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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1950
Page
2
Compton police report thieves broke into the H. B. Thomas Insurance Co at 120 S. Alameda. A glass front door was smashed to gain entry, but nothing was taken.
Weather official warns continued rain in northern and central California with occasional showers today tonight and Saturday near Monterey and Merced. Engineers report moderate rising in streams from Shasta Dam to Tuolumne River and note 23.3 feet on the San Joaquin at Vernal low compared to past floods. Rainfall totals vary from 2.07 inches at Calaveras to one inch in the Sacramento Valley while Sierra snow remains light aside from heavy deposits at Panther Meadows and Sand Flats. Western Pacific reroutes trains due to a Pulga landslide. minor floods hit Richmond and hotel areas as utilities respond to rising water and sandbagging efforts proceed downtown.
London reports that one in every tour worker is employed by the government. Labor Minister George Isaacs said up to last June the total working population was 23,500,000 with 5,715,000 employed by local or national authorities.
A. E. Baughman told a House committee the Secret Service may face further attempts on President Truman’s life. He urged $82,000 for Secret Service and $49,000 for White House police for six months, to add 27 agents and 13 police, with some assigned to Vice President Barkley and a Puerto Rico detail. He described Blair House as a fire trap and warned Capitol security during presidential addresses.
Richard O Aggen of 6921 Coachella Ave and Henry Futchik of 785 Lime Ave Hawthorne received gold pins for 10 years of service with Northrop Aircraft Inc. The presentation was made by company president John X Northrop.
President Truman’s radio address faces a grim world scene as China’s forces pressure Korea and a revived Soviet air threat looms. Casualties in the Korean conflict nearly reach 34 thousand with UN forces holding limited beachheads while Washington weighs broader mobilization and a possible shift in strategy. Military spending nears forty one point eight billion, with projections toward a hundred billion annually once rearmament accelerates.
London December 15 Parliament adjourned for a 40 day Christmas recess. Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison set January 23 as the return date and pledged to recall lawmakers immediately if an emergency arises.
A Senate investigating committee warned that sexual perverts are easy marks for foreign spies and that federal agencies including the State Department mishandled homosexual cases by allowing many to resign for personal reasons. The report cites FBI findings that Russian, Nazi, and Communist agents seek to exploit private life weaknesses to blackmail government officials. The probe, authorized last June, builds on an earlier inquiry noting thousands of homosexuals on the U.S. payroll.
Moscow reports state of emergency to be proclaimed by President Truman tonight. Pravda cites Wall Street Journal warning the move could be last step before war actions. Tass dispatch says it aims to bolster Western Europe with American power amid Korea intervention failures. Pravda claims emergency would ease profits for monopolies on state contracts.
The FBI told Congress that Russian agents have orders to seek out private life weaknesses of U S officials to blackmail them. A Senate committee report said discovered weaknesses could be used by Moscow to capitalize later. D Milton Ladd testified that homosexuals and other perverts are easy targets for blackmailers and spies.
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