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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1948
Page
8
Washington July 29 The Court of Appeals refused bail for Maj. Gen. Bennett E Meyers former Army Air Forces procurement officer while he appeals a conviction for inducing another to testify falsely Meyers was sentenced in March to 20 months to five years.
A Negro woman Bessie Stephens and eight children live in the embalming room of a funeral parlor after being burned out of their apartment. They use a wooden coffin as a table while awaiting funds to build a home on land she owns in Rockdale County. The family endures the smell while the arrangement continues.
Kaiser-Frazer Corp. won court approval to raise damages in a breach of contract case against Otis & Co. from 7.76 million to 19.28 million. Otis & Co., a Cleveland investment firm, was to be an underwriter on a Kaiser-Frazer stock issue but withdrew. Judge Vincent L. Leibell permitted the amendment.
A bicycle rider killed in a crash near Merced on Monday is identified as Ben Frank Steen 35 of Richmond. The identification came through his uncle Sam Taylor.
Dallas housewives refuse to buy meat against the high costs, leaving meat processors with little livestock demand and retailers noting excess stock. An anonymous processor says the action should lower prices, while a retailer blames farmers for the squeeze and urges customers to stop buying.
Ottawa July 29 The Canadian Board of Transport Commissioners reported that the Railway Association of Canada filed for a 20 percent freight rate increase. The move is grounded on a 17 cents per hour wage rise approved two weeks earlier.
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