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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1951
Page
10
A Los Angeles housewife, Madelle Burt, 37, lost the tips of two fingers when her hand was caught in an electric mixer. Doctors at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital had to work through the metal spokes to free her hand.
The body of Mrs. Mabel Smith Johnson, 45, was found in the bedroom of her home at 2624 E Seventh St yesterday afternoon by her husband Arnold E Johnson, 55, on his return from shopping. Police say she hanged herself after two prior suicide attempts.
Ceremonies aboard the light cruiser Manchester at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard awarded commendations to 23 crew members including one local man for meritorious service in Korea. Rear Adm. BatE Stone presided as Lt-Cmdr Julian E. Rawls received a Bronze Star and multiple officers earned letters of commendation for leadership and duty. The Manchester had returned to Long Beach after 11 months of Korean service, firing a record 29,602 rounds.
The Senate confirmed Worth Keene of 1238 16th Street Seal Beach as postmaster of Seal Beach. He will replace J J Jones Sr who resigned in 1943. F W Hickman has served as acting postmaster. The new postmaster has worked for the Veterans Administration as a registration officer in Los Angeles since May 1946.
Appears to summarize a crowded listing of shows, actors, venues, and times from a newspaper page. Numerous names and numbers are scattered with missing context. The readable items hint at stage performances and events like stage shows and cups but lack coherent narrative.
In Rome Ingrid Bergman declares she remains in love with director Roberto Rossellini. She shows a reporter their shared life in a Via Bruno Buozzi apartment to prove they are living together and not separated. The top floor home features religious paintings and a large photograph of their child Robertino born February 1950.
Brussels reports the Belgian government intends to curb American film imports to save dollars and boost European union country film imports. The plan targets revenues in Belgian francs and reduces Belgium’s dollar outlays, noting about 450 U.S. titles are shown annually and proposing a limit of 200 per year.
Heavy black smoke rising from the Union of Co refinery in Wilmington drew a large crowd yesterday afternoon. Officials reported no fire was involved, noting the smoke was from an unrelated process or temporary release.
Leaders of West Long Beach organizations form a committee to obtain equipment for the West Long Beach Boys Club. The group includes Harry Jaffee chairing the equipment panel with members from Lions Club, 20-40 Club, 20-20 Club, PTA, and Exchange Club. A tentative opening date is set for November 15, and calls for contributors to contact Chuck Farmer at the Boys Club of Long Beach.
The annual meeting of Arthur L. Peterson Fest No. 27 American Legion will be held at Veterans Memorial Hall Broadway and Cedar Ave at 6 p.m. Tuesday. AL Kaiser, commander of the 19th district, will be a special guest. The meeting honors past members who have paid their 1952 Legion dues. Fred Nessler is program chairman.
Pittsburgh oil official reports no gasoline rationing needed barring a global war. He cites 929 more oil fields discovered this year than last and states there is no sign that peak productive capacity has been reached in this county.
The Pierpoint Queen, a former 138-foot minesweeper hull converted sport fishing barge, sank last week and rests at the harbor bottom 294 degrees from the Long Beach Harbor light. A wreck buoy marked WR with a flashing green 28 candle power light warns ships. The Army Corps of Engineers is expected to call for bids to remove the wreck.
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