City land debate over park development plans in Long Beach
The Independent urges developing current park lands before buying new areas, criticizing city commissions for proposing a 1104 acre expansion while existing parcels await development. It cites undeveloped parcels at Atlantic and 46th, Pine and 26th, and others near Bixby Park, warning that taxes must be raised only if funds exist.
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Recreation and Planning Commissions
Atlantic
46Th Street
Pine
26Th Streets
Bixby Park
Independent
Chamber of Commerce
Long Beach
Park lands donated by citizens praised in Long Beach item
Town Meeting editorial defends donated park lands as civic gifts, cites Swope Park and Griffith Park as examples, and questions prioritizing more parks over public buildings. It also lashes out at attire and behavior criticisms, urging modesty and decorum.
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Independent
Long Beach
America
Helen Kingsley
Swope
Oglehay Park
Wheeling
W. Va
Mountain Lake Sanctuary
Florida
Edward H. Bok
Political balance walk amid Michigan GOP feuds
Gen. Eisen hower planned one or two Detroit speeches but political pressure from Chrysler and Ford shapes his stop. Arthur Summerfield, a GM man and Michigan GOP leader, swings between Taft and Eisenhower as Ford and Chrysler push for respective support. Steel talks unfold as U.S. Steel faces a high-stakes court ruling and a potential union showdown. Military notes flag Padder Clark and MacArthur in prior exaggerations of enemy strength.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Detroit
Republican National
Arthur Summerfield
Summerfield
Chrysler
Taft
Ford Motor Co
Ike
Gen. Motors
Chevrolet
Michigan
Ford
B. E. Hutchinson
Gen
MacArthur
Henry Ford I
Studbaker
Paul Hoffman
Arthur Vandenberg Jr
Mark Clark
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Far Eastern
Korea
Clark
Joint Chiefs
Ridgway
Gen. Clark
North Korea
Labor sour on Demo candidates in White House talks
President Truman met with labor leaders Green and Murray to discuss Democratic presidential hopefuls. The AFL CIO chiefs doubted they could rally most local and state bodies for Stevenson or Harriman, with Kefauver and Barkley favored by many workers.
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U. S. Steel
U.S. Steel
U.S
Myron Taylor
Edward Stettinius
Roosevelt
Taylor
Vatican
Stettinius
Wilson
IFRD
Washington
Truman
Wiliam Green
Philip Murray
White House
Ohio
Murray
Green
Americans For Democratic Action
Hyde Park
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Los Alamitos Park
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Panty Reiders
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Idrew Pearson
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Phil’ Murray
U. S. Steel Corp
J. P. Morgan Co
Thomas W. Lamont Ani
Dwight Morrow
Enders Voorhves
New Yorke
J.P. Morgan
Morgan
Lamont
Pearson
Ray Tucker
Congress
Green-Murray
CLO
AFL
Sen
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