Liquor Board Fire Up For Easier Rules Debate
State Board of Equalization official urges lowering age for liquor purchases to 18, extending bar hours to 2 a.m. to 6 a.m., easing license limits with higher fees, removing food sales requirement, and creating temporary licenses and local veto boards. The hearing, led by Assemblyman Weinberger, pressed for enforcement simplification amid concerns of harsher penalties for large bars.
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San Francisco
Board of Equalization
Marshal
Weinberger
Marshall
Atttorney Burr Scott
Monterey County
Ex Henchman Dominick Petrillo Shot Dead in Bar
Dominick Petrillo aka Dominick the Gap, 45, a former Luciano henchman and narcotics peddler, was killed in a Mauriello Tavern East Side bar. Three well dressed gunmen entered, Petrillo fled toward the kitchen, five shots fired, two in the head and one in the back. Bar tender Nick Mauriello aided police, claim of assault. Petrillo had long arrest record, deported to Italy nine years ago and recently returned to New York.
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New York
IUE
Dominick Petrillo
Charles
Lucky} Luciano
East Side
Petrillo
Dominick the Gap
Mauriello
Nick Mauriello
Tami Mauriello
Italy
Writer testifies on Communist influence in Hollywood
Screenwriter Martin Berkeley testified that he helped infiltrate Hollywood Democratic committees with Communist leadership before leaving in 1943. He described organized groups within the Hollywood Motion Picture Democratic Committee and Hollywood Democratic Committee, and said he quit after being assigned to work with a writer and Reds pressed for a second European front.
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Los Angeles
Martin Berkeley
Hollywood Democratic Party
Screen Exby" Guild
Michael Jeffers
Berkeley
Hollywood Motion Picture Democratic Committee
Hollywood Democratic Committee
Reds
Lumber Shipment Arrives in Pusan for Korea Reconstruction
A 10,000-ton lumber shipment from Pusan reaches Korea for reconstruction work in the fire wrecked district. The 5,600,000 board feet will be used under a United Nations rehabilitation effort with Canada contributing and plans to aid the transeptician program.
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Korea
Na- Pusan
Pusan
Canada
Nab Fourth Suspect in Fatal L A Brawl
Manuel Mata, 19, jailed after arrest at an uncle’s home for murder in the downtown Los Angeles brawl that killed William D. Cluff, a wealthy chemical manufacturer. Mata testified before the grand jury while three other suspects remain held without bail.
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Los Angeles
Ll.b
William D. Cluff
Manuel Mata
Mata
Seventh St
Broadway
Cluff
Zano
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Sunbeam Deepfryer
Big Hearts
Gladden
Little Hearts
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Chrome
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Duran
American Ave
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