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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1948
Page
3
Berlin reports show women cast about 65 percent of the total anti communism ballot. In Berlin, women voters outnumbered men 982,989 to 603, with turnout above 90 percent for women and just over 80 percent for men. In the American sector 88.9 percent voted OSS, British 85.1 percent, French about 75 percent.
Romulo Gallegos, exiled Venezuelan president, blamed large business and foreign oil interests for his military ouster. In Havana he said members of his cabinet still face arrest and mistreatment while he was granted asylum and flown to Cuba. The pilot diverted to Havana after opposition officers allowed landing.
E. Raymond Everett, 63, a central Texas wood carver and landscape artist who was a professor of architecture at the University of Texas, died in an Austin hospital last night. He had served as UT professor since 1915 after five years teaching at the University of Michigan.
Okey L. Patteson, a Democrat with a flawless campaign record, entered West Virginia governor races from Mount Hope with extensive state and local government experience. He highlighted 16 years of Democratic governance, backed farm-to-market road expansion, tax revision for municipalities and schools, and a World War II veterans bonus referendum.
Hollywood reports Rita Hayworth denies Columbia Pictures claim that she refused to report for her $248000 a year job. She says a script was handed last Thursday not suited to her. she was suspended after stating the part would be detrimental to her. She has been touring Mexico City and Havana and is linked romantically to Aly Khan.
The American Tobacco Co. invested $100,000 in the University of Chicago atomic research program. Vincent Riggio, company president, said the firm becomes an industrial member of the institute of radiobiology and biophysics for five years. The annual membership fee is $20,000.
Walter Winchell, famed columnist and news commentator, confessed he lost his temper during a Sunday broadcast as he was nearly finished thanking his sponsor for almost 17 years of association. He recalled telling his assistant to cut the time short and to “go away” to let him finish his remarks.
Dr. Arthur R. Colwell of Northwestern announces a 2:1 mix of standard and protamine insulin that slows absorption. Used for six years on 500 severe diabetics, it improves balance, with 90 percent needing one injection daily and severe cases requiring two. Protamine alone suits mild cases but has faults in others.
Almost the entire interurban net linking Belgian towns and cities is shut today due to a 24 hour strike for a salary raise. Streetcar lines within many cities are also strike bound.
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