Big Diamond Hunt Spurred in Africa by Defense Needs
Carter Davidson reports a global rush for diamonds tied to defense demands, detailing a complex postwar scramble involving funding schemes, Marshall Plan implications, and multinational actors. The piece traces how diamond sales and strategic reserves intersect with security programs and wartime production needs.
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Africa
Carter Davidson
Synatochil Aspitain
Neisthat
Wratein Eorld
PTO
Frebeh Company
Tie
Cbtel Gale Co
Mutehall
Recoothy
Marshall Plan
Domebik Las
Tanat
Terre Evergeary
Bullet Removed From Boy's Heart
An incident describes a medical procedure to remove a bullet from a boy's heart. The report notes the operation, the medical team, and the immediate outcome, highlighting the successful extraction and patient recovery. Authorities and doctors provided brief updates on the case.
New Apartments Deeds Delivered at Cedar Avenue site
Deeds and pioneer policies for a new apartment building owned by Willmore were delivered. The structure at Third and Cedar Ave was designed as a cooperative rental with permanent occupancy features. The project includes one three bedroom, one two bedroom, seven singles and ten bachelor units. Steinbaum, a company executive, leads the sales program and manages the firm.
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Willmore
Third
Cedar Ave
Steinbaum
Kingsway
Stein Common
Mwoer
Frm
Local Club Affairs and Meetings This Week
A roundup of upcoming events across local organizations. Thimble Club holds a bingo game February 16 at Machinists Building. Amaranth session at Youn Hall tomorrow at 8 pm. Lakewood rummage sale at 96 American Legion Auxiliary Monday. Stamp Club of Long Beach meets at 7 30 pm at 5 Locus Ave. Teeter invites interested to the program. Noon meeting of Woman's Relief Corps 93 Wednesday at Veterans Memorial. Beth El Sisterhood rummage sale at 1154 Pine Ave tomorrow. WCTU East Long Beach Dinner at East Long Beach Methodist Church Tuesday. Minhoinner Idaia Society potluck in MacArthur Park Thursday 6 pm. Trypopraph not Union Auxiliary 124 luncheon tomorrow at Colonial Hall 10th St and Lorust. Business session precedes luncheon. Mrs Hassle Sorensen, president.
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Stamp Club—Stamp Collectors’ Club of
Long Beach
Locus Ave
Malton A. Teeter
Whatman
Luneledn Sexsion
Colonial Hall
10Th St
Lorust Ang
Hassle Sorensen
Emily R. Jewell
Daughters of Union Veterans
Vetserans Memorial
Federation of Daughters of Union Veterans
San Pedro
Jewell! Heer Init
al Mem
Howe Art
Cheitensen & Pine Mortuary
Pine
Anthem
Veterans Memorial
Woman’s Auxiliary
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Seventh St
Atlantic Ave
Spire Club
Charles Lee
William Kummer
Tumescent Community Rummage and Meetings Report
A rummage sale hosted by American Legion Auxiliary 486 runs 9 am to 5 pm tomorrow at the Pee fap ker ale VWs on Third Street. A joint meeting of De Carlo Taylor Post 90 American Legion and the post’s westhar amity takes place at Signall Hill city hall Tuesday. A special Americanism program is planned. Ladies Auxiliary Golden State Post 279 Veterans of Foreign Wars holds its regular card party and function at 1 pm Tuesday at Veterans Memorial. Edna Hammond leads.
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Amer
Lea Legion Auxiliary
de Carlo
Taylor Post
Amufrican Legion
Post
Westhars Amity
Tues- Tayet Spoam
Signal Hill
Auvitary Meeting
Ladies Aysitary of
Golden State Post
Veterans Memorial
Edna Hammond
Man 22 Found Dead in Long Beach Hotel Room
An unnamed 22 year old man was found dead in a Long Beach hotel room. The body was moved to Cheitensen Pine Mortuary. Local memorial services and investigations were noted as ongoing.
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Motorcycle Officer Injured in Collision
A motorcycle officer was injured in a collision reported in local police notes. Investigations are underway to determine fault and assess injuries. Authorities name the involved agencies and expect a formal incident report in coming hours.
Newsprint Controls Advocated by Plevin
Ottawa report notes Rene Bieven advocates newsprint controls as a war material for propaganda. He vows a broader effort to persuade North Atlantic powers to focus policy on who prints what papers.
