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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1948
Page
30
Arthur Sweet a prominent Salt Lake City candy maker aged about 67 died after a long illness near Los Angeles on September 30. His body will be taken to Salt Lake City for funeral arrangements. He is survived by his widow, a son Arthur Jr and three daughters.
Edison Electric Institute reports week ended Sept 25 saw electric power production climb to 5.4606 billion kilowatt hours, up 10.2 percent from 4.9564 billion in the same 1947 period.
Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus said budget limits force the Bureau of Reclamation to lay off 2882 employees in six regions. Projects hit include California Central Valley works such as Santa Barbara and Sance Valley power systems and possible Missouri River basin work. He warned the cuts will interfere with and delay the fiscal 1949 program and bring payroll near the 48 million dollar ceiling.
Tokyo reports a coordinated student strike across 147 Japanese colleges protesting tuition hikes. Tokyo University students allege faculty and education ministry suppressed student movements.
Dean Acheson told the Michigan bar group that the tide has turned against Russia's bid for world power. He warned dangers in decisions by another power and praised progress in peace through world economic recovery amid East West Berlin tensions. He traced Soviet advances from 1946 and noted limited gains beyond military lines after World War II.
Britain and Romania prepare trade negotiations after a Romanian invitation and the arrival of a British Food Ministry representative, Frank Pinnock, who was invited to push discussions regardless of the wider European situation. A London source says Britain near a 1949 short-term pact with Yugoslavia. Romania had sought export licenses from the U S for about 8 million dollars of petroleum equipment.
In Los Angeles ex convict Richard Garrison 36 is jailed for the murder of 70 year old Mrs W L Moseley during a purse snatching. A witness Robert Babcock 68 saw the crime from his window. Police say Moseley carried 1250 dollars and a diamond ring. Garrison denied the theft and faces a lie detector test. He previously served eight years in San Quentin for armed robbery and awaits trial on another purse snatching case.
The American-born widow of Count Folke Bernadotte was proposed as his successor as president of the Swedish Red Cross. Svanska Dagbladet named Countess Estelle Bernadotte, the former Estelle Manville, as the likely new head, noting that about 90 percent of Red Cross members are women.
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