Boy’s Belt Buckle Swallowed During Cold Illness
A month old boy from Long Beach was treated for wheezing and coughs with penicillin without relief. At Community Hospital a surgeon performed an esophagoscopy and removed a belt buckle lodged in his esophagus after fluoroscopic x rays revealed swelling and distension. The buckle’s removal was aided by an emetic and natural recovery.
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Donald Eash
Samuel Eash
Lemon Ave
Community Hospital
Donald
Bell Landrum
Charles Tally
Press-Telegram
Ria
Long Beach
Reds Claim Atomic Blast Used on Big River Project
ERLIN November 5 UP The Nacht Express says Soviet engineer Davydov announced atomic energy blasted rock barriers to reverse the Ob and Yenisei rivers in Siberia. The plan would create 75,000 acres of arable land and yield 82,000,000 ton kilowatt hours yearly.
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ERLIN
Nacht Express
Siberia
Davydov
Moscow Energy Institute
Ural
Caucasus
Ural Mountains
European
Russia
Caucasus Range
Turkey
Caspian Sea
Aral Sea
Turgai Gate
Ridge Route Blaze Only Major Blaze
In record November heat a single major fire raged near Castaic in Angeles National Forest. A 750 acre front burned unchecked as a 370 man crew used backfiring to protect about 15,000 more acres around Small Mountain. Inmates and a local resort area were no longer in danger.
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Los Angeles
California
U. S. Forest Service
Castaic
Angeles National Forest
Earl J. Madray
Warm Springs
Ecamp
Lake Hughes
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Normal Weather Returns To Southern California This Week
Weather Bureau reports a slow return to normal temperatures with no rain expected for three to four days. Night and morning fog will increase. A brief heat surge peaked at 93 Friday, dropping to 34 yesterday in some areas, while Indio led with 95 and Riverside reached 89 as coastal regions varied from 84 to 92 degrees.
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Weather Bureau
California
Indio
el Centro
San Bernarding
Riverside
Santa Barbara
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Barkley Visited Ailing Fiancée in St Louis Hospital
Vice President Alben Barkley rushed from Washington to St Louis to visit Mrs Carleton S Hadley a 38 year old widow at St Luke's hospital. He spoke of her illness as influenza and fatigue and said she would likely go home in a day or two.
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Alben W. Barkley
St. Louis
Carleton S. Bradley
A. P
Washington
Barkley
Carleton S. Hadley
St. Luke's Hospital
Sailor and Horse Die After Collision With Live Wire
In Memphis on November 5 an 18 year old sailor, Frederick Koehler of Ginbe Arizona, aviation apprentice at the naval air base, was riding near Overton Park Zoo when a falling limb brought down a power line. He and his horse were electrocuted.
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Memphis
Frederick Koehler
Ginbe
Ariz
Naval Air Base
Overton Park Zoo
Highlights of Today's Local News Overview
Local front reports include traffic-signal synchronization installation and entries for the All Western Band Review on November 26. Armistice Day veteran campaigns are noted, with Sun Shipbuilding chief inspecting trailership terminal site.
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All Western Band
Sun Shipbuilding Chief
Republic Steel Bargains With Union on Pensions
Republic Steel Corp and the United Steelworkers held two sessions on a pension offer amid a 36 day strike by 54,000 workers. Philip Murray led talks for C I O while Thomas F Patton represented Republic. A third session was planned for tomorrow as both sides explored the issues.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
C. I
Philip Murray
Republic
Thomas F. Patton
Murray
Pittsburgh
Co. 1
Arthur J. Goldberg
David J. McDowall
Steelworkers
Patton
E. J. Magee
William J. Donovan
Donovan
Haves
Boy Drowned in Lomita Gravel Pit
Five San Pedro youths cooling off in an abandoned Lomita gravel pit led to tragedy when 10-year-old Ralph Lambert vanished under water during a heat relief swim. His 11-year-old brother James summoned help. two truckmen rescued the body after dives while an ambulance crew failed to revive him. The Lambert family resided on Chaca Court in Channel Heights.
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Palos Verdes Hills
San Pedro
Ralph Labert
James E Parsons
James
Narbonne Ave
Ralph
County Ambur Jlance
Lambert
Mmr
Louen Lambert
Chaca Ct
Channel Heights
Parsons Boy
Floyd Brady
Dennis Higgins
Psco Ct
Lomita
Thousands Cheer Sciots Street Spectacle in Long Beach
Thousands of Long Beach residents enjoyed an hour long Sciots street spectacle as Sciots of California and Arizona led more than 50 bands drum and bugle corps and drill teams through downtown. A grand ball followed in Municipal.
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Long Beach
Sciots
California
Arizona
Downttown
Municipal
Fancy pants crisis saved by special plane for drummer
Santa Barbara drummer Tom Seal faced a parade day dilemma when his green striped pants were missing. A quick call revealed the trousers were in Santa Barbara, flown in by a special plane, with a messenger delivering them to the Wilton Hotel. Net cost to Seal was 75 dollars.
