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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1948

Page

3

U. S. Hospital Fund Bill Limits California Benefits

In Los Angeles on June 2, Dr. Wilson Halverson, California public health director, decried a federal hospital construction bill restricting grants. The measure provides 10 million dollars for California but requires state matching funds and only private hospitals eligible, creating constitutional funding barriers.

OS Angeles Jun California de. Wilson Halverson Congress Halverson

Hitler Plot to Kill Tito Revealed in War Crimes Trial

In Nuremberg the United States war crimes court disclosed a planned assassination of Marshal Tito by booby trap devices. Col. Gen. Rendulic testified that Yugoslav hostages were to be killed and dressed in British uniforms with boobytrapped goods hidden in knapsacks to mislead discovery. Rendulic denied participation and doubted the scheme was carried out.

Mernberg Germany Ado Hitler Marshal Tito Yugoslavia Lothar Rendulic Second Panzer Tito Rendalle

Army Probes Kidnap and Discharge of Scot Soldier

A Scotsman mistaken for an American GI was shipped to the European theater and later discharged. The Army continues investigating the incident and its handling of the soldier whose case appears unclear.

Ashington

Costly Texas Fire Destroys Four Buildings and a Residence

SHERMAN Texas January 23 A north wind driven blaze destroyed four business buildings and a residence in Gunter Grayson County causing about 100000 in losses Foy Wallace a Gunter businessman was arrested and later confessed The narrative mentions an Army connection and later terms about muster out travel pay and unemployment benefits amid chaotic details from the News.

Sherman Texas Gunter Grayson County Foy Wallace

Sense of Wrong Denied by Chainer of Daughter

A 75-year-old Amish bishop Samuel D Hockstettler was arrested on charges of assault and battery after a neighbor reported his daughter Lucy was chained to a filthy bed in an unlit room for 10 years. He claimed she was demented and he acted under Amish custom. Lucy to undergo a sanity hearing to determine confinement at a state asylum if mental illness is confirmed.

Goshen Ind Lof Samuel D. Hockstettler Hockstettler Lucy Yoder Hoclstettler

Died at Age 108 in Oakland

James Mason a former surveyor for the Central Pacific Railroad died in Oakland at Fairmont Hospital aged 108. He was born in Missouri on September 17, 1839 and had lived in California 96 years, with Alameda County records listing him as a county charge.

Oakland James Mason Central’ Pacific Mason Alameda County California Fairmont Hospital Missouri

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