Major Manchuria Struggle Reported
A three day battle near Ishien west of Mukden involved 70,000 Chinese Communist troops with 15,000 casualties reported by Shih Chieh Jih Pao, while another clash south of Changchun and Communist movements around Kirin signal a broad front conflict in Manchuria and into China proper.
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Pieping
Manchura
Tare
Shih Chieh Jih Pao
Ishien
Mukden
Changchun
Manchuria
Kirin
Shwangyang
Tung
Ihe-Making
Szepingkal
China
Shibklachwang
Peiping
Amvets and clubs host community events in Long Beach
Amvets meet at Haughton Park Clubhouse at 8 p m Thursday. Dorcas Guild rummage sale at Calvary Presbyterian Church tomorrow. New York society group gathering Saturday at 7 30 p m. Iowa Social Club luncheon at Bailey Park Thursday noon. Trade firm shows "Round Trip U S A in World Trade" at Y W C A Room 209 6 30 p m today. Bethany Lutheran Fall festival Friday at 4604 Clark St with chicken dinner bake sale. Ohio State Society elects officers Saturday at 728 Elm Ave after 6 p m covered dish dinner. Jordan High principal John T Wilson guest speaker at North Long Beach Commercial Club lunch in Food Bowl Cafe 5384 Atlantic Ave. California Society covered dish dinner at 6130 Elm Ave 7 23 p m Friday. Westminster Presbyterian devotions at church parlor with playlet "The Hogan and the Smylge" and luncheon served.
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Women of Bethany Lutheran Church of
Lakewood
Clark St
Lety
David Miho Maras
Beaumont
Sill
Woman's Society of Westminster Presbyterian Church
Ihe Hogan Cath the Smylge
Lupcheon
Hungarian Opposition Leader Flees Country
Budapest reports Zoltan Pfeiffer 47, head of the Independence party, fled last night. A warrant was issued to arrest him after parliamentary immunity is removed. Vienna sources say Pfeiffer arrived there and may plan travel, while the government probes action to strip 49 party seats in the National Assembly.
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Budapest
Son
Trave
Independence Party
National Assembly
Glendale Fare Increase Refused by City Lines
The Public Utilities Commission rejected Glendale City Lines, Inc. bid to raise fares. It found the revenue drop cited faulty due to a 1946 strike affecting a Glendale hearing. The proposal sought 10 cents single fare or three for a quarter and school fares to six cents.
Hearings Cite Departures From War Time Procurement Rules
Hearing records show Hughes projects deviated from normal war time procurement channels. Kaiser and other figures faced pressure as GLF and WPB officials weighed continued involvement with Hughes contracts amid calls for accountability and testy testimony from Gen. Chidlaw and Cook.
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Ferguson
Hughes
Tom Slack
Slack
John W.meyer
Meyer
Army
Wilson
Roosevelt
Plaque Honoring Police War Veterans Unveiled
A ceremony at City Hall Long Beach unveiled a bronze plaque bearing the names of 82 Long Beach Police Department members who served in World War II. Walter Cozart and other directors spoke of sacrifice and gratitude, with Police Chief Alvin F. Slaight noting the department’s finest return from service. The plaque sits in the main lobby near the Police Department.
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Long Beach Police
Mounted Patrol
Armed Services
Walter Cozart
Madition
The
Cuniform
Cozart
H. G. Haney
George [Teen
Frank H.hynes
E. Hy ‘Hughes
William M. Edmondson
Presenta Organization
George E. Doyle
Police Department
Department
Long Beach
Doyle
Hall Swallsin
Bugs Outlook Insects May Inherit The Earth
Stanford zoologist Dr Douglas Whitaker warned that bacteria and lower life forms could absorb immense radioactivity from a nuclear war and persist on Earth. He said it is unlikely humanity would be completely wiped out by radioactivity.
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Sone
Ferguson
Wilson
Slack
Hughes
Palley
Bette
F. Troy
the. G.E
Palo! Alto
Stanford
Douglas
Whitaker
Earth
Mayor Socialist Jasper McKyy Wins Eighth Term in Bridgeport
Bridgeport reelected Mayor Jasper McKeiv, a long serving Socialist and former roofer, in a decisive victory over Democratic and Republican rivals. The 69-year-old leader, first Socialist to win major city office in Connecticut, polled a larger total than his opponents combined. He began in politics as a soapbox orator, first elected alderman in 1905, with a dramatic rise from minimal early votes to a decisive victory.
