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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1951
Page
2
Census Bureau data show Detroit residents in the nation’s 25 largest cities posting the highest average income at 4023 dollars. Chicago follows at 3995, Seattle 3925, San Francisco 3907, Minneapolis, and Los Angeles ranked 11th with 3474 dollars.
Kingsville and Weslaco faced severe floods after two days of heavy rain. Tranquitas Creek swelled to depths of three to four feet in Kingsville, while Weslaco endured widespread inundation and blocked drainage. Police evacuated 200 families in Kingsville and six in Weslaco, with volunteers moving residents to shelters and a Catholic school. No deaths reported, but extensive damage valued in the millions. many victims are low income of Mexican descent.
Robert McLean, president of the Associated Press and the Philadelphia Bulletin, was named to receive the 1951 commerce and industry award of the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia.
Reports from Basra indicate Iran is concentrating forces around Abadan the British controlled refinery city as tensions over oil nationalization rise. British warships guard Iraqi waters near the Gulf head while more than 300 Anglo Iranian Oil Co. technicians face expulsion under Premier Mosaddegh's ultimatum to restart negotiations.
Ambassador William O Dwyer said roughly 4500 Mexican farm workers are contracted daily for U S farm labor. He noted the Mexican government is highly satisfied with the five nation farm labor agreement.
Albert E. Marshall aged 67 a leading consulting chemist and former president of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers died today in Providence Rhode Island. The prominent figure held notable positions in the chemical engineering community and contributed to the field for decades.
The AFL opens its 70th convention in San Francisco with a record 8,060,000 members and aims to boost by merger with rivals. Delegates discuss politics and labor unity, CIO reception, new Political League director, and a tax hike from three to four cents per member, plus changes to Taft Hartley and international affairs.
Rushford Minnesota sheriff says a 16 year old boy admitted fatally wounding a older youth in a jealousy fit. The victim was 19 year old Deelan Peterson. The suspect Carl Bakken was arrested and jailed in Preston.
Italian Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi will be met by President Truman on arrival Sept 24 for talks with Secretary of State Acheson, state department said. He is then due in Detroit after attending the North Atlantic Council meeting in Ottawa.
Defense counsel press to limit arguments as jurors in Santa Ana resume murder and insanity trial for the Buena Park death of 10 year old Patrick Hull. Prosecutors seek the death penalty basing on alleged sexual abuse with jurors weighing premeditation and sanity before sentencing.
Los Angeles police were assigned to guard against demonstrations as the House Committee on American Activities opens hearings on Communist influence in Hollywood. The hearing will be in the Federal Building with police barring demonstrators from federal property. Several witnesses were summoned, name disclosures withheld, as civic groups urged turnout to offset any packing of the room.
In Naples Italy on Sept 15 the flags of the 12 Atlantic Pact nations were raised at the new Allied forces headquarters in southern Europe. Italian Bersaglieri in plumed hats and US Marines in dress uniforms presented arms as Adm. Robert Carney, commander in chief Allied forces for southern Europe, declared that the defense of Europe must not fail.
American music writer Carleton Smith said Ludwig van Beethoven’s musical papers vanished from a Soviet zone library in East Berlin. He reported notebooks had disappeared since last May from the former Prussian state library during a tour of the Eastern zone including Leipzig.
Detroit reports the auto industry set to gauge consumer response to higher car prices next week. Ford and Chrysler moved price hikes on several lines starting Monday, with Ford delaying shipments over the weekend. GM filed for increases, possibly later next week pending OPS approval, while independents largely stayed silent or held prices.
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