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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1952
Page
4
George J. Badenhausen administrator of the Harriman Jones Clinic and Hospital was appointed a director of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Badenhausen active in Long Beach civic activities since 1934 and is president-elect of the organization.
The California Hospital Association and the vice president of Blue Cross of California join the chamber board. He serves as a director of the Community Welfare Council and was past budget chairman of the Community Chest. A life member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, his appointment by Walter B Havekers was approved yesterday by the board.
The Harbor Commissioners gave first reading to an ordinance to buy three lots at Ninth and Pico from John Fisher of Santa Monica for 62,500. The warehouse-equipped land will host the first major phase of the Ninth Street bridge, with R. R. Shoemaker planning bridge design and pier work by month’s end and aiming to frame construction this summer before rains.
A new attempt to free the stricken lumber schooner Cynthia Olson, aground in the Coquille River channel near Bandon, Oregon, was planned at high tide. The 329-foot vessel with 28 crew members, including Harold Winans and Jack Crabb, ran aground twice as water flooded the engine room after a hole opened up. Salvage teams worked to remove cargo and patch the hull before towing to Portland or San Francisco for drydocking.
Secretary Charles F. Bran nan announced an official inquiry into possible manipulation of the oats market. The probe seeks to establish if unfair practices affected prices and trading stability.
Denver Post Publisher Palmer Hoyt told 1000 delegates at the 24th annual mechanical conference of the American Newspaper Publishers Association that American newspapers face a race against rising costs. He cited wage and newsprint increases since 1940 and urged new, cheaper production methods to keep papers financially viable. Delegates were welcomed by Paul Smith of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Mexico City report says troops and secret police conducted widespread gun confiscations across the country to curb violence during the closing weeks of a tense election campaign. Strong authorities cited preventives steps amid mounting political tension and public fear.
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