Three Candidates Enter Long Beach City Council Race
Three contenders Fletcher Freeman and Wilkins appeared at a Civic League of Long Beach event to outline views on city government. Freeman backed a strong city manager and civil service, while Fletcher urged more elected official authority. Wilkins favored a strong manager and civil service protections, with campaign backing from George Brower.
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Reventh
Civic League of
Long Beach
Yo M. Co. AL i
Fletcher
C. Freeman
Don Lkins
Ship of
Freeman
J. Wilkins
Enth
George C. Brower
Brower
Baptist Church
Windlow Road
Delta Ave
Wilkins
Mystery Trial Probes Child Death At Local Studio
Kay Frances Erickson 10 died after alleged torture by Violet John Berling 32 a music teacher in a Pine Ave studio. Prosecutors cite systematic abuse while defense says the girl inflicted wounds herself. Court observers note a highly attentive jury as trial resumes with potential weeks of testimony ahead.
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Kay Frances Erickson
Lower Pine Ave
Ted Sten
Thomas W. Cochran
Violet John Berling
Albert SS Ramsey
Miss Berling
Ramsey
Long Beach
Strang
Navy ship crew donates to march of dimes drive
The destroyer tender USS Dixie crew donates 2861.20 to the March of Dimes, averaging 3 per man aboard. Engineering chief Vincent Atwell MM and his son Grant, a polio survivor, highlight the drive as Navy units nationwide support infantile paralysis relief.
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March of Dimes
Dixie
America
Far
J. R. Hamsey
USN
Euclid Ave
Vincent Atwell
MM i
Grant
Children’s Hospital
San Diego
National Foundation For
Atwell
Dixie's
Navy
One Killed and 25 Hurt as Train Hits Truck
A Canadian Pacific Railway flyer collided with a coal truck at a level crossing in Ottawa. One man died, engineer Albert Scharfe, 55, of Ottawa, was killed. 25 others injured. The incident occurred today and involved steam scalding in the engine cab.
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Ottawa
Jan
Canadian Pacific Railway
Albert Scharfe
Legislature Week in Sacramento Racks Bills and Lobbyists
A jammed week in Sacramento saw lobbyists pushing 3077 bills, with Artie Samish drawing state pay while facing calls for a hearing, and new tax plans debated alongside measures on child care centers health insurance and compulsory union membership. The session, amid questions on cost and policy, eyed a February recess as lawmakers weighed major proposals and allocations.
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Dickey
Los Angeles
McLain
McClain
Gertrude Charny
Lester Davis
D.portola
Assembly
Senate
California
Air Liner Riders Jolted by Thermal Draft Near West Palm
Sixty passengers on a New York to Miami Eastern Air Lines flight were jolted by a violent thermal draft at 14,000 feet near West Palm Beach. The plane dropped about 200 feet, tossing some riders from seats. Capt Ziegler reported no warning and said such a surge is unusual in his 20 years of flying. An elderly woman was hospitalized for further checks and Milton Berle’s pocket tore open in the turbulence.
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Miami
Fla
Milton Berle
New York-Miami
Eastern Air Lines
West Palm Baz
C. P. Ziegler
Howard Edwards
Berk
Ziegler
Taylor Caldwell's New Novel The Balance Wheel
Public library carries Taylor Caldwell's The Balance Wheel set in a World War I Pennsylvania town. The piece notes many other new fiction titles by Monica Dickens Leonard Kaufman Clifford Knight and Charles Merfendens, plus reference books and general literature.
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AYLOR
Caldwell
Public Library
Pennsylvania
Monica Dickens
Jubel
Leonard Kaufman
Clifford Knight
Charles H. Mer- Fendens
Ares Thurber
Richard S
HR. Campbell
Francia O. Matthies Kie
Ingen
Elliott Boose Mw
Ralph Waldo Emer
Ralph L. Rusk
Shipwrecked Pair Return From Cedros Island Rescue
Two men from a 42 foot fishing craft were rescued after wrecking off Cedros Island 360 miles south-southeast of Long Beach. Paul B. Reynard, 829 th St., and Charles T. Sutton, 14600 Orange Ave., Campton, were due in port today aboard the Coast Guard cutter Perseus. Sutton was Reynard’s sole crew member.
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Cedros Island
Long Beach
Coast Guard
Perseus
Paul B. Reynard
28Th St
Charles T. Sutton
Orange Ave
Campton
Reynard
Sutton
Forty Lepers Escape From Colombian Hospital
A Bogota dispatch reports forty leprosy patients escaped from a hospital 400 miles south and were walking toward Bogota. The lepers complained of small food rations and called for an increase in rations with urgency from Health Minister Alonso Carvajal Peralta.
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Bogota
Colombia
el Espectador
Alonso Carvajal Peralta
Chess Wizard Banks Plays 31 Top Players in L A
Newell W Banks of Detroit played 31 top players at the Long Beach Lincoln Park Chess and Checker Club in a 42 hour session. He won eight chess games and drew one over nine chess opponents, beat 16 checker players with three ties, and won two while drawing one in blindfold play. Banks donated half proceeds to the California Open Checker Championship on Feb 22. Notable participants included James W Backus, Glenn Morris, and Richard H Ford. Ernest O Jones was the only chess opponent to draw. Crowd of several hundred praised his skill and sportsmanship.
