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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1948
Page
1
Communist raiders cut the railway supplying Nationalist forces near Nanking, halting reinforcements to Pengpu as fighting rages in Suhsien Suchon and Suangtuitsi areas. Government says lines being repaired and traffic to resume soon.
FRANKFURT Dec 9 Russia has taken drastic steps to halt desertions from her armies, especially in Germany and other European countries. Officers said a top secret directive orders commanders to warn each officer that his family would suffer if he flees. Some deserters returned to the Red Army were shot and named on unit boards as a warning. Desertions are fewer than some reports claim, but the effort shows substantial numbers.
General Marshall, recovering from a kidney operation two days earlier at Walter Reed Hospital, reported enjoyed his breakfast this morning. The secretary of state remains under care but in stable condition as doctors monitor progress.
A long list of pages shows convention coverage in Long Beach with recent record achievements. Separate notes indicate Rep Elect Doyle to probe Houghton Park Village in Washington. Various sections including sports and theaters are listed with page numbers.
In San Francisco on December 9, Al Shipowners planned to meet with Harry Lundeberg to discuss pay demands of the A F L Sailors Union of the Pacific. The union seeks more than the 21 monthly raises granted by recent settlements, with potential for a strike after 30 days if talks fail. Negotiations also touch coastal steam schooners and other maritime unions. Dock operations were normal after a 95 day strike.
Newport police investigate the bizarre death of Hollywood writer Wilfred Pettitt aboard his yacht the Gay Lady off Newport. His body was bound and hanged, with preliminary ruling not murder. Pettitt, a Columbia contract writer since 1942, had worked on stage and screen including The Swordsman and Devil's Carnival, and recently returned from New York where he was on a play. An inquest was scheduled by pathologist Dr. Larry Mathis.
Washington Dec 9 The United States abandoned as outmoded a plan to break up combines and broaden ownership of industry in Japan. The American representative notified the Far Eastern Commission that the government withdraws support from its proposal FEC 230. Maj Gen Frank McCoy said MacArthur’s aims remain, but as Supreme Allied commander he has largely carried them out and the FEC action has been overtaken by events.
In Los Angeles on December 9 John Mauch found a wallet in a Christmas tree he was setting up in an office building. The wallet contained $19 and cards identifying Kenneth Hancock, 36, of Quilcene, Washington, who had cut down the tree. Mauch telegraphed Hancock and sent the wallet to him.
Berlin reports Russian military authorities accuse American C54 and B-36 hops of violating four power rules in the Soviet zone. A Soviet letter cites 16 alleged offenses in a month. U S air safety says pilots will be briefed to obey rules. In Texas, a B 36 set a nonstop Fort Worth to Honolulu to Fort Worth record of about 35 hours and 8000 miles.
ESTILL SC December 9 A middle aged father calmly told police he beat his wife and two of their children to death with a baseball bat last night He is held on three charges of murder after the bodies were found at their home John Bowers 41 a grocer admitted the slayings in an oral statement Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh quoted him as saying his wife had waited for the family to return from a movie and then turned on them one by one because he and his wife had been betting along so well Police found the bodies of Mrs Bowers and 4 year old Sandra inside the house Wayne seven lay on the front porch He is being held in the county jail at Hampton Sheriff Alton Lightsey said Bowers has four other children two teen aged boys and two grown daughters
Former State Department employee Henry Julian Wadleigh testifies at HUAC hearings denying involvement with giving restricted papers to Whittaker Chambers or Alger Hiss. Nixon cites Chambers testimony naming Wadleigh as a sources of secret documents while Mundt cautions limits on questioning and ongoing search for a third unnamed source.
Bolivian delegate Adolfo Costa du Rels complains at the United Nations that colleagues talk too much. He proposes creating a special committee to study rule changes to coordinate debates, limit time, and curb repetition and propaganda before the assembly.
President Truman said aid to China would be raised when he meets Madame Chiang Kai-shek at tea tomorrow. He noted it will be their first meeting since her arrival to seek more U S assistance against the Communists. He declined to confirm further talks or a personal appearance before Congress for the State of the Union.
A fresh flow of cold air from the Canadian northwest chills the Dakotas and Montana and heads toward the central states. Lows drop to 15 below in Havre and -13 in Glasgow with -10 at Williston as the coldest wave of the season looms. Tonight lows forecast 25 to 30 below in North Dakota and 15 to 25 below in South Dakota, with subzero readings in Wisconsin and parts of Iowa.
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