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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1959

Page

8

Faces of Hungry Orphans Call Retiring L B Mailman

A long-time downtown letter carrier Douglas Dahlquist retires after 30 years, plans to fund an orphanage project in Guadalajara with his pension and gifts from coworkers, and aims to work as a goodwill ambassador while starting new volunteer efforts in February. He visited Mexico City and Guadalajara, learned of poverty among orphans, and intends to sell his Grass Valley grove to fund his mission.

Douglas Dahlquist Chestnut Ave Mexico Columbia of Long Beach Pacific Ave Dahlquist Madge Smith Los Angeles Guadalajara Miss Smith Grass Valley Ace

Mrs. Marshall Receives Two Homes and Personal Effects

In Leesburg Virginia the will of Gen George C Marshall filed for probate assigns two jointly owned homes to his widow Mrs Marshall Dodona Manor valued at 75000 and another home in Pinehurst North Carolina along with 5000 in personal effects He died October 16 as former secretary of state and defense

Leesburg, Va George C. Marshall

Alanbrooke Criticizes Eisenhower In Wartime Diaries

London based report says Field Marshal Alanbrooke claimed Eisenhower spent time golfing near Rheims before the Battle of the Bulge and failed to run the war, blaming poor planning. He praised MacArthur as the war’s greatest general and noted a crisis in Allied command. The critique appears in Triumph in the West by Arthur Bryant.

London UPI Viscount Alanbrooke Dwight D. Eisenhower Rheims Alanbrooke Eisenhower Douglas MacArthur Allanbrooke Normandy the Bulpe France Arthur Bryant Western Front Ardennes Forest Bulge Germany

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