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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1950
Page
5
A petition signed by Bertha E. Clairmont and ten others requests city consent to begin annexation of territory northeast of Carson Street and Long Beach Boulevard and south of San Antonio Drive. The City Council has sent the petition to the planning commission for study.
Chicago reports state Cole Bros circus was purchased by Otis Circus Corp. City hospital plans discussed with City Council. February statement by Charles H. Watson of Otis firm cited. Bond issue and hospital expansion cited amid hospital overcrowding concerns at Sea Side Memorial Hospital.
Senate Republicans led by Taft and Wiley oppose House accepted Hatch Act tweak that would let the Civil Service Commission reduce political activity penalties for federal workers to 15 days leave. They warn broader authority could end firings for political activity. Wiley cites Wisconsin case and asksMcGrath probe into alleged campaign fund solicitation.
Oscar Tommerlin 59 founder of Bakersfield Inn and credited with origin of the word motel died yesterday of heart disease. He was a building contractor before entering the hotel business. Survived by widow Georgia and two sons James and William.
New York church leaders opposed Mayor William O Dwyer s plan to legalize sports betting. About 100 Brakism Protestant clergymen met and condemned the proposal as a lapse in moral integrity. The Manhattan Bronx Pastoral Conference of the Lutheran Church voiced that monetary gains cannot override God given principles.
Dr. Walter A. Maier, 56, conductor of the Lutheran Hour, died after a fourth heart attack in two weeks. Since 1935 he led a widely heard radio program on 1200 stations, transcribed in 36 languages. Survived by widow, two sons Rev Walter Maier Jr. in Buffalo suburb, and Paul A. Maier, a Harvard student.
Walter Sibley, 51, a former Montana cowhand and noted movie horse trainer, was buried yesterday in Burbank. He wished Western garb and cowboy singers at his funeral reflecting his longtime career with film horses.
A severe inland blizzard battered Nevada and Idaho then swept into western Oregon. Snow and freezing conditions crippled lines. four days of outages followed as power and phone lines failed and crews repaired lines amid ongoing damage. One trucker, Thomas Lewis, was hospitalized in Medford for burns after a live line contact.
A central storm battered the Cascade range and Sierra Nevada while a powerful Pacific system pounded the intermountain West. Freezing temperatures worsen conditions for homeless flood victims as the Ohio and Wabash rivers crest near Vincennes and Cincinnati, with levee breaches delaying major crest. Soldiers and state workers guard seawalls as rising waters threaten towns along the rivers.
A fierce gale swept New York and New Jersey with winds up to 75 miles per hour. The Weather Bureau in Buffalo reported power and telephone disruptions across western New York as trees and debris caused damage in Syracuse, Plainfield, and Buffalo.
British commonwealth foreign ministers at Colombo stressed the desirability of a peace treaty with Japan. They viewed Russia and communist China as main stumbling blocks. A Japanese peace treaty was third on the conference agenda with Britain presenting a basis for discussion. no final position expected due to many details to settle.
In Dallas on January 11 a liquor store owner shot a customer, 42 year old Jake Erwin Cain, to death after an argument over 40 cents owed. Detective Captain J Will Fritz said Cain entered to buy drinks, paid, and the owner demanded the 40 cents, leading to the fatal chest wound. the owner was jailed but not charged.
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