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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1949
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR yields a garbled beach district notice referencing currency values per week per month per year, a period and price symbols, with partial mentions of Batena and Praia. No clear event, date, or named individuals present beyond scattered terms.
Czechoslovakia signals possible new Rajk like trial as officials accuse dissidents of treason. Deputy press chief Antonin Leihmn cites Czech article and reports of seven Communist officials tied to postwar asset recovery and reconstruction fraud. The move follows arrests linked to Benes regime remnants and property restitution efforts.
Longshoremen on the Oregon coast monitored four pineapple barges from Hawaii. An air and boat scout network planned rapid response to unloading sites. One barge reached the coast before detection. others were diverted or held for further action amid labor tension involving the Hawaiian Pineapple Co. and local officials.
Gunnison County Cole plans the annual picnic in Bixby Park tomorrow. Local residents and families are invited to enjoy a community gathering with food games and prizes.
Chief William A Worton ordered the closing of Venice Keno parlors citing citizen complaints. The dens reportedly took in about fifty thousand dollars daily before the crackdown. Worton said he acted on his own discretion after considering the matter for some time.
In Wayzata on October 1, Patrolman Fred Steege demonstrated firearm safety for two women and accidentally shot himself in the right leg while reaching for his revolver. He assured there is no reason to fear a gun if the safety catch is kept on.
Harold A. Brand, former Atlantic City auctioneer, his wife Jane Brand and son Robert were indicted in Camden on multiple counts of fraud and forgery totaling about 1 million dollars. Also named are Edith Singer and James Carroll Charles, with Samuel Freedman as firm attorney. Brand arraigned in Hot Springs Arkansas and jailed on bail. others released or held on respective bail. The charges span using the mails to defraud, transporting fraudulently obtained valuables, and concealing assets in bankruptcy connected to a scheme involving Edwin C. Andrews of Buffalo and a jewelry purchase promise.
Multiple crashes claim 13 airmen including Langley Field pilot killed near Cape May Court House while en route to an exhibition. In England a test pilot died in a jet triangle crash. A Martin 202 airliner in Milwaukee halted after wing contact caused a runway skid but no injuries. A Brazilian Taba Airways boat crash near Iguape River kills three and injures 17.
A 35 year old inmate, Thomas M Marshall, hanged himself in a Denver city jail cell shared with 12 other prisoners. Guards found him by a belt from a bar. witnesses did not call for help promptly.
In Toronto Ontario on October 1 the can can act was dropped from a revue staged by the Young People's Society of the Church of the Nativity. The alteration reflected a shift toward stricter decorum in the event.
Kaiser Steel Co Fontana California operates amid stalled talks near strike deadline. Union and management deadlocked on pension with no clarity on duration after a five month walkout started following wage and benefits demands. President Truman intervened thrice. no new move to intervene. Philip Murray blames company for the strike.
In Washington today the House-Senate atomic committee faced a bitter split over a draft report that could clear the Atomic Energy Commission of alleged mismanagement, with Sen. Hickenlooper calling it a whitewash and Chairman McMahon defending the commission. The panel plans to vote next Wednesday. Also, pay raise bills for about 1.4 million workers moved to a House-Senate conference, while farm subsidy criticism grew and the House on-American activities committee handed over records of the Scientist 2x case to the Justice Department, identifying Joseph Weinberg and urging perjury action.
Northeast Phoenix residents form vigil after a wave of dog poisonings in a three block area. Thirty three dogs die from strychnine tainted meatballs tossed into yards with reports of convulsions and warnings for parents to keep children inside. A sheriff patrols the area as locals stay watchful for a night prowler or poisoner.
President Truman urged universal giving as the 1949 Community Chest campaign opened with a national appeal for an $185,000,000 fund. He called the Red Feather drive a peace campaign and stressed cooperative government serving all people across the federation.
Myrtle Ryan Bunger, 79, a Klondike gold rush veteran and charter member of the International Sourdough Association, died in Los Angeles. For 19 years she served as treasurer of the Alaska Yukon Club of Southern California. She knew Rex Beach, Jack London and Alexander Pantages in her Alaska years. Requiem mass set for Monday at St Agatha's Church.
The Army outlined a plan to integrate Black personnel rather than scatter them among white units. General Gray stated Negro soldiers now serving will have the chance to learn new skills and prepare for summer duty, with ongoing monitoring of the program.
California begins enforcing a broad slate of new statutes including caps on small-loan charges 30 percent annually for under 100 24 percent for 100 to 500 and 20 percent for 500 to 5000 grocers may sell colored oleomargarine with half inch labeling the governor can convene a state militia in emergencies a residency rule affects out of state divorces and a 21 year age minimum is imposed for officiating marriages. Pension and hospitalization provisions extend benefits to workers with paid hospitalization days up to 42 days and veterans may finance self built homes under a new state program.
Two University of Pennsylvania students recalled their Berlin arrest and release after Soviet guards allegedly abused them. They said reports of beatings were sensationalized and that they were treated well overall during captivity.
Portland police report a ten year old boy Elvin Morasid died in a game of Russian roulette with a .22 revolver. A playmate Douglas Sturman, also ten, said they spun the cylinder and took turns firing at each other. The body was found in a neighbor's back yard amid rubble from recent construction.
Florida pair Cody T. Johnson and Helen Johnson pleaded guilty to a four count fraud indictment in Minneapolis. They admitted posing as John and Mary Stevens and drugging victim Catherine Toxharud in a St. Paul hotel to cleanse her money of evil spirits.
Derby England Oct 1 George Wood 90 says he will stop driving after four decades behind the wheel. He blames space-taking drivers and chaotic traffic for his decision.
Appleton Wisconsin. A shotgun blast killed Esther Clubb, 47, in her farm home after a dispute over feeding costs of a calf hog and likens. Jack Lauterman, 52, a former Titanis convict, signed a statement detailing the fatal shooting. The farm was owned by Norman Terman and reserved for the Clubbs and Charles Clubb, 47.
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