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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1952
Page
6
Peoria Illinois March 11 police report a would be burglar smashed a window at Rossetter Motor Co and crawled in through a window into a pan of crankcase oil. He slipped fell into the oil pan and triggered a fire extinguisher spraying him with foam. No money was taken.
Steelworkers union warns 35,000 members in Los Angeles to prepare for a strike over a wage dispute with school boards. County order requires printing 150,000 booklets advising students to avoid trouble while the USW policy committee sets a deadline. Union leader Donovan cites potential strike if President Murray orders action.
American President Lines ship President Mone arrives from New York with 33 of her 71 passengers disembarking here. Seven more will embark Saturday for San Francisco where a full complement will board. The next sailing will be the SS President Cleveland on the transpacific run, departing March 21 with 275 first class and 400 third class passengers.
At your local Telex Hearing Center a scientifically trained consultant is at your constant service. Come in and see the new Commander today or mail coupon for more information.
High officers at SHAPE headquarters in Bad Nauheim plan the first joint maneuvers of Western Europe defense forces. Troops from France Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg plus British and American forces in Germany will participate, likely in summer in Western Germany.
The Fifth Air Force and Eighth Fighter Bureau describe a large night strike against a Red base, with pilots claiming at least 32 antiaircraft positions demolished. Jets bombed, refueled, and returned for renewed attacks as Mig Alley battles raged nearby.
Charles L. Wilson, 86, famed California booster who transplanted a California orange grove to the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and helped administer brandy to President McKinley after his 1901 shooting, died Sunday after a long illness in Los Angeles. He worked with the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and installed citrus displays at fairs nationwide.
The 1947 hearings reveal a group led by ex Rep Joseph E Casey profiting 3% million from a 101000 investment in surplus ships. Morris, not a member, testifies he went alone to the Maritime Commission to learn if it would sell tankers to two Chinese firms. He denies White House involvement and notes no known White House aid.
Ottawa dispatch reports Will Bruentjen, a German immigrant farmhand, cleared of being the carrier in Canada’s foot and mouth disease scare. After 11 days of federal laboratory tests, he returns to Vancouver with $50 and the knowledge he did not bring the outbreak from a German farm. The broader source mystery remains unsolved.
A promotional réclame offers Capt. W. A. Collings method for hernia rupture. Readers are urged to send name and address to Box 28 J Watertown New York to receive the full plan at no cost. The ad claims many users report satisfactory results and urges immediate requests before the paper is put down.
Early voting in New Hampshire drew national and international attention as the state neared, and surpassed, the 100000 voter mark. Eisenhower and Taft led the Republican contest while Kefauver began his first major bid for the Democratic nomination amid heavy campaigning and criticism of the Democratic administration. Weather hindered turnout slightly with rain and snow.
Batista extended emergency powers for 45 days and ordered gun owners to disarm within five days without prosecutions. He kept a $100 million public works program, including a $3 million tunnel under the Alemendares River. Prio sought asylum in the Mexican embassy as Batista’s army guarded his mansion. Prio's ministers and ousted generals fled. The coup disrupts the June presidential race, delaying elections and prompting vows of a new government and eventual elections.
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