Jewish Welfare Leaders Conclave Closes Today
The ninth annual West States Section National Jewish Welfare Board convention ends with table discussions and a speech by Dr. Sheldon T. Elliot. Frank H. Sioss was reelected president, with Irving Schneider among new directors. notable attendees included Carl Fletcher and Lloyd Dickenspiel at the Wilton Hotel luncheon.
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West States
National Jewish Welfare Board
Sheldon T. Elliot
Law School
University of Southern California
Frank H. Sioss
San Francisco
Irving Schneider
Long Beach
Raphael Brandes
Tucson
Ariz
N. J. Brakke
Oakland
S. Mason Ebrman
Portland
Ore
Jack Berman
Los Angeles
Harry A. Hollzer
Maurice Samuel
Israel
Ireland
Poland
Samuel
Palestine
Wilton Hotel
Samuel Vickers
Lynn Parmley
O'Neil
Community Welfare Council
Lloyd Dickenspiel
Harold J. Trimble
Carl Fletcher
Postmasmore Park
Ter
Howard Goodwin
Joseph Kenrick
Durango
Cole
Samuel Leddel
Jocal
Rebekah Lodge Meeting Scheduled for Tuesday Night
Rebeka Meeting-Wide awake I Rebekah Lodge No. Ti C. C. F. will hold a meeting at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Machinists Hat. Altar Society Luncheon The Altar Society of Holy Innocents Church plans a covered dish luncheon on Tuesday in the parish hall.
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Rebeka
Rebekah Lodge No. Ti
Altar Society
Altar Society of Holy Innocents
Vv. F. W
Terminal Island
P. E. O. Society
House of Sales
Pine Ave
Portraits show 11 of 12 Politburo members on anniversary
Moscow observes the 32nd anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution with portraits of 11 Politburo members on display. M. Kaganovich’s portrait is missing, indicating he has been dropped from the Politburo. Stalin stands at center flanked by Molotov and Malenkov as officials prepare for the holiday.
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Moscow
Politburo
Central Committee
All-Unfion
Communist Party
A. N. Kosygin
N. A. Bulganin
A. A. Andreyev
L. P. Beria
Morotov
Stalin
Malenkov
K. Y. Voroshilov
A. I. Mikoyan
N. S._Krushchev
N. M. Shvernik
Russia
Fawkes Efficient U S Garb in Warrrington Parade
London reports a Guy Fawkes Day protest where about 400 Communists dressed as Uncle Sam to mock British politics. Posters urged US troops home. US Air Force personnel at Burtonwood Base were told to stay away. Other items note Rainbow for Girls, 40 & 8 meetings, Ladies of G A R sewing circle, a Yiddish play at Temple Sinai, and local event details.
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London
Uncle Sam
Guy Fawkes
Britain
Warrington
Guy
Tim
Uncle Whiskers
Burtonwood
Fawkes
Ers
Edena
William Johnson
Chestnut Ave
Felix Rhyner J
Narcotic Confiscation and Arrest Highlight Amaranth Visit
Police seized 50 morphine tablets in a Long Beach hotel room used by Adrian Floyd 45 as part of an Amaranth hostess event. Floyd was detained on narcotics act violations as Grand Court No. 69 and Long Beach Court No. 26 coordinate the official visit of May M. McCormick and Egbert C. Buttehaill at the Masonic Temple. County and city officers report social events, hospital updates, and a steady schedule of rummage sales and meetings across local organizations.
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Palos Verdes Court
Order of Amaranth
Long Beach
J. MacManus
Times+ ‘Mirror Printing Co
Naval Hospital
Lassie to Repeat Popular Air Show
Lassie stars in a radio drama It Teaches Him scheduled for Saturday November 12. The collie Ranger wanders from a railroad yard found by a poor boy Willie who is adopted by Ranger and learns tricks. A film producer arrives to claim the dog and faces a surprising dilemma as the twist unfolds.
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Lassie
Ranger
Willie
Social Arranged by Southern States Society Meeting
The Southern States Society of Long Beach will meet this Thursday at 5 30 p.m. at 728 Elm Ave. A covered dish dinner will follow the social event with dancing afterward.
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Southern States Society of
Long Beach
Elm Ave
Air Force exercises begin in Northwest career
In SmALiLe on November 5 the Air Force started Exercise Overgreasy a radar screen test with about 5000 personnel and 200 aircraft. Invading B29s and BSOs simulated a Pacific invasion as Canadian reservists fly with the U S defenders and a radar unit operates near Vancouver B C.
