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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1950
Page
2
A flood warning spread as river levels rose in Mississippi Valley states. Heavy rains swollen creeks and streams, prompting evacuations along flood plains and urging residents to monitor forecasts and prepare shelters. Local officials urged caution amid rising water and potential evacuations.
Seretse Khama, king of the Bamangwatos, arrived in London to contest keeping both his throne and his white wife Ruth Williams. British cabinet reportedly rules he cannot have both, with Noel Baker proposing a tribal state council as a compromise while warnings of unrest in Bechuanaland Protectorate loom.
ROME Feb 14 Dino Grandi former foreign minister and ambassador to London under Mussolini is said by L Unita to be in Rome on a business trip. Cleared in absentia in 1947 of fascist crimes he reportedly returned from South America to work for an Italian firm with Latin American subsidiaries. Grandi was sentenced to death by a Verona fascist court in 1944 for a plot against Mussolini and escaped after his downfall. A Buenos Aires paper said he was living in Argentina under an assumed name.
The CIO Brewery and Distillery Workers urged the House Ways and Means Committee to cut federal liquor taxes by 528 million dollars yearly to 1942 rates. They argued current rates boost moonshine and hurt government, industry, and workers, while endorsing broader tax relief including personal exemptions and a corporation tax plan. The drive comes as housing and rent controls, oil depletion tax, and other fiscal proposals dominate Congress agenda.
Frankfurt reports say a woman employee of the Allied Military Security Board in Berlin was sent back to the United States last week under guard and in secrecy. The unnamed woman traveled aboard a Military Air Transport Service aircraft to Westover Field Massachusetts. A US high commission spokesman called the case classified and declined to reveal charges or details.
President Truman named James K. Knudson of Utah to the Interstate Commerce Commission to fill the vacancy left by Carroll Miller. The term runs until December 31, 1953.
Rain drenched the Mississippi Valley as the Weather Bureau warned of rising rivers including the Ohio and Mississippi. Evacuation of 3000 people continued from the New Madrid floodway as ice storms spread, schools closed, and power outages disrupted Midwest towns from Indiana to New York.
In Hannover Germany an ex Nazi is jailed on charges of plotting to murder West German President Theodor Heuss. Police say a diary details plans for a bomb attack at Hannover railway station but the suspect claimed he would have killed hundreds. He was arrested after traveling without papers in Darmstadt and is under psychiatric review.
Rain and sleet persist in New York City reservoir regions and Rockland County affecting streams feeding northern New Jersey watersheds. The impact on already depleted reservoirs cannot be assessed for several days.
Sunrise 6 37 a m Sunset 5 38 p m Moonrise 6 12 a m Moonset 4 31 p m Tides and temperatures show 52 degree water with calm conditions. Foregoing statistics credited to U S Coast and Geodetic Survey. Monday's weather statistics.
In Willimantic Connecticut a dog and railroad engineer saved two year old Jackie Green who wandered to tracks. Engineer S A Whyenott stopped the Boston Hartford train within 25 feet of the child and tugging dog, then ferried them to Willimantic station. Police returned the boy to his mother Mrs Marshall Green. The boy was unharmed and amused by the ride.
Valentines Virginia post office reports record mail for February 14 with 210 special pieces sent by collectors in 36 states. Postmaster R J Clary Jr notes normal outgoing stamp value at about 41 letters and postcards and used a red ink cancel on the mail.
Mrs Lois White of Chrisney Indiana asked St Louis police to seek a man she met on a train who took her to a night club then walked off with her purse containing 150 pounds The woman was en route to visit her son Glenn White in Tucson Arizona.
Sue MOVIES. Town. Feb. 14. FP! Tommy Ellis a 17 year old soldier wanted for questioning about a murder may be dead or badly hurt his father said today R F Ellis of Rock Springs Wyoming said It just seems to me that Tommy would try to get in touch with me if he were all right Ellis has made radio appeals to his son to surrender to police Authorities want to question him about the knife slaying of Mrs Flora Bryan 85 which occurred nine days ago
Chicago report notes slim odds of making Who's Who in America for 1950-51 volume as the edition expands in size. Article discusses factors affecting inclusion and reflects on career recognition.
Atlanta reporter Katherine Barnwell visits Coca the ailing elephant as veterinarians begin sling preparations to ease her crippled knee. Coca resists, splashing mud over Barnwell while a Constitution photographer dodges her spray.
Samuel Lloyd Noble oilman and Ardmore native dies at 53 in the Lamar Hotel Houston on a business trip. He chaired J. S. Abercrombie Company and Old Ocean Oil Company and led Noble Drilling Co. Survivors include daughter Ann and three sons. Burial planned in Ardmore.
In New York on Valentine Day detectives watched as Estelle Goldsberg aged 27 and her 12 month old son Saul were buried after being shot by her husband Murray Goldsberg 27 who fled and remains missing since Sunday. The pair were laid to rest in black velvet coffins at a Lower East Side chapel as authorities hunted the suspect.
Frank H. Bigelow of Rockville Maryland, a Navy veteran captured on Corregidor, was awarded the first P O W surrender payment of 1198 dollars for 1198 days in Japanese camps. The check was issued by War Claims Commissioners Cleary and Lusk as part of the War Claims Act.
In Pomona on February 14 the Truth In Advertising says Elsberg Reynolds Jr. earned attention with a bold ad about junky cars. The piece notes nine items offered and two sales but observer comments many shoppers lacked funds, leaving deals incomplete.
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