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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1948
Page
9
San Francisco June 9. The new income tax rules allow amending estimated tax declarations to lower taxes. joint returns may be computed like separate returns. surtax rates unchanged. deadlines June 15. thresholds apply to married and single filers with withholding. extra exemptions offered for age 65 and older.
John Ramsden, son of Sir John Freche ville-Ramsden, was shot and killed this morning in his home on the rubber estate where he served as manager. He is the second European slain in the current Malaya violence wave. In southeastern Johore last night four masked gunmen killed a contractor on a rubber estate and escaped with 900 Straits dollars.
Countywide building permits for January through May show a 16.5 percent gain, while Long Beach exceeds county totals with a 47.8 percent rise. May totals fell from April with 3064 permits valued at 14.9 million. Long Beach value jumped to 4.47 million.
President Truman on a train in Butte denounced actions to halt a maritime strike and urged adherence to the law. A fact finding board began hearings as Pacific Coast waterfront employers denied refusing to bargain with longshoremen. The National Maritime Union reported no progress with a proposed master tanker agreement.
Former Bennett E Meyers secretary Mildred R Lamarre sues Meyers for 250000 in federal court alleging false defamatory statements. Affidavit claims Meyers linked Lamarre to unchaste and unfaithful conduct before a Senate panel. Lamarre previously led Aviation Electric Corp at Vandalia Ohio. Meyers allegedly owned it. Lamarre indicted for perjury.
A compiled list of building permits shows numerous projects including apartments, dwellings, garages, and alterations across multiple addresses. It lists contractors such as Al H Ormsby Warren Robbins and Fran Smith, with values ranging from small renovations to larger new structures.
A Milky Way portrait of Otto Schmidt, a German yard worker in the American zone, showing servility, defiance, hunger from low rations, and a mix of industrious effort and petty theft. The piece contrasts his mood swings, reliance on American aid, potential as a future democrat, and the harsh realities of postwar occupation.
The Senate armed services committee urged five more years of government operation for the Longhorn Tin Plant in Texas City. Sen Morse of Oregon was directed to introduce a bill enabling continued operation by the Reconstruction Finance Corp. It is the only tin smelter in North America and runs under a Dutch-subcontract.
An historic elm in Berkeley Springs State Park, believed planted by George Washington, was cut to provide three gavels for the Republican national convention in Philadelphia. The tree reportedly stood in the park from the mid 18th century, between 1748 and 1784.
President Truman releases a revised travel plan for California with June 12 departures from Klamath Falls to Berkeley and San Francisco, including graduation speech at UC Berkeley and a visit to the Fairmont Hotel. The itinerary covers multiple train stops and campus events, ending with a Greater Los Angeles address at the Cocoanut Grove.
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