Conferees Approve Non Farm Rollback and Credit Rules
Conferees backed rollback to 90 percent of May 19 or parity for several farm commodities and approved broader consumer credit controls on auto and household purchases. Rent rollbacks in defense areas were allowed to prewar levels, with mixed housing and down payment provisions. The measure, led by a two chambers conference, awaits final votes before Truman signature.
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Truman
Senate
House
Wberal
Federal Reserve Board
House Conference Committee
Mr. Truman
Conference Committee
Eric Johnston
Federal Reserve
Screen Cut Burglary Report Seized Razors and Watch
A window screen was slashed and the window pushed open to gain entry to Wallace R. Coates home on East First Street yesterday afternoon. Two electric razors valued at 49 dollars and a woman's wrist watch worth 35 dollars were reported missing to police.
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Wallace R. Coates
First St
California Reds Must Stay in Jail
Federal officials seek $75,000 bail for twelve California Reds as a grand jury in Los Angeles is urged to indict next Wednesday. U S Commissioner Francis St John Fox rejects the denial of bail except for murder or treason. Defense calls the amount vindictive and prohibitive. Bail for local organizer Bernadette Doyle set at $2500 along with other defendants in San Francisco and Los Angeles including Dorothy Healy and Rose Chernin.
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U. S
Jother
Tramatole
Los Angeles
Francis St. John Fox
Costello
Richard Gladstein
Frank Costello
New York
Bernadette Doyle
Loretta Starvus Stack
California
Oleta O'Connor Yates
Treasury
San Francisco
Ernest Otto Fox
Carl Rude Lambert
Security Review Commission
Sweetser Returns To Civilian Life After Removal
Brig. Gen. Luther Sweetser Jr. of Glendale is back in civilian clothes after being removed from command of the California Reservist Bomb Wing in Japan in May for alleged failure to maintain maximum combat potential. The 452nd Bomb Wing, largely composed of Long Beach men, faced discipline concerns. Sweetser has been on duty at Hamilton AFB the past month and returned to Glendale yesterday.
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Luther Sweetser Jr
Glendale
Air Force
California
Japan
Sweetser
Hamilton Air Force Base
Milk Price Rise Ordered by State Agriculture Dept
A one cent per quart increase in the minimum price of milk was ordered today by the State Department of Agriculture to offset higher dairy costs. The higher price becomes effective Wednesday across Los Angeles County and the surrounding area.
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Los Angeles County
State Department of Agriculture
Councilman's Son Ships Out for Orient Post
Eugene FP Wagner, a fast lieutenant in the U S Army Medical Corps and son of Councilman Clarence E Wagner, leaves today for service in Japan after a six week training at San Antonio. The Wagners will travel to San Francisco to see him aboard his ship.
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Eugene FP. Wagner
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Japan
San Antonio
Texas
Dr. Wagner
Medical Reserve
Clarence E. Wagner
Wagner
Wagners
San Francisco
Local CAP Cadets Ready for McClellan Camp Flight
More than 30 Civil Air Patrol cadets from Long Beach prepare to fly to a four week encampment at McClellan Air Force Base near Sacramento. They depart Long Beach Municipal Airport Sunday at 12 39 p m, per Second Lt. R L Beevers, commander.
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McClellan Air Force Base
Sacramento
Civil Air Patrol
Long Beach
Long Beach Municipal
R. L. Beevers
Allies Prepare for Korea Cease Fire Talks as Reds Grow
Allied spokesman Brig. Gen. William Nuckols described a sparsely phrased agenda and a slow process for armistice talks. He cautioned of a major Communist buildup since Malik’s proposal, noting fresh Chinese units, large troop movements toward the front, and intensified artillery positions near the lines.
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Joy
Air Force
William Nuckols
U.N
Nam
Muckols
Nuckols
Andrew Kinney
James C. Murray
U. N
Korea
Pyongyang
Malik
Flood relief cash totaled 1378 for Midwest aid
Flood relief efforts in Long Beach via the American Red Cross reported 1378 dollars collected this morning. Chapter manager Roland R. Hach said headquarters at 319 West Broadway will stay open to receive more funds. Volunteers shared flood misery stories as Mrs. F W Wingers, visiting her mother, described flooded plants and wrecked stock yards.
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Midwest
Long Beach
American Red Cross
Roland R. Hach
Red Cross
W. Broadway
Frank Gillesen
F. W. Wingers
Elizabeth Pack
E. 15Th St
Kansas City
Kan
Wingers
Agriculture Cash Passes in Senate Agriculture Cash Passes in Senate
The Senate approved an Agriculture Department funding bill carrying over a billion dollars for farm programs after four days of debate. The vote was 65 to 6 with new cash totaling 727 million dollars and loan funds at 262 million dollars, higher than the House total.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Department
House
Finance Group to Dine Tonight
More than 100 municipal finance officers and wives from Southland cities meet in Lafayette Hotel to hear about state retirement system legislation. A 6:30 dinner precedes a talk by Earl Chapman, executive officer of the state employees retirement system, presiding by Richard Ewing. City Clerk Margaret Heartwell and City Manager Samuel Vickers coordinate the program.
