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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1952
Page
1
New York AP dispatch reports Sen. Robert A. Taft assailing Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower on domestic and foreign policy in a nationally televised speech. Taft ridiculed a me too campaign and New Deal Republicanism, claiming gains and challenging Eisenhower’s positions.
A tanker and trawler collided off Cape Cod in heavy seas in the early hours. The Gloucester trawler Albatross sank with 13 aboard. 12 were rescued, one missing identified as Albatross skipper Capt Bjorguen Enarsson of Arlington Massachusetts. The Esso Chattanooga radioed the sinking and, after resupply and rescue efforts, headed to Boston with survivors.
A sharp quake shook Taipei causing buildings to shudder and windows to rattle. Hanging sights swayed and many people rushed into the streets in panic.
Forecast calls for mostly clear skies through Saturday with patches of late night and early morning low clouds near the coast. Temperatures show little change tomorrow.
Hollywood gossip item reports Elizabeth Taylor, 20, reveals plans to become a mother next January. The star, recently wed to Michael Wilding, 39, in England, is due to reunite with him next month as reporters note her first marriage ended in divorce.
In Albany California on June 20 a three year old girl named Sherry Whippo stuck her fingers in a bathroom drain while bathing. After failed attempts by a doctor and six policemen eight neighbors and finally a plumber sawing through the ceiling and drainpipe rescued her.
Washington June 20 The government turned the United States luxury liner over to U S Lines for 28 000 000 but President Truman ordered an inquiry into whether the subsidy was excessive He asked Attorney General McGrainery to determine possible legal action and possible new legislation If found impossible to act under existing law the inquiry could suggest changes Earlier Commerce Secretary Sawyer delivered delivery of the ship despite Comptroller General Warren objections that a 42 000 000 subsidy was too generous Delivery title transfer was completed and the ship formally delivered in Newport News Va The United States set sail for New York for its maiden transatlantic voyage with 2000 passengers aboard.
AP reports Nevada intensifies fight against Mongolian cricket invasion as experts warn the swarming insects could soon reach Washington Oregon Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming. In Austin they advance 25 miles wide by 14 miles deep as 20 tons of poison bait are readied to protect the reservoir and halt contamination.
Sen Williams said the Treasury failed for years to collect delinquent income taxes from racketeers Frank Costello and Philip Kastel and has marked off 315,156 of taxes due from Kastel. He cited une audited Costello returns and noted penalties canceled in 1942.
British Ambassador Sir Oliver Franks aided in extinguishing a midnight fire on the embassy grounds after arising from bed to observe the blaze. The incident occurred in Washington as authorities and bystanders watched the effort unfold.
Ten Japanese miners were found dead today in a northern Honshu sulphur mine that caved in Wednesday. Two others were killed last week in a cave-in at a sulphur mine in central Honshu.
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Washington June 20 AP The House voted 146 to 38 to end price controls on virtually all consumer goods with relief for items not rationed and those selling below ceilings for three months. The Talle amendment aims to remove price controls or force rationing, drawing GOP support and Democratic opposition over control machinery and reporting requirements.
Washington June 20 government scrapped plan to relax building restrictions July 1 amid steel strike slow strangling military civilian output. Henry H Fowler says easing on home construction and amusement sites postponed indefinitely while CIO workers strike and courts limit seizure. Copper and aluminum relaxations will proceed despite the delay.
In Rangoon on June 20 a rebel guerrilla attack left fifteen dead and many injured after a passenger train hit a mine 90 miles north of Rangoon. The mine disabled the fast train, coaches overturned, passengers fled while gunfire rang out from both sides, and rebels robbed them before blowing the locomotive and burning wreckage.
Washington reports a pending steel strike could halt arms production within weeks. Industry and defense officials warn hard steels for tools may stop weapons manufacturing, prompting Defense Secretary Lovett to route limited steel through production channels. CIO steel workers union instruction seeks access through picket lines.
In Seoul area reports say Chinese Communist forces resumed attacks on T Bone Hill, 50 miles north of Seoul, after heavy artillery, with at least 2000 casualties claimed by six days of fighting. Frontline dispatch notes another attack before midnight, while U S Sabre jets claim air combat success south of the Manchurian border.
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