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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1951
Page
4
Washington February 10 The Air Force announced the assignment of Maj. Gen. Truman H Ndun as deputy commander in chief United States Air Force in Europe USAFE. The current USAFE commander is Lt Gen Lauria Norsted.
Chicago reports a 23 year old Negro woman Mrs Dorothy Mat Stevens regained finger and toe movement after being found frozen in an alley. Doctors note dramatic improvement and hope to save her arms and legs as her body temperature dropped to 64 degrees, the lowest in medical history records.
Memphis report notes cattle drownings across the South as ice on lakes and streams gave way. Batesville MS operator Mantey L. Gordon reports 409 cows recovered this week. Losses hit Tennessee Mississippi and Kentucky with rendering plants overloaded. An 85 year old woman in Albany NY was critically ill after two days without food.
The debate over defense policy continues as Connally says he will not call Hoover and suggests he will hear him only if Hoover offers. Senator Wiley, Republican on foreign relations, questions troop deployment limits while noting possible court limits on Congress’s power to apportion troops internationally.
Allied forces renewed pressure around Seoul Inchon and Kimpo as engineers moved to reopen Kimpo Airfield. US and UN units reported heavy enemy activity and a massive toll of Red dead and wounded while planes and artillery shell Seoul.
The report details Farouk's announced engagement to Miss Sadek after tensions with his first wife Farida and a prior marriage dissolution by the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, who also had no sons. The piece notes the succession implications in Muslim monarchies and hints at a pending royal ceremony.
President Truman has sent the Shah of Iran a Steuben crystal bowl as a wedding present. The White House calls it fairly valuable. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, 32, will wed Soraya Isfandiari, 19, tomorrow. The bowl features American historical scenes including the Pilgrims landing and Rip Van Winkle’s 20 year sleep. Unite Press also notes Stalin reportedly sent a mink coat valued at 150000 dollars to the bride maker and a desk set with black diamonds for the groom.
Sinaa Tehran to Sarova Esfandiari recounts Farouk during a French vacation at Deauville on the gold coast as central to bright party scenes. Mimi Medari, a St. Louis beauty, was reportedly linked romantically to the Egyptian monarch, with denials from Mimi and her mother and a London press interview where Mimi claimed Farouk sent flowers and fed her hand once.
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