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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 1949

Page

5

Missing Hikers Find Way Back

Palm Springs February 3 UP a family of four winter visitors recuperating after exposure from being lost overnight in the mountains above Palm Canyon. Dr and Mrs Kurt Wenzel of Shanghai and their daughters Suzanne 17 and Gertrude 1611 staggered into the desert resort early yesterday. they did not require hospitalization. They left Tuesday on a hike and a search by police and deputy sheriffs failed to find them. Dr and Mrs Wenzel visiting the United States for the first time in 12 years are associated with the DuPont Company in Shanghai.

Palm Springs Palm Canyon Kurt Wenzel Shanghai Suzanne Gertrude Wenzel

Lutheran Unit Expands Plan for College Ministry

The National Lutheran Council prepares final approval for a Division of Student Service replacing its emergency Student Service Commission. Offices stay in Chicago with Dr Morris Wee as executive secretary and Dr Ruth Wick as assistant. The staff includes regional secretaries, full-time campus pastors, and part-time counselors across eastern and central states, with a western regional secretary planned.

New, York National Lutheran Council Student Service Commission Chicago Morris Wee Ruth Wick Commission

British Film Studios Face Financial Crisis

London February 3 British motion picture studios face a financial crunch as only nine of the nine models of a Lockheed jet fighter equipped with an experimental rocket missile will be operational. The National Theatrical and Film Association secretary Tom Obrien said a bill is before Parliament to provide loans to underwrite production costs. British stars offer salary cuts to help studios, while the aircraft project includes wing rockets and a nose exhaust with a protective firewall.

London Burbaanin Lockheed Star Association of ‘Theatrical and Ae Espaegner Tom Obrien Air Force Con

Body of Student Found in Nevada

The body of Wayne R. Brown, 20, a Santa Rosa California junior college student, was found in a snowdrift about 30 miles southeast of Tonopah. Coroner Bowler indicated death occurred six weeks or longer, with condition hampering cause determination. Brown was last seen November 27 leaving his room at the student barracks after withdrawing funds from his bank.

Tonopah Wayne R. Brown Santa Rosa Calif Here Walter Bowler Brown

Valley citrus losses rise to 75 percent in January freeze

San Bernardino February 3. County agricultural commissioner Harold A. Crane reports citrus losses in San Bernardino Valley during January freeze ranged from 15 to 75 percent. He notes the heaviest losses in the Redlands Highlands area while Colton Rialto and Fontana suffered the least.

San Bernardino San Bernardino Valley Harold A. Crane Redlands-Highlands Colton Rialto Fontana

Probation Sought by Pair of Youths

William A. Willams and Harlow F. Tobey pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to attempting to burglarize an amusement zone drug store on January 22. They requested probation as they appeared for sentences before Superior Judge Fred Miller. Judge Miller set March 7 for probation hearing after Newton Patrolman David Zandi giano reported the attempted break in.

William A. Willams Sca

Death takes Peeler oilman at age 84

Robert Lee Peeler, 84, retired in 1900 from the post of California National Guard brigadier general, died yesterday in Santa Monica. Active in the oil business, he became president of the Texas Company in 1994 and later developed his own oil interests. Survived by widow Amelia, a son Robert Lee Peeler, two grandchildren, and a grandchild.

Santa Monica Robert Lde Peeler California National Guard Peeler Texas Company Amelia Robert Lee Peeler

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