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Southland
Lafayette Hotel
Earl Chapman
Richard Ewing
Arcadia
Municipal Finance Officers’ Association of Southern California
Margaret L. Heart ‘Swell
Samuel E. Vickers
Western Night Fet at Wrigley Heights Baptist Church
Church youth plan a Western Night revival at Wrigley Heights Baptist Church on 32nd Street and Magnolia Avenue. David Riddle, Long Beach youth and future minister, will speak at 7:45 p.m. tonight and Sunday evening. Born in Pasadena, he studies at Jones University in Greenville. The weekend meetings launch a series featuring young men preparing for the ministry.
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Wrigley Heights Baptist Church
32Nd St
Magnolia Ave
David Riddle
Long Beach
Pasadena
Polytechnic High School
Theft of 40 Batteries Reported by Firm
Dearborn Battery at 900 E. 10th St reported a burglary yesterday with a $487 loss. Police said thieves climbed a barbed wire fence to enter and stole 40 batteries.
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Dearborn Battery Co
E. 10Th St
Marshall Shocked at U S Letdown
A three year program to cost about 25 00 000 000 dollars was outlined by Secretary of State Acheson to Senators. The plan totals 8 500 000 000 for arms aid and 2 200 000 000 for economic assistance to counter Soviet Russia and foster an era of genuine relaxation of tension.
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Achesor
Russia
Polio Cases Rise to 30 in Long Beach District
Thirty poliomyelitis cases have been reported to the Long Beach Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis this year. The district covers Long Beach Lakewood Lincoln Village and Catalina Islands. Seven cases were reported last week and two this week. Thirteen patients are adults or 17 are children. A 5 year old boy has bulbar polio and is in a lung unit at General Hospital. Two deaths have occurred since January 1. A bride stricken last September recovered partially after remaining in a respirator.
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Long Beach
National Foundation For
Lakewood
Lincoln Village
Catalina Islands
Mae E. Algeo
General Hospital
Algeo
Rancho Los Amigos
Vickers Names Refrigeration Board Members
City Manager Samuel E. Vickers reappointed Albert Eisenbeiss and John Engle to the board of refrigeration examiners and named Harold Phillips Alvin Haun and Joseph Graves as new members in a policy to rotate board seats among refrigeration workers. The board licenses master mechanics and refrigeration contractors and issues journeyman certificates.
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Samuel E. Vickers
Board of
Albert J. Eisenbeiss
Chestymut Ave
John Engle
Edth Circle
Harold L. Phillips
56Th
Alvin Haun
Gardenia Ave
Joseph T. Graves
Cartagena St
Knowland urges Czech trade cut for Oatis case
Senator Knowland calls for halting reciprocal trade concessions with Czechoslovakia and stopping goods shipments that could aid the Czech war effort to help free Associated Press correspondent William Oatis. He warns of withdrawing diplomatic representatives if results are not achieved and labels the trial a fraud.
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Washington
Knowland
R.-Calif
Czechoslovakia
Associated Press
William Oatis
Oatis
State Department
Kress Manager Gets Promotion In Hardware Division
J W Cubbison, longtime manager of the S H Kress & Co Long Beach hardware division, is promoted to buyer for the hardware unit and will relocate to New York City on August 20. His family will join later. Ray Hudson to replace him in Stockton on August 9.
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J. W. Cubbison
S. H. Kress & Co
Cubbison
Long Beach
New York City
Playgrounds Fiesta Honors Founder Joseph Lee
Children across the city held brief playground ceremonies in memory of Joseph Lee the father of American public playgrounds. The largest gathering occurred in Recreation Park with hundreds of students and council members. The Recreation Department and city schools sponsored the programs.
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Joseph Lee
Recreation Park
Recreation Department
Fire calls and oil well actions haunt Long Beach day
Long Beach Fire Department responded to a scattered set of calls from 10:37 a.m. to 5:23 p.m. including house fires on Cedar and Del Amo streets, a grass fire on Easy Avenue, and a car fire on Lime Avenue. The day also featured debates with the Harbor Department over shutting down oil wells and related conservation committee actions, with no damage reported in the major incidents.
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Pacific Ave
Cedar Ave
Monrovia
Harbor Ave
Daveatly
del Amo St
San Prandeco Ave
Opment Co
Burnett St
Bocatvotus
Dent Consultants
Stanley &Lare
Abinisne Ogi Stolz
Colorado
Legooc
Aulande Ave
Myrtle Ave
Ambur
California
Moreh Suns
Geso
Ambir
Sixth St
Simsal Hill
Abcl Lime
Harbor Commission
Avantic
Juvinera Ave
20Th St. Commission
Uael i St
Walnut
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