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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1951
Page
2
The Landslide party opposed local gambling operations in Seal Beach and sought to influence officials during the Airport Poker Club license decision. Despite public opposition, a license was granted, signaling a potential lively upcoming election as councilors face re election.
In Sacramento on May 31, the Assembly Ways and Means Committee killed a proposal to pay 1.5 million California veterans a $500 top bonus. Patron William H. Rosenthal estimated average veterans would get $325 and annual state cost at about $38 million. The American Legion opposed, saying existing aid programs already place California ahead. The amendment would have paid $11 monthly for U S service and $14 monthly for overseas service.
Belle flower's reold Los Angeles County Spring Fair drew 55 620 guests at Masfair Park yesterday. The event at South St and Clark Ave will feature Kids Day with a mile long parade. A 4 month old Guernsey heifer entered by 11 year old William Page of Artesia highlighted the program.
London dispatch says Margaret Truman has been invited to dine with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace next Thursday in a private dinner honoring King Haakon of Norway during his state visit. Truman will travel via ship for the European trip.
Secretary of State Dean Acheson faces questioning by Senators investigating General Douglas MacArthur’s dismissal. He prepares calmly, plans last minute briefings, and will appear at 10 p.m. EDT on Capitol Will, as GOP critics demand answers on US foreign policy and his tenure.
Farm hand Hilo C. Cordiers, 27, told police he picked up two women near Anaheim Street and Orange Avenue. One hitchhiker simulated a gun, forced him from his car at Dawson Avenue and 15th Street, took $2 cash, and the other robbed him of $23. He was hospitalized at Seaside with eight stitches in a hand raised to protect his head.
Admiral Forrest Sherman testified before the Senate committee that Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a war alert last December amid fears UN forces could lose Korea. He tied this to Gen. MacArthur’s gloomy Korea reports and claimed Mao Tse-Tung is under Russian influence while Russia could end the Korean conflict any time. Sherman urged caution on public policy statements and reaffirmed US military gains in Korea despite ongoing tensions.
In Tokyo on June 1, the carrier Bonhomme Richard and its sister USS Boxer joined U.S. forces entering the Korean War for the first time. They bombed eight Communist barracks near Wonshu and provided air support to attacks north of Thwaehon Flanes as planes from the fleet carried out shore bombardment and burning fuel.
Senator Hickenlooper charged the MacArthur firing was driven by politics and criticized the Joint Chiefs for testifying repetitiously. He defended civilian control, saying MacArthur remained subservient, and urged scrutiny of Far Eastern policy maneuvers as Sec. Acheson testimony looms.
The government's chief witness against gambler Mickey Cohen and his wife Lavonne died at 61 from a chronic heart ailment before the trial on income tax evasion charges. Harry Sackman had prepared Cohen's returns for three years and had been subpoenaed as a government witness as the case moves toward trial.
New York May 31 Gen Courtney Whitney retired from active military service after a decade serving under Gen Douglas MacArthur. He headed numerous staff roles and helped coordinate operations during critical campaigns.
Weather report sources high and low temperatures, but the relay text from the Weather Bureau is garbled. The note marks Eastern points usually carried as missing due to relay issues, leaving readers with incomplete temperature data and an editor’s caveat about transmission.
Low tide today is 1.7 feet at 4 36 p m with high tides 25 feet at 4 42 p m and 5 8 feet at 75 pm. Tomorrow low tides at 3 09 a m and 2 04 p m with high tides 3 5 feet at a m and 5 9 feet at 8 22 p m
County registrar reports a resident from Long Beach checked Fletcher and Simpson registrations for the Seventh Councilmanic District. Both men appear to meet residency and voter status rules, with Simpson living at 2320 Mapoula Ave since July 1950 and filing March 30, 1951, and Fletcher at 2955 Daisy Ave with nine years of voting in the district.
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