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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1947
Page
3
NEW YORK August 21 pricing trends show men’s topcoats may cost 82 to 85 higher in the coming spring season with producers signaling higher material and production costs.
Drought in the midwest reduces next winter meat supplies as farmers trim programs. Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota feeders cut cattle hogs and sows marketed early. Lamb and mutton also shrink though demand for feeder lambs remains.
Mrs. Natalie Wales Paine former Bundles for Britain president resigns as a sponsor of The Churchman protesting Rev Shipler and six Protestant clergymen visiting Yugoslavia reporting free worship. Archbishop Cushing denounces the report as infamous and monstrous. Shipler and Melissociate rector defend the piece while Paine cites editorial bias toward anti Catholic tone.
Atomic Energy Commission chairman David Lilienthal ends a three day visit at the University of California Berkeley noting no political interference and praising UC discoveries including the cyclotron and plutonium as potentially more impactful than California gold. He urged continued leadership in atomic energy and warned against political interference.
AMVETS national commander Ray Sawyer said the organization may withdraw support for universal military training if a complete and impartial investigation is not conducted into charges against Lt Gen John C. Lee, commander in the Mediterranean. The charges include alleged mistreatment of men under Lee’s command as reported by Robt Ruark dispatches.
Sen. Brewster announced Republicans will not seek an extension for the Senate War Investigating Committee beyond January 31. He said the panel will resume its probe of Howard Hughes wartime plane contracts on November 17, with Republicans opposing any continuation in the next session. He spoke during Fall River's Joe Marlin Day celebration.
General Motors halted nationwide production today due to a steel shortage, leaving about 1800 Baltimore employees out of work. Chevrolet division manager W. B. M. Brownlee announced the curtailment.
Testimony in an International War Crimes trial asserts Japan did not fortify Truk Palau Saipan and other mandated islands before November 1941. Navy official Yoshida said plans existed but orders to fortify came only after that date, around Pearl Harbor timing.
At Toronto on August 21 the International Meteorological Organization discussed a plan for reception by coded weather reports from ships at sea. The goal is a world-wide system to share maritime weather data for better forecasts.
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