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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1952
Page
8
Dr Beauchamp promotes large savings on all dental plates with liberal credit terms. He cites growth in denture volume, low prices, and weekly or monthly payments with no extra charge for credit. The offer emphasizes quick changes to new dental plates in one day.
Dr Beauchamp promotes a pay later dental service, claiming easy credit terms and quick dentures. He says impressions are taken and patients receive dentures the same day, with offices open by 10 A.M. weekdays and Saturdays without extractions needed for service.
Dr. Beauchamp notes his practice has steadily expanded as more patients refer others. He asserts that over half of new patients arrive via prior patients' recommendations, highlighting confidence and goodwill built through word of mouth.
Friendly invitation from Dr Beauchamp welcoming new residents to Credit Dental Offices. Encourages neighbors and friends to inquire about available dental work and get acquainted with the staff while offering convenient one-stop services.
The D-P impression cream is recommended for hard to fit months and helps avoid costly mistakes in fit. Dr Beauchamp cites its velvety texture that captures fine detail and its gentleness to tender gums. Dentists say it is designed to harden smoothly for accurate impressions.
The National Shipping Authority program governing reserve fleet ships to carry relief cargo is leveling off but Long Beach remains busy under contract for coal iron ore and coke shipments to Japan. A first retrenchment reduced 16 of 40 vessels while space in regular ships and more Japanese freighters ease demand. San Francisco Bay ports lead Southern California in 11 months through November with total trade of 639.96 million dollars compared to 567.45 million for Southern California. Bay imports 322.80 million exports 317.16 million versus Southern California imports 266.98 million exports 200.47 million.
The Navy plans to move all government-owned merchant vessels carrying military cargo under the NSA general agency plan. Reactivated ships totaling 525 peak, previously chartered to private operators, will join 112 Victory ships in the MSITS framework as they finish current voyages. This marks a historic bulk movement, with the active merchant fleet nearing 2000 ships due to foreign economic development aid efforts.
Lt. Lyman F. Weaver, back in the States with the Fifth Air Force, joins the Mustang Century Flight Club and heads to Luke Air Force Base as a combat gunnery instructor after earning multiple awards including the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal. His wife Caroline has returned to Albuquerque. Also noted is Delmar Dean Stanton, Lt. Weaver’s cohort, and Sgt. William D. Becker, a harpist in the United States Military Academy Band. Cpl. Jack Peterson awaits his father’s Tokyo-area reunion, while Paratrooper Thomas Calvin Stover reflects on Snowfall operations near Camp Drum after a long service history from Coast Guard to Army.
News of the Armed Services reports ROTC graduates from the University of Southern California and nearby campuses will be drafted to active duty by the end of the current semester. The Navy plans to recall about 9,000 officers and 30,000 enlisted by the end of the 1952 fiscal year, with all regular and contract students affected. Additional notes include EBT3 Ted Taylor’s orders to the Cutter Pentchac, grandparents announcing a Naval Hospital birth, NSLI dividends rolling out, Major Bernice M. Hill attending sessions in Washington, Lt. Comdr. Clyde R. Brink reassigned to the 11th Coast Guard District, and Sgt. John C. Rambo's separation.
The Tournament of Long Beach Duplicate Bridge Club at Town Hall Wednesday night named Section A winners as Mrs. W. T. Hobden with John Harris and teams Neil Bowser with Harry Steen G. M. Ketchum with Ray Stillings and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Greene. In Section B supporters included Mrs. G. R. Stahl with Jack Mastain G. R. Stahl with Mrs. John Harris W. T. Hobden with Dr. M. Lauer and Ledene Magruder with Clarence Adams. Open pair champions were Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Gasser Ray Stillings with Jack McClanahan and Kelsey Petterson with Elling Thygeson.
Horace Johnson aged 23 was knocked down by a streetcar in Hartford on February 16. He escaped serious injury, saying he wore four shirts and six pairs of pants to cope with the cold.
Magazine and book drive launches for Navy and merchant seamen. Armed Services YMCA and Travelers Aid urge Long Beach residents to donate magazines with no continued serials or time elements and books, puzzles, and phonograph records. Donations will be distributed via the Navy Special Service Department and the American Merchant Marine Library.
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