Water Districts Great West Engineering Feat
Editorial extols the Seventeenth Annual Report of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. It traces growth from 2,100,000 to 6,400,000 people, notes tax relief, rising water deliveries, and the massive 242 mile main aqueduct. Long Beach leaders Gus A. Walker and Lloyd C. Leedom serve on the board. It highlights legal battles over Colorado River rights and storage, praising Congress member Craig Hosmer for safeguards and urging ongoing planning of new water sources.
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Metropolitan Water District
Southern California
Robert B. Diemer
Hollywood
Colorado River
California
Long Beach
Gus A. Walker
Lloyd C. Leedom
Walker
Leedom
Congress
Craig Hosmer
Tax man locks party offices in red income chase
A U S tax collector Donald Moysey sealed Communist party offices and seized records to probe sources of party income. Moysey called the action routine, while public sentiment grows mixed as tax deadlines loom and critics wonder about enforcement amid legal battles with the Reds.
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U. S
Communist Party
Donald Moysey
Mr. Moysey
Washington Weathervanes
Reds
Economy Stabilized for Consumers Says Sylvia Porter
Economists note that purchasing power has remained nearly constant for over four years, signaling stability after postwar inflation. Porter cites government controls, production catch-up, and fewer shortages as key forces, a bipartisan achievement spanning Truman to Eisenhower.
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Sylvia Porter
Sty
Dole Bossa Faw
U. S
Miss Porter
Truman
Eisenhower
Porter
Soaper Says: Faith in Women and a Presidential Primary
Sen Soaper Says notes Americans trust in women's integrity and that hosting a presidential primary is a prime way to attract visitors from outside the state during this season.
Moysey raids on Communists spark tax dispute and confusion
Washington notes Moysey as director for Lower Manhattan raids the Communist party headquarters and the Daily World Weily Worker for back taxes. He cites similar actions in other cities while questions swirl over whether the Communist and major parties filed required corporate tax returns. The piece questions whether political parties must file returns and cites penalties up to a year in jail or a $10000 fine. It notes the Justice Department faces a Supreme Court case on whether the Communist Party is a genuine American political party or a Russian agent.
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Washington
Donald R. Moysey
Justice Department
Moysey
L Ike
Internal Revenue Service
Lower Manhattan
Communist Party
New York
The
Weily Worker
Russell Herrington
Revenue Service
House of Representatives
House
Supreme Court
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Better Hospital Site Available
A letter laments the proposed hospital location as a sump with legal entanglements and urges a better site. The writer celebrates municipal attractions, notes visitors from Spokane enjoyed a band concert, and mentions jet testing concerns leading to calls for banning. The author signs as Merton Moody of 736 Walnut Ave.
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Municipal Auditorium
Spokane
Douglas
Desert
VRS
Merton Moody
Walnut Ave
Fragmentary quotation from scripture and Thoreau maxim
A confused mix of biblical phrasing about the devil and a Thoreau quote. The lines reference truth, speech, and listening, claiming the devil as father of lies and noting two to speak the truth.
Cars Go Too Fast in Residential Area
A reader from Compton complains about speeding cars in a residential street endangering children and animals. She suggests public action and carmakers’ advertising as factors, urging collective reporting to authorities for safer neighborhoods.
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Edith Hansen
132Nd St
Compton
Reader Nyquist sparks faith and freedom debate
Nyquist argues materialism built America and calls for ending churches and religion. The writer counters by recalling early settlers seeking religious liberty and notes many leaders grew up in devout households, urged to save God with all their heart and love their neighbors. Maria Schulte, 2538 Quincy.
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Nyquist
Carl Nyquist
America
God
Maria Schulte
Quincy
Just Folks by E A Guest Good Friday Tribute
A poem recounts the crucifixion with a narrator noting two grim thieves and the condemned man who spoke forgive them Father as he bears the cross. Soldiers gamble for his robe and the sun hides its face on that sorrowful day.
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Tayday
Long Beach Bond Issue Sparks June Election Bid
City Manager Sam Vickers presents a $1,500,000 airport development and improvements bond to Long Beach council for the June 18 election. The Abrams Drug Store was burglarized for $615 and narcotics cabinet contents. The city ordered a pension plan survey for 1,700 employees. Long Beach is highlighted as a focal point in a Great Harbor Committee study proposing a vast highway system.
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Sam Vickers
Abrams Drug
Long Beach
Great Harbor Committee
Noose Tightens as Court Upholds Immunity Law
A 1954 Supreme Court decision upholds a federal immunity provision allowing witnesses to avoid prosecution in cases involving national security while requiring testimony before grand juries or congressional committees. The ruling, praised as protecting the duty to aid government, faces dissent from Justices Douglas and Black who warn immunity does not erase infamy.
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Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Congressional
House
Congress
Justice Frankfurter
Douglas
Black
Communist Party
iAmerica
Press Telegram Newsroom and Advertising Offices Listed
The Press Telegram current staff and advertising offices are listed with publishers editors and executive editors. Multiple city addresses include New York Chicago Detroit Minneapolis Los Angeles San Francisco and San Francisco offices. Contact points include Ridder Johns and Metropolitan Group for advertising.
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H. F. Burmester
Malcolm Epley
Lee
Washington News Bureau
Athee
National Advertising
Ridder-Johns, Inc
New York
Chicago
Wrigley
Detroit
Penabsest
Minneapolis
Foshay Tower
Sutter Ste
Llea
Press-Telegram
Metropolitan Group, Inc
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