Editorial on Formosa Strait policy and Seventh Fleet stance
The piece critiques Adlai Stevenson on Formosa policy, arguing the Seventh Fleet protected the mainland through a neutralization order. It notes Eisenhower altered Truman’s stance, ending the unrealistic policy and enabling a shift toward a more positive strategy. It suggests the new approach may deter larger raids by the Chinese Reds.
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Adlai Stevenson
Taipei
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Mr. Stevenson
United States
Eisenhower
Truman
Seventh Fleet
U. S
Propositions 1 and 2 on April ballot explained
The first proposal would reorganize the Harbor Department into divisions and rename the chief as General Manager with an Assistant General Manager to ensure succession. The second removes the one year residence requirement for general city employees while keeping it for boards and commissions. Both aim to improve municipal operations with Civil Service and council support. Press-Telegram endorses approval.
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TEE
Harbor Department
Press-Telegram
That Important Business With France
Walter Lippmann argues that Franco German relations dominate U S concerns as French leaders visit Washington and the German chancellor is set to come. He weighs why the two governments fail to meet and suggests a practical path toward reconciliation, noting the risk if talks are postponed.
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Washington
America
France
Germany
Eisenhower
Churchill
Mayer
Adenauer
Franco German roles in Europe and distant interests clash
The piece argues France and Germany must partner for European defense and progress, but diverging global roles complicate ties. France acts globally in Asia Africa and the Mediterranean. Germany remains Europe focused. Separate visits reflect Berlin’s limited outside interests and the need to coordinate actions beyond Europe.
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France
Germany
Asia
Africa
Europe
Far East
United States
Mediterranean
Spaatz Views U S Far East Policy Shifts
Gen Carl Spaatz, surveying post Eisenhower moves in the Far East, says UN position has improved. He argues Chiang Kai-shek forces could be massed for decisive long range action with U S support, offering a path to victory without broad US commitments. He warns Britain against defeatist talk and pro‑Communist influences.
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Washington
United States
Far East
Malenkovy
China
Soviet Union
Carl Spaatz
Europe
U. S. Air Force
Saint
Stal
Spaatz
Eisenhower
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Harold Talbott
Air Force
Talbott
United Nations
Formosa
Chiang Kai- Shek
Rei
U.N
Chiang
Awly
Ast
Asiatic
Ant
Chiang Kai-Shek
Britain
Korea
Indo-China
America
Premature ballot concerns on city expenditures
Letter discusses April 3 ballot propositions and a $61,187,000 request, arguing lack of funds and legal uncertainties. Questions H and T1 involve hospital funding and non profit status. Cites potential delays, possible Supreme Court review, and risk to city finances. Authored by E Curtis Clark and Herbert C Legg with editor’s note on Kathy Fiscus law enforcement.
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Congress
Supreme Court
California
E. Curtis Clark
E. Third St
Loophole in Fiscus Law Doubted by County Counsel
A reader challenged an editorial about a loophole in the Kathy Fiscus law, prompting county counsel Harold W. Kennedy to reply there is no loophole in Health and Safety Code Section 24400 as applied to oil wells. He notes abandonment means an excavation no longer in use and adds County Ordinance No. 3307 would cover any potential gap.
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Esse Rlegh Apis
Harold W. Kennedy
Kennedy
Long Beach Navy hospital policy outcry seeks action
Virginia Kelly Hosmer reports on Navy dependents in Long Beach lacking adequate medical care. She argues Defense Secretary Wilson should unfreeze 3.389 million for a temporary Navy hospital and add doctors to staff the overcrowded dispensary. Rep. Hosmer and Rep. Doyle press for policy change and citizen letters to officials. Navy Secretary Anderson promised a full review after March 20 meeting.
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Long Beach
Defense
Wilson
Navy
Craig Hosmer
Charles E. Wilson
R. BR. Anderson
Defense Department
Anderson
Long Beach Navy Hospital
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Bureau of the Budget
JUST FOLKS By E A GUEST GOOD BUSINESS
A compact verse urging shopkeepers to treat customers with courtesy. The speaker argues a cheerful, fair- tempered front matters far more than product detail. He condemns gloom, ill temper, and sour clerks as bad business, emphasizing pleasant words and smiling eyes.
Long Beach recap of civic efforts over decades
A retrospective fragment notes ten years ago schools and PTA groups aided civilian defense and Victory Gardens drew many registrants at 222 Pacific Ave. It recalls twenty years ago Bluejackets and Marines aided wounded care and city policing after an earthquake.
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PTA
Victory Gardens
Pacific Avs
Long Beach
O. M. Murphy
Police Department
Soaper backs study of 100 disorganized families foundation funds
A reference to a foundation financing a study of 100 "badly disorganized" families, with broad implications about household timing before school, plus unrelated lines on bagpipes theft and figures like Georgi Malenkov. The excerpt also touches on censorship and Soviet life with mentions of Stalin and Russia.
Press elearam Herman J. Ridder and editorial staff shifts
Publisher Harold M. Hines names the assistant to Samuel Cameron and lists the executive editor and advertising representative. The note mentions personnel roles at the paper including Fe But Mester nen and EPI LO Hatesurn Epley with associated staff Woodward and others.
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Herman J. Ridder
Harold M. Hines
Samuel Cameron
Hatesurn
Epley
National
Eppea Inge Uresmer & Woodward
Jomle
Metropolitan Group, Inc
Questions Answers Average Age of War Vet Thirty-Eight
The Long Beach Press Telegram Information Bureau column answers common factual questions. It notes the current average age of veterans in civil life is about 38 years, with a range from under 18 to as high as 111 years. It also covers topics on disease spread by cockroaches, the lowest point in the United States at Badwater Death Valley, presidents painted by Gilbert Stuart, origin of the word cartoons, and U S jade mining locations in California Washington Wyoming and Alaska.
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Waskin
Long Beach Press-Telegram, Information Bureau
Eye St
N. W
Washington
D. C
L. Z A
United States
Death Valley
Calif
C.r.w. A
California
Wyoming
Kebuk
Alaska
Blame Shifts in Hidden Family Strife
A fragmented meditation on fault and responsibility within a troubled alliance. The speaker reflects on repeated blame regarding faults they both share, noting a pattern where the partner is praised while the speaker bears the burden. The piece questions fairness and calls for acceptance of mutual errors to avoid conflict.
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E. A. Guest
Buser
Iren
Sen. Soaper
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Voice of America
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Stalin
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Elearam
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Monroe
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