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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1948
Page
28
The Navy announced actions involving the battleship Pennsylvania including scuttling 33,000-ton dreadnought status for radioactive scrap concerns. The report mentions other ships like Trippe and traces of Pearl Harbor events, with references to damage, dates, and locations such as Kenjalein and Okinawa.
Navy states three ships are too radioactive for salvage and would need extensive decontamination far beyond value. One vessel, the Pennsylvania, served as fleet flagship, suffered Pearl Harbor damage, then fought 13 times with 11 million pounds of steam, carrying 42 4 inch guns and heavy armament.
New York police and federal agents hunted a supposed plan to bomb two railroad terminals and other city sites after intercepting a rambling 15 page letter labeled Plan Vodka. The crude scheme targeted Penn Station Grand Central and the post office with 25 operators and 27 trucks loaded with explosives.
A city raid netted nine men charged with running marble games in six downtown bars. Police said the operations violated city arcade and pinball regulations though the games were not traditional roulette or Ra ball machines.
Sacramento lawmakers debate an auto damage law requiring motorists to show insurance within 10 days of incidents costing 300 or more. Critics warn of high costs for a new division to evaluate damages and revoke licenses, with Assembly committees delaying funding and setting an 18 month effective date.
At a luncheon meeting the North Long Beach club heard veteran National League umpire J. R. Beatts Reardon speak. Clyde Dodds named Jean Hughes as chair of the club center committee. Pritchard had been chairman.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co reports sharp sales drops in January and February after peacetime highs. The company plans reduced shifts and wage hours at several plants, with limited cuts in five of eight U S locations. Firestone denied planned reductions and B F Goodrich declined to disclose near term production plans.
A March 4 election approved $435,000 in school bonds with 9000 registered voters casting ballots. The measure passed 1253 to 51 in favor, funding expansion efforts and related improvements in the district.
Detail from Yokohama reports that two more longrange tankers, the Swanee Rail and the Paul Dunbar, are returned to the United States by Russian crews. American crews will sail them to the Persian Gulf to relieve East Coast shortages. The first ship to be returned was delivered in Hong Kong last week. Four more tankers are planned for return or delivery from Trieste. Captain R E Norris of the U S Maritime Commission notes the ships are in excellent condition.
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