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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1948
Page
14
The National Safety Council outlines practical vacation safety tips for calmer leisure and lower injury risk. Advice includes pacing drives, taking breaks, reading road signs carefully, moderating speed in mountains, sun exposure caution, waiting after meals before swimming, and evenly loading boats.
The Italian Socialists drift from the Communists before the April election, endorsing the Marshal Plan while shunning the De Gasperi government. The Genoa congress signals expediency, courting both sides of the antithetical spectrum and repudiating Nenni and Basso. A cautious shift hints at a postventral leadership less pro Russian.
A Chicago waitress who becomes a medical intern at California Lutheran Hospital shares a life story of long hours and persistent study. She worked while earning degrees at De Paul University and the University of Illinois College of Medicine, averaging four hours of sleep nightly. The piece argues prejudice grows as one develops reasoning and chooses not to.
Press opinion centers on Dewey unifying divergent GOP factions, reducing deal making, and offering strong leadership if elected. Editors from multiple papers weigh Dewey versus intraparty dissent led by figures like Martin, Vandenberg, and Taft Martin allies, with Warren’s ticket seen as liberal balance.
A verse speaks of records always being broken in sport and life, noting ever rising limits through better methods, teachers, and tools. A humorous item says Ohio barbers will not take tips anymore, and a quip claims married men are more inventive by necessity.
Ten years ago yesterday five thousand loans totaling fourteen million dollars were made by the Home Owners Loan Corporation in the Long Beach Orange County area. Leo H Gentner local manager reported. Maurice Shipp a 27 year old brunette of 924 Orange Ave won first place in the annual Orange County Bathing Beauty Parade at Huntington Beach.
A wandering craftsman with a peg leg chats with a driver near Horseheads about his life sharpen ing lawnmowers and knives for work along the road. He recalls a frugal upbringing, a mother’s education, and a fatal habit of paring a corn with a razor leading to his missing limb.
Readers recount a striking figure nicknamed Aunt Vixen praised for a strong jaw and warlike appearance, challenging gossip about her femininity in a local column.
Forelgn Affairs analyst notes the Berlin food blockade by Russia strains Western resolve yet bolsters Allied unity. The U S Britain and France rush food and coal to Berlin while Moscow risks eroding solidarity with Tito's Yugoslavia, hinting at possible Soviet withdrawal or a new German state.
A 1948 humor piece satirizes men advising women on dress for dates. The designer quips about thorny advice, the danger of overstepping, and how dating style depends on the entertainment planned, ending with a copyright notice.
Poetic reflection on children at church and a sense that they hold hands with God. The writer envisions angels guarding them and paradise as a real beauty, noting their innocence and love as humanity's enduring hope.
Congress faces a delayed calendar after a disrupted two weeks of activity and a Republican convention in Philadelphia. The piece urges a revamp of procedures to align with modern travel and communication, proposes direct presidential primaries, and highlights reforms from the Hoover commission and prior reorganizations.
Readers comment on politics and religion amid the Tenney committee investigation. Letters challenge the legitimacy of communism and question Presbyterians involvement, urging patriotic scrutiny and defining good Americans as Christians first.
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