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HAPPY MOMENT—Ralph Edward Bishop III, 6, and hts sister, Joy Anne, 4/2, wnile cheerfullyat each other as they hold a letter from Daddy.’1 The letter, -from Army Cp!. Ralph E. Bishop Jr., an-ived yesterday and i* believed to be the first received from a Long Beach prisoner of war since the Communists published their prisoners',!?*! last month.—(Press-Telegj-aro Photo.)-——---:-lt;S : ' 'Elements GiveBy .Associated PressThe weather presented the nation with a New Year’s greeting today in the form ofa new cold wavp.’.The cold wave is .expected to extend from the E.cckies east to the Atlantic coast states and as lar south as northern Tex'as by tomorrow. However, little snow or rain is expected to accompany the cold.Big Piney, Wyo., recorded 34 degrees beiow zero last night with all other Wyoming temperatures zero or bellt; av. Alamosa, Colo., reported minus 23, and! Spencer, Iowa, eight below.Freezing temperatures are predicted tonight in northern Texas and the outlook' for Chicago is zero to five below by Wednesday morning.. Temperatures by mid-morning were dropping sharply as far east as northwestern Ohio.The cold followed the wake of blizzards in the Rocky Mountains and northern plains, drizzly fog in the.Great Lakes and unseasonable heat in the lower midconti-nentThe cold is expected to slow flooding in the • Wabash and White River valleys in Indiana. Melting snow and light rain last night caused flooding.Colorado fought to free itself irom the grip of one of its most severe storms, a storm which jnarconed hundreds, is believed to have taken at least two lives, and wrecked communications and transportation in some areas.In the state’s hard-hit southwest comer, only three of 12Tots Wonder When Father Will Be HomeBy BERT RES NIKNew Year’s could be happieronly one other way for RalphEdward Bishop III, 6, of11005 E. Hill St./and his sister, Joy Anne, 4Yu, for they got-a letter yesterday from their Daddy” in a prisoner of war camp.As far as is known, the letter from .Cpl. Ralph E. Bishop Jr., 27, of :the 38th’ Infantry Regiment, is the' first from a Long Beach' prisoner of war since the Communists issued their list of prisoners last month. A Christmas card was included in the letter.Ttas is the first that his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bishop, same address, heard from their son since he was reported missing in action May 18. He has been overseas two years.SON LISTENSThe Army man’s ! son listened seriously while the letter was being read yesterday, then inquired:“Is Daddy coming home right away?Nobody knew the answer.Joy Anne, while it was being read, just giggled happily, espe~- • cially when it came to: the part . that said “the kids must be get- ■ ting pretty good size now.” There were a few more sentences, too. • - ;“Lord, how I’d lik^ to see them again. I hope to soon.” •The letter, which was dated Nov. 9, had the following rubber stamp on it—in red:Via the Chinese Peoples. Committee for • World Peace and Against Aggression, Peking, China ' •It started like this:“Merry Christmas. It would be a lot better if I were home to say that but the Chinese are(Continued on Pa?e A-2. Col. 3.}.. LITTLE VALLEY, N. Y., Jan. 1., (AP) Fourteen survivors of the crash of a'nonscheduled air liner rested in a hospital this New .Year’s Day as rescue workers completed the grim task of recovering the bodies of the 26 persons killed. .None of the survivors was reported in critical condition.The twin-engined plane crashedabout 10:35 p. m. Saturday whileon a flight from Pittsburgh to Buffalo. The wreckage was found yesterday on a wooded ridge of the Allegheny Mountain foothills in the most remote section' of southwestern New York.Chairman Donald Nyrop and other officials of the Civil Aeronautics Board left Washington by air this morning to make an on-the-spot investigation of the crash.THIRD C 46 CRASHA CAB spokesman said Nyrop ; was particularly concerned because this was.the third crash of a C-46 in the past.three weeks. One in Elizabeth, N. J„ took 56 lives.Help for the crash survivors was summoned yesterday afternoon by a passenger, George Albert,. 30, of . Miami, Fla., who struggled two and a ‘ half miles through heavy' snow to the nearest road. .The plane had been the object of a widespread search in which nearly 200 planes' participated. Coast Guard boats also joined in the bunt ’which extended to the Great Lakes area.PILOTS WERE DEADv*I*saCOsedcolP*clPiMRimPiaiteaiP'mtoeiA*hitcSIUftfioJp]311aiaittircihii1tlrttlt;hcl
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Long Beach Press Telegram
Long Beach, California, US
Tue, Jan 01, 1952
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