WPA Aid to Commie Cell Told
Los Angeles report on House Un American Activities hearing where Harold A Hecht, former Communist, testified that Communists received protection in WPA theater projects. Hecht said 40 of 200 cast were Communist and anti Communist vocalists were laid off when possible. He asserted the Federal Theater program was not run by Communists though party members infiltrated some projects. Chairman Velde called celebrity lawsuits against the committee and studios frivolous. Hecht joined the Communist Party in 1935 amid hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ylos Angeles
Harold A. Hecht
At House Un-American Activities Subcommittee
WPA Federal
Hecht
Federal
Harold Velde
R-Ill
Communist Party
New York
Danny Dare
California
Weather by dial sparks record heat claim
A weather station worker claimed they could dial up the sky to produce heat. He described turning a dial marked Rain to Hot and said Long Beach reached 86 degrees on March 23, the hottest local record, and predicted mid eighties again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Wilson orders reduced military manpower amid drawn out stalemate
Defense Secretary Cherleen E. Wilson directs all services to trim manpower as the United States faces a period of neither peace nor war. The plan seeks to free rear-area personnel for combat by revising tables of organization across Army divisions Air wings and Naval vessels. The move follows his pledge to cut overall numbers and refrain from further draft calls if possible. The armed services total about 3 507 000, with a 3 600 000 authorized strength. Wilson took charge after Congress demanded revisions to the military tables and cited the Sarnoff commission as providing useful input before its disbandment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Cherleen E. Wilson
Defense Department
Wilson
Armed ‘Services
Congress
Sarnoff Manpower Advisory Commission
David Sarnoff
Kaiser-Frazer to Buy Willys Overland in Major Auto Deal
Kaiser-Frazer Corp completes negotiations to purchase Willys-Overland Motors for an estimated 362.3 million dollars. The deal, financed by 72 million private capital and a 15 million reconfirmed loan reduction, places Kaiser-Frazer as the fourth largest auto maker behind GM, Ford, and Chrysler. Ward Cana day of Willys-Overland confirms Toledo and dealer networks gain protections as Kaiser Manufacturing Corp will run Willys Motors Corp with Canady as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
Edgar F. Kaiser
Kaiser-Frazer
Kaiser
Kaiser-Fazer
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Willys Common Stockholders
Willys
New York Stock Exchange
Kaiser Manufacturing Corp
Henry J. Kaiser Co
Transamerica Corp
Bank of America, National Trust and Savings Assn
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Studebaker Corp
Ward M. Canaday
Willys-Overland
Toledo
Ohio
Canaday
Willys Motors Corp
Toedo
Canady
John WN
Jeep
Henry J. Kaiser
Chrysler
Joseph Frazer
Which is Malenkov on front pages last week
A London talks preview cites two national magazines showing Malenkov with starkly different images. The piece notes questions about his look and the potential for a peaceful settlement with Russia. Read more on Page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malenkov
Iina
Russia
Council Set to Name New Mayor Today
Long Beach faces a mayoral vacancy with an expected noon council election. Vice Mayor Lyman B. Sutter and former Mayor Clarence E. Wagner lead a tight race, while Burton W. Chace remains a councilman until sworn in as county supervisor in about two weeks.
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George, Weers
Long ’‘Beach
Lyman B. Sutters
Clarence E. Wagner
Chace
Raymond. C. .Kealer
Oil and Harbor Committee
Kealer
Bazil A. Carleson
Carleson
Sutter
Wagner
A. L. Parmley
James F. Seaton
Carl Fletcher
Max Livoni
Wagnerland
Mornday
Louisiana and Texas Back Holland Bill
Louisiana and Texas senators paused their bid for tidelands oil revenue shares from the outer continental shelf. They back a bill granting coastal states title to offshore lands within historic boundaries while federal rights remain over the outer shelf. The Interior Committee favors a Holland bill granting title within historic bounds, with the outer belt issues to be handled in separate legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Louisiana
Senate Interior Committee
Sen
Holland
D-Fla
William F. Knowland
Drunken Slayer Suspect Hunted by Police Dragnet
Police hunted a 30 year old man named Robert K Sonnenburg in Highland Park Los Angeles after a late Monday night shooting. Officers said he, intoxicated, beat his mother and killed his uncle with a gun that authorities described as not a particular caliber.
