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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1950
Page
6
Mormon leader George Albert Smith, age 80, arrived in Los Angeles from a two week trip to the Hawaiian Islands. Friends said he is feeling fine, thrilled, and had a marvelous time during the visit as president of the Saints Church.
Long Beach Motor Patrol Association members and city officials attended a patio supper at 703 E Roosevelt to honor the patrol. Mayor Burton Chace City Manager Vickers Vice Mayor Parmley and several councilmen were present. Chief Dovey introduced officers as guests Ronald Wahlwend and Raymond Gillingham led the event with remarks on patrol standards and hazardous duties. Bob Van Antwerp provided music for square dancing and guests enjoyed antique music boxes and instruments.
Howard Parke, a paraplegic patient at the Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital, displays his six nonpoisonous lizards including one named Molotov. He shows a lizard to Wesley Dickinson of the Long Beach Zoo. Wardmates nickname him Zoo-keeper and joke about his hobby, but Parke defends the creatures as having developed personalities.
President Truman accepts the resignation of John W. Gibson as assistant Secretary of Labor effective August 31. Gibson said he resigned for compelling reasons and Truman praised his determination to leave public service.
Roosevelt ordains the intra party clash as "irresponsible" while Rollin McNitt defends allies and questions Roosevelt's remarks. The dispute comes as Roosevelt pushes an open cities plan amid wider criticisms from Democratic and Republican ranks.
Santa Rosa endured an hour long mock bombing as 61st Fighter Wing planes conducted a simulated raid. The exercise capped a wing review led by Governors Warren of California Lee of Utah and Bible for Nevada, with Governor Pittman’s representative in attendance.
Capt. Fred V. Clari known as Shorty retires after 33 years in aviation with Pan American flights Miami to Brazil. He joined the Navy in 1908 and learned to fly in 1921, remaining accident free over 3,000 miles flown. He turns 60 on New Year’s Day and becomes Pan American’s first pensioned pilot.
Mason T. Kight Jr. recounts six weeks in Europe returning from a tour that included England France Italy Switzerland and Ireland. He notes gratitude for American aid under the Marshall Plan amid postwar reconstruction and cites bombed towns and Italian art centers as highlights of the trip.
SAN ANTONIO Texas Aug 26 The Air Force can use the world s largest land based aircraft anytime KC 89 approved for delivery by Col Fi Bell maintenance director at Keely Air Force Base The plane is a sister ship to the B 38 bomber port of modification here to make its pusher type engines interchangeable with the bomber First test flight was July 3 an explosion in wing fuel lines caused extensive structural damage in March during air test
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