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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1952
Page
2
The 78 year old British writer W Comerset Maugham had a hernia operation at the Lausanne Can tonal Hospital in Lausanne Switzerland this morning.
General Curtis LeMay, commander of the USAF Strategic Air Command, arrived in Korea for a brief visit with top Allied ground and air commanders. He met with General James A. Van Fleet of the Eighth Army and Lieutenant General Glenn O. Barcus of the Fifth Air Force, then returned to Tokyo.
Senator John Sparkman of Alabama addressed about 2000 people at Bayfront Park Auditorium in Miami and derided the Republican ticket as naming a new general Taft. He called Eisenhower the crown winner potential while Taft would wield the sceptre and urged southern support for the Democrats on November 4. He condemned GOP aid to the South and asserted the region would stay solid behind his party.
President Truman will conduct a two day twelve speech whistle stop tour in New York in support of Adlai E. Stevenson. Campaign director Peter Crotty announced schedules from Buffalo to New York with rear platform talks in most stops. Stops include Rochester Syracuse Utica Schenectady and Albany with a major rally in Buffalo.
Vatican reports Pope Pius IX or Pius XII? No, Pope Pius XII, aged 76, with a slight fever, showed improvement. His doctor advised at least two more days of rest at Castel Gandolfo summer home after a quiet night and better morning, aids said.
The United Auto Workers urged General Motors to expand the 1950 contract beyond a cost of living pact. They seek a five cent increase to the annual four cent improvement factor, one quarter of the 26 cent COLA gains added to base pay, and pension adjustments to preserve purchasing power. The move, if approved by GM, could influence Ford Chrysler and others.
New York Senator Herbert H. Lehman says McCarthyism endangers civil liberties and faith in democracy. He calls for repeal of the Taft Hartley Act and urges free thought worship and speech, citing Wisconsin primary results as proof of the danger.
Mr. and Mrs. F C Delk of 9627 E Walnut announce the engagement of their daughter Barbara Jean to Bill Whities son of Mr and Mrs R S Whities of 9556 Arkansas St The couple were educated in meal schools and both graduated from Excelsior High School The wedding is planned for the near future.
In Los Angeles three peace meetings and a court action frame the latest in Southern California air force plant strikes. Douglas and Lockheed talks with IAM locals resume as workers seek higher pay, a modified union shop, and injunctions against mass picketing at El Segundo.
New York police deploy attractive women in civilian dress as decoys to deter rape robbery and other crimes. Husky male detectives shadow them and move in quickly if needed. A 200-man night force in 100 unmarked radio cars conducts the operation under Police Commissioner George P. Monaghan.
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