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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1951
Page
11
Obituaries list numerous Long Beach residents with birthplaces, emigration dates, and survivors. Includes Exima M Roll, Henrietta Fitzpatrick, Augusta Mark, Forest Lohnes, Fearl Tarbell, Evanson, Tresa Morrison, Joaquin Merlo, Douglas Bunn, Walter Francis, Libbie Smith, John Regier, and others with details on service times, chapels, and burial plans.
Congress debates MacArthur controversy as Senator Russell and the armed services committee prepare hearings on military actions affecting his relief. Possible invitations for MacArthur to address Congress and calls for Acheson and Marshall appearances loom. GOP leaders push for a joint session while MacArthur supporters push for his presidential bid. Remington Rand confirms MacArthur will join the board.
Senator Humphrey's subcommittee prepared a hard hitting report criticizing the Veterans Administration hospital care and medical policies. The document, due soon, supports Magnuson's charges that bureaucrats control hospitals over medical leaders and threaten high medical standards.
A vacancy will exist on the Civil Service Commission as of April 1 and a second term expiring July 1 for Commissioner Spencer. Civil Service Commissioners are named by the City Council. Appointments are made by the city manager and confirmed by the Council. This notice names Harbor and Water Board members W. R. Martin and Edward T. Martin as part of terms expiring.
Yesterday was the final day to register for the June 5 general municipal election but turnout at City Hall was not heavy. A full time deputy registrar of voters was stationed there and about 50 people registered that day, with roughly 25 registering after 6 p.m. according to Deputy Registrar Myrtle Probst.
Lee E. Mench of 5028 Matney Ave is among 19 USC Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps midshipmen named officers. A Polytechnic High School graduate, he was appointed platoon leader as an ensign and is a graduate student in the School of Education after attending Long Beach City College and Humboldt State College.
John Orr an 18 year old Woodrow Wilson High School student won the 14th annual Lions Club student speaking contest held in Hughes Junior High School Auditorium. His speech The American Responsibility urged voters to use intellect and be aware of the price forefathers paid for the right to vote. Orr advances to the regional Taoretisaip event in Los Angeles April 18 to compete for a national Lions Club berth. Other finalists included Maxine Nelson Shirley Goodloe and Martin Boyle. supervised by Edward L Shaw and Arthur W Cox with judges Gordon Temple Harper Wren and Harry Frishman.
In Washington the MacArthur dispute heats up as Rand signals a 90 day path for MacArthur to take an active role in Reming’s affairs and possibly settle in Connecticut. Martin to broadcast his reply to Truman charges on NBC CBS tonight. Acheson urged wheat aid for India as Knowland attacks administration Foreign Policy. McCarthy ridicules firing as a victory for communism and mocks the President.
Washington April 13. MacArthur for President backers reopen headquarters. Ervin Hohensee executive secretary says hundreds of letters calls and telegrams urge Gen Douglas MacArthur to become the next commander in chief after the President dismissed their earlier effort for the 1948 Republican nomination.
The Ocean View Lodge announces the postponement of its victory banquet due to remodeling progress. The event is rescheduled for April 27 at 1 p.m. in the club building at 516 W Esther St, under the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World. The original banquet was set for tonight.
Los Angeles April 13 Eight persons including Alfred and Joe Sica faced gambling charges after police raided an apartment and seized betting materials. Sica described as route man, Scalera claimed innocence. Frank Sica Ann Stark Ralph Degardo among those held in the crackdown.
Lawrence A. Kimpton, 40, elevated from vice president to chancellor of the University of Chicago. The post, vacated last year by Robert Maynard Hutchins, was filled by the board of trustees who said Kimpton would assume duties immediately. Laird Bell, board chairman, announced the appointment.
Mrs. Marcella Jeanne Hopkins aged 24 of 439 East Fourth Street Long Beach was hospitalized with knee injuries after a collision between her car and a Long Beach City Lines bus at Carson Street and Lakewood El near 6 30 am. Andrew Y Pinkerton aged 51 of 201 West 68th Street was named as the bus driver by the California Highway Patrol.
In Quachamento on April 13 a California Senate resolution, supported by 38 Republican Assembly members, urged President Truman to reexamine using Chinese Nationalist forces in Korea. The measure passed 26 to 9 after two hours of debate, while a separate invitation for General MacArthur to speak was tabled.
Approximately 150 Methodist pension leaders from 36 conferences in 22 jurisdictions issued a three point program at a Missouri Territory Pension Conference meeting in Memphis. They urged each conference to establish a reserve fund a year before pension claims and recommended that churches and church institutions cover lay workers with social security.
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