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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1951

Page

2

Dry Chief Blames Crises on Liquor

Washington May 1 2 A Methodist temperance reader declared that heavy drinking at Yalta Tehran and Potsdam is responsible for world conditions today Dr Caradine R Hoden executive secretary of the Board of Temperance of the Methodist Church challenged a State Department request for 1090000 for wines and liquors at official functions He urged Congress to reject the appropriation Blabber mouthing in Washington and blundering on high levels of responsibility everywhere results from the misuse as a beverage of a brain confusing drug.

Washington Yalta Tehran Potsiam Caradine R. Hoden Board of Temperance The Methodist Church State Department Congress Hooton

California Legislative Roundup Calls Vast State Shakeup

A 365 page report to the Legislature urges major reform across California state government. It recommends scrapping some agencies, merging others, and creating a Department of Public Safety and a Department of Medical Services to consolidate functions and modernize operations.

Jacramiento California Assembly James W. Silliman R.salinas Committee On Board of Equalization Hqper Control Fang Department of J Revenue Highway Patrol Office of Civil Defense Department of Motor Vehicles Department of Public Safety Recreation and Parks Commission Department of Medical Services Youth Authority Departments of Corrections and Veterans Affairs Senate Flrb Judah RoSanta/ Cruz State Treasury Department of Finance Superintendent of Public Instruction

MacArthur Prepares Testimony as Senate Hearings Open

General Douglas MacArthur readies testimony to defend foreign policy views ahead of his first witness appearance before a joint U. S. Senate investigation into armed services and foreign relations. The general and his wife Jean Faircloth MacArthur visited Murfreesboro Tennessee where 35,000 to 50,000 locals welcomed them as the town marked Civil War history with flags and a celebratory banquet.

New York Douglas MacArthur MacArthur Waldorf-Astoria U. S. Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Washington Mis Murfreesboro Tenn Arthur Tennessee Jean Faircloth

Flier Arraigned in Dual Killing

RiversideMay 1 Lawrence Walker twenty year old man was arraigned in Superior Court on a new indictment charging him with the murder of Doris Cook and Richard Cook. The grand jury added specifications that Walker was armed during the seven alleged crimes including rape kidnapping and assault. The Cooks were slain March 26 on a desolate road near Riverside. Wright was arrested the same day after seeking a Guide repair job on his car showing crash damage.

Riverside Lawrence Walker Doris Indi Richard Cook Walker Russell Waite Here Wright

Jet Trainer Building at Near Peak Rate

Burbank May 1 Lockheed Aircraft Corp says Shooting Star jet trainers are rolling off the lines at a rate exceeded only by the F 28 production in World War II. New orders will extend manufacture into mid 1953. Trainers are adapted from the F 80 fighter.

Burbank Shooting Star Lockheed Aircraft Corp

Five Kittens Born in Ventura Theater Ceiling Vent

Ventura theater manager called fire department to evict five two month old kittens born in the central chandelier. The mother cat used a ceiling vent above the lighting fixture to reach her offspring at feeding time.

Ventura

ALL BRAN Users Report Relief from Constipation

A reader note from Sam Waters of Renton Wash describes relief after years of laxatives by eating ALL BRAN daily. The ad copy suggests an ounce daily with water and offers a money back guarantee, stating if not satisfied after 10 days return the carton to Kellogg’s Battle Creek Mich.

Sam Waters Bar 29 Renton Wash Allbran Kellogg's Battle Creek Mich

Nature Trots Out Bag of Tricks as May Day Fete

The Associated Press reports a temperamental May bringing varied weather across the nation. Snow fell in the Rockies and northern regions while the Midwest and Gulf areas saw midsummer warmth and scattered showers. Dust storms struck the west as Mississippi River towns faced rising waters and leaky levees amid a slow river fall.

Rocky Mountains Midwest Gulf Great Lakes Region North Atlantic States Minnesota Tawa Texas Montana Missoula Kalispell Wyoming Sastern Idaho Snow Colorado Westeern Nebraska Kansas Rockies Iowa Illinois Missouri

Truman mum on Dawson testifying before Senate subcommittee

Washington May 1 President Truman answered no questions on whether he will send White House aide Donald S. Dawson to testify before the Senate subcommittee probing charges that Dawson and others influenced Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans. The hearing was set as Hoove r urged abolishing RFC now while the Banking Committee weighs bills to reform or end the agency.

Washington Truman White House Donald S. Dawson Senate Dawson Reconstruction Finance Corporation RFC Senate Banking Committee Hoover Sen Fulbright D.ark

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