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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1952
Page
10
A nostalgic tour of Hollywood and Vine’s famed corner and its nearby landmarks. The piece recalls Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and Egyptian Theatre, the imprint stones, and legends like Sid Grauman and Mary Pickford. It notes the Hollywood Hotel’s storied past and its decline, with glimpses of stars who once gathered there.
United Air Lines DC 4s and stratocruisers resumed flights after 75 percent of AFL flight engineers returned to work. Union President William D. Kelt ordered a back-to-work action at Mineola to allow a fact-finding board to review wage demands. The strike halted 3 transcontinental DC-6 services daily and 12 weekly Timolitu stratocruiser flights, with DC-3 and DC-4 largely unaffected. The president named an emergency board to study wages, and the strike must suspend for 20 days after the board reports.
A marbled collection of society snippets recalls Dean Acheson home hunting in Manhattan, Autry warned to pay up or face harm, Lindbergh drafting a book on air mail, and Vaughan's daughter dating actor Sam Wilson. Europe, Ireland, and Canada figures appear with Shaw’s former home for sale, Famine era memories, and royal circles.
Sizzlinn at 3006 E Paimegene hosts a gala opening for the Fritz Kreislers book and the Chaplin biography Two Husbands Ago. Ex silent star Godowsky will appear in a feature about Charles Chaplin. Jimmy Lombardi will announce. Coca to Pacific Coast Highway sketches. Bob Trout performs hypnotism shows amid Christmas card signings totaling 15,000.
London reports Queen Elizabeth II demands simple coronation celebrations and curbs lavish spending. A government circular to England and Wales local authorities urges restraint on public expenditures while allowing reasonable costs. Special Westminster Abbey seats and procession routes alone are projected to cost about 700,000 pounds.
A compact astrology styled note explains a daily guidance game. It lists each zodiac sign with birth date ranges and a key number, such as Aries 21 March to 19 April with 4, Taurus 20 April to 20 May with 7, Gemini 21 May to 21 June with 11, and so on through Aquarius 20 January to 18 February with 10 and Pisces 19 February to 20 March with 5. The reader circles letters in a chart under their number, reading left to right from the top.
Broderick Crawford was fined 250 dollars for drunken driving after a four hour jail term. He was arrested Thursday night when his car struck two parked autos while returning from a party marking the completion of a film.
Richard Holbrook, 35, told police he killed Dr. J. W. Quinn, 49, after declaring he disliked well-fed people in Cadillacs. He wounded florist Joseph Ivener, who pursued and helped cops with Ivener shot in the back but survived. Holbrook, an unemployed dish washer from Washington D. C., served in World War II and faced murder charges. Dr. Quinn died, leaving a widow and four children.
Oil discovery at Camp Cooke California prompts inactive status for the Army camp owned largely by the federal government. Union Oil conducts drilling after wartime suspension and the 44th Infantry Division moves to Fort Lewis. Hospital patients and staff transfer to San Francisco and Denver facilities. Training and barracks retained amid consolidation savings.
The weather today was wet and cloudy over wide areas with no severe cold. Snow, sleet and freezing rain hit the Midwest and West while blue gray haze hung over the South from smoke. Light snow fell in the Great Lakes and New England regions with rising temperatures in the Rockies and upper Mississippi valley.
Santa Monica, Calif. Actress Joan Fontaine and Colliey Hudson Young obtained a marriage license Friday and plan to wed next Wednesday in California. Fontaine, 35, is sister of Olivia de Havilland and has previous marriages to Elisa Aherne and William Young. After the ceremony they will go to Chicago where Young serves as best man at his brother’s wedding.
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