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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1947
Page
3
Washington warns veterans and merchants that terminal leave bonds cannot be used to pay for cars or furniture. Bonds are nonnegotiable and not subject to creditors claims, with a Treasury spokesman noting merchants face losses if they accept them as down payments. Beginning next Tuesday veterans may cash the bonds and spend the funds as they please.
Defense for George Gollum and Beulah Overell casts doubt on whether the Overells were dead before the Mary E blast in Newport Harbor last March. Dr. Brown testified the victims showed hemorrhages indicating they were alive at the time, challenging earlier proof that they died hours before. The cross examination continued with defense proposals to bolster the alive-at-blast theory.
Washington reported the Weather Bureau states recent showers have eased the critical threat to the corn crop though most of the midwestern belt still requires rain. Hot dry weather slows cotton in parts while corn on thin soil is often beyond recovery. Poor pollination and short kernels noted. Ohio farmers give up hope of salvaging a span and plow under corn for winter wheat.
Detroit dispatch reports auto makers plan further price rises with additional increases from Ford and Studebaker. Ford added 86 to 229 on Lincoln Mercury and related models, following Studebaker’s 50 to 115 hikes. Prices now higher as buyers anticipate 1948 model changes.
In Jerusalem on August 27 police launched wide scale security checks on Arab residents of Palestine for the first time in years. The move followed recent clashes between Jewish and Arab groups and two bombings at Arab shops accused of violating a Jewish goods boycott. Police stopped cars and searched pedestrians for weapons, with no arrests reported.
Testimony before a House subcommittee showed major Hollywood producers agreed on a program to assign carpenters from rival unions to hot sets during the 1946 strike. J J Mannix of Metro Goldwyn Mayer said the plan began after Sept 11 1946 with set crews switching to non AFL members, triggering layoffs and labor strife across studios.
Leland Woodrow Valle, a 42 year old veteran with failing sight, received parole from the Missouri state penitentiary to seek an eye operation at the Veterans Administration hospital in St. Louis. He served on Guadalcanal, Bikini, Bougainville, and Saipan and was blind for two months after a land mine blast.
Little Rock August 27 fires in Arkansas were described by State Forester Baud Lang as largely incendiary in origin. The blazes consumed an estimated fifteen hundred acres of timberland in the southern part of the state.
Washington reports the nations top weatherman says rainmaking is a distant possibility. The U S Weather Bureau and allied scientists continue experiments with cloud seeding using dry ice, though certainty of delivering rain remains uncertain.
Tokyo August 27 Leading military and diplomatic officials joined occupation troops in a brief service after noon for the late Ambassador George Atcheson Jr and nine others killed August 17 in an air crash near Swail.
Dr Cowen Long Beach offers a flexible credit plan for new dental plates with weekly or monthly payments. The policy aims to meet individual needs and applies to all dentistry types including translucent plates with plastic teeth. Dr Cowen's Dental Office is at Broadway and Pine Ave entrance at 107 West Broadway.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Los Angeles and Subsea 7 with scattered terms like information and names. The readable bits are insufficient to identify a clear event, person, organization, or date.
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