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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1951
Page
4
Elizabeth Sandero, 42, an attractive writer, was found dead in her garage apartment in Los Angeles. Police report an apparent death by her own action with an empty sleeping pill bottle nearby. A note cited inability to adjust life despite earnest efforts. A $100 cremation expenses check was attached.
Lawrence A. Collins of the Long Beach Independent urged setting aside about 30000 of tidelands revenue for city employee pension needs. A. J. Metzger explained social security tax rules on real estate salesmen. Mrs. Pat Zieg and Harvey Wasner sang with accompaniment as Lois Davies Smith chaired.
U N patrols report Chinese casualties in valleys as Allied forces push into western and central fronts. South Koreans advance toward Seoul corridor with gains near Chunchon. Chinese withdrawals seek assembly points. Second Division claims to have broken the back of the Chinese offensive while consolidating gains north of Seoul.
Lakewood residents heard that improved bus service depends on higher current patronage. Comdr. Clarence Fogg said Willard Lee of Long Beach Transit Lines replied that more buses will be added only as demand grows, and the firm would oppose new entrants while expansion awaits demand.
Mayor Burton W. Chace designated Friday and Saturday as Poppy Days, backed by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Early World War II style dispatches describe Reds advancing around Soksa, with hand to hand fighting and reports of large casualties on both sides, including 960 American deaths among 1618 U.N. casualties.
General Bradley testified before Senate committees on Korea policy, saying a spring Communist offensive was contained and that a negotiated peace could be possible if the attack is blocked. He noted military leaders favored patience on Formosa and discussed sanctions, the use of Nationalist troops, and naval actions without endorsing a blockade.
At Canon City Colorado prisoners attacked guard Ralph Horner 43 with a fire during a weekend disturbance. The incident followed reports of brutality inside the penitentiary as convicts, including Alvin Loveless 31, formed a circle around a struggling pair. tear gas and gas bombs were used to disperse them. Nine convicts were placed in solitary confinement after a thwarted escape plan tied to a weapons cache found Friday from an undisclosed tip.
Demonstrators gathered to express hatred against interference in Iran s independence as anti British and anti American sentiment grows in press and Parliament after Iran s Foreign Minister Bagher Kazemi submits a formal protest to U S Ambassador Henry F. Grady over last Friday s State ment. Police and army officials are on 24 hour alert with heavy reinforcements around Parliament.
President Truman nominated Paul W. Brosman with a term ending May 1 1956 George W. Latimer ending May 1 1961 and Robert Emmett Quinn ending May 1 1966 to form the Court of Military Appeals a civilian tribunal under armed forces unification Serious charges may be appealed to this court which ranks with the U S Court of Appeals
TEL AVIV May 23 A United Nations Security Council resolution ordering suspension of drainage operations in the demilitarized Huleh swamp area was received by the government. The cabinet will consider the order later today. The order would halt work until Israel and Syria reach a border agreement, though reclamation may continue in the nondemilitarized portion owned by the Israel Palestine Land Development Co. with no private Arab ownership dispute.
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