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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1949
Page
2
Manila dispatch reports Japan moving toward ward independence faster than since World War II. Tokyo officials push to hand over local authority and reestablish private trade by December 1, while seeking a peace treaty with the United States to restore full capacity and maintain U.S. protection.
The 27th annual National Catholic Rural Life Conference opens in Columbus today and runs through next week. World and national leaders in industry and agriculture will discuss city and farm cooperation, with rural life directors from 94 Catholic dioceses in attendance.
Twelve foreign ministers from Western Europe meet in Paris to study resolutions urging a European economic union with preferential trade, and a political authority with limited international powers. The talks reference CEEC progress, UN Balkans resolutions, and Soviet scientific claims as also noted.
The Internal Revenue Bureau postponed the effective date of the 20 percent sales tax on all fur coats until March 1 next year. Protests from manufacturers and merchants prompted the delay to give time for stock disposal. The ruling aimed to close a tax loophole allowing tax-free fur-trimmed coats by mispricing parts. Congress had allowed exemptions where the second valuable component exceeded a third of the fur component.
Los Angeles firefighter Clyde Neff Jr., 26, died from injuries after being flung from the tailboard of a hose truck responding to a brush fire. The accident occurred when the truck rounded a sharp corner and hit a dip, causing Neff to fall to the pavement. He joined the department exactly a year earlier.
Admiral Forrest Sherman reshuffles Navy leadership by naming Rear Admiral Ballentine to Mediterranean duties and taking over as chief of naval operations. Ballentine and Sherman, classmate at the Naval Academy, share Pacific war credentials. Vandenberg abroad. Denfeld offered shore post in London.
Marines placed Cartagena under virtual martial law after the midshipman ship Almirante Padilla attacked Santa Marta police headquarters. In Bogota, Conservative presidential candidate Laureano Gomez rejected a proposed four year peace plan based on a Conservative Liberal junta and said there was no confidence in pacts with the Liberals.
Stockholm AP reports the Swedish Academy shelved this year's Nobel Prize for literature after a deadlock among four top candidates including Winston Churchill and Benedetto Croce. No candidate won an absolute majority, with the prize withheld until 1950.
Belgrade Yugoslavia November 3 British Yugoslav negotiations for a 560 million pound five year trade pact have hit a snag after nine months of talks. Sir Charles Peake the British ambassador to Belgrade will fly to London on Friday to try to resolve the obstacles delaying agreement. The exact nature of the difficulties was not disclosed.
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Peter J Locascio dubbed biggest narcotics distributor in the country faced Queens felony charges after federal agents raided his lavish Queens home. They found heroin and morphine worth an estimated million dollars hidden in a kitchen secret compartment and closet. Locascio, a former federal prisoner, claimed he drove trucks while authorities tied him to a network linked to 17 small time Manhattan peddlers.
Marcus Hook Pennsylvania November 3 Ella Smith a 24 year old taxi radio dispatcher crippled since birth may soon walk with braces purchased by a group of seamen who admired her cheerful voice They heard her on taxis while dockside and later learned of her hospital operation A seamen led by James E Ritchie aided by Marcus Hook Civic Association officials arranged the fundraising and braces plan also noting the support of local ship crew members The scene was quiet as Ella returned home to thanks and plans for treatment The article also mentions an unrelated kerosene fire accident where a father tried to light a fire and flames spread in a four room home
Kans as Oklahoma Nov three 107 funeral arrangements were being made today for four members of one family killed in a farm home fire near here. Mr and Mrs George Brewer and their children Dwight aged 3 and Larry a week old died yesterday when the blaze followed an explosion. Neighbor Wadle Turtle 39 suffered critical burns as he fled the burning house. Three Brewer children Dewayne 14 Jerry 7 and Oleva 5 escaped.
Milwaukee Mayor Frank Zeidler ordered a new key after a dusty locked cabinet in the mayor's office was opened. Contents included a calling card of a former utility official, a photo of Daniel Webster's birthplace, a dust-filled glass, and an ashtray with cigarette butts.
Clairton Pa November 4 city fathers set up an emergency relief fund for families of about 5000 striking Steelworkers. In a unanimous vote the council appropriated funds to aid those lacking money for food light and other bills. The relief program begins Monday. Mayor J Mullen announced the action amid reports of strikers families in need. The workers are employed at Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation mills in Clairton.
The Star reports Rita Hayworth will travel to Switzerland to have her baby, with London dated November 3. The move follows her reported pregnancy and aims to ensure delivery abroad.
Solomon R. Guggenheim senior member of the Guggenheim mining family died at his Long Island estate Trillora Court aged 88 after a period of illness. He led the family firm and served as director of Kennecott Copper Braden Copper Pacific Tin and Nevada Northern Railway Co. He founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in 1937 to promote art. He is survived by his wife Irene their daughter Gertrude and four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements not announced.
Gov Ingram M Stainback announced Hawaii will hold a state constitutional convention in Honolulu on April 4 1930 to craft a constitution guiding Hawaii when it becomes a state. The move aims to establish basic laws and framework for statehood ahead of admission.
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