Demand for Acheson resignation grows in Congress
Washington January 28 Republican demands for Secre tary of State Acheson to resign or be fired intensified in Congress. Critics called his stance on Alger Hiss an affront to the nation while Acheson defended not turning on Hiss. lawmakers urged a top‑to‑bottom shake up at the State Department and a reopened Hiss inquiry.
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Washington
Acheson
Congress
Alger Hiss
Arends
R-Til
Woodruff
R.mich
Ace
Truman
Hiss
State Department
United States
House committee on_un-American activities
Rep
Velde
Nixon
Calif
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Columbus
Lakewood Park Plan Calls for 100 New Residences Each Day
Lakewood Park will build 15,000 homes on the Montana Land Co. ranch near Long Beach, with 2100 houses begun this week as streets and utilities are laid. A peak pace could yield 100 homes daily, needing vast lumber and thousands employed, boosting postwar area economy. Total construction and purchases may reach $225 million, reshaping metropolitan Long Beach as 1949 permits totaled 1500 residences valued at $13 million.
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Lakewood Park
Montana Land Co
Long Beach
Mark Taper
Lakewood Park Corp
South St
Lakewood
Clyde Binal
Page Taper
Taper
Biltmore Homes
Local News Highlights and Page References
A summary of today’s front pages lists Cruiser Rochester at new ports and a house remembering hearing on Feb. 3 by the Regional Planning Commission. It notes March of Dimes events, teletype items on Gestapo in the Russian zone, Bergman charges, various sections and pages across the paper.
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Rochester
Regional Planning Commission
Gestapo
Germany
Ingrid Bergmen Sull
Gem theft in Gotham nets up to $1 million
New York police said jewels and other valuables valued between $500000 and $1000000 were looted from a midtown apartment early this morning. The theft was reported by Maxine Lawson on E 35th Street near the Empire State Building. her husband Stanton D Sanson is president of Ajax Hosiery Co in Philadelphia and was out of town.
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New York
Maxine Lawson
E. 35Th St
Empire State Building
Philadelphia
Showers and Frost Threat Looms Over Long Beach
Showers are forecast for Long Beach today after a storm dropped about .46 inch of rain yesterday and last night. The city’s season total rises to 6.51 inches, compared with 4.73 inches a year ago. Snow fell above 3000 feet in the mountains while freezing temperatures may return to citrus areas tonight.
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Long Beach
Southland
California
Citrus
Auto Workers Levy Six Week Strike Support
Detroit January 28 a special six week assessment was levied on all CIO United Auto Workers members to aid the Chrysler strike. The assessment could total nearly 10 million dollars if the strike runs beyond the five week mark, a stage reached as the fourth day of the walkout continued.
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Detroit
C. I. O. United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Kin of Comstock Lode Discoverer Dies
SAN BERNARDINO January 28 UP Mrs Leigh Comstock aged 86 one of the last surviving members of the pioneer family behind the Nevada silver lode died a pauper in the County Old Ladies Home She was widow of Henry Comstock formerly of Carson City and left no known immediate relatives
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San Bernardino
Leigh Comstock
Nevada
Old Ladies
Comstock
Henry Comstock
Carson City
California Endorses Warren Knight for Re election
A Republican assembly committee at Pebble Beach endorsed Gov Earl Warren and Lt Gov Goodwin Knight for re election noting their integrity and ability and the need for continued leadership amid rising costs. The panel also considered endorsements for Atty Gen Howser and Shattuck with final decisions to be announced tomorrow. Nixon spoke by transcription urging support for Sheridan Downey's Senate seat.
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Pebble Beach
A.P
Earl Warren
Goodwin Z. Knight
Republican Assembly
Fred N. Howser
Edward S. Shattuck
Pasadena
Assembly
San Francisco
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Whittier Republican
California
Hely
Senate
Close Advisers Back Dread Hydrogen Bomb Feasibility
Washington reports mounting evidence that President Truman may decide to build the hydrogen bomb. Advisers reportedly back a program with Senate and House energy committee members citing support, while officials like Acheson and Connally show favorable views. Dr. Harold Urey and Dr. Alan Shapley weigh the strategic and technical costs, including a potential five years and two billion dollars.
