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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1952
Page
3
VA officials estimate about half of the 1952 NSLI dividends will be paid in cash. Reasons include veterans not applying in writing and others letting cash credit accounts cover future premiums. As of Aug 7, 1,448,028 checks totaling 93,326,754 issued. 600,000 1948 and 90,000 1952 checks undistributed.
Ike Eisenhower courted labor voters and said he would address the AFL. Harold Stassen claimed a top labor leader would endorse Eisenhower, predicting he would win a share of organized labor votes. Governor Earl Warren planned strategy talks with Eisenhower in Boise. Nixon urged Stevenson to declare his positions on farm policy foreign policy and oil lands.
Hungary charged Yugoslav military authorities with blowing up a bridge across the Mura River at Letenye at dawn August 5. The Hungarian note blamed Yugoslavia for other provocations along the border and demanded compensation. It cited a frontier guard death from a Yugoslav shell and a Yugoslav plane over Hungarian territory.
A Coast Guard patrol boat sped to aid three men aboard the Nefman a 47 foot fishing boat three miles off Ensenada after the vessel reported its motor failed. The three men were unnamed and the boat reportedly owned by Edward P. McGilicott of Portland Oregon.
Central California Conference of Seventh Day Adventists adopted a resolution to support tax exemption for all church operated schools in California. Elder Rey L Benton presented the measure at camp meeting, arguing founders did not intend education or religion to be taxed and that taxing parochial schools violates justice.
In a Midtown hotel elevator a passenger told another to make up his mind. The other pulled a pistol, shot Small in the chest, then exited. Police seek the shooter.
New York August 16 society figure Mickey Jelke awaits a vice hearing as his arrest prompts New York party girls to flee the city. Police say his East Side apartment operated as a call house with visits priced up to 500. Six women and two men were arrested. Jelke posted 50 000 bond. Other suspects include Sylvia Eder and Erica Steel. Prosecution details allege compulsory prostitution and gun charges. Labor news follows with Harvester strike votes and contract talks across plants and unions.
Washington said Kim Il Sung’s radio speech offering a no winner no loser armistice is empty. UN diplomats sought a Panmunjom breakthrough on prisoner repatriation, but the State Department sticks to no concessions on that point while inviting concrete proposals at the truce talks.
In Los Angeles August 16 a Superior Court jury acquitted Police Lt. Harry Fremont the highest ranking of eight officers charged in the county grand jury probe of the Yale jail beatings nicknamed the bloody Christmas. Fremont testified he was off duty and at the station during the incident but sobbed as the verdict was read. Two officers have been convicted so far.
The Air Force will create the first Alaska Air National Guard. An Anchorage base squadron will recruit personnel and install equipment next month. A territorial headquarters opens in Juneau on Sept 1. The first fighter bomber squadron activates July 1 in Anchorage, to serve as its operating HQ.
Charles G. Glarner of Hawthorne found his purchased surplus one bedroom house missing at Houghton Park Village after arriving to collect it. The 21 by 13 foot structure had been loaded onto a truck and hauled away, and he had paid $177 for it on August 7, police reported.
The United States will provide Jordan with $230,000 and 15 tractors to start agricultural projects under a technical assistance program. The tractors are expected to arrive within a month, officials announced today.
Stevenson outlines a campaigns strategy emphasizing a mix of plane and train travel to reach many cities. Major stops include San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Portland with high emphasis on television advertising. After western touring he will return to Springfield briefly before more short tours, aiming at key posts at specific times. Wyatt notes Democrats plan more than one visit to New York and expects debates with Eisenhower. The Stevenson strategy board includes Wilson Wyatt and other national leaders.
SAN FRANCISCO August. W R Grace and Co to acquire 95 percent ownership of Foster and Kleiser Co the West coast’s largest outdoor advertising firm in a deal worth about eight million dollars Grace has option to buy 73 percent held by Foster and Kleiser families holding 449 589 shares and aims to reach 95 percent by October 10 Grace operates shipping chemicals fertilizer fuel and other industries in the United States Central and South America Foster and Kleiser traces to 1901 with Portland Seattle origin and expanded to over 500 cities in California Oregon Washington and Arizona
San Francisco August 16 Bernard Baruch elder statesman and adviser to Presidente accuses the federal government of wasting eighty billion dollars in six years through inflation and incompetence He begins a trip to Sonoma Valley where he will be honored on his 82nd birthday at a Redwood Empire event He will stay with D Coblentz former editor of the San Francisco Call Bulletin and on Tuesday his birthday he will be honored with a birthday bench beneath the world's tallest tree a 365 foot redwood near Dyerville Red wood Empire Association dedicates the bench with a bronze plaque noting Baruchs stature.
Maj. Gen. Isaac D. White arrived at U S 10th Corps headquarters in Seoul to assume command of troops fighting on the eastern Korean front. White previously led the armored center at Fort Knox Kentucky since August.
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