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Bridgeport
Jasper’ McKyy
Lacan
Connecticut
McLevy
Wayne
Plu
James J. Whelan
Salvatore J. Fazio
Realtors Urge City to Buy Tideland Acreage
The Long Beach Board of Realtors adopted a resolution urging the city to purchase 52 acres of Tideland area near Alamitos Bay for development into a recreational area. Realtors say owners have sought Planning Commission approval for a subdivision on the parcel.
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Udelands
Alamitos Bay
Long Beach
School District Notes for $25,000 Sold
SANTA ANA November 5 A $25,000 issue of tax anticipation notes for Orange Union High School District was sold yesterday afternoon to Orange First National Bank, only bidder, for 1 percent interest. The board of supervisors also approved plans for Laguna Beach Unified School District to borrow $10,000 on short term notes and Capistrano-Union High School District to borrow $8,000.
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Santa’ Ana
Orange
Union High School
First National Bank
Board of Supervisors
Laguria Beach Unified School
Capistrano - Union High School
Grant of Hospital Aid Funds Approved
The Federal Security Agency approved the first grant of funds under a new law to pay one third the cost of building hospitals approved by state agencies. A $552,633 grant will apply to a Langdala hospital in Alabama, paid when Congress appropriates funds for the $75,000,000 program.
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Washington
Federal Security Agency
U. S. Public Health
Langdala
Ala
Congress
Assembly Results and City Ballots Highlight California Vote
Gienard Lipscomb and G. Delbert Morris win Southern California Assembly seats while Arthur Connolly carries San Francisco. Sacramento backs a $3.75 million bond for the Port District and Belle Cooledge leads the city council race. San Francisco voters approve retaining the cable car line and support $87.5 million in bonds for transport and city improvements.
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Butter County
Clarence J.tanzer
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa Junior College
Sonoma County
Wegist
San Francisco
Arthur F. Connolly, Jr
Republcan
Los Angeles
Gienard P. Lipscomb
G. Delbert Morris
Sacramento
Belle Cooledge
Roy’ J. Nielsen
Leslie
E. Wood
George L. Klumpp
Peter E. Mitchell
Sacramento-' Yolo
San
Lapham
Powell St
Sub Fliers Set for Short Hop
Anchorage November 5 The two former Army fliers Gorge Truman and Giliford Evans prepare for the shortest hop of their world wide flight. They flew 200 miles from Noiknek Alaska to Elmendorf Field yesterday in Cub planes, three hours and forty five minutes, greeted by Civic leaders Lt General Nathan Twining and others. One will remain to rest before a Friday departure for Annetta Island then a nonstop attempt to Los Angeles.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Nathan I ‘Twining
Los Angeles
Mayors Elected Yesterday Listed By Associated Press
Mayors in major U S cities were elected yesterday with party turnovers noted. The list includes Philadelphia Detroit Cleveland Indianapolis Muncie Columbus Akron Worcester York and others with names obscured in the OCR text and party designations shown in parentheses.
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Associated’ Press
United States
Philadelphia
Bednard “Samus
Detroit
Eugene I. Vin “Annyian
Clevelan
Tadianapolis
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Claude 'R. Robi Te
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Eugene Aweris Co
Muncie
Ind
Lester
Hallowns
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The
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Slanley
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Charlen Fy
Iruntona River
Mass
William P. Grant
Columbus
Ohio
James Rhodes
Cleveland
Thomas A. Burks
Conreatown
Charles i
Menderson
Ren
Akron
Ilumanee
Francisco
Mimey E. Robinson Chan i
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Lewry Wilmens Ar York
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Egalael
Dr. Bile
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Myckey Is
Tohnatawi
Glade Re-elected Mayor in Salt Lake City Victory
In Salt Lake City Earl J. Glade won re-election as mayor by a margin over former Mayor Al Jenkins. Glade received 22 132 votes to Jenkins 15 935 from 173 of 184 districts. Incumbent commissioners David A. Affleck and L C Romney also won re-election. Romney becomes public safety commissioner for a full four year term.