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Washington
A.P
Truman
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Acheson
Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harold Urey
United States
Russia
Two Suspects Sought After Child Attack
Torrance police sought two known sex offenders after a 6 year old girl was lured into a pickup and forced to take ether. The girl was shown photos matching the suspect description and identified two men. Dr. John Stetson at Torrance Medical Center treated her for ether intoxication. she is reported to be recovering.
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Iman
Torrance
Imen
John Stetson
Torrance Medical Center
Pioneer auto dealer F A McKenzie Sr dead at 66 in Long Beach
Freeman A McKenzie Sr longtime Ford dealer in Long Beach died yesterday after a sudden illness at Seaside Hospital. Born 1884 in Canada he opened the McKenzie agency in 1966 and built a long continuous operation with Locust and American Avenue locations. Survived by a son Freeman A McKenzie Jr and daughter Mrs. Ben Stephens along with several siblings and grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Mottell's Mortuary.
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Freeman A. McKamie Sr
Lon Beach
Seasideospital
Freeman A. McKenzie Jr
Ford
United States
Seaside
American Ave
Mr. McKenzie
T. A
Tim) Stephens
C. Boone Bellows
Mitchell, Reo
Maxwell, White
J. R. Davis
Ford Motor Co
McKenzie Agency
California
Prince Edward Island
Can
James McKenzie
Redlands
Freeman
Bfaden Association
McKenzie
Long Beach Motor Car Dealers’ Association
Executive Association of
Long Beach
Irene Reynolds
Kathryn Sosnowski
Julius Sosnowski
George McKenzie
Allan McKenzie
Presman
Mickenzie Stephens
William S. Stephens
Mottell’s Mortuary
Forty Aircraft Hunt 44 Lost in Yukon
Fort Yukon Alberta Jan 28 Forty planes scour 750 miles of Yukon and northern BC for a missing U S Air Force C 54 with 44 aboard in the largest northern search to date Trained paratroopers stand by at Lowry Field to jump if the plane is found down The search centers along the Whitehorse Snag air route and the northern Alaska Highway sector The missing commander is Lt Kyle E McMichael and pilot Maj Gerald F Brittain both named
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Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Canada
Ellis Lamb
Shelbyville
Tenn
Tech
Frank Anton
Philadelphia
Navilla Stiles
Corpus Christi
Texas
U.S
Associated Press
Fupmonton
Alta
Yukon Territory
British Columbia
California
Lowry Field
Great Falls
Edmonton
Whitehorse
Yukon
Fairbanks
Anchoragen
Alaska
Snag
Anchorage
Eljs Paso
Dayas Canadian Air Force
Kyle E. McMichael
San Antonio
Gerald F. Brittain
Akron
Ohio
Brittain
Lucius Clay
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Halland
Tarzana Resident Recovers $50,000 Policy
Vancouver man Martin Olson, once a Vancouver blacksmith, discovers a forgotten paid-up life insurance policy worth $50,000 after detective George Pinchin and a sharp elderly woman trace him to Tarzana. The policy, locked in vaults for 50 years, matured when Olson and his wife moved in 1948, doubling in value.
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Vancouver
B.C
Martin Oscar Olson
George Pinchin
Missing Persons Bureau
Tarzana
California
San Fernando Valley
New York
Hollywood
Topeka
Kan
Olson
Insurance Company
Pina
Gns
Daughers
Gordon Mackenzie
Exhaust Kills Two in Parents Car in Oregon
A Nebraska couple arriving in La Grande Oregon discovered their two sons dead in the back seat as a result of carbon monoxide from the car exhaust. Robert Edmiston 3 and James Edmiston 14 were asleep beneath a blanket in subfreezing conditions during a Spokane to Lincoln trip.
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LA Grande
Ore
Nebraska
R. Edmiston
Lincoln
Neb
Robert
James
Blue Mountains
Spokane
Wyallage Amivey
Boys Held Charged With $250000 Fire in Huntington Park
Two boys aged 12 and 15 were booked today on charges they started a 250000 fire at the J C Penney store in downtown Huntington Park last Monday. They will be committed to juvenile hall.
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Huntington Park
J. C. Penney
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Public Forum
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U. K
G. O. Pi
Howser
Shattuck
Tony
Alan Shapley
Federation of American Scientists
F.a.mckenzie Sr
Pioneer L.B. Auto
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