Thousands Attend Shipyard Funeral Symbolic Mock
More than 4000 people packed the Municipal Auditorium for a mock funeral signaling the Long Beach Naval Shipyard closing next June 30. The procession started at Seventh Street and Pine Avenue with a black draped casket carried on a caisson, followed by workers and their families marching four abreast. Taps and volleys by VFW posts marked the service as civic leaders spoke of preserving the yard and urged city-wide action.
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Municipal Auditorium
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Seventh St
Pine Ave
Veterans’ Community Band
Fine Ave
Ocean Blvd
Convention Hall
Incal
V.F.W
Sym
Herb Smith
Francis H. Gentry
Subsidence Remedial Council
Naval
Press-Telegram
Prince Charles Birthday Party Details Revealed
Prince Charles, age to be five, begins to talk with three words and five teeth, weighing about 24 pounds. He greets his mother Queen Elizabeth with Sfum-mums and calls his father Papa. Guests include Rosemary Elphinstone and Sharon Butter, grandchildren of Lady Elphinstone, with a Marylin Lycett Wills as well. His birthday cake is a 40-pound rum-flavored creation decorated by Manchester students, while his father serves in the Royal Navy.
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Princess Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Nan Nan
Helen Lightbody
Prince Charles
Rosemary Elphinstone
Sandra Butter
Tyke
Marylin Emma Lycett Wills
Rosemary
Marylin
Elphin Stone
Queen Elizabeth
Sandra
David
Hendy
Charles
London
Piccadilly
George
Little Prince
Royal Navy
Chequers
Malta
Manchester College of Technology
Manchester School of Art
Prince Tharles
Former Envoy Denounces Socialism and New Deals
Former ambassador to Spain Carlton J. H. Hayes warned that human liberty is undermined by both allies and foes as the new deals and fair deals trend toward state socialism. He criticized foes of federal aid to education and attacked Stalin as a threat to liberty, calling him as dangerous as Hitler and Mussolini. Hayes spoke after receiving the Cardinal Gibbons Medal from Catholic University for distinguished services to the Church and country.
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Washington
Carlton J. H. Hayes
Spain
Roosevelt
Columbia University
Josef Stalin
Hitler
Mussolni
Hayes
Catholic University
Cardinal Gibbons
United States of America
Fumes Floor Him As Man Is Rescued By Fire Crew
Paul L. Nelson aged 42 of Pasadena Avenue was overcome last evening while wiping up spilled paint with gasoline. Fire department ambulance crew revived him with oxygen.
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Paul L. Nelson
Pasadena Ave
Concert Program by Municipal Band BUNDST Cee
Municipal Band program conducted by Richards with James E. Son as assistant features euphoniums and xylophones. Includes Richards overture The Roman Catalan and selections from Lucia rustic revels and The Fear in Bympheny. Finale from New York Hippodrome March by John Philip Boum.
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Bundst Cee
le Boepnewer
Richards
James E. Son
Charles Payne
Duran Cen Wessel
Dekay
Payne
Deverberg
Bertioz Bextette
Lucia
Fletener
Heary
Minnetonka
Bympheny
Berenade” Gould
Tork Hippodrome
Jonn Philip Bo
Grounded Ship Corsair Referred to as War Treasure
The Navy found the grounded Corsair unrecoverable and destroyed her after requisitioning the 2699 ton vessel for war service. The postwar Corsair, a $3,000,000 luxury liner, was sold to Pacific Cruise Lines and remained in fine condition with unchanged classic lines except for added passenger space. It had been operating along the coast through the fall and winter seasons.
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Pacific Cruise Lines
Ousted Professor Replies to Charges
Dr. E V Sitter, ousted Michigan Tech College professor, denies charges by Rep. Bennett that he aided Nazi broadcasts. Sitter says his dismissal resulted from political pressure aimed at publicity. Bennett may seek deportation. college board refused to confirm his teaching contract.
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Justice Department
Dr. Sittler
By-vice Premier Gomulka Purged for Titoism in Poland
Warsaw reports say former Vice Premier Wladyslaw Gomulka has been purged from the Polish United Workers party during a central committee meeting focused on Titoism. Gen Marian Spychalski and Soviet Marshal Rokossovsky attended. loyalties of other party members are being probed and no arrests were confirmed.
