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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1947
Page
5
An ad urges readers to try Muscle-Rub for fast relief with a money-back guarantee. The message claims nationwide acceptance and offers a refund if relief is not achieved, branding the product as available at local drugstores.
Senator Brewster of Maine accuses Howard Hughes of six entreaties to halt the Senate war contracts inquiry into the Plane company. Brewster says Hughes urged dropping the probe during repeated sessions and questions the adjournment decision. The subcommittee under Senator Ferguson adjourned to November 17 for vacation and Maine GOP address.
The Senate subcommittee delayed further hearings for three months citing other demands and trouble locating Meyer the publicity man. Hughes said he doubts the hearings will resume and criticized the delay as unnecessary while defending his public dealings and pending plane projects.
A gas line explosion in Totori, Southwestern Honshu, Sunday damaged underground fuel tanks and injured 137 people. Kyodo News Agency reports the damage at about 1.006 million dollars.
Witnesses described life insurance policies in Lemmon possession and photostatic copies of letters Beulah Louise wrote to Gollum family. Bertha Thompson testified about jail letter handling with Sheriff Musick’s approval and urging destruction of letters. Prosecution aims to finish its case this week.
Four armed inmates described as very dangerous and two guards were robbed of $100 at the Essex County jail in Salem Massachusetts. The escape followed a guard being held at gunpoint after a cell was opened for cleaning. James W McDonald 20 of Worcester aided the breakout by locking a guard in a cell and releasing the others.
The Far Eastern Commission ruled that Allied-seized gold and jewels valued at 137,000,000 may be used to help finance a revival of Japan's peace economy. The 11 nation commission directs Japan's foreign trade policies and states that these precious metals should ultimately be disposed of as reparations.
In Pittsburgh a 69 year old man, Peter Blaskevech, was killed during a burglary investigation near his home. Witnesses say the shooter fled crying like a baby, with Rudolph Raab, 17, grandson of the victim, recounting hearing cries and a hurried escape along an alley, while police pursue suspects.
In Batavia and Jogjakarta U S Consul General Walter A Foote met with Indonesian Republican President Soekarno and key cabinet members to urge peace in the East Indies. He flew via an American naval plane both ways as Washington seeks clarification of the republic’s reply to a goodwill offer. Both sides accuse the other of truce violations amid a suspended pocket war.
Five youths and a girl claiming to be from the Jewish underground robbed a central Jerusalem savings bank of several hundred dollars. Police recovered the money after capturing one suspect. In Tel Aviv a shooting at a suburban restaurant left four Jews and an Arab dead and ten Jews wounded. police attributed the attack to Arab assailants.
Four people were rescued with minor injuries after 28 cars from a Burlington weight train derailed and plowed into the Yuma railroad station. Investigators suspect a hot journal box caused cars to jump the mainline in eastern Colorado, scattering grain and debris.
The United States war crimes commission at Livorno has sentenced Tino Ronaglio to be hanged for the wartime slaying of Sergeant Dale E. King of San Francisco, an American airman.
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