Long Beach Float Wins Class A Prize At Rose Parade
Long Beach claimed first in Class A at Pasadena with a float built from over 500000 blossoms depicting the Bear Flag. San Diego was runner up, Los Angeles third, Union Oil won the commercial grand prize, and Alhambra took the theme award for Our Golden West.
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LORAL
San Francisco
Bay Area
Pasadena
Long Beach
San Diego
Los Angeles
Union Oil
Alhambra
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Pence
Santa Ana
Newport Harbor
San Pedro
California
Peraéna
Michigan
University of Southern California
Trojans
Golden West
Long Beach ‘Mounted Force Patrol
A. N. Shateen
Omar N. Bradley
Veterans Administration
Army
Newport Beach
Disagreeable Weather Grips Much of the United States
The Associated Press reports a wide storm belt from Nebraska to Ohio and into the Oklahoma Panhandle. Temperatures plummet in the Dakotas Minnesota and Nebraska by over 20 degrees below zero. Snow sleet and freezing rain disrupt travel as winds up to 70 mph strike Kansas City area and Chicago forecasts warn of heavy snow and colder extremes.
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Associated Press
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Ohio
Oklahoma Panhandle
Minnesota
Dakotas
Midwest
Hingis
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Oklahoma
Missouri
Illnois
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Iowa
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Chicago
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Minn
Fargo
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Aberdeen
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Gulf States
San Antone
Texas
Long Beach Man Dies at Tournament of Roses Parade
James Cummings Doty, 71, of Long Beach, died of a heart attack today while awaiting the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena. He was a retiree and was at the Cooper Arms on Ocean Boulevard when the incident occurred.
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Long Beach
Pasadena
James Cummings Doty
Cooper Arms
E. Ocean Blvd
Poly
Doty
Outbound Ship Crashes Into San Pedro Breakwater
A vessel strikes a severe breakwater at San Pedro causing damage and prompting port authorities to assess the incident. The event is listed among front page items with other notices and activities for December receipts and diverse local updates.
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San Pedro
Long Beach
Holy Land War Deepens Atrocity After U N Partition
In Jerusalem six Arabs and two Jews are reported dead in a Jewish reprisal raid on Balad’ esh Sheikh and an attack on Hawassa. About 30 wounded as Hagana actions follow a refinery attack in Halfa. Mufti Haj Amin El Hosseini praised Arab resistance in Cairo after meeting Egypt’s premier. Haifa sees sporadic clashes wounding about 20 people.
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Jerusalem
Po Uce
Balad
Esh Shiekh
United Nations
Palestine
Hawassa
Hagana
Halfa
Mufti
Haj Amin el Hosseini
Reponere
Cairo
U. N
Mahmoud ‘Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
Egypt
Haifa
Tornado strikes five towns. 18 dead and hundreds homeless
A powerful tornado outbreak hit northwestern Louisiana and southwestern Arkansas, tearing through Cotton Valley and Haynesville among other towns. At least 18 people were killed, about 200 injured, and 500 left homeless as hospitals treated storm victims and officials assessed widespread damage.
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Bibu Puemer Umulga
Ark
Segas
Vancevilla
Pha
Herman Jones
Borsier City
Bel
Jones
Bossier Parish
Cotton Valley
Lttle
Sam Coyle
Ireton
Dykesville
Haynesville
Plane collapses landing gear in squall at Atlanta airport
Twenty one passengers were shaken up but none injured seriously when an Eastern Air Lines plane collapsed its landing gear during a sudden squall at Atlanta airport today.
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Atlanta
Eastern Air Lines
U S Holiday Toll Drops From Christmas Fatalities
Across the nation motorists displayed cautious driving during the New Year’s holiday period with 17 traffic deaths reported since 6 p m Christmas Eve. In contrast Christmas fatalities totaled 37 with 18 non automotive deaths. The National Safety Council projected up to 175 more deaths by midnight.
