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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1951
Page
8
Long Beach press Telegram lists a Municipal Band concert program for Tuesday afternoon with conductor LaBarre and guest artists. The program features selections from the Vagabond and Evolution of Disk, plus Great Dance and Fant Flame pieces.
Capt Bradley told the House public works committee that the St Lawrence Seaway would likely be bombed in war, endangering locks and negating the project. He cited high costs, limited defense, and risks to Great Lakes shipping, urging opposition to the dual purpose water and power plan.
Amvets executives vote to oppose blanket student deferment and favor selective deferment for science majors in their third or fourth year. Another resolution seeks national insurance for veterans with service-connected disability without medical exam. A call for life membership for Medal of Honor holders passes, with Harold Russell and Harold Keats slated to attend the Santa Monica state convention May 14-15. Long Beach hosts visiting posts and auxiliaries as national figures prepare events.
Food market clerks vote on new contracts offered by the Food Employers Council. A morning meeting at Municipal Auditorium and a 9 p.m. session for morning workers set discussions. Retail Clerks Local 324 would receive weekly increases totaling $650, lifting the average 40 hour week pay to $71.50. Old contracts expired April 1.
Horace H. Baxter, president of the J. H. Baxter Co timber processing firm with a large Long Beach plant, and Mrs. Baxter, will sail Thursday for Scandinavia aboard the Swedish-flag Johnson Line freighter Los Angeles. The ship, due here tomorrow from San Francisco, carries a heavy load of fresh apples to Antwerp and London, plus bulk wheat, lumber, machinery, wood pulp and zinc ingots and will receive borax, cotton, citrus fruits and general cargo.
Bartley C Crum told a United Jewish Welfare Fund dinner at Temple Israel Auditorium that the two nations would press hard for peace with the Arab states to enable a common defense of the Middle East. He noted upheaval on the Syrian border and that Iran offered refuge as Jews faced May 31 expulsion from Iraq while Israel builds housing and attracts Jewish and non Jewish investment.
A motorist drove from a parking lot onto Ocean Boulevard near Cedar Avenue causing a chain collision that injured Long Beach Police Officer Frank W. Hainley, 30. Hainley was thrown to the street suffering knee and back injuries and later cited Charles Davis, 68, for leaving the scene. Davis stated he heard a noise and thought it came from gas cans in his car.
Campbell D. O. Campbell was named chairman of the July California picnic at the annual dinner in Machinery Hall. The event drew 150 members with eight new members joining. Baxter Burnell was appointed publicity chairman with Mrs Violet Henshilwood, Mrs Eileen Woodyard program chair, and Mrs Beth Patton chaplain. George L. Hansen served as dinner chairman.
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