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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1951
Page
8
British publishers press on with numerous new titles despite a paper shortage. Bertrand L. Smith, returning from his second foreign trip, notes the Charing Cross Road area as a book hub in London. He cites resilience of booksellers and the tradition of browsing and self selection over high pressure sales.
The Ice Industry Plans Superior Sanitation Steps committee accepted Dr. Ed D. Litwack's proposals to improve sanitation in ice manufacture and distribution. Sanitarian James F. Anderson said details to prevent contamination at the source and in delivery will be developed soon with members including Leon Summerville and others. The meeting noted about 60 percent of local ice goes to businesses and 40 percent to homes as the health department seeks voluntary industry cooperation.
In Honolulu seven defendants led by Hawaii Labor Leader Jack Hall face trial in federal court on Communist conspiracy charges. U S District Judge J Frank McLaughlin opened the case after denying a bid to disqualify himself.
GARLAND, Nov. 30. A 15 year old cripple in a wheelchair said he led a juvenile crime club and was arrested for attempting to burglarize a policeman's home in Oakland. Leo Whaley confessed the thrill motive and described tools carried in his chair. He formed the AIL Shots with seven members and claimed their eight burglaries in East Oakland.
Southern California Phi Beta Kappa members meet at the Los Angeles University Women's Club tonight. D Monroe Deutsch, emeritus provost of the University of California, will address on Academic Freedom Meaning for Today. Earl Cranston, USC dean, serves as Southern California Alumni Association president. Two rummage sales by Daughters of the American Revolution and Eugene Field PTA occur tomorrow at Rummage Bargain Center 145 W. Third St. McLain to Speak at California Institute meeting on state expenditures in Scots Hall at 1 30 p.m. tomorrow.
Judge Harry F. Keeler presided as a young defendant labeled General Washington faced charges of tempering with an automobile. The court set December 19 at 9 30 a m for trial and bail at 500 dollars while the courtroom remained orderly.
Washington dispatch reports plans to deploy the 45th Oklahoma and the 40th California National Guard divisions to Korea for occupation duty in Japan. The 45th was set to go before year’s end, after both divisions sailed for the Far East in March. General J Lawton Collins praised the units, while noting uncertainty over overseas duty terms and a limited number of officers and enlisted men volunteering to remain.
Mrs Frank W Wolfe, a cashier at a downtown store, placed a special letter box at 122 Roycroft Ave inviting neighborhood children to drop notes to Santa Claus. She asks for addresses and phone numbers and then calls children, promising Santa’s response if they stay well behaved. She enjoys helping children believe in Christmas.
Navy officials study Long Beach rat control as City Health Department outlines a systematic eradication program. San Pedro naval officers, Frank Hallman, depict poison barricades at the public dump on Pacific Coast Highway near the VA Hospital, with LA health officials and U S Public Health Service present.
William W. Creech aged 33 was sentenced by Judge Harry F. Keeler to 30 days in the county jail for beating his wife Katherine 39 at their Mov 14 home on 940 California Ave.
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