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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1948
Page
2
YNA reports rioting and desertion as 80 soldiers’ dependents are sent back to Russia after a Soviet order. A new road block on the Graz corridor is reported by British informants. Dependent groups were kept behind barbed wire while guards moved families to trains. soldiers fled to British and American zones amid fear of reprisals.
Dr Dorothy Swaine Thomas a rural sociology professor at the University of California has been named sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School Penn officials announced today The appointment ties Dr Thomas to a leading liberal arts and business education hub in Philadelphia and marks a notable cross coast academic transfer with implications for sociological study at Penn
A newborn baby boy was found alive among garbage on a city garbage truck and taken to Minneapolis General Hospital in good condition. The mother, aged 19, admitted giving birth about an hour earlier in a nearby room and was questioned. the baby was reported healthy and thriving. News notes also cover etiquette divorce ruling and local oddities.
Congress, not the President, will decide the Air Force issue amid clashes over force size and structure. Forrestal backs 55 groups with 362,000 manpower, while Air Secretary Symington supports 70 groups, prompting a split between executive and legislative branches. The dispute centers on peacetime bomber and troop carrier needs and the balance with Army and Navy forces. The House armed services committee has already acted as tensions rise.
A 53 count indictment in Fresno charges Richard M. Wall and two other former Army and Navy officers with conspiring to sell 55 veterans housing tract homes above FHA prices. William C. Albany and Wade J. Howells are named as associates in the alleged scheme to conceal FHA prices and push overpriced sales. The case accuses violating housing program priorities and failing to meet renovation specifications.
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