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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1952
Page
1
The motor schooner Cynthia Olson with 28 aboard was aground on a sandbar near Bandon Oregon for a second time after attempting to move upriver at low tide. Tug crews struggled to refloat as waves, wind and a hull breach posed danger.
Washington June 4 The Senate delayed dealing with proposed economic controls tied to the steel strike as President Truman warned against interference. Officials expected a settlement today with CIO United Steel Workers and basic steel firms near agreement on a wage rise of about 15 cents an hour plus fringe benefits.
ChicagoJune 9 UP Supporters of Gen Dwight D Eisenhower clash with Taft backers over naming Gen Douglas MacArthur as Republican national convention keynoter. Russell Sprague says Eisenhower forces oppose due to MacArthur's past support for Taft. Hallanan predicts MacArthur will be named at tomorrow's arrangements committee meeting. Sprague notes lack of a chosen keynoter or temporary chairman.
A special railroad car was used today to move Mrs. Carol Roy Rogers 26 who lives in an iron lung from El Cajon to Rancho Los Amigos polio treatment center near Los Angeles. Mrs. Rogers in the respirator since March 5 is the wife of a San Diego aircraft plant engineer. The car was sent by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
In Hong Kong a Maryknoll bishop Adolph Paschang, 57, says Chinese Reds seized his mission near Kongmoon, beat him, forced him to pay 30 piculs of rice yearly, and finally rubbed his wrists and knees with bricks to coerce a $3333 payment before his expulsion as a Nationalist spy.
U S paratroopers used flame throwers tanks and tear gas in a second dress rehearsal for breaking up Koje island POW compounds into smaller units. Brig Gen Haydon Boatner aims to disperse 80 000 rioting prisoners from stockades up to 6000 into 500 man groups as Operation Breakup nears.
Senator Connally of Texas called the compromise six billion four hundred forty seven million seven hundred thirty thousand seven hundred fifty dollar foreign aid bill vital to the defense and security of the United States and the free world. The Senate began debate after an hour and forty minutes, with a quorum delay and plans to send the measure to the White House.
A compact navigational note lists where to locate sections in the newspaper such as Soyle on A-13, Editorial on A-12, and Sports on A-14 to A-16, with other pages for classifieds, obituaries, ships, and weather.
Tokyo June 3. Vice Admiral C Turner Joy former U S Far East Naval commander and senior delegate to the Korean armistice talks left Yokohama by ship today to become superintendent of the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis. He was accompanied by his wife and son.
The Federal Reserve Board announced a relaxation of down payment requirements under Regulation X effective Wednesday. Purchases now require 5 percent on homes under 7000, 40 percent on 25000 or more, and a sliding scale between these figures for mid range prices. The rules apply to FHA mortgages and private loans for newer homes, with maximum mortgage terms unchanged at 25 years for homes under 12000.
ST. LOUIS June 9 Three fire men were killed and six others seriously injured when two fire trucks responding to a one alarm residence fire collided at an intersection and jumped a curb, landing in a filling station driveway. The deceased were Bernard Crump 29 Clarence H Paschang 25 and William H Grady 37.
The Communist high command urged the United Nations to return to truce negotiations and press to resolve the prisoner of war issue to achieve peace in Korea. Signed by Gen Kim Il Sung and Gen Peng Teh Huai, the note stressed POW repatriation as the main barrier and urged both sides to guarantee nonuse of POWs in combat while pursuing a settlement.
Brunswick Me June 9 film actor Gary Merrill husband of Actress Bette Davis failed to appear in municipal court to answer intoxication and disturbing the peace charges. His $20 bail posted by The Class of 1937 was forfeited after Merrill interrupted the Bowdoin College commencement procession. Merrill, about 40, attended Bowdoin as a freshman before transferring to Trinity College.
Gen James A Van Fleet declared the U S Eighth Army is ready alert and fit to meet any Red offensive in Korea He said morale is high almost to a paint of wishing the enemy would attack He noted supplies especially ammunition are in good condition He cited enemy artillery gains but US forces hold a large potential force including tanks and aircraft Ground and air action increased on the western front with ten B 26s bombing Red troops and 28 supply vehicles reported destroyed Nine B 29s dropped 90 tons of explosives on the Sonchon tail bridge complex in northwest Korea
The Senate judiciary committee approved the nomination of Ernest A. Tolin to be federal judge for Southern California. He currently serves under a recess appointment.
CHERRYVILLE Missouri June 9 The fasting preacher Rev J J Ivie 57 of the Assembly of God Church died today at his home eight miles south of St Louis after a 51 day fast to seek the more perfect will of God for his life His wife Merselt an ordained minister stated Ivie refused physicians and kept to water sips as he weakened He had warned of death and signed a statement to protect his family from legal action Five sons and a daughter were at his bedside and the family kept a calm vigil
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