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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1949
Page
3
Congressional Republicans plan Lincoln Day events to urge grass roots to oppose Democrats. In Washington Gov. Dewey will join a major gathering as Sen. Wherry declares Republicans must stop me tooing and fight for their positions ahead of 1950 elections.
KODIAK Alaska Feb 7 WP search planes scouted the sea for a Navy task force moving northward to launch carrier based planes at Kodiak Island in the opening phase of Operation Icicle. Forty ships and 18 000 men aim to retake the island from a hypothetical foe while land based air force and Navy planes may counterattack.
Dr. Angela C. Scott, 91, one of the founders of Oklahoma City, died here yesterday of a heart ailment. Described by friends as one of the wonders of the frontier, she was chairman of the first town meeting and publisher of the first newspaper printed in Oklahoma City.
Seattle police arrested a 49 year old ex convict as he deplaned at Sowing Field on an open charge after Det Capt R W Morris said he carried about 600 grains of heroin valued at 24000 and 3600 in cash including 2000 in a San Francisco bank wrapper. FBI agents investigated possible theft of the funds and the arrest followed a Portland police request.
A. F. Whitney, head of the rail workers union, recounts meeting President Truman at the White House in February 1943 and how he resolved a bitter rift over the strike. He says time changes many views and he never believed in holding grudges. The report notes Whitney later backed Truman in the 1944 election.
In a brief exchange the speaker tells the President they both can be hotheaded yet admire each other. They agree to move past tension and shake hands, signaling a desire to set aside friction.
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