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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1951
Page
3
A humorous New York column celebrates women during Christmas and mocks married men. It argues femininity enhances the season, jokes about engagements from Christmas parties, and advises marrying at Christmas to keep the spirit alive. The tone is satirical and playful with gendered humor.
Agnes Dixon Sasser of Atlanta says the Army had reported her first husband Pfc Walter B Dixon dead in Korea last May and paid his $20,000 life insurance. Dixon never had a wife per Army, which lists Mrs Lorean Storey as next of kin. Pentagon probes whether Dixon was alive as POW and why records omit a marriage.
Illinois Democrat Peter F. Mack Jr. flies a world goodwill tour in a single engine plane spending a busy day in Manila calling on Foreign Secretary Carlos P. Romulo and presenting Mayor Manuel de la Fuente with a scroll seeking world peace. He plans another day here before continuing to Formosa, Japan, and Korea then back to the United States via the Aleutians and Alaska.
Allied negotiators urge an immediate exchange of seriously ill prisoners held in North Korea and UN camps. The United Nations press for access to prison camps and for Red Cross verification as side talks stall over the armistice and prisoner lists.
Sunrise at 6 55 a m Sunset 4 49 p m Moonrise 1 39 a m Moonset 12 45 p m Tides High 4 33 a m 5 2 ft 5 43 p m 2 1 ft Low 1 53 a m 6 8 ft 10 25 p m 1 9 ft Foregoing statistics by U S Coast and Geodetic Survey Long Beach Lifeguards report Water temperature no condition of surf Calm
Rescuers from Renton Duquoin Herrin and Dowell rush to a coal mine disaster where trapped miners may still be alive. Twelve hours after the blast thick smoke pours from the shaft as authorities identify five bodies at a junior high gym. The mine employs about 1200 workers and covers 12 square miles with three to four miles of passages.
Three Communist leaders reindicted by a Los Angeles grand jury posted bail in San Francisco. Ernest Otto Fox 45 Lionel? No, Fox. Loretta Starvis Stack 38. Carl Rude Lambert 54. Fox got $5000, Stack $10000, Lambert $10000. They are slated to appear before Federal Judge William C. Mathes in Los Angeles on January 3.
Frigid air from Canada drives a late winter storm across Minnesota Michigan and Ohio causing highways to vanish under drifting snow. In Plainfield Illinois and nearby areas stranded motorists find shelter as a rescue train shuttles forty people from a highway isolation. The city of Chicago reports 39 inches for the season and broad fatality tallies rise across multiple states.
The Army began trial wear of an experimental greenish gray winter uniform by the 8th Infantry Regiment based at Fort Lesley J. McNair and Fort Myer Virginia. The 16 ounce serge coat consists of 85 percent wool and 15 percent nylon and replaces the Eisenhower jacket with a semi-form fitting coat with lapels. It is a separate field uniform and not mandatory to buy.
Tito declared a strong army and warned of fifth column threats as Yugoslavia marked Army Day amid traffic tolls and holiday travel. He criticized Western powers and emphasized mobilization while traffic fatalities rose toward a million milestone in the holiday period.
Federal Judge Thomas F. Murphy reportedly will not head President Truman's three man commission to expose government wrongdoers. The New York Times and Herald Tribune say protests from colleagues and concerns over subpoena powers led to his change of mind. Murphy cited lack of aides and fear of mere window dressing, while Hand cousins urged no leave from the bench.
Senate Agriculture Committee plans a public hearing on two get rich quick deals tied to Department of Agriculture employees. One involved leasing surplus government buildings at Camp Crowder Missouri and subleasing to store grain, the other a pool to speculate in oil and gas rights on land tied to the department. Witnesses are mainly in Missouri. hearings likely but not a full departmental probe.
FRANKFURT Germany December 22 An American private was killed last night in the crash of a B-26 light bomber attempting to land at the U S air base at Neu biberg in thick fog The soldier was a passenger The pilot and crew chief were injured Names of all three were withheld pending notification of relatives.
Columbia University scientists reporting from a New York dispatch say a mile high undersea mountain and a vast canyon were discovered during a six week ocean expedition off the Maine coast. The mountain spans five miles of ocean floor where depths reach about two and a half miles, and researchers also mapped Ludonia Canyon near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
Phenix City Alabama December 22 An Anchor Alaska attorney traveled thousands of miles to his old hometown to find a wife saying there they have plenty of men but few women He promised all applicants will receive careful consideration and expressed a hope to find a partner who fits his chosen life.
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