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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1948
Page
5
Oregon primary results give Supreme Court Justice William Douglas the Democratic write-in nomination for Vice President. The 16 pledged delegates will support a Truman Douglas ticket, with President Truman unopposed for the Presidential nomination.
In Helsinki on May 25, heavy industries and all Finnish ports were paralysed as a nationwide strike spread from the docks where Communists protested the dismissal of interior minister Yrjo Leino, husband of communist leader Hertta Kuusinen. The move followed Parliament’s censure of Leino and the army showed no sign of fearing a coup.
Mark B. Conrow 65 of 2120 Olive Ave died after a heart attack suffered yesterday afternoon while working in his front yard. He was pronounced dead at Seaside Hospital and the death was taken to Holton and Son Mortuary.
Shanghai on May 25 reports a fresh wave of anti American sentiment centering on U S policy toward Japan. Demonstrations grew from Peiping to Nanking and Shanghai with several thousand participants. Authorities claim Communist backing while fearing a peak on May 30, anniversary of the Nanking Road incident.
In Santa Monica on May 25, defense attorney pleads for leniency for Claude Darrell Axley 32 after he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the Christmas Eve fire that killed his two sons Claude Jr and Jimmy aged 3 Axley said he was too drunk to rescue the children or know how the fire started The judge suspended a five year prison term with probation in county jail and ordered no further liquor use as a condition of leniency
North Dakota 11 delegates at the Republican convention were committed to no candidate after a voice vote. A resolution urged the state to do all within its power to back Harold E. Stassen for the nomination, while a motion to endorse Michigan's Arthur Vandenberg was defeated.
Du Pont announces a faster X ray intensifying screen using barium lead sulfate a new luminescent chemical. The invention promises reduced motion blur without loss of image definition or sharpness, enhancing medical imaging capabilities.
Berkeley May 25 1949 Dr Hugh L Dryden director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics says a plane will fly faster than the speed of sound within the year. He forecasts progress toward space travel and interplanetary craft.
CHILLICOTHE OH May 25 An autopsy was scheduled to determine the cause of death of Earl Anderson 21 who died in a struggle with federal reformatory guards moments before his expected release. Warden L Clark Shilder said Anderson appeared to die yesterday of a heart attack after resisting removal from the discharge room and a bulge in his clothes prompted a guard to intervene. Capt Wilby Andetan and three guards wrestled with him before he collapsed. The warden called it an unavoidable accident.
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