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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1947
Page
6
Hollywood reports actor Cornel Wilde blamed nervousness and exhaustion from overwork for his divorce from actress Pat. He said the separation stemmed from a troubled marriage spanning two years and that they had no immediate plans for reconciliation.
Beulah Louise Overell admitted parental objections to her April 30 engagement to Bud Gollum and testified she and he discussed marriage amid the March 15 cruiser Mary E explosion case. Jurors heard officers recount the couple's statements. defense objections claimed no proven conspiracy linking them to the Overells' deaths.
President Truman addressed more than one hundred boys at an American Legion forum on government at the White House terrace. He declared the era may yield world peace and urged the youths to continue their good work, inviting camera-toting delegates to take photos of him. Edmond Gong, 16, of Miami Flat, was among the delegation.
Harold E B Hirshberg 29 told a Navy court martial he invented a Japanese wife to gain favors in the prison work section. He testified yesterday that the story hurt fellow prisoners and he feared execution if exposed. The witness said the ruse persisted through 1943 until his transfer to a coal mine in Japan in September 1944.
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