Navy Medical Chief Sees Long Beach Hospital Stay Likely
Rear Adm. Clifford A. Swanson said Long Beach Naval Hospital is too valuable to close and will likely be handed to another federal agency by June 30. He noted plans to expand beds at the base from 10 to 50, with possible use of a 200-bed Fort MacArthur facility, and outlined shifts for cancer and neurosurgical care to Oak Knoll Oakland.
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Long Beach Naval Hospital
Navy
Clifford A. Swanson
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Naval Base
Swanson
Paul U. Alprint
Medical Office of the Navy
Bert Crosbeck
Anczed
Naval Station
George C. Crawford
Adm
Crawford
Fort MacArthur
Naval Hospital
Santa Margarita Naval Hospital
Oceanside
U. S. Public Health Service
Coast Guard
Veteran’s Bureau
Oak Knoll Hospital
Oakland
Mare Island Hospital
Mare Island
Washington Dispatch
Defense Department
Long
Beach Naval Hospital
Department
Bomb Explodes at Jordan High School Canteen
A homemade bomb exploded against a wall in the Jordan High School canteen last night, startling residents and breaking a window. Fuse pieces and pipe fragments were recovered near the scene as Policemen W. D. Rhodes and RF. E. Opsal investigated.
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Jordan High School
W. D. Rhodes
RF. E. Opsal
MacArthur to direct naval forces in Japanese waters
Gen Douglas MacArthur was authorized to assume command of American naval forces in Japanese waters in case of emergency. The joint chiefs of staff disclosed the move during a Tokyo news conference after returning from Pacific bases. They also submitted a top secret report to President Truman on Communist advances in Asia.
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Ashington
Military High Command
Douglas MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pacific
Truman
Asia
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs
China
State Department
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
Russia
Sherman
Western Pacific
Defense
Johnson
Tokyo
Gen
Navy
Guam
Army
Joseph H. Collins
Air Force
Bradley
Japan
Okinawa
Hawaii
Formosa
Philippines
U. S
Jewel boxes and lodge pins point to gem thefts
Recovery of empty jewel boxes and heavily jeweled lodge pins found in an olive grove near Buena Park suggests two suspects in a string of robberies totaling more than $215,000. Police traced loot from a $15,000 Lakewood robbery to Mr and Mrs George Riff and linked another case to a $200,000 Los Angeles gem heist. Witnesses reported a muddy car and a suitcase marked Hamburger of New York containing pins, with a three Masonic pins and Shrine pin recovered.
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Buena Park
George Riff
Hazelbrook Ave
Lakewood
Los Angeles
Orange County Sheriff's
Norwalk
Olive Grove
la Mirada
Fred Alfons Beck
Elsworth St
Anaheim
James Allison Miller
Beck
Miller
Hamburger
New York
Chrysler Peace Talks Resume Amid Strike Impasse
Detroit reports say Chrysler Corporation and the CIO United Auto Workers resumed peace talks during a 20 day strike. Both negotiating teams have met twice since 89,000 hourly workers walked out January 25 over a pension dispute, with little optimism for a quick settlement.
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Detroit
Rep
Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation
United Auto
Time to Plant Edition Promotes Garden Data
Spring is near and it’s time to plant trees shrubs and flowers with guidelines for optimal timing. Some varieties should wait a bit for best results. Professional planting advice for Long Beach is promised in Southland Magazine’s Spring Gardening Number next Sunday in the Press-Telegram.
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Long Beach
Southland Magazine
Press-Telegram
Die As Auto Runs Off Cliff
BOZEMAN Mont Feb. 13 UP Seven Montana State College students were killed when an auto plunged over a mountain cliff near here last night One eighth was hurt critically The dead were Phyllis Birkeland Donaleen McRae Harvey M Eide Gerald W Early John W Stinchfield James K Schrumpf and Leslie Greenwell Charles S Olson of Helena hospitalized in critical condition Sheriff coroner Charles E Rice said one girl was dry when the car ran off U Hwy 10 west of Man car hurtled over a bluff and pancaked on Northern Pacific Railway tracks
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Bozeman
Mont
Montana State College
Fead
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Phyllis Birkeland
Fort Benton
Donaleen McRae
Forsyth
Harvey M. Eide
Scobey
Rald W. Early
Laurel
John W. Stinchfield
Evansville
Ind
James K. Schrumpf
Glendive
Leslie Greenwell
Butte
Charles S. Olson
Helena
Charles E. Rice
U. Hwy. 10
Man
Northern Pacific Railway
Abandoned baby found at church steps baptized at hospital
A hungry infant boy estimated three to four days old was found on the steps of the Holy Family Catholic Church rectory in Wilmington. He weighed eight pounds nine ounces and was wrapped in two sheets. Father Canseco baptized him Peter Phillip at St. Marys Hospital, with Peter L and Margaret Mota as sponsors. The Motas will pursue adoption through Los Angeles foundling home procedures.
