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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1950
Page
2
Pernonius Jr argues that low city taxes rely on gas sales income from harbor wells. He notes gas revenue will total 3 041 210 this year while the tax levy is 3 692 215. Without gas income taxes would double, and future taxpayers face tough times as gas money runs out.
President Truman, in Kansas City, called the current world crisis unprecedented and warned against letting a lack of honor and truth enter U.S. politics. He likened adversaries to inheritors of Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, praised Hammurabi and Moses, and cited Christ’s Sermon on the Mount as the ethical guide for living. The luncheon was hosted by Barney Allis at the Muehlebach Hotel as Truman began his holiday.
The Voice of America plans a holiday week of broadcasts featuring the President's annual message at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Sunday, plus greetings from Bishop John of the Russian Orthodox Church in Brooklyn and Bethlehem mayor Ihaa Bey Bandak. Other segments include Cardinal Mindszenty, Mayor Vincent R. Pellitteri, and Rudolf Bing with programs in multiple languages.
Falls City Neb Dec 23 Sheriff Vern Atking requests Falls City residents keep out of jail over Christmas. He says prisoners are fed from his own kitchen and that he has enough turkey and fare for inmates this holiday season.
Mr. Truman said the country's political matter is secondary to a world situation. He spoke of mobilizing moral forces across Catholics Protestants Jews the Existern Church the Grand Llama of Tibet and Indian Sanskrit code to unite people for welfare decency and honor and to avoid tearing each other apart. He claimed progress is being made.
On a snowy 5000 foot peak in the Okanogan, 17 of 18 aboard the DC 3 survived a mountain crash. Captain Quinton Moore of Vancouver died. co-pilot Leo Doucette of Vancouver was seriously injured. Rescue teams battled deep snow as survivors signaled for help and awaited down-mountain transport.
The sixth annual Print Makers Society of California exhibit opens January 2 at the Long Beach Public Library and runs to January 29. About 40 etchings lithographs and aquatints will be shown, the society's only Long Beach display this year, with Mrs. Mary Pearson serving as librarian in charge.
In Storrs Connecticut on December 23 University of Connecticut professor James H Barnett cites Rudolph the red nosed reindeer as the only original addition to Santa Claus folklore this century as he works on a book about Christmas in American culture.
Army investigators sought two men suspected of defarging several pumps and smashing gasoline tanks of transport units with an axe in an apparent sabotage plot. The acts aimed to cripple service units in Ontario and possibly elsewhere in Canada.
FBI undercover agent Matthew Cvetic testified before HUAC that Steve Nelson Pennsylvania Communist leader called the United States our enemy and Stalin our leader. Nelson awaits trial on sedition charges and faces contempt indictments for refusing to answer questions.
Susanna Foster, former film star and wife of singer Wilbur Evang, gave birth to a 5 pound T ounce boy today. Hospital attendants said both mother and baby are doing nicely. Foster had been hospitalized since Thanksgiving.
Washington reports HUAC released a document detailing the Communist Party members' conduct when confronted by FBI agents. The memorandum, tied to Matthew Cvetic's testimony, lists rules such as not talking, demanding warrants, and avoiding unauthorised meetings. It also notes the raid seizure of Steve Nelson's Pittsburgh office and cites the Civil Rights Congress as a Communist front.
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