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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1948
Page
9
James W. Pruitt a 23 year old Compton youth at S516 Dalry Ave was held to answer to alleged betting on horse races over the tele age. A preliminary hearing was set before Municipal Judge Martin DeVries with bail fixed at 1000 and a February 20 date for the prelim. Police said he was arrested yesterday by officers.
The United Nations warned that a drop in U S production or employment would trigger devastating deflationary effects worldwide. The 1947 outlook stressed global dependence on the United States, with calls for drastic action like rationing and investment controls to curb inflation. Russia’s data were incomplete, but officials noted broader information gaps. The report cited a world short of food, inflation, and dollar scarcity, labeling 1947 a year of frustrated hopes.
Otto Praeger a former second assistant postmaster general and veteran newspaperman died at his Washington home last night. Born in Victoria Texas in 1871 he served as Washington postmaster and later as second assistant postmaster general during the Wilson administration. He was an early advocate of all mail and was city editor of the San Antonio Express before moving to Washington as correspondent for that paper and the Dallas News under Theodore Roosevelt.
The State Department kept silence on claims it recommended a 510 million dollar aid package for China. Officials did not confirm or deny the report that the proposal went to the National Advisory Council. Secretary Marshall said the program is still under executive review and hopes to submit to Congress soon.
In Philadelphia on February 5 a case connects an Australian soldier missing since the Rousyu Maru sinking on September 12, 1944, with the U S. Diana Lianos-Rydkin of the Australasian Women's Club appealed for help locating Stanley, 25, believed captured at Singapore and held by the Japanese. A sister reported seeing a man resembling him in Minneapolis.
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