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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1950
Page
2
London reports the Soviet Union is deploying diplomatic and propaganda tactics to block an Atlantic army and resist including West Germans. The piece surveys potential Kremlin angles tied to German reunification hopes, US UK policy rifts, and arms debates, questioning what happens if rearmament proceeds.
In upstate New York an apple-picker confessed after questioning that he strangled Evelyn Hughes known as Yvonne Hughes a former Ziegfeld Follies showgirl. He said he strangled her with a scarf during a drinking party in his Manhattan hotel room after she resisted his advances. Hughes 50 had appeared in Rio Rita Rosalie and films with Valentino Swanson. She lived with common-law husband John McDonald in a hotel room near where the body was found.
In Grand Canyon Arizona a 44 year old cook, Ray Goodman, killed Mary Hunsaker and Norman Bennett before dying by suicide after a manhunt. Goodman shot Hunsaker after she refused his date and wounded Bennett, then shot himself at a half mile from Grand Canyon village following a lengthy search by more than 100 officers with bloodhounds.
East Germany steel works at Crossen Saxony began producing artillery parts for the Soviet army a few weeks ago under strict secrecy according to Neue Zeitung. The claim comes as Berlin reports fuel tension and heightened East Bloc arms activity amid Cold War scrutiny.
The Republican National Committee will meet in Washington on January 26 to plan a campaign to elect a GOP president and Congress in 1952. Goals include defending 20 Senate seats, reelecting 199 House members, capturing up to 12 Democratic Senate seats, winning 39 Democratic House districts, building a two party system in the South, and expanding party bases with state and local leaders.
Indiana state police questioned Ethridge Grubbs, a 34 year old Bloomington laborer, about a shotgun rampage near Camby that killed his brother Warnie Grubbs and neighbor Homer Shaw and wounded his wife Helen. Grubbs, said to be dazed and heavily drinking, led investigators to Shaw’s location after forcing him to drive, while Veneda Grubbs reported a shotgun blast through the windshield.
Government strategists warn that China’s campaign in Korea may trigger a rift with Russia over dominance in Asia. The analysis notes Wu Hsiu-chuan’s UN speech and fears Moscow and Beijing may diverge on influence from Formosa to Indochina, shaping long term U S policy amid a potential peace plan by Vishinsky that would require foreign troop withdrawal.
Executors of actor Wallace Beery's 2.22 million dollar estate win authorization to distribute all but 800000. A 400000 settlement settles a 1.5243 million claim by Beery's former wife Mary Gillman Beery Foyt over alleged concealed community property from 1939 divorce. Remaining heirs include adopted daughter Carol Ann, nephew Noah Beery Jr, and brother William Beery's heirs. An 800000 reserve covers taxes and contingencies. Gloria Schumm's 104135 claim for a son is unresolved, appealed to the California Supreme Court.
News from Ouston Texas details the McCarthy family weddings. Mary Margaret 19 wed Harry Richards Jr of Houston in a lavish ceremony. Glenna Lee McCarthy 17, eloped with George Pontikes 15, a Rice Institute football player, in Waco. Five hundred guests attended the church service and reception at the McCarthy mansion.
Premier Mohammed Natsir said Indonesia would use all means available to realize its claim to Western New Guinea. He denied seeking UN or third-party arbitration and said no new diplomatic talks with the Netherlands are planned. The Hague conference ended without agreement, leaving the territory under Dutch rule and Indonesia pressing for incorporation.
President Truman grants an exemption allowing Paul A. Walker of Oklahoma City to remain vice chairman of the Communications Commission after turning 70 on January 12. Walker has served since the FCC’s 1934 establishment, with prior tenure as chairman of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. The Civil Service Act normally requires retirement at 70 unless an exemption is granted in the public interest.
Los Angeles Mayor Bowron orders installation of air raid sirens at strategic locations after a survey by the Department of Water and Power. Sirens will be reconditioned from postwar storage and placed citywide.
United Nations forces report improved conditions after withdrawing from the northeast front near the 38th parallel. In the Manchurian border push toward Hyseoniin, the 17th Regiment of the US Seventh Division faced extreme terrain, frostbite, and heavy enemy pressure, with losses mounting on both sides as brutal winter winds swept the Chang Jin reservoir area.
Hollywood dispatch reports 19 year old Donald Len Rider, an escapee from Montana State Prison, arrested on robbery and burglary charges after detectives traced him to a motel using burnt matches from a burglarized auction house. Rider had been sentenced to 10 years for slugging a guard in Helena. He reportedly faced robberies totaling 3800 dollars and carried a 25 caliber pistol and a .38 revolver.
NEW YORK December 28 Sgt Joseph L Staenel and his wife faced a new kind of mother in law issue as they drove 2100 miles from Denver to meet his mother in law Mrs Augusta Brusnabene 71 who was to arrive from Frankfurt Germany but Pan American Airways said no mistake and she would not arrive until January 26 Staenot planned to return to Denver and try again next month.
President Truman laments a decline in voter turnout and urges steps to halt the downward trend. In a letter to the American Political Science Association he calls for guidance to boost citizen participation during a national emergency. He emphasizes democracy relies on public engagement and warns of reduced polling over the past decade.
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