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Rivera
Highland ‘Park
Highland Park Division
Los Angeles
Robert
Sonnenburg
le Moran
Bee Stings Knock Down Long Beach Officer
Long Beach Motor Officer David Wingfield was stung by a bee on Pacific Avenue near 1644. He fainted after the attack and was taken to Seaside Hospital in a semiconscious state, with doctors expecting recovery today. Wingfield is allergic to bee venom and has faced similar incidents before.
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Arioyance
Beach
David
Wingfield
Pacific Ave
Seaside Hospital
Explosion Reported Damages Edison Line Near Chino
Police and sheriff's deputies investigated Monday night reports of an explosion on the Southern California Edison line about 21 miles southeast of Chino. The company said two large steel towers carrying high voltage lines from Hoover Dam to Los Angeles had been dynamited, but no power failure occurred. The San Bernardino sheriff's office received the same report.
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Chino
California “Edison Company
Hoover Dam
Los Angeles
Czech Liner Flees to West for Political Refuge
A Czechoslovak airliner carrying about 12 people landed unscheduled at the Rhine-Maine base in Frankfurt. Passengers were questioned by U S intelligence officers while officials withheld details. Some aboard were not seeking asylum, and the crew allegedly diverted the flight from its regular course. This escape followed three Czech air force men fleeing to Austria ten days earlier.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. High Commissioner's Office
U. S
Austria
Truman on Port Visit Amidst Crowds and Lavish Dinner
Former President Harry S Truman, en route to Hawaii aboard SS President Cleveland, faced constant press intrusion as reporters, photographers, and officials surrounded him from 7 p.m. through a five course dinner in the California Room. He dined with the Heverly Hills Wine and Dine Society while Bess and Margaret hosted Alexis Smith and two film personalities in another salon. The voyage marks his first real vacation in 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Truman
White House
Hawaii
President Cleveland
Southland
California
Bess
Margaret
Alexis Smith
Hollywood
Soviet reject US protest over March 15 air clash
Moscow rejects Washington protest after an RB-50 weather flight from Alaska was fired on by a Soviet MIG near Kamchatka. The Soviet note claims the American B-29 violated 70 kilometers of Kamchatka frontier, with Petropavlovsk cited as further intrusion. The U S statement labels the Soviet charges as false and says the air action was in international waters.
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Siberian
U. S. State Department
Washington
State Department
Russia
United States
Kamchatka Peninsula
U. S
U. S. Air Force
Alaska
Cape Krestovoi
Ussr
Kamchatka
Petropavlovsk
Zhupanovo
Moscow
Group Forms to Annex All of Lakewood to Long Beach
A Lakewood annexation movement organized at a Monday night meeting for area residentsApproximately 70000 live in the region bounded by Spring Street Long Beach border Ashworth Street San Gabriel River and DowneyAvenue The Greater Lakewood Annexation Committee will send letters to the city manager seeking permission to circulate petitions for annexation elections Charles Adams of Mouat Street leads the effort
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Lakewood
Long Beach
Spring St
Ashworth
San Gabriel River
Para
Mount .Bird
Downey Ave
Greater Lakewood
Fidler Ave
Charles ‘Adams
Mouat St
Rently Have
Pro Saa
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Commie
Quiz Witness
Czech Red
U. N
Henry Cabot Lodge
United Kingdom
Sir Gladwyn Jebb
Andrei Gromyko
Jeti
David Wainhouse
P. M. Crosthwaite
Georgi N. Zarubin
Willys Co
L.A.C
Margaret L. Heartwell
James Duck
Holland Bill
Police
San Bernardino
Bulletin
U.s.5.r
Siberia
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