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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1949
Page
6
A sequence of obituaries and funeral notices from Long Beach and area, detailing Owen, George. George W.. Sophias Tousgaard. Mike B. Lent. Glen W. Stump. Fred P. Ruther. Carolyn Bennett. Harvey Veatch Bay Ray. Mary Ella Calkins. Peter Martin Devos. C Douglas Horne. Rubie Jones. Selden F. Smith. Clarence Benton Channel. George Boyd Cilley, with birthplaces, residences, affiliations, survivors, funeral plans, and burial arrangements.
Mrs Laura Nelson Corbitt 50 of 1370 Redondo Ave Long Beach died Thursday in a local hospital. She was born in York Nebraska and moved to Long Beach in 1920. She belonged to Palos Verdes Chapter 310 Order of Eastern Star. Survived by widower Carl F Corbitt a son Bruce T Nelson and grandson Eric G Nelson of Long Beach. Service by Palos Verdes Chapter Eastern Star Monday at 10 am in Mottell's Mortuary chapel with entombment Angeles Abbey Mausoleum.
Howard S. Haney a 52 year old San Francisco second assistant engineer on the cargo vessel S S China Victory was injured Thursday in a 20 foot fall from the gangway at Pier A. He struck a fender log and was reported improving by MecCornack General Hospital Pasadena officials.
Mrs. Annanwikkel Sr of 1208 Linden Ave died after a heart attack at a market in the 1400 block of Atlantic Ave yesterday. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Seaside Hospital. Christensen Pine Mortuary handling funeral arrangements.
A late night fire at 2404 E 14th St damaged a wall and a table in the bedroom of L J Taylor’s residence. The blaze, reportedly caused by a cigarette, damaged parts of the home owned by Mayor Herbert Lewis.
In Athens a report by Nicols Kapitsoglou says Lt Col Selden R. Edner of San Jose California, an Air Force officer missing since January 21, was found dead near Karpenissi with a noose. Rebels reportedly disabled rescue efforts after a plane crash caused by guerrilla activity.
Albert George Sepulveda, 69, a member of the pioneer Sepulveda family, died in a Los Angeles hospital. A former Security First National Bank employee, he was born in Wilmington and lived at 1401 N. Gaffey St. He won the 1915 Sir Thomas Lipton trophy racing Columbine for the California Yacht Club. Survived by three daughters, three brothers and two sisters. Funeral arrangements at Cleveland Mortuary pending.
Cold front drives subzero readings from Lewistown Montana to Cari bou Maine with areas in Idaho Nevada Wyoming and the Dakotas reporting subzero temperatures. Food shortage grows in Stibnitz Idaho as National Guard plans to airlift 4700 pounds of supplies to the snowbound mining community.
Geneva February 12 Methodist Bishop Paul N Garber denounces arrest of 15 Protestant churchmen in Bulgaria on treason and espionage charges as a religious freedom violation. Bulgaria lists 12 American and British churchmen and officials as contacts. World Council of Churches denies spying, says visits were for Christian love. Garber recalls November 1947 Sofia visit for Methodist affairs and asserts no political motive. Other clergy echo that contacts were religious and humanitarian with no politics involved. Meanwhile Mindszenty trial prompts Hungarian refugees into Austria as border guards desert crowds.
Laurel Nebraska residents plan a Feb 20 picnic in the Houghton Park Clubhouse. A daughter, Shelley Elizabeth, was born to Mr and Mrs H A Sabatasso of Hospital. The baby weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces.
The Beat Men Orchestra, made up of Long Beach Police and Juvenile Department members, performs at Have a Heart and He Is a Child carnival at 7 pm at Lakewood Country Club. Led by Les Dries, the program includes Marion Darlington the whistler Don Pratt on cornet with Mrs. Joseph Maltby, card tricks by Dick Buffum and Joe Deeble, plus dancers from Veloz and Yo-Yo studios.
Burglars used hammer drift punch and two wrenches to break into a cabinet type safe in a garage office at 235 W Pacific Coast Hwy. Police report no loss as the safe and office were ransacked after entry through a skylight. There are no injuries and no suspects named.
