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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1950
Page
2
Sunrise at 5 43 a m and sunset at 7 59 p m with a low at 3 51 p m and high at 12 37 p m. Tides reach 3 5 ft at 11 06 p m and 6 ft readings near 4 49 p m. Water temperature is 57 degrees and surf conditions are small breakers.
Odd scene from Philadelphia on June 1 as a stray possum wandered into town. A Boy Scout advised lassoing it, a clothesline maneuver ensued, and the animal was captured and handed to a humane society.
SYLACAUGA AL June 1 A quick getaway in a loco motive while under arrest will switch Engineer Jason McCullum into court here Monday. He faces speeding resisting arrest and escaping from police after he highballed a Louisville and Nashville passenger train through Sylacauga at too fast a clip. Police chased to the next stop and arrested him. He slipped away after a minute, then was recaptured later and released on $200 bond. He will explain the hoopla to the judge.
PRINCETON Ind June 1 UPI reports a new Hart church wall collapsed at Haunstadt yesterday knocking down a scaffold and killing a stone mason and injuring two of his six brothers August Uberhef 56 St Croix Ind died of a broken neck His brothers Joe 40 and Ed-
In Providence Rhode Island on June 1 a probate judge ruled that a 16 room mansion once occupied by three tomcats for over a year should be used for human habitation. Mrs Sophie H Howarth who died in April 1949 had specified in her will that the cats live there and Miss Elizabeth Berne be paid 10 a week to care for them. Yesterday with approval of all principals in the Howarth estate Miss Berne received the cats and 4000 to care for them in her own home.
Mrs. Fannie Alford, born the year New Britain was incorporated, died last night just before her 100th birthday. Her birthday in September would have been marked by a centennial celebration in the city. She was named honorary chairman of the centennial committee reflecting her life’s parallel to the city’s history.
Los Angeles report states Hotelman Thomas D. Hull seeks 22454 dollars plus an accounting from radio executive Jay Paley and movie executive Joseph M. Schenck over a deal involving the Arrowhead Springs Hotel.
Washington reports officials expect the United States to grant political asylum to Vladimir Houdek, a Czech diplomat, amid debate in the Senate and Justice Departments. Houdek resigned from the United Nations post amid Communist pressure, and the case tests U S rules on admitting alien Communists as political refugees.
Oak Ridge Tennessee June 1 Construction on 250 million dollar government project resumes after a week long wildcat strike by 700 of Local 818 Laborers and Hodcarriers. About 4500 workers returned, halting hundreds more on K-29 and K-31 plants.
Hollywood June 1 Harpo Marx the screen pantomimist and self described Democrat issued a public letter praising Governor Warren for his courage liberal attitude and support for repealing the McLain pension plan. The letter was released yesterday and marks an unusual cross party endorsement from a noted entertainer.
Coal and independent oil producers urged Congress to curb foreign oil imports, saying they cause unemployment in fuel industries. H B Fell of the Independent Petroleum Association of America cited declines in oil production and refinery jobs and backed import quotas or higher duties or a export import balance.
New York June 1 The Shubert brothers Lee and J J asked dismissal of a federal antitrust suit against their national theater enterprises The government filed suit in February charging a stranglehold on the legitimate stage The suit seeks disposal of theaters to restore competition and separation of bookings and productions
Sen Knowland asserts a Communist linked "Red network" ran from the party through Amerasia to the State Department. He calls for full public airing and tighter censorship laws as the Amerasia case from 1945 is revisited amid denials by Justice officials and new Senate inquiries.
Taipei Formosa June 1 The Legislative Yuan recessed yesterday until September. Many members plan to visit relatives in Hong Kong and Macao. The government ordered departures from Formosa to post a fee of 875 dollars or its equivalent, forfeited if not returned within 30 to 60 days amid fears of a Communist invasion.
Ed Mund Whitfield, a 25 year old former USC athlete and Yale graduate, ended his fourth escape from a state mental hospital when deputies found him by a Napa County road. He asked to be transferred back to Camarillo, saying he wanted to go home.
Washington June 1. The article compares President Truman to Andrew Jackson, noting Truman’s view of the Democratic party as national and his pattern of appointing allies. It traces Jackson’s rise via nominating conventions, spoils system, kitchen cabinet, and succession plans, drawing parallels to Truman and speculating on 1952 plans involving Vinson and possible Moscow trips.
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