President Confident Senate Will Ratify North Atlantic Pact
President Truman expressed confidence the North Atlantic Pact will be ratified by the Senate while defending the defense alliance as essential. Bevin Acheson and Bevin were set for major talks to unite Western powers as Germany and other issues, including a future German government and Mediterranean security, dominate discussions. Iceland and Portugal joined the alliance as leaders plan formal pact meetings and constitutional efforts continue in Bonn. Churchill speaks in Boston on hopes for the war era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Senate
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Washington
Britain
Winston Churchill
Boston
Light Cruiser Manchester to Join Pacific Fleet at Long Beach
A new type light cruiser the U S 5 Manchester will reach Long Beach waters within days to join the Battle ship Cruiser Force of the U S Pacific Fleet. It will partly compensate for the loss of light cruisers Topeka Duluth and Atlanta, which have recently been reassigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet for inactivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
U. S. Pacific Fleet
11Th Naval District Headquarters
Atlantic Fleet
Topeka
Deluth
Atlanta
Pacific Reserve Fleet
Court Tells Value of Condemned Site
A Superior Court jury ruled the Long Beach School District must pay Dudley Jones 20 500 for a parcel at 19th Street and Maine Avenue condemned for enlarging Alexander Hamilton Junior High. The site, part of about five and a third acres, was appraised by county appraisers at 15 000, while Jones’s appraiser valued it between 22 000 and 24 000. the property includes a 10 unit bungalow court and settlements with other owners are nearly complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Otto J. Emme
Long Beach
Dudley Jones
19Th St
Maine, Ave
Alexander Hamilton
William E. Lamoréaux
Ward Johnson
Jones
Chile Navy Tanker Here Takes Cargo
The Chilean navy tanker Ran Cagua arrived from Valparaiso last night and took cargo at Union Oil terminal in Wilmington. She was moved to the Navy supply depot at Los Angeles outer harbor and will stay about a week. The vessel carries a group of cadets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Union Oil Terminal
Wilmington
Navy
Los Angeles
Trash Fire Blocks Atlantic Ave Traffic
A trash fire in a gully near Patterson Street and Atlantic Avenue sent heavy smoke across the area last night. Firefighters controlled the blaze within about an hour, averting danger near oil derricks as divers helped contain the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ave
Patterson St
Harbor Area Employers' Council Names Former Editor
Frank Stanley Lefever, longtime Torrance newspaper editor, is named executive secretary of the Harbor Area Employers' Council. The new incorporated group, formed to handle harbor labor negotiations, includes San Pedro, Wilmington, Harbor City, Lomita, Gardena, and Torrance businessmen with offices at 1336 EB Prado Ave Torrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stanley Lefever
Torrance
Telegram News
Harbor Area
Employers’ Council
A. J. McCown
San Pedro
Wilmington
Harbor City
Lomita
Gardena
EB Prado Ave
Two Circuses Due in April
Two circuses plan April performances in the Long Beach area. Clyde Brothers Circus, a benefit for the American Legion, opens Monday and runs through April 10 in Municipal Auditorium, then April 16-17. Clyde Beatty Circus is set up at 14th Street and Cherry Avenue in Signal Hill after a permit denial for a jet at W Seventh Street and Golden Avenue due to protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Clyde Brothers’ Circus
American Legion
Municipal Auditorium
Clyde Beatty
14Th St
Cherry Ave
Signal Hill
Beatty Circus
W. Seventh St
Golden Ave
Circus Representaives
U S Cash Sought for Child Aid
The California State Senate judiciary committee backed federal funds for needy children. Assemblyman Glenn M. Anderson proposed a liberalized definition to qualify for aid, with an $8,072,950 program split $2,009,200 federal, $3,743,050 state, and $1,761,350 county. the current $3,291,200 plan is county funded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
State
Senate
Judiciary Committee
California
Glenn M. Anderson
Hawthorne
Anderson
Assembly
Water Board considers Kroeger audit for water dept
The Board of Water Commissioners agreed to invite Louis J. Kroeger to confer on a possible administrative survey and audit of the water department. Kroeger previously held a $22,000 contract with the city for surveys of general city departments, not including water. The commissioners seek clarity on what the Kroeger audit would cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Water Commissioners
Louis J. Kroeger
Water Department
Kroeger
Water Commissioners
Dog fight injures local resident on Anaheim Street
Josephine Krusk, 33, of 161442 Cherry Ave., was taken to Community Hospital after breaking up a dog fight in the 1600 block on Anaheim Street. She suffered abrasions to her left leg during the incident yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine
Krusk
Cherry Ave
Anaheim St
Centenarian Hit by Bus in Santa Monica
