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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1948
Page
2
J Lewis Luckenbach reports the oil industry has placed orders for 18 new tankers totaling 278690 gross tons and 466000 deadweight tons. He says these orders may sustain American shipyards facing limited current work and a small pipeline of sea going vessels expected to finish before July 1.
A $200,000 flash fire at the Jobbers' Wood Products Co. plant in Stockton was blamed on an electrical short circuit. The blaze threatened nearby homes and mills as fire crews fought the flames.
In Nevada County a jury convicted Joseph L. Hardy 24 of murder and recommended life imprisonment for shooting J. W. McLain 48 in a mountain meadow near Truckee on July 30. Lois Hunt Hardy 20 lured McLain with a promise of favors while embracing him. robbery cited as motive. The couple were arrested after a Las Vegas accident involving McLain’s car.
A Pacific Fisheries Conference committee urged Secretary of State Marshall to appoint an assistant secretary dedicated to international fisheries. T. F. Sandoz of Astoria said delays in treaty talks, notably with Japan, risk national interests and cited lack of high-level State Department oversight as the top problem in the industry.
A terse court statement indicates Loiss is confined and awaiting the State Supreme Court's decision on her automatic coke case. The report notes the matter is before higher judicial review.
Nanking China January 28 Premier Chang Chun outlined a sweeping 10 point program for domestic reforms to curb inflation and the black market. The statement also notes Washington counsel and anticipated early Congressional action on substantial aid for China of up to 300 million dollars.
Newfoundland national convention defeats motion to put union with Canada to voters. Vote 29 to 16. Convention formed in 1946 to decide future government for the island, then under British rule, with Canada’s proposed union under consideration by a Newfoundland delegation.
In Warsaw on January 28 twelve supporters of exiled Stanislaw Mikolajczyk went on trial accused of spying for an unidentified embassy. The case centers on allegations of espionage linked to a foreign mission.
In San Francisco on January 28 a 200 page complaint alleges nearly $1.5 million was paid from the Adolph B. Spreckels Sr trust to Alma De Bretteville Spreckels. Adolph B. Spreckels Jr. sues on behalf of Lois Spreckels, alleging the widow was entitled only to life income. The Spreckels estate was once valued at about $14.9 million. Adolph Spreckels Sr. died in 1924.
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