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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1948
Page
6
Hartford May 26 The group of experts from a NYU sponsored clinic reported that drivers with repeated violations show higher accident risk and poorer driving attitudes. They found repeaters topped 300 accidents and 336 violations among 93 repeaters, while accident free drivers had no suspensions.
Secretary of State Marshall blamed Russia for the failure of negotiations on an Austrian independence treaty with the Allies. He said a pact completion would test Russia's stated wish for better international relations and announced a Belgrade Danube navigation conference set for July 30. He offered little on Palestine questions and refused to confirm any US loan to Israel beyond what is in newspapers.
Public card party at Carpenters Hall 2344 Olive Ave tomorrow in aid of Security Benefit Association with bridge and 500 points. Moe American Regonia Society seeks city funds for a permanent meeting place. request filed and city council received and filed. First reading approved for a self service laundries ordinance in C3 zones up to 30 machines. Chadron Neb. residents hold annual picnic Sunday June 6 at Bixby Park with Minnie Eldridge announcing reserved tables west of the coffee house and Cortes and cream provided.
Directors of County Sanitation District 3 led by Long Beach plan a five cent per one hundred tax boost in 1949 to fund expanded sewer lines. Current rate is 13 cents. manager A M Rawn proposes raising by 10 to 18 cents for four years, with a return to 13 cents in year five.
A neatly dressed bandit robbed a hotel cash drawer of $49 at a hotel on 414 W. Ocean Blvd before dawn. The thief threatened night clerk Jack A. Basford, 60, who reported the incident to police after being questioned by Det. Insp. Royce B. Harvey.
An eleven year old, Robert L. Brown, went to Detroit City Hall to obtain a work card but was registered as a voter at the wrong desk. He told the clerk he was 21 to qualify for work. Recorder Paul E. Krause placed him on a year of probation for illegal registration.
Carlsbad New Mexico May 26 strike authority was approved by potash miners represented by three companies United Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. C B Smotherman said the vote was 1012 for 64 against affecting negotiations with Potash Company of America United States Potash Co and International Minerals and Chemicals Corp. The union claims about 1500 workers and cannot call a strike before contract expiry May 31. The demand includes a 20 cent hourly wage rise from a base pay of 1 10 to 1 60 for journeyman miners.
Sugar prices eased in Long Beach retail markets today as wholesale costs fell by 23 cents per 100 pounds. Los Angeles and Southern California grocers reported similar declines, noting sweets such as jellies and jams also dropped in price over a month ago.
BERLIN May 26 Russians offer to settle for free exchange of Soviet and U S publications in German zones. Maj Gen George Hays deputy military governor says lifting American ban depends on guarantees to fix the situation. Russian deputy Lt Gen Dratigin asks rescission and promises to comply with Directive No 55 if assurances are exchanged.
The House appropriations committee recommended $9,226,979 for the Fish and Wildlife Service for the year starting July 2. The bill, $2.56 million below the budget bureau estimate and $2.64 million above the current year, covers funds for propagation of food fishes, investigations, commercial fisheries, Pacific and Alaskan fisheries, wildlife management, enforcement in Alaska, and fishery market news. The panel urged seasonal shifting of Alaska game and fish law enforcement for efficiency.
LOS ANGELES May 26. P Jarry Wood a 63 year old manager of a downtown printing company is recovering after a double beating by would be bandits who thought he carried a $2000 payroll. He said the men jumped him first believing he had the payroll then attacked again when they learned he did not.
Paris report notes street cafe gaiety contrasting with sober Ministry of Finance atmosphere. ERP fuels hope though inflation threat remains. Industrial output up, coal and steel rebound, power and rail restoration progress cited with hundreds of miles of tracks rebuilt and bridges returning to use.
Senate judiciary hears Mundt Nixon bill with three invited experts John W. Davis Charles Evans Hughes Sr and Seth Richardson to assess constitutionality and impact. Hearing starts tomorrow as House approval sparks urgency in Senate calendar and policy debate.
Salvatore Mungo has succeeded Marvin Cloyd as Maj. Sergius Saranoff in the Community Players run of George Bernard Shaw comedy Arms and the Man. Cloyd left to take civilian Navy employment in Guam, while Mungo also recently filled a vacancy in Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. Remaining cast includes Audrey Share Ed Boke Yauralla Stenger Ruth Sheffield Ronald Thomas Vernon Archambeault and Ed Mitchell.
Los Angeles transit and bus line employees voted 3312 to 94 to authorize a union shop. The election, requested by the AFL transportation union, is required by the Taft Hartley law before a contract can include a clause requiring union membership.
Grover C. Stafford known in California oil circles and father of Jo Stafford will be honored by Shell Oil Co. coworkers tomorrow night in Shell Social Hall, Coalinga veteran retires May 31 after 27 years with the company.