Cipriano Chavez aged 106 was struck by a moving bus yesterday in Santa Monica. He received hospital treatment for facial cuts and was discharged to his home later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Cipriano Chavez
Valen tino revival chills younger readers at Hampstead
London reports on the Hampstead theater revival of Rudolph Valentino in Son of the Shark. Long lines formed as fans recall the early film heartthrob. Younger readers mocked the nostalgia with a Daily Mirror quote, saying the star left them colder than a codfish on a slab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hampstead
Rudolph Valentino
Norma Barnes
Daily Mirror
Nurses Institute Features Lectures by Physicians
Several hundred nurses attended the Long Beach Nurses Association joint institute at the YWCA in Long Beach and San Pedro, with talks by Dr. Henry Caraco and colleagues on hypertension, tuberculosis, cancer care, and chest disease. A photofluorogram lecture and respirator demonstration highlighted the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orty
Henry H. Caraco
Harbor General Hospital
Tar- Tance
Caraco
William C. Wenkle
Grant
Strand
Joint Institute of the Long Beach Nurses Association
District 18
California Nurses Association
San Pedro District 21
Wenkie
Beckstrand
Christine Elliott
R. N
Community Hospital
San Pedro
R. G. Beckstrand
Gladys Freeman
Margaret Byreh
District 21
Demos See ERP Slash Bioclosing Demos See ERP Slash Bioclosing
Washington March 31 Administration forces claimed enough votes to break the back of a Republican bid to slash the 5.58 billion dollar European Recovery Program. The first real test awaited an amendment by Taft and Russell to cut aid to 5.037 billion. Lucas and Connally voiced confidence that victory would reveal the jig is up and halt the cut.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
R Qhio
Russell
D.-Ga
Lucas
Connally D.texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Anti Red Bill Goes to Dewey
Albany N Y Marehale reports a bill to purge subversives from New York public schools heads to Gov Thomas E Dewey for approval The Assembly passed it overwhelmingly despite minority Democratic objections The measure requires the regents to list subversive organizations and bar members from school jobs A second bill would bar use of public buildings by groups listed as subversive by the U S attorney general
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Marehale
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
State Assembly
Board of Regents
Communist Party
Dewey
U.S
Three Rebel Groups Unite in Burma Territory
In Burma three rebel factions the White Band People's Volunteer Organization Communists and mutineering Burma rifle units formed a military administration over about 300 square miles. The area centered around Prome 160 miles north of Rangoon and Thayetmyo 50 miles further north, according to government officials who fled the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangoon
Burema
White Band People's Volunteer Organization
Burma
Prome
Ranoon
Thayetmyo
Pacific Liner Here to Start Voyage
The S. S. President Wilson arrived early today at the Wilmington terminal of American President Lines. Two other A. P. L. departures are scheduled: the President McKinley leaving Sunday for the Far East and the President Van Buren following Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
S. S
Wilson
Wilmington
American President Lines
A. BP. L
McKinley
Far East
van Buren
Allies Protest Russian Firing In Berlin Air Corridor
In Berlin on March 31 the United States Britain and France protested Soviet use of live ammunition by Yak fighters in the Hamburg Berlin air corridor. The Yaks flew at 2400 to 3600 feet from Perleberg toward the corridor, with firing to continue until 5 pm local time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Perleberg
Hamburg-Berlin
Three New Police Officers Assigned by City Chief
Chief Alvin F. Slaight announced three new Farrormen assigned to the Police Department effective April 1. Capt. Otto Faulkner, personnel officer, lists Walter D. Ruffner of 1930 W. 19th St, John A. Stenhouse of 566 E. Vernon St, and Robert F. Samuelson of 4897 Daisy Ave among the new officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin F. Slaight
Otto Faulkner
Walter D. Ruffner
W. 19Th
John A. Stenhouse
E. Vernon St
Robert F. Samuelson
Daisy Ave
Columbia Seen as Calif Water Hole
Riverside March 31 UP The Columbia River is seen as a possible salvation for the water hungry southwest by William E. Warne assistant Secretary of the Interior He told the Riverside County National Farm Loan Association that the Columbia's flow is greater than all western rivers combined and nearly inexhaustible He envisions a ladder of diversions from northern streams finally reaching the Columbia which could irrigate land in the 17 western dry states Warne noted the Columbia discharges 149 million acre feet into the sea enough to irrigate more than twice the area currently under irrigation in those states
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Columbia River
William E. Warne
Interior
Warne
Riverside County National Farm Loan Association
Columbia
Colorado
Gulf of California
California Water Claims Examined
