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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1949
Page
2
J EISTERVILLE Pa Nov 5 UP A hunter in a drunken condition fired into a grade school and forced his way inside terrifying about 200 children. Three men nearby overpowered him and state police took John McKulka 25 Keisterville to Uniontown jail.
In Manchester Connecticut Zion Lutheran Church will conduct services tomorrow in sign language for deaf and dumb of all denominations. The event is described as the quietest ever held at the church and aims to include a broader deaf community audience.
Fresno officials report eight infant deaths from malnutrition as San Joaquin Valley labor camp conditions are scrutinized. The inquiry cites packing-box housing, squalid facilities, and crowded camps with poor sanitation amid migrant harvest work. Officials blame caregiver neglect alongside systemic poverty.
A mother, barefoot and determined, pursues a kidnapper who snatched her baby from the house near Route 8. The man fled north in a car with the blue blanket and two smaller blankets. Komorek family learned later the infant was unharmed but the search continued through the night.
In Detroit a crowd of about 1500 fans and players clashed during a suburban high school football game between Melvindale and River Rouge for the Twin Valley League title. Three people were hospitalized including Viola Higgins, 34, stabbed in the back, Jack Lowe, 23, with a back injury, and Gerald Eiskner, stabbed in the left side and later released. River Rouge was declared the official winner, 70, as police cleared the stadium and fighting spilled onto nearby streets. Branch Higgins, 44, was held on a felonious assault charge.
TEHRAN Tan Nov 6. Thirty two persons including two opposition leaders were arrested in connection with the assassination of Abdul Hossein Hajir Tranian court minister. Hajir died in hospital after operation. He was wounded yesterday by an assailant identified by police as Hosein Emami. Martial law was imposed in Tehran after the shooting.
French police protected the Chinese Nationalist embassy in Paris as nine members shifted allegiance to Peiping. Twelve uniformed officers guarded the front door to prevent renewed clashes between Nationalist sympathizers and pro Communist protesters inside the building last night.
Oakland dispatch reports a hotel night clerk shot and killed an armed man who demanded money. Clerk Daniel Welding, 39, claimed self defense after grabbing a weapon from beneath a newspaper and firing three shots, striking the intruder Guy Newton Duncan, 36, of Los Angeles, in the chest and head.
Lt. Alexander Murphy of Kansas City Missouri is missing after a single engine plane flight near Fairbanks Alaska. He reportedly could not reach the field after a local flight as fuel for five hours was remaining and weather was ten degrees below zero.
PORT ANGELES Wash Nov i ICR The Panamanian freighter Andalucia remains wedged on a submerged reef in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Seven tugs failed to free it on flood tide around 1 30 a m and plan to try again at noon. The ship with 97 crew and one stewardess, including Capt George Lemos, went aground after a fire in the engine room forced a beaching attempt near Neah Bay. Coast Guard Cutter Fir rescued 18 aboard as customs officials readied landing procedures.
In New Delhi dispatch, Marc Purdue reports that India Pakistan and Afghanistan show indifference to Communist China versus Western powers. Tibet seeks US aid without clear goals, while regional leaders deem recognition inevitable and fear outside control.
General Electric Westinghouse and eight other electrical firms paid 40000 in fines for a conspiracy to fix prices They pleaded no contest to antitrust charges and agreed to a consent decree prohibiting the alleged illegal practices The cases involve sale of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of disconnecting and grounding switches to the Metropolitan Water District Imperial Irrigation District and others
The Securities and Exchange Commission halted briefly a Tucker Corp stockholders' committee plan to advise shareholders on a proposed reorganization. Federal Judge Michael L. Tyoe delayed ruling until Monday on the bankrupt firm's new plan as Preston Tucker and seven associates face a multimillion-dollar fraud and conspiracy case in a separate federal session.
Sunrise 6 16 a m Sunset 5 20 p m Moonset 7 07 a m Tides area TM 38 ft 10 0s em 36 ft Low 2 1T Lam 20 ft 3 41 p m -0 2 Foregoing at a height by new S Coast and Geodette Survey Long Beach Lifeguards Water Temperature d8 Condition of Surf Calm
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