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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1947
Page
13
Stock market update notes noon prices in New York with shares showing movement across key indexes. The brief summarizes the day’s trading and notable shifts among major corporations.
The New York Stock Exchange shows mixed activity as indexes wobble. Traders evaluate market data amid volatile conditions and seek cues from corporate earnings and economic signals.
A garbled extract recounts Patton's self critical warfare philosophy and blunt judgments. It notes his honesty about mistakes, his belief in fighting, and his view on leadership under fire. Separate incident reports list injuries from Los Alamitos collision involving Walter Graves and Yvonne Van Ketrsbulck and a Long Beach harbor collision injuring George N. Dugier.
In Denver a would be robber lunged at a confectionery cash drawer. Clerk Rebecca Duran shouted and slammed the drawer catching his fingers. The suspect yelled and fled without taking any money. Police reported no loot recovered.
Maniu, 75, leader of the National Peasant party, told a military tribunal he never discussed forming an exile government with Burton and Berry. He said records cited by the court referred to exchanges before the Aug 23 1944 coup and surrender to the Allies, while he calls such plans futile.
STATE COLLEGE Pa Oak 31 WP toward Petersen fourmer Assistant Secretary of State warned that no Kremlin changes in foreign policy can prevent war without universal military training and mobilization. He urged coupling training with an international intelligence system and up to date scientific research to enlist top minds in the United States.
In the Aleutian Islands a pair of Piper Cub planes carrying George Truman and Clifford Evans prepared for the next leg of their around the world flight. Delayed by a storm with 50 mph winds, they aimed to depart from the main airstrip to reach the Alaskan mainland.
A joint report by seven clergymen who visited Yugoslavia was endorsed by 2600 American Protestant ministers. They said they could only pass upon the report itself before its release. The clergymen reported religious freedom under Marshall Tito in Belgrade. Archbishop Richard J Cushing criticized the statements.
London Oct 31 George Eltenton declined to comment today on testimony before the House un American activities subcommittee in Washington yesterday. He said he would not discuss the testimony or its aims and added that the committee’s work does not seem to stay closely to facts. He was reached in Thornton England where he works in Shell refining and marketing laboratories.
Beulah Louise Overell heir to a 500000 estate plans to enter Woodbury College in late October to study business. She abandoned a journalism course at the University of Southern California after being linked to her parents murder case with former sweetheart George Gollum, who will re-enroll in a pre medical course at Los Angeles City College in spring.
Rome dispatch says there was no Army confirmation of Rep. Marion Bennett’s claim of 63 incidents of armed oppression by Communists against U.S. forces in Trieste. Public relations office and Allied military government declined to comment further on the insertion at this time.
Washington reports 1946 marriage gains in Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota with rising divorce figures as well. Nebraska led with 14 140 marriages and South Dakota had 4 393. Reno boosted Nevada with the highest divorce rate 14.6 per 1000. National average stood at 4.3 per 1000.
Bethlehem Steel Corp stockholders to meet December 23 to approve a directors recommendation for a three for one stock split at year end and an increase in authorized shares to 20 million from five. After issuing two extra shares to each of 2,984,284 outstanding, total outstanding would reach about 9,090,000 with 11,000,000 authorized but unissued. Third quarter net income was 10,211,335 or 32.87 a share, down from 12,408,966 or 3.61 a share, due to a strike in shipbuilding and repair yards.
The Veterans Administration reports 128 963 of 2 452 514 war veterans on pension rolls are 65 or older. The 65 plus group includes Civil War and Indian War veterans, nearly all Spanish American War veterans, plus 145 World War I and 43 795 World War I veterans. Annual elderly benefits total 131 689 000 across Civil War Indian War Spanish American War World War I World War II and pensioned regulars.
YOKOHAMA Oct 31 Army headquarters sought Pvt Stratman Armistead of Thomasville Alabama for questioning in the hammer murders of four Japanese near Yokohama on Oct 26. Armistead was absent without leave from the Fourth Replacement Depot. The slayer killed a 26 year old girl at her parents home and then shot a man and his 5 year old son in another house. In a third house an 8 year old boy was killed and three others injured.
Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug, stricken while delivering a speech to the National Reclamation Association, was reported in Phoenix as in very satisfactory condition with no complications. Interior Department public relations official Garben Skinner said Krug would likely remain for several days.
Police seek a black haired woman as a possible slayer after the stabbing death of 68 year old Mrs. Mabel Merrifield. Her body was found by her widower Hugh J. Merrifield, a lawyer and former assistant state attorney general, in a suburban home. A strand of hair clutched in the victim’s hand is considered an important clue.
Captain Sven Nilsen of the Richfield Oil Co tanker Manx Fisher testified before a Coast Guard board that Sparrows Point radarscope malfunctioned, failing to show the collision off Point Sur California in fog. The blast caused a fire on the Sparrows Point. one crewman is missing and presumed dead.
The Census Bureau reports 59,204,000 civilians employed in October, up 332,900 from September. The bureau notes that employment only topped this level in the summer due to seasonal farm workers and vacation student labor.
The Treasury presents a data heavy report with receipts and expenditures figures for the period. It notes balance totals and changes from prior dates, alongside market headings on butter and poultry prices and related market news.
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