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Salt Lake City
Earl J. Glade
al Jenkins
Glade
Jenkins
David A. Affleck
Romney
Public Safety
Shangri-La to Be Decommissioned and Mothballed
A Navy Essex class aircraft carrier the Shangri La will be decommissioned Friday and placed into mothballs. The ship’s commission pennant will be hauled down at the shipyard in Hunters Point before assignment to the West Coast Reserve Fleet.
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San Francisco
Navy
U. S
Shangri-La
Frigg
Navy Sud
Naval
Hunter's Paine
Tthe
West Coast Reserve Fleet
Vic-Mar Motel Sold for 58500 on Long Beach Blvd
Vic Mar Motel at 3716 Long Beach Blvd sold for 58500 by Victor L and Mary E Squirre to John H and Pansy A Stockwell. County feed recordings also show Walter W and Mary E Wood selling a four family flat at 1021 E First St for about 26000 to William A and Ora B Aird.
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Vic-Mar
Long Beach Blvd
Victor L
Mary E. Squirre
John H
Pansy A. Stockwell
Walter W
Mary E. Woodwry
William A
Ora B. Aird
First St
Leed Recordings
Marines Practice Landing Under Operation Agate Near San Clemente
Marines conduct a practice landing as part of Operation Agate with First Task Fleet units and the Flyest Marine Division. They simulated an assault on the island aided by naval gunfire. Full-scale landings with latest tactics expected next week on the island San Nicholas and at Aliso Canyon near Oceanside.
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San Clemente
Flyest “Marine Division
San’ Nicholas
Aliso Canyon
Oceanside
Wives Defeat Husbands in Albany Election Clash
In Albany on November 5, Mrs Anah Boyer, Republican, defeated her Democratic husband by 122 votes for tax collector of Lodi. The Boyers have long opposed each other for the same post, with Mrs Boyer and Benjamin Boyer both seeking public office in the town.
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Albany
New York State
Anah’ ‘Boyer
Lodi
Boyers
Simple Rites for Winant
John G. Winant wartime ambassador to Great Britain and three time New Hampshire governor is mourned at a simple 2 p.m. service at St Pauls Episcopal Church Concord with Bishop John T Dallas officiating. Fourteen honorary pallbearers and eight active bearers from the Legion will assist. color guard firing squad and bugler will honor the deceased at Blossom Hill Cemetery.
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Concord
N. EE
John G., Winant
Great Britain
New, Hampshire
Friends
St Paul's Protestant’ Episcopal Church
John ‘T. Dallas
New. Hampshire
Charles F.hall
Legion
Will. Furnish
Blossom Hil Cemetery
NLRB cancels 100 200 petitions for California unions
The National Labor Relations Board in Los Angeles voided about 100 and 200 election petitions from Southern California unions for failing to comply with Taft Hartley Act provisions. The board will not issue a detailed nomination list until unions submit proper information and begin compliance with the law.
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Los. Angeles
Nov
National, Labor Relations Board
California
Atta Tye
Two More Harbor Projects Planned This Year
Harbor projects move forward as Port Engineer R. R. Shoemaker announces Pier 13 reconstruction complete and bids soon for extending Pier B and building Pier C approved by Army engineers. Pier B rebuilt with two high line railroad tracks for Isthmian Line shipments. lighting and paving remain. Cost of Pier B exceeds $40,000. sheet steel piling to enclose Mills to be supplied by the department using Calmar Line and Isthmian Line deliveries.
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R. R. Shoemaker
Pier 13
Army Engineers
Isthmian ‘Line
Arabia
Harbor Department Force
Shoemaker
Calmar Line
Isthmian Line
Outlook on Food Prices Gloomy But With Some Cheaper Fruits
Washington report from November 5 notes consumer optimism for raisins dried fruits and certain berries while most other foods are expected to stay expensive through 1948. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics projects higher prices for meats poultry eggs cereals oranges and several vegetables even after seasonal adjustments.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Moscow Prepares for 30th Bolshevik Anniversary Celebrations
Moscow along with Red banners and electric lights bloomed with huge portraits of Soviet leaders as the capital readies to celebrate the Bolshevik revolution anniversary. The city braces for crowd energy and ceremonial displays despite earlier unrest and weather shifts.
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Moscow
Russia
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