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Holy Family Catholic Church
E. L St. Wilmington
St. Mary’s Hospital
Long Beach
St. Lucy’s Catholic Church
Hallo Peros
M. A. Canseco
Father Canseco
Peter Phillip
Peter L
Margaret Mota
Wilmington
Los Angeles
Ney
St. Mary's Herital
Isabelle Furman
bass-Telegram
Tornado Toll in Deep South Still Growing
Tornadoes swept four states over the weekend killing at least 47 people and injuring 200 plus in east Texas, northwest Louisiana, southern Arkansas, and Tennessee. The Hurricane Hills farm family of Wilson Carroll suffered multiple deaths as their home was swept away. seven bodies found near the wreckage and a girl of unknown age among the deceased. The disasters began in lower east Texas with hits on La Porte Alvin Chapel Hill Bremond and Baileyville then moved through Corley Groesbeck Jericho Fellowship Haslam Gill Roytown Sligo Shreveport and Grand Cane as cold air collided with warm air, with Arkansas reporting lighter damage. continued on Page A-5.
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Shreveport
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Hurricane Hills
Rupley
Wilson Carroll
Carroll
Rosemark
Memphis
Lower
la Porte
Alvin
Chapel Hill
Bremond
Baileyville
Corley
Groesbeck
Jericho
Fellowship
Haslam
Gui
Salem
Hughes Springs
Roytown
Sligo
Grand Cane
Woman Held on Murder Charge in Drowning Child
In Medfield Massachusetts on February 13 a 19 year old wife Marion De Vou with hornrimmed glasses told Police Chief Coleman J Hogan she held her nine week old daughter under water in a bathroom washbowl. District Judge Buivert W Cox of Dedham ordered her held without bail for grand jury.
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Medfield
Mass
Atom Scientists Adopt Secrecy At Harwell Conference
Atom scientists from the United States Britain and Canada closed a four day meeting at Britain's Harwell laboratory without a public statement They will send their recommendations on what new atomic information should be released to the atomic energy commissions of the three nations and return to routine work.
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London
Britain
Atomic Laboratory
Harwell
United States
Canada
Atomic Energy Commissions
President Nominates Burme Ambassador David Key
Washington February 13 UP Perge Truman selects career diplomat David Key as ambassador designate. White House says nomination will go to the Senate tomorrow. Key has served in Belgium Germany Canada Spain and other postings.
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Washington
Perge Truman
David McK. Key
White House
Senate
Key
Belgium
Germany
Bran
Canada
Jaly
Spain
Diggers Defying Lewis Strike Looms Across Coal States
PITTSBURGH Feb 13 Up angry soft coal miners ignore John L Lewis work order and a federal injunction. In areas lack of official notice delays miners in deciding whether to return to work forthwith. No mines operate in major bituminous zones except union pits. Violence flares as pickets appear in West Virginia and Pennsylvania with roughing up of workers near Richwood.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
U. M
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Indiana
Tanais
Alabama
Ohio
Nicholas
W. Va
Richwood
Off the Teletypes Summaries Across The News Pages
A brief note lists content and page markers across the news sections including Beach Combing Bridge Classified Ads Comics Crossword Editorial Obituaries Media and Television Shipping Table Sports Theaters tides temperatures and Women’s Activities with page references for each section.
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Boyle
Football player rescues girlfriend from masked attacker
Washington University tackle James Grieg, 23, tackled a masked man dragging his girlfriend Charlotte Obst, 19, on a country road. Grieg exchanged gunfire with the assailant, who fled after the weapon misfired. no one was hurt. Police identified the attacker as Kendall Leonard Morris, 28, of St. Louis, in custody for armed robbery suspicions.
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James Grieg
Washington University
Charlotta Obst
The
University At
S ™ Louis
APA Washington University
Grieg
Charlotte Obst
Gus Teeu
Kendall Leonard Morris
St. Louis
Miss Obst
Morris
Tecu
Navy Planes Fail to Locate U-boat Off State Coast
Four Navy search planes failed to find any trace of a reportedly sighted foreign submarine off the Central California coast. Second Lt. John L. Adams said he saw the sub west of Marin Bay about 250 miles south of San Francisco. Navy said no submarines were in the area and investigations continue with negative results from Alameda based crews.
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San Francisco
Navy
California
12Th Naval District
John L. Adams
Mather Field
Sacramento
Marra Bay
Alameda Naval Air Station
San Francisco Bay
Eureka
U.S. Prosecutors Plan to Hit Slot Machines
Federal prosecutors from across the nation meet with Attorney General McGrath in Washington to discuss a potential nationwide drive against slot machines.
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U.S
Washington
Fen
McGrath
Alameda Naval Air Station placed on alert after threat
In Alameda on February 19 the Alameda Naval Air Station was placed on alert following a telephone conversation overheard about men at the base. Authorities investigated the tip and increased security measures at the station.
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Alameda Air Station
Alameda
Alameda Naval Air Station
Naval Air Staton
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