntyre and his orchestra will perform Proceeds fund gifts and the Long Beach Naval Hospital Christmas party.
McCarthy Co real estate brokers at 12 Ave announce two new staff members. A H Siebs from Lynwood served in World War I and is active with the American Legion and Compton Civic Symphony Orchestra. John Tyhanic, a New York native and World War II veteran, worked as an assistant planner in the Sampson Naval Base project and has city planning experience.
Two men from Los Angeles were killed when their private airplane crashed in rugged mountains on the San Carlos Apache Indian reservation about 45 miles northwest of here. Victims were Jess Lowell Kitley and Robert Olsen Jr., both 28, of Los Angeles. Kitley is survived by his widow in Santa Monica.
A patent sought by Peehines at 350 Garfield Ave Paramount describes an Al Clear Signal Light to indicate a busy telephone circuit. The device uses a base mounted bulb system lighting on other subscribers’ phones when any party is in conversation.
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