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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1952
Page
10
Travel agents will be guests of Holland America Line at an invitational buffet dinner Monday evening aboard the new liner Dongedyk in Berth 189 Wilmington.
An advertisement invites pensioners to Pridham Davis Optometrists for glasses with courteous treatment and special payment options. The Long Beach office at 2644 Fine Avenue and the Compton office at 301 E Compton Blvd are listed with contact numbers.
Harold McConnell, formerly on the Press Telegram staff, becomes news editor of The Stars and Stripes Army newspaper. The European edition, based in Darmstadt, marks the paper's 10th anniversary and publishes daily over 100,000 copies with 12 pages on weekdays and 40 on Sundays, reaching Berlin and Vienna and serving postwar readers.
Long Beach residents holding Congressional Medal of Honor or similar honors are invited to a California Legion of Valor dinner at the Hayward Hotel in Los Angeles on Friday April 18 at 7 p.m. Reservists on inactive duty may be discharged by district commanders or enlisted in other services, with notices directed to E Lee Henderson.
Coast Guard offices here were Richard Mulligan and Bill Schmittling. Advanced to SK3 was George Potter, while Lt Comdr Robert N. McKinney of the Long Beach Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet, received orders to the USS Leo. Lt Herman H. Svirsky, formerly of Fort Macarthur, now at Camp Irwin, is at Benney Transportation School.
Robert Fredericks of 65 Havana Ave and husband of Marie Sage of Long Beach earned his U S Navy Reserve Officers School ensign commission at Newport RF 1 Ensign Johnson graduated USC in 1951 with a BS. Joe W Leedom Jr was named Mira Loma Depot public relations rep by Col J J W McDowell. Marjorie C Lehne, WAVES flight orderly at Moffett Field, completed training. Four LB naval officers enrolled in 11 month course at Naval Postgraduate School Monterey. Clyde W Stimpson earned Bronze Star aboard USS Chatterer for 1950 Korea action. Donald E Taylor promoted to lieutenant jg aboard Patrol Squadron 40 San Diego. Lt (jg) Gloria J Sterling Navy Nurse Corps cited for meritorious service in Korea. Three LB men named for ROTC college program 1952. Total officer candidates 1800 chosen nationwide.
A Moscow broadcast claims Columbia University in New York City has been transformed into a military training center under President Eisenhower. It alleges the university is diverting cadres for the armed forces and cites government allocations for military research exceeding 4 million dollars.
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