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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1948
Page
7
In New Albany Floyd County officials urged a comic book ban after four boys tortured a 7 year old, burning him and tying him with a rope. The victim averted death by hanging as authorities questioned three peers and a 10 year old described the abuse.
Two arrivals in St John s Newfoundland bring 75 Estonians and Poles aboard the Ostervay after a 12 day voyage from Stornoway Scotland. A separate 15 Estonians reached North Carolina after an eight week crossing in a fishing craft.
Hollywood reports the Richfield Reporter, a coastwide news program on the Pacific Coast for almost 18 years, will be transferred to the full coast network of the American Broadcasting Co on August 29.
Perryopolis Pennsylvania, the mining town 30 miles from Pittsburgh, stands to gain an enormous legacy from the will of Mary Fuller Frazier of Philadelphia. She died August 6 in New York at 83, leaving most of her vast estate to the town for public improvements, with estimates ranging from five to ten million dollars. The will directs half the estate to be used outright for improvements and the rest to be held in trust for maintenance.
London reports Ernest Aldrich Simpson, former husband of the Duchess of Windsor, married Avril Joy Leveson Gower, a 39 year old sportwoman and socialite, on August 12. The couple will reside at 11 Upper Phillimore Gardens after September 10, with initial coverage limited to a brief society item in the Times.
Democrats in Chicago announce a midwestern candidate meeting for governor and senator on August 30 31 to draft a regional action plan for the November elections. Frank J McAdams an attorney and secretary of a Chicago sponsors committee said the plans were announced late last night.
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