GOP Leaders Urge Truman to Lead China Aid Effort
Washington Nov 15 Republican leaders urged President Truman to take the initiative on increasing aid to Nationalist China. Sen Wiley proposed a joint session of Senate and House foreign affairs panels to examine China’s plight, while a Bridges plan for a special 80th Congress session drew cooler support. A GOP senator warned Truman must set a firm policy, as Congress remains unsure of administration stance amid ongoing China aid debates.
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Washington
Truman
China
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Senate
House
Sen. Bridges
Congress
Brooklyn
Fan
Democratic Party
Bridges
Hazel Scott Refuses Segregated Audience in Texas
Hazel Scott announced she would not perform for a segregated audience in Ausiit Texas on November 16. The pianist said she would not bow to segregation after reports that the Cultural Entertainment Committee of the University of Texas planned a segregated audience and Dr Archie Jones warned of such an arrangement.
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Ausiit
Texas
Hazel Scott
Cultural Entertainment Committee
University of Texas
Miss Scott
Archie Jones
Los Angeles Youth Gangs Wage War
Los Angeles scene erupts as two east side teen gangs clash injuring two teens and jailing twelve. The fight, sparked after a Big Hazard Gang party, left Ralph Gailastros paralyzed by a rifle wound and Pasqual Vega injured. Flats Gang members faced assault arrests, including four 15 year olds and eight juveniles.
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Los Angeles
Wwe
East Side
Big Hazard
Flats Gang
Ester
Nicholas] Delgado
Flats
Ralph Gailastros
Pasqual Vega
Gans
Forum Stated on Port Strike in Long Beach
Junior Chamber of Commerce members will hold two public forum discussions on the shipping strike in Franklin Junior High School auditorium. Labor and employer sides will be presented by L. B. Thomas John Taylor Dennis Hooper and William R. Latta with dates tomorrow night and next week at 7 30 p.m. The event aims to address a key maritime issue for the harbor city following the recent election.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Franklin Tunior High School
Cerritos Ave
L. B. Thomas
LL. U
John Taylor
Marine Firemen
Dennis Hooper
William RB. Latta
Waterfront Employers Association
Pat Hyaliman
Marine Activist Committee
The
Jr. C. of
Long Beach
Reserve Officers to Meet Thursday at Allen Center
Long Beach Chapter of Reserve Officers of Naval Services will meet at Allen Center on Terminal Island at 7 p m Thursday. Guests include Rear Adm Thomas P Wynkoop Rear Adm Paul Hendren and Capt Michael Kernodle with Marie Bloom in charge of the program.
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Long Beach
Reserve Officers of Naval Services
Allen Center
Terminal Island
Darrell Neighbors
Thomas P. Wynkoop
Paul Hendren
Michael Kernodle
Marie Bloom
Public Hearing on School Proposal for Signal Hill Site
Signal Hill City Council approved a public hearing on Dec 6 to decide if a new school at 33rd St and Orange Ave should be built. The hearing follows a 116-name petition and prior Planning Commission recommendation that denied the permit for that site.
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33Rd St
Orange Ave
Signal Hill
Californians Indicted in Plot to Fly Warplanes to Israel
Ten Americans were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to smuggle arms and three B-17 bombers from the United States to Czechoslovakia for transfer to Palestine. Warrants for arrest will be issued, with trials set for January. Co-conspirators included individuals linked to the Schwimmer Aviation Co and other associates in California, Florida, and New York with routes via Zatec and the Azores.
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Israel
United States
Iami
Fla
Palestine
Czechoslovakia
Fred W. Botts
U. S
Batts
Miami
Zatec
Chester A. Emerick
Cairo
Air Force
Skoda
Prague
Tel Aviv
Azores
Emerick
Ring
Westchester Airport
N. J
Fort Lauderdale
Adolph W. Schwimmer
A. Allen
Bridegport
Conn
Schwimmer Aviation Co
Burbank
Calif
Grup
Charles T. Winters
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Irwin R. Schindler
Purchase
Halifax
Santa Maria
Abraham J. Levin
Leon Gardner
North Hollywood
Donald H. Roberts
Universal Aviation Corp
Tulsa
Okla
William Sosnow
Examination of Subsidence Surveys Stated
The Harbor Department engineering division will study quarter annual subsidence surveys after completion to determine if land near Terminal Island and the harbor area sinks at the previously estimated rate. Port Manager E J Amar says 300 benchmarks will be turned over to the Stanford Research Institute and private industry to seek causes and remedies for sinkage. Some marks have shown movements too small to measure.
