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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1948
Page
4
Washington May 11 UPI delegate Hartett of Alaska said no Congressional action to make Alaska a state can be expected this year. He called the Senate Interior Affairs Committee vote to delay action on the Hawaiian statehood bill until next year an inescapable conclusion.
The Board of Trade reported changes in visible grain supplies for the week ending May 11 in Chicago. Wheat fell by 948,000 bushels to 43,239,300, corn decreased 769,000 to 5,636,000, oats down 288,000 to 1,200,000, rye down 62,000 to 1,043,000, barley down 561,000 to 3,510,000, and soybeans dropped 479,000 to 3,429,000.
May 11 Minneapolis report quotes Dr Herald Cox of Lederle Laboratories saying a vaccine may come from purified polio strains but growing them in quantity remains a problem. Monkeys currently yield the best results though quantities are small and costly. A solution may lie in growing polio virus in chick embryos or other animals.
President Truman signs a bill providing 2.5 million dollars for the Navy to buy the Del Monte Hotel in Monterey California for use as a post graduate school. Funds come from the first deficiency appropriation bill and will be paid to Del Monte Corporation. The Navy has leased the hotel since early WWII and plans to expand its technical training program viewing it as the Annapolis of the west.
The Harbor Commission calls for bids to bulkhead and fill 160 feet at Berth 55 Inner harbor at Pier 2 northerly end. Estimated cost 45000 dollars. Commission also completed footings for Pier 2 shed and approved sale of 40 tons scrap metal. Drilling rights granted to Long Beach Oil Development Co and others for multiple wells.
Rep Klein plans to introduce authorization for a $3 bill honoring Franklin D Roosevelt. He says it would commemorate his three terms and three months of a fourth term. Treasury comments that major currency changes are rare.
Washington May 11 Scientists report progress against the tsetse fly blocking vast African farmland. Dr P A Buxton cites 4.5 million square miles infested, with large cleared areas restoring health and cattle in Nigeria and Rhodesia. Fly control remains costly and uneven, but progress expands usable land for cultivation.
Panama's national elections jury announced the presidential outcome will not be ready until next week as officials wait for ballot counts from provincial boards by mail. The secretary said the official count cannot begin until all ballots arrive, delaying results beyond Sunday.
LAS VEGAS May 11. Pen maker M. M. Borman of Hollywood and advertising executive Donald Breyer of Beverly Hills were hospitalized after a Sunday night car wreck that killed Breyer's 27 year old wife. The two men survived with injuries from the overturning vehicle.
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