Firebug Nipped In Long Beach Ocean Front Blaze Attempt
Firefighters stopped a two minute burn aimed at crowded wooden apartment blocks on Mermaid Place in Long Beach. The arsonist, a woman, called the alarm in a calm voice, as investigators questioned residents and police searched for the suspect. Fire originated from rolled newspaper near a vent, and units faced a narrow, jammed street but prevented damage to the block.
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Long Beach
Wadder
Mermaid P
C. A. Odette
Odette
Mermaid Pl
Ocean Front
Pine Ave
Warren backs gas tax rise for border to border freeway
Sacramento AP Gov Warren urged higher gasoline and highway taxes to fund a decade long, multimillion dollar California freeway system along the border. He offered no specific rate, leaving details to the 1953 Legislature when his proposal is released next Monday.
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Sacramento
Warren
California
Jae Sar
Six Feared Dead in Chicago Fire
A south Chicago fire at General Furniture Co. on Halsted Street killed three and burned three more, with two men and a woman identified as employees found among the ruins. Fire officials said a salesman and two women customers were seen in the basement at the time. Firefighters continued searching debris as a major blaze damaged the four story building and a gas explosion preceded the fire.
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Chicago
Moentay
General Furniture Co
S. Halsted St
Taft and Eisenhower Meet to Draft GOP Program
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio arrived early for a conference with President-elect Eisenhower at the Commodore Hotel. They discussed the new administration's legislative program as Taft prepared to assume a leadership role in the GOP Congress.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Taft
Senate
Eisenhower Aids
Bus Crash Leaves 26 Escape Unharmed In Ohio
A Greyhound bus overturned on an icy hill on Ohio 48 north of Lebanon. All 26 passengers escaped serious injuries as driver W G Shepperd 25 of Detroit slowed to avoid a crashed truck owned by Robert Nauman 41 of Martland Fila. The bus landed on its top after tumbling down a 10 foot embankment.
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Lebanon
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Greyhound
W. G. Shepperd
Detroit
Robert Nauman
Martland
Fila
Philippine Storm Leaves 10 Dead and 38 Missing
Storm-swept Mindanao reports 10 dead and 38 missing as floods rise in the southern Philippines. Rain-swollen rivers overflowed in Iligan, washing away bridges and homes and affecting vast farm areas. The tropical storm moved into the South China Sea east of Patan wan Island.
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Manila
Mindanao
Philippines
Philippine Mews Service
Tligan
South China Sea
Patawan Island
Weather Forecast For New Year Parade In Pasadena
A special forecast promises clear skies for Wednesday night and mostly sunny conditions Thursday for the Tournament of Roses events. It cautions increasing clouds later Thursday with temperatures around 42 at dawn and 62 by afternoon while noting rain chances tonight and Wednesday.
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Pasadena
Reds warn of January 4 push on Korean front
In Seoul area reports a Chinese Communist propaganda push warns U N troops of a January 4 general offensive in Sniper Ridge. Allied officers doubt the claim, noting prior Christmas boasts and probing attacks by up to 200 Reds.
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Seoul
Korea
U. N
Eighth Army
Strong Earthquake Felt in Costa Rica
A strong earthquake was felt throughout Costa Rica this morning with no injuries or damage reported. The tremor lasted about 12 seconds and registered five on the intensity scale.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Weather outlook rough with rain and strong winds
Increasing cloudiness brings rain tonight moderate to heavy at times. Mostly cloudy with showers Wednesday. Winds at times tonight and Wednesday, cooler on Wednesday.
Firm to Start 3 Buildings During 1953
Douglas Aircraft Co plans a 2 million expansion at its Long Beach plant in 1953. Construction will begin next year with a 1 million engineering test building, a 750 thousand electronics building, and a 186 thousand jet engine test building. The jet engine test facility will support testing for the Air Force RB-66 reconnaissance jet bomber slated for production in 1953. The engine test building will use double steel plate walls with three feet of sand to dampen jet noise. The engineering test building will cover 44 thousand square feet.
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Douglas Aircraft Co
Long Beach
Air Force
Red Nearly Forces Plane Into China
A desperate armed passenger seized a Philippine Airlines DC-3 on a local flight and tried to force it toward Communist China. A Chinese Nationalist Air Force squadron intercepted and forced the plane to land on Chen Men Island near Formosa. The gunman killed the pilot Capt. Pedro Z. Ferlas and the first officer Capt. Felix Gaston before the flight landed safely.
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San Francisco
Philippines
Philippines Air Lines
China
PAL
Chentmen
Formosa
Gunpowder Explosion Kills Five at Mexico City Factory
A fireworks factory in Mexico City exploded when six barrels of gunpowder detonated. Five people were killed and five injured, including Florentine Villanueva the owner, his wife, and two grandchildren.
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Mexico City
Florentine Villanueva
Decode Signals of Hens and Chicks Says Science Report
Alison L Blak bos Associates Press science reporter notes two scientists from Cornell and Wisconsin analyzed chicken vocalizations with a spectrograph. They identify distinct calls for pleasure distress feeding and danger, with an alarm call and a quick alert. They demonstrated meanings by recording and reproducing sounds.
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Alison L. Blak Bos
Associates Press
Science
ST. Louis
Nicholas Collins
Cornell University
Martin Joos
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Joes
Collins
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Caltias
Courageous mother bears Christmas baby then dies
In St. Albans, Mary Decelle, 32, gave birth to a five pound seven ounce boy last Saturday, then died within 24 hours from cancer. She left Kerbs Memorial Hospital to spend Christmas at home, promising to return for a Caesarean. Husband Morton said her courage was extraordinary as doctors noted the baby appears vigorous while tests check for cancer-related effects.
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St. Albans
Mary Decelle
Decelle
Kerbs Memorial Hospital
Walter Rath
Jtrom Cether
Hone
Deever
Deedle
Deeelle
George
Mar Usan
Judith Lynn
Nancy Jeen
Where to Find It Beach Combing and Page References
A compact listing of newspaper sections with page numbers for features such as beach combing, Boyle, classifieds, comics, crossword, editorial, financials, obituaries, radio and TV, shipping table, Southland City life, sports, theaters, tides and temperatures, and women’s activities across pages B-7, A-9, A-6, B-8 to 8-7, B-7, B-2, B-4, and B-5 respectively.
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Boyle
Southland Citiez
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Rudolph the Reindeer
Jimmy Durante
Long Bach
Yule
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