Bathers and drivers clash in a spate of local crashes
A string of road incidents injures pedestrians and occupants citywide. James Dickerson, 22, failed to yield and faced a citation after a crosswalk strike that sent Stella Paul to Seaside Hospital for 14 sutures. Multiple other drivers and passengers were treated at Seaside, Community, or St Marys hospitals for lacerations, fractures, and contusions after rear-endings, boulevard stops, and collisions near American Ave, 4th St, Locust Ave, and 20th St. Police report various fault findings and medical outcomes among dozens of involved residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella M. Paul
Cedar Ave
Seaside Hospital
American Ave
4Th St
James M. Dickerson
Willard St
Dickerson
John M. Parks
Troquois Ave
Magnolia Ave
Parks
Community Hospital
Lorenzo Hernandez
Culver City
Locust Ave
20Th St. Finlay
Herman Byrd
Myrtle Ave
Jonn W. Gray
Olive Ave
St Mery's Hospital
Ronald J. Beseda
E. 20Th St
Pacific Coast
Walnut Ave
Bonnie Helene Bliss
Gaviota Ave
Boyd K. Evans
Walter ©. Magee
Adriatic Ave
E. del Amo Blvd
John H. Wallace
W. Williams St
Gilbert Lomell
Los Angeles
Margaret McGermey
Spaulding St
8Th St
Elm Ave
Richard FeGenney
Levi BD. Bodily
Sherman PL
Apt. B
Delay for Bendix Air Race Opens National Aircraft Show
The Bendix Trophy event was postponed due to poor morning weather, with a high chance the opening day program could be canceled if conditions do not improve. The race covers 2,324.9 miles from George AFB to the finish and entrants from multiple bases are listed. Ground crews are staged in Salina Wichita and Knob Noster to support the rescheduled Sunday event.
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Philadelphia
George Air Force Base
Victorville
Out
Maurice G. Long
Emmetsburg
Iowa
CA. Long
5Th St
Long Beach
Alvin R. Moorman
Wintersville
Ohio
Wallace RB. McCafferty
Wilmington
Del
Robert R. Scott
Renal Reveling
Benjamin T. Franklin
Louis Inwood
Air Force
Donald A. Quarles
Quarles
Us.s.r
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poultry Loss in Area Tops $3 Million
Poultry losses in the region exceed three million dollars as experts warn prices may rise. Congressmen Hinshaw Hart and Wilson press for federal aid without a presidential disaster proclamation. In San Fernando Valley, Albert Zoraster urges growers to cool operations before sundown as heat kills chickens when air temperatures rise above blood temperature, with 105 degrees cited as lethal.
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Benson
Hinshaw
Pesadena
Hart
San Fernando Valey
Albert Zoraster
Poultry Industries Council
Chinese sought in Sabotage Probe of Red Plane Crash
British police issued a murder conspiracy charge against a Chinese suspect linked to the Air India disaster that killed eight Red Chinese officials en route to Bandung. The man fled to Formosa, with Hong Kong authorities seeking his return, while Taiwan officials offered no comment on the reports.
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Hong Kong
Formosa
Air India
South China Sea
Bandung
Indonesia
Inleerlany
Red China
United States
China
Chou En-lai
Britain
Chow Tseming
Ae Eo
Taipei
Alexander Hermann
K. Yen
Yen
Heat wave drives water use up in Los Angeles area
The article notes a deadly heat wave straining water systems across Los Angeles County. Bellflower and Somerset water companies report record daily use, urging voluntary conservation and threatening mandatory limits. Monrovia declares emergency and several cities curtail lawn watering. crops face stress and some ornamentals show damage.
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Columbia Steel Co
Borden Ave
Torrance
Los Angelees General Hospital
Bellflower
Bruce Middleton
Somerset Water Co
Bellflower Water Co
Middleton
Somerset and
Thornton Ibbetson
Idéal Petroleum Co
Lakewood Estates
Paramount
Lakewood
Long Beach
Brennan S$. Thomas
Water Department
Thomas
Alamitos
Colorado River
Dominguez
Colorado
Hollywood Hills
Monrovia
Monterey Park
Arcadia
Tag
Angeles County
WAC Haven welcomes first female resident at Soldiers' Home
Miss Gina Jones, a 47 year old World War II WAC, moved into the U S Soldiers' Home joining 1,800 men as the first woman resident. Vision impaired by wartime injuries, she seeks activities and companionship as others are expected to join her in the women veterans’ wing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington T
Abraham
Lincoln
U. S
Regina C. Jones
Miss Jones
Man Stabbed in Mystery Fights Death
James Johnson of 624 Orange Street is critically stabbed in the chest during the early hours. Police say the case remains a near complete mystery. Johnson was taken to St Joseph Hospital near Santa Ana, where doctors limited visitors as his condition worsened. He told nurses an intruder attacked him as he left the bathroom before slipping into a coma. his wife found him in the home.
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William Morris Agency
Beverly Hills
Santa Monica
Los Angeles
Elysian Park
Los Angeles County
Internal Revenue Bureau
James Johnson
Orange
Johnson
Orange St
St. Joseph Hospital
Santa Ana
Earl Pursell
Uniak
Fullerton Ra
Wohlford
Lake Wehlford
San Diego
Riverside
Avocado
R. J. Sterling
Panchoys
Oak
Three Killers Executed in N J Prison
Three killers Alfred Stokes and Harry and Albert Wise were executed in New Jersey’s state prison electric chair for the holdup killing of Union police sergeant Clinton E. Bond. The trio, ages 24, 23, and 23, faced death with apparent calm, one dropping a cigarette and the others smiling as they entered the chamber. Bond was slain in the February 12, 1954, Tuscan Dairy Farm holdup in Union, involving a $1,400 theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
W. J. UP
New Jersey
Alfred Stokes
Harry
Albert Wise
Harry Wise
Albert
Stokes
Trian
Clinton E. Bond
Tuscan Dairy Farm, Inc
Union
Stone in Harvester Ignites Wheat Field Blaze
BeRTHOLD North Dakota farmer Gerhard Enkebretson was harvesting durum wheat when a stone in his combine caused sparks that ignited straw. The ensuing fire spread across about 25 acres of durum, destroying the crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berthold
Gerhard Enkebretson
Truce Team Outback Effective Tuesday
Neutral Nation Supervisory Commission says reduced and withdrawn teams will take effect Tuesday with Taegu Kangnong to be removed entirely and Pusan Kunsan and Inchon cut by at least half. Military Armistice Commission authorized the reduction on Aug 23.
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Munsan
Korea
South Korea
Hay
Harlan C. Parks
U. N
Neutral Nation Supervisory Commission
Taegu
Kangnong
Pusan
Kunsan
Inchon
Military Armistice Commission
Fragments Describe Admiring View Moments
A partial line notes a viewer expressing appreciation for a scene as the speaker comments on the landscape. The fragment hints at a shared moment and a positive impression of the view. No further details are readable to identify person, place, or event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forestry Camp No. 5
County Probation Department
la Verne
Rockey
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Eucalyptus Ave
Frank L. Weber
Daisy Ave
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Bendix
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