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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1951
Page
1
Local briefs cover women’s activities, sports notes, and AP and UP wirephoto features. The Southland Magazine and Parade items augment a compact page of community news with photos and brief reports.
The heaviest rainfall in five years floods homes stores and highways across Long Beach Downey Norwalk Artesia and Compton prompting evacuations. Coast Guardsmen rescued five families in Compton using row boats and a rubber raft as officials warn of continuing showers and moderate to heavy rainfall today and tomorrow.
Allied troops fought 19 hours in subzero weather on the western Korean front but failed to regain an advanced hill position. Communist forces repelled three UN counterattacks in one of the heaviest actions since the ceasefire began. Temperatures fell to five degrees below zero in the west and twelve below in central sectors as fighting at four western points produced limited ground gains.
Tokyo dispatch reports General Ridgeway's headquarters announcing that the 45th Infantry Division formerly the Oklahoma National Guard is now active in Korea after duty in Japan. The unit, nicknamed Thunderbird, was said to be in contact with the enemy as of today, according to Eighth Army headquarters.
In Vienna on December 29, Sovietski Sport claims an auto with 24 mph was seen in 1752 Lenin city streets. Britannica notes road wagon by Nicolas Cugnot in 1770, while Duryea is linked to America’s first successful gasoline auto test on April 10, 1892, now in the Smithsonian.
The House un-American Activities Committee detailed a Soviet agent named Ignace Samuel Witezale who allegedly operated in Los Angeles from 1939. The briefing described his use of a USC scholarship key and his plan to leave the United States before discovery.
The House Un American Activities Committee called for the death penalty for peacetime espionage. It proposed forming a joint Senate House committee to study espionage, strengthen laws, and permit evidence from wiretaps and hidden microphones. The panel argued espionage seeks to take lives and should be treated as capital offense.
The committee identified the real Witczak as a naturalized Canadian of Polish origin, who fought in the Spanish Civil War and had his passport seized by the International Brigade. A supposed American Communist named Dr. Arnald D. Krieger said Witczak asked him to establish Soviet mail drops and seek office space in Los Angeles, but details are sparse.
Dozens of deaths and missing persons were reported as fierce Atlantic storms battered Europe from Spain to Britain. Sixty foot waves swamped boats off Land’s End and in France, Ireland, and Spain. The Flying Enterprise, carrying a crew and passengers, battled heavy seas near the English Channel. rescue ships responded as the storm raged.
In Panmunjom talks at Panmunjom Korea the Communists rejected two points of the allied final six point plan for supervising a truce. They called the airfield ban absolutely unacceptable and opposed replacing worn materiel. The exchange of prisoners progressed with UN officials seeking missing about 50,000, mostly South Koreans. The Allied plan had removed aerial observation, a key check on airfield development and movements of Chinese troops from Manchuria.
A Pacific region edition lists Long Beach New Year preparations with a Rose Parade preview and notes on a booming convention year. It also mentions a new U S health commission, auto industry protests, Iran stance, and anti-Warren GOP activity, plus extensive Southland Magazine sections on queen coronation, local lifestyle topics, and multiple pages across sections.
Defense Department discloses 54 prisoners of war including three Long Beach area men. Pfe Raymond Arias from Compton, Edward Montejano of Santa Ana, and Sgt Jay Rye of Norwalk are identified with units at Chiang-Song. Arias, missing since Dec 14, 1950, survived Bataan, and Rye endured 42 months as a Japanese captive.
Northwestern Railroad's City of San Francisco, crowded with holiday travelers, was sideswiped by a side-track car near Gault Iowa. More than a dozen passengers injured by flying glass as windows shattered along one side. The diesel unit damaged. Train diverted to Clinton. Doctors treated passengers. initial check found no serious injuries.
Four U S airmen freed after a 14 day period of questioning by Russians in Hungary said they were not abused or accused of espionage. They described extended solitary confinement totaling 39 days. State Department official Samuel Klaus joined the briefing after a long cross country flight.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden embarked the Queen Mary at Southampton for their journey to the United States, beginning a high level diplomatic trip in the new year.
Berkeley report to the American Physical Society describes a hydrogen gun at about four miles per second, seven times a rifle bullet, using liquid hydrogen with a dash of oxygen. Dr. Earle B. Mayfield cites test bullets of aluminum and magnesium and notes the aim is to study aerodynamics and burning behavior, not speed alone.
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