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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1951
Page
5
A casual office poll in New York asks if American girls look better this spring. Respondents cite reasons from winter feeding, body shape, and fashion, with one noting greater intelligence. The consensus: girls look prettier this year than ever, though explanations vary.
A panel of educators and psychologists will discuss family stress and child security after a showing of the film Palmour Street at the City Health Center Auditorium tonight at 8. The program closes a Mental Health Week event sponsored by Long Beach agencies and the City Health Department and features Dr. Monte Magree Dr. John Russell Dr. Kurt Fant and Mildred Druschel with board vice president Dr. K C Brandenburg presiding. The discussion includes anecdotes about children and a local parents’ quip about a teen proposal, reflecting on communication and family dynamics.
Los Angeles May 4 A college professor Howard Vetterli an assistant professor of journalism at El Camino Junior College Gardena is free on ten thousand dollars bail awaiting arraignment in Federal Court Monday He is charged with perjury before a grand jury in 1949 stating a friend did not tell him that Jenacy Sitcuk was a Communist agent and denying giving money to Ichiro Miwa to study in Japan in 1941 Vetterli denies the charges.
U S District Judge Burnita Matthews convicts Thilip Bart editor of the Daily Worker of contempt of Congress in a juryless trial. The government drops 24 counts. Bart remains free on 1500 bail pending sentence with no sentencing date set. His attorney Abraham Unger says an appeal will be filed.
The Long Beach Children's Theater stages Pinocchio with a repeat performance tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Ebell Theater. Sponsored by the Long Beach Girl Scouts, tickets available at the box office on show day.
Former Oma ha reporters living in Southern California gathered in Los Angeles for the fourth annual Omaha 30 Club reunion and dinner. James W. Hanbery presided and handed the gavel to new president Fred S. Hunter. Other officers elected were Jack Ellwanger as vice president and Neal R. Murray as secretary.
All volunteer Army Reserve officers in this area may join a 15 day active training course this summer. Submit applications to unit instructors at once per Col Sidney Dunn Fort MacArthur commanding officer Southern California Military District. Preference to company grade officers. some field grade officers may attend. Reservists will be attached to National Guard or Reserve units on active duty training or to regular Army installations.
AFL construction workers at the Oak Ridge atomic plant streamed back to their jobs on May 4 ending a four day walkout. A contractor spokesman said absenteeism dropped to under 300 as strikers from a dozen AFL crafts returned and all project phases resumed operation.
Oklahoma City May 4 Wesley Sanford worked like a plow horse last Sunday to prepare a garden planter on his tract A rain fell that night and he hoped for lush vegetables The wife greeted him with she had already finished plowing and raking the plot so he could plant the seeds
In a heated debate the Legislature weighs a $48 million boost to California school subsidies, raising funding to $100 per pupil while arguing over revenue sources. Gov Warren notes a potential surplus only by 1952, CTA backs tax riders if needed, but Assembly opposition calls it a stopgap.
In Frankfurt on May 4 the Czechoslovak foreign ministry said it would not admit a new Associated Press correspondent to Prague until the case against imprisoned AP Bureau Chief William N. Oatis is settled. Oatis, 37, a Marion Indiana native, was arrested April 23 on charges of activities hostile to the Communist government. four Prague bureau employees, all Czech nationals, were arrested before him, and the bureau is now run by a young Czech woman.
Allan A. Tuthill, manager at Security First National Bank Bixby Knolls, marks a twenty year tenure with the bank. Born in Lincoln Nebraska, he moved to Los Angeles, attended Polytechnic High School and UCLA, then joined Security in 1931. He later served at Hill Street and Atlantic Avenue and at Tlantington Park before becoming brand manager at Bixby Knolls in 198. He belongs to Delta Tau Delta, Kiwanis, and Sons of Commerce. He is married with two children.
A fragmented ad notice mentions buying or ranking through Prelegram Want Ads. It hints at a bar gaining attention or value from listing services, but the readable text is garbled. No clear names or dates are present to anchor concrete facts.
Los Angeles May 4 7100 city workers receive a 5 per cent wage increase after the city council unanimously passed an ordinance increasing the annual payroll by 1 708 000. The measure follows a pattern set last Tuesday when a 5 per cent raise was approved for 8000 police and firemen.
Reports from Red China say the Chinese Communists are rushing a rail link to Indochina to invade the country this summer. Nationalist sources note the last 100 miles between Nanning in Kwangsi and Tongking will be completed by late July, connecting the China and Indochina rail systems.
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