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Newell W. Banks
Detroit
Mich
Banks
Long Beach
Linsaln Park
John P. Looney
California
James W. Backus
Locust Ave
Glenn Morris
Newport Ave
Rirchard H. Ford
Magnolia Ave
Ernest O. Jones
S. Park St. Santa Ana
Foods Company Promotes Douglas A. Riach to District Rep
Douglas A. Riach, longtime General Foods local representative for Long Beach, has been promoted to district representative in the retail coffee and cereals division. He will supervise nine local reps in Los Angeles County, served in WWII as Army captain, and is a past president of the Long Beach Food Sales Association. He resides at 5220 Carita Ave.
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Patriarchs Militant
Odd Fellows of
Canton
San Pedro No
Odd Fellows
Temple
10Th
Gaffey Sts
T. B. Ishmael
Long Beach
Bteri Club
C. Vansteenberghe
Belgium Gospel Mission, Inc
Philadelphia
Trinity Lutheran Church
Linden Ave
Dorothy Black
Eterl Club
Douglas A. Riach
General Foods
Los Angeles County
Riach
Carita Ave
Long Beach Foot Sales Association
Commeres
Hotel Greeters Hold District Conference
Representatives of District 11 Hotel Greeters of America met at the Lafayette Hotel to discuss measures for the international convention in Mexico City on May 21. The meeting was called by Al Steelman, international director for District 11, with Ben Miller of California in attendance. Long Beach delegates included Al Libbee, Frank Finch, Charles Craney, and Jimmy McAllen.
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America
Lafayette Hotel
Mexico City
al Steelman
California
Nevada
Ben Miller
Long Beach
al Libbee
Frank Finch
Charles Craney
Jimmy McAllen
Mystery cab rider in Oakland wears only black panties
In Oakland a red headed woman wearing only black panties entered cabbie Stewart Yeager’s vehicle and vanished after reaching her stop. Papers taken from his jacket were missing, while a hotel room yielded a dress and other items but no money or companion.
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Oakland
Stewart Yeager
Yeager
Knights of Columbus Ceremonial Today in Long Beach
Two candidates from 12 Knights of Columbus councils will receive their major degree in a ceremony at Town Hall Long Beach at 1 30 p m District Deputy Robert Shea of Belfower will be the siding officer Leo G Cassidy membership chairman asked sponsoring members to have candidates on hand at noon
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Knights of Columbus
Long Beach
Town Hall
Locust Ve
Robert Sheahen
Belflower
Leo G. Cassidy
Grange Sees Big Production as Inflation Curb
The National Grange urged abundant production to curb inflation and warned against broad controls. It favored strict government economy in nondefense areas, credit controls to spur production, higher taxes, and coordinated price wage and rationing measures only if necessary to balance supply and demand.
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Grange
Washington
National Grange
Safor
Farm Organization
Sponsors Club Elects Officers
At the last monthly meeting of the Sponsors Club the Long Beach auxiliary of the City of Hones elected Dr. H. Leo Rowan president Aaron Schultz first vice president Mrs. Jack Levine second vice president Leo Friedman treasurer Jerome Leff recording secretary Jack Hoffman financial secretary Mrs. James Soss corresponding secretary Chosen to the board of trustees were Maurice Symonds Ted Philips Art Levine Dr Elbert Kronick Eddie Waldman Irving Sims Max Chadnow Morse Rosenblum Gil Gilbert Ernie Ross Red Bernstein Harry Cowan Ben Harris and Harry Rubin A check for 87000 was given to the City of Hope making a total of 9000 contributed in the 1950 s fiscal year Plans were laid for the annual auction for fund raising Arrangements were made for a joint golf tournament and a dance at Lakewood on Jan 28.
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Long Beach
City of
Hones
Leo Rowan
Aaron Schultz
Jack Levine
Leo Friedman
Jerome Leff
Jack Hoffman
Finanial
James Soss
Maurice Symonds
Ted Philips
Art Levine
Elbert Kronick
Eddie Waldman
Irving Sims
Max Chadnow
Morse Rosenblum
Gil Gilbert
Ernie Ross
Red Bernstein
Harry Cowan
Ben Harris
Harry Rubin
City of Hope
Lakewood
Youth Welfare Parley Wednesday
Three community Youth Welfare Conferences will be held Wednesday at the Y W C A at 10 a m announced by the city's Juvenile Bureau. Joseph M Kenrick will preside with speakers Coy Sanders Clarence E Richie and Police Inspector Robert Bowling all tied to juvenile work in the city
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Joseph M. Kenrick
Welfare and Juvenile Department
Coy Sanders
Clarence E. Richie
Robert Bowling
Los Angeles
Klansmen Gather Near H bomb Site Urge U N Pullout
Ku Klux Klan leaders from South Carolina and Florida spoke before about 350 hooded members near the H bomb plant site urging the United States to withdraw from the United Nations which they call Jewish dominated. Grand Dragon Thomas Hamilton and Bill Hendrix denounced New York racketeers and blamed violence in Horry County on them and Sheriff C. E. Sasser, noting a wave of hooded assaults. Nine arrests were listed in connection with a recent whipping of Sam Gore and his nephew J. C. Gore, tied to an earlier clash at the county.
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Aiken
Ku Klux Klan
United States
United Nations
Grand Dragon
Thomas Hamilton
South Carolina
Bill Hendrix
Florida
Horry County
New York
C. E. Sasser
Sasser
Hendrix
Roosevelt
Truman
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard
Sam Gore
J. C. Gore
Clyde Creel
Horry
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