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Plevin
Ottawa
Rene Bieven
Tie
North Atlantic
No More Elephant: Vienna Restaurant Closes
In Vienna a restaurant famed for elephant goulash and schnitzel shuts down due to a shortage of elephants. Owner Rudolf Schiener cites taxes eroding profits and the dwindling supply as the reason for the closure.
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Vienna
Austria
Golden Owl
Rudolf Schiener
Hoover Sees Federal Powers Expanding in Crisis
Boise Idaho February 3 Herbert Hoover then living ex president said the administration would seize state powers under the emergency. Boise attorney Charles Richeson sent Hoover a photostatic copy of a 1913 Reise report noting Idaho Senator Borah opposed central government power grabs. Hoover replied that the emergency would be used for the same purpose.
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Boise
Idaho
Herbert Hoover
United States
Charles H. Richeson
Hoover
Reise
William Borah
Richeson
Up-to-date Planes and Weapons for Italy
Rome reports U S arms aid to Italy has begun with shipments doubling last year’s pace. The 1951 program includes three postwar weapons from the secret list the bazooka infantry mortar and the recoilless light field gun. By year’s end jet fighters are expected for the Italian Air Force.
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Rome
United States
Maly
Progrem
Rhee Decorates U S Vice Admiral Struble
In San Francisco on February 3 Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble commander of the U S Seventh Fleet received the Republic of Korea Order of Military Merit with Silver Star from President Syngman Rhee aboard the USS Missouri. Pacific Fleet headquarters announced the award.
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San Francisco
UPS
Arthur D. Struble
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Korea
Republic of Korea
Pacific Fleet
Syngman Rice
Missouri
Seventh Fleet
Uncle Sam Must Find Another Pool of Womanpower
New York report shows wartime labor pool shrinking as unemployment falls and married women increasingly hold jobs. Women now outnumber homemaker roles, with many aging workers still in employment.
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Uncle Sam
New York
Women's Bureau
U. S
United States
Frieda Miller
Tilly
Rosie
Bureau of Employment Security
Department of Labor
Koehler Finishes West Coast Tour
San Diego February 3 UPI reports Koehler completed a Pacific Coast tour of inspection and said recommendations to Washington may affect Navy base expansion on the east. He would touch base in Washington next week and could not disclose further details before departing for the capital.
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San Diego
UPI
Washington
Pacific Coast
Navy
John T. Koehler
Koehler
Brilliant Sky Flash Reported Across Wisconsin
A brilliant flash lit skies from Milwaukee to across Lake Michigan with observers describing an intense light lasting one or two seconds. An renowned astronomer called it a fireball while a federal meteorologist called it a very large meteor, with colors noted as blue red green and white.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Fortune Left 13-Year-Old In Heir To Cunard Fortune
Lord Royden left a 2 090 000 dollar fortune to his 12 year old great nephew Christopher John Rowden with the bulk due when he turns 25. The will, dated before his November death at 79, provided bequests first and then remainder to the boy after death duties exceeding 1 000 000 dollars were paid.
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London
Lord Royden
Cunard Steamship Co
Cunard White Star Line
Christopher John Rowden
Cortisone revolutionizes medical treatment growth in 1950s era
New era in medicine as cortisone becomes widely available to doctors. Details show rapid price drops from 200 a gram to about 28 to 35 and access expanding to 350 distributors. Notes Mayo Clinic discovery by Kendall and Sarett, Merck synthesis, Cortone brand, and plans for a Danville plant. ACTH parallels cortisone, aiming to stimulate body production.
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York
Merck & Co. Rahway
N. J
Mayo Clinic
Edward C. Kendall
L. H. Sarett
Merck & Co
Merck
Danville
Rites to Welcome Salvation Army Leaders
Salvation Army officers Lt Col. Russell Clarke will conduct welcome meetings in Los Angeles and Long Beach at 11 a.m. In Long Beach 329 Locust Ave Lt. Col. Clark will install Brigadier Rawson B. Gifford as manager of the south coast area and Maj. Eldin K. Tobin becomes commander of the Long Beach corps replacing Maj. John Allen. Gifford was divisional commander for SA in Denver and May. Tobin previously led the Los Angeles Congress Hall corps for years.