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Tom Seal
Santa Barbara
Seal
Wilton Hotel
Colorful Sciots parade ends four day convention
Auditorium climaxed a four day Sciot convention with a parade starting Seventh St and Pine Ave led by Long Beach Motor Police Corps and a lit color guard from Los Angeles Pyramid No 4. Marilyn Watson of Los Angeles, 16, was named queen and will lead the Municipal Band in the fall Western Band Review.
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Sciot
Seventh St
Pine Ave
Long Beach
Ocean Blvd
Third quake shocks San Diego for third time in a day
San Diego seismologist Fred Robinson reported the third tremor in less than 24 hours occurred at 12 02 50 p m. and registered intensity 1 on the Richter scale. The quakes were small, brief, and centered in the same region.
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San Diego
Nova O
Fred Robinson
Robinson
Big Voter Turnout Expected Tuesday in Long Beach
Voters in Long Beach prepare for a state special election on Proposition 2 and a local retirement measure. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with 130,193 registered. officials urge high turnout. All state, county, and city offices including courts and the traffic and marriage license bureaus will be closed Tuesday.
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Pee
Long Beach
Pusan Es
Auesuays
Sherman seeks to shield naval aviation from cuts
Admiral Forrest Sherman as Chief of Naval Operations pledges to avoid economy cuts to naval aviation, with reductions aimed at other areas. He aims for a large combat fleet and maximum afloat capability, signaling potential shore-station trimming, and named Rear Admiral Lynde DuPFuy McCormick as next vice chief in a spring move.
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Washington
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Navy
Pentagon
House
Armed Services Committee
Defense
Johnson
Sherman
Lynde Dupfuy, McCormick
12Th Naval District
San Francisco
Highway Patrol Delivers Life Saving Serum to Baby
A 16 month old girl from Tracy, Carmen Romero, faced a 50-50 chance after influenza meningitis. San Francisco serum was rushed 72 miles from the Bay Bridge toll plaza to San Joaquin General Hospital in 53 minutes to save her life.
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California Highway Patrol
Carmen Romero
Tracy
San Joaquin General Hospital
Here
San Francisco
San Francisco- Oakland Bay
Stockton
UPA
Press-Tal advisory ballot appears on page A
The advisory ballot page notes it is unlawful to sell intoxicating liquor during polling hours. Local interest centers on Proposition C to extend State Retirement System to city employees and a State constitutional amendment to restore old age security and blind aid with county and state support. The 1/70 plan would cover all miscellaneous city workers. Continued on Page A-5, Col. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pureaus
Jiehowe
Gardener Rescues Keeper From Tigress at Calder Fark Zoo
In Glasgow on November 5 a 60 year old gardener with a shovel drove off Sheila the tigress after she attacked head keeper S. D. Benson entering an apparently empty cage. Alec Innes rushed to help, beating the tigress on the head until she fled. The cat was cornered and shot near the tea shop.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Calder Fark
S. D. Benson
Sheila
Alec Innes
Berson
Zoa
Four Blasts Wreck Nonunion Wirea Coal Mine
Four dynamite blasts early today wrecked the tipple, crusher, and scales at the Wirea Coal Co mine near Jackson Kentucky. Owner Clay Vires estimated damage over 20000 dollars. The nonunion operation lies on the outskirts of town with a truck mine nearby.
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Jackson
Nonunion
Wirea Coal Co
Clay Vires
Jack
Truman Appeals to New Yorkers to Elect Lehman
President Truman urged New York voters to elect Herbert H. Lehman and the Democratic ticket. He praised Lehman in a White House radio appeal, citing foreign policy experience and the UN relief post, countering Republican calls for Dulles. The speech touched on mayoral and statewide races, with attacks on Truman’s involvement in the race by opponents.
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New York
Truman
Herbert H. Lehman
White House
Washington
Lehman
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Republic
Omer
Wagner
United Nations
William O'Dwyer
New York City
New York State
Dever
Ishman
Mother Delivers Her Infant at Doorstep in New York
In New York on November 5 a 26 year old mother, Catherine Hayes, delivered her 12 pound 11 ounce baby girl at home, washed and dressed it, then waited at her front door as a doctor arrived. Both mother and child were taken to Physicians Hospital in good condition. Mrs Hayes is married to Raymond Hayes, a 30 year old sanitation instructor.
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New York
Catherine Hayes
Physicians Hospital
Brush Fire Quelled on Camp Pendleton Reserve
A brush fire on the Camp Pendleton Marine Reservation was brought under control today after burning over several hundred acres. Smoke from the blaze was visible for more than 10 miles.
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Oceanside
Camp Pendleton Marine Reservation
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Sciots of California
Arirons
Boy
Fleet Air Force
Highway Patrol
Baby
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