No Customer's Account Affected by Long Beach Bank Losses
Long Beach community supported United States National Bank East Long Beach branch as it opened with a paper loss fully insured by fidelity bonds. President M N Wilson and Vice President Manager J W Hymne stated no customer accounts were harmed despite the defalcations of George A Hewlett who died by his own hand Friday. The bank gained 20 new customers by day’s end, and local banks urged customers to stay with the institution as sympathy and confidence spread.
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Long Beach
United States National Bank
East Long Beach
M. N. Wilson
San
Lotal
Hynne
Los Altos
North
Bank probes baffled by embezzlement tied to Hewlett scheme
Auditors analyzing the East Long Beach US National Bank of San Diego branch find most of the $4 million loss through paper manipulations. Officials put actual cash loss under $590,000 as investigators probe a complex kiting scheme tied to George A. Hewlett, who killed himself after failing to cover stolen funds. The routine inquiry that toppled Hewlett came hours before his death, ending a rising banking career amid an absorbing page-one crisis.
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Barker George A. Hewlett
East Long Beach
US National Bank of San Diego
Hewlett
Truman Won't Visit White House Even to Meet Churchill
Former President Truman confirms he will not attend a stag dinner for Winston Churchill at the White House, joking about being unable to go. He comments on the 22nd Amendment, noting it does not apply to him, and criticizes its impact on Eisenhower while reflecting on term limits and political influence.
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White House
Churchill
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Winston Churchill
Eiserhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Across the Nation Winston Meets Ike Raps Monty
Sir Winston Churchill visits President Eisenhower for a four day reunion in Washington. He jokes about critics including Field Marshal Montgomery and flashes a wartime sign to the crowd as Ike greets him warmly.
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Washington
UPI
Winston Churchill
Eisenhower
Viscount Montgomery
Churchill
Sir Winston
Body of Mack Charles Parker Found Near Bogalusa
The decomposed body of Mack Charles Parker, 23, was found in the Pearl River near Bogalusa, identified by fingerprints. Parker had been kidnapped by masked raiders two days before his February rape trial and was presumed murdered by the mob. New murder charges were filed against the men in Pearl River County, Mississippi.
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Mack Charles Parker
Poplarville
Miss
Pearl River
FBI
Parker
Mississippi Highway Patrol
B. 5
Hood
Mississippi
Bogalusa’ Charity Hospital
Benun
Washington
Willian Rogers
Pearl River County
Exposed taxpayer not in arrears shown on shorts note
Missouri officials announced a taxpayer is not delinquent on state income tax though an embarrassing display occurred. Governor Blair and Revenue Director Milton Carpenter viewed a check for 47.50 payable to the State Department for Revenue printed across the waistband of size 38 shorts. Carpenter declined to name the taxpayer.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
James T. Blair
Milton Carpenter
Carpenter
Neosho
State Department For Revenue
Prince Charles pace A-6 drains Board of Education requests
The royal dog innae Monday for energetic Prince Charles. Requested salary increases totaling 2,396,000 are before the Board of Education. Page B-1.
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Prince Charles
Board of Education
Granny Seeks to Evict Daughters Family of Eight
An 82-year-old grandmother ordered her daughter and her family of eight to leave their four room apartment at 1727 Orange Ave. amid a dispute over the mother-in-law controlling the tenants. Gerald Terflinger and his wife Elizabeth defend the move as unjust while Harriet James and Lo A James, who own the six unit court, say they have spent over 10600 dollars maintaining the property and want the family to depart. The eldest branch vows to remove the grandchildren by Thursday if needed, with the Terflinger brood resisting relocation.
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Harriet James
Lo A
Orange Ave
Terflinger
WM Muses Small Cars The Answer
WM muses on saving money by new freeways and street changes. Aide asks how, and the plan to tighten streets is criticized while a Long Beach family deals with housing and hearing-impaired schooling issues. Mrs James contemplates grandchildren, bickering, and a potential tumor operation affecting a move.
Tipsy Pastor Fined For Riding Bicycle While Drunk
In Reading England UPD reports Rev. Charles M. O Doherty aged 61 paid a 2.60 fine after pleading guilty to riding a bicycle while intoxicated. The Jameses served the Terflingers with a notice increasing rent from 65 dollars a month to 30 dollars per week. The Terflingers refused to pay the higher rent and a 72 hour eviction notice followed as maintenance claims arose. The landlord mother cited needed repairs while Terflinger, employed by an aviation company, noted he has done most upkeep and his wife handles housekeeping. The Jame ses say they pay the Terflingers for extra work and claim the couple followed them from the Midwest to the Southwest to California. Mrs James commented that times are so bad she asked why she should ride a taxi instead of using her own car.
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England
Charles BM . O'Doherty
Arisis
Jameses
Terflingers
Terflinger
Fan Aviation Company
Midwest
California
James
Six in Illinois Family Drown as Fishing Boat Overturns
Six members of the Bradley family perished when their flat bottom fishing boat overturned in a flooded pit near Heyworth Illinois. Carl Wunder, a nearby fisherman, swam about 100 yards to rescue a girl but could not save another child. Surviving include Susie Bradley five Ronnie Bradley and Sharon. Florence Bradley remained missing. Authorities suggest possible overloading or strong currents as the cause.
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Heyworth
Mil
Carl Wunder
Lawrence
Bradley
Wunder
Sacrah Jean
Denny
Deborah Wunder
Laura Jean
Sedy
Florence
Susad
Wender
Ronnie
Sharon
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