California opposes the Central Arizona reclamation project arguing Arizona is not entitled to 1,200,000 acre feet from the Colorado River. Senate hearings examine California figures showing lower basin supply about 10,100,000 acre feet annually versus 10,132,000 acre feet needed for authorized and existing projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
Arizona
Bridge Canyon
Senate Interior Affairs Committee
Senate
Alaska
Ernest Gruening
Senate Group
Colorado
Lig
Nevada
Supreme Court
Mexico
L A College Bill Wins Support
Sacramento reports a compromise bill to create two four year Los Angeles colleges of applied arts and sciences won backing from the State Department of Education and legislative leaders. The plan places the college under department jurisdiction and establishes a seven member advisory board whose recommendations must be reviewed by the State Board of Education. The Assembly education committee had previously approved a separate four year college proposal, opposed by the Department of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Department of Education
Stray Mine Kills 48 Jap Children
An unexploded mine on Nadachi Japan’s coast 170 miles northwest of Tokyo exploded killing 48 children and three adults. The blast injured 113 people and damaged 150 houses during a disposal attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Nadachi
Japan Seacoast
Branch Courts to Be Expanded in South Bay Area
Los Angeles report announces three new Superior Courts in South Gate, Burlington, and Compton. Presiding Judge Clarence L. Kincaid confirms 42 of 57 judges approved the expansion, with funding sought for court quarters and a mandatory filing system to keep originals in outlying courts and duplicates in the Los Angeles courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
South Gate
Burbank
Compton
Clarence L. Kincaid
Board of Supervisors
Kincaid
Capital Cherry Trees Treated at National Capital Park
Washington reports a hormone spray treatment on 600 cherry trees around the tidal basin to extend bloom. Parks Superintendent Irving C. Root notes thousands opened last Sunday and would otherwise fall in five days. About 900 gallons were used with 40 trees left untreated as a control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Irving C. Root
Root
France Urged to Arm Heavily
Paris reports France seeks recognition as western Europe’s main defender in war. A cabinet spokesman said Foreign Minister Robert Schuman will press for a heavily armed French army under the North Atlantic alliance. The move follows Charles de Gaulle’s criticism of relying on Britain and amid Schuman’s trip to Washington to sign the treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Europe
Robert Schuman
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Schumann
Washington
Judgment Awarded to Mrs Martin for Store Fall
Mrs Elizabeth Martin received 2250 in damages from Dunlap Department Store Compton after a Dec 8 fall on worn stair carpeting. Attorney Eric A Rose presented evidence of a broken arm resulting from the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto J. Emme
Elizabeth Martin
Dunlap
I Compton
Eric A. Rose
Fugitive Russians Land in Philippines
Two Russians who fled the Soviet Union to Japan have been moved to the International Refugee Organization camp in the Philippines. They arrived in a United States Air Force plane. The evacuees are Sgt. Vladimir Barashov, who crash landed a Russian plane on Hokkaido, and former Pvt. Innokentiy Zyryanov, who crossed to Japan on a raft from the Kurile Islands.
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Manila
Soviet Union
Japan
International Refugee Organization
Philippines
United States
Air Force
Vladimir Barashov
Hokkaido
Innokentiy Zyryanov
Kurile Islands
New York Taxi Strike Fears Unrest and Violence
New York City faces a tense taxi strike as owners pledge to run more cabs despite a union call for a complete shutdown after 4:30 a.m. tomorrow. Police readiness, mayoral resolve, and allegations of goons from United Mine Workers affiliates color the dispute over immediate union recognition and Taft-Hartley affidavits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
John L. E. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William O'Dwyer
Jack J. Jackman
Leon Zwicker
Taxi Union
Zwicker
Taxi Workers’ Organizing Committee
National Labor Relations Board
AFL Flexes Political Arm In 1950 Campaign Drive
Washington reports that top leaders of the American Federation of Labor outlined plans to expand Labor's League for Political Education into a stronger tool for the 1950 Congressional campaigns. They noted past efforts were hampered by inexperience but saw promising results even with limited spending and aim to influence every race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Labor
League For Political Education
Truman
Year in Jail for Man Who Failed to Support Kin
James L. Forgerson, 40, Redlands farmer, was sentenced by Municipal Judge Harry Keeler to one year in jail for failure to support his three children Beverly 11 Leonard 8 and Ephriam 6. His wife testified he had provided nothing since March 1948. The court ordered road camp placement and earnings turned over to the children's mother.
