Ike Pushes Ahead in Response to Sentiment for New Korean Policy
Editorial notes Ike's Korea strategy shift as the Eisenhower administration acts, aiming to break the stagnation by gradual pressure on the Communists. It highlights Feb. 2 Formosa moves, rising Chinese mainland guerrilla activity, and potential actions like blockades, Japan rearmament, intensified air operations, and U N troop landings, signaling a proactive stance to restore U.S. and U N prestige.
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Ike
Strait of
Formosa
U. S
China
Japan
Manchuria
U. N
Korea
Asia
Eisenhower
Lakewood Voters to Decide On Park District Self-Government
Lakewood voters on March 3 will decide if the Lakewood Park Recreation and Parkway District remains county controlled or becomes an autonomous district with a locally elected board of five directors. The larger district would cover most of Lakewood, with taxes set by the new board if conversion passes. Local organizations favor self-government as a step toward shaping parkways, development, and the Lakewood Country Club.
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Lakewood
Lakewood Park, Recreation and Parkway
County Board of Supervisors
Lakewood Country Club
Moss Lakewood
CARE's Offer May Help Reduce Surplus Food Goods
The article discusses a possible solution to a large U.S. surplus of commodities under price support, including giving away surplus foods through CARE. It notes CARE capabilities, past aid, and the political and logistical hurdles, with specific figures on current surplus items and values.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Commodity Credit Corporation
CARE
Hemisphere
Ike's 30 Days Mark Changes in Government Approach
In 30 working days the Eisenhower administration has changed its approach to governing by shaping personnel selection and planning while awaiting long term policies. The new team faces transition pains, with cabinet confirmations only the beginning and many subordinates to place.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
America
FDH
Truman
Gen. Eisenhower
Let's Plan the Home for Tulips and Laughter
A short verse celebrates winter fires and spring gardens. It urges cherishing simple home joys, friendship, and faith, noting that laughter and robins, not fame or fortune, give life value when tears must fall.
Long Beach Past Highlights From A Century Ago
A decade ago 5B A Rolfe led the Long Beach Municipal Band as director while the Officers Wives Club marked its first anniversary. Earlier efforts raised 45000 dollars for Russian relief. twenty years earlier Ebell Club hosted Beverly Hills visitors. Scripps College began a new pool. Thirty years back regional chambers pressed for seven supervisorial districts. Community Chest aimed for a 32000 boost. Science comments on moon missions with comic imagery.
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A. Rolfe
Long Beach
Officers’ Wives Club
Air Transport Command
Ebell Club
Beverly Hills
Scripps College
Los Angeles County
Chambers of Commerce
Berlin booby trap war warn by Newsom and Churchill
In Berlin the Western enclave amid Soviet control is a barometer of Cold War peril. Newsom and the Eisenhower era warn Moscow that tough talk matches tough action, with West Berlin as a fragile frontline. The Kremlin could trigger a crisis, but an all out atomic war would disadvantage the Soviets. Dr James Bryant Conant warned the Russians that the United States will defend West Berlin as an unshakable outpost of the Western world.
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Korea
Berlin
Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
West Berlin
Germany
Josef Stalin
Yalta
Russia
East Berlin
West
Kremlin
U.S
James Bryant Conant
United States
Soaper Says Snippets and Satire in Quick-Comment Column
Sen Soaper jokes about household chores and prices while noting a grocer in Russia is sentenced to four years for selling rotten bananas. The piece blends humor with sharp politics and social bites, reflecting midcentury press style.
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Russia
Public Forum Letters For Publication Policy
Public forum letters must be genuine and signed with full addresses. Submissions are limited to about 250 words and may be edited for taste and space to fit column requirements.
Facts Point to Problem Solutions in Lakewood
Letter writer urges neighbors to discuss local issues and long range plans to tackle narcotics juvenile sex crimes and alcohol ism. He condemns closed shop rules and questions aging union exemptions under the T H law while criticizing compulsory membership rhetoric and calling for informed citizens to speak out. R. Smith Anaheim lists address.
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Lakewood
Institute of Social Engineering
Wwe
Long Beach
Whittier Reform School
Letter Criticizes Schaefer Remarks About Eisenhower
Charles Hinde of 330 Chestnut Ave criticizes Marie Schaefer’s Feb 15 letter for portraying Eisenhower as hard boiled and for trivializing life and death. He objects to Stalin references and Edith Cavell mentions, and urges removing what he calls dangerous conclusions.
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Marie Schaefer
Eisenhower
Stalin
Miss Schaefer
Edith Cavells
Efister
Special Treatment of Old Unions Opposed
Editorial argues against tolerating unjust practices by treating old unions as mere problems to contain. It compares to disease control and urges decisive action to remove harm, contending slavery was not merely checked but ended. The piece frames unions as wrongs needing abolition rather than gradual regulation.
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Chenowith
R.+Corp
America
Russia
A Woman's Touch by Metcalfe
A devotional verse praising a woman's influence in healing, courage, and inspiration. It extols a mother's care at home and the steadying effect of her kindness on family life, claiming a woman's touch as a magical, tender force behind renewal and comfort.
Newspaper Staff and Advertising Representatives List
The Press Telegram notes staff and advertising representation including publisher Herman M Ridder and Harold M Hines assistant to the publisher, with Samuel C Cameron as general manager. National representative Cresmer and Woodward, Inc. plus Metropolitan Group Inc. as comic advertising reps are listed.
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H. F. Burmester
Malcolm Epley
Cresmer & Woodward, Inc
Comic Advertising Representatives
Metropolitan Group, Inc
Questions and Answers Typewriting Tiring Task
A reader queries about typewriting fatigue and other trivia. Answers explain typewriting tires the body via central nervous system fatigue after 30 minutes of tense work. The Q and A cover albinos, James Stewart's rank at discharge, and the original Bishop Latour in the novel Death Comes for the Archbishop.
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James Stewart
Army Air Forces
Latour
Willa Cather
Lamy
Santa Fe
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