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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1954
Page
9
Excerpts discuss hypnotism, child training, and personality tips from How to Develop Your Personalit y. It notes hypnotist absence wakes subject, cautions amateur hypnotism, and suggests training children toward their strengths. Also mentions Freders, Frederica and dress design, and advice to use authority with love.
The piece retells the Fisk and Gould attempt to seize the Albany and Susquehanna line from Morgan in 1869. It recalls a dramatic showdown where rival locomotives collided, thugs clashed, and Morgan emerged undefeated, with Fisk and Gould ultimately selling at a profit.
A bridge expert sequence shows the four spades contract against queen of hearts. West wins queen heart, Landy ruffs, declarer plays diamond finesse, fast wins with king of diamonds, and a careful trump return follows.
The player claimed a trumping sequence to win in dummy with the nine of spades, then led another heart from dummy and ruffed in his hand. He drew a round of trumps with the ace, moved to dummy with the ace of diamonds, and ruffed dummy's last heart.
The author urges Messrs White and Young to settle their differences on May 26 with a traditional showdown at 200 paces, noting the man still walking after the crash should lead the New York Central, framing the dispute as a time-honored duel rather than factional politics.
New York portrait of Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn the famed husband wife theater team who profit from acting as married partners. They discuss balancing work and life sharing a home and their plans from film Broadway radio to television while maintaining privacy and pursuing art collecting and island dreams.
Britannica notes the first clock dates to 996 A D and the first two handed clocks appeared at the start of the eighth century, marking a shift in timekeeping design.
Aunt Het confesses envy over Bill and Ella’s money, saying she’s not covetous but feels discontent. The remark highlights how wealth among relatives sparks mixed feelings and personal longing.
Public interest medical notice from the Long Beach County Medical Association explains varicose veins arise from slow blood flow and gravity. It notes minor surgery cures most cases, exercises prevent them, and home care like feet raised and jiggling help flush veins and avert valve congestion.
Readers ask which presidents were bald in office and how many aliens lived in the United States in 1953. Answers note John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, and Dwight D. Eisenhower as bald presidents. Under the Alien Registration Act, 2,248,881 resident aliens were counted in 1953, with seven nationalities each exceeding 100,000.
A headline style item notes Pearl of Pennsylvania faces divorce from Tom after his scandal. Ma approves trust while watching him, reflecting cautionary advice in a tight partnership.
In 1953 a Wisconsin egg candler found an egg with five yolks, believed to be the first such report. The Nike anti aircraft missile is guided by a radar beam until near the target and then switches to its own homing device for final approach.
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