Eisenhower Voice Brings Confidence Amid Global Peril
The editorial praises President Eisenhower for calm leadership and a hopeful vision. It notes his inaugural dress speech as aimed at Americans and world audiences, stressing peace with justice, UN strength, and rejection of isolationism while urging shared burdens and military readiness to counter revolutionary forces. The piece emphasizes his personal influence and moral steadiness in a troubled, divided world.
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Dwight ‘Eisenhower
America
Eisenhower
United States
United Nations
Oil Strike Brings Navajo Nation Broad Welfare Plan
The Navajo Tribe, once termed neglected, will receive about 33 million dollars from a Four Corners oil discovery. Aimed at water development, a 5 million dollar scholarship program, a sawmill employing 1,200, and forestry use, plus industrial plants, housing, education, and welfare enhancements, to improve living conditions across their 80,000 members in 25 million acres.
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Redmen
West Virginia
Four Corners
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Colorado
Uncle Sam
Humphrey Budget View Triggers Washington Debate
Secretary Humphrey’s critique of the Eisenhower budget sparks a national debate on the size of government. Questions arise about his role in backing or resisting presidential policy and the potential political fallout within the administration and Congress.
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Washington
George
M. Humphrey
Congress
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Appropriations Committees
Nixon
Madison Avenue
Macauley
Secretary of the Treasury
Press Telegram Masthead and Advertising Network Notes
Fragmentary OCR shows newspaper masthead with publishers and editors names, executive roles, and advertising representatives. Mentions Washington News Bureau and Ridder Johns, New York offices, with several city addresses and building names such as Ridder John s Inc and Foshay Towers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridder-Johns, Inc
Articas
Ee Ee Sdth
New York
Waples Bidg
Ta Penobscot
St. Paul
4Th St. Loe Angelen
Wilshire
San Francisco
Sutter Ste
Preas~ Telegram
Gresiny
Petives
Crisis at Inaugural Years Across American War Policy
A historical overview traces U S presidents from McKinley through Eisenhower, linking inaugurations with wars and arms control efforts. The piece notes events in Cuba, the Philippines, Russia and Japan, and global conflicts shaping U S policy, including World War I and II, Korea, and NATO. It argues public indifference and political weakness heighten the risk of renewed war.
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Washington
William —_ McKinley
Cuba
Philippines
Pacific
Theodore Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Warren Harding
Europe
France
Belgium
Rhineland
Coolidge
Harding
Herbert Hoover
Geneva
Manchuria
Stimson
Britain
Senator Soaper Decries Players Turned VPs and Tradition Loss
The senator argues that baseball stars moving into executive roles signal a decline in national tradition. He laments that players retire into corporate presidencies rather than running local establishments and greeting communities.
Just Folks by E A Guest
A verse about the awkwardness of names and recognition in social encounters. The speaker laments misnaming others and the shame of forgetting names, hoping to improve next time when meeting someone familiar like old Santa Claus.
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Santa ‘Claus
Long Beach Memories and Weather From Long Ago
A fragment from a Long Beach page recalls Shell Alamitos history and a 26 year service ending move to Yankee Way for a new pump. It mentions a 500 million ostras growers’ fiery to destruction, a 17 degree drop in San Bernardino and 19 in Anaheim and Pomona. The post office plans faced delays and a five cent stamp rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamitos
San. Bernarding
Anahei
Pomons
Public Forum Letter Policy Summary
Public platform letters limited to 260 words with bona fide signatures and addresses. Editors may edit for taste and space constraints to maintain readability and decorum.
Testimony on Palio Campaign Merit and March of Dimes
Mrs Harvey N Martin describes the Palio Foundation's aid for her seven month old grandson during polio ward care. She praises dedicated workers and urges contributions to the March of Dimes to help the helpless in the fight against polio.
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Palio Foundation
Thare
Ike's Foreign Policy in the White House Criticized
George Livesy argues in a letter to the PRESS-TELEGRAM that Ike’s four years in office show foreign policy driven by bickering and class warfare. He accuses the Eisenhower doctrine of bluster, militarism, and oil control by plutocrats, noting neglect of Arab refugees.
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Ike
White House
George Livesy
Magnolia Ave
Nurse Pay Should Be Higher Says Local Reader
A reader argues nurses deserve higher wages and better living standards. He praises nurses for hard work and sacrifice aiding patients, urges government taxes to fund education and living quarters, and says doctors and nurses are underpaid only in this country. He cites a strong nation and cites W. W. Fields of 3009 Ard Street.
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W. W. Fields
E.ard-St
Carmen Thanks Band Supporters
Gordon Carmen, organizer and director, thanks supporters of the Long Beach Youth Band for their generosity and hard work in financing a trip to President Eisenhower's inaugural. He notes a future fund remains in trust for similar events despite the cancellation of this trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loig Beach
Eisenhower
Gordon Carmen
417 W. 20Th St
Questions Answers Dollar Value Halved Since 1939
The present purchasing power of the dollar is about 50 cents based on 1939 as 100 cents. The first Black lawyer admitted to the US bar was Macon B Allen in 1845. the first Black woman lawyer was Charlotte Ray who graduated Howard University in 1872. Incunabula are books printed before AD 350.
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United States
Macon B. Allen
Worcester
Mass
Maine
J. OC. A
Fye i AN by METCALFE Storm Signals
Storm signals warn of danger using flags lights bells and underwater sounds. The poem uses maritime imagery to urge heedful preparation against human storms and potential defeat. The piece reflects on warnings from eyes hands and quiet signs guiding conduct.
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Nicaragua
Woodrow Wilson
Madero
Mexico
Victoriam Huerta
Vera Cruz
Huerta
Germany
Uearly
Mr. Roosevelt
China
Truman
NATO Alliance
Far East
Korea
Motrons
Middle East
Soaper
Vps
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E. A. Guest
Shorel
Rajdick Tata
Union
Paci
Maxbe
Post Office
Elvis
Predhey
Uke
Palio
George Clark
Cerks
Carmen
Rer AM
Habres
Readae Can
Gianon of
Burra
Ington
D.ialcatus
Metcalfe
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