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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1948
Page
7
Hawthorne August 20 Northrop Aircraft announces Richard W Millar retiring as board chairman to devote time to pursuits outside the industry He served as a director of Douglas Aircraft Co prior to joining Vultee in 1938 and becoming Northrop director in 1945
The United States demanded Consul-general Lomakin leave the United States after accusing him of abusing his position and pressuring a Soviet defector to make false statements. The State Department cited his hindering of police interviews and ordered his recall while defending U S officials against Soviet charges as groundless.
Mrs Dianna Cyrus Bixby plans a worldwide flight in a converted British Mosquito bomber but faces delays until late September. Engine fittings for a new fuel system are unavailable in the United States, forcing machining locally as manager Ed Ettinger explained.
Sixteen thousand British automobile workers walk out at the Longbridge plant of Austin Motor Car Co over pay rates linked to an American made gear cutter. The dispute centers on productivity targets after the gear cutter began operating Wednesday and workers averaged 280 operations in an eight and a half hour shift.
Pat Mullen a Los Angeles magician demonstrated sleight of hand to the Optimist Club yesterday at the Wilton Hotel. Roger Pilger accompanied on piano. Charles Evett served as chairman and Orian M. Landreth presided as president.
The Japanese war ministry building, where former Prime Minister Tojo and others were tried as war criminals, will be turned into apartments for occupation personnel after the hearings. No date for the conversion was announced. Verdicts in Tojo and other trials may come in late September or early October.
Bill Simpson of Los Angeles is starting the return leg of a record transcontinental hitchhiking trip by air. After three days to reach New York from LA he waited two days in Teterboro for a ride, boarding a DC 3 operated by White Star Lines for the flight back to the West.
An estimated 300 Communist rebels attacked a south Johore rubber estate early today. It was described as the largest raid of the three month Malayan revolt with reports of a European planter and three Asiatic guards killed along with two rebels and six guards wounded. Buildings were burned on the Sembrong estate.
For the murder of nurse Lucille Ramirez in Albuquerque authorities announce the suspect Franklin Lindmuth alias Franklin Lester, 19, arrested in Harrisburg Pennsylvania after being identified by Sheriff Deputy Lester Hay. Lindmuth previously served a Pennsylvania prison term and was recently released from a California jail. Ramirez was found shot to death beside the Rio Grande.
The Disabled American Veterans urged a 25 percent raise in all pensions and compensation for disabled veterans, adopted at the 27th national convention with 1500 delegates. They also pressed a $5000 minimum life insurance for dependents of men who died as prisoners of war.
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