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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1947
Page
4
In San Francisco on November 19 the AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers demanded a blanket ten percent wage increase for 6008 employees of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. from Bakersfield to the Oregon border.
Scientists Dr Lloyd Beck and Dr Walter Miles propose a smell theory based on infrared heat absorption. Experiments with cockroaches and bees suggest odors may be detected by specific heat wavelengths, potentially creating a smell spectrum for industry applications.
Robert Winslow and Buford Sennett, ages 24 and 22, pleaded guilty to first degree murder after a weekend crime spree that killed Carl L. Carlson, 25, a University of Wisconsin medical student, and injured his sister-in-law Janet Ann Rosenblatt, 19. Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor described the slaying as cold blooded and cruel and lamented Wisconsin's lack of a death penalty.
The Bureau of Ships Volunteer Naval Reserve Unit 1194 calls a meeting for 5 p.m. at the Naval Reserve Armory Reeves Field Terminal Island in the Eleventh Naval District. All Naval Reserve officers and enlisted men in Long Beach and nearby areas are invited to attend.
Los Angeles reports show about 27 000 Japanese residents in the city, with prewar totals of 30 000 to 40 000. Returnees to San Francisco and Seattle near prewar figures, many engaging in small business. Farmers move to Snake River, Boise Valleys, and California valleys. citrus and produce farming still lagging.
Harrisburg dispatch reports Berkebile, a 25 year old ex gunner on the light cruiser Omaha, claims a $4000 share in salvage of a German merchant ship seized while attempting wartime Japan shipments. A 65 man Omaha crew boarded the vessel and escorted it to San Juan Puerto Rico where tires valued at 800 to 4000 were found in the hold. He says salvage money was anticipated but not expected.
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