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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1951
Page
1
An 84 year old widow, Katherine Johnson Bruton, married 37 year old jeweler Sidney Koch in Philadelphia. The couple, who met after her husband’s 1937 death, say age is no barrier and plan no honeymoon due to Koch’s busy business schedule.
Tehran July 10 AP reports a shift in British strategy in the Iran oil dispute. Britain moves to endure the nationalization pressure by avoiding further shutdown threats and staying in Iran while hoping Mossadegh accepts mediation. President Truman offered Harriman to help settle, a proposal Mossadegh said is a little late but may be acceptable to avoid U.S. public offense while pursuing nationalization aims.
The Army alerted two National Guard divisions for deployment to Europe this fall. The 28th Division from Pennsylvania and the 43rd comprised of Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont units were mobilized. Regular units, the 4th Infantry and the 2nd Armored, began movements earlier this year. Final elements of the 2nd Armored are due to reach Europe this month.
In Haverhill Massachusetts on July 10 mayor Joseph Willett 45 pleaded innocent to assault and battery against Police Chief William J. Collins 57 after a heated dispute in the mayor's office sparked a scuffle. Collins arrested Willett and jailed him on $25 bail. An alderman intervened as the pair, both athletes, fought briefly in the office. The case was continued to Friday.
United Nations representatives said talks toward an armistice agenda progressed with sessions in Kaesong focusing on military matters only. The plan is to resume discussions at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with restricted access for newsmen and no politics or economics on the table.
Washington July 10 The House voted restrictions on fats and oils imports that compete with American farm products in a voice vote. It marks an early farm-state victory in a dispute over a new economic controls law as administration and labor leaders press for stricter controls.
Moscow observers warn that moving toward a separate German treaty could spark a Berlin crisis and strain Western Soviet relations. They say Moscow would retaliate against actions denounced as violating international understandings, with German units possibly joining Eisenhower’s Atlantic Pact forces seen as remilitarization.
New York July 10 AP government seeks to revoke bail for 15 lesser Communist leaders charged with conspiracy. Civil Rights Congress bail fund trustees called wholly irresponsible. three trustees have been sentenced for contempt. Judge Leibell to hear why bail should not be increased for 16 of 17 indicted leaders. Federal action targets Alexander Bittleman Claudia Jones and Betty Gannett for higher sureties. Bail for Amter remains $1000. remaining defendants mostly hold $5,000 to $10,000 bonds. Continued on page AS column 4.
In Clifton New Jersey a fatal two story porch fall claimed the lives of 15 month old Gail A Slota and her grandfather Walter Slota yesterday. Slota attempted to save the child missing his balance and both perished from a twenty foot drop.
Thefts of thousands of dollars in building materials and tools from Lakewood housing projects were believed solved with the arrest of a Lakewood Village man and two Hawaiian Gardens companions. Detectives traced window screens to a Paramount store where they were sold at a discount, aiding recovery of about 400 screens. The arrested trio includes John J. Weatherly and Merrill William Hobert. a third man's name was withheld.
Eureka reports more than 60 men fought a Salmon Creek area forest fire about 30 miles south of the city. State forestry officials said it is Humboldt County’s first serious blaze of the season and about half controlled. Acres burned were not disclosed.
United Nations negotiators return from cease-fire parley as the paper lists where to find feature sections across the edition. Advertising, obituaries, sports, comics and weather are tagged by page numbers for quick navigation.
Senator McCarran announces the Senate internal security committee will compel Frederick Vanderbilt Field to testify and bring his bank records at a closed hearing. Field faces contempt findings in New York over bail fund contributors for four missing Communist leaders. Owen Lattimore is also named for Friday testimony amid McCarthy era accusations.
Las Vegas area police hunt for Frank W. Kristy 48 and Betty Jean Hansen 20 after Kristy allegedly abducted her at gunpoint from Paramount four days earlier. Betty Jean’s 1941 coupe was found near a gravel pit over 350 miles away. posses scour the desert. Mrs. Kristy, 38, says her husband forced the girl into his car and threatened both, claiming he was madly in love with Betty Jean.
A short circuit in Syracuse New York's air raid alarm system caused 20 sirens to blow for 10 minutes early today waking most of the 220000 residents. Police and fire switchboards were jammed. The chief operator of New York Telephone Co said there was a real rush on telephones for about 25 minutes with people appearing concerned. The incident occurred in the west end about 1400 hours.
The House appropriations committee proposes an 18 percent cut to State Department funds for the current year while shielding Secretary Acheson from firing actions. The panel would allocate 231.4 million dollars to State, a 52.3 million reduction from Truman’s request, amid broader cuts across Justice, Commerce, and the judiciary totaling about 16 percent. The plan awaits House approval and Senate action.
The House appropriations committee told the State Department to dispense with luxuries like high cost meals for visitors. It cut entertainment funds and questioned a $24,875 request for 2475 lunches for 373 visitors and residents, based on $8.73 per person.
The forecast calls for a cloudy night and morning with mostly sunny conditions by tomorrow afternoon. Temperature is expected to change little with little variation in highs and lows.
Two Bataan death march survivors presented a 200 pound Corregidor rock to President Truman at the White House. The piece, inscribed to mark Philippine independence five years earlier, will be housed in the Smithsonian as a symbol of American Philippine friendship in war and peace. Col. Harry M. Peck and Maj. Manuel A. Acosta delivered the gift, with Acosta a veteran who lost an arm on Bataan.
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