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Harry Keeler
James L.forgerson
Redlands
Forgerson
Beverly
Leonard
Ephriam
Keeler
Robert Buck
Buck
Mayor Sets Policy on City Manager Vacancy
Mayor Burton W. Chace said he will not present any candidate to the City Council unless they have submitted a written application to the mayor's office or the City Clerk Clyde G. Roseberry or to the council. Several people have urged him on the street but none has filed. City Manager Carl B. Wirsching will resign effective June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton W. Chace
Clyde G. Roseberry
Chace
Carl B. Wirsching
Flynn settles with sailor for damages in $32000
In San Francisco on March 31 GPA court approved a $32000 settlement between Errol Flynn and Wallace Beery Jr, a 19 year old seaman who sued Flynn for $35000 after an accident off Mexico while aboard the yacht Zaca. Beery alleged inadequate medical care following the incident.
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San Francisco
GPA
Errol Flynn
Wallace Beery Jr
Beery
Mexico
Judges End Long Battle Keeping Case Files in Branch Courts
Superior Court jurists in Los Angeles approved a plan to keep original case files in the branch courts where filed until disposition. The move ends a protracted effort by the Long Beach Bar Association to reduce delays and costs caused by sending files to Los Angeles. A duplicate file will be sent to the Los Angeles office for title companies and other interested parties, aiding outlying districts and speeding inquiries into case progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Los Angeles
Long Beach Bar Association
Joseph E. Madden
Carroll M. Caunts
The
Bar Association
Madden
Bar Associations
Four Stitches After Postal Helper Accident
Five year old Mary Ann Woodke of 415 East 49th Street suffered a leg cut requiring four stitches when a mail truck driver, Walter E. Moffitt Sr., 61664 Lewis Avenue, backed from the curb after offering help to deliver mail. The rear fender struck her as the truck moved, and she was treated privately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Woodke
E. 49Th St
Walter E. Moffitt Sr
Lewis Ave
Moffitt
Local Briefs and Society Notes Highlight Weekend Events
Long Beach notices report illness for 25 year resident Seriously IV George B Thiele in Torrance hospital. Britannia Society and other groups announce Saturday card parties and public gatherings. Polisher theft valued at 60.88 binary detailed. doctor Daeley earns PhD from Wisconsin. Religious services listed from Beth El Temple Israel Temple Sinai and Temple S ina i with sermons on sacrifice trial and love. Ki jush celebration to honor bride Jean Cohn and groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Thiele
Long Beach
Torrance
Temple Sinai
T. Shaler Ravetch
Seventh St
Chatre Weiszmann
Israel
Spm
Jean Cohn
Dan Ter
Louis Cohn
Sam C. Gordon
Ra Yeteh
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Acheson
Bevin
Russia
Germany
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Greek
Iran
Southeast Asia
Schuman
Western
Chile
U. S
Valentino
Mary Roberts
Carolyn Hill Spielberger
Nurses' Institute
Y. W
Teegram
Nurses’ Institute
Pacific Liner
Edward C. Forsyth
U. S. Nw
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Schenectady
Forsyth
J. Hi. Ellison
U.S. N
Mann
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Calif
L. A. College Bill
N.Y
A.F.L. Flexes
Flynn
Sailor
Britannia Society
Machinists Hall
Terminal Island Auxiliary 4144
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Memorial
American Ave
John & Nickolas
Pasadena
Abert Daeley
E. Vernon
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
United
Commercial Travelers Council 65 and Ladies Auxiliary
Monte Vista Lodge
Long Beach Blvd
C. B.S
Wil
Madelaine Slocombe
Masonic Temple
Locust Ave
Hazel Brown
Ladies' Auxiliary
John S. McCain
Freida Angiemyer
Beth-El
Beth-E
Gate Ave
Temple Israel
Temple Israeli
Reform
Loma Ave
L. Eluet Grafman
Rabbi Grafman
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