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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1951
Page
16
City Manager Samuel E. Vickers spoke on intergovernmental relations before the University of Southern California School of Government in Los Angeles last night, outlining cooperation between municipal and regional authorities.
The American Watch Makers will hold a convention in Washington from May 14 to 16. President Walter W. Cenerazzo said speakers will include Secretary of Labor Tobin Senator Lodge and Senator Taft.
Col Rhys Davies, a British secret service man, warned at the Los Angeles Rotary Club that Soviet espionage operates in U S cities with resident directors in adjacent countries and collectors who keep two states in check. He said the FBI handles counter espionage and asserted the USSR lacks organization to deliver the A bomb to the United States, while London remembers the 1940 blitz. Thomas R. Young became a new Rotarian as the event wrapped.
Preliminary reports indicate an acute shortage of available housing in Bremerton Washington. Housing Expediter Tighe E Woods office stated the shortage is urgent and impacts residents seeking shelter.
Starting Monday and lasting one week Long Beach bus lines 4 and 5 rerouted due to repaving on American Ave. Line 4 westbound turns north on Elm to 14th then west to Locust and south to route return. eastbound stops at 14th and American. Southbound lines divert via 15th to Locust then south to Sixth, east to American and resume regular route.
In a Senate hearing on MacArthur Marshall clashes over date lines. Wiley and Knowland puzzle over Tokyo Washington dates as March 24 in the United States versus March 24 in Tokyo and Korea, with Marshall and an expert clarifying the confusion.
Belgrade denied Il Tempo story that Marshal Tito was shot and wounded. A spokesman described the report as wholly invented and said Tito underwent a gall bladder operation on April 18 with repeated denials of any injury or hospitalization.
The Richfield Oil Co. tanker Coxcomb Hill was renamed David E. Day in a ceremony at Herth 77 Long Beach Harbor to honor a vice president in charge of manufacturing. Earlier, Sparrows Point had been renamed for Frank A. Morgan. Attending were Mrs. Day and daughter Mrs. Peter C. Bosche. Built at the Kaiser yard Swan Island Portland during the war, the tanker serves mainly coastal routes under Captain Svend Nilsen.
George Greenlee, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Greenlee of 1514 Luray Ave, is among 10 men at the Cal-Poly College branch in San Dimas selected as most likely to succeed in life. He is one of four candidates for an honor copy of the Madre Tierra yearbook for excellence in extra curriculars. Greenlee, a Marine reservist, played varsity football last semester, stars as a Wrackman for Cal-Poly this year, and serves as president of the Letterman Club. He is a St Anthony's High School graduate.
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