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Smalile
Pacific Northwest
Air Force
United States
Vancouver
B.C
Philippines Dollar Reserves Drop to Postwar Low
Manila reports Philippines dollar reserves fell to 279 million dollars at September end, a new postwar low. Economists cite a heavy trade deficit and reduced U S aid, urging tighter import controls on luxuries and nonessentials to halt the dollar drain.
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Manila
Ue U
Philppines
U. S
Baby Delivered on Brooklyn Sidewalk in Sudden Birth
In New York on November fifth a six and a half pound baby boy was born on a Brooklyn sidewalk to Mrs Elizabeth Sedekersky 38 who collapsed while walking The three patrolmen placed blankets and a doctor arrived with an ambulance but there was no time to reach a hospital The sidewalk birth was supervised by the doctor and the newborn and mother were reported doing fine.
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New York
Brooklyn
Elizabeth Sedekersky
Long Beach Woman Succumbs to Polio in County Toll
Mildred M. Klahr a 39 year old Long Beach resident died at Gen Eval Hospital from polio bringing Los Angeles County's polio toll to 27 for 1849. She was stricken Friday and left a husband Charles Mortell's Mortuary will handle arrangements.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles County
Mildred M. Klahr
Redondo Ave
Geneval Hospital
Charles
Mortell
Daylight Burglar Steals $387 in Long Beach Home
A burglar in broad daylight entered a Long Beach residence through a shed, ransacked drawers, and stole jewelry and currency totaling $387. The victim, Benjamin Shaw of 132 E Morningside St, was away when the crime occurred.
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Long Beach
Benjamin Shaw
E. Morningside St
Husband seeks welfare amid plot case in Bremerton
In Bremerton Washington November 5 Wilford Platt 34 and wife Margaret Platt 31 appeared at the county jail amid her murder plot charge Los signs show a cordial exchange despite her signed down payment of 324 on a 1000 plan to kill him Prosecutor James Nunro says her complaint was his persistence in amorous pursuit Det Lt John Plouff says she now wants to return to her children and forget the incident as she awaits trial for attempted murder
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Bremerton
Wash
Margaret Platt
Wilford Platt
Exshipyard
James Nunro
Mrs. Platt
Two Children Found in Coma in San Diego Area
Two Long Beach children, Howard Lasley aged 7 and Maurine Brady aged 10, were found unconscious in separate locations yesterday. Lasley was found behind 1456 Coronado Ave with head bruises and may have fallen. Brady was found in a vacant lot near 815 South St and investigators say heat may have been a factor. Meanwhile the fishing vessel Pioneer with 12 aboard was towed into port after a breakdown 35 miles south of Pt Loma, commanded by Nick Trutandh of San Pedro.
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Long Beach
Howard Lasley
Heather
Coronado Ave
Community Hospital
Maurine Brady
Cerritos Ave
South St
San Diego
Pioneer
Coast Guard Parol
Pt. Loma
Nick ‘Trutandh
Wayman St. San Pedro
Dredge Sinks on Colorado River Front near Needles
A 200-foot dredge used by the Bureau of Reclamation to work the Needles to Topock river stretch collapsed and sank in 20 feet of water. Built about a year ago for $900,000, the suction dredge had been providing work for 110 men. Cause of the accident is unknown.
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Needles
Calif
Topock
Bureau of Reclamation
Here
Bridges Attacks CIO Leadership as Dictatorship
Harry Bridges of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union denounces CIO leadership as a dictatorship and political in nature. He accuses trial committees of packing with enemies and warns a purge of left wing unions and officers within about 90 days. Bridges cites N MU and Curran as other targets amid Hawaii strike and picket line violations.
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Communist Party
C. I
American Communications Association
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
Furniture Workers
United Public Workers
Office and Professional Workers
Fur and Leather Workers
Fishermen’s Union
Food and Tobacco Workers Union
Bridges
O. A. Knight
J. E. Fadling
C. S
C. S O
Lodges
National Maritime Union
American Radio Association
Joseph Curran
N.M. U
Hawaii
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
San Francisco
Curran
France Balk at Effort to Halt Reich Dismantling
Paris reports at the Big Three foreign ministers conference opening that France would oppose any Anglo American move to halt the dismantling of Germanys war potential factories. London sources note a division in Western opinion on rebuilding Germany but seek a middle course. Acheson Bevin and Schuman will lead talks on Germany Austria peace treaty West European integration and other issues including China, Italy’s African colonies, and Marshall Plan aims.