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Warsaw
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Polish United Workers
Yugoslavia
Spychalski
Edward Ochab
Communist Party
Konstantine Rokossovsky
Grain Bin Spills 24000 Bushels At Texas Plant
In Wichita Falls Texas on November 12 a 60 foot grain elevator collapsed at the Berend Brothers feed seed grain plant sending 24000 bushels of wheat spilling. The second elevator toppled but was empty and no injuries were reported.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
Berend Brothers
Bulgarian Denies Counterfeit French Coins Abroad
Sofia reports the Bulgarian government denied charges that the Bulgarian National Bank minted and distributed counterfeit French Napoleon coins abroad. The accusation originated from a November 6 Voice of America broadcast.
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Sofia
Voice of America
Solons Question Union Chief on Arvin Farm Strike
AKERSFIELD November 12 A F L president of 21 000 acre farms testifies before a House subcommittee on labor and education on federal housing for farm labor in the San Joaquin Valley The witness denounces old and substandard migrant housing and supports unemployment insurance for farm workers He notes two thirds of the 100 000 cotton pickers may soon be unemployed and cites the Di Giorgio strike and libel suit over the film Poverty in the Midst of Plenty
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Akersfield
H. L. Mitchell
National Farm Labor Union
A. F.L
House
San Joaquin Valley
Mitchell
di Giorgio
Richard M. Nix
R.-Calif
Arvin
Lamonts
Czech coin hoarders face penalties amid currency rumor
Prague reports that the Czechoslovak ministry of finance will punish individuals found hoarding metal coins. The move condemns as propaganda rumors of imminent currency revaluation. Finance Minister Jaroslav HKabes said coin hoarding is causing a bottleneck in trade.
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Prague
Ministry of Finance
Jaroslav Hkabes
Mother saves five children from fire in California cabin
In San Diego on November 12, Virginia D. White, 35, woke to a blaze at an auto court cabin, seized her 9 month old from a crib and herded four other children ages 8 to 2 to safety. All escaped unharmed, and she fled with the baby.
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San Diego
UPA
Virginia D. White
German town renames streets over unfamiliar figures
In Urach near Stuttgart Germany town fathers decide to change three street names honoring Albert Einstein Thomas Mann and Max Planck after officials admit many residents have never heard of the world famous figures. The move follows a claim nobody knows these men amid a National recognition debate in a small town.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Albert Einstein
Thomas Mann
Max Planck
Geremany
Urach
Stuttgart
Plan to Dispose of Italy Colonies Plan Wins in U N Vote
LAKE SUCCESS Nov 12 UP The United Nations political committee adopted a resolution disposing of Italy s prewar colonies in Africa by 49 to 1 with eight abstentions. It calls for Libia independence by Jan 1 1952 Somaliland independence after 11-year UN trusteeship with Italy administering, and study on Eritrea next year. The committee also empowered Italy to take provisional administration of Somaliland from Britain under a binding agreement until the General Assembly approves a 10-year trustee ship.
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U. N
Italy
Eritrea
Somaliland
General Assembly
Britain
Chapman to Talk at San Francisco Convention
Oscar L. Chapman arrived in San Francisco to address the convention of Hadassah. The newly appointed Secretary of the Interior will give one of the major speeches tonight aboard a United Airlines transport, marking his first appearance at the gathering.
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San Francisco
Oscar L. Chapman
United Airlines Transport
Sunca
Furnace Blast Kills Retired Army Man
In San Francisco on November 12 Col E. J. Ely a 74 year old retired Army officer was killed instantly by a furnace explosion at his Sea Cliff home. He relit a pilot after waiting 15 minutes for gas to dissipate but the blast fractured his skull.
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San Francisco
E. J. Ely
Sea Cliff
Col. Ely
Teeth Knocked Out In Orange County Car Crash
Mrs Thelma Bell aged 34 of Orange lost several teeth after she struck the windshield with her head when the car she rode in with Gerald Bell 71 and another driven by Franklin Frary 36 of 446A Cherry Ave collided on Highway 101 near Placentia Road Orange County late Friday night.
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Thelma Bell
Orange
Gerald F. Bell
Franklin D. Frary
Cherry Ave
Hwy
Placentia Rd
Orange County
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