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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1953
Page
16
Col. Brown endured isolation and pain, surviving lockjaw and separation from his wife Christine and daughter Jerilyn. He recalled a voyage to San Francisco and a gangplank farewell, then prepared for homecoming at Corona Valley Hospital as he mailed a letter to a Spokane widow and reunited with family.
Obituaries note Thomas J Zimmerman 17 of 424 Freeland Ave Long Beach with rosary tonight and mass Tuesday at St Anthony's. Other notices include Margaret Giffen 94, Mary Ann Levy 95, Marion E Carr 88, Essie Maude Sawyer 58, Mary J Reeves 74, Roy J McLeod 63, Frances E Stepanek 86, Kenneth Harry Smart 40. Services include mortuary chapel rites, interments at Sunnyside Memorial Park, Roosevelt Memorial Park, and local church masses. Surviving relatives span Irene Zimmerman Mary Etta. Mabel Taylor Carr. Arvin Reeves Orval Reeves. Julia Davenport Helen Nilsson. plus extensive grandchildren and siblings. Locations include Long Beach Los Angeles Arcadia Arlington Madera Inglewood and Pasadena with multiple churches and funeral homes conducting rites.
Guy A. Rossiter, 56, of 661 E Seventh St, was cited for misdemeanor hit and run after his car struck another vehicle at Carson St and Clark Ave. He was thrown from the car but returned to drive off, then arrested at Village Rd and Viking Way in Lakewood. The other driver Myron Allen, 52, of 130 E Second St, was not injured.
City officials consider testing the outcome of a fare decision with a possible legal route. The PUC invited a quick test by the city council while the city asks for seven conditions on a merger. Key demands restore pre cut bus miles and block abandonment of North Long Beach line No. 5 with City Lines buses bought rather than leased by Motor Bus Co.
Former president Truman will accept the annual Four Freedoms Award at a Wall Street Waldorf Astoria dinner tonight. He arrived by plane Sunday night. his daughter Margaret is among those meeting him. The award honors Roosevelt’s four freedoms: speech, religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
Edith M. Nickerson aged 35 of 2255 Seaside Way is in Community Hospital today with a broken rib from a two car crash Sunday at Orizaba Avenue and Second Street. She rode as a passenger in David Franklin McWhirt's Altadena car, which collided with Jimmy L. Izell's Alhambra vehicle, police said.
A seaman Trygve Olsen, 45, of 10th Street San Pedro, fell down a full flight of steps at 365 West Ninth Street and fractured his skull. He was transported to Harbor General Hospital for treatment.
Fire department dispatch indicates several incidents from 8:28 a.m. on Magnesia and Cowlea to car and building fires. Ambulances respond at 9:08 a.m. near Judson and Pacific Coast Highway, and later at Del Amo, Atlantic, Marine Stadium, Orizaba, and Harbor areas. Minor damage noted in some cases. details fragmented.
The 1953 Community Chest campaign in Long Beach opened with rallies at major businesses to raise 708000 for 27 health welfare and youth services. Campaign chairman H E Ridings idc said five divisions are active and residential solicitation will begin when the drive officially opens October 19. The CIO Oil Workers International Union Local 128 endorsed the drive and offered union help.
Three more persons are listed as Orange County polio victims, raising the 1953 epidemic toll to 137. Anita Carlston, 21, of 617 Moreland Dr Orange, has spinal involvement. Robert Kloster, 15, of 2116 S Ross St Santa Ana, and Stephen Patterson, 5, of 333 S Laurel St Brea, have a nonparalytic type. All are in Orange County General Hospital.
Cincinnati U S Rubber Co spokesman M Cushing said negotiators for the company and the Rubber Workers Union are drafting a new contract for 35 000 employees in 19 plants. He said the language must be approved after a pact is won and most major points are agreed on.
Firemen battled 21 377 Los Angeles fires last year with 274 burned, some fatally, according to a department release tied to National Fire Prevention Week. Smoking in bed or careless smoking caused 2757 of the fires.
Charges against 12 defendants in the Short Creek polygamy cases were dismissed today by Superior Judge 3. Smith Gibbons. The remaining 94 defendants have waived preliminary hearing and face trial.
President Eisenhower will stay at Texas Governor Allan Shivers ranch near McAllen on October 17 and 18 en route to dedicate Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande October 19. He will travel from New Orleans after participating in the 150th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase and address the Future Farmers of America convention in Kansas City on October 15.
William Barnes 43 of 1424 W 15th St died at Seaside Hospital from injuries suffered Friday when he fell down stairs while moving a washing machine at 1243 Gaylord Ave. He fainted and tumbled down a flight. Survivors include wife Joe Barnes. In a related incident, Essie Maude Sawyer 58 died after falling 12 steps at her apartment 1005 Orange Ave.
George C. Hamlin 47 of 785 24th St San Pedro died when his car plunged over an embankment on the Pacific Coast Highway near Colorado Street Sundey after he collapsed at the wheel returning from a golf game. He was pronounced dead at Community Hospital and moved to McNerney's San Pedro Mortuary.
Myron H. Magie of 9523 Dairy Ave won blue ribbons for dividing fudge and assorted fudges at the Los Angeles County Fair Pomona. Margaret Marks at 2311 Hayes Ave earned a blue ribbon for a fancy loaf cake. Ed Schaeber at 51 E. Plymouth St won best of breed for Havana and Rex rabbits and best of opposite sex in Checker Giants. Fred L. Burch at 6803 E 72nd St won best of breed for Checker Giant rabbits. Attendance reached about 750000 as the fair closes next Sunday.
London reported that RAF Group Capt. Peter Townsend had at least one date in Britain during a recent visit. A royal friend said the romance with Princess Margaret is no longer a threat to Queen Elizabeth’s peace of mind, and Townsend quietly returned to his post after a brief holiday.
Temporary hospitalization required for J Festus Gillum of 836 Loma Ave and James Hartsock of Los Angeles after their autos collided at Henry Ford Ave and the Terminal Island Freeway in Wilmington. Gillum suffered cuts and bruises. Hartsock also injured.
A car owner reports it cost $1,042.28 to operate his 1952 model in the last year. October Reader's Digest presents a guide to calculating true car expenses, depreciation, upkeep, and a chart to estimate your own costs.
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