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Paris
France
Germany
London
U. S
Dean G. Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Europe
Acheson
Bevin
Schuman
Austria
Paul G. Hoffman
China
Italy
Africa
Demand Delivered for Ward and Staff Release
Washington officials said the State Department delivered a formal demand to Chou En Lai for the release of Consul General Angus Ward and his four staffers held by Communist authorities in Mukden. The letter, handed to Chou by C Edmund Clubb in Peiping, also called for evacuation of American officials from Mukden, citing promises given last June by Communist officials.
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Washington
State Department
Angus Ward
Mukden
C. Edmund Clubb
Chou En Lai
Peiping
Ward
Jane Powell Wed to Ritchie's Son in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills November 5 Gibbs Powell singing star Jane Bowell married Geary Anthony Steffen Jr., son of former lightweight champ Willie Ritchie, at the Church of the Good Shepherd. The 20 year old bride, then Susan Burce, was supported by the bridegroom's sister Mrs Barbara Covington. Army Co John Hoover served as best man. Steffen, 26, a former professional ice skater, works in insurance. his father uses the ring name and is an inspector for the California Boxing Commission.
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Beverly Hills
Jane Bowell
Geary Anthony Steffen Jr
Willie Ritchie
Church of the Good Shepherd
Susan Burce
Barbara Covington
Army Co
John Hoover
Stetien
Isurance
California Hoxing Commission
Jail-breaker Tatum Returns to Maricopa Jail
PHOENIX November 5 James Luther Jack Tatum the 28 year old escapee from Maricopa County jail was recaptured after leading a daring break in which two companions were killed October 22 He was captured in El Paso Texas by FBI agents and brought back heavily chained accompanied by Deputy U S Marshal J E Russell and three FBI agents
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Phoenix
James Luther
Jack) Tatum
Maricopa County
Tatum
el Paso
Texas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S
J. E. Russell
Paso
FBI
Big Businesses Boost Prop 2 Says Aid Chief
Los Angeles November 5. State Social Welfare Director Myrtle Williams said big business backs Proposition 2 on Tuesday’s ballot. She cited nearly $500,000 in contributions 40 days before the election, with banks in San Francisco and Los Angeles totaling over $50,000. Oil firms, railroads, power companies, the motion picture industry, large department stores, and brokers also contributed. She questioned whether these groups care for the aged and blind and suggested returning pension administration to counties for tax reasons.
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Los Angeles
Myrtle Williams
Willams
Columbia Broadcasting System
California
San Francisco
Wil. Mars
Schools Needed As Postwar Baby Boom Expands Classrooms
The Council of State Governments says 250000 new school rooms will be required in ten years to accommodate an extra 900000 children born after the war. The boom will strain facilities across the nation as districts plan new buildings and expansion.
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Chicago
Council of State Governments
Polio Epidemic Strains U S Funds and Ready Drive
The 1949 polio outbreak sweeps 32 states, with 40 000 cases expected and medical costs surpassing 31 million dollars. Emergency aid already tops 7.4 million, while Long Beach estimates 100 000 dollars in local losses. March of Dimes drive begins January 1 and runs through January 31 seeking over 100 000 dollars.
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National Foundation For
P. Hanna
Long Beach
Hanna
Argentina Jails 1000 Communists
In Buenos Aires on November 5, police cracked down on an unauthorized Red celebration of the Russian revolution anniversary. Over 1000 communists were jailed, including party chief Victoria Codovilla and two top aides Juan Jose Real and Victor Larraide, after a clash outside the party headquarters. Ammunition was found, marking the largest mass arrest of communists in Argentine history.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
National ‘Party
Communist Party
Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Party
Victoria Codovilla
Juan Jose Real
Victor Larraide
Model Fire Engines Preserve Braintree Heritage
William E. Low collects and reproduces fire apparatus from 1900 to the present. His hobby preserves local firefighting history in Braintree Massachusetts as of November 5.
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Braintree
Mass
Wiliam E. Low
Untrusty City Jail Inmate Refuses Cab Fare
Police were called to 400 block East Anaheim Street when Leo P. Houston, a trusted inmate serving 60 days for intoxication, allegedly refused to pay a cab fare. Cab driver William Palone, 417 East Pacific Coast Way, reported the incident.
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East
Anaheim St
Leo P. Houston
William & Palone
Pacific Coast
Bolivian pilot recalls radio contact before crash
Washington November 5. Pilot Erick Rios Bridoux recalls in radio contact with the National Airport Central Tower just before last Tuesday's crash that split an Eastern Airlines plane and killed 55 people. Officials say he was drugged and devious when questioned, leaving questions about whether he followed tower instructions and if radio failure was ruled out.
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Ashington
Erick Rios Bridoux Rejcalls
National Airport Central
Bolivia
Eastern Airlines
Rios
Civil Aeronautics
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