11 Feb 1952
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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1952
Page
1
Maj. George A. Davis Jr, America's leading jet ace with 21 victories, was shot down over Korea’s MIG Alley Sunday after downing two more MIG-15s. His craft crashed and no parachute was seen. Air Force confirms he is missing presumed dead. three MIGs destroyed and five damaged in the clash over northwest Korea.
President Truman urged Congress to extend price and wage controls for two years to mid 1954 to curb inflation. He criticized three changes to the Defense Production Act made last summer and pressed for repeal of the Clapshart, song aid rope amendments, while seeking restoration of government powers.
Hong Kong reports the Wingsang a 3500 ton steamer was attacked by pirates while en route from Hong Kong to Formosa. The vessel freed its captain and an American diplomat Edward L. Stansbury after a ransom of up to 810,000. One Chinese crewman wounded. ship resumed voyage toward Formosa.
A truncated weather note indicates light rain tonight and tomorrow with a possible clearing later. Gusts and visibility details are unclear, but a southwest wind around moderate speeds is implied.
At Panmunjom on February 11, Vice Admiral C Turner Joy pressed Communist China to explain how it can claim a seat at a post armistice peace conference while insisting the Chinese troops in Korea are only volunteers. Joy warned the Reds against widening the agenda to other Asian issues and said the UN would oppose any such expansion. He also said UN commanders should not be bound by any nonessential Soviet backed recommendations. Later staff talks yielded that both sides have the same time limit for prisoner exchanges.
A one-year-old boy named William Wright Nesto, trapped in a sealed railroad car for four days, was rescued near Madison Wisconsin after frostbite and malnutrition. He said he intended to reach California to find his mother, whom he believes is in Oakland, and he had boarded the car in Connecticut.
Bo'sun Mate 3C Baren C Wimp, 20, of 1079 Redondo Ave, jumped ship near Point Conception as coast guard cruiser sailed to northern waters. He swam three hours in rough seas with a life jacket, was rescued by the freighter SS Asbury Victory, and returned to his wife Mary Low, 18, who was ill and bedridden. He faces possible reassignment as investigation continues.
London February 11 King George VI arrived in London for the final time as his body was carried to Westminster Hall for three days of state homage. The journey from Sandringham amid rain and crowds drew thousands while Queen Elizabeth II and family traveled by train and the queen stood with Grenadier Guards as the coffin was moved.
Newark New Jersey February 11 AP Operations of the Newark Airport valued at 52 million dollars were halted after a third air crash. The disaster raised the death toll to 115, with a DC-8 strike on a Elizabeth apartment house killing at least 29. Port Authority and city officials urged airport closure and prepared for a House aviation subcommittee hearing.
A National Airlines DC-6 with engine trouble nosedived into a Newark area apartment house in Elizabeth New Jersey, killing four residents and injuring about forty. The Miami bound plane left 29 of 63 aboard dead or missing, with overall toll rising to around 32. Air traffic halted at nearby Newark Airport, traffic rerouted to Idlewild, LaGuardia, and Philadelphia.
SAN DIEGO Feb 11 A United States Air Force B 36 bomber landed safely after nearly 13 hours aloft with landing gear trouble. The huge jet engined plane, world's biggest bomber, normally carries 11 to 15 crew, came down at 3 20 a m at North Island Naval Air Station in San Diego Bay. It was reported heavily loaded on a delivery flight, destination unannounced. A Convair public statement said the plane developed landing gear trouble and that the crew worked up a fix in the air, then made a normal landing after burning up most fuel.
Nancy Taylor a 22 year old stewardess from Coral Gables Florida recounts the National Airlines crash near Newark describing a terrifying minute by minute descent after a motor failure. She recalls screams, burning wreckage, occupants strapped in place and the hope and prayer she felt as the plane skidded to a stop and others escaped or perished.
War games at Camp Drum New York turned deadly with nine dead and about 80 injured in Operation Snowfall. Two paratroopers died earlier and a C46 crash killed three more, while a freight train collision added another fatality. San Diego observers noted a mass Marine paratrooper drop and a planned Southern California invasion drill over ten days led by Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Puller.
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