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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1949
Page
2
The article reports a man confessing the murder of his wife's sister. It also covers ongoing veterans pension debates in Congress, with discussion of measures for low income World War I veterans and proposed monthly benefits at ages 65 or earlier for disabled veterans.
MILWAUKEE March 26 UP Milton Babich 19 confessed to killing 16 year old Patricia Birmingham and dumping her body in the Milwaukee River after she refused to keep secret that her sister was pregnant. Patricia was killed February 10. Babich claimed the gun fired accidentally during a struggle in his father s car. He said he planned to hide the body in water after reading detective magazines. The confession came as Babich faced a habeas corpus hearing and first degree murder charges in a crowded courtroom attended by families and Kathleen Birmingham, Patricia s sister and Babich s fiancée. The families reacted in shock as Babich s mother and Patricia s mother sobbed. Babich and Kathleen had eloped to Kalamazoo a week earlier and were later captured in Minneapolis before being brought back to Milwaukee.
Washington March 26 Rep Mitchell urged the House to increase salaries of government workers, warning failure to adjust salaries will hurt efficiency as the government risks losing able employes. He spoke to Rep Murray, committee chairman, stressing the need to compete for talent in federal service.
In New Orleans Captain George Cauthen flipped his bride Barbara Jean Floyd over his knee in a hotel lobby and spanked her. She slapped scratched bit him tearing his trouser leg leaving teeth marks. The 18 year old bride accused him of proposing and of being taken and of meddling in her plans.
REDWOOD CITY March 26 Lt Col Albert William Stevens holder of the world's record for stratosphere balloon free flight died today in Lettera General Hospital He reached 72385 feet on Armistice Day 1935 from Rapid City accompanied by Capt Orvil Anderson He was a nationally recognized authority on balloon flight and had been ill long.
San Diego March 26. The San Diego branch of the California Employment Service reports more than 16 000 applicants for work registered. Local manager C Bert Allen says San Diego employers have an unusual opportunity to hire workers with the experience and qualifications they seek. Letters were sent to hundreds of San Diego business men today.
In New York a California auto dealer, Zoel Lynch, armed with a State Supreme Court custody order, traveled to his ex wife Marianne Teitelbaum's home to reclaim their four children. Neighbors reported no one was home. Lynch faced taunts, water from bags, and a tense custody dispute dating from December as Teitelbaum and her mother are charged with child stealing.
Prof Harold J Laski proposes a Western delegation led by General Eisenhower to Moscow to prepare for an east west peace meeting in Stockholm. The group would include Lord Mountbatten M Lange Norway Foreign Minister Blum and aim to set the stage for a high level summit among Truman Stalin Attlee Queuille and others.
A 15 foot wave swept a Daly City angler from a rock and carried him out to sea off Devil's Slide near San Francisco. Police and M M Brannan with Sidney Ft Cowell, both of Daly City, climbed to the water edge. Cowell said he ran to safety and warned Brannan as the wave neared.
Washington dispatch reports Senator Taft may back a Republican move to trim about 8 to 10 percent from the Marshall Plan renewal bill as a precedent for broader government spending cuts. He argues a 10 percent across the board cut could counter Truman tax increases and fund new programs, though Vandenberg and Democratic leaders oppose such cuts.
Los Angeles police arrested Kiso Masuda, 60, a hotel manager, on a murder warrant dated August 23, 1924. Masuda is charged as one of eight men who fatally shot two Japanese gamblers on a lonely road in San Pedro about 25 years ago, after earlier efforts to arrest him failed.
The Army reports testing in Malaya of a synthetic chloromycetin as effective and safe as the natural drug against rickettsial diseases. Parke, Davis & Co announced the synthetic product, aiming to treat typhus, typhoid, and scrub typhus, with potential for broader use if successful.
The Navy will add another ship to its fleet on April 4 when the Cruiser Roanoke is commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The Roanoke is the first of two Worcester class large light cruisers with a 14,700 ton displacement and armed with twelve six inch guns in six turrets.
Washington March 26 The State Department quietly arranges a three power meeting among the United States Britain and France to settle issues delaying unification and economic development in western Germany The talks likely follow Bevin and Schuman arrival for the April 4 North Atlantic treaty signing and occur after. Also announced were minor territorial transfers from Germany to western neighbors to improve administration and communications The frontier will be pushed back in 31 points despite German opposition The Rhine Westphalia cabinet said the move violates the Atlantic Charter and international law
Los Angeles reports say Sol Davis, associate of Mickey Cohen, was released on a writ with bail cut from 100000 to 1000, returnable next Tuesday. Police seek five other Cohen followers as grand jury hearings resume, Cohen booked on suspicion of attempted murder tied to a beating. Davis says he was with Cohen at arrest but not involved.
Stuntman Robert L. Niles, 22, Oakland, parachuted planned leap from 260 foot Golden Gate Bridge. Police swarmed the span, 10 reporters, six cameramen, boats and aircraft on scene. Niles detained for questioning. authorities search for law banning jumps, vow to try again next month with secrecy.
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