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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1950
Page
2
The Senate Crime Committee reviews depos i tions tied to the Fred Flewser Drew Pearson libel suit. Witnesses include figures tied to Long Tieweh bealanaking and Mukera as they probe bookmaking as a foundation of national crime syndicates. Police focus on small fry while failing to convict bosses, with arson used to shield leaders.
A Los Angeles operator won the government oil lease for 106 acres at the Long Beach Veterans Hospital. Robert Lytle, former manager of the Doheny Trusts, will pay $50,158 plus 16 percent royalties. Drilling may occur on hospital land east of Bellflower Boulevard and north of Seventh Street, provided operations do not disrupt the hospital. The same 322 acres near the college site may be purchased by Long Beach City, with mineral rights retained if oil lies beneath. City Manager Sam Vickers expects a purchase agreement within a week and says the oil deal should not block state college plans.
E F Chubbie collapsed after 8 p m at his home and died of an apparent heart attack. Police reported the death and a family physician pronounced him dead. Funeral services are pending at Spongers Mortuary.
President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee meet at the British Embassy in Washington and pledge no appeasement of Chinese Communists in Korea while agreeing to accelerate Western Europe rearmament. They plan continued talks and emphasize strengthening European defenses amid the crisis.
Washington moves to stop all goods bound for China Hong Kong or Macau en route via United States ports including the Panama Canal. The Commerce Department orders seizure of ships carrying licensed foods and confiscation of cargo that reaches U S ports or free trade zones. The action follows complaints by Senator O Connor and a House subcommittee citing eight ships carrying tin plate auto parts penicillin streptomycin sulfa drugs and other items.
Washington reports new studies suggest the H bomb may never be feasible but the government will not drop the project. Officials say the weapon would require far more atomic materials than A bombs, and a new South Carolina plant could produce either H bomb explosives or A bomb materials depending on feasibility. Regardless, national stockpiles will rise.
The Army issued a $100,000,000 contract for 500 improved Patton tanks hailed as best in Korea. The American Locomotive Company of Schenectady, New York, received the award today.
A wacky dispute over bowl game exchanges erupts between Mayor Burton W. Chace of Long Beach and the Boise mayor amid Boise Spuds facing Long Beach City College. They spar over exchanges of oranges and potatoes in a light hearted bid to win the Little Boise Bowl game set for Saturday.
Low tide today at 6:48 is 6.7 feet and minus 1.1 feet at 6:48. Tomorrow tide rises to 1.8 feet at 1:00 and falls to minus 1.5 feet at 2:00. Also measured are tides at Mae with 7 feet at 7 am and 28 feet at 8:16 p.m.
A National Guard H 26 crashed in a hillside south of Seattle near Longacres race track during a rainy storm. Both crewmen died as the plane, on a round robin from McChord AFB to Moses Lake AFB, digged a 10 foot deep hole about 40 feet wide.
The Japanese Government imposed a one month embargo on all shipments of strategic materials to Red China today. The ban also covers North Korea, Hong Kong and Macao.
Seoul experienced a brief air raid alarm with Seoul radio fading out for a period. Americans who returned after liberation were preparing to depart, and several prominent Korean officials and business leaders were also packing to leave.
Greg van Auker of Campinn drove a Pacific Electric bus west on Seventh Street when fire broke out near Tedonda Avenue. Police officers Sternberg and Sutherland assisted, using a fire extinguisher and garden hose until firefighters arrived. The rear of the bus was badly burned and towed away after it completed its run and discharged passengers at Seal Beach.
Corlana J. Wezie, 16, of 167 Scott St. was taken to Seaside Hospital with second and third degree burns after he lit a match to check for gas in the tank of a motor scooter. there was gas.
Defense officials expect a veterans draft by mid 1951 or earlier as Sen. Johnson demands full mobilization amid Korea's crisis. Officials say expanded manpower may require raising or adjusting draft ages, with 3 million plus veterans under 27 as a key pool. Guard strength upgrades and potential commissions to new officers are also noted.
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