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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1950
Page
4
A representative of West Germany arrived in New York to open the first German consulate since World War II. Deputy Consul General Hans Reisser said he would establish the office for Heinrich Krekeler, named consul general. Krekeler plans to open the office on July 1.
The Lookout reports a charged political atmosphere with Nixon Roosevelt Douglas and other aspirants visiting Long Beach before Tuesday's primaries. Nixon campaigns on the University by the Sea while Douglas tours by helicopter. leaders urge turnout via a get out the vote push amid tidelands and state control debates.
informal approval by U S Army Engineers in Los Angeles allows city plans for pierhead and bulkhead lines in Alamitos Bay to proceed. Chief of Engineers in Washington must review technical aspects, hearings will be sent to hundreds of Bay Shore property owners, with a hearing date to be set. 110 structures already extend into the bay and must conform to final lines.
Phoenix June 3. Merchant Seaman H P Huff 27 Polkville Mississippi terrorized 25 passengers in a railroad coach with a pistol over an hour after being provoked by a crying baby. On arrival in Phoenix he was captured and committed to the state hospital for the insane. Medical examiners found delusions of persecution and believed train porters planned to kill him with an ice pick.
A group of 69 Doukhobors including 23 women began three year prison terms in Nelson British Columbia for nudism. The prisoners, linked to the radical Sons of Freedom, were jailed after protests and acts tied to burning homes to oppose preparations for a third world war.
In an interview, Justice of the California District Court of Appeal lauds Mr Boddy as a man of outstanding caliber for the Democratic party. Albert Levitt proposes youth pensions and old age pensions funded by a social security tax. Arthur F Corey accuses Bernadette Doyle of hiding a Communist background behind nonpartisanship. Lawyers favor Judge Julius VPatrosso for judgeship No 22, with a landslide Bar Association plebiscite showing strong support.
Seven candidates for Los Angeles County First District supervisor respond to League of Women Voters questions. Each outlines education, business and civic experience, and platform goals including greater county representation, more federal and state aid, tax reduction, school construction, water and smog solutions, and cautious consolidation of city and county services.
James T. Bradshaw lists education in high school and business administration and a background as a printer. Civilian and civic roles include Community Church, Boy Scouts, Optimist Club leader, Disaster Council chair, City Council service and five years as Monterey mayor, plus board roles in sanitation districts and municipal water. Platform seeks Los Angeles style representation, consolidation of overlapping city and county advice, and promotion of private enterprise.
Revel R. Brown profiles his background as a transfer and storage warehouse owner and his civic work on the Monrovia City Council and planning bodies. He advocates reform to secure more LA County representation and closer relations through study by properly trained people, stating Los Angeles County is entitled to more representation.
A compact profile of Herbert Curtis Legg detailing education and exams, business and civic roles, multiple public service positions in Southern California, and a platform advocating efficient administration, tax reform, water conservation, land use improvements, full-time supervision, and age pension financing from broad tax bases.
The 22nd annual spring concert by the Long Beach A Cappella Singers, under Rolla Alford, at Municipal Auditorium featured Brahms and folk pieces. Soloists included Raymond Chace, Joanne Hock, Jackie Wray, Lee Pearson, Margery Gordon, with a quartet led by Patricia Cain and Mildred Edford.
In Wetumka Oklahoma on June 3 a crowd watched a supposed news event of a human fly scaling a hotel wall. Readers learn the display occurred in 1929 due to a makeup error that swapped a column and a news item, prompting questions directed at editor Howard Nicks of the Weekly Gazette.
DAYTON Ohio June 3 A F-51 Mustang fighter plane crashed 18 miles west of here yesterday killing its pilot The Wright Patterson Air Force Base announced that one of its F-51s was missing The wreckage was so scattered that the pilot’s body could not be identified immediately
William A. Smith, educated in electrical engineering and forestry, has served as Los Angeles County supervisor and chaired the County Board. He led the Coun ty Supervisors Association of California and the National Association of County Officials, directing flood control and sanitation districts. His platform urges county economy, highway program extension, reforestation, and county recreation centers, with reforms to help small property owners qualify for long-term, low-interest lawn home improvement loans and service consolidations.
Clarence E Wagner, a Long Beach figure with a B.S. from Huron College and a pharmacist license, has served as druggist, city councilman, four years as mayor, and director of the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts. He advocates broader county representation and an overhaul of county government with selective service consolidation.
Long Beach American Red Cross leaders Dr. Max Chapman and Dr. George F. Paap discussed daily blood bank possibilities. Regular Tuesday evening drives will run through June at 319 W Broad. Special June group drives include Air Force base, North American Aviation, Artesia, and a Paramount drive with dozens of donors already registered.
Trent on N J June 3. Gabrielson announced plans for three regional GOP conferences on forthcoming Congressional elections. Leaders from 18 eastern states will meet in Atlantic City June 23-24. Western leaders meet in Salt Lake City Sept 15-16 and central states meet in Chicago July 31-Aug 1.
A labor meeting about atomic industry wages was recessed with ongoing tensions. Commissioner H. Hitchcock of Knoxville attended, and Local 288 of the United Mine Workers discussed gas, coke, and carbon chemicals concerns with no immediate resolution.
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