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Harbor Department
Terminal Island
E. J. Amar
Stanford Research Institute
Pastor thanks fire crews for Silverado Canyon rescue
Reverend Jasper F Kaufman of Silverado Community Church thanked Marines soldiers forestry service and others who fought the Santa Ana Mountains fire that threatened Silverado Canyon and the church. He noted the fire reached within about 100 feet of the church before fire fighters stopped its advance.
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Forestry Services
Santa Ana
Silverado
Jasper F. Kaufman
Canyon
Kaufman
Redondo Ave
Stephens Junior High
Silverado Canyon
Clerk Protests Efficiency Rating in County Court Fight
Deputy County Clerk Harry Wilson appeals the Civil Service Commission rating for his period Oct 1 1947 to Sept 30 1848. His appeal argues the division head's work was not fairly rated though three higher ratings and one lower rating exist, with his overall mark listed as fairly satisfactory. The case follows the earlier suit that led to the unseating of former County Clerk Earl Lipppold.
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Harry Qe Wilson
Earl O. Lippold
County Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
Whson
Wilson
Foreign Service Officer James J. Robbins Visiting Wilton Hotel
Dr. James J. Robbins first secretary and attache for public affairs at the U S Embassy Stockholm is on vacation staying at the Wilton Hotel. He plans to visit his mother Mrs Grace K Robbins at 319 W Fifth St. Robbins teaches at American University Washington DC and expects to spend several years abroad before returning to teaching. He did postgraduate work at Polytechnic High School in 1921 92 and graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1926.
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James J. Robbins
U. S
Stockholm
Sweden
Wilton Hotel
Grace K. Robbins
Fifth St
University of California At
Los Angeles
Rose Parade Girls to Be Picked
In Pasadena on January 1 the Rose Parade queen and six attendants will be chosen at 7 p.m. in the Concert Hall, Municipal Auditorium. Long Beach’s float The Fairy Barge, designed by Mrs Tsabella Coleman, features a fairy queen with white flower wings and six blue-winged fairies inside a pink coral barge. Applicants should be at least five feet two inches tall, and those under 15 are not eligible.
Crippled Children's Benefit Tonight at Pacific Coast Club
The Long Beach Shrine Club presents the Crippled Children's Cheer Fund benefit tonight at the Pacific Coast Club. Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz will entertain, with hospital film presentations and music by Local 353 musicians. A. F. L. Te Perry chairs arrangements.
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Crippled Children’s Cheer Fund
Long Beach Shrine Club
Pacific Coast Club
Eugene Biscailuz
353
Musicians’ Union
A. F. L. Te Perry
Loyalty Oaths Praised by Bar President for Long Beach
Harry J. McClean, president of the Bar Association of California, praised Long Beach Board of Education for asking school department employees to reaffirm loyalty oaths. In a letter, he called the public stand reassuring and significant for school systems.
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Long Beach Board of Education
Harry J. McClean
Bar Association of California
McClean
Long Beach
Theft Ring Hunted in Bay District
SAN FRANCISCO November 16 police redoubled efforts to catch jewel and fur thieves who looted San Francisco apartments totaling nearly $50,000. They also pursue the Bank of America bandit who escaped in a stolen car with $1,083 after a branch robbery. A seaman sighting on Third Street links a suspect to the hold up, and Joan Parish identified Lloyd Sampsell as the 1920s yacht bandit who threatened a customer and demanded she outside, where a gun and grenade were shown and $16 taken from her purse.
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San Francisco
Jones
Bank of America
Third St. J
Joan Parish
Lloyd Sampsell
Pandit
Focal Bank
The
Sampsell
Meteors May Halt Passenger Rocket Travel
Two Stanford engineers warn meteors smaller than a garden pea could wreck high altitude flights. Professors Manning and Villard say meteors travel up to 156000 miles an hour and can puncture rocket shells, potentially ending space vehicles. They clocked meteors with radio waves during the Perseid shower to study upper atmosphere dynamics.
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Brkeley
Laurence A. Manning
Oswald G Villard Jr
Stanford University
Manning
Villard
National Academy of Sciences
Sheriff Witness in Slot Trial
Mendocino County Sheriff Beverly G. Broaddus testified that Wiley Caddel, linked to a slot machine protection racket, visited him seeking proof of state attorney general involvement. Fred Grange, who pleaded guilty and turned state's evidence, claimed a Howser associate would visit. Caddel, an aide to Howser, called on April 29, 1948.
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Ukiah
Mendocino County
Wiley Caddel
Howser
Broaddus
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