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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1951
Page
1
In Dade City Florida on January 19 over 100 workers at Paseo Packing Co citrus canning plant were overcome by fumes from a disinfectant. Most revived with oxygen or recovered without treatment as the sectioning plant prepared to reopen at 1 p.m. The hospital filled with workers, and some went to private physicians. no machinery was damaged.
FBI chieftain Richard Hood warned of heavy penalties for draft dodging in Southern California. He attributed the upswing to ignorance of draft laws and urged compliance to avoid penalties.
A 14-year-old from West Virginia, Pic. James D. Byrd of Youngstown Ohio, is hospitalized at Percy Jones in Battle Creek with frostbite from the Korean War. He joined the Army after seeking enlistment since age eight, saying he was signed up last June 9. He fought with the Seventh Infantry, Eighth Army, on Korea’s west coast, losing toes and fingers to frostbite but left with all other toes intact. He arrived by evacuation plane December 26. An Army officer revealed his true birth date after his birth certificate showed April 5, 1936, and his birth in New Beckley, West Virginia.
The Defense Department asked Congress to grant combat bonus pay of 50 to 100 dollars monthly for troops in Korea. Enlisted men would receive 50 dollars and officers 100 dollars if they fought at least six days in a month. Retroactive to June 27, the plan covers those in direct battle and in immediate support, with officers favored for higher pay due to responsibility and casualties. Rep. Potter urged no officer-enlisted distinction, arguing risk is equal for all. The bill targets Army Navy Marine Corps and Air Force personnel in Korea and may guide future emergencies. Aimed at retaining experienced personnel and enabling combat promotions on commission.
United Nations patrol found the bodies of nine enlisted men and one officer on the central front in Korea. All were shot in the head. one may have died of battle wounds. An atrocity case is suspected as the captors reportedly surrounded the patrol and executed the men.
Two earth tremors about 45 miles away were recorded yesterday by Fordham University seismograph. Rev Joseph Lynch, seismologist, noted the events at 4 26 37 p m and 4 35 26 p m. The report places the quakes as distant and modest in magnitude.
Obituary notes the death of famed actor Jack Holt, an early Hollywood leading man. The brief mention appears in the newspaper’s far-right notices section, with readers directed to the obituaries on page 8-6.
Gen J Lawton Collins told Senators the Army will reach 24 combat divisions by July 1 under the UMST plan. He urged approval of drafting 18 year olds for 27 months and noted Joint Chiefs Chairman Sherman supports heightening fighting force goals if needed. He and Sherman stressed reliance on reserves and voluntary enlistments, with Navy favoring four and six year terms.
SACRAMENTO Jan 19 The Legislature moved a proposal to raise state aid to schools by 30.5 million dollars annually funded by a two cent per package cigarette tax if needed. The Assembly introduced five bills to increase basic payments to school districts from nine to ninety seven or one hundred dollars per daily attendance unit, with state support on a current basis at an annual cost potentially 14.5 million dollars.
U N forces pushed from snowbound sectors along the central front and retook Wonju with tanks and air support, after abandoning the key rail hub earlier. About 10,000 troops crossed toward Yongwol and reported heavy enemy losses, while western skirmishes continued near Osan and along the Ka rae mi man border amid expectations of another Communist offensive.
A Tibetan official in India said Chinese Communists won a major Tibet victory without gunfire, using rockets and fireworks to sow fear. Chamdo’s fortress fell early in October, officers fled, and Tibetan leaders reportedly urged immediate capitulation after witnessing the Red tactics.
President Truman and his cabinet heard a first-hand Korea briefing from Gen J Lawton Collins and Gen Hoyt Vandenberg after generals returned from the front. Gen Omar Bradley, chair of the joint chiefs, sat in on the session. Attorney General McGrath called the report informative.
San Pedro man William Katko, 37, died after descending into a 25 foot sewer to fasten a rescue line for Albert Hartwig, 39, as both were overcome by poison gas. Firemen battled to revive Katko with gas masks but efforts failed. Hartwig was pulled to safety by fellow workers.
Mrs. Lucille Folsom, 33, of 319 W Reeves, Compton, was struck by a northbound Pacific Electric train at Olive Street intersection at 6:45 am. She died 40 minutes later at Women's and Children's Hospital. Motorman Robert Bowman said she ran onto the tracks despite warning whistles. she was carried 14 feet by the impact. Survived by widower Thomas Folsom and three children, Thomas Jr 14 Janice 12 and Alice 5.
The U S House moved to brand Communist China the aggressor in Korea by a bipartisan resolution. Debate delayed briefly over war implications. At Lake Success the U N political committee pause followed consultations among American, French and British delegates.
Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with cooler temperatures tonight and warmer conditions tomorrow afternoon. Light variable winds tonight shift to westerly up to 16 mph tomorrow.
President Truman reshuffles the economic high command naming Eric Johnston to replace Alan Valentine as economic stabilization director. Johnston will oversee prices, wages, rent control and housing finance while on leave from the Motion Picture Association of America. The change follows a dispute over timing and methods for a wage price freeze with Valentine citing an honest difference of opinion.
Chinese Nationalist sources say Red China pulled its Third Field Army of over 100000 troops from Korea for reorganizing after heavy losses. The move leaves the Fourth Field Army and revived North Korean forces facing the U S Eighth Army in South Korea, with about 250000 men. Reports also claim Russia moved seven Soviet divisions totaling around 100000 men into China to guard the mainland. U S intelligence in Tokyo would not confirm.
Frank London of San Francisco told OS Banos police that he killed his wife Vera with a blow to the head in their basement. Londo, a tractor driver, drove hundreds of miles with her body in the trunk before his arrest. He spoke incoherently and claimed heavy drinking.
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