This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 36 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1950
Page
23
A nationwide slowdown in postwar scare buying hits merchants as fears of shortages ease and restocking decisions loom. Federal Reserve reports indicate lower weekly sales with department stores slipping further, while retailers hedge against future demand and warning price rises.
Washington Aug 4 The Agriculture Department expects meat prices to decline in the fall as supplies increase in the October-December quarter. Consumption is forecast to be about 37.3 pounds per person for that period, with 1950 overall near last year’s 14 pounds per person but still roughly 16 pounds above the prewar level.
Dun and Bradstreet reports a continued rise in consumer buying with a moderately increasing purchase of durable goods in the week ended Wednesday. Hosiery demand slackened slightly, while women's coats and suits rose and interest in dresses remained about unchanged in many localities.
NEW YORK Aug. 4 The National Sugar Refining Co. announced a wholesale price hike of 14 cents per hundred pounds to 8.25 dollars, effective Monday. Other refiners were expected to follow as the spokesman cited raw sugar costs up 45 cents since June.
Washington reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics index for week ending August 1 shows a 0.9 percent rise from the prior week. The index stands at 165.1 percent of the 1926 average, up 3.8 points from four weeks earlier but 7.9 percent below the prior year’s level.
Omaha dispatch reports Union Pacific will spend about 9.5 million dollars over the next 18 months on seven track signal improvements across Nebraska Kansas Wyoming and Oregon. Projects include automatic cab signals, centralized traffic control, and remote switch control reducing written train orders.
Aug 4 report from the Federal-State Market News Service notes California oranges sold at higher prices at auction marts. The message records market activity and price movements for citrus, citing growers and traders among the entities involved.
A dense OCR fragment lists permits and contractor names across multiple addresses and firms. It mentions construction items such as dwelling improvements and kitchens, with various percentages and costs, and references to firms like Sunarb Gas Serv and Bank of fits. The readability is poor and several lines jumble names, places, and figures.
Farm income data from January through May 1950 shows a sharp year to year decline in cash receipts from marketings. Iowa leads with about 360 million, down from 360.1 million in 1949, while Illinois and California also report declines, reflecting ongoing effects of postwar pricing and labor trends on farmer returns.
Washington reports Rep. Gathings says wartime demand may push U.S. cotton acreage higher in 1951. Agriculture experts consider an allotment near 325 million acres, up from 21 million this year, with lower carryover and higher domestic use and exports driving the need for more planted land.
Ch Jakob A. Malik, Soviet deputy foreign minister, was shaken up in an auto accident in Manhattan on Aug. 4. A Soviet spokesman said he was not injured after another car struck his vehicle in drizzle, locking bumpers on a busy highway and tearing off a bumper. No one was hurt and damage was trifling with no arrests.
Governor Warren estimated California may need up to 1,000,000 civilian defense workers if an atomic attack occurs as federal plans aim for 15,000,000 volunteers nationwide. He outlined recruitment delays, proposed meetings with top military and state leaders, plus a joint California FBI effort on subversive activity.
In a tense Washington hearing, Georgia House investigators grapple with a Negro witness as Lanham rushes the Civil Rights Congress official William Patterson. Police restrained Lanham after he charged toward Patterson over alleged lynching and financing disputes. Patterson refused to reveal donors and whether he is a Communist, deeming the Civil Rights Congress subversive.
Brown a 20 year old house cleaner pleaded guilty to grand theft for snatching Laurette Leadbeater s purse at Second Street and Granada Avenue. He testified against co defendant Carl Schenck 15 who was held for police then bound over to Superior Court with bail set at 1500 dollars. Schenck to be arraigned August 22 before Superior Court Judge Maitley for judgment.
In Needles California a railroad section hand, Thomas Griffin, 40, was shot dead at his home in Desert Siding 65 miles northwest of here during an argument over the location of Byde Park in London. Stanley Urich, 40, a fellow worker, is held on suspicion of murder by the sheriff’s office, Capt Art Manning said.
Carl G igren Woodrow Wilson High School social studies instructor remains critically ill in Mayo Hospital Rochester after an operation Monday. If condition improves he may be moved to a Los Angeles hospital according to his aunt Mrs J G Warholm 331 Molino Ave.
Four parishioners and their pastor faced city court after an all night sit in at a west side church. They were charged with disorderly conduct by Rev Emanuel St Paul’s Episcopal Church. Judge urged settlement out of court to avoid further dispute.
In Bridgeport investigators awaited an autopsy and toxicology results for Elizabeth Ayres a 74 year old Danbury spinster who left a modest for tune to her physician The coroner said inquest details will be released next Tuesday Dr John Booth the Danbury medical examiner said the death was sudden violent untimely though not believed to be the result of criminal acts more details were expected from state police as the case remains under review
In East Liverpool Ohio a one year old boy, David Brant, was found dead in a shallow cave near his home after failing to return for dinner. Police suspect an accidental death during a “wild west” game as playmates are questioned.
