30 Dec 1954
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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1954
Page
1
A sharp earthquake rocked Eureka and nearby Arcata at 1 18 am felt across the region. Police reported the quake swamped with calls as windows cracked wider and minor damage spread to chimneys and dishes. The Dec 21 quake had already caused heavy damage and a death.
Atty Gen Herbert Brownell Jr gave 27 groups ten days to request hearings on their alleged communist domination, expanding the federal list of subversive organizations to 254, including the Communist Party and Ku Klux Klan. A National Lawyers Guild addition is pending court action. Read among the notices are the San Francisco East Bay Peace Committee, Elsinore Progressive League in California, Everybody's Committee to Outlaw War in Los Angeles, Idaho Pension Union in Coeur d Alene, and League For Common Sense in Salt Lake City.
G L Morrison vice president and general manager of North Western Pacific Railroad and Charles E Neal division engineer were in Ukiah today for routine business. They departed at noon for the company's headquarters in San Rafael.
A 10000-ton American freighter Oceanic, owner of Liberty-type design, was escorted by Japanese Coast Guard vessel Daito after developing a severe portside crack near the Kurile Islands. The ship, radioing for escort, was 270 miles ENE of Nemuro and headed toward Hakodate with a plan to arrive the next day.
A forest and brush fire burning over 3500 acres in the Cajon Pass area north of San Bernardino was controlled on three sides and expected to be under control by night. No homes were threatened as backfires were used on Sugar Pine Mountain. Wind easing forecast aided containment.
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold departs New York for a 14 000 mile trip to press for the release of 2850 UN prisoners held by China amid the Korean armistice dispute. He plans talks with Chou En Lai in Peiping and will seek freedom for 526 Americans and 2 000 Koreans.
Funeral services for Charles S. Myszka will be held Friday at 1 30 p m from Zimmerman Mortuary with Rev Robert G Groves officiating. Instrumental music will follow at the Chapel of the Chimes in Santa Rosa. Mr Myszka, born April 28 1888 in Garnett Kansas, died December 30 1954 at his Ukiah home. He is survived by wife Annette and daughters Charlene Ann and Wanda all of Ukiah. A sister, Mrs Mary Carson, resides in Costa Mesa California. He served Mendocino county as farm advisor from 1918 to 1945 and owned the Tadlock Myszka ranch three miles south of Ukiah. The family home was established in Ukiah in 1932.
Sheriff elect Raleigh L. Marr Jr. will assume the Lake County sheriff's office Monday, replacing Chet Antrim who did not seek another term. Marr has served seven years as undersheriff and two years as deputy, with other county officials re-elected to new terms.
A Wednesday report erred describing the burned Covelo home as Cleo O Ferrall’s. The house belonged to LéO Ferrall’s cousin, occupied by Robert Henderson’s family. Proceeds from the American Legion New Year dance will aid the displaced family.
A furious winter storm sweeping from the Southwest into the Northeast caused multiple traffic deaths in New York and widespread travel hazards. The system dumped snow and sleet, froze runways, halted Detroit streetcars, grounded flights, and promised heavy snow through Maine and New Hampshire with several states reporting fatalities and stranded motorists.
Paris reports Premier Mendes France survives a tight 287 to 260 vote approving the West European Union. The decision backs a united Western front with 12 German divisions in NATO forces, linking Turkey to the Baltic and paving possible four power talks with the Soviet bloc. Eisenhower and Dulles kept in close contact as Britain and Italy also approved.
Twenty eight members of Sheriff B G Broaddus staff will leave before Monday as term ends. Deputies and officials across Ukiah, Fort Bragg, Hopland and surrounding towns pursue new jobs, with some to join city police and others retiring or shifting roles.
U S Court of Military Appeals upholds the murder conviction of Mrs Dorothy K Smith daughter of Army Gen Walter Kreuger for stabbing her husband Col Aubrey D Smith in Tokyo on the night of October 4 5 1932 A British and Soviet exchange report notes three British soldiers arrested by Soviet troops and held briefly in Berlin A large shipment of diamonds disappeared from a wrecked Christmas airline crash near Prestwick Scotland reported in London
Charles E. Layne arrives in the United States after two years overseas with the U S Navy and stays with Mr and Mrs Harry Matthews at 1901 Elm Street, the parents of his wife who remained in Ukiah. He has two years left in service and will report to duty in San Diego on January 27. Mrs Lane is the former Arlene Layne.
Ukiah firemen invite residents of Ukiah and surrounding area to the 76th annual Firemen's Ball on New Year's Eve at Cart Purdy Hall. Chief Albert Bechtel and team plan dancing, Abbey Rasor Orchestra from San Rosa will provide music with local entertainment during intermission. Hats, noisemakers and refreshments will be provided.
A marriage license was issued on December 28, 1954 in Ukiah to Adelbert Horrall aged 67 of Clearlake Oaks and Helen Fillies Masé aged 57 of Clearlake Oaks. The notice records the pairing of the two residents and the legal authorization for marriage.
James A Montgomery longtime Ukiah Police officer will retire January 1 under the city plan. He also served six years on the city council, 22 years on the Ukiah Fire Department, and nine years as assistant chief to Leslie Clyma.
Bartolomie, who defeated Sheriff B. G. Broaddus, announces eight holdovers and new appointees for the sheriff office. Percy Ornham becomes captain, Curtis Hollingsworth heads the criminal department, Edward Axt is inspector, Walter Talso sergeant, Ladd Thomas and Robert Postal as deputy sheriffs, Carl Wall Jr heads communications, Beatrice Pina and Marcene Adder hold over, Louise Loosley secretary, and jail and field deputies named with six day week staffing and future three full time additions pending supervisors' approval.
Northwestern California remains cloudy with periods of rain today and tonight and again Friday. Temperatures in Napa Ukiah Santa Rosa range from mid fifties to low forties with little change. Winds shift from southerly 20 30 mph inland to 10 20 mph along the coast with stronger 30 40 mph gusts near Cape Mendocino and Fort Bragg vicinity.
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