Candidates Hustle Over State Ballot Appeals
Voters in Long Beach will go to the polls Tuesday for a high turnout primary election. Twenty four precincts open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. KFOX and the Press-Telegram will provide early returns beginning at 7:15 p.m. with snap tallies and bulletins as votes from major contests are tallied. Norman Masterson and Malcolm Epley will host on air from the newsroom while AP and UP wires feed statewide results.
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Long Beach City Hall
Norman Masterson
Malcolm Epley
Press Telegram
Associated Press
United Press
Curious Toddler Stops Pine Tree Limited Train
In Portland on June 3 the Pine Tree Limited was halted when 22 month old Robert Craig, just 30 inches tall, stepped onto the tracks clutching a bag and a Tattle. Engineer Daniel Coney of Portland braked the train to a stop as another train behind also halted. The boy’s father Charles Craig reports he climbed stairs and wandered toward the rails unhurt amid the traffic jam.
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Boston & Main Railroad
Pine Tree Limited
Woodfords
Daniel Coney
Robert Craig
Coney
GI Widows Eligible for VA Loans Verdict
Widows of World War II servicemen who have not remarried are eligible for VA home, farm, and business loans. The Veterans Administration announced the same benefits as veterans, with eligibility limited to those whose husbands served between September 16, 1940, and July 25, 1947 and died from service connected causes.
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Veterans Administration
Memorial Day weekend toll tops 79 deaths nationwide
Violent accidents marked a quiet holiday period with 79 lives lost and 11 fewer injuries amid the Memorial Day observance. The report notes world mile record coverage and multiple sections including obituaries, political news, public forums, and regional pages.
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Raiie
Southilound
Maga Waterfront
California primary voters eye final appeals and field
MORRIE LANDSBERG reports California candidates hammered for votes on the eve of the 1950 primary. With 386 office seekers, incl. five for governor and 78 for 23 House seats, incumbents dominate most races except Downey's Senate seat. About 50 percent turnout is expected among 4.9 million registered voters.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
Board of Equalization
Sheridan Downey
Washington
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Los Angeles
Richard Nixon
Whitter
Frank M. Jordan
Il Warren
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Bronx Man Slain as Son Suspect Held in Mental Case
June 3 New York report says 70 year old exporter Openshaw was killed on a Bronx park bench by his 16 year old son Stanley, recently released from a state hospital. Witnesses say the youth fired four times, then an arrest warrant was issued as Soderstrom plans a flight from Terminal Island.
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Martin Openshaw
Bronx
Openshaw
Stanley
Soderstrom
Teco
Nonstop Record Seeker Makes Late Here Departure
A record seeker, practicing overload, altered plans at Torrance Municipal Airport. Under special approval from Capt. J. Dennenberg of Long Beach Naval Station, he will change course to the Navy field. Mayor Bowron and San Pedro Chamber of Commerce members prepare a sendoff for the traveler at the San Pedro Kiwanis Club event.
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Bowron
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San Pedro
Mauna Loa Eruption Rescues Amid Lava On Kona Coast
Coast Guard units off Hawaii rescue isolated residents as Mauna Loa erupts for the third day. Lava rivers devastate Upper Hookensa area. some villages burned and communications cut. One ranch manager survives after 28 hours trapped between lava flows. cattle losses feared. Police confirm evacuees and homeless totals near 40, with ongoing efforts to assess further damage.
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Hospital Discharges Michael Strange After four-week stay
Michael Strange, widow of actor John Barrymore, was discharged from Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases in New York after a four week treatment period.
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New York
John Barrymore
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Ship Back After Crash Off China Skipper Remains
The freighter California Bear docked at San Francisco with full cargo but without its skipper Captain William Murray. Murray and two crew members stayed behind at Tientsin amid claims for crash damages. Chinese reports accuse the ship of navigation faults. the line says Murray is free and not held.
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Yellow Sea
William Murray
Tientsin
Pacific Far East Lines
Murray
Menlo Park
T. S. Lawry
P. F.E
Astor Hotel
Shipping Line
Fred H. Gravett
Sinan
Bus and private car collide injuring 37 in Mason
A serious head on crash in Mason left 37 injured when a Greyhound bus struck a car, overturning the bus and demolishing the car. The state highway patrol said two patrolmen reported the collision occurred on a northern route today.
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Onl
Greyhound
Flier Rescued From Desert Ordeal Tells
KINGMAN Ariz June 3 An airplane pilot told how he survived three days in the Arizona desert by battling heat and thirst. Charles E Edmonson 27 of Raymond Wash described his near fatal experience from a hospital bed. He landed in a dry wash southeast of Kingman while flying from Seattle and became stuck in sand. A rancher found him naked beside a water puddle and guided him to a ranch house. He later retrieved water from a spring about a mile up the wash and dug a sand bed to sleep through the night. Edmonson said his strength failed but he kept moving toward help until rescue.
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Ariz
Arizona
Charles E. Edmonson
Raymond
Wash
Edmonson
Feeseatt
Ilfe
E . Edmonson
Eir
Charles E. Edmonton
Prescott
Needles
Calif
Associated Press
Fire at Big Bear Pit Brought Under Control
A three city old fire damaged timber in the San National Forest near Bear Lake. Investigators say crews contained the blaze tonight after burning over 4 400 timber and smoke limited to surrounding areas.
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Bear Lake
San ‘National
Deluge Swamps Galveston and Midwest Cities
Widespread storms drenched Texas to Ohio with heavy rainfall. Galveston faced 14.21 inches on the western edge causing flash floods, while Chicago and others reported record June rainfall. Ground floors flooded, traffic slowed, and a nun died in a flooded basement in Chicago. Cooler air then reduced the downpour as skies cleared later Saturday.
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Tennessee
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New England
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Bus Hits Taxicab House Injuring Eight in Chicago
A city owned bus careened into a filling station and struck a house early in June, injuring eight people. One house occupant suffered severe injuries while two cab passengers and another resident escaped harm. No further details on identities or exact location are provided.
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