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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1949
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR shows bid and ask data for several investment trusts and stocks. Entries include prices like 7.60, 4.90, 22.83 and 18.40 with partial firm names such as Mass Tevent and Am Keyskene Cuaklh. The text reads as a stock quotation page with many unreadable names and figures.
Ontario Daily Report urges citrus groups study wind machines to protect graves from freezes. It notes wind machines may outperform smudge pots in frost protection for orange and lemon groves and proposes financial aid and a 10 year plan to fund improvements in easy installments.
Athens dispatch reports the United Nations Balkans commission voting to invite Russia and Poland to resume seats. Chinese delegate Dr. Kwang Tsien Sih framed the move as a step toward peace, noting both nations seek cooperative work in UNSCOR with no delay.
In Birmingham on January 11 1942 an appeal of Sen Glen H Taylor Idaho Democrat from last May's conviction for dis orderly conduct was postponed to March 16. Circuit Judge George Lewis Bailes granted the postponement after attorney Arthur Kores made the motion. Taylor had been a Progressive party running mate candidate with Henry Wallace.
The City Council authorized five Recreation Department members to attend the California State Recreation Conference in Santa Barbara Fed. Attendees include Dr. Frank Hartnett head of department B K Jones May Cole Betty Garman and Robert Van Antwerp. Total expenses of 150 will be paid from the recreation department budget.
San Diego city officials ordered immediate anti termite treatment for fire station buildings after a public works inspector reported 75 percent of stations under heavy attack. Most stations are frame structures and doors and woodwork are being eaten as fast as replacements arrive.
California Governor Earl Warren asks Congress or the Interior Secretary to help resolve conflicts over Colorado River waters with Arizona. He forwarded a California report on the Central Arizona project and reiterated his 1947 proposal for direct negotiations, arbitration, or Supreme Court action to settle the dispute.
Auburn January report details the death of 24 year old Ethel Louise Wilmot after a 24 hour illness tied to an alleged illegal operation. District Attorney C E Tindall announced a full investigation to identify the surgeon and location, with Auburn as the suspected site. Miss Wilmot recently moved from San Francisco and lived with her uncle Alyis Wilmot, a retired police officer.
Lockheed F-80 co ordinator Leon Everhart will speak at the Pacific Coast Club meeting of the Fliers Post American Legion Thursday at 7 p m. The local post is one of two in the nation built exclusively from former military pilots, with Jack London Jr. as commander presiding.
A Los Angeles explorer known as The Voice of Two Worlds claims a Tibet derived system awakens vast mind and energy powers while sleeping. He says methods boost health, strength, courage, and success, with a 9000 word free treatise from the Institute of Mentalphysics offered to readers at 213 South Hobart Blvd. Dept. 353, Los Angeles 4, Calif. Limited copies available.
Washington veterans organizations The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars condemned President Truman's budget move to trim 16 000 hospital beds by dropping plans for 24 facilities and cutting 14 more. They warned of a strenuous fight and blamed VA for economic waste.
Undersecretary of the Navy W John Kenney said the Navy has no navigational objections to either proposed Bay Area bridges across San Francisco Bay and favors the south crossing over a carbon copy of the present bridge. He noted the south route would be closer to Hunters Point and Alameda naval activities and, by dispersing bridges, reduce vulnerability to air raids.
Richard J. Hug, 20, former In glewood theater manager, faced a 16 month prison sentence in Federal Court for his part in the attempted holdup of a bank messenger. Federal Judge Peirson M. Hall sentenced Hug and three others, with Hug labeled the ringleader and all four found guilty. Hug and Beverly Jean Ketter, 18, are married after arrest. Ketter, Myron J. Dvorak, 19, and Warren Leach, 20, received probation for five years.
The City Council revoked the masseuse licenses of Mary Perry and Madge Sheetz after a hearing in which city prosecutor Kenneth Sutherland charged unlawful practices. Jewell Ann Fornes who ran the massage parlor at 38 Pine Ave had her license not revoked as authorities could not prove she knew of the practices.
Vice Admiral Earl W. Mills, chief of the Bureau of Ships, announced as the man who ordered the Navy's first atomic energy engine to retire next month after passing the legal age of 62 last June. He gave the go ahead to the Atomic Energy Commission for an experimental nuclear power plant to be adapted for propulsion of naval vessels in the shortest practicable time.