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Salvation Army
Rus
Isell E. Clarke
Peace-prayer Pause Movement Spreads Across Town
In Otistown Pa today teenage girls joined a citywide noon bell vigil to pray for world peace. The effort, begun three weeks ago by a Christ Church member, has grown with 25 000 residents pausing daily as churches ring for two minutes. Jewish and Protestant groups joined, and nearby Schwenkville and Pine Forge show interest. The program continues as global tensions persist.
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Otistown
Pa Med
Dan High St. Pattstowns
Polistown
Christ Episcopal Church
George A. Lineker
Lineker
Niimous
John B. Frantz
Pattstown
Schwenksville
Perkiomen Creek
Pine Forge
Independence Hall to become a National Park milestone
Philadelphia report on Independence Hall as the National Park Service takes over the shrine. The article cites Dr Edward Riley on untangling the hall’s history, the scattered records, and plans for a multi year research program to reconstruct early Philadelphia life. It notes Congress funding, staff plans, and property acquisition efforts through 1948 appropriations.
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Independence Hall
Hall
Independence Square
Philadelphia
National Park Service
U. Department of the Interior
Indepndence Hall
Edward M. Riley
National Park Project
Riley
Virginia
U.S. Navy
Philadelphia National Shrine Park Commission
Edwin
Lewis
Common Pleas Court
Old Philadelphia
Ents
National Park
William Penn
Congress
O'Brien
Tarawa Rejoins Fleet in Brooklyn Recommissioning
The 27,000 ton carrier Tarawa, named for a Marine victory, was recommissioned in New York Brooklyn. Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews and other officials attended as Capt. John H. Griffin received the ship after months in mothballs.
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New York
Pacific
Francis P. Matthews
John H. Griffin
New York Naval Shipyard
Brooklyn
Slavs Proud of Reconstructed Yugoslav Merchant Marine
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia’s postwar merchant fleet is restored to 220000 tons by 1951's end with eight new motorships and four more due. The fleet, once 400000 tons, now sails to New York and other major ports, serving Europe, Africa, and the Americas under the flag.
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Yugoslavia
Mars
Zagreb
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Sarajevic
Titografti
Slovenia
Adriatic
Mediterranean
New York
Allante
Marshal Tho
United States
London
Tamburg
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Greece
Turkey
Istiel
Talyamt
South America
Eagles Observe Founding Today in Long Beach ceremony
The Fraternal Order of Eagles marks its founding dated February 6, 1898 with an initiation in Long Beach. Carlton L. Merrill presides in Seattle as the order traces its origin from a lumber yard meeting, noting growth to international presence and involvement in welfare programs and postwar memorial efforts.
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Oelock
Long Beach
Acrie
Order of Eagles
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Seattle
Wash
Carlton L. Merrill
John Consiting
Order of Good Things
Kansas Clan Ma
Canada
Eagles
FDR Memorial Foundation
Korea
Crash Driver Held for Felony Inquiry
Herbert L. Beyers, 38, of 5422 Olivia Ave, was docked on a felony drunken driving inquiry after a traffic crash on W Pacific Coast Hwy near Hayes Ave. His passenger Orville G. I., 38, of 1243 Wesley Dr, and Masaru Kusaka, 23, of 1420 Dawles St, were treated at Seaside Hospital for lacerations. Police booked for intoxication.
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Herbert L. Beyers
Olivia Ave
Pacific Coast Hwy
Hayes Ave
Orville G. I
Wesley
Horch Dies at 83 Pioneer of German Automobiles
FRANKFURT Germany Feb 3 WE Germanys pioneer automobile manufacturer Dr Aucart Horch died today in Muenchberg Bavaria He was 83 Among innovations he introduced a half century ago four and six cylinder engines and gears made of chrome nickel steel The last civilian models of the eight cylinder Horch before World War II were among the most luxurious motor cars in Europe
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Frankfurt
Germany
Aucart Horch
Muenchberg
Bavaria
Dual MacArthur Patton Serve as B26 Crew Chiefs in Japan
In Tokyo on February 3 4, Douglas MacArthur and George Patton work at the Far East Air Forces base in Japan. Sgt. Douglas MacArthur is a B26 crew chief with the 452nd Light Bomb Wing and lives in Venice California. Sgt. George Patton is a B26 armorer from Cleverland Tennessee and says he is not related to the late General George S Patton Jr.
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Douglas MacArthur
George Patton
Far East Air Forces Base
Japan
452Nd
MacArthur
Venice
Calif
Patton
Cleverland
Tenn
George 8. Patton Jr
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