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Independent Long Beach

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1952

Page

4

Miss Unofficial America of 1929 Stirs Pageant Chaos

Miss Unofficial America of 1929 Marla Shelton storms Miss Universe headquarters in Long Beach after invading the Miss Universe pageant area. Police guard the auditorium as Marla claims multiple former titles and accuses organizers of bias while also touting cosmetic ventures and stage connections. Catherine Edwina Higgins of Miss South Africa is described as a sprinting contender with a lion encounter at Kreuger National Park.

Bemis Long Beach Hollywood Municipal Auditorium Maria Shelton Marla Coca-Cola John YaGatta Miss Houston Miss Tulsa Maria Theda del Rey Catalina Marta Miss Shelton Lizzy Lions Chuir Miss Universe Cosmetics Adrian Jerry Grode Duncan Spencer Scenic Backgrounds, Inc Pamela Gretchen Alocal Jerry Douglas Aircraft Red Skelton South Africa Catherine Edwina Higgins Nigel Mayfair Johannesburg Catherine Kreuger National Park

Two Pose as Cops Rob Man of $4 in Ocean Blvd Incident

Raymond R. Middlebrooks, 22, of 38 Chestnut Ave, told police two men posing as officers robbed him of $4 and beat him in a doorway in the 200 block of West Ocean Boulevard early yesterday.

Man Raymond R. Middlebrooks Chestnut Ave Middlebrooks W. Ocean Blvd

Wheelchair and scrapbook to be given to patients

The Women’s Auxiliary of the Long Beach Mounted Guard will present a wheelchair and scrap book to patients at Los Amigos General Hospital Monday at 7 p.m. announced president Mrs Howlard Mercer yesterday.

The Long Beach

Ford to halt production at 18 plants on steel shortage

Burgh dispatch reports Ford Motor Co. will cut output in 18 Ford and Lincoln Mercury assembly plants due to steel shortages. Officials say production will reach a near standstill as the nation’s auto industry faces a grim economic outlook amid the steel strike.

Burgh Ford Motor Co Ant Manaderu Sucerna Ford

Union deal ends steel plant standoff in Pittsburgh

The CIO United Steelworkers signed a contract with Pittsburgh Steel Co. covering over 10 000 workers across seven plants. The agreement adds a modified union shop, allows new hires a 30 day withdrawal window, and includes a 12 1 4 cent hourly wage increase with 6 and 9 cent shift differentials retroactive to April 1.

Pittsburgh CIO United Steelworkers

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