Edward J. Lada, a Newark New Jersey native and former U S paratrooper, was sentenced to seven months in prison and fined 70 dollars by a U S Military Government court for an adventurous hitchhike to Berlin to visit his German girlfriend and their two year old baby. He was acquitted on illegal entry, with the judge noting insufficient proof. The case centered on conduct during the Soviet blockade period.
Vatican broadens excommunication to all Hungarian government members after Mindszenty’s life sentence. Pope Pius IX urges world prayer for expiation of crimes by enemies of God. The decree follows Mindszenty’s trial and an extraordinary secret consistory planned to address the cardinals.
The State Board of Equalization continued the hearing on revocation of James Blankenship s liquor license for The Howery Cafe at 254 W Ocean Blvd in Los Angeles. The next hearings on March 1 will address Morey C Seri Nathan Kessler at 307 W Pike and Nut Shells Cafe at 257 Bowling Way amid council protests citing years of arrests.
A Nationalist China ship with a Chinese crew named Tien Loong is expected to arrive here sometime tomorrow. The vessel is sailing from the Atlantic coast via Panama and is routed to bunkers, according to the States Marine Corp., the agency handling the ship.
MOSCOW reports Yugoslavia’s bid to join the Soviet led Council for Mutual Economic Assistance known as the Molotov Plan was rejected. The Soviet note said Yugoslavia is hostile to Russia and Eastern Europe and had excluded any possibility of participation in the Moscow conference.
Sixty five new chickenpox cases topped reportable diseases for the past week in Long Beach. Yearly total reached 289, up from 128 a year earlier. Mumps added 34 cases to 200 for 1949, measles 11 cases, and other diseases included scarlet fever, tuberculosis, whooping cough and infectious jaundice. The week saw 142 births and 37 deaths recorded.
Philadelphia reports a second day of a citywide transit strike involving 11,000 workers costing up to 10 million dollars daily. International president Michael Quill warned the tie-up could drag on, while negotiators resumed talks over wages and working conditions.
Major security and commodity markets in the United States were closed today to honor Lincoln's birthday. The closure affected major exchanges in New York and other cities.
Five Marines escaped with scratches when their Beechcraft plane overturned during an emergency landing at Elsinore airport. The light two engine aircraft was badly damaged after a rain squall forced Capt. G. R. Betzer and Lt. D. A. Davis to land en route from Inyokern to the El Toro Marine Air Station.
A burglar pried a cigarette machine and a stamp machine at the Municipal Servicemen's Club on Ocean Highway. He hid in the building after closing and stole at least 35 dollars. Police were informed today.
Mrs. Selma Musherwood of 1805 Eldorado Ave reported a man snatched her purse and fled by car driven by an accomplice, escaping after the grab. Loss set at $14.50.
A minor fire at a cafe located at 127 W Sixth St this morning was confined to the oversize area and did not spread further. Local fire crews contained the blaze quickly with no injuries reported. Investigators will assess the cause and any damages.
Washington February 12 AP report says Democratic Congress enters week amid signs of shelving parts of Truman program. Tax bill may be delayed until May as price and wage controls face opposition. Senate extends export controls while House acts on agency reshuffle and steam plant funding for TVA. Filibuster rule change looms, hindering civil rights bills until resolved.
OS ANGELES Feb. 12 Maine's Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith told a Lincoln Day luncheon that both parties pandering to pressure groups must return to Lincoln's creed. She criticized extremes for minorities, urged individual initiative, self reliance, and warned against government as a living provider. She questioned Truman's fair deal, urged a constructive Republican program, and supported a strong military reserve with favorable pensions and disability lending. Smith, a former teacher and executive, entered politics in 1930, succeeding her late husband in 1940.
A garbled obituary list notes numerous residents with survivors and funeral details. Entries mention Mrs Mante, Frances Lenore Beaver, Carolyn Bennett, Harry Jennison, Mary Ella Lhins, Clarence Channel, George Boyd Cilley, Carl F. Corbitt, Julian Anh, Mary George, Catherine Ann Foodwin, Grace Adel Saeer, Rachel Day Emanamy, Harvey Veatch, Seldon Smith, James Treadway, and other relatives. Services and locations reference Mottell's Chapels, Holy Innocents Church, and Palos Verdes venues with dates largely unreadable.
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