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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1948
Page
1
Time tested remedy claims to build blood strength and energy by taking SSS Tonic before meals. Advertises improved appetite, stomach tone, and vitality with no organic disease, urging readers to buy 585 and get 558 taste from any drug store.
A batch of Long Beach area obituaries and death notices, listing names, ages, residences, burial and service details, with funeral homes and officiants. Entries include Beam, McGinn, Thompson, Curtis, Hain, Kelly, Woodson, Arnold, Arney, Yarbrough, Hewitt, Burback, Anderson, Hansen, Haebrich, Sprinkle, and more, noting survivors and interment plans.
Sun spotters and radio astronomers last night captured on motion pictures violent sun eruptions far surpassing atomic blasts. A plume rose about 20 thousand miles skyward and a fiery wreath spread nearly 1.9 million miles across, suggesting sun radio signal tubes. Donald Menzel of Harvard led the study with engineers and physicists observing. The team studies EM waves like light but longer, akin to radar and TV signals, to probe the universe.
The tuna clipper currently under construction at a Long Beach marine yard will be operated by Boat Long Beach, Inc. Incorporators include Frederick Mansul David Maxwell and George A Robertson. Hanson & Sweeney of Los Angeles handled the legal details for the $200,000 vessel.
MIAME Bla Oct 7 Delegates from New York Ohio Pennsylvania Illinois and California will arrive by special trains for the National Association of Letter Carriers biennial convention in Florida October 11 to 16. About 5000 attendees expected. Seattle drum and bugle corps and drill team, 1946 Detroit champions, also travel in their red white and blue bus.
Rep Bradley and high ranking naval officers will speak at a civilian employees meeting of the U S Naval Shipyard tomorrow at 3 p m in Veterans Memorial Building. Capt D Quarton and Comdr Wallace H Howe will also address the gathering on the shipyard future with an open forum for questions. Music by Jess Fellman and the Long Branch Moose Band will accompany the event sponsored by American Legion Drydeck Past 617.
Mrs Emma C Holliday 82 of 745 Redondo Ave Long Beach died at home after a Columbus Ohio birth and 1946 move. Surviving daughters Mabel Fraser Katherine Holliday sons Walter and J Dwight Holliday four sisters a brother three grandchildren. Service by Dilday Mortuary.
Prague dispatch reports Premier Antonin Zapotocky telling the Czechoslovak parliament that the republic will not be dragged into war over Berlin. He outlined a five year plan starting Jan. 1, saying the current plan had flaws but would guide the new program after nationalization. He denied rumors of annexation by Soviet Russia and labeled private industry after nationalization as unhealthy for targets.
About 1000 members of the A L Bailermakers and Welders International Brotherhood walked out in a seven state strike targeting 347 contract firms. Nearly 200 firms have been struck. workers seek a 40 hour week with a 25 cent raise from 2 15 to 2 40. The Long Beach-Los Angeles area strike began September 29.
The State's Rights Democrats will appeal to the Maryland Court of Appeals for a place on the Maryland ballot after Baltimore Superior Court rejected their nomination petition. Judge Joseph Sherhon ruled petitions must be filed at least 15 days before the primary, and the party formed after the primary.
A list of building permits and related construction activity across numerous addresses and firms. Notable entries include Whaley Co, Elva Long Beginning, and Biltmore Homes with proposed dwellings, garages, studios, and renovations. Values range from thousands to tens of thousands, with multiple architects and contractors named such as Gibbs and Merling.
The report lists active vessels in port and those due to arrive tomorrow, naming ships such as Victory, Carolina, and Gunner's Knot alongside several companies and routes. It notes vessels from Lykes Lines, New York lines, and Dutch or European connections, with numerous indeterminate statuses and several ship names repeatedly flagged as indefinites.
New York reports a temporary rise in steelmaking scrap supplies but the Iron Age says a true scrap shortage will hit this winter and worsen next year. Increased industry capacity, more carbon steel for electric furnaces, and higher pig iron prices all reduce available scrap while better mill inventories and faster shipments temper price moves.
In Paris on October 7 the Czech Slovak effort to remove Dr Jan Papanek a Czech anti Communist from two United Nations financial committees failed by 24 votes to 6 with 12 abstentions. The Soviet bloc backed the Czech resolution.
Forms for tides weather sun and moon prepared for bidders at the County Engineer office 203 South Broadway Los Angeles California. Bids require deposits of five dollars and a 10 percent bid bond with bonds signed by an authorized corporate surety. Prevailing wage rates apply for labor on sewer improvement work with detailed wage scales and foreman premiums.
Funeral notices list Edward A Anderson and others with survivors, service details, and interment information. It notes relatives including widow and children, multiple names across different families, and final resting place at Sunny Semavinl Pati with details about services and dates.
Los Angeles October 7 1907 General Motors president C E Wilson warned the car shortage will persist for about two more years. He said no progress has been made to catch up with demand and noted a 25 percent surge in orders.
Navy schedule shows ships in port and set to sail from multiple bases including Kodiak San Francisco San Diego and Yokohama with operations from October through January. Notable vessels include George Clymer Diero and mission carriers. Several tankers and auxiliaries such as Capistrano Carmel and Mission Dolores appear in the roster with destinations Beluga Balboa and San Francisco.
SAN BERNARDINO Oct 7 One man was killed and two were critically injured early today when their car struck a Santa Fe freight train. Michael T English 28 of Musney died. His brother Earl 21 and James Bucklay 24 of N. were hospitalized in San Bernardino County Hospital not expected to recover. The car driven by Michael English struck the freight and was dragged about 200 feet from the crossing.
In Los Angeles on October 7 ninety five of 115 striking carpenters returned to work at a veterans housing project after a walkout on Monday. The Gersten Construction Co. obtained a court order to prevent the AFL building and construction council and the carpenters union from taking reprisals against returning workers.
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