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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1948
Page
2
MERNBERG Germany May 4 Hitler's dentist Prof Hugo Plaschke says Russians hold the remains he believes may be Hitlers jaw He cites a German dentistry article and the testimony of Katharine Heusermann in Russian custody noting she only has X rays of Hitler's teeth and cannot positively identify the jaw.
Roundup reports Harold Stassen seeks up to 23 percent of Ohio's 53 Taft delegates with backers predicting 6 or fewer for the Minnesotan. Taft campaigns in Cincinnati touts anti-communism as rival Dewey and Wallace vie for support in others. Florida Indiana Alabama and Maryland hold primaries and conventions, while Sen Glen Taylor faces disorderly conduct charges in Birmingham.
Elizabeth W. Meeker, 29, filed for divorce from oilman Warren L. Meeker in Los Angeles on grounds of marriage secrecy. She testified she lived in a small apartment while he occupied a large house with staff and a houseboy, saying she was unhappy and nearly had a breakdown after their August marriage.
Grace Felerting 39 held on murder charges for strangling her 14 year old daughter Esther an invalid since birth at the Lehigh County Home after eviction left the family homeless. Raymond Feiertag a steelworker was present at the county home during the incident. Esther died after the mother stuffed cotton in her mouth and covered her face with a handkerchief.
Hugh Hughes, 45, of Los Angeles, counted death by his own action in the Siskiyou county jail yesterday. He slashed his throat and wrists with a razor while in custody on a drunkenness charge.
CHANDLER Arizona May 4 Five members of a single family die in a bus collision that also killed the driver Coleman R. Winner 39 of Phoenix and injured all others aboard. The Sun Valley Line bus traveling from Williams Air Force Base to Chandler crashed into a tree and burned leaving two children in critical condition.
A boy returning from school found his mother shot to death at the Dublin, Georgia duplex home she shared with the Jainer family. Nearby lay a man with a bullet through the head and a pistol was found at the scene. Names given include Mrs Grady Cullens about 30 and Doy Jainer about 34, both from prominent families.
Spokane report says a hoist at a hospital plunged three floors killing Henry Burgoss a bricklayer and critically injuring Martin Elliott and Ross Thomson two other workers.
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