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WAKES IT A HAPPY NEW YEAR4 s ’ 1 I* r ' 1L. B. Family Gets LetterFrom Prisoner ‘Daddy’9:??: ■ • • ::v:: sHAPPY MOMENT—Ralph Edward Bishop III, 6, and his sister, Joy Ann®, 41/2, smile cheerfullyart each ofher as they hold a fetter from “Daddy.” The letter, from Army CpI. Ralph E. Bishop Jr., arrived yesterday and 1$ believed to be the first received from a Long Beach prisoner of* a a ff 1 a t 4.1 * m A a I u r aft I ■lt;9 I 4 Pt I lt;Lyarsine© fhft CcmmunUti published their prisoners’. Jfet .last month.—(Press-Telegfiro Photo,) lt;gElements GiveTots WonderWhen FatherWill Be HomeBy BERT RESNIKFly to C-46• ve +aKSNew Year's could be happierEy Assoclaled PressThe weather presented the nation with a New Year’s greeting today in the'form of a new cold’wave.'The cold wave is .expected to extend from the Kcckies east to the Atlantic coast states and as far south as northern Texas by tomorrow. However, little snow or rain is expected to accompany the cold.Big Piney, Wyo., recorded 34 degrees below zero last night ■with all other Wyoming temperatures zero or belt iw. Alamosa, Colo,, reported minus 23, and: Spencer, Iowa, eight below. iFreezing temperatures are pre-:dieted tonight in northern Texas I 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 midcontinentThe 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 from the grip of-one of its most severe storms, a storm which marooned 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 12only one other way for Ralph Edward Bishop III, 6, of ■ 1005 E. Hill St./and his sister,-Joy Anne, A?/z, for they got-a letter yesterday from their Daddy'1 in a prisoner of war camp.As far as is known, the letter from. .Cpl. Ralph IE. 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.This 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 twoyears.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- • eially 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 like 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 Page 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 todies of the 26 persons killed. .None of the survivors was reported in critical condition.The twin-engined plane crashed about 10:35 p. m. Saturday While on 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 CRASH I A CAB-spokesman said Nyrop ; was particularly concerned because this was.the third crash of a €-46 in the past .three week.?. 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 imiles through heavy’ show 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 hunt which extended to the Great Lakes area.PILOTS WERE DEAD1(Acotsedda;ofpQJcluPot*MoRamopiliaretenarepulWimi:toeniAilda:hittosp 1theesjfrcoffopiinarean-(thiin|ch'3hanoth«rivteiheclctVu
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Long Beach Press Telegram
Long Beach, California, US
Tue, Jan 01, 1952
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