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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1947

Page

5

Propaganda claims displaced Russians in Germany mocked by Reds

In a dispatch from WOSCOW the Soviet press accuses occupation authorities of sabotaging ministerial decisions on returning displaced persons to the motherland. About 300,000 Soviet citizens are in German camps across the British American and French zones with 380 camps noted.

Woscow Tevestra Germany Foreign Ministers’ Council Izvestia Soviet Union Europe America Estonia Latvia Lithuania

British dollar crisis prompts emergency loan actions

U S Treasury officials report Britain faces a genuine crisis as dollar withdrawals cut the exchange flow. Britain plans to suspend pounds for dollars temporarily to curb demand, with August withdrawals to reduce the credit balance to 400 million. Talks with Britain aim to modify loan terms and ease the crisis while Congress is out of session.

Treasury Britain United States London U.S. Treasury Ates Secretary of the Treasury the Treasury Wilfrid Eady Bank of England Congress Treasury Department U. S England National Advisory Council On International Monetary State Commerce ‘Departments Bank Federal Reserve Board

Blondie Actress Sues Neighbors Over Noise and Smell

Blondie star Penny Singleton and husband Robert Sparks filed a 70 000 suit in Moorpark district claiming Andekraft Corp restaurant operation with smells noises and stagecoach customers renders their estate uninhabitable and devalues it. The couple seeks a restraining order to stop the nearby activities.

van Nuys Penny Blondie) Singleton Moorpark Robert Sparks Andekraft Corp Stagecoach

Radio Firm Union Sign New Arbitration Pact

In New York on August 21 a two year agreement between RCA Victor division and the United Electrical Workers pledges grievances to be settled by arbitration only. The pact prevents court action or NLRB involvement by either side.

New York New National Labor Relations Board Rca-Victor Radio Corporation of America United Electrical, Radio and Mapring Workers of America

Russia veto blocks Italy Austria UN membership bids

In a rapid sequence of moves, the Soviet Union used its veto to block United Nations membership consideration for Italy and Austria. The Italy vote was nine yes, four no, with Poland abstaining, as the Security Council faced Hungary’s rejected membership bid and related talks in New York.

Lake- Success Russia Austria United Nations Security ‘Council Italy General Assembly New York Poland United Nations Security Cornell Hungary

Escapee Recaptured After Barefoot Across Nation

Bennie M. Doom, a federal prisoner who escaped in Gallup New Mexico while being transported to El Reno Oklahoma, was recaptured near Holbrook Arizona after traveling barefoot across the country, the FBI announced.

Phoenix Ariz Bennie M.doom Gallup N. M el Reno Okla Federal Reformatory Holbrook Federal Bureau of Investigation

Postwar economic talks face friction over zones and German living standards

The Potsdam framework prompts debate on occupation zone economics and a proposed German living standard level. General Clay defends zone-based production goals arguing Russia treats Germany separately. Molotov and Marshall clash over Korea talks as deadline nears for joint commission report.

Europe Berlin Lucius D. Clay U.S Germany Potsdam Clay Korea Molotov Marshall Joint Commission Seoul Anole

Planes crash claims officers reshape far Eastern Command

Tokyo report notes two officers of the First Cavalry Division were reassigned to fill vacancies in the Far Eastern Command after the Pacific plane crash that killed Ambassador George Atcheson Jr. Brig. Gen. Ward H. Maris becomes assistant chief of staff and head of the Joint Strategic Plans and Operations Group. Col. C Stanton Babcock joins the Joint Plans Group.

Tokyo First Cavalry Division Far Eastern Pacific George Atcheson Jr Ward H. Maris Carl Russell Richmond Heights Maris C. Stanton Babcock Joint

Federal rabies control commission proposed in address

Dr Ernest Tierkel of Montgomery Alabama urged creation of a federal rabies control commission before the American Veterinary Medical Association. He cited rabies cases surpassing 10 000 annually and called for federal action based on vaccine studies at the U S Public Health Service laboratories in Montgomery and elsewhere.

Cincinnali de, Ernest. & Tierkel Montgomery Ala Amecan Veterinary Medical Associators WU. S Health Service Research Laboratories

Actress Jane Greer Weds Edward Lasker in Las Vegas Elopement

Hollywood report says 23 year old actress Jane Greer married 35 year old Chicago tycoon Edward Lasker after eloping to Las Vegas by chartered plane. Greer recently divorced crooner Rudy Vaslee in July 1945 and Lasker, son of Albert D. Lasker, was previously divorced in January 1946 from Carol Gim Je and was engaged to Nancy Guild.

Hollywood Jane, Greer Edward Lasker Chicago Las Vegas Miss Greer Rudy Vaslee Lasker Albert D. Lasker U. S. Shipping Board Carol Gim Je New York Department

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