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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1953

Page

2

Blue Jay Saves Beverly Hills Woman From Rattler

Mrs. Maxine Karp of Beverly Hills fed a one legged blue jay named Baby Blue. The bird alerted her to a rattlesnake in ivy near her feet, saving her life before being rewarded with a cracker. Birds compete with a Hollywood stunt flier as gulls chase a plane at Logan Airport. A cat escapes from a refrigerator in Princess Anne Maryland after an all night stay.

Baby Blue Boston Logan International Airport Bill Boone Hollywood Boone Phillip Widdowson

$3000 Gift For Returning PW Springfield Welcomes Hale

Springfield citizens raise a $3000 fund for Corporal Elmer I Hale recently released from a Communist prison camp after 31 months. City officials and civic groups schedule a welcome home celebration and started a collection at Hale s church. A meeting tonight will plan the event and honor Hale s service.

Springfield Cpl Elmer I. Hale Ralph Thieme Hale Flale

Brave Teen Survives Atlantic Hurricane At Sea

Leroy Paite, 17, of Carolina Beach, was stranded after a towline snapped during a hurricane. He clung to a sinking hatch for 18 hours, lived on a jelly tin and raw crabs, and survived until rescuers found him sunburned and scratched but recovering. The same storm aboard a ship from Liverpool to New York left passengers seasick, while exotic animals aboard remained unfazed.

Tokyo Robert E. Moats Morgantown W. Va Noriko Hamatsu Korea Moats Inchon United States Birk Atlantic K. C Leroy Paite Carolina Beach Leroy Liverpool New York Europe

Marine Corporal Wins Medal of Honor for Korea Heroism

Alford L. McLaughlin 25 of Leeds Alabama receives the Medal of Honor in Washington as the 36th Marine honored for Korea heroism. He defended a Korean front outpost the nights of September 4 5 1952 firing machine guns through wounds until the guns overheated then carried on with carbines and grenades leaving 200 Chinese dead or wounded and saving Bunker Hill outpost. Florence Junction Arizona saw an unscheduled late Sunday bus stop as driver Lee Mull found a moaning passenger and helped deliver a seven pound dark eyed boy with the aid of W F Uhlmann and others.

Alford L. McLaughlin Leeds Ala Washington Korea Cpl. McLaughlin Bunker Hill Florence Junction Ariz Greyhound Lee Mull W. F. Uhlmann

French Papers Back Strikers Cripple Paris Transport

Paris newspapers mostly shut down as state run services halt. Railways, postal and telegraph lines remain disrupted while coal mines stay closed and city buses and subways extend strikes. Army trucks try to supplement transport as unions press demands.

Paris New York Herald Tribune Herald Tribune

Pella's New Italy Regime Takes Office

Giuseppe Pella leads a Christian Democrat cabinet sworn in by President Luigi Einaudi marking a political respite in Italy. The new premier, a 51 year old financial expert, formed an administrative government with Alcide de Gasperi absent from the lineup. The cabinet faces a Wednesday vote of confidence, likely to pass with Communist and Socialist opposition totaling 218 of 590 seats. Pella is noted as a pro Atlantic alliance ally of the U.S.

Rome Christian Democrats Giuseppe Pella Italy Luigi Einaudi Alcide de Gasperi Chamber of Deputies Commuunists Pietro Nenni Pella U. S Atlantic Alliance

Child Swallows Poison In Seaside incident

A 2-year-old girl, Carol L. Cipriano of 6125 Myrtle Ave., swallowed ant poison at home Sunday afternoon. She was treated at Seaside Hospital and released after her stomach was pumped.

Carol L. Cipriano Myrtle Ave Seaside

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