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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1952
Page
2
In New York on May 13 a motorist who received a ticket for passing a stop sign ran over Policeman Paul Menke, 30, leaving him injured. The driver remained at large as Menke spoke from his hospital bed about the incident and the threat he heard.
At Philadelphia six biennial convention CIO United Steelworkers denounce Taft Hartley and claim the steel industry stalls negotiations over wage increases. Philip Murray and leaders cite inflationary prices and the injunction threat as factors undermining honest bargaining affecting over 1 million workers.
Berlin May 13 Deputy Prime Minister Walter Ulbricht says East Germany will oppose West Germany’s plan to field 400,000 soldiers in a Western European army with scientific exactness. He warned that when West Germany signs a peace contract with Western powers West Berlin will learn the consequences.
Belgrade lodges formal protest over the London agreement granting Italy limited civilian powers in Trieste Zone A held by British and American forces. Deputy Foreign Minister Veljko Vlahovic delivered the note to U S Ambassador George Allen and British counselor A Duncan Wilson as Belgrade signals possible countermeasures in Zone B. Eden says London pact should not preempt final settlement on Trieste.
Los Angeles May 13 The Pioneer movie director Roland West left nearly all his estate worth several hundred thousand dollars to widow actress Lola Lane. His will filed for probate yesterday also left only one dollar to his first wife Jewell Carmen and made various bequests to friends. West died last March at age 67.
The Associated Press reports the Taft Eisenhower fight for Republican presidential delegates tightens after Rhode Island and Wyoming results. West Virginia votes today with about half a million ballots expected. Taft backs a full 16 delegates, Eisenhower hopes to win at least one. Delegations remain largely uninstructed as campaigns press for influence ahead of Chicago conventions.
Ottawa reports to the House of Commons that Mae West and Joseph Stalin works are barred from import. The list names 573 books and six magazines, many tied to alleged propaganda or sexual content, including Stalin's Questions of Leninism and West's Diamond Lil, with other authors such as Tiffany Thayer Erskine Caldwell and John O’Hara.
In Los Angeles on May 12 Sen. William F. Knowland voiced concern that the heavy tax burden could destroy incentives and slow progress. The California Republican criticized federal spending as excessive, urged transparency, and referenced Gen. Albert Wedemeyer’s 1947 Far East report not being shared with Congress for four years.
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