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Newspaper
Redlands Daily Facts
Location
Redlands, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1952
Page
2
Local bulletin from Redlands California dated Wednesday June 25 1952 notes community happenings. Readers see brief notices and short items highlighting civic events, local people and school activity in a compact daily page segment.
Pratt's Rainiers rallied for four runs in the bottom of the fifth to beat the Optimist Seals 9-7. Chauncy Romer and Bob Juckran each had a double and a pair of RBIs, while Ralph Rozoma added a key hit. Edwards led Seals with four hits, but costly errors allowed Rainiers to pull away. In the second game, the Angels edged the Stars 7-4 despite Stars out-hitting them, with Eddie Avila homering and Clint Owens driving in runs.
The House Rules committee endorsed a congressional investigation into federal guardianship of Indian tribes. It sent to the House a resolution by Rep Harris Ellsworth directing the Interior Committee to probe the Bureau of Indian Affairs to develop legislation promoting the earliest practical termination of federal supervision over Indians.
In New York today investors treated the steel strike as nearing a temporary halt, lifting rails to fresh 21 year highs and pushing Industrials near February and January peaks. Motorola led television issues higher, while Bethlehem steels advanced as rails gained across major lines. Dow averages rose with strong volume versus yesterday.
At a Korean war anniversary in Pusan a man fired a Mauser at President Rhee but the weapon misfired. Police grabbed the suspect, while Rhee continued his speech. The incident sparked claims of a political plot to justify harsher martial law and suppress opposition.
A Santa Monica mother, Mary Higgins, says she has new evidence about the death of her daughter Dorothy Higgins Preston, 32. Her body was found in her car last March with marks on her arms from suspected injections. No poison or narcotics were detected. Robert L. Eastham and Robert W. Logan were arrested but released. Logan faces narcotics charges with trial pending.
American Potash and Chemical Corp will start construction of a $300,000 research laboratory in Whittier California in July. The Austin Co will design and build the structure, slated for completion early next year as part of the company’s broadened research program in potash borax soda ash salt cake and related chemicals.
Mrs. Vincent Hallinan said she will not press charges against Cpl. Leonard Pratt who threatened her family and demanded 5000 dollars for their safety. She declined to identify the caller, saying she feels sorry for the boy. Pratt pleaded innocent to burglary and extortion against San Francisco dealer Stanley A. Strauss. preliminary hearing set for tomorrow.
Oakland man Walter Speed, 42, was sentenced to one night in police traffic school after being cited for driving 30 mph per hour on the San Francisco Oakland bay bridge. He was charged with driving so slowly as to obstruct traffic.
Los Angeles County will reach 5,600,000 residents by 1940, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce predicted. The figure, labeled a conservative estimate, signals a 34.9 percent increase over the decade before 1950. The chamber expects growth of about 12,000 people per month during 1950 to 1960.
Songstress Jo Stafford plans December birth of her first child with Paul Weston. They returned from Europe recently and will delay her television debut from September to January while continuing her weekly radio show. The second item notes a probate hearing in San Bernardino County for Mabel Louise West with Gladys Hayward petitioning for Will probate and letters testamentary, set for June 27, 1962.
A survey of leading Democratic aspirants Kefauver Stevenson Harriman Kerr and others. The piece discusses Stevenson’s hesitation to run, Kefauver’s appeal and flaws, Harriman’s strengths and obstacles, Russell’s strategic bid, and mentions Barkley and Rayburn as dark horse options with a note on convention dynamics.
Washington report shows U S battle casualties in Korea rose by 640 in the past week, lifting the total to 110,611. The Defense Department notes the week’s jump is the largest since February 7, 1951, with 19,469 dead, 78,837 wounded, 9,631 missing, 1,289 captured, and 1,385 previously listed as missing but returned to service.
Pi-Roy P Delsaver was fined $50 in federal court after anchoring his shrimp boat the Shrimper Miss Margaret in the wrong place. Delsaver claimed he moored the vessel in a restricted area during fishing operations near Jacksonville Florida.
LOS ANGELES UPJ a man who said he entered a policeman s house in a waking dream was acquitted of burglary. A jury of two men and ten women returned the verdict after three days of testimony in the trial of Harold D Cosner. Psychiatrist Dr Edward Miller was distracted at Dry Tortugas because of bad weather.
A defendant testified to a somnambulism claim when breaking into Officer Keith M. Gaffaney’s home on April 29. Cosner was arrested after Gaffaney’s 11 year old son confronted the intruder with the father’s service revolver.
In San Francisco an impartial hiring hall opens to supervise cooks and stewards on West Coast ships. Jack Hoffman, chosen as referee, was appointed by the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards and the AFL Marine Cooks and Stewards, with support from the Pacific Maritime Association and the NLRB. The move aims to end the long coastal staffing battle, even as a Sailors Union of the Pacific strike drags on with demands for higher pay and weekend overtime.
In Los Angeles AP report Mrs. Jessie Ma Brink of the wandering Oklahoma clan applied for county relief for her family yesterday. She lives with husband James and seven remaining children after previously receiving aid from Saints and Sinners last winter. It’s the first county relief request since 1947, with a note that the Brinks were ordered to leave California in 197 after a prior overpayment.
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