A 20 month old boy named Jimmy in Los Angeles was found choking in his yard. He was taken to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital where x rays showed nothing, then to Children’s Hospital where doctors removed kerosene with a stomach pump. Timmy, son of Mrs. Avis Cherry, is improving.
Long Beach City College drama students stage The Bishop Misbehaves a fast moving mystery comedy about a loot from jewel robbery found by a bishop. Al Thompson stars as the Bishop with Jo Maxell as Lady Emily Lyons and Wayne Hubbard and Evelyn Boxx in romantic leads. Performances run tomorrow and Friday and June 2 with proceeds aiding scholarships.
The Cairo press claimed Egypt captured 1500 Jewish prisoners at Deir Suneid near Tel Aviv. Jewish leaders accused Arabs of desecrating five Jerusalem religious sites while noting Jewish sites like the Franciscan Chapel and Notre Dame Hospice. Reporting from Jerusalem said the city was bombed for the first time, with Ha ganah reinforcements seen as conflict escalates. The United States weighs sanctions and a potential arms embargo lift or loan to Israel as London cautions.
A Czechoslovak diplomatic source reports President Eduard Benes is gravely ill and not expected to recover after two recent strokes. The statement came from London on May 25.4.
In heavy rain a car plunged 400 feet into a canyon on U S 73 near Horn Hill three miles north of Foothill Town. Eighteen people were hurt and First Lt Marie V Carey 30 of Holdenville Oklahoma was killed. The Pasadena nurse died in the incident which raised Los Angeles county traffic toll for the year.
Sharp & Dohme introduces a prescription only drug delvinal aspirin designed to relieve fear anxiety and pain. It targets myalgic neuralgic and arthritic conditions especially in nervous or neurasthenic patients and in preoperative pain relief. The company claims it calms the patient induces refreshing sleep and acts as a central nervous system depressant with low toxicity.
The Salt Lake City, a 19 year old cruiser built in Camden New Jersey, was sunk during a March 1943 engagement near Komandorskies. Navy rites were held aboard the submarine Nereus as crews saluted the fallen ship and its 41 Pacific war engagements. The battle pitted Salt Lake City and escorts against a larger Japanese force. small ships sacrificed themselves to shield the fleet, while torpedo and gunfire damage crippled the enemy.
Millionaire vintner Kroker Arakelian, 79, marries 42-year-old nurse Renee Lyons in San Francisco. They plan to live in the bay city and Arakelian's Palm Springs estate. Arakelian had brought Armenian faith healer Arak Hagopian to treat his crippled son Vaughan, 37. Mrs Lyons nursed both father and son.
Tomoya Kawakita 26, nicknamed the Meatball, appeared in Los Angeles facing treason charges after several continuances. He is accused of mistreating American prisoners while an interpreter at a Japanese nickel mine, with 15 atrocities including the death of Marine Pvt. Einar Latvala of Hibbing Minnesota.
The House appropriations panel cut the Interior Department budget by 18 percent, objecting to Bonneville Power sales to a private utility district and opposing the Reclamation Bureau executives. It approved a record $210,781,870 for reclamation construction and urged urgent Santa Barbara County tunnel work and Central Valley projects with targeted funding allocations.
San Francisco May 26. The Chinese Communist radio announced a unified administrative region in seven North China provinces with a population similar to France. The North China Liberated Area merges governments and party bureaus under one administration. It includes Hopeh Shansi parts of Shantung Henan and others, excluding Shensi Yenan remains a focal point with the Yenan border region government returning after 13 months.
The Coast Guard 11th District announces distribution of European African Middle Eastern and Asi atic Pacific Campaign medals beginning next Tuesday by Commodore J J Bennett district commander. Wartime Coast Guard and U S Public Health Service personnel who served with the Coast Guard and have discharge or evidence of service are eligible. Navy Occupation Medal American Campaign Medal and China Service Medal to be distributed later.
Los Angeles health officials analyzed chicken samples linked to a fashion luncheon poisoning 40 guests at a downtown hotel Monday. None required hospitalization and authorities planned to contact the 500 attendees for follow up.
Three private investigators and two Signal Hill officers testified for the prosecution of Todd Faulkner known as Kid Mexico on charges of running a keng game. Faulkner's defense, led by C Ransom Samuelson and Andy McConnell, rested after calling John Pierce who testified Faulkner ran a question and answer game tied to radio programs. Judge Stanley Foutz granted until tomorrow to submit jury instructions.
In Altadena on May 26 UP reports the sheriff's office set an elaborate trap to remove a mother skunk and her brood from a station basement. Traps were baited but remained unsprung as the skunk family continued to dwell behind a fur race three days after being found.
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