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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1952
Page
2
Allen J. Davis returned the novel Youth by Joseph Conrad to the Detroit Public Library after it sat overdue for 26 years and 27 days. He feared a $162 penalty, but staff waived charges as the item had been written off.
The Associated Press reports extensive spring rains across the central plains, lower Missouri Valley, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and Indiana with cooler conditions in the central Rockies and Nevada while the Gulf states see heat. Temperatures reach the 90s in Texas and the far southwest as warmer air moves in from the Gulf toward midwest areas.
UW Dr. Aikitsu Tanakadate, 95, renowned scientist and geophysicist, died yesterday in Tokyo. He helped introduce the metric system in Japan, promoted Romanized Japanese characters, and conducted meteorological surveys.
The Associated Press reports that increasing opposition to Estes Kefauver in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination appears to speed his gains. Senators Humphrey and Murray say presidential pushback from Truman would aid Kefauver. Streit notes Nebraska and Florida votes rebuke attacks on Kefauver’s federation idea.
In Texas with state conventions on May 27, Republicans split between Taft and Eisenhower camps over 26 of Texas 38 GOP national delegates, while Democrats wrestle over instructed versus uninstructed delegates. Taft walkouts triggered court refusals, and Loyal Democrats challenge Shivers on pledged support as state party fights move toward the national conventions.
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