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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1948
Page
2
Former President Herbert Hoover spoke at a Branch celebratory event for his 74th birthday, stressing that America’s meaning lies in freedom of mind and spirit. He recalled humble beginnings, praised the nation’s moral qualities, and noted that honors earned here are unmatched elsewhere.
A brief classified item announces a press telegram want ad service with the contact phone number 6-9066 for placing ads and filling needs.
A rambling retail pitch from a Belmont suit salesman on 7 East Anaheim in Long Beach markets low prices, premium tickets, and various goods while taunting rivals and joking about customers and creditors. The ad includes slang, misused terms, and tongue in cheek humor.
Washington August 9 P A new retractable ski landing system has been developed for Air Force Arctic use. The first installation on a Fairchild C 82 at Dayton test center shows increased mobility and access to snow and ice fields previously out of reach. The gear allows landings on snow or concrete with minimal payload loss and slight speed reduction, expanding operations to remote northern regions.
In Bangkok Siam the shipment of over $1,000,000 in gold bars to Macao resumed after a May disruption by four bandits who stole nearly $3,000,000 from a truck bound for the airport. The rest of the original shipment remains unrecovered. The gold was released by the Siamese finance ministry after Lloyds agents agreed to pay $86,500 as a reward to informants.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey shifts campaign planning into higher gear as a two day strategy meeting nears at the Albany governor’s mansion. Earl Warren, Brownell, and other aides expected to attend the August 16 session to map presidential run prospects and party priorities.
YOKOHAMA August 9 two Japanese were sentenced today for wartime prison camp atrocities. Manichi Nishitani a former Japanese army cook received five years at hard labor. Eleven others were reported to have faced sentences.
A palawan massacre survivor testifies at his trial describing how guards broke the arms of two prisoners for allegedly picking a papaya from a tree in the camp area.
Atlantic City August 9 The American Flint Glass Workers of North America seeks 20 25 percent wage increases amid a wage dispute with the National Association of Manufacturers of Pressed and Brown Glass International Union President Harry H Cook warns a walkout could involve 35000 workers if no counteroffer is made The union cites Taft Hartley law and long standing bargaining friction since 1888.
Claude Ashton Jones U S N retired died at his home in Charleston He held both the Medal of Honor and the Legion of Merit He earned the Medal of Honor after the U S S Memphis was struck by a tidal wave at Santo Domingo in August 1916 as a lieutenant directing rescue efforts He received the Legion of Merit for World War II service as assistant chief of procurement and material He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1907 and retired in 1946.
A man describes his wife Fannie Lozak beating him on a street last February and mentions a suspended sentence. He reports a renewed dispute ending with a purse swung at his head and him crying for help as police were alerted.
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