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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1950
Page
4
Christmas parties will be in full swing today and over the weekend. The notice warns that mishaps from alcohol, gasoline, and fog can cause unnecessary deaths. It urges readers to hand their keys to a non drunk driver to reduce harm.
The proposed city charter would safeguard the citys right to develop oil resources in tidelands. Legislative counsel says no change in Section 103 limits the cities authority to drill and extract oil, a view echoed after a League of Women Voters committee discussed legal points with counsel and forwarded the opinion to Assemblyman William S. Grant.
Adam Har Stores Inc announced it would cease sponsoring radio commentator Drew Pearson in February. A spokesman said the move has nothing to do with Sen Joseph McCarthy who had urged Adam Hats to quit Pearson after a brawl at the Sulgrave Club in Washington. Pearson commented that the Adam Hat people are very fine people.
A burglar robbed Dora C. Robbins on Ti St. Louis Ave striking her home after work. The thief, who fled with $400 worth of linen and silverware, turned on a radio to cover noises as the residence appeared ransacked and the radio played loudly.
President Truman told a Kansas City Masonic dinner that the nation is in excellent shape to meet the current crisis and that all we need is time. He urged the American people to sacrifice as needed, defended the country against confusion, and previewed a Christmas Eve address on what Christmas means.
Mike Ropczycki of Long Beach lost to a twice wounded Temple City Marine for the honor of grand marshal of the Pasadena Rose Parade on January 1. Cpl Robert S. Gray, 21, of the First Marine Brigade, will replace Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower as grand marshal after being chosen by Deputy Defense Secretary Robert A. Lovett. Gray has been wounded in Korea and is at Camp Pendleton recovering.
Tokyo reports China calls the UN cease fire proposal illegal and vows to liberate Asia. Chou En-lai says Beijing will not negotiate with the three man UN committee and Mao Tse-tung has until mid next week to reply. Entezam at Lake Success says no formal answer will halt the final report. A Peking broadcast warns of a mission to free Asia and China demands UN recognition.
SAN PEDRO December 22 Two submarines a destroyer and technicians staged a wartime Christmas aboard the Sawfish broadcasting live on KTTV from Terminal Island. The show titled Success Story followed a young seaman joining active service and using sonar and walkie talkie cues to surface and dive.
Walter Damrosch renowned conductor and composer, 88, died at his New York home of a heart attack. Born Breslau 1862, he led the Newark Harmonie Society at 18 and founded the New York Symphony Orchestra in 1903. He later directed radio music broadcasts for schools and helped found Carnegie Hall, shaping American classical music for decades. He also served as musical adviser to NBC and led a prolific output including operas, songs, and the Dunkirk ballad.
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