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National Safety Council
Five New Year's Babies Born by Noon in Long Beach
Five babies, three girls and two boys, were born in Long Beach by 11 30 a m today. At Seaside Hospital Bo n was the first arrival. Other births include a girl at St Marys Los Cerritos A and a girl at St Marys 12 48 a m to Addison. A boy and a girl at Seaside San Pedro to Rodriguez and Koons. Harriman Jones Clinic Hospital reports a boy to Albright at 8 05 a m.
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Long Beach
Seaside Hospital
Los Cerritos
H.V
Ley
Lime
Ave
St. Mary's
Charles .W.addison
San Pedro
Anthony Rodriguez
Wilmainton
Joseph Koons
Appian Way
Harriman Jones
Max
Ibright
Walnut © Ave
Greek Troops Enter Konitsa as Rebels Retreat Into Albania
Greek military sources report government forces entered the besieged town of Konitsa at 8 a.m. yesterday and linked with the trapped garrison. Guerrilla units under Gen. Markos Vatiliades were in full retreat toward Albania after a failed attempt to capture the capital for their government. The relief attack crossed the Baumavarian bridge, later repaired by engineers, allowing advance into Konitsa. Dispatches say retreating guerrillas aimed to blow the bridge during their withdrawal.
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Athens
Konitsa
Markos Vatthiades
Albania
Brees
Colorado Killer Eludes Pursuit
A chaotic report details a Denver area escape of a Colorado State Penitentiary inmate amid a broader Palestine crisis. It notes a shipload of 700 uncertified Jews landing near Haifa, Jewish detainees being moved to Cyprus camps, and British naval interception.
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Erusalem
I Jewa
Palestine
Canon City
Cols
Haifa
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Famagunta
Anid
Nahariya
Dmem Waups US Ule Oratisaheborne
Black Sea
British Foreign Office
Abandoned Baby Dies in Swamp Near Bainbridge
In Bainbridge Georgia a month old baby girl died from exposure after being left by her parents in a remote swamp near the Flint River. A three year old brother survived two days in the swamp before rescue. Sheriff R A Stephens reported the parents E C Cook and his brother Eugene are charged with robbery and related offenses. Mrs Cook and others fled in a taxi then a boat as the escape ended in a swamp. The boy was found near the riverbank and the girl on a small hill by the water.
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Bainbridge
R. A. Stephens
Ody
Stephens
E. C. Cook
Eugene
Flint River
Georgia
Cook
Egg price to drop four cents a dozen in California
The Poultry Producers of Central California announced a 4 cent per dozen reduction in Large Grade A eggs. The price cut takes effect tomorrow and applies to the affected market area.
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San Francisco
Central California
Frances Gifford in Car Crash Injuries Reported
Hollywood report says film actress Frances Gifford and MGM vice president Benjamin Thau were in a collision en route to Arrowhead Springs. Both were injured slightly with Gifford sustaining a fractured nose and cuts but no serious injuries.
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Hollywood
Frances Gifford
Benjamin Thau
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
Arrowhead Springs
Miss Gifford
Trains Pile Up in Missouri Snowstorm
A Missouri wreck near Syracuse killed one and wounded several as two Missouri Pacific trains collided in heavy snow. The rear Pullman of the westbound No 9 telescoped into the second section, hindering rescue. Wreck crews, aided by doctors from Sedalia and Kansas City, worked as lines failed and communications were disrupted.
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Jefferson City
State Highway Patrol
Missouri Pacific
Syracuse
Kansze City
Hugh FR. Waggoner
Highway Patrol
Missouri Pacific No
Secion
Mail
Sedalia
Col
Waggoner
Hiel
Gaus
R. G. Gearbert
F. Quaintance
Kansas City
Seie Hospital
J. B. Roge TA
Kwasan City
Ol Siegel
Plane Nine Men Feared in Disaster
In Anchorage Alaska a U S Air Force B 29 Superfortress is missing after a routine weather flight with nine aboard. The crash likely occurred minutes after takeoff from Elmendorf Field en route to California. The crew radioed one engine failure thirteen minutes after departure.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Elmendorf Field
Fairfield-Suisus
San Francisco
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