Mineral, Jan. 11. A fire fueled by 50 mph winds destroyed Mineral Lodge in Lassen National Park yesterday, with an estimated loss of 150 dollars. Firefighters, limited by ice in the water supply, used a rotary snow plow to throw snow on the blaze, but high winds kept it out of control. Park officials blame a short in a damaged power line caused by a toppled fir tree.
Forrest L. Campbell, 51, petroleum engineer and geologist for Richfield Co., died early this morning at Seaside Hospital after a sudden illness at the Pacific Coast Club, where he resided. Unmarried, he had just returned from New Mexico after geological work and was in Long Beach on assignment. Body to Holton and Son Mortuary.
Louis Mathern director of Inglewood Recreation Center will tell the Long Beach Young Adults Club the history of the Ingle-Air Club, an organization of youths 18 and over, at a 7 30 o'clock Belmont Recreation Center meeting. Bob Williams program chairman said officers may be elected at next week's meeting.
Associated Press reports Chinese Communists may have captured Tientsin or won terms for surrender while Nanking troops fought dead pockets near the capital. Peiping and Tientsin besieged as Chiang Kai-shek evacations accelerate. Chennault offers to reform Flying Tigers. Israel Britain tension grows with air clashes and planned armistice talks on Rhodes. United Nations and Britain dispute Palestine incidents. Indonesian leaders held in East Indies. Security Council resumes Indonesian question.
Diplomatic officials say Russia will sail the 8030 ton cruiser Milwaukee to Lewes Delaware by March 1 after receiving 13 Italian war vessels. The Milwaukee, loaned in 1944 to guard Murmansk lanes, will be retired from active service on return. Russia also will return British ships as part wartime agreement, with Britain to begin on January 15.
The White House announced a date for President Truman to deliver a foreign policy message to Congress. The press secretary said no additional messages were likely this week, but nominations for public office may be sent to the Senate on Thursday. No date was set for the social security expansion message.
Olle Geter 24 pleaded guilty December 8 to cashing a forged check at a store on 2818 East Anaheim Street and was sentenced by Superior Judge Fred Miller to 120 days in county jail plus three years probation. Police said Geter was known to store employees and was named as a suspect after the forged check cashed October 29.
Gilbert R. Joy, 19, a laborer, was sentenced to eight months in county jail as part of a five year probation after pleading guilty to joyriding a stolen car. Superior Judge Fred Miller granted the probation following the arrest on November 12 when Joy was seen driving downtown in a stolen vehicle.
Mrs. Constance C. Sandberg a 36 year old secretary at the Red Feather building 1213 Cedar Ave reported her wallet containing 3 dollars was taken while she worked at the Community Chest. Police investigated the theft described as a wallet pilfering incident in a charity office area.
Forecaster notes indicate tide levels and solar and lunar data. Moonrise at 3:46, plus predicted high and low tides with feet measurements, issued by the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Henri de Ja Chapelle of E F Hutton forecast a Dow Jones average around 200 to 210 in 1949. He cited expanded corporate dividends and a 90 year cycle of peaks, but warned the market has not reached wartime peak levels. He urged caution on government policy and predicted a later plan for profits to workers.
New York January 11 RCA Victor unveiled a 1 6 inch phonograph record matching the music content of standard discs. It uses a third speed and a 45 rpm automatic changer. RCA officials said the new record will sell well below conventional types. Columbia revealed a 7 inch microgroove LP designed for slow speed players. Reports say a trade war may be developing between RCA Victor and Columbia.
An air and ground search on Mauna Loa's western slope failed to locate the civilian plane believed missing with three aboard. The Coast Guard urged halting the search after eight ground crew with four planes in excellent visibility found no trace of the aircraft.
Navy ships in the Long Beach area list tentative arrivals and future sailings from Mare Island San Francisco Balboa Yokosuka and other ports. Ships in port include cruisers St Paul Helena and others with auxiliaries and landing craft named. Sailings project Mission Lab Rafael Merrimack Namakagon Mauna loa to Seattle and Korea with dates in January.
Superior Judge Fred Miller condemned a rising crime trend as he sentenced five defendants before probation hearings on assault charges. Merle Johnson and Parker Chestnut Jr were among the defendants, with Johnson receiving six months in county jail and Chestnut three years probation plus 45 days in jail after returning stolen money. Fannie Stovall received 90 days in jail with three years probation for shooting at Henry Hurd during a dispute. Leonard Bauer faced three years probation and 60 days in jail for felonious assault. John L. Washington was given three years probation and 90 days in jail after stabbing his wife Florence amid a family argument, with the couple reportedly reconciling since.
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