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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1952
Page
8
A lengthy solicitation extols Craig Hosmer 37 as educated and patriotic, highlighting six years naval service with command rank and work with the U S Atomic Energy Commission. It lists numerous supporters and spouses, praising his family values and ties to veterans groups while urging voters to elect him to Congress.
Arthur R. Van Pamel, 53, critically burned when a blow torch ignited gas fumes in a vacant Los Angeles structure. An explosion blew out a front window and buckled the walls as two motorists saw the man stagger from the building with his clothes on fire.
Sacramento May 31 Gov Warren delighted alumni of UC class of 1912 by greeting old friends in his office for a full day of talk and fun. About 250 alumni and spouses attended. Remarks included nostalgic exchanges and self introductions as Earl Warren joked about his work and personal life.
Senator Hennings urged President Truman to direct the attorney general to investigate what he calls domination of the world oil market by a cartel. He pushed publication of a Federal Trade Commission staff report on international oil business and noted its disclosure could affect Iran’s oil nationalization.
William A. Schmalz a Wilmington resident, drawn from 10 000 applicants to become among the first settlers of the Columbia Basin irrigation project in Eastern Washington He, 42, came to California in 1936 and has long hoped to own a farm The right to purchase a farm is at pre irrigation prices with need to show capital to build homes irrigation ditches and plant the soil The U S Reclamation Bureau says the task will be demanding Schmalz wife and children are not detailed He has served in the Army Transportation Corps in India during World War II.
Sen. Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana warned that southern Democrats should nominate their own candidate for president if the party platform endorses a civil rights plank like FEPC. He said such a move would push the South to break from the Democrats, citing 1948 as a precedent that cost Truman electoral votes.
In Siena on May 31 King Baudouin I of Belgium met what sources termed a formal introduction to Italian Princess Margherita with marriage as the likely aim. The 21 year old Thonard traveled from Brussels with his stepmother as reports from Rome noted Margherita’s possible movements and a Belgian cabinet denial of engagement.
Rep Reed of New York charges President Truman is maneuvering to stay active in the 1952 race despite renouncing a third term He accuses Truman allies of controlling the party machinery and plotting a Chicago convention outcome Reed predicts Truman will be the Democratic nominee in 1952 by a sinister strategy and multiple favored ballots across states aim to prevent a clear majority at the national convention
ANNAPOLIS Md May 31 The Naval Academy opened June week with a full dress parade reviewed by Assistant Secretary of the Navy John F Floberg. The parade starts a week of events leading to the graduation of 783 midshipmen on June 6. Vice Admiral Harry W Hill superintendent and six 1897 graduates attended. One 1897 graduate Adm Thomas C Hart a former superintendent and a former U S Senator from Connecticut attended the reunion.
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