Washington August 4 The U S parole board denied former Rep Andrew J May parole from federal prison The decision leaves the case on file for possible reconsideration at any time The 75 year old Kentuckian could be released in July 1951 with good behavior credits on an eight to 24 month sentence handed down for a war time bribe conspiracy conviction.
Series E savings bonds purchases fell in July as war bond appeal waned. Official figures show July sales at 1.31759 billion dollars versus 1.37713 billion in July 1949, with cash income rising to 357.89 million dollars from 283.44 million a year earlier.
Six U. S. jets arrived at Hsinchu Airfield with a survey team led by Brig. Gen. Alonson P. Fox to assess Formosa defenses. MacArthur vows to deter a Communist invasion while B 29s shift bases from Korea to Okinawa, widening the aerial reach toward Formosa and Red China.
Berlin August 4. Walter Albright, East Germany's Communist boss, warned the Reds will seize West Germany as North Korea swept South Korea. He denounced the West German and South Korean governments as American puppet regimes and said Chancellor Adenauer would be jailed as a traitor when the Communists take over the country.
In Pueblo Aug 4 Nathan Andrew Thomason age 9 and Robert Lawson age 13 played a rodeo in a river-bottom alfalfa field. Robert held a horse and rope as the game began. The rope broke after the horse dragged Thomason three-quarters of a mile, causing a fractured skull and death.
In Chicago on August 4, police found the battered bodies of Andrew Kondas and his wife Caroline in their northwest side residence. Kondas, 55, was in the bathroom. Caroline, 51, in the basement, both shot multiple times. A bloodstained electric ram motor wrapped in rags was found nearby, suspected as the murder weapon. The victims were discovered by Kondas’s daughter Lydia Pyka and her husband William Pyka Jr after returning home around 2:30 a.m.
Red Cross service director Richard F. Gordon of San Francisco told 16 California chapters in Los Angeles that the organization must maintain top strength in disaster preparedness and relief. The meeting focused on the Red Cross role in civil defense planning and operation with chapters from Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange Counties represented.
About fifty people played chess in a midtown shop when an alarmist cried of a fire on the roof. Players kept focus on boards as firefighters rushed in with haste. The supposed blaze was small and quickly extinguished in ten minutes.
The Texas Co reports Lloyd No. 140 near Castaic produced 472 barrels daily at 30.8 gravity from 11 437 feet, with a new field discovery after a recent redrill. Hancock Oil recovered 500 barrels daily at North Cuyama, Richfield A. C. Herren completed at South Cuyama produced 348 barrels of 30 gravity in 23 hours. Ventura Field producers, duties near Loma and Signal Hill updates, Donahoo Community redrill, and Conoco Stan dard work in White Pine County Nevada are noted along with spud and casing details and ongoing drilling in Cajon Pass and Yucca Community No. 1.
In San Francisco on August 4 the Sailors Union of the Pacific accused the Military Sea Transportation Service of sabotaging the American merchant marine by chartering foreign vessels to carry supplies to war torn Korea. Harry Lundeberg said 11 foreign ships are already chartered and 20 more might be signed for August and September. He claimed American ships remain idle and many American seamen are unemployed, and charged the Navy with funding security programs that safeguard subversives aboard vessels. Foreign ships on the Atlantic Coast include five Greek, four Canadian, and one each Iranian and Panamanian registry vessels.
Eureka reports an unidentified submarine, possibly foreign, seen off the Northern California coast near the Oregon border. Humboldt County authorities say the first sighting came from Vernon Steeves of MacKinleyville at about 3:30 p.m. near Gold Bluff, with four additional reports corroborating the sighting.
COLTON August 4. Mr. and Mrs. Max Stacey were killed instantly when their car was hit by a large truck trailer and burst into flames. Driver Robert B. Irwin 31 of Freatto said he could not stop in time to avoid the Stacey auto which halted suddenly in front of him yesterday.
Washington Aug 4 Members of National Guard units called to active federal service will be entitled to their jobs back when they exit. Secretary of Labor Tobin stated this guidance yesterday and advised guardsmen in writing to explain why they are leaving.
Washington reports the Air Force stated no immediate plan to activate the Air National Guard units or individual specialists despite rumors of an imminent call up. The statement notes only a limited number of Air Service units have been activated for duty as needed.
Three fishing boats were lost or sunk along the Pacific Northwest as three men were reported dead or missing. Five vessels were involved. one exploded and sank near Prince Rupert, another capsized off Vancouver Island, two men were found afloat or submerged, and a third boat was towed off the Washington coast.
A four year old child at Wilson 1102 East 19th Street is under observation at Seaside Hospital with a serious condition. The case is being monitored as authorities assess the injuries and circumstance surrounding the event.
Marriage licenses shown for Tong Beacis and Markaret Miatens with dates and locations. Divorces filed and granted in Long Beach Court include Bevan-Mer Pu Mofalan and related parties, with names such as Clyde and Eniring Ye appearing among the records.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.