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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1950
Page
4
The president announced a fivefold increase in air plane production next year, signaling a surge in Douglay Lidiag Beach output and more workers relocating for permanent jobs. Downtown Long Beach faces adequate housing and especially parking shortages as businesses fear losing customers to new outside trading areas if the city cannot accommodate growth.
Los Angeles December report says Capt. Carl Pearson was fired from the sheriff's force after admitting he lied about conferences with attorney Sam Rummel hours before Rummel was assassinated. The 26 year veteran lost his retirement pension amid the dismissal.
A majority of railroad strikers returned to work today as the post office lifted the Christmas mail embargo. Wildcat actions in major hubs subsided after President Truman’s rebuke, with unions facing possible fines while negotiations on wage boosts and shorter weeks continued.
Truman declares a national war emergency affecting industry and price controls, with ESA enforcing a temporary auto price freeze and wage actions. The move follows a mobilization push, new defense authority, and a call for loyalty and unity as the nation readies for broader defense measures.
President Truman outlines a national emergency with 67 laws in force. The plan requires widespread sacrifice from all citizens to oppose Communism, expand defense production, and manage prices and wages while preserving key freedoms. Young men face conscription, and jobs will grow in defense plants as rationing and new controls may emerge to support the war effort.
Today tides reach 3.3 feet at 4:46 PM with lows of 1.4 feet at 10:27 PM and 15 feet at 1:24 AM The next day highs of 5.1 feet at 12:10 AM and 3.2 feet at 6:05 AM accompany lows of 0.9 feet at 12:18 PM and 1.8 feet at 7:07 PM
In Seoul a wave of anger rose after reports of mass executions of about 800 convicts in the past five days. Catholic priests failed to intercede with President Syngman Rhee as American and British troops witnessed killings by South Korean forces. Civilians, including women and children, were executed by firing squads, with some described as collaborators or saboteurs. Military officials refused full disclosure, and eyewitness accounts detailed mass graves and direct shots to the head. Children and families of the condemned were reportedly present in some cases.
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