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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1951
Page
2
The grand jury weighed evidence against McCracken in the case of Patty Hull missing since Saturday. Witnesses testified with emotional detail about the girl and the suspect’s actions, including claims of luring her to a Buena Park cabin. Autopsy linked fatal head injuries to the killer, with authorities tightening their case as bedspread and blood evidence surfaced.
Ayad Zakhary of Cairo Egypt and Rev K L Nasir of Gujranwala Pakistan told 750 United Presbyterian general assembly commissioners that more missionaries are needed in Pakistan and Egypt. They are in the United States for graduate study at eastern colleges.
Uena Park May 25. Patricia Jean Hull's uncle Jack Hull, 26, stands at the silent house with wrinkles around his eyes. A body of the little girl had been found hours earlier. Mrs Blilie Alle of Los Angeles, aunt to Leon ard Hull, stands nearby. Hull laments the idea of courts and a crime of horror, questioning how civilized the world is when a suspect remains free.
Neighbors of Patricia Jean Hull discuss drugging theory after the 10 year old’s murder by a sex maniac. Witnesses recall teaching children not to talk to strangers and wonder if candy or popcorn may have carried dope.
Santa Ana May 25 16 Orange County investigators led by Captain Tom McGaff and criminologist Jack Cadman work tirelessly in the crime lab gathering blood stains hair debris and plaster casts to link Henry Ford McCracken to the 10 year old Patricia Jean Hulls murder. They compare samples from the Buena Park motel car trunk clothing and Trabuco Canyon hillside grave to plaster casts of footprints and tire marks as a growing circumstantial case builds against the suspect.
Hollywood May 25 Fanny Brice 59 radio and stage comedienne creator of Baby Snooks suffered a cerebral hemorrhage yesterday at her Beverly Hills home. She was taken to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in an oxygen tent and described as critically ill. Brice had hinted at retirement this year due to the heavy workload and long career in show business.
Allied troops broke through central front lines in Korea driving along Chunchon to Hwachon as two enemy divisions attempted withdrawals. Medals were awarded for the push, while Van Fleet vowed relentless pursuit beyond the 38th parallel and emphasized exploiting all advantages to find and kill the enemy.
In Los Angeles a Court of Appeal ruling grants Carl Tony Hector a psychopathic sanity hearing after his conviction for a sexual crime against an 8 year old. The majority finds a 1950 Welfare Code amendment entitles such defendants to mental evaluation before final judgment. A dissenting justice argues the law targets the insane and Hector shows no mental disease.
Long Beach Amvets Post 25 and its auxiliary announced aims to press for new laws to supervise convicted child molesters until medical boards decide if they are cured. Led by Paul Desmond the group seeks broad community involvement of mothers and fathers to back the effort.
Weather report shows showers in the northeast and central areas with fair weather elsewhere. Temperatures fell in New England and along the Atlantic coast, while the northern Rockies stayed cool and the southwest baked at around 105 in Blythe California. Caribou Maine posted the coolest reading at 38 amid strong winds and showers in Minnesota and Wisconsin with additional showers in eastern Nebraska eastern Kansas and parts of Texas and Oklahoma.
Santa Ana May 25 Det Sgt Boyd Stur gis of Orange County earned major credit for gathering evidence and directing the probe into the murder of 10 year old Patricia Jean Hui of Buena Park. Sheriff Musick said the investigation under Sturgis direction produced a complete case against the suspect barring a confession. Charles Martinez Trabuco ranchhand and Jock Sherman state forest ranger aided by spotting the car and following the trail that led to the grave and body discovery.
Santa Ana May 25. Orange County District Attorney James L. Davis urges tougher jurors to enforce existing sex offender laws. He calls life imprisonment provided, but notes jurors often doubt children describing molestation and accountability.
HINGTON May 25. UP Mobilization Chief Charles E. Wilson severely injured a leg yesterday in stepping from an airplane at La Guardia Field New York. He was confined to his apartment here today. A spokesman for the Office of Defense Mobilization said Wilson suffered a cut in the thigh that required several stitches and pulled a tendon. Wilson took a plane back to Washington and doctors ordered him to stay off the injured limb. He was resting comfortably but may be unable to go to the office for several days.
Nineteen jurors convened in a special session to weigh a triple-count indictment against Henry Ford McCracken for abduction and murder of 10-year-old Patricia Jean Hull. Witnesses include Patty’s mother, father, playmate, witnesses from Buena Park and Downey, crime lab experts, and county autopsy surgeon detailing blood evidence from the cabin and grave site.
The Imperial Valley strike by AFL farm workers enters a second day as the Mexican government orders consuls to move Mexican nationals from the strike zone. AFL National Farm Labor Union Western Director Hank Hasiwar says on day one about 90 percent of the union’s 600 members walked out while CIO packing shed workers reportedly did not strike and AFL teamsters moved through picket lines.
The United States reports tests at the Pacific proving ground aimed at thermonuclear research. The AEC and President Truman outline tests to measure blast and thermal effects, while leaving open whether a full H bomb was exploded. Analysts note the work seeks to assess if hydrogen fusion can be triggered.
A bearded Sikh team won the tug-of-war event at Empire Day sports in Mombasa on May 24, earning each member a bowl of shaving